George R.R. Martin Promises ‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ Will Have “Much Different Tone” Than ‘Game Of Thrones’

Alex Ritman “How to Have Sex” breakout and newly-crowned BAFTA Rising Star winner Mia McKenna-Bruce has landed her next major role. The British actress is set to lead the cast of “The Seven Dials Mystery,” Netflix‘s upcoming Agatha Christie series written by “Broadchurch” creator and former “Doctor Who” showrunner Chris Chibnall, Variety has learned. Joining McKenna-Bruce are Helena Bonham Carter and Martin Freeman.

The stars of House of the Dragon are hitting the red carpet in Paris!

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Of all the heady-cool, matrix-of-reality, the-digital-future-is-now movies released in 1999, “Run Lola Run” may have been the 1999iest. Sure, “The Matrix” was the sci-fi landmark that bullet-timed audiences into the 21st century. But science-fiction movies have always looked ahead.

El Heraldo, Shakira’s father, Mr. William Mebarak Chadid, 92, was admitted to the Ibero-American Clinic in Barranquilla, Colombia, on Wednesday, June 5, due to pneumonia. According to reports, the singer’s father remains in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where he is being monitored 24/7.

Amazon Prime Video‘s The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power‘s antagonist will assume a new identity in the show’s second season – and it’s a name fans have been hoping to hear.The villain Sauron (played by Charlie Vickers) has been confirmed to transform into Annatar, a “blond-locked elf”, according to official messaging from Prime Video.“Sauron still has (counts fingers, runs out) 16 more rings to usher into being, not including the One that will in the darkness bind them. It’s taken him eight episodes just to get to three.

Some of the cast of House of the Dragon attended a photo call for season two at L’Automobile Club on Thursday (June 6) in Paris, France.

Us Weekly. “They’ve been reconnecting and are closer than ever.”The mom of three’s time at home has also allowed her to spend more time with the pair’s three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.

Forty-four years after Samm-Art Williams‘ wonderfully affecting Home first opened on Broadway (in a Tony nominated production), the playwright and his signature play were finally about to get a long-hoped-for Broadway revival from the Roundabout Theatre Company.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic If there are five ages of man, maybe there are four ages of “Bad Boys.” There’s the early age — the original “Bad Boys” came out in 1995 — of youthful effrontery: zappy, flashy, mouthy, decadent. There’s the age when the heroes start to say, “We’re too old for this shit!” There’s the age when they’re too old to even be saying that.

The stars of House of the Dragon are celebrating the upcoming second season premiere!

Emily Longeretta “The Way Home” Season 2 ended with Kat (Chyler Leigh) and Jacob (Spencer Macpherson) about to walk into their home — but viewers may not see Del’s (Andie MacDowell) reaction right away. “We definitely can confirm that we do have to do a time jump, purely because of when we shoot,” co-showrunner Alexandra Clarke said during the show’s ATX TV Festival panel on Sunday, moderated by Variety. “We left them, obviously, in November of 2024, and we’re going to be shooting in August.

John Swinney has promised “every penny” raised for the SNP will be spent “appropriately” in the wake of a former party chief executive getting charged.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marital problems, the “Fargo” actor’s ex wife, Jennifer Garner, is rooting for the couple to stay together in light of his past struggles with substance abuse.“We all know that if Ben falls off the wagon, Jennifer [Garner] will have to pick up the pieces — she always does,” a source told Paula Froelich of NewsNation.However, despite Garner’s support, the “Jenny from the Block” singer isn’t a fan of her hubby’s ex.“Lopez is not particularly fond of Garner — and the two, while distantly friendly, do not speak,” Froelich previously reported.The “13 Going on 30” actress, who was married to Affleck, 51, from 2005 to 2018 and shares three children — Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12 — with him, is “encouraging Ben to work on his marriage to Jen,” and “fully supports their relationship and wants nothing more than for him to be happy,” a source told Us Weekly last week. Garner, 52, is focusing on the well-being of Affleck, who was in rehab multiple times, and their kids.“She wants him happy and healthy so he can be the best dad possible,” a source told People this week.Lopez and Affleck were most recently seen together at Violet’s high school graduation party on Thursday.However, they didn’t stay long, and quickly bolted from the soirée, which was at Garner’s house, after only one hour.The pair then got into a car together and traveled to the mansion Affleck is reportedly renting since he moved out of their shared abode.

Visitors to Perth ’s new £27million museum were left baffled by requests to remove their coats in the prized Stone of Destiny exhibit.

Very few people need reminding that the Prince and Princess of Wales' romance began when they were both studying at St Andrews University in Scotland. However, the future couple had a very near miss the year before they enrolled as they both undertook gap years which saw them almost cross paths.

Well, it’s official: after starting talks with Blumhouse earlier this month, Mike Flanagan will write, direct, and produce the studio’s next “Exorcist” film.  But Deadline reports that the project isn’t a sequel to “The Exorcist: Believer” anymore.  Instead, Flanagan will helm “a radical new take” on the horror series for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, effectively starting the franchise over.

Even nearly five years later, folks are still salty about the conclusion of “Game of Thrones.” The series’ final season nearly destroyed the show’s legacy, and that was mainly due to the fact that the books have yet to be written and the show felt compelled to cram so much plot into a handful of episodes. According to the showrunner of “House of the Dragon,” there’s no need to worry about the series’ conclusion.

Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Shea Whigham (Joker) have been tapped as series regulars on Netflix‘s new drama series Death by Lightning, joining previously cast Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman. Additionally, Stephen McKinley Henderson (Civil War), Paula Malcomson (Parish) and Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey) are set as recurring on the series, executive produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

Netflix has rounded out the Endless Family for Season 2 of The Sandman. Esmé Creed-Miles joins the cast as Delirium, Adrian Lesteras Destiny and Barry Sloaneas The Prodigal. The three join Tom Sturridge as Dream, Kirby as Death, Mason Alexander Park as Desire and Donna Preston as Despair who are returning from Season 1.

returned home last week from their three-day trip to Nigeria. While the pair were visiting the West African country “in a private capacity,” their visit had all the markings of a traditional royal tour.