Author: Alizee Ali Khan

HBO dropped the first teaser for Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness this week, and it wasted no time. The clip focuses less on the show’s historical sketches. It focuses more on the chemistry between Larry David and Barack Obama. David attempts to make the former president his emergency contact. This occurs in a deadpan back-and-forth. Obama opens by addressing the camera directly. “I have sat across the table from some of the world’s most difficult leaders and wrestled with some of the globe’s most intractable problems,” he says. “Nothing has prepared me for working with Larry David. I’m…

Terrifier 4 gets a new holiday. Writer-director Damien Leone said the next Art the Clown sequel takes place “around New Year’s Eve,” giving the film a new seasonal setting. The actor-director used his social media account to confirm the film takes place “around New Year’s Eve.” The use of “around” allows for the possibility that the story could take place over multiple days. “No space. No Easter bunny. Art’s bringing in the New Year!” Leone wrote on Instagram The new setting follows the franchise’s tradition of moving from one holiday to another. The first two Terrifier films take place over…

Ryan Coogler’s highly anticipated X-Files reboot just got a whole lot bigger. Hulu’s reboot has cast eight actors in guest roles. These include Oscar winner Amy Madigan and Steve Buscemi. Ben Foster, Devery Jacobs, and Lochlyn Munro are also joining. The cast includes Tantoo Cardinal, Joel D. Montgrand, and Sofia Grace Clifton. The group joins previously announced leads Himesh Patel and Danielle Deadwyler. They play two highly decorated but vastly different FBI agents. These agents form an unlikely bond. They are assigned to a long-shuttered division. This division is devoted to unexplained phenomena. Big Additions to the Cast Madigan is…

Black Bear is at the Cannes Market handling international sales for horror White Elephant. The project comes with an impressive cast and some serious genre pedigree to back it. It’s an eight-person ensemble of Nick Jonas, Kathryn Newton, KJ Apa, Alexandra Shipp, Ashley Park, Justice Smith, Josh Brener, and Madeleine Arthur. And for a horror film, that sort of cast is a rarity. It tells you there’s real commercial potential. About White Elephant White Elephant is the first project under the RSPX partnership between Radio Silence and Project X, focusing on innovative horror and thriller projects. MRC is studio financing…

The White House called Star Wars star Mark Hamill “one sick individual.” The 74-year-old posted an artificial-base image. It showed President Donald Trump lying in a shallow grave. “If Only” was written next to him. Hamill then deleted the image. The image showed Trump with his eyes closed in a shallow grave adjacent to a headstone that bore his name and the dates “1946–2024.” Hamill posted it on his official Bluesky account on Wednesday. He noted in the caption that Trump should “live long enough to witness his inevitable devastating loss in the midterms, be held accountable for his unprecedented…

Princess Diaries 3 is moving forward, and director Adele Lim is already making fans excited. Speaking to Variety on the Gold Gala carpet, Lim confirmed the project is “going well” and teased a wave of original cast comebacks. “If you were a fan of the original first two movies, I think you can look forward to a lot of fun returns,” “We’re going to be able to shoot in Europe and really show the audience Genovia in its full glory.” Adele Lim According to Lim, the logistics regarding shooting and production schedules are still being worked out. Anne Hathaway is…

Seth Rogen brought one of the more emotional moments of the 2026 BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday. Taking to the stage, he collected the award for Best International Series. His hit satire is titled The Studio. He said it would be “remiss” not to mention his co-star. His beloved late co-star Catherine O’Hara who passed away in January. She was 71. “It would be remiss of me not to mention Catherine O’Hara, she meant so much to us,” he told the London crowd. “I assume her work was as important to y’all over here as it was to us, so…

In a May 6 opposition filed in California federal court, attorneys for Taylor Swift, TAS Rights Management, UMG Recordings, and Bravado International. They asked a judge to deny Maren Flagg’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Flagg performs under the name Maren Wade. She filed the lawsuit in late March. She alleges Swift’s album The Life of a Showgirl infringes upon her trademark. That trademark is the phrase “Confessions of a Showgirl.” Flagg has used it for a newspaper column, podcast, and cabaret since 2015. In a sharply worded court filing, Swift’s attorneys argued there is virtually no chance consumers would…

Yellowstone actress Q’orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron and The Walt Disney Company for alleged unauthorized use of her likeness without her consent. At the center of the complaint is a claim that goes back two decades. It may be one of Hollywood’s most striking identity disputes in recent memory. Kilcher alleges that Cameron extracted her facial features after seeing her performance in Terrence Malick’s 2005 film The New World. She acted in that film when she was 14. She claims he directed his design team to use her features as the basis for the character of…

Chris Bacon didn’t walk into Wednesday without a clear creative direction. The composer elaborated on Deadline’s Sound & Screen Television awards-season concert event. There he shared the first and most important piece of advice Tim Burton gave him. “One of the very first things that Tim [Burton] said when we started was ‘don’t make this funny,'” Bacon told the panel Tim Burton was very straightforward about it. “It’s a funny show,” Bacon explained said, “but Tim Burton, he was very serious: ‘Do not play funny music.’ Play them serious.” “The same way Jenna Ortega plays it,” “That makes it funnier…