EXCLUSIVE: Arrow and The Hobbit actor Manu Bennett is joining Kiana Madeira (Trinkets), Ross Butler (13 Reasons Why) and Matthew Noszka (Star) in YA movie Perfect Addiction.
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CBS' , which launches Wednesday after , the former NBA star and eight other celebrities test their mental and physical mettle in the jungles of Panama, where they compete in challenges and endure brutal conditions as they push themselves to go beyond their comfort zone — all for their respective charities. Other stars along for the intense two-week ride, which does not feature any eliminations but rather allows them the ability to leave the competition early, include Jodie Sweetin, former Colton Underwood, Lauren Alaina, 's Eboni K. Williams and Craig Morgan.The 42-year-old NBA champion «initially» didn't have any desire to sign up for when he was first approached by producers.
«I didn't think I wanted to do it,» he told ET over Zoom on Tuesday. But after producers shared that they thought he «would do well,» he reconsidered. «When I got there in the jungle, I was like, 'Oh my goodness, I think I need to turn around right now.' It was really difficult just being in the jungle, making your hut at night.»«So many other things happened that I don't want to disclose,» he noted. «But being in the jungle where they removed 16 boa constrictor snakes… and alligators.
There's poisonous spiders everywhere. And the spiders, you don't really know where they're at.
You can't just find every spider in the jungle. So that was really, really scary, but I'm assuming spiders didn't want to be next to other people.
Other than that, it was a good experience, but very, very scary, especially sleeping at nighttime when it's pitch black.»Even in the first episode, Metta has doubts about whether he's cut out for the game, expressing his fears of sleeping in pitch-black darkness outside. He began rethinking his decision to be on the show when he
.EXCLUSIVE: Arrow and The Hobbit actor Manu Bennett is joining Kiana Madeira (Trinkets), Ross Butler (13 Reasons Why) and Matthew Noszka (Star) in YA movie Perfect Addiction.
John Stamos is reeling over the loss of yet another close friend.
John Stamos is sharing the final cryptic text he got from pal Taylor Hawkins before the drummer's untimely death.The Foo Fighters drummer passed away on March 25 in his Colombian hotel room of a suspected drug overdose. Over the weekend, John mourned and posted the last message he got from Taylor, which referenced getting together before they "die.""Ya We've yet to fully have a hang -[Gotta] put that s*** together before we die," Taylor said to John. The "Full House" star opined, "Wise words from my friend- put that s*** together! I'm so f****** sad. Another one gone too soon."On March 29, John also posted an Instagram video of Taylor joking that he, not the actor, should have been hired for a Geico commercial. "Stamos is a good buddy of mine — he's a good guy," Taylor said in the clip.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrut, the rising digital media startup whose backers include James Murdoch and François-Henri Pinault, is set to bring the Cannes Film Festival into Epic Games’ Fortnite, as well as grow its global presence and creator economy platform.The Fortnite operation is one of the many young adult-skewing initiatives spearheaded by Brut as part of its new media partnership with the Cannes Film Festival.Brut is also planning to host a House of Creators at Cannes and will bring about 100 creators from across the world to the Croisette where they’ll meet high-profile filmmakers, actors and agents in small groups.Guillaume Lacroix, who co-founded Brut with veteran producer Renaud le Van Kim in 2016, said the idea behind the House of Creators was to “bridge the gap between the film and digital-native industries and allow these talented young creators to grow and upscale in the long term.” “Creators [on social media] have often been opposed to traditional content creators, but the truth is that if filmmakers who are now in their 40s and 50s had had smart phone like the ones we have today back when they started out, they would have all jumped on the opportunity to create content instead of using old VHS tapes,” said Lacroix.Brut is also developing blockchain tools to put creators in direct touch with their fans and allow them to maximize their revenue.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrut, the rising digital media startup whose backers include James Murdoch and François-Henri Pinault, is set to bring the Cannes Film Festival into Epic Games’ Fortnight, as well as grow its global presence and creator economy platform.The Fortnight operation is one of the many young adult-skewing initiatives spearheaded by Brut as part of its new media partnership with the Cannes Film Festival.Brut is also planning to host a House of Creators at Cannes and will bring about 100 creators from across the world to the Croisette where they’ll meet high-profile filmmakers, actors and agents in small groups.Guillaume Lacroix, who co-founded Brut with veteran producer Renaud le Van Kim in 2016, said the idea behind the House of Creators was to “bridge the gap between the film and digital-native industries and allow these talented young creators to grow and upscale in the long term.” “Creators (on social media) have often been opposed to traditional content creators, but the truth is that if filmmakers who are now in their forties and fifties had had smart phone like the ones we have today back when they started out, they would have all jumped on the opportunity to create content instead of using old VHS tapes,” said Lacroix.Brut is also developing blockchain tools to put creators in direct touch with their fans and allow them to maximize their revenue.
Tributes have flooded in for Tom Parker, who has sadly died at the age of 33.The Wanted star had been bravely fighting an inoperable brain tumour since he was diagnosed with it in 2020. Singer Tom recently announced he wouldn't be able to perform on The Wanted's reunion tour but later delighted fans with a surprise appearance on stage with his bandmates.Tom passed away on Wednesday after battling the terminal illness, and leaves behind his two children, Aurelia, two, and Bodhi, one, and wife Kelsey, 32. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Confirming the news on Instagram, Kelsey shared: "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we confirm Tom passed away peacefully earlier today with all of his family by his side.
Colton Underwood has axed the idea of a TV wedding. The 30-year-old star joined ET's Denny Directo on , and revealed why he and fiancé Jordan C. Brown won't be tying the knot on TV.«That's a hard no, no matter what the dollar amount is,» Underwood insisted.
Cassie Randolph, 26, admitted that she didn’t have any prior knowledge that her ex Colton Underwood, 30, was gay before he came out in a Good Morning America interview in April 2021. Cassie spoke about her feelings about him coming out and how she didn’t learn about his sexuality until that interview in a new podcast episode ofOff The Vine, released on Tuesday March 22.
Cassie Randolph, the winner of season 23 of The Bachelor, has revealed how she found out her ex-boyfriend Colton Underwood was gay. On March 22, in an interview with Kaitlyn Bristowe, on Bristowe’s Off The Vine podcast, Randolph disclosed that Underwood did not give her any advanced notice.Randolph revealed that she “found out the same way that everyone else did.” Making Underwood’s coming out about her, Randolph continued, “It was horrible. It was just, like, a shocking kind of feeling.”Underwood starred in the 23rd season of The Bachelor in 2019. He went on to have a relationship with Cassie Randolph before breaking up.
Cassie Randolph is opening up about her ex-boyfriend Colton Underwood.
A Colorado man who is in prison for killing his wife and two kids is back in the news after new information was just released by the family of his deceased wife.
The second week of Survivor season 42 managed to break Chicago Fire‘s demo-topping streak in the latest Wednesday primetime lineup. While not the top-rated program of the night, Fire was the most-watched.
It’s not I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here — but it sure is close. CBS on Wednesday debuted Beyond the Edge, a new reality show from Renegade (Naked and Afraid) that drops nine celebrities into the jungles of Panama to compete in challenges while earning cash for their charities (and personal pocketbooks).
It’s time to meet the cast members of CBS’ new reality series Beyond the Edge!
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeCBS and the producers behind the network’s new reality series “Beyond the Edge” were bracing for their celebrity cast to mutiny. They even had contingency plans in place, just in case their stars decided to give up in the face of grueling conditions.“I remember in the middle of production, saying on multiple occasions, ‘I can’t believe they’re still out there,’” says CBS alternative series senior VP Mitch Graham. “You never know in a new format, what you’re going to get.
Emiliano De Pablos Tenerife-based Bendita Film Sales has taken international sales rights to Nely Reguera’s sophomore outing, drama “La voluntaria” (“The Volunteer”), toplining “Broken Embraces,” “Perfect Life” and Piggy” star Carmen Machi, one of the biggest marquee draws in Spain.World premiering in main competition at this year’s Malaga Festival, “La voluntaria” marks Reguera’s follow-up to her well-received feature 2016 debut, the Bárbara Lennie-starrer “María (And the Others),” which won the best Ibero-American film prize at the Miami Film Festival and earned new director and lead actress nominations at the Spanish Academy Goya Awards.Barcelona-born Reguera forms part of the new generation of exciting young female Catalan auteurs, alongside Carla Simón (“Alcarràs”), Belén Funes (“The Daughter of the Thief”), Neus Ballús (“The Odd-Job Men”) and Meritxell Colell (“Facing the Wind”). A Spain-Greece co-production, “La voluntaria” is produced by Adriá Monés at Fasten Films, Bteam Pictures’ Alex Lafuente and Maria Drandaki from Homemade Films. The film follows Marisa, a recently retired doctor, played by Machi, who has a big desire to having grand-children, but for an inexplicable reason none of her children has granted her wish.After the sudden death of her only companion, her bulldog, Marisa decides to leave everything and travel to a refugee camp in Greece, where the children seem to need people exactly like her. Itsaso Arana (“The August Virgin”), Arnau Comas (“Yesterday’s Two Nights”), Dèlia Brufau (“Your Are Not So Special”), Yohan Levy (“Emily in Paris”) and Henrietta Rauth (“Gruber Is Leaving”) complete the cast.“We are very happy to add to our catalog the latest film by Nely Reguera, one of the most promising
The eventful new trailer for “The Kardashians” is here.
While Grimes’ recent cover story in Vanity Fair has been making headlines for her revelation that she and ex Elon Musk had a second child, another part of the interview has also attracted interest.