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True Detective. The new season is subtitled ‘Night Country’ and is heading to HBO Max in the US in the new year.

The trailer for True Detective: Night Country has finally arrived!

A mum has spoken of her shocking experience after giving birth at her local bingo hall.

Tubi, the survey also found the average person reportedly streams a whopping 1,112 hours of content a year. It’s about 21 hours a week, which equates to a part time job.Wyoming was the most likely state to stream more than 50 hours per week, with 40% of respondents doing so.And Nevadans surpassed other states in streaming the most TV shows or movies, with 40% currently watching more than 10.If you’re a fan of true crime, though, you may find a friend in Minnesota, where this genre is most popular (53%).Indiana is all about dramas — nearly half (48%) named it their favorite genre to stream.

Over 100 birds are set to undergo name changes in the USA as their current names are thought to be offensive.

Mark Schilling Japan Correspondent Boys’ Love, or ‘BL’ as it is also known, was once a minor and lightly regarded type of Japanese manga catering mainly to female fans, delivering stories of handsome young guys falling in love with each other. Now its popularity has spread beyond Japan to much of East Asia and beyond, while metamorphozing into a film, TV and online genre with millions of fans. Just how big BL has become was evident in a Wednesday TIFFCOM seminar on the BL phenomenon in Thailand: Beyond Borders: Exploring the Global Appeal and Diversity of Thailand’s Boys’ Love Contents. The eleven speakers, including an official from the Office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy in Japan, vigorously pitched partnerships with Japanese content companies, which seemed to be a classic case of selling ice to Alaska’s indigenous inhabitants. Members of the packed seminar room might beg to differ, however.

An off-duty pilot is in deep s**t after allegedly trying to turn off a plane’s engine MID flight.

Tom Skilling, a TV meteorologist who has been forecasting the weather on Nexstar’s WGN-TV in Chicago for 45 years, announced tonight on the WGN Evening News that he will retire on February 28, 2024.

Welcome to Deadline’s The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year’s event in Cannes. In between meetings and cocktail parties, you’re sure to hear whispers about the next potential global hit and The Hot Ones is here to guide you. Here’s three top docs headed for the Croisette.

True Detective fans, let the countdown begin! The newest version of the beloved franchise, True Detective: Night Country, will premiere Jan. 14, Max announced on Wednesday.

True Detective has been announced.The show, officially titled True Detective: Night Country, which will be based in the frozen wilds of Alaska, will make its return on January 14 in the US from 9pm on HBO Max. A release date for the UK on Sky Atlantic and Now TV is yet to be confirmed.As previously confirmed Jodie Foster will star in this season alongside former boxing champion Kali Reis, while Issa López serves as showrunner, writer, and director of all six episodes.A new teaser trailer has also been shared for the new series, which you can view below.An official synopsis for the season states, via Variety: “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.

HBO has set Jan. 14 as premiere date for True Detective: Night County, starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. The network also has released a new trailer for the six-episode series, which will be available to stream on Max. Issa López serves as showrunner, writer, and director of all episodes. 

Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO has set the premiere date for the Season 4 of “True Detective.” Officially dubbed “True Detective: Night Country,” the six-episode season will launch on Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max.

Dick Van Dyke, Amber Riley and William Shatner have come on as contestants to great success.However, there have also been a slew of players who have caused quite the controversy when they appeared on the brightly lit soundstage. From politicians to models to actual singers, Hollywood has sure made the rounds on “The Masked Singer.”Van Dyke, 97, became the oldest person to compete on the musical series, and was unmasked as “the Gnome” on an episode that aired earlier this year.The Grammy winner performed the hit song “When You’re Smiling” by Frank Sinatra onstage in February.Once he ripped off his gnome mascot head and revealed his true identity, Van Dyke performed a rendition of “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” — the iconic song from his and Julie Andrews’ 1964 “Mary Poppins” musical.Riley, 37, won Season 8 of the show last year, when she was revealed to be the Harp.The “Glee” alum sang Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory” and John Mayer’s “Gravity,” which led to her victory.

Glamour College Woman of the Year interview, she connects with Olympic gold medalist and world champion Simone Manuel, who's celebrated for her achievements in swimming as well as her , which provides education and resources for BIPOC youth by promoting positive swim readiness and increasing water safety awareness in communities of color. Simone Manuel: Congrats on being named one of Glamour’s College Women of the Year! What does this mean to you?Lydia Jacoby: Obviously swimming's a huge part of my life, so it means a lot to be honored in this way. And then, also, I've always been so into fashion, so it's fun to have two areas of my life intersect.What’s your favorite part about being at the University of Texas, and what drew you to become a student athlete there?I chose it in large part because of Carol [Capitani].

EXCLUSIVE: Former Disney TV studio executive and CAA agent Elizabeth Newman has joined Literate as its first new partner since the television-focused boutique management and production company was launched in early 2018 by founding partners A.B. Fischer and Dennis Kim.

EXCLUSIVE: Wrigley Media Group, which is looking to bolster production opportunities in Kentucky, has named Joe Livecchi as CEO.

The Northern Lights will set Scotland's skies aglow this week after stunning displays were spotted last night.

The Wonder Years reboot has been cancelled at ABC after just two seasons.As confirmed via Variety, the show, which was a reboot of the 1988 original, will not return for a third season.Based on the 1988 series of the same name, the new, reimagined show focussed on the lives of a Black middle-class family in Alabama in the late 1960s, in contrast to the white family depicted in the original series that first aired on ABC in March 1988.Don Cheadle narrated the series as adult Dean Williams and was joined by Elisha “EJ” Williams (Dean Williams), Dulé Hill (Bill Williams), Saycon Sengbloh (Lillian Williams), Laura Kariuki (Kim Williams), Julian Lerner (Brad Hitman), Amari O’Neil (Cory Long) and Milan Ray (Keisa Clemmons).The reboot was written and produced by Lee Daniels (Monster’s Ball, Precious, The Butler) alongside comedy veteran Saladin K. Patterson (The Big Bang Theory, Frasier) and Marc Velez, who heads up Lee Daniels Entertainment.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, respectively.Gannett, the media company behind USA Today and The Tennessean, shared details of its ‘Taylor Swift Reporter’ job on Tuesday (September 12).Per the post, the firm is looking for “an experienced, video-forward journalist to capture the music and cultural impact” of the ‘Midnights’ pop star. They are required to have at least five years of experience working in a digital-first newsroom.“Swift’s fanbase has grown to unprecedented heights, and so has the significance of her music and growing legacy,” it adds.“We are looking for an energetic writer, photographer and social media pro who can quench an undeniable thirst for all things Taylor Swift with a steady stream of content across multiple platforms.“Seeing both the facts and the fury, the Taylor Swift reporter will identify why the pop star’s influence only expands, what her fanbase stands for in pop culture, and the effect she has across the music and business worlds. ”If you thought we were stopping there, you're wrong.

Sacramento Bee, San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Tom Garza issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Chino Valley Unified School District from enforcing the policy, which is one of six school districts in the state to have adopted policies requiring parental notification when a student doesn’t conform to gender norms or stereotypes.The Chino Valley policy was challenged by Attorney General Rob Bonta, who argued that the policy violates the privacy rights of LGBTQ students, and endangers the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.The Orange Unified School District was the most recent to adopt a policy similar to Chino Valley’s — coming after Bonta’s lawsuit was filed — with school boards in Murietta, Temecula, the Anderson Union High School District in Shasta County, in the northern part of the state, and the Rocklin School District, northeast of Sacramento.The policies are increasingly being adopted in conservative enclaves throughout the state as part of a larger societal backlash against transgender visibility — which has been encouraged by conservative influencers and Republican Party leaders.A group of activists recently filed a ballot initiative — one of three targeting transgender youth visibility — that would impose similar parental notification policies on districts throughout the state.The Alaska State Board of Education recently approved a proposed regulation barring transgender girls from competing on female-designated high school sports teams for any districts that are part of the Alaska School Activities Association.

We’ll have to wait a bit longer than planned for the premiere of HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Susan Sarandon, playing the U.S. Secretary of State Alaska Adams, gets the better of Bryan Brown, as the Australian prime minister, in a fast-paced verbal duel that represents the first footage from the Sean Penn-produced satirical comedy series “C*A*U*G*H*T.” An elite team of Aussie soldiers is sent to an island nation to retrieve a secret file that has gone astray.

A new study by USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has found little improvement in casting among marginalized groups in Hollywood’s most popular films, this despite years of advocacy for more representative characters on the big screen.

Ellise Shafer Plimsoll Productions, an ITV Studios company, has promoted veteran producer James Smith to head of adventure. In his new position, Smith will focus on adventure programming and report to Martha Holmes, Plimsoll’s chief creative officer of natural history and science.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Now on its fourth year, the Santiago Film Festival’s Morbido-Sanfic Lab features an ever more diverse selection from Ibero-America. As Morbido founder-CEO Pablo Guisa said of this year’s edition: “It has projects from multiple countries, several produced or directed by women as well as one LGBTQ-themed project and, for the first time, a documentary.” Vampire creatures abound in this crop.

Maggie Rogers has finally met the fan who posted the viral video with Pharrell Williams that launched her music career.In 2016, a clip went viral of Pharrell marvelling at Rogers’ song ‘Alaska’ during a songwriting masterclass at New York University.“I have zero, zero, zero notes for that,” he said in the video, being visibly moved by the song. “I’ve never heard anyone like you before, and I’ve never heard anything that sounds like that.”The video was uploaded by a fan named Dimitri to Reddit, with Rogers then going on to sign to a major label, release two albums and headline gigs across the world.“So obviously my career started seven years ago with that video of me and Pharrell Williams at NYU blah blah blah,” she told fans in a video message posted to Instagram.

The Rose have announced their upcoming 2023 ‘Dawn To Dusk’ US and Canada Tour.The Rose are set to return to North America almost a year after their 2022 ‘Heal Together’ Tour. Their new 2023 ‘Dawn To Dusk’ US and Canada Tour wiill kick off in early October at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California.Following which, The Rose will play shows in Seattle, Denver, Columbus, Miami and more, as well as concerts in the Canadian cities of Vancouver and Toronto.In November, the band will play three shows across Texas, in Houston, Grand Prairie and Austin, before wrapping things up with two final show in Phoenix and Inglewood.According to a poster for the concerts, The Rose’s 2023 ‘Dawn To Dusk’ tour will be headed to more countries soon.

summer blockbuster “Oppenheimer” is surely not bombing at the box office, but there is one scene in the movie that isn’t hitting the right target.One moment in the three-hour film starring Cillian Murphy shows a historical error that viewers pointed out on Twitter.In the shot, the Irish actor, 47, stands in the middle of a crowd, who all clap and cheer for him while they wave American flags.The dramatic epic about the life of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer takes place in the early 1940s, but the flags featured white stars that represent 50 states — despite the country only having 48 in 1945 when the scene took place.Hawaii and Alaska, the last two entities to be annexed to the United States, were not added until 1959.Eagle-eyed fan Andy Craig revealed the mistake on social media, sharing a snapshot of the scene, and his post quickly went viral.“It was good and all, but I’ll be that guy and complain they used 50-star flags in a scene set in 1945,” he tweeted.Other fans agreed with his discovery and even called out Nolan, 52, for the incorrect usage.“Totally ruined the film for me,” a person claimed.

Christopher Nolan’s biographical epic Oppenheimer.During a scene set in 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) goes to deliver a speech to a crowd waving American flags.The flags featured however are the current version of the flag, with 50 stars representing 50 states.

Lester Holt is taking NBC Nightly News to Alaska next week for a special broadcast that will focus on the U.S. defense against foreign aircraft and missile threats amid tensions with Russia and China.

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Trying to keep up with this week’s new music? Every Friday, we collect new albums available on streaming services on one page.

Dakota Fred Hurt, who was a key part of several Discovery reality shows about looking for gold in the wild, died Tuesday after a brief battle with brain cancer, according to his family.

Alaska Reid is this week’s guest on The FADER Interview podcast. Speaking to The FADER’s Walden Green, the singer-songwriter from Los Angeles by way of Montana shared some words of wisdom courtesy of Speedy Ortiz‘s Sadie Dupuis: “She said something really interesting to me that I hadn’t heard someone say: ‘I’m building upon my past work and enriching it.’” On Reid’s debut album Disenchanter, out this Friday (July 14) via Luminelle, she enriches the groundwork she’s laid before — her guitar-forward indie rock outfit Alyeska, the glitch-pop of 2020’s A.G. Cook-produced Big Bunny — to yield her most complete body of work yet.

posted on Facebook that she “passed away last week in London after a long battle with cancer.” She was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic but by 2021 was opening up about her experience and noting that she was now cancer-free and happy to spend more time with her young child.“Eva died on the same terms as she lived. She played her cards close to her chest.