Betty Boop Musical Casts Newcomer Jasmine Amy Rogers, Erich Bergen, & Faith Prince for World Premiere Production!

Kevin Spacey is in the headlines for multiple reasons right now.

Ellise Shafer Before the world premiere of long-awaited sequel “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” at the BFI London Film Festival, the team behind the Aardman production revealed that they set out to make a “feminist classic” that is also an “homage to heist films.” “Dawn of the Nugget” comes 23 years after the original “Chicken Run” was released. In the sequel, Ginger (Thandiwe Newton) and Rocky (Zachary Levi) embark on another dangerous adventure when daughter Molly (Bella Ramsey) flees their idyllic island home for the mainland.

Following in the wake of several events after Hamas’ attack on Israel, the red carpet at the Los Angeles of premiere of A24’s Priscilla has been canceled. The screening is still taking place.

Taylor Swift arrived tonight in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles for the premiere of her Eras Tour concert film premiere at The Grove, generating more noise and glitz than an Oscar Best Song performance atop the Academy Museum. Heck, the fountain at the outdoor luxe Rick Caruso-owned mall was spouting pink water.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is boasting a year of solid ratings, led by the launches of several series from Accused and Animal Control to unscripted fare like Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited New York Tuesday as part of an in-person summit to support World Mental Health Day for their Archewell Foundation. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to Manhattan for the first time since they were involved in a "relentless pursuit" through the city nearly five months ago.

UPDATED with lineup additions, 11:01 AM: The American Film Institute today added some films to its 2023 lineup. The five films selected by Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig are All That Jazz, An American in Paris, Wings of Desire A Matter of Life and Death and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. She will introduce the latter two.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Red-hot British rapper Central Cee has signed with Wasserman Music for worldwide agency representation, the company announced Monday. The deal comes on the heels of a bidding war that found the artist signing a joint venture agreement with Columbia Records in partnership with Sony Music U.K. The West London native — who became the first-ever British male rapper to be included in XXL magazine’s influential annual “Freshman Class” list, in June — has long been an established artist in the U.K..

China’s Pingyao International Film Festival has announced the line-up for its seventh edition (October 11-18), which will open with Wei Shujun’s Only The River Flows and close with the world premiere of Fei Yu’s Football On The Roof. 

Katharine McPhee and David Foster dropped a seven-track Christmas album last year and now they’re releasing a finished version of the album this year!

George Miller‘s “Mad Max: Fury Road” wowed critics and audiences at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. So it only makes sense the director would want his upcoming “Furiosa” to have its world premiere at the same fest, right? Variety reports (via World Of Reel) that Miller eyes a Cannes 2024 premiere for his action-packed prequel.

Mean Girls is getting the movie musical treatment!

EXCLUSIVE: Rock icon Bob Geldof is collaborating on a stage musical about the global phenomenon that was Live Aid. The show, called Just For One Day, devised and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet), will have its world premiere at the Old Vic Theatre in London early next year.

The American Film Institute on Thursday revealed the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 25-29. It joins the previously announced fest opener, Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind, and closer in Bradley Cooper’s Maestro. Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story is the Centerpiece film.

You didn’t actually think there wouldn’t be a world premiere for the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film?

Jasmine Amy Rogers, who recently finished a run as the scene-stealing “Gretchen Wieners” in the national tour of Mean Girls, has been cast in the title role of the pre-Broadway world premiere of BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical.

The Tokyo Film Festival has set the lineup for its bumper 2023 edition, running October 23 to November 1. Scroll down for the full list. 

Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test is back on TV tonight (Monday, September 25)!

EXCLUSIVE: A new take on the classic Hollywood Squares game show is headed to VH1. The network has teamed with Jesse Collins Entertainment and Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat on Celebrity Squares, a modern twist on the classic game show format featuring Black pop culture trivia. 

Marks and Spencer fans are scrambling to buy a £25 hooded blanket that has been hailed as 'perfect' for chilly autumn days and nights. The 'soft and cosy' hooded blanket rivals more expensive designer brands like Oodie, but costs a fraction of the price.