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Stranger Things star Brett Gelman has spoken out after a third bookstore cancelled his signing event, following backlash surrounding his views on Israel.Book Soup in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, was set to be the next stop on the star’s debut book tour, promoting his short story collection, The Terrifying Realm Of The Possible: Nearly True Stories (set for release on March 19).However, similarly to bookstores in San Francisco and Winnetka, Illinois, Book Soup have cancelled his appearance. The decision comes after Gelman has been outspoken in support of Israel, particularly following the attack by Hamas on the Supernova music festival in October 2023.An initial statement released by Book Soup said that it “feels very strongly that a free society should protect individuals’ freedom of thought and expression,” before clarifying that the cancellation was in the interest of safety for Gelman, the staff and the attendees.According to the Los Angeles Times, the Fleabag star responded: “I am really wondering if there was any direct threat made.

Maya Hawke has shared a new single called ‘Hang In There’ – you can listen to it below.The song marks the latest preview of the singer-songwriter and Stranger Things actor’s third album ‘Chaos Angel’, which is due for release on May 31 via Mom+Pop (pre-order here).“He said, he could see through to your core/ You thought, his heart was open like yours,” Hawke sings in the first verse. “That he was just trying to hide it/ That he knew you better than you did.”In the chorus, Hawke offers a bittersweet, hopeful message: “He’s gonna get away with it/ I know, I’ve been there/ You’re gonna get the hang of it/ Hang on hang in there/ Maybe.”Explaining the meaning behind the song, the artist said in a statement that ‘Hang In There’ is about “when you have someone close to you, who’s going through something awful that you’ve been through earlier in your life, and you know that you can’t interfere because they’ll probably isolate themselves from you”.Hawke added: “So you have to just watch as they get really hurt.

Linda Hamilton is in a late-career renaissance right now thanks to Syfy‘s “Resident Alien” and an upcoming role in the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things.” But will she ever return to her most famous role, that of Sarah Connor in the “Terminator” franchise? Sorry, “Terminator” fans: in a new interview with THR, Hamilton all but confirmed her turn as Connor in 2019’s “Terminator: Dark Fate” will be her last.

Brett Gelman admits that the online vitriol he has received for his support of Israel and Jewish people is frightening.“Am I scared? Absolutely,” he told The Post in a recent interview. “I think I’d be insane not to be scared.”Gelman, 47, added that he is “taking all the necessary precautions” he can, but he refuses to cower.“I also just think that we need to face our fear and not follow our fear in this situation,” he opined.

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has reportedly been spotted on a celebrity dating app following his divorce.The star, 60, is said to have set up a profile on the VIP matchmaking service Raya, which connects A-listers looking for love.The invite-only dating app costs its famous members £20 per month, with the actor said to have used his verified Instagram page, which has 177,000 followers, to get access. In 2023, Hugh called it quits on his marriage to wife Lulu Evans, 55, after 25 years.The pair tied the knot in 1998 and renewed their wedding vows in Las Vegas five years ago. However, a spokesperson for the actor confirmed last September that they had gone their separate ways.

Millie Bobby Brown has asked her Stranger Things co-star Matthew Modine to officiate her and Jake Bongiovi’s wedding.Matthew Modine, who plays Dr. Martin Brenner, aka Eleven’s “Papa,” on the hit Netflix sci-fi series, recently explained to Access Daily how the idea came about.“I have one of those licenses to get people married and Millie thought it’d be great and then Jake said it would be a great idea, so I wrote the wedding vows and they loved what I wrote for them to join hands and to become husband and wife,” he explained.Modine added that he has officiated a wedding once before, saying, “It’s such a beautiful thing to be able to join two people in holy matrimony.”In February, Brown first shared the story of her engagement to Bongiovi during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, saying that she hadn’t previously spoken about it because she wanted to keep “key moments” private.However, she told Fallon that the story of Bongiovi’s proposal was “too good to not tell”, since he carried it out underwater.“He puts the ring on my hand and as I go to show him, the ring falls off my finger, plummets so fast,” the actress recalled.

Millie Bobby Brown has received criticism over her admission that she leaves reviews about establishments when she feels her experience was unsatisfactory.The Stranger Things star appeared on a recent episode of Table Manners, hosted by Jessie Ware and her mother.During a discussion about leaving reviews for businesses, Brown shared that she does leave critiques under a different name, explaining that she thinks it’s “important”.She began: “Here’s the thing, my whole life is people criticising me. So I’m gonna give it back to you sometimes.”Brown, who is the star of new Netflix film Damsel, then went on to describe two instances where she felt she received poor customer service, leading her to leave a negative review.“Once we were at a hotel, and the woman was pulling my fiancé aside like, ‘We need to settle payment’, or whatever.

Djo, the music moniker of Stranger Things star Joe Keery, has told NME about how his love of Charli XCX and the Chicago DIY scene has been instrumental in his own sound.The musician and actor, who played Steve Harington in the hit Netflix show, has released two albums under the Djo alias, most recently 2022’s ‘Decide’.That album is where the song ‘End Of Beginning’ was first released, although it is in recent months that the track has become a major trend on TikTok, with users taking advantage of its woozy, nostalgic quality to illustrate their memories of their hometowns, especially, as referred to in the song’s lyrics, Chicago.Following the viral success of the song, it has become a major chart hit on both sides of the Atlantic.And now, Djo has told NME about his love of British pop iconoclast Charli XCX, and the impact that her writing style has had on his own.“I feel like what she’s really good at is writing a song that is really about a specific thing,” Djo said. “A great example is this song from her most recent album [‘2022’s ‘Crash’] called ‘Yuck’.

Usually when celebs are set to appear on daytime TV they make sure their makeup is perfectly done before heading in front of the camera. Millie Bobby Brown, on the other hand, just proved that you don’t need makeup to make a statement.

Millie Bobby Brown has seemingly been in ‘Merica a little too long.The “Damsel” star’s accent — or lack thereof — was called into question during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Thursday.During the segment, the 20-year-old’s tone of voice appeared to slip from her English tongue into the American accent she uses for most of her acting roles. While the young Emmy Award-nominated actress was raised in Bournemouth, England, and also in Orlando, Florida, she has spent much of her career in the US working on the Netflix series “Stranger Things.”Naturally, viewers were very confused over her voice during the NBC talk show.“Her british accent is barely there anymore.

“Stranger Things,” which is ending its trailblazing run on Netflix with its upcoming fifth and final season.“I’ve watched it every season with relish. I just love it,” Hamilton told Us Weekly. “So it’s kind of like imposter syndrome where I don’t [feel that I] fit in there.“That’s a whole world set in the ’80s.”Still, Hamilton said that because she’s such a fan of the series that made it even harder to accept that she was now part of the cast.“When you really buy into something, you don’t see yourself in it,” she said.

Terminator star Linda Hamilton has revealed that she won’t be watching season five of Netflix‘s hit sci-fi series, Stranger Things.In June last year, it was announced that Hamilton has been cast in the final season of the Netflix series, though details surrounding her role are currently kept under wraps. Now, speaking to US Weekly!, the veteran actor has jokingly explained why she won’t be watching the final season of Stranger Things.A long-time fan of the show, Hamilton shared that she doesn’t think she “belongs” in the Stranger Things universe, likening her casting to imposter syndrome: “I’ve watched every season with relish.

You've heard of friends in high places, but these pairs of totally unlikely celebrity pals give that saying a whole new meaning.. MARK WRIGHT AND MILLIE BOBBY BROWN As random showbiz friendships go, Millie, 19, and Mark, 37, are up there! The former TOWIE star met the Stranger Things actress when he was working in LA and she spotted him at a press event.

Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn is set to star in a brand new horror thriller titled Relapse.The movie will mark the directorial debut of author Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote American Psycho and Less Than Zero among other novels.Quinn will play Matt Cullen, a young man whose sheltered life is altered when he witnesses a shocking death at a party. After time spent at rehab, Matt is seemingly back in a stable condition.

The Terrifying Realm of the Possible: Nearly True Stories.““The bookstores canceled because of protester intimidation,” Gelman, who portrayed Murray Bauman on the Netflix hit, told The Post. “I didn’t get a lot of specifics … [but] I definitely believe it’s because of my vocal support of Israel and because of the fact that I’m Jewish.

Stranger Things actor, who is Jewish, was criticised online last year after he was seen in a video promoting stickers labelled “Zionism is sexy” and “Hamas is ISIS”.In a video posted on TikTok on Monday (January 15), Schnapp addressed “everything that’s been going on online” since the clip emerged.“I feel like my thoughts and beliefs have been so far misconstrued from anything even close to what I believe, and I wanted to just state from my heart how I feel,” Schnapp said. “I only want peace and safety and security for all innocent people affected by this conflict.“I’ve had many open discussions with friends from Palestinian background, and I think those are very important conversations to have and I’ve learned a lot.

Netflix‘s Stranger Things, has revealed that he will not return for season five.While appearing on the Steve Varley Show on YouTube for an interview, Franco was asked why he had not been involved in the cast photo to kick off filming of the hit sci-fi series’ fifth and final season.Franco was then asked if Argyle will return for season five, to which he replied: “It’s nice to hear that there’s, there’s some sort of, you know, concern or something, you know what I mean? But I never got a phone call, so I think that’s it.”The character of Argyle was introduced in season four of the Netflix series, where he provided the role of comedic relief during more tense moments alongside the rest of the show’s cast.It is currently unclear if Franco’s absence from Stranger Things season five will last its entire production process, or if he just hasn’t been brought back yet as he isn’t scheduled to shoot for the time being. Netflix has yet to confirm Franco’s claims.A release date for Stranger Things‘ fifth season has yet to be announced.

A photo posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday shows the cast posing together under the caption, “Stranger Things 5 production has officially begun!”A script is visible on the lap of Finn Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler in the Netflix megahit.It’s a welcome sight for fans of the series, which hasn’t released new episodes since the second half of Season 4 in July 2022.“Excited to watch!” exclaimed a fan on X underneath the photo of the cast and crew.“Yess! Let’s go team Stranger Things! Let’s gooo!” another fan tweeted.Fans are expecting big things from Season 5, which was close to starting production last May but was delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.The show’s writers, Matt and Ross Duffer, had already completed scripts for Season 5, but, at that point, there was no sense in trying to film anything without actors, so production was put off until now.Even then, though, fans likely won’t see the new episodes until 2025, according to reports.“Terminator” co-star Linda Hamilton has joined the cast and can be seen in the photo posted on X.“I don’t know how to be a fangirl and an actress at the same time,” Hamilton said during her video announcement on Tudum, the Netflix online newsletter.

Stranger Things is not far off, as it confirmed that production for the fifth and final season of the hit sci-fi horror drama series is underway.Since the fourth season’s release in July 2022, fans have been awaiting the announcement of the final season’s development. Back in September 2023, the hit Netflix show’s producer Shaun Levy spoke to TotalFilm and teased some exciting details about the forthcoming finale.“There’s no way to be contiguous with season four, and not, frankly, expand scale and depth,” shared Levy.

As Coronation Street fans prepare to welcome back Will Mellor’s villainous alter-ego, Harvey Gaskell this month, soap fans will no doubt be in for a treat as the gangster returns to the cobbles to cause mayhem after almost a year away. But when he’s not busy staring in the popular ITV soap, or appearing in the four-part mini series Mr Bates vs The Post Office based on the real life Horizon post office scandal, Will can often be found relaxing at home with his wife Michelle and their two children, Jayden and Renee.

Stranger Things.The fan rumour – per Variety – suggests that the events that take place within Stranger Things are not reality, and are instead what happens in a game of Dungeons & Dragons that Mike Wheeler, Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson and Will Byers began playing at the start of the first season.Speaking to Metro, the Duffer Brothers laughed off the theory, first playing along before emphatically shutting it down. Matt joked: “That is correct.

Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer have teased what to expect from the show’s final season.Ahead of filming on the fifth season in January, the Duffer Brothers detailed how the final episodes share some similarities with the first season – now the whole gang is back in Hawkins.“This season – it’s like season one on steroids,” Matt Duffer told the Guardian. “It’s the biggest it’s ever been in terms of scale, but it has been really fun, because everyone’s back together in Hawkins: the boys and Eleven interacting more in line with how it was in season one.“And yes, there may be spin-offs, but the story of Eleven and Dustin and Lucas and Hopper, their stories are done here.”Elsewhere in the interview, Matt and Ross explained how they had been rewatching shows from the past 30 years for tips on “how to land the plane safely”.“Endings of shows are like opening a restaurant in terms of the success-failure rate – there’s an 80 per cent failure rate, I’d say,” Matt said.

Netflix’s Stranger Things debuted in London’s West End this year – check out below for information on how to get tickets.Previews for Stranger Things: The First Shadow began in November at London’s Phoenix Theatre, with the show set to run officially from December until August 25, 2024.Set in Hawkins in 1959, the show serves as a prequel to the Netflix series and follows young versions of Jim Hopper, Bob Newby, Joyce Maldonado and Henry Creel, who later becomes Vecna.The play is directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader), from an original story by Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers, Jack Thorne and Kate Trefry.Tickets for all shows at the Phoenix Theatre until August 25, 2024 are available to be purchased here. Prices range from £20-£225 depending on your seat.Alternatively, there’s a lottery each week via app TodayTix where you can win up to two tickets, which could be placed on the front row, priced at £19.59.

It’s pretty crazy to think, years after its absolutely massive debut, “Stranger Things” is still near the top of the TV cultural zeitgeist. This is a show, no matter how long it gets delayed and even if some seasons are worse than others, that just continues to dominate.

Stranger Things‘ final season will begin production in January, sources have suggested.Deadline reports that production on the hit Netflix show is expected to start in early January, but that date is still subject to change. January 8 is reportedly a target date, with January 5 also being mentioned.The cast are believed to be in Atlanta, where the show is filmed, for prep work and table reads in the next couple of weeks.Filming was slated to start earlier this year but was delayed by over seven months due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Stranger Things stage spin off, Stranger Things: The First Shadow.The theatre prequel, which is being staged at London’s Phoenix Theatre, is set to start on December 14, with previews having begun this week (November 17).Netflix and Sonia Friedman Productions have shared a production still, featuring a young Henry Creel (played by Louis McCartney) facing down a Demogorgon in a richly coloured, misty setting under a swirling cloud of bats. See the image below.Stranger Things: The First Shadow is set in 1959 and will follow young versions of Jim Hopper, Bob Newby and Henry Creel.

Stranger Things, shared the clip on his Instagram Stories, where he’s seen handing out the stickers, including some which say “Hamas is ISIS”, with friends.Schnapp previously posted a statement (October 11) where he called for “peace for both Palestinians and Israelis” following the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, which killed around 1,400 Israeli civilians and soldiers.While he said Hamas “don’t represent the Palestinian people”, he concluded: “You either stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism. It shouldn’t be a difficult choice.

David Harbour has opened up about returning to Stranger Things in a new interview.Speaking to People, Harbour said he was “thrilled” to start working on Stranger Things again after the SAG strike ended on November 9.Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper in the long-running Netflix show, says he will be back filming on the show tomorrow (November 13).“I mean, I don’t know if we’ll be shooting next week, but yeah, as soon as possible,” he told the outlet, saying that he heard from the programme’s show runners as soon as the news about the strike ending was announced.“They literally called me, I think it was 10 minutes after the SAG thing on Twitter,” Harbour explained. “The first AD [assistant director] is like, ‘So, get the flight for you on Monday, right? We’ll be acting in Atlanta.’”“I’m thrilled with that.

Stranger Things season five has been shared by the show’s writers.After announcing work had begun on the fifth and final season’s script in September, the Stranger Things writer’s room account on X posted a description of the opening establishing shot from the script.“DARKNESS. The sound of COLD WIND,” the script reads. “GROANING TREES.

Netflix has dropped a video preview of the upcoming stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which begins performances this month in London.“We were in the middle of breaking Season 4 with our writers, and we started going, ‘OK, well, there’s definitely more story to tell here,’” says Ross Duffer, who co-created the sci-fi series with his brother, Matt, in the featurette. “We wanted to tell an original story set in the ‘Stranger Things’ universe.”The all-new tale, written by series writer Kate Trefry, will be a prequel — so don’t come looking for Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas or Eleven — partly about young Hopper and Joyce, played on the streaming show by David Harbour and Winona Ryder, respectively.Those roles will be taken on at the Phoenix Theatre by Oscar Lloyd and Isabella Pappas.

For most people, today is just November 6. But if you’re a diehard “Stranger Things” fan, you know that today is actually Stranger Things Day.

Winona Ryder asked “What is Netflix” in the first meeting she had about appearing in Stranger Things.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, series director and executive producer Shawn Levy recalled Ryder’s meeting about the show, remembering how she asked bosses to explain exactly what Netflix was.“She opened by asking, ‘What is Netflix? What is streaming? Is it like TV but different?’” Levy explained. “That was the starting point…Winona took a little onboarding to explain this emerging form of storytelling called Netflix and streaming.”Ryder went on to be cast in the show as Joyce Byers and will return for filming the fifth and final season of the show next year.Check out Levy’s interview in full here:Elsewhere in the interview, Levy went on to say season five will be “epic in its cinematic scope.”He continued: “But it’s very much ‘Stranger Things’.

Season one of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” came out of nowhere and became a pop culture phenomenon fast in the summer of 2016. By this point, Netflix had already had a big hit with 2013’s “House Of Cards,” which earned the company its first Emmy nominations.

Stranger Things fans believe that Jonathan Byers will get more screen time in season five.The character, portrayed by Charlie Heaton, was given limited screen time in season four, but he has been spotted in a number of pre-vis teasers that have been shared on X, including one with Steve (Joe Keery) and another with Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) driving a car through the Upside Down world.He played a significant role in the Netflix show particularly in the first series when he first appeared as the older brother of Will Byers (Noah Schnapp).But he has had less screen time as the seasons have gone on.One more week without a deal. One more week closer to this: pic.twitter.com/YoisWTVIA3— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) October 20, 2023The show will end after its fifth upcoming season.

Lily Allen and David Harbour, who have been happily married for three years, are now facing rumours of a split, with sources suggesting that they are leading separate lives. These speculations began when Lily, 38, appeared to unfollow her husband, 48, on social media, prompting fans to question the state of their relationship. Despite the rumours, neither Lily nor David has publicly addressed the situation.

Lily Allen and her hubby David Harbour are reportedly 'living separate lives' after the singer seemed to have unfollowed him on Instagram.The couple, who got hitched in 2020 following a whirlwind romance, have 'barely been together' for the past three months. Over the past year, Lily's busy schedule has seen her starring in the West End show The Pillowman, while David stayed in New York. Despite sharing snaps of presents and cards from David during their time apart, it's been suggested that the couple have grown distant lately.