Netflix Launches First Live Sports Event With ‘Netflix Cup’ Golf Tournament

Winona Ryder asked “What is Netflix” in the first meeting she had about appearing in Stranger Things.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, series director and executive producer Shawn Levy recalled Ryder’s meeting about the show, remembering how she asked bosses to explain exactly what Netflix was.“She opened by asking, ‘What is Netflix? What is streaming? Is it like TV but different?’” Levy explained. “That was the starting point…Winona took a little onboarding to explain this emerging form of storytelling called Netflix and streaming.”Ryder went on to be cast in the show as Joyce Byers and will return for filming the fifth and final season of the show next year.Check out Levy’s interview in full here:Elsewhere in the interview, Levy went on to say season five will be “epic in its cinematic scope.”He continued: “But it’s very much ‘Stranger Things’.

It looks like things are going well between Sofia Vergara and possible new boyfriend Dr. Justin Saliman as she is bringing him around her famous friends!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large A month after they got back to work and started airing post-WGA strike originals, early late night returns show good news for Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert — while in daytime, Kelly Clarkson’s move to New York was a winning strategy in its first week of new episodes. Talk shows were among the first original programs to return to air following the resolution of the Writers Guild of America strike, with the late night shows all returning the week of Oct. 2 after a five-month hiatus.

Camila Avella, this year’s Miss Colombia, will make history. She is the first Miss Universe contestant to have a husband and child.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales for Scandinavian period drama “Stormskerry Maja,” directed by Tiina Lymi (“Happier Times, Grump,” “Sisäilmaa”), adapted from Anni Blomqvist’s series of novels. The film chronicles the saga of Maja and her family as they embark on a journey to the desolate and remote island Stormskerry.

Amanda Abbington made no mention of Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night, just days after she withdrew from the BBC dancing show, citing "personal reasons" as the reason for her exit.The Sherlock actress, 51, appeared to be enjoying some Halloween festivities, with some pals including actor and writer Simon Pegg, to whom she penned a sweet 14 word tribute on 28 October.The duo posed for a photo together, first shared to Simon's Instagram Story, to which he added the text: "Friends for 25 years. Love you @amanda_abbington74." Resharing the snap to her own Instagram story, Amanda added: "I love you too dear friend.Thank you for the most wonderful 25 years", which she followed with a trio of brown heart emojis.

Very little has been heard from Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya since her buzzy 2017 Cannes title Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts. 

Autumn is in full swing and as much as we hate to admit it, the countdown to Christmas is officially on, so now is the perfect time to snap up your beauty advent calendar ready to open on December 1. Plenty of brands have already launched their beauty countdowns, including the LookFantastic Beauty Advent Calendar 2023, £99 here, which is worth more than £565, and the Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Lucky Chest Of Beauty Secrets, £160 here, which contains plenty of the brand’s must-have products.

Angelique Jackson Tyler Perry has formalized a new creative partnership with Netflix to write, direct and produce feature films under a multi-year, first-look deal. The pact spans eight pictures over four years. Perry already has five films under his belt at the streamer: “A Fall From Grace,” “A Madea Homecoming,” the period drama “A Jazzman’s Blues” (his longtime passion project produced from his first screenplay, written 27 years prior), the upcoming World War II-set drama “Six Triple Eight” and the thriller “Mea Culpa.” Endeavor and TKO CEO Ari Emanuel teased the new pact at Bloomberg Media’s Screentime conference on Oct.

Netflix is adamant that it’s not interested in live sports.

We have our first look at Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai in the upcoming live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!

Stars of two Netflix sports series will face off in The Netflix Cup, the streamer’s first live sports event, at a match play tournament next month at the Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas.

The rom-com’s heyday may be far in the past at this point, but with two buzzy leads, Will Gluck‘s “Anyone But You” could be a sleeper on the calendar to end 2023. Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell star as two former college classmates who fake being in a relationship at a mutual friend’s wedding to deal with their exes at the ceremony.

Tesco is helping families with little ones stock up on some essentials with a new sale running for the next five weeks.

Big Brother has been back just one turbulent week, and that means it's time for an eviction. The ITV programme has revealed that Kerry and Farida will be the first housemates to face the public vote ahead of tomorrow night’s first live eviction of the series.

Brandy and Heather Graham are old college friends in the upcoming movie BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER!

Amy Dowden has made her second return to the world of Strictly Come Dancing, with an appearance on the show's companion show It Takes Two. Opening up about her return to Strictly on Saturday amid her cancer battle, the professional dancer said: "I just felt like I was home.

AC/DC performed their first show in seven years this weekend at the Power Trip festival in Indio, California – check out the full setlist and footage below.Taking to the stage on Saturday (October 7) at the Empire Polo Club, the rock band’s line-up included classic members Brian Johnson, Angus Young and Cliff Williams, alongside Stevie Young on rhythm guitar and drummer Matt Laug.The show marked the first time vocalist Johnson had performed with the group since September 2016 in Philadelphia, the last date of the ‘Rock Or Bust’ world tour.The classic rockers performed a 24-song setlist, opening with ‘If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)’ for the first time.

Get ready for the return of Chicken Run!

Amy Dowden has been spotted grinning as she headed into the Strictly Come Dancing studios for her first appearance since her cancer diagnosis earlier this year.