Ian McKellen says he’s still mistaken for late actor Michael Gambon

EXCLUSIVE: R.F. Kuang‘s bestselling fantasy novel Babel is in the works for the screen. Independent studio wiip (The Mare of Easttown, The Summer I Turned Pretty) has optioned the novel for television/film adaptation with Temple Hill Entertainment (Twilight) producing.

Ariana Grande has revealed that she “would love” to hit the road again in support of her upcoming album, ‘Eternal Sunshine’.Speaking on The Zach Lang Show recently, Grande was asked about whether she has any plans to tour for ‘Eternal Sunshine’. After a short pause, she replied: “TBD (to be decided)”.She went on to explain: “I think I would love to do shows. I love being onstage, I miss being onstage, I miss my fans so much – that’s the honest-to-god truth.

Naman Ramachandran Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second consecutive weekend with £2.3 million ($3 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The biopic now has a total of £11.3 million after its second weekend on release.

Belated legacy sequels are still all the rage in Hollywood, and joining the ranks of this trend is “28 Years Later,” the long-overdue sequel to director Danny Boyle’s zombie/rage-virus thriller, “28 Days Later,” and its sequel “28 Weeks Later.” While Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland, who are reuniting for the first time in almost two decades, have teased a third film in the rage virus trilogy, one never materialized until just a few weeks ago when the surprise sequel was announced.

Frodo and Samwise reunited at the 2024 SAG Awards on Saturday night (February 24)!

More “Harry Potter” is coming from Warner Bros., as the studio revealed last Spring. But don’t expect it to reach Max for another couple of years.

Yesterday, Lionsgate pushed back its “John Wick” spinoff “Ballerina” a year from its initial June 7 release date to June 6, 2025. Why the delay? Well, franchise fans already knew that Chad Stahelski was back in the fold as creative supervisor to shoot additional action sequences for the film.

We’re getting a new update on the Harry Potter TV series!

UPDATED with latest release date outlook. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed Friday that a long-planned Harry Potter series is aiming to debut on Max in 2026.

Zendaya and Timothee Chalamet are wearing matching looks for their latest Dune: Part Two press stop!

Matthew Perry will be honored at its TV awards later this year following backlash over his omission from the film awards’ In Memoriam segment on Sunday evening. Although Perry, who died last October, was best known for his 10-year stint as Chandler Bing on hit TV show “Friends,” he also appeared in a number of popular feature films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including “The Whole Nine Yards” alongside Bruce Willis and “Fools Rush In” opposite Salma Hayek. This year’s In Memoriam segment, set to a special arrangement of Cyndi Lauper’s “The After Time” performed by “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham, featured Jane Birkin, Shirley Anne Field, Richard Roundtree, Michael Gambon, Tom Wilkinson and Carl Weathers, among others.

Sir Ian McKellen has split with his boyfriend of just over one year, it's been reported.The legendary Lord of the Rings star was in a relationship with fellow actor, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, after the pair met while playing mother and son in the pantomime Mother Goose. Oscar, who is over 50 years Ian's junior, reportedly dubbed the 84 year old as "the new love of his life" at the end of 2022 when he announced on Twitter that the pair were seeing in the new year together. It is thought that the former couple first got together towards the end of the year, and their relationship quickly got serious.

The main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has been pictured arriving at court today ahead of a long-awaited sex abuse trial.

Cillian Murphy has revealed the one movie in his filmography that he rewatches.Speaking to Variety recently to promote his new film Small Things Like These, the Oppenheimer star was asked about the upcoming third entry in the 28 Days Later franchise, 28 Years Later.Announced earlier this year, 28 Years Later will serve as a direct sequel to 28 Days Later, and will see Danny Boyle and Alex Garland returning to direct and write respectively. While Murphy starred in the 2002 original, it is currently unclear if he will return for 28 Years Later.When asked if his character will return for the upcoming sequel, Murphy told Variety: “I can’t give much more at this point.

Cillian Murphy has revealed that he hasn’t watched many of his own films.Speaking to GQ in a recent interview, the Oppenheimer star shared: “Many of my films I haven’t seen,” adding that actor Johnny Depp often said the same.“It’s actually true. Generally the ones I haven’t seen are the ones I hear are not good.”One example of a film of his which he has seen is the 2005 movie Red Eye, starring Rachel McAdams and Brian Cox, and directed by Wes Craven.The Batman Begins star spoke about the psychological thriller, in which he plays a seemingly polite and charming flight passenger, who is ultimately revealed to be part of a terrorist organisation planning to assassinate a US Senator.Murphy said: “I love Rachel McAdams and we had fun making it.

EXCLUSIVE: Having already portrayed the President of United Earth on Star Trek: Discovery and shiftedthe political landscape here in America more than once, Stacey Abrams is expanding her production company today with a heavy hitter hire.

Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he has “never liked” the mix of ‘Under Pressure’, the band’s 1981 smash hit collaboration with David Bowie. Speaking in an interview with Total Guitar (via Guitar World), May revealed that the original version of ‘Under Pressure’ “sounded massively chord-driven,” but that much of its “heavy guitar was lost” following Bowie’s input on the final mix.Recalling the song’s creation, May said ‘Under Pressure’ was the result of spontaneous late nights in the studio, with the initial cut featuring a “pretty heavy backing track.” At first, May said he was “beaming” over the heavier guitar sound because it reminded him of The Who.May raised that comparison to Bowie, who said “‘it’s not going to sound like The Who by the time I’ve finished with it.’” May continued: “[Bowie] didn’t want it to be that way.”The guitarist said that the changes were made because “we all had different ideas of how [‘Under Pressure’] should be mixed,” specifically naming Bowie and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury.“Basically it was Freddie and David fighting it out in the studio with the mix,” May recalled, “and what happened in the mix was that most of that heavy guitar was lost.”May went on to reveal that he originally played the main riff of ‘Under Pressure’ on an electric guitar, but that it was replaced by the “acoustic bits which were done first as a sort of demo.” As for the final mix that was eventually released, May admitted that he “never liked it, to be honest.”“I do recognise that it works.

Rhian Sugden has said being pregnant still feels 'surreal' as she counts down the weeks until she welcomes her 'miracle' first child with actor husband Oliver Mellor. The glamour model, from Bury, announced last November that she was pregnant after being open about her fertility struggles.

Cillian Murphy has said that he studied every small detail about J. Robert Oppenheimer in his portrayal of the father of the atomic bomb last summer.In a Q&A on Friday at the Santa Barbra International Film Festival, the actor spoke to festival director Robert Durling about his characterisation in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, saying he wanted to focus in particular on the small details of his character – especially with the film being shown on IMAX.Durling said he noted the cigarette stains on Murphy’s fingers during one scene, something that delighted Murphy.He explained (via Movie Maker): “I’m so glad you noticed that! Our amazing makeup artist Luisa Abel — we did that every single day and I would get really into the detail.

We’ve seen stars do a ton of things to rapidly lose weight, but this doctor-approved method seems VERY extreme! Maisie Williams is set to star