Orlando Bloom Channels a Christmas Elf, Cuddles With a Puppy on Set of 'Deep Cover'

As the sun rises above St Peter's Square, a row of sleeping bags, duvets and a tent are lined up under the arches outside Manchester town hall. It's not an unfamiliar sight in the city centre, where dozens of people sleep rough every night.

Katcy Stephan A long-gestating reboot of the “Naked Gun” franchise with Liam Neeson is finally moving forward at Paramount, landing a release date of July 15, 2025. The currently-untitled project will be directed and executive produced by Avika Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft script alongside Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins are producing via their company Fuzzy Door.

“I’m happy and I’m gon’ get up / Sweet and bitter memories / With everything behind, just look forward, I am glad to take a step ahead,” they belt on the song’s affecting chorus.The ongoing ‘H1-KEYnote’ project started with the release of the single ‘Thinkin’ About You’ late last month, which sports a similar style to ‘Deeper’ in terms of vocal emphasis. It remains unclear if both singles will appear on a larger body of work in the near future.Comprising Seoi, Riina, Hwiseo and Yel, H1-KEY made their official debut in early 2022 with the single album ‘Athletic Girl’, and have released one other single album and two mini-albums in the time since.

A new children's animated film with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score has left adult viewers in tears. From Dreamworks and the producers of How To Train Your Dragon, Orion and the Dark released on Netflix on February 2.

NBC has set a two-hour primetime special to celebrate the 10th anniverary of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fallon announced the special on his show Monday night, saying the past week was officially the show’s 10-year anniversary. The special will air May 14.

Les Savy Fav have announced ‘Oui, LSF’, their first new album in 14 years.The US indie rockers – comprising Tim Harrington, Seth Jabour, Syd Butler, Harrison Haynes and Andrew Reuland – will release ‘Oui, LSF’ on May 10th via Frenchkiss/The Orchard, which is available to pre-order/ pre-save now from here.The announcement comes alongside the release of their boisterous new track ‘Guzzle Blood’, which follows this month’s comeback single ‘Legendary Tippers’.“As the first song on ‘OUI, LSF’, Guzzle Blood drops you into the bottom of a dark well,” said frontman Harrington in a statement. “In a lot of ways the rest of the record is about the things we do to climb back out.”Listten to ‘Guzzle Blood’ below.It’s been over a decade since the band’s last album, 2010’s ‘Root For Ruin’. “When we finished our last record, there was a sense that if we were going to do more, we wanted to do something more ambitious,” Harrington added.

EXCLUSIVE: Following their work together on Ted Melfi’s acclaimed coming-of-age drama St. Vincent, Naomi Watts (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans) and Bill Murray (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) have been set to topline The Friend, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s New York Times bestselling novel, from writer-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (Montana Story).

Whether you are a history buff, nature lover, sun seeker or a food connoisseur, Türkiye has it all. It is a country that boasts a rich array of stunning ancient archaeological sites, vibrant cultures and natural beauty, from its 5,000 miles of coastline and sandy beaches to idyllic forests and mountains and of course wonderful sunshine most of the year.

All Creatures Great and Small has confirmed its return and shared an exciting update with fans about the upcoming future series, the 2024 Christmas special and which cast members are set to return. The cast and crew of the popular period drama will soon be heading back to the Yorkshire Dales to shoot the hit adaptation by BAFTA award-winning production company Playground, based on the best-selling novels of real-life Thirsk vet Alf Wight, who wrote under the pen-name James Herriot. On Friday, Channel 5 confirmed the double commission of series 5 and 6 - as well as a beloved Christmas special.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor UPDATED: Jason Reitman has gathered more than two dozen filmmakers to help acquire Westwood’s historic Village Theater, which will program first-run and repertory programming. The group includes JJ Abrams, Judd Apatow, Damien Chazelle, Chris Columbus, Ryan Coogler, Bradley Cooper, Alfonso Cuarón, Jonathan Dayton, Guillermo del Toro, Valerie Faris, Hannah Fidell, Alejandro González Iñárritu, James Gunn, Sian Heder, Rian Johnson, Gil Kenan, Karyn Kusama, Justin Lin, Phil Lord, David Lowery, Christopher McQuarrie, Chris Miller, Christopher Nolan, Alexander Payne, Todd Phillips, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Jay Roach, Seth Rogen, Emma Seligman, Brad Silberling, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thomas, Denis Villeneuve, Lulu Wang, and Chloé Zhao.

Leslie Moonves for “aiding and abetting the disclosure of confidential information and inducing or attempting to induce the misuse of a City position.” According to KNX Newsradio, in a unanimous 4-0 vote, committee president Jeffery J. Daar, VP Manjusha P. Kulkarni and members Rabbi Aryeh Cohen and Alex M.

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off directing and executive producing the first two episodes of FX’s Shōgun, Jonathan van Tulleken has been tapped to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of another high-profile limited series, Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099.

Alex Ritman WestEnd Film has boarded “Mariana’s Room,” the adaptation of Aharon Appelfeld’s prize-winning 2006 novel “Blooms of Darkness,” for worldwide sales. The film — which is now in post-production — comes from writer-director Emmanuel Finkiel (“A Decent Man,” “Voyages”) who reunited with his Cesar-winning “Memoir of War” star Mélanie Thierry (“The Zero Theorem’).

Shayeza Walid MacArthur Fellow Annie Baker is an acclaimed playwright and theater director, winning the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama for “The Flick,” among other accolades. Now, with the release of the delicate mother-daughter drama “Janet Planet,” both written and directed by Baker, the esteemed theater veteran makes her directorial film debut. Baker began writing “Janet Planet” in the early days of the pandemic, completing it in December 2020.

Variety’s creative director HaleyKluge has been honored by the American Society of Magazine Editors‘ 59th annual National Magazine Awards. She received an ASME NEXT Award for Journalists Under 30, which recognize outstanding achievements by early-career print and digital journalists. Nominated by Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh, Kluge will be honored alongside Vulture’s Rebecca Alter, The Hollywood Reporter’s Lovia Gyarkye, New York Magazine’s Isabela Quintero and MIT Technology Review’s Zeyi Yang.

Naman Ramachandran “A Head Full of Ghosts,” an adaptation of Paul Tremblay’s Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, will be directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The horror feature will be adapted and directed by Franz and Fiala, the filmmaking duo best known for horror-thriller hit, “Goodnight Mommy,” which was selected as Austria’s 2014 Oscar entry, and the Riley Keough-led “The Lodge,” which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by Neon in 2019. Their next film, “The Devil’s Bath,” is competing for the Golden Bear at the ongoing Berlin Film Festival.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Broadway is coming to Santa Monica. Jenna Ushkowitz (“Glee”) and Merle Dandridge (“The Last of Us,” “Station 19”) are teaming up and gathering their singer friends to raise money for Harvest Home L.A., a non-profit for unhoused pregnant women. “Jenna, Merle, and Friends: A Night of Song” will feature pop and Broadway tunes performed by Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”), Cheyenne Jackson (“American Horror Story”), Katie Lowes (“Scandal”), Kevin McHale (“Glee”), Austin Mackenzie (“Spring Awakening”), Adam Shapiro (“Never Have I Ever”), Tracie Thoms (“9-1-1”), Carly Thomas Smith (“Rent”) and Kim Dawson (“Sing Off”).

Netflix fans have praised Millie Bobby Brown after the streamer released a trailer for her upcoming film Damsel. Millie, 19, who is best known for starring as Eleven in the American sci-fit series Stranger Things, plays the role of a young woman conned into marrying a charming prince.

Comcast hosted about 300 at its Philadelphia headquarters Tuesday to highlight the technology side of its business, one that’s less covered than entertainment but sets it apart from media rivals, and gives its content an attractive home.

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