What films are on TV this New Year’s Day?

Jacob Elordi is hoping the third season of Euphoria starts filming soon and recently joked about why.

Paul Mescal has confirmed he has finished filming the Gladiator sequel.Director Ridley Scott announced he had written the sequel for his 2000 original film back in 2021; by January 2023, Mescal was in talks to star in the film. The cast is also set to feature Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington.Appearing on The Graham Norton Show last night (January 19), Mescal told Norton he had finished filming the day before, joking: “I survived it”.When Norton asked for a potential release date, Mescal first said: “Somebody’s going to assassinate me if I say anything further.”But then the actor relented, saying audiences might be able to see Gladiator 2 in “Thanksgiving this year”.Mescal also opened up about the casting process for the sequel, revealing he was performing A Streetcar Named Desire when he got the call.“I was doing Streetcar Named Desire and that’s when Sir Ridley Scott called and said, ‘do you wanna do this?’,” he recalled.“I was like, is the Pope Catholic? Yeah!”Scott has previously explained his thoughts on casting Mescal as the leading role in his upcoming movie, saying he came across the Irish actor through Normal People: “It’s not my kind of show but I saw four episodes in a row – boom, boom, boom.”“I was thinking, ‘Who the hell is this Paul Mescal?’,” he continued.

Jacob Elordi is sharing his thoughts on the “Jacob Elordi’s Bathwater” candle that has gone viral on the internet.

Oppenheimer leading the way with no less than 13 nominations, including best film. Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is a close second with 11 nods, and then Killers of the Flower Moon and The Zone of Interest which both bagged 9.

Caroline Brew editor “Fargo” showrunner Noah Hawley teased his new FX series “Alien” in a recent interview with KCRW’s The Business. Though plot details are being kept under wraps, Hawley’s “Alien” series is set on Earth and roughly 70 years in future, predating the original film series. Hawley was asked whether or not he would incorporate the backstory in Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” (2012) and “Alien: Covenant” (2017) into his FX series.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor When “Maestro” director, writer, and star Bradley Cooper wanted to meet with Carey Mulligan to talk about her joining his Leonard Bernstein biopic, it was “a quite dramatic” beginning. Cooper, who wanted Mulligan to play Bernstein’s wife, Felicia, attended the first preview of her one-woman play “Girls and Boys.” During the show, being staged in New York’s West Village, a piece of wood fell and hit Mulligan’s head. It gave Mulligan a concussion, which she now downplays, calling it a curtain because “it sounds fluffy.” On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Cooper and Mulligan discuss the process of getting into the mindset to play the Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre in Netflix’s “Maestro.” The two break down key scenes, and talk about their favorite acting works from one another.

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TikTok users have been flocking to the real-life stately home from the film Saltburn after a local posted videos about how to get to the site.Drayton House in Northamptonshire is the mansion that the film’s producers chose to be the setting for the later parts of Emerald Fennell’s new film.And now Rhian Williams, who lives close to the site, has posted a series of videos on TikTok outlining “how to get to Saltburn” and visit the property.Saltburn stars Barry Keoghan as Oliver Quick, a middle-class interloper who poses as a scholarship student from a working-class background in order to strike up a friendship with Jacob Elordi’s wealthy aristocrat Felix Catton at Oxford University. Oliver is eventually invited by Felix to spend the summer at his family home, called Saltburn – a large mansion in the British countryside.“I knew there’d be interest,” Williams told the BBC.

Cillian Murphy’s acceptance speech at the Golden Globes has been confirmed.Murphy picked up the award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama last night at the 2024 Golden Globes, for his titular role in Christopher Nolan’s biopic, Oppenheimer.During his acceptance speech, Murphy thanked Nolan and the cast of the movie about theoretical physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, along with his team of representatives and his family.As well as acknowledging his fellow nominees, who included Barry Keoghan for Saltburn and Andrew Scott for All Of Us Strangers, he expressed his gratitude in words that were censored out for viewers at home.The line which didn’t get aired due to its profanity was, “I’m the luckiest fecking man alive.”He went on to praise Nolan for his directing, even possibly confirming a rumour which has been circulating recently.

He’s currently the talk of the town in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn which, as well as still playing in some cinemas, is also available on Amazon Prime Video, and now it looks like Jacob Elordi is set to play the monster in Guillermo del Toro’s Dr. Frankenstein. The Dr Frankenstein film has been long in development with del Toro and following delays with the recent strikes, it finally looks like it is set to hit production soon.The news comes via Deadline who reports that Elordi will replace Andrew Garfield on the high-profile project after he left due to scheduling conflicts.

actor-director’s performance in the musical biopic on social media, complaining that they couldn’t understand the film’s dialogue to Cooper’s “incessant mumbling. “The mumbling maestro,” one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Taylor Swift-themed question has gone viral on X/Twitter.During The Hollywood Reporter’s latest actress roundtable, which featured fellow actors Margot Robbie, Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone, Greta Lee, and Annette Bening, the Maestro star, was asked: “If you were a Taylor Swift era, which era would you be?”“What does that mean?” Mulligan replied, to which Stone joked that the Promising Young Woman actor had “never heard of [Swift]”.Snippets of the interview are now doing the rounds on social media, with Mulligan’s endearing attitude towards the topic winning over fans.Reacting to the exchange, freelance pop culture writer Matt Jacobs wrote on X: “Okay, give Carey Mulligan every award.”Okay, give Carey Mulligan every award pic.twitter.com/RQIkgHgoZ3— Matt Jacobs (@majacobs) January 4, 2024Several other X users replied to Jacobs’ post with additional snippets from the interview, in which Mulligan asked if an “era” referred to an album, before making it clear that she is most definitely a fan of Swift’s.“I’d be Folklore. My husband [Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons] sings on Folklore.

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Saltburn.The actor plays university student Oliver Quick in Emerald Fennell’s black comedy drama, alongside Jacob Elordi as his classmate Felix Catton.At the end of the film, it’s revealed that Oliver orchestrated various deaths within the Catton family after spending his summer at Saltburn – making him the sole inheritor of the entire estate.In celebration of his success, Oliver strips naked and dances through the Saltburn estate to ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.Speaking about filming the scene to Entertainment Weekly, Keoghan said he was initially hesitant to bare all. “The initial thing was about me having no clothes on.

No Time To Die and Saving Mr Banks are among the film highlights on New Year’s Eve.As another year comes to an end, the TV schedules clog up with films to fill the gaps before the fireworks begin.Highlights this year include Disney’s 2016 remake of The Jungle Book, featuring the voices of Idris Elba and Bill Murray. Daniel Craig’s last outing as James Bond, No Time To Die, takes the primetime slot on ITV at 8.30pm.Elsewhere, there’s comedies in I Give It A Year, The Inbetweeners Movie and Bridesmaids.

Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis has been awarded a knighthood in the 2024 New Year Honours list for services to music and charity.The 88 year-old was among a host of stars including Shirley Bassey, Ridley Scott, Leona Lewis and Emilia Clarke who have been recognised by King Charles.Eavis, who previously received a CBE in 2007, said of his latest honour: “Emily came up with the official letter. I was really surprised to see it, actually.

England goalkeeper Mary Earps, Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis and Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke are among the stars of sport, stage and screen recognised in the New Year Honours list, while the Archbishop of Canterbury leads those rewarded for their work on the King’s coronation. Singer Dame Shirley Bassey, who has sold more than 135 million records, is made Companion of Honour for her services to music, becoming the 64th living member of the order which can only have 65 members at any one time.

Justice League” as well as Netflix’s new “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire,” said he’d like to see the British superspy get a time-traveling makeover while the 60-year-old series reinvents itself.“It’d be cool to see, like, 20-year-old James Bond,” Snyder told the Atlantic. “The humble roots that he comes from. Whatever trauma of youth that makes you be able to be James Bond.

took to X (formerly Twitter) to bash the Leonard Bernstein biopic on Wednesday. She first slammed the movie’s “Oscar buzz,” writing: “Watched ‘Maestro’ last night and I could barely get through it.”The conservative political commentator continued: “I’m frustrated I wasted what little free time I have open at night (with 2 young kids) watching it.”“Why are so many Oscar buzz movies like this and so disappointing? Who are these movies for?” she wondered.While the Oscar nominations have yet to be announced, “Maestro” has earned numerous nods so far at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards.The drama follows the rise of the famed composer (Cooper) and the relationship with his wife, Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).The “A Star is Born” actor, 48, also wrote and directed the project, and even prepared for six years to master the “six minutes of music” to recreate Bernstein’s 1976 performance of Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.Some X users agreed with McCain’s stance, with someone noting that the movie was “dull” and he “didn’t get through it.”“My wife and I started it but turned it off 15 mins in when it became clear this was meant as an ‘artistic movie’ for the Hollywood Elite.

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