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When you’re in high school, every moment feels make-or-break for the rest of your life. Whether it’s first love, first heartbreak, first failure, or your first big moment in the spotlight, those teenage years are rife with drama and the weight of expectation — especially when you’re in the theater, darling. Encore!, the newDisney+reality series from producer Kristen Bell takes a look back on those halcyon days through the perspective of adulthood and (variable) maturity by rounding up groups of ex-theater kids putting them back on stage for an encore performance of the musicals they performed in school....

Shadowhunters: The Mortal InstrumentsandPenny Dreadful: City of AngelsstarDominic Sherwoodhas been cast to lead the reboot of theArnold Schwarzeneggeraction filmEraserby Warner Brothers. Originally reported byDeadline, the 31-year-old English actor will be filling Schwarzenegger’s shoes as the lead of theEraserreboot titledEraser: Reborn. The reboot follows Mason Pollard (Sherwood), a US Marshal who specializes in faking the deaths of high profile witnesses, leaving behind no trace of their existence. Along with Sherwood as the leading man, other cast members include fellowShadowhunters: The Mortal InstrumentsandV-WarsstarJacky Lai,McKinley Belcher III(Ozark,The Passage), andEddie Ramos(Animal Kingdom,Teen Wolf)....

It’s the updateGame of Thronesfans have been waiting over a decade for:George R.R. Martinhas finally confirmed thatThe Winds of Winteris not only progressing — it’s officially going to be thelongestbook in theA Song of Ice and Fireseries. During a live stream interview with Penguin Random House, Martin admitted what many had already suspected based on his years of cryptic blog posts and teasing updates. “It’s a big, big book, I’ve said that before,” he said....

HBO Max has just secured a hugely popular property for its original programming lineup.Varietyreported on Wednesday a spinoff of The CW’sGossip Girlhad been set at the yet-to-be-launched streaming service from WarnerMedia. Gossip Girlwill get a second life on HBO Max as of the latest additions to its original programming slate. The CW series will be reworked into a spinoff series. Per Variety’s report, the spinoff will be “set eight years after the original show’s finale and will follow a new generation of New York private school teens who are introduced to the social surveillance of the Gossip Girl site....

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine. Deadpool & Wolverineis finally here, and it’s taken the box office by storm, breaking records left and right. Not just that, but the movie has also gone viral on apps like TikTok, particularly for its opening credits sequence where we see the Merc With a Mouth dance along toNSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” while killing a squadron of TVA agents. The soundtrack to theRyan Reynolds-Hugh Jackmanteam up movie doesn’t just stop at the 2000s boy band classic, as the soundtrack has assembled a wide range of songs to populate the movie, much likeJames Gunndid with the Guardians of the Galaxy movies....

Before World War II,Jimmy Stewartembodied the idyllic American in classics likeMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonandThe Philadelphia Story. After the war, when the legendary actor served as a combat pilot, Stewart’s films began to reflect the authentic, downbeat portrait of America following the global conflict. WhileIt’s a Wonderful Lifewas the first film to subvert his wholehearted screen persona in a brooding morality fable,it wasn’t until Stewart went to the Old West that audiences realized how mean and unscrupulous Stewart could be....

If you’ve ever imagined what an R-rated spin onHome Alonemight look like,Knuckleballis the movie for you. The horror thriller follows a 12-year-old named Henry – a smart and, as it turns out, pretty darn dangerous little dude who winds up alone in his grandfather’s remote farm after his parents drop him off for a weekend visit and the secretive old man dies suddenly in the night. Things go from bad to worse when the phones go down and it turns out the friendly neighbor next door is a bit of a psychopath....

Seth Meyershas been walking the halls of 30 Rock in New York City for quite some time. In 2001, he joinedSaturday Night Live, where he served as cast member and co-head writer withTina FeyandAndrew Steele. But you probably know him best behind the Weekend Update desk, where he served as an anchor for many years withAmy Poehler, by himself, and withCecily Strong. Though Meyers said a tearful goodbye toSNLin 2014, he didn’treallyleave....

For years the cinematic provocateur and smirking wiseass at the back of the art house film classGaspar Noehas promised (or perhaps threatened) to make an X-rated love story. The thought of making some sort of arty spin on dirty movies has of course been a dream of many since the days when porn was considered socially progressive (seeBoogie Nights), yet Noe is perhaps the first filmmaker to commit fully to the concept and deliver on the promised experimental and salacious extremes....

Mads Mikkelsenas the iconic Dr. Hannibal Lecter andHugh Dancyas investigator Will Graham in the regrettably canceled-too-soon seriesHannibalalways had a relationship with sexual tension that was practically screaming out for the duo to kiss. As it turns out, they almost did. In awonderful and wide-ranging interviewin Vulture, Mikkelsen revealed a kiss nearly happened, though it was nixed by creatorBryan Fuller. Mikkelsen shared that he had always seen Hannibal’s relationship with Will as a romance, but “not necessarily something that would become physical....

Broken Cityis making a surprise comeback, and you won’t need to pay a dime to revisit the crime thriller set in the streets of fictional New York. Starting July 1, the 2013 film starringMark WahlbergandRussell Crowewill be streaming for free onTubi, giving viewers a second shot at a film thatnever quite lived up to its pedigree but still packs enough punchto warrant a casual rewatch. So, just in case this slipped away from your radar a decade ago, here’s a great way to catch up....

Everyone from entire metal bands to professional athletes to Ed Sheeran have popped up in the fight for the Iron Throne. How many of these cameos did you manage to spot? Snow Patrol Snow Patrolmay sound like a group of Night’s Watchmen on the lookout for frozen wights, but as fans know it’s actually an Irish indie rock band. However, lead singerGary Lightbodydid get to visit the world of Westeros during his cameo as a Bolton soldier....

Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for its new historical comedy,The Decameron, and it’s a hilarious wine-fueled rampage. The eight-episode-long series hails from creatorKathleen Jordan, who was loosely inspired by the 14th-century story collection of the same name. Set in 1348, the series gives us a glimpse into the lives of a few noblemen and women who retreat to their villa, in the face of the bubonic plague. The trailer showcases the extravagant lives of the nobles, who leave their hometown to wait out the plague in the Italian countryside....