New ‘Karate Kid’ Movie Casts ‘American Born Chinese’ Star Ben Wang in Title Role

Over the last few decades, we've seen many Coronation Street stars go on to dominate Hollywood - and now Sam Retford is the latest to do exactly that.The actor, who is best known for playing Curtis Delamere in the soap, is playing a starring role in Outlander prequel Blood of My Blood.The 24-year-old will play a young Dougal MacKenzie - who was portrayed by Graham McTavish in the original series - in the spin-off, which has begun filming in Glasgow. Sam is one of four new actors joining the prequel, which tells the story of the parents of Sam Heughan's character Jamie as well as Caitriona Balfe's character Claire's parents.

As Call the Midwife season 13 comes to a close, fans were left on the edge of their seats as Trixie Aylward's fairytale relationship took a tumultuous turn. Portrayed by Helen George, Trixie faced heartache as her husband Matthew, played by Olly Rix, found himself ensnared in a web of deceit amid financial troubles. In the upcoming episode 8, even more unexpected events unfold as Miss Higgins is visited by a surprise guest.

In the latest gripping instalment of Death in Paradise , Marlon's tranquil island life is disrupted when he receives a mysterious phone call from his former boss, sounding desperately injured and pleading for help. This unexpected blast from his criminal past sends shockwaves through Marlon, who hasn't spoken to his former employer since joining the police force. Rushing to the scene, Marlon is met with a gruesome sight: his old boss lies dead, a victim of a fatal gunshot wound.

There have been some recent shakeups in the cast of Grey’s Anatomy ahead of the season 20 premiere, including news about former cast members coming back and beloved stars not returning.

Joshua Jackson is headed back to the big screen!

The cast for the second season of The Last of Us is really coming together!

Say goodbye to “heartbreak feels good in a place like this.”

“Some people would rather crash than slow down.” So goes the zinger in the latest trailer for Jeff Nichols‘ “The Bikeriders,” which finally hits theaters this summer. Initially slated by Focus Featuers for a December 1, 2023, theatrical release, the SAG-AFTRA strike forced the distributor to push the film to 2024.

Michaela Zee AMC Theatres will release three new Nicole Kidman-led ads in its theaters starting in March, Variety has confirmed. On March 1, a new 30-second version of the “We Make Movies Better” ad will make its theatrical debut at AMC locations nationwide. AMC Theatres will then rotate in two other never-before-seen-in-theaters versions of the original pre-show ad in the coming months.

Joseph Jimenez Jr., the man who killed a TikTok star and his date at a movie theater in 2021, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The decision was made during a court hearing on

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Whoopi Goldberg, famed EGOT and business mogul, is adding another entry to her résumé: streaming entrepreneur. Goldberg is an equity investor in Blkfam, billed as the first and only Black-owned and Black-focused family streaming platform. The free, ad-supported service launches Feb.

In the latest episode of Death in Paradise, an island-wide black is wrecking havoc in Honoré.The team are determined to find out the cause and trace the source to a local substation. However, the group are left stunned when they discover an electrocuted dead body at the substation. Initially, it looks like the result of a tragic accident, but after further investigation, Neville and the team discover the computer shop where the victim worked is home to a hidden world of crypto currency and data mining.

Hacks will be returning to Max for a third season in 2024 and more details about the cast have been revealed.

Mischa Barton is opening up in a brand new interview!

All American is returning for season six on The CW!

Will Trent is back this week!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor With just four days remaining until final Oscar voting officially opens, the race has taken a few unexpected turns at the BAFTA Awards. Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” a biographical drama about the father of the atomic bomb, has continued to surge ahead after seven wins, including best film and director. Its trajectory towards a triumphant night on the Dolby Theatre stage on March 10 seems assured.

In the latest Death in Paradise, a famous chef is poisoned at the grand opening of his latest hotel during a cooking competition in which various hopefuls compete for the head chef position. The team are left confounded when they realise that the victim didn’t consume anything that day that the contestants hadn’t consumed themselves. So how, then, was the poison administered? How was he the only one who wound up dead? Whilst Catherine finds herself entangled in the case, when an old friend becomes a murder suspect, Neville and the team dig deep and unravel secret after secret, soon realising that nothing in this case is what it seems.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Hong Kong-Europe-Asian Film Collaboration Funding Scheme being launched this week in Berlin is intended as a major component of an exercise in rehabilitating and internationalizing the Hong Kong film industry. In unprecedented fashion, the territory’s Film Development Council is getting ready to start giving cash grants to movie projects that don’t necessarily have to shoot in the city or even use one of its three official languages.

Millions of older people in receipt of the New or Basic State Pension are set for a significant boost this year after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that payments will rise by 8.5 per cent from April 8, 2024. This means that someone on the full New State Pension will see payments go up from £203.85 per week to £221.20 and as payments are typically made every four weeks, this amounts to £884.80 each pay period.