Ron Faber Dies: Actor Who Delivered Bad News In ‘The Exorcist’ Was 90

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Timothée Chalamet is playing the world’s most famous chocolatier in Warner Bros.’ upcoming musical “Wonka,” but it wasn’t necessarily the Roald Dahl source material that sparked his interest in joining the project. The Oscar nominee told Vogue magazine that he was drawn to playing Willy Wonka for the simple reason of making a movie for a younger, more optimistic demographic of moviegoers. “To work on something that will have an uncynical young audience, that was just a big joy,” Chalamet said. “That’s why I was drawn to it. In a time and climate of intense political rhetoric, when there’s so much bad news all the time, this is hopefully going to be a piece of chocolate.”

Jonah Hauer-King is the latest actor to become a Disney Prince, but he faced stiff competition for the part!

Full house! While Robert De Niro is one of Hollywood’s most esteemed actors, he also takes pride in his role as the father of seven.

Lucy Paez is recounting her audition for the role of Jennifer Lopez’s daughter in “The Mother”.

There may be a little more gas left in the tank for the “Fast And Furious” franchise. Variety reports that Vin Diesel teased at the world premiere of “Fast X” in Rome that the new film may not be the penultimate one in the series.

A 79-year-old Welsh composer is shutting down some wild rumours.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has some thoughts on the so-called Seinfeld curse, the idea that the cast of the hit sitcom was unable to find success after the show ended.

Will the real Meghan Markle please stand up? Sir Karl Jenkins revealed that despite the hilarious memes, he was not the Duchess of Sussex in disguise at King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.

Robert De Niro surprised a lot of fans when he announced that he had just recently welcomed his seventh child at the age of 79.

Newton N. Minow, who shocked the nation in 1961 by calling American television “a vast wasteland,” died on Saturday at his home in Chicago . He was 97 and died from a heart attack, according to his daughter.

UPDATE: Texas medical examiners said Friday that 30-year-old Sara Lee’s death was a suicide. The 30-year-old ingested a fatal combination of alcohol and drugs.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The jury is still out on whether Amazon Freevee’s mockumentary sitcom “Jury Duty” will be able to break into the Emmys race, but the excitement for the comedy has taken the TV world by storm, and Amazon sees an opening for it. Variety has learned exclusively Amazon plans to submit the eight-episode inaugural season for the Emmy comedy categories, seeking recognition in over a dozen key races including acting, writing and directing. Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions in all categories. Created by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, the series follows the inner workings of a jury trial through the eyes of Ronald Gladden, a solar contractor from San Diego, who is unaware that his jury duty summons was not official and everyone on the jury aside from him, is an actor.

There’s some bittersweet news about Sweet Tooth – Just Jared Jr This is not great news about the Coronation – Celebitchy Find out what is different about Rihanna‘s second pregnancy – Popsugar Have you seen the Dune Part 2 trailer!? – Just Jared Jr

David A. Goodman and Michele Mulroney marched alongside approximately 200 strikers at Paramount Studios in Hollywood on Tuesday in support of the WGA which is battling the AMTPT for better wages, among other things, on the first official day of the strike.

Tom Cruise, who recently joined the star-studded lineup for King Charles III's upcoming coronation concert, has long-standing ties to the British royal family.   The 60-year-old actor is set to appear "in a series of pre-recorded sketches and segments revealing little-known facts about The King" at the royal event on Sunday, per the BBC.

Eileen Saki, who played Rosie on M*A*S*H, has died, her husband Bob Borgen confirmed. She was 79.

Bad Bunny‘s back stole the show at the 2023 Met Gala on Monday (May 1) in New York City.

The Morning Show is coming back for season 4!

Macaulay, even when they were children, after he became famous at the age of 10 for his role in Home Alone. Kieran is currently starring in HBO’s Succession as Roman Roy and spoke to Esquire about the impact his brother’s fame had not only on Macaulay himself, but the whole family.“Poor fucking guy,” Kieran said of his brother. “He was little and having to try to accept that level of fame as a reality.

Coronation Street fans are convinced they’ve worked out the identity of Stephen Reid’s next victim, as the cobbles serial killer turns his attention towards yet another obstacle in his path. As regular viewers will know, dodgy businessman Stephen, played by Todd Boyce has already killed three people in Weatherfield, with fans at home now expressing concerns for another cobbles favourite in the coming weeks.