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With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing, the NFL is grabbing some headlines today as it reveals the 2022 schedule. Have a look at the primetime and holiday games and some key matchups below (all times Pacific for brevity).

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s has upped Tonantzin Carmelo and Michelle Vergara Moore to series regulars for Season 2. Both actors were recurring guest stars last season. Production on the show’s sophomore turn is currently underway in Australia.

“Succession” star and PETA Honorary Director James Cromwell is taking a stand against Starbucks.

Bauhaus have announced a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton.The news follows the band releasing their track ‘Drink New Wine’ in March, which was the band’s first new music in 14 years.Their upcoming London gig is set for August 19, with tickets available starting at 10am BST Friday (May 6). Tickets will be available here.The band also recently announced their first US tour in more than 16 years, with headline shows in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, and New York.A post shared by Bauhaus (@bauhausthebandofficial)Bauhaus will also join Morrissey and Blondie on the line-up for Cruel World festival.

shared a poster for the film on Instagram with the caption: “HERE WE GO!!”The actress will headline alongside “The X-Files” star David Duchovny, 61, in the “evolved and nostalgic” spin on a romantic comedy, according to Variety.The movie is based on Steven Dietz’s play “Shooting Star” and follows ex-lovers Willa (Ryan) and Bill (Duchovny), who are reunited by force when they’re snowed in at an airport overnight. Willa is independent, while Bill is recently separated and assessing his life and relationships with his estranged wife and daughter, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The official logline reads: “What if late one snowy night you came face to face with someone from your long ago? Someone who once held your secrets, because once, long ago, that person held your heart,” Variety reported.

Caer, an innovative and illuminating semi-documentary about trans Latin women in present-day New York, particularly those willingly employed as sex workers.On the flipside of that is Framing Agnes, the latest from director Chase Joynt, which is just now starting to hit the festival circuit after its recent Sundance debut.The film features an all-star cast including Angelica Ross (Pose), Jen Richards (Disclosure), Zackary Drucker (Transparent), and Silas Howard (Tales of the City), helping to shed light on a little-known slice of real-life and scientific research, specifically the story of a pioneering transgender woman who participated in gender health research at UCLA in the 1960s.Also on tap is a special retrospective screening of By Hook or By Crook, the landmark trans buddy film from 2001 directed by Harry Dodge and Silas Howard. All screenings will be offered with subtitles or captions to maximize accessibility.Streaming starts on Thursday, May 5.

EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles-based Dark Star Pictures has acquired the North American distribution rights to Chilean LGBTQ Comedy Phantom Project following its North American Premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival 2022.

took the stage at the Spokane Arena for the first show of his “Get Back” tour on Thursday evening.And a very special guest joined him for a duet on the song “I’ve Got A Feeling.” Footage of Lennon, who died in 1980 at the age of 40, from Jackson’s Disney+ documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” was presented on a big screen while the British rocker sang.The two crooned alongside each other to kick off the new tour.“So, Peter Jackson, the director of the ‘Get Back’ film, he texts me one day. And he says, ‘We can extract John’s voice.

Paul McCartney began his 2022 ‘Got Back’ North American tour last night (April 28) – check out fan-shot footage and the setlist below.The Beatles icon took to the stage at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington for his first concert in over two years. McCartney’s current run of shows also includes stop-offs in Seattle (May 2,3), Los Angeles (13) and Orlando (28).Kicking off with the Fab Four’s ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’, Macca’s mammoth 36-song set also included the first solo outings of the legendary group’s tracks ‘Getting Better’ (1967) and ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ (1969) since 2003 (via Setlist.FM).Elsewhere, the legendary musician gave ‘McCartney III’ track ‘Women And Wives’ its live debut; he released his 18th solo studio album in late 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic.McCartney also treated the audience to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ cut ‘She Came in Through The Bathroom Window’, marking its first airing since 2008.

Wolf Parade have announced a series of shows where they will play their 2005 debut ‘Apologies To The Queen Mary’ in full – with the same line-up that recorded it.The tour, announced earlier this week (April 26), will see the return of keyboardist Hadji Bakara to the band for the first time in 14 years. Bakara left the group in 2008, shortly after the release of their second album ‘At Mount Zoomer’, to pursue an academic career.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Actor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccer's Nashville team ahead of the opening Sunday of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium.Witherspoon's husband, agent and investor Jim Toth, also has joined the ownership group, the team said Tuesday.The soccer team started play in 2020 at Nissan Stadium, home of the Titans, and played its first eight league games on the road this season before it opens the new venue with a game against Philadelphia.Witherspoon grew up in the Nashville area.“As a Tennessee native, it is thrilling to see how much growth and development has come to our home state," she said in a statement.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max is developing Motherland Bounce, a comedy based on the life of Hasidic hip-hop star Nissim Black, from writer/comedian Moshe Kasher and The Gilded Age executive producer/director Salli Richardson-Whitfield as part of her overall deal with HBO.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 14 came to an end on Friday night, and Willow Pill was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar. Willow Pill, a fan favorite from the beginning, beat out Lady Camden in a lip sync for the crown to Cher’s cover of ABBA’s “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.”While the grande finale Ru-vealed itself over 90 minutes, the filming took place a few weeks ago at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, home to the “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!” show, and it came in at just under the five-hour mark.This left room for plenty of fun gags that didn’t make the cut, and Variety was in the room where it happens for the uncut, unedited version.

J. Kim Murphy The Seattle International Film Festival closed its 48th edition on Sunday by announcing its top honors, presenting awards at a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Seattle.“Klondike,” a film following a family that lives on the tumultuous border of Russia and Ukraine in 2014, was awarded the grand jury prize within the festival’s official competition.“For a work both tragically prophetic and universal in its impact, a ferocious and formalist vision of war that fuses humanism, black comedy and horror into a searing and original vision, we award the Grand Jury Prize to Maryna Er Gorbach’s ‘Klondike,'” said the jury, composed of Angel An, senior director of acquisitions at Roadside Attraction; David Ansen, lead programmer at the Palm Spring International Film Festival; and Matthew Campbell, artistic director of the Denver Film Society and the Denver Film Festival.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 13 winner Symone was hailed for her high-fashion runway style that saw her glide to victory and become America’s next drag race superstar. Earlier this evening, she crowned Willow Pill as Season 14’s winner, thereby concluding her reign.Symone spoke with Variety about her favorite looks from this season’s queens, and shared the inspiration behind her own finale ensemble.Willow Pill and the Roast of Ross Mathews (Ep. 13)“This look is one that is so visceral in my head.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Pedro Kos (Lead Me Home) has signed with CAA for representation.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 14 ends this Friday, the show will be filmed live from Las Vegas, home to the “RuPaul’s Drag Race Live” extravaganza. “Las Vegas is a city in drag.