EXCLUSIVE: Rob Yang has landed a recurring role on the six-part second season of BBC spy drama series, The Capture, which is now underway in the UK.
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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Good Trouble” star Sherry Cola is joining the cast of Adele Lim’s upcoming R-rated comedy about a group of four friends traveling through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Cola will appear opposite Ashley Park (“Emily in Paris”) as one of the film’s leads.The film, which is being produced by Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures, marks Lim’s directorial debut.
EXCLUSIVE: Rob Yang has landed a recurring role on the six-part second season of BBC spy drama series, The Capture, which is now underway in the UK.
EXCLUSIVE: Ghostbusters: Afterlife and The Handmaid’s Tale star Mckenna Grace is joining Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit) in Olivia Wilde and Searchlight’s feature Perfect.
EXCLUSIVE: Filipina actress and singer Lovi Poe (Malaya) is joining Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) and Poppy Delevingne (Riviera) in director Ben Cookson’s The Chelsea Cowboy, based on the life of actor, gangster and lothario John Bindon.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterJenifer Lewis has joined the upcoming Showtime comedy series “I Love This For You.”Lewis joins previously announced series lead Vanessa Bayer and cast members Molly Shannon, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel.Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, the series centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming a host at a home-shopping channel.
EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Hsu (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) has joined the cast of the untitled comedy that Crazy Rich Asians scribe Adele Lim is directing for Lionsgate, in her feature debut.
Miranda Cosgrove is spilling the tea.The star spoke with ET's Leanne Aguilera about her and co-star Nathan Kress' character's relationship status on the Paramount+ reboot. Fans couldn't get enough of the two besties on the new episodes, with many hoping that they will end up together.«I'm really surprised that the fans are still so passionate about who they want Freddie to end up with and just all of that,» Cosgrove expresses.
EXCLUSIVE: Odelya Halevi (Good Girls Revolt) has joined the Season 3 cast of Freeform’s Good Trouble in a recurring role. Good Trouble follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble.
EXCLUSIVE: The Maze Runner and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City star Kaya Scodelario has joined Amazon Studios’ father-daughter adventure dramedy Don’t Make Me Go.
EastEnders star Nina Wadia has been announced as the eleventh celebrity to join Strictly Come Dancing 2021. The actress and TV presenter - who played Zainab Masood in the BBC One soap - was unveiled on ITV's Lorraine by stand-in host Christine Lampard.
Dragons' Den judge Sara Davies is the latest celebrity to join the Strictly Come Dancing 2021 line-up. The TV star and businesswoman will be performing on the dance-floor alongside her recently unveiled celeb contemporaries Tom Fletcher, Robert Webb, AJ Odudu, John Whaite and Rhys Stephenson.
Strictly Come Dancing line-up. The Dragons’ Den star appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday (9 August), where it was announced that she would be taking part in the dancing competition series in 2021.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterPoppy Liu has joined the cast of “Dead Ringers” at Amazon, Variety has learned.She joins previously announced series lead Rachel Weisz and recently announced cast member Michael Chernus. The series was announced at the streaming service in August 2020 with a straight-to-series order.
EXCLUSIVE: Cierra Ramirez (Good Trouble, The Fosters) has joined the cast of indie feature in a leading role. Ramirez will portray the character of Lindsay, a college student who finds herself caught up in a love triangle.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterActor Nia Long has joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy “Plus/ Minus.”Long, whose recent onscreen credits include the thriller “Fatal Affair,” 1960s-set drama “The Banker” and “Roxanne Roxanne,” will appear alongside “Riverdale” star Lili Reinhart and Luke Wilson.The previously announced ensemble also includes “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” actor Danny Ramirez, David Corenswet (“House of Cards”), Aisha Dee (“The Bold Type) and Andrea
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“What difference can one song make?” asks “Vivo,” a super-saturated, instant-classic musical cartoon from Kirk DeMicco, director of “The Croods,” featuring a whole bunch of catchy new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda — a man who’s spent his career proving just how impactful clever music can be. In fact, it was Miranda who made Disney’s “Moana” so memorable a few years back (marking his maiden voyage into animation).
“She’s Gotta Have It” star DeWanda Wise has been cast in Showtime’s upcoming “Three Women” series adaptation, the premium cable network announced Wednesday.The project, an adaptation of the bestseller by Lisa Taddeo, is described as an “intimate, haunting portrayal of American female desire” centered on three women “on a crash course to radically overturn their lives.” Wise will play Sloane, a “glamorous entrepreneur in a committed open marriage until two sexy new strangers threaten their
Stephen Manas' journey to fame was not easy in the slightest. Born in a small French village, he was attracted to film when he was cast as an extra in a movie being shot in his hometown.MORE: Ted Lasso season two: everything we know so farHowever, a life of focus on academics from family meant that he ended up in a more conventional profession.WATCH: The team from Ted Lasso"I went to work for two weeks," he says exclusively to HELLO!, "with a suit and tie, offices, everything.