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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Prodigy are expanding their casts. Oscar nominee Carol Kane is set for a recurring role in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and Billy Campbell has joined the voice cast of animated series Prodigy. The news was announced Thursday as part of the global live-streamed Star Trek Day event.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Nicolas Cage and Joel Kinnaman will star in “Sympathy for the Devil,” a new psychological thriller from director Yuval Adler. Production on the film is underway in Las Vegas. Capstone Global is handling worldwide sales on the film, and will introduce it to buyers during the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.   Written by Luke Paradise (“Lost on a Mountain in Maine”), “Sympathy for the Devil” follows “The Driver” (Kinnaman) as he finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man known as “The Passenger” (Cage). That sets things up for a white-knuckle ride. 

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning star Mark Rylance and his wife Claire van Kampen, a playwright, composer and director, have teamed with Steven Spielberg and his Amblin Entertainment on a TV project, the actor revealed to Deadline.

Fast and the Furious hit ITV 2 screens. The 2001 movie marked the first time Paul Walker worked with Vin Diesel in the iconic gearhead movie franchise. But, behind the scenes, the two American actors became the best of friends.

The reviews are in, and Wolfgang Van Halen “killed it” during his performance with Dave Grohl at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert.

Kane Brown is fresh off making history as the first male country singer to perform at the VMA's and just announced the U.S. leg of his "Drunk or Dreaming Tour."  The tour has 24 stops, starting on March 16, 2023 in Grand Rapids, Michigan and closing out in Greenwood Village, Colorado on June 10, 2023.  Brown will be joined by Dustin Lynch, Gabby Barrett and LoCash during his 2023 tour.  Kane Brown announced the U.S.

Joel Kinnaman and fiancee Kelly Gale are enjoying a morning ride.

Mae Muller spoke to NME on the red carpet of this year’s MTV VMAs, and discussed her nomination, the reaction to her viral track ‘Better Days’, and who she hopes to collab with in the future. Watch our interview with Muller above.The English singer-songwriter received a nod in the Push Performance of the year category at the ceremony for ‘Better Days’ and told us it felt “surreal” to receive the honour.

Harry Styles nabbed one of the biggest awards during this year’s MTV VMA ceremony, however, he couldn’t accept the honour in person as he was performing at Madison Square Garden. The As It Was hitmaker, 28, was forced to make a virtual appearance after scooping album of the year for his critically acclaimed Harry’s House. Styles became the first British winner of the night and fought off competition from the likes of Adele, Billie Eilish and Drake for the accolade.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ were awarded with the golden icon award at Sunday 28 August night's MTV VMA awards. On collecting their award, bassist Flea took the opportunity to dedicate it to the late drummer of the Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins.The 50 year old was tragically found dead in a hotel room in the north of Bogota, Colombia, where the band were set to play at a festival on Friday 25 March.

Kane Brown has earned himself a huge following among country music fans – but he'll be reaching a whole new audience at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.MORE: All there is to know about the 2022 MTV Video Music AwardsNot only is the singer making history as the first male country artist to perform during the ceremony, but he's also been nominated for an award for the second year in a row. Last year, Kane was the only country artist to receive a nomination.

Kane Brown is making music history this weekend as the first country music artist to perform on the MTV VMAs stage. As if that was not enough, he is also making history as the first performer to incorporate a mixed reality element from the Toyota stage into his performance, promising audiences something completely new and different.  "It's such an iconic show to be a part of, and I just feel really honored that they asked me.

EXCLUSIVE: Montreal-based film sales and marketing consultancy Film Associates International has unveiled a slew of international deals on new 4K restorations of the work of celebrated Canadian director Patricia Rozema.

Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen and Julien Baker wrapped ‘The Wild Hearts Tour’ up in New York last weekend, performing two shows at the Central Park SummerStage. During the encore of that second gig – which took place Sunday night (August 21) – Baker joined Olsen and Van Etten to perform the latter pair’s joint single ‘Like I Used To’.Olsen and Van Etten had performed the song together across the entirety of the North American tour – a triple-headliner stint that spanned 20 shows over the past month – appearing in the encore during either of their individual sets.

Harry Kane's winner for Tottenham Hotspur against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday makes him the all-time topscorer for a single club in Premier League history. The London side had been struggling before the striker scored the winner in the 64th minute.

BreAnna Bell Netflix has ordered Kathleen Jordan’s period soap drama “The Decameron” with Jenji Kohan executive producing under her overall deal with the streamer.The eight episode drama takes place in 1348, as the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence. A handful of nobles are invited to retreat with their servants to a grand villa in the Italian countryside and wait out the pestilence with a lavish holiday.

It’s been more than five years since the debut of Ryan Murphy’s other, other FX anthology project, “Feud.” After the success of “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story,” FX was hoping to get Murphy to continue his anthology hot streak with a new series that aimed its spotlight on famous Hollywood spats. The first season went on to earn a number of awards including multiple Emmys.

Jonathan Van Ness thinks the US government's response to the monkeypox outbreak has been "fuelled by homophobia". The 35-year-old TV star has blasted the government's "botched response" to the health crisis in an essay for TIME magazine. He wrote: "Watching the government's botched response to monkeypox has been surreal, and in many ways, I believe it's been fuelled by homophobia and transphobia.