A legendary leading man! Sylvester Stallone is known for being the face of several successful franchises, from Rocky to Rambo.
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EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of a breakout performance in Showtime’s Dexter: New Blood, Jack Alcott is set to make his feature lead debut in Lone Rider, an indie drama also marking the feature debut of writer-director Adam Jumba.
The film heading into production this month in Pennsylvania, which Alcott will also exec produce, is billed as a summer-long psychological odyssey in which Tyler (Alcott), a mid-20s millennial, journeys through Pennsylvania, tackling the many unresolved issues of his past.
Izabela Vidovic (The CW’s Supergirl), Steven Maier (Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye) and Oscar Wahlberg (Amazon’s Manchester by the Sea) round out the cast of the pic, which Nick Staurulakis and Jumba will produce for Jumba Films, in association with Orama Filmworks and Blazer Road Productions.
Alcott held his own opposite Golden Globe and SAG Award winner Michael C. Hall as Harrison Morgan, the son of Hall’s serial-killer-in-hiding Dexter, in Showtime’s long anticipated continuation of its Emmy-winning drama series Dexter, which following its November 2021 debut went on to become the most-watched series in the history of the premium cabler. The up-and-coming actor previously starred alongside Ethan Hawke in Showtime’s miniseries The Good Lord Bird and most recently guest starred on Rian Johnson’s acclaimed mystery-of-the-week series Poker Face for Peacock.
Previously working with Jumba on his short films Blue Glass Heaven and Augustus, Alcott is represented by Gersh, Authentic Talent & Literary Management, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
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A legendary leading man! Sylvester Stallone is known for being the face of several successful franchises, from Rocky to Rambo.
Martin Scorsese has revealed that Robert De Niro turned down both The Departed and Gangs Of New York.The pair have collaborated for the 11th time on the upcoming film Killers Of The Flower Moon, in which De Niro stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.De Niro and DiCaprio could have appeared onscreen together in a feature film of Scorsese’s sooner, however, if the former hadn’t turned down both 2002’s Gangs Of New York and 2006’s The Departed.Speaking in an interview with Deadline about casting The Departed, Scorsese said: “We talked to Bob [De Niro] about it, but he didn’t want to do it.”He added: “I didn’t work with Bob for 10 years until we did Goodfellas; we went off in different directions. Then we made another two, three films. And then, for another 19 years, we didn’t.
Making music — and more! Taylor Swift was all smiles as she left a recording studio with Matty Healy on Monday, May 15, in New York City.
BreAnna Bell As Upfronts begin, it’s time to take a look at the current shows scheduled to return in the upcoming broadcast season as cable networks continue to take stock of their successes. For those keeping up, CBS previously announced several cancellations including the popular show “SWAT,” which will close after its seventh season.
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seem to be substantiated now that they've been spotted “cuddling and smooching” at a restaurant in New York City. I don't know if it's totally accurate to call the outing a “date,” however, as they were also joined by . Photos published in show Swift, Healy, and Antonoff hanging out at Casa Cipriani, a members-only club in lower Manhattan, on May 11.
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Angelique Jackson “Beneath the Grass,” a drama about the criminal justice system and marijuana incarceration rates, will hit the market at the Cannes Film Festival next week. Mía Maestro, Quincy Isaiah and Jeff Kober will lead the film, which begins production next month in New Jersey. Paradigm is representing worldwide sales for the film. “Beneath the Grass” is set in 2008, capturing both the economic recession and the “Yes We Can” summer, and follows a single Latina mother whose illegal marijuana business is jeopardized when her young son befriends the new neighbors, a young white boy and his police officer grandfather.
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has a mammoth hit on his hands with The Motive and the Cue, which has been playing to packed houses on the National Theatre’s 890-seater Lyttelton proscenium stage.
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Taylor Swift and Matty Healy have been spending time together and it was a mutual friend that reconnected them, ET has learned.A source tells ET, «Taylor and Matty like each other. Taylor has a crush on Matty and they are having a good time hanging out.
loudly criticized the romantic comedy actress’ appearance at a recent screening of Michael J. Fox’s new documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” in New York.As always, the kvetching is unbearably tedious.“WTF has Meg Ryan done to her face?!,” said one Twitter user.“Is that really Meg Ryan? If so, that’s such a shame and incredibly sad,” another jackass bemoaned.What, exactly, is so sad about it? She looked like she was having a fun, classy time.
New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer. ET has you covered for everything in between.Ed Sheeran leads this week's releases with, pronounced «Subtract,» Sheeran's fifth studio album.
Human Resources,” the show that follows Netflix’s equally raunchy adult animation series “Big Mouth.” The new season has 10 episodes and is set to premiere on June 9. “Human Resources” follows the creatures that help people through the awkward journey of puberty and the hard life of parenthood. Even as they assist their human clients, the hormone monsters, depression kitties, shame wizards and other creatures lead hilarious lives of their own, both in and out of the office.
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Jack Harlow reportedly told the press that he was “on ‘shrooms” to get out of red carpet interviews at this year’s Met Gala.Last night (Monday May 1), the Louisville rapper attended the annual fundraising gala days after the surprise release of his third studio album, ‘Jackman’. The record is a follow-up to Harlow’s polarising 2022 sophomore album, ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’.Despite taking photos on the red carpet, the 25-year-old reportedly found a novel way of turning down an interview.