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Audible Audible announced Thursday that it has partnered with the Wizarding World’s Pottermore Publishing to produce full-cast audio recordings of all seven original Harry Potter books.  Scheduled for late 2025, the endeavor will tap more than 100 performers and promise to “bring these iconic stories to life as never heard before, offering immersive audio entertainment through […]

Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI While her new book, Rebel Rising, sees Rebel Wilson making some headline-grabbing accusations against Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen, readers across the pond won’t get to read them. According to the The New York Times, publisher HarperCollins confirms edits will be made to the chapter in question, “Sacha Baron Cohen […]

Lauren Dukoff/Glamour Actress Sophia Bush is opening up about finding new love with former soccer player Ashlyn Harris. “I didn’t see it until I saw it,” Bush wrote in her cover story with Glamour that was published Thursday. Bush filed for divorce from husband Grant Hughes on August 4, 2023; they’d tied the knot on June 11, 2022. Bush cited […]

‘The Bear’ – FX/Matt Dinerstein On Thursday, the Board of Jurors of the Peabody Awards announced the 27 nominees for the organization’s 84th annual honors in the categories of Arts, Entertainment, Children’s/Youth and Interactive & Immersive. More than 1,100 entries from TV shows to podcasts were in the running; this year, FX’s Emmy-winning The Bear was […]

Netflix/Ed Araquel On Thursday, Netflix dropped all eight episodes of the supernatural series Dead Boy Detectives, based on the beloved comic series from The Sandman‘s Neil Gaiman. Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) are best friends — and as the title suggests, they’re dead. However, as ghosts, they’re tasked with solving paranormal mysteries. One […]

Ali Wong and Steven Yeun, ‘Beef’ – Andrew Cooper/Netflix © 2023 The nonprofit Gold House, which celebrates Asian Pacific creatives, companies and communities, has assembled an A-List set of honorees for its third annual Gold Gala. The event, which will take place on Saturday, May 11, at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, will […]

Weinstein outside of court in New York City in 2020 – Brendan McDermid/Reuters, FILE The rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York’s highest court. The New York Court of Appeals, in a scathing 4-3 opinion, overturned Weinstein’s conviction on sex crimes against three women, finding the trial judge “erroneously admitted testimony […]

Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount + © 2022 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. As reported back in January, nearly a year to the day he was almost killed in a snowplow accident, Jeremy Renner revealed he was back on the set of the Paramount+ show Mayor of Kingstown. Renner suffered more than 31 broken bones […]

Netflix has tapped Thandiwe Newton for a role in the third season of the hit series Wednesday, according to Variety. The Westworld actress joins fellow series newcomer Steve Buscemi. All that’s known about season 2 at this point is that Jenna Ortega will return as the titular character. Wednesday ranks as one of Netflix’s most-watched […]

Paramount+ © 2024 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Dora, the CG-animated reboot of the classic kids show Dora the Explorer, has been renewed by Paramount+ for a sophomore season, a month after its debut on the streamer. The Nickelodeon Animation-produced show follows its plucky, titular bilingual heroine, voiced by Diana Zermeño, on all new […]