'Hunger Games' actor argues that movie theaters are now a 'pulpit' for faith-based films

Nick Mohammed, the two-time Emmy nominee for his co-starring role on Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, will make his U.S. live performance debut for one night only at New York’s Town Hall on Friday, June 2. The show will bring his “Mr. Swallow” alter-ego character to American audiences for the first time.

Big Joanie have announced the postponement of their upcoming US East Coast tour due to an unspecified “medical emergency.”Their upcoming US tour would have been their first, hitting hotspots including Nashville, Atlanta, and New York City. In a recent Instagram post, the British punk trio penned an apologetic kessage to their fans.“We were so excited to play our first East Coast tour but sadly, due to a medical emergency, we will have to postpone to a later date,” they said.

King Charles is said to have acknowledged his stateside grandchildren during a speech at his post-Coronation family lunch, wishing grandson Archie a happy birthday. The new monarch's London Coronation fell on the same day as the little one's fourth birthday, with Harry rushing back to the US straight after the ceremony to celebrate his eldest's milestone.

Yellowjackets has returned for a second season, and some of its horrifying scenes have left fans wondering if it’s all based on true events.Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, the mystery thriller series follows a girls’ football team in 1996 who, while travelling to a tournament in Seattle, crash-land in the Canadian wilderness and are left stranded for nineteen months. Between their attempts to survive, the show also jumps to their adult lives in the present day.Early episodes in the second season have introduced the show’s first acts of cannibalism, which were teased in the first run of episodes.The series’ first season received seven nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards last year, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci.Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nelisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Sammi Hanratty and Juliette Lewis also star in the series.New additions to the cast for season two include Lauren Ambrode (Six Feet Under) as the adult version of Vanessa Palmer, Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi) as the adult version of Courtney Eaton, and Elijah Wood (The Lord Of The Rings) as citizen detective Walter.While the show itself isn’t based on a true story, creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson have confirmed that it was partly inspired by two real-life events: The Donner Party and the 1972 Andes Flight Disaster.The Donner Party was a group of 19th century American pioneers who attempted to migrate to California from the Midwest on wagons.

Prince Harry will be attending King Charles’ Coronation on Saturday - albeit without wife Meghan Markle and two children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Buckingham Palace officials last month confirmed that the Duke of Sussex, 38, would be a guest at the historic ceremony at Westminster Abbey - but the rest of his family would miss it.

Daily Mail column, Meghan McCain ripped several top-line celebrities for being a little too forthcoming — even quite graphic  — with their intimate lives."American culture is pornified," she wrote. Meghan's comments come in the wake of Gwyneth Paltrow's recent interview wherein she spoke of her sex life with exes Ben Affleck and Brad Pitt, both of whom she dated in the '90s. Those interviews came around the same time Rachel Bilson and Meghan Trainor openly told raunchy and salacious tales of their sexual likes and dislikes.The former "The View" cohost also ripped Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos for speaking about their sex life for all to hear on "Live with Kelly and Mark.""Everything, everywhere from the Met Gala red carpet to morning talks shows are about skin, side-boob and shock factor," the conservative mother-of-two wrote.

The historical day is looming just around the corner, as King Charles will officially be crowned as the new head of state on Saturday, May 6. The 74-year-old monarch will be joined by his wife Queen Camilla.

Is Meghan Markle gearing up for a Hollywood comeback? Some experts seem to think so. On April 27, the Duchess of Sussex became a crown jewel for WME and signed up for representation with the legendary agency, Variety reported. According to the outlet, numerous agency rivals attempted to land the former American actress since she and her husband Prince Harry moved to California in 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has defended plans to film an American Idol-style acting competition series after performers compared the format to The Hunger Games.

Sideshow/Janus Films is estimating a $36k gross or $18k per theater average for The Eight Mountains on two NYC screens, the strongest opening weekend to date for the team behind Drive My Car and EO.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Celebrating the 10 th anniversary of her hit “Brave,” Sara Bareilles has announced the “Brave Gowns Collection,” a series of garments for children’s hospitals in partnership with the California-based company of the same name, started by Summer Germann, who lost her own younger brother to cancer.  The collection includes a line of colorful hospital gowns for children intended to provide an alternative to traditional patient wardrobe. Dupporters can gift these gowns to children in hospitals across the United States or contribute a donation of any amount. Head here for more information. Bareilles said, “Over the years, I have seen healthcare communities adopt ‘Brave’ as an anthem — weaving my song into all kinds of stories of patients and their families as they face different challenges and continue to meet each moment with resilience and grace. I am so inspired by the very difficult work being done on the front lines by our health care facilitators and hospital staff and especially by the young patients in hospitals all over the country showing up every single day, even when it’s hard, with bravery and strength. This collection is meant to remind them all HOW BIG THEIR BRAVE IS and how much we love them!”

The latest Hunger Games, set decades before the original, is grittier and “more authentic” in some ways but doesn’t waver from existential questions, as relevant now as they were when the first films came out, said the director and producer of Ballads of Songbirds And Snakes.

Diana Gabaldon, who rose to fame for her creation of the Outlander book series, has given an insight into her 'favourite' all-time film, and it might just surprise you coming from the best-selling author.

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Rome-ing around. Anna Faris and Michael Barrett were all smiles during a romantic getaway to Italy.

Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind) is attached to star in They Found Us, an alien abduction thriller to be directed for AGC Studios and Temple Hill by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (District 9), which will head into production in Australia later this year.

in. Sam Fell, director of Laika’s incredible “ParaNorman” and a longtime Aardman vet, directs this time around.

Meghan Markle's decision to not attend the King's Coronation was part of a "brilliant" strategy, according to a royal expert.There had been mounting speculation for months as to whether the Sussexes would attend the historic event on 6 May, until they finally announced their decision. It was revealed by Buckingham Palace that Prince Harry would attend the Coronation of his father, King Charles, alone, whilst Meghan stayed back at home in the US with their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Match Factory has boarded Sean Price Williams’s “The Sweet East,” which has its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival in May. It is the first feature film directed by Price Williams, the cinematographer of Owen Kline’s “Funny Pages” (2022), Abel Ferrara’s “Zeros and Ones” (2021), Michael Almereyda’s “Tesla” (2020), Alex Ross Perry’s “Her Smell” (2018) and the Safdies’ “Good Time” (2017). The screenplay is by film critic and programmer Nick Pinkerton. “The Sweet East” is a picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina, who gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.

The Match Factory has acquired international sales rights on U.S. cinematographer and filmmaker Sean Price Williams’s feature directorial debut The Sweet East ahead of its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight in May.