How the Cast of ‘The Acolyte’ Trained to Become Jedi Masters: ‘We Had to Run Them Through the Gamut’

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Very few people would have guessed that we’d be getting an album of previously unreleased original material from Johnny Cash in 2024 — a collection that really feels like a “new” album from the legendary singer, 21 years after his death. Far fewer still bet on anything coming out at this late date would be any good, if the original recordings sat in the vault this long.

The 2024 BET Awards will close out the first half of the year at the end of June. This year’s show boasts a wide range of nominees as well as performers, and the spotlight will be on Usher — fresh from his Super Bowl halftime show — as he receives the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes pioneers in the industry who have shifted the culture of entertainment.

A The Young and The Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful crossover is coming up!

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Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER WARNING: This interview contains spoilers for “The Bear,” including a surprise cameo. Matty Matheson has spent his career running restaurants. Now, he’s focused on a fictional one. With FX’s “The Bear,” the Toronto-based celebrity chef and restaurateur added actor to his resume, playing the loud, lovable and sometimes immature handyman Neil Fak in addition to his role as a culinary consultant and producer on the show.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Season 3 of “The Bear” will be served shortly. The Emmy-winning show, starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, will return to Hulu on Wednesday, June 27.

Gigi Hadid is the master of gift-giving!

Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (joined by partner Yelena Yemchuk) are celebrating the premiere of The Bear‘s third season with their castmates!

Selome Hailu “The Sympathizer” is an epic about Vietnamese histories — plural. The HBO series takes its title from the experience of a North Vietnamese spy known as the Captain (Hoa Xuande), who embeds in a South Vietnamese community in 1970s Los Angeles after the war. By the end, he has nearly lost his sense of himself after struggling to make sense of the infinite political ideologies held by his country’s people and the fact that none had put an end to human suffering.

Al Schultz, a top CBS makeup artist for The Carol Burnett Show and several groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcoms including All in the Family and Good Times and was married to Vicki Lawrence for nearly 50 years, has died. He was 82.

The Bear season three will not feature a romance between Carmy and Syd, say cast members at panel interview.The Emmy-winning series returns for its third season tomorrow (June 26) on Hulu and FX at 9pm ET, with all episodes being added to Disney+ at 2am BST (June 27).The cast of the popular restaurant drama announced the show’s earlier-than-planned release at a press conference yesterday (June 24), where they also shared some details about the highly-anticipated third season.Many fans have speculated over whether a romance might blossom between two of the series’ protagonists, head chef Carmy and his sous, Syd. According to IndieWire, one of the first questions aimed at actors Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri was about whether their characters’ relationship had romantic undertones.

Oz Perkin‘s “Longlegs” hasn’t even hit theaters yet, but NEON already wants to promote their next movie together. And that’s a sign that the distribution company expects big things from Perkin’s upcoming serial killer thriller.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Those of us who grew up with “Sesame Street” still remember Guy Smiley, the stereotypical game show host as originally voiced by Jim Henson. Guy was loud, boisterous and the host of everything from “Here Is Your Life” and “Beat the Time” to “Name That Sound!” Guy Smiley served a purpose for “Sesame Street,” and so did real-life game show hosts. It was a very specific (and also, very non-diverse) group: Bob Barker, Monty Hall, Jack Berry, Bill Cullen, Wink Martindale, Bob Eubanks, Richard Dawson, Gene Rayburn, Alex Trebek and many more.

Glen Powell for an article in Interview magazine. “When I had my rom-com years, there was only so much bandwidth I could give to those, and those were some solid hits for me. But I wanted to try some other stuff.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland on Thursday remembered his late father, actor Donald Sutherland, in a touching message on social media.

If you have a lot of free time (and perhaps a degree in copyright law), then you should really try to unravel the mess that is the “Friday the 13th” rights. Without getting stuck in the weeds, it appears various people own various parts of the franchise.

One detail about most of the characters in the Netflix series Bridgerton that was pretty vague was their ages.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic A lot of bong water has passed under the bridge since “Reefer Madness: The Musical” first premiered at the Hudson Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. in 1998. Like, legalization of the demon weed in most states… plus, about a million more camp musicals that have come down the pike since then, maybe lessening any obvious need to bring back a show satirizing long-bygone pot paranoia.

William Earl administrator Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro presented their first collaboration, the 1973 crime drama “Mean Streets,” and then discussed the film during a De Niro Con presentation at the Tribeca Film Festival. The celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary took place Saturday at the Beacon Theatre, where the screening was followed by a conversation between Scorsese and De Niro, moderated by legendary rapper Nas.

The British Royal Family is followed closely be fans across the globe, and people love to know everything about their lavish lifestyles. They live in palaces, wear royal jewels and do so much in the public eye. But how much money do you get for being royal?