Fernanda Andrade Joins Paramount+’s ‘Finestkind’; ‘The Throwback’ Adds Michelle Randolph

EXCLUSIVE: Bobby Lee (And Just Like That…) has signed on to star alongside Justina Machado, Will Sasso, Gregg Sulkin and Michelle Randolph in Mario Garcia’s feature directorial debut, The Throwback, which is currently in production in the Tampa Bay area.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Ghostbusters: Afterlife” actor Celeste O’Connor has been cast in “Madame Web,” an upcoming installment in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.O’Connor’s role has not been announced. They will appear in the comic-book adventure alongside Dakota Johnson, who is playing the title character, as well as Sydney Sweeney of “Euphoria” fame.The movie will serve as an origin story for Madame Web, a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world itself.

Instagram Tuesday, showing that Moreno is on set now for the film currently in production. “It’s been my dream forever to work with Rita Moreno, and the fact that she’s here playing my grandmother makes my soul smile,” Diesel said in the video.“I think my old age was waiting for you to ask me, isn’t that nice, and I’m here, the answer is yes, I’ll do it, and not only I’ll do it, I am tickled,” she responded. “Fast X” will open in theaters May 19, 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: Yasha Jackson (The Flight Attendant) is set as a lead opposite Michaela McManus in ABC’s national parks drama pilot from Rashad Raisani and A+E Studios.

EastEnders legend Michelle Collins gushed to the Loose Women panel today about her upcoming wedding to her partner of 10 years. Michelle Collins, 59, revealed that her long-term partner Mike Davidson had proposed to her on April 1 2022.The soap star told today’s Loose Women that it “wasn’t on her agenda” to get married, though the couple had been together for 10 years. Asked by the panel what it was that made the pair take the plunge, she replied: “We survived the pandemic together - it actually brought us closer together.” Michelle also opened up about her struggles the last few years alongside Covid - her mum and her best friend died in the same year.

James D’Arcy is set to star alongside Noomi Rapace and Jonathan Banks in Constellation, an eight-episode conspiracy-based psychological thriller drama series at Apple TV+. Additionally, Oscar-nominated Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) and Joseph Cedar (Footnote) are set as directors on the series, joining previously announced director/EP Michelle MacLaren.

Peter Caranicas Deputy EditorLaw firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has announced the addition of entertainment transactions lawyer Steven E. Hurdle Jr.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterStephanie Hsu is set for a guest starring role in Disney+ series “American Born Chinese,” Variety has learned exclusively.The role reunites Hsu with previously announced cast member Michelle Yeoh, with whom Hsu starred in the hit film “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang, the series follows Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a teenager juggling his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When Jin meets foreign exchange student Wei-Chen (Jim Liu) on the first day of school, their worlds collide as Jin becomes entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.

Middle East-based distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment has joined the team of producers on satirical coming-of-age comedy feature Abdelinho. Front Row will also represent all MENA rights. International sales are with Urban Sales.

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Gardner (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will star alongside Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery, Ravi Patel, Camille Guaty and Tanya Reynolds in Sony Pictures’ live-action adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, which has wrapped production.

EXCLUSIVE: UK sales and production firm Embankment (The Father, The Wife) is teaming up with veteran UK producer Kevin Loader (The Death Of Stalin, The Lady In The Van) to create new label Free Range Entertainment.

Jack Huston of “Boardwalk Empire” and “House of Gucci” has been cast as the pivotal and mysterious character Lasher in AMC’s “Mayfair Witches” series, the cabler announced on Friday. The series is based on the Mayfair trilogy by “Interview With the Vampire” author Anne Rice.Lasher is a shape-shifting demon who has been linked to the family of witches for generations after being summoned in the 1600s.

Just two days later, Dave Chappelle was ready to address being attacked at The Hollywood Bowl. The comedian, 48, reportedly performed at a "secret" show at The Comedy Store Thursday night, with stars like Kim Kardashian and Sean "Diddy" Combs in attendance. Chappelle was a last-minute addition, and fans paid $160 for a ticket to see the show led by an unnamed comedian.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“House of Gucci” and “Boardwalk Empire” star Jack Huston has joined AMC’s “Mayfair Witches” TV adaptation.Based on Rice’s “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” trilogy, AMC’s “Mayfair Witches” focuses on intuitive young neurosurgeon Dr. Rowan Fielding (Alexandra Daddario ) who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches.

Naman Ramachandran Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of Banijay, has revealed the first international adaptation of hit U.K. format “Starstruck,” with a deal confirmed in South America.The show launched earlier this year to a consolidated 4.7 million viewers on U.K. broadcaster ITV and streamer ITV Hub and was re-commissioned for a second series.

Jared Leto dressed in matching suits with Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele at the 2022 Met Gala.The actor and musician appeared alongside Michele at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 2), wearing matching cream-coloured Gucci tuxedos with identical bow ties, clutch bags and hair styles for this year’s theme, ‘In America: An Anthology of Fashion’.Earlier in the night, Leto was mistaken by fans (and The New York Times) for Swedish entrepreneur Fredrik Robertsson, who wore a silver Iris Van Herpen jumpsuit and elaborate make-up.Back in 2019, Leto appeared at the Met Gala with a similar doppelganger theme, carrying a severed head of his likeness designed by Michele.Leto portrayed Paolo in Ridley Scott film House Of Gucci last year, where he starred alongside Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.He most recently starred in Spider-Man spin-off film Morbius, where he plays a scientist who is afflicted with a form of vampirism.In a one-star review of the film, NME wrote: “Astoundingly, for a film about a mad doctor who turns into a vampire, it’s also very boring. Horror fans attracted by the sinister promo campaign will be disappointed.