Kristen Stewart Signs on to Play Iconic Astronaut Sally Ride in New Series 'The Challenger'

Selome Hailu Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast of Paramount+ With Showtime‘s upcoming political thriller series “The Agency.” As exclusively reported by Variety, the series is led by Michael Fassbender as Martian, a covert CIA agent. George Clooney serves as executive producer. Wright will play Henry, the CIA’s director of operations overseeing non-official cover agents, and a mentor to Martian.

K.J. Yossman Fremantle has inked a first-look deal with Nevermind Pictures, the production company set up by Kristen Stewart, Dylan Meyer and Maggie McLean, which will see the super indie become the primary home for all of Nevermind’s projects in film and TV. The new deal, which spans a multi-year period, will see Nevermind working closely with Fremantle’s global drama division and international distribution team, FMI, for TV titles.

More than 25 years later, some of the biggest names in The Challenge history are going for gold once again to celebrate a major milestone for TV’s longest running reality competition series.

Megan Thee Stallion has revealed the full track list for her upcoming album ‘Megan’, including appearances from Victoria Monét and GloRilla.The Houston rapper announced the album at the start of the month, sharing the cover art, which finds her emerging from a cocoon in a lab, on social media. It will be released on June 28 via her independent label Hot Girl Productions.

Percival Everett, whose novel “Erasure” was adapted as “American Fiction.” Steven Spielberg will executive produce the movie through his company, Amblin Partners, with Taika Waititi in early talks to direct the project. Everett will write the screenplay and will serve as executive producer. Published in March by Doubleday to critical raves, “James” reframes the classic story of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim, an enslaved man who floats down the Mississippi River with teenaged Finn, a good friend of Tom Sawyer.

There is still so much that we are learning about the Twilight movies, even though it’s been years since the last one premiered in theaters.

EXCLUSIVE: Israeli romcom drama series The Baker and the Beauty is being remade for France’s TF1, with French singer-songwriter Amir Haddad playing the lead in his debut TV role.

Denise Welch has said she is 'thrilled' as she confirmed her son Matty Healy is engaged to Gabbriette Bechtel. The 26-year-old model attended Charli XCX's Brooklyn concert this week, where she addressed setting to marry The 1975 frontman.

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Chappell Roan showcased a new song at the Governors Ball 2024 yesterday (June 9).The former NME cover star, who was dressed as a New York taxi during the performance, debuted the new track ‘Subway’ at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.Later in the show, Roan who also dressed as the Statue Of Liberty at one point, introduced ‘My Kink Is Karma’ by revealing she turned down an invitation to perform at the White House for a Pride event. You can view both performances below.She said: “This is a response to the White House, who asked me to preform for Pride.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard pose for photos together at the premiere of their new limited series Presumed Innocent held at BMCC Theater on Sunday (June 9) in New York City.

Brent Lang Executive Editor When Michael Angarano was trying to get “Sacramento,” his indie buddy comedy about two friends who go on a road trip to a certain state capital off the ground, the question he’d get was always the same. Does it really need to be set in Sacramento? “At one point we were ready to shoot the movie in Atlanta — we had the financing and everything,” remembers Angarano, who directed the film, as well as co-wrote it. “And this was for a movie called ‘Sacramento.’ But it’s like why try to cheat it? Maybe, we should we just call it ‘Athens’ or ‘Savannah’?” And even though Angarano and his co-writer Chris Smith weren’t that familiar with the city that inspired their film, its appearance on a highway sign, informing them of the California city’s distance from Los Angeles, was foundational.

The Killers have played ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ for the first time in seven years at their surprise intimate gig in New York City – watch fan-filmed footage below:The band unveiled their last-minute concert just days ago, which was to take place on the same day as their 20th anniversary for their seminal debut album ‘Hot Fuss’.Now, The Killers have played their concert at the 500-capacity Bowery Ballroom, which saw them perform ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ for the first time since 2018. ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ originally appeared as the sixth track from ‘Hot Fuss’.Not only that, the Las Vegas band performed several ‘Hot Fuss’ classics including ‘Mr Brightside’, ‘Somebody Told Me’, and ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’.Check out footage of The Killers playing ‘Andy, You’re A Star’ below:The Bowery Ballroom show is a warm-up gig for their upcoming UK and Ireland tour later this June, which will see the band stop off at London’s O2 Arena for a whopping six dates.

EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Stewart will make her TV series-starring debut in The Challenger, a limited series in which she’ll play Sally Ride, the astronaut and physicist who became the first American woman to fly in space. She did this as part of a NASA space shuttle astronaut class of 1978 that was the first to be diversified and not comprised of all white men.  

Following her turn in the provocative thriller “Love Lies Bleeding,” Academy Award-nominated actress Kristen Stewart (“Spencer”) has set up one of her next projects, and it’s a first. Stewart will make her TV starring debut in the limited series “The Challenger,” about astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, best known as the first American woman in space.

Jack Dunn At this year’s Variety TV FYC Fest, Variety teamed up with the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative to present the inaugural Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award to writer, actor and producer Kristen Wiig. The award was created to celebrate the prolific comedian’s career and recognize her work to end diabetes-induced blindness, which affected Moore near the end of her life. “Kristen is indeed a true Mary.

As we near the 40th anniversary of the original Gremlins film on June 8, Max has revealed a new title for Season 2 of the animated prequel series. It will be called Gremlins: The Wild Batch and is set for premiere this fall. Max also released a teaser, which you can watch above.

Robert Pattinson became a household name for his portrayal of Edward Cullen in the Twilight movies. However, he almost wasn’t cast over concerns he wasn’t attractive enough for the part.

Jon Burlingame Historical dramas often demand a specific musical approach: Music that suggests the time and place, along with reflecting the (often real-life) characters and the unique circumstances of their lives. Five of the past season’s miniseries featured outstanding scores along these lines. For producers Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, “Masters of the Air” marked the completion of a World War II trilogy (after “Band of Brothers,” about American soldiers in Europe, and “The Pacific,” about Marines in the Pacific theater), and composer Blake Neely worked on all three.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Fallout 76″ has found a whole new world of players thanks to the popularity of Amazon’s “Fallout” TV series. The Bethesda Game Studios title, which first launched in October 2018, crossed 20 million downloads and plays as of Wednesday.