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Sam Esmail, the director of the Netflix post-apocalyptic film Leave the World Behind, spoke to Deadline Wednesday night on the red carpet at the film’s AFI premiere.

Kick off your Sunday shoes, because Kevin Bacon has returned to the school where the 1984 cult classic, "Footloose" was filmed over 40 years ago. Bacon, who starred as Ren McCormack in "Footloose," visited Payson High in Utah, the school that was the setting of the 1984 film. He was convinced to return by none other than the students themselves.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The upcoming Amazon Prime Video series “The Bondsman” starring Kevin Bacon has added four new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively. Beth Grant (“No Country For Old Men,” “Donnie Darko”), Damon Herriman (“Once Upon A Time in Hollywood”, “Justified”), Maxwell Jenkins (“Arcadian,” “Lost In Space”) and Jolene Purdy (“The White Lotus,” “Orange Is The New Black”) have all joined the show in series regular roles. Aside from Bacon, they join previously announced cast member Jennifer Nettles.

“Footloose” followed Ren McCormack (Bacon), a Chicago teen who moved to a small town where the local minister (John Lithgow) put a ban on dancing. Singer co-starred as Ariel Moore, the minister’s rebellious daughter who was Ren’s love interest. Ariel also had a boyfriend, Chuck Cranston (Jim Youngs), who physically assaults her because he’s jealous about her feelings for Ren, before they break up.

“Footloose” star Lori Singer still remembers her first meeting and famous kiss scene with Kevin Bacon — 40 years after making the 1984 hit film. “What happened is they had a long lens. It was probably 12 feet, if there is such a thing as a lens like that.

Thania Garcia Billy Joel has been added to the lineup of performers for the 66th annual Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy announced on Wednesday. Joel, who made his Grammy stage debut in 1988 when he sang “New York State Of Mind,” will return as a performer for the ceremony on Feb. 4, joining a lineup that includes Burna Boy, Luke Combs, Travis Scott, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo.

Madison Square Garden residency, telling the crowd, “I have good news. I have bad news. I’ll give you the bad news first.

Billy Joel has announced ‘Turn The Lights Back On’, his first solo song since 2007 and second since 1993.‘Turn The Lights Back On’ is set for release on February 1 via Columbia. It will be available on all streaming platforms as well as a limited-edition 7” vinyl.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Billy Joel is back with new music for the first time in 17 years. The singer-songwriter has announced the release of “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first solo song since 2007 and second since 1993.

The Hollywood Reporter that Marta died Thursday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer.Survivors include her sister, MJ, and her cat, Mr. Peaches, the outlet reports. The Post has contacted a rep for Marta for comment.

Eddie Murphy reprises another one of his beloved roles!

Rhiannon Fish is returning to Hallmark Channel!

Kevin Bacon has a lot of admiration for Taylor Swift.

We may still be in September, but supermarkets are already stocking their shelves high with festive goodies.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Kevin Bacon is attached to star in a new Blumhouse Television series that has been ordered straight-to-series at Amazon’s Prime Video, Variety has learned. The action series is titled “The Bondsman.” The official logline states that it centers on Hub Halloran (Bacon), “a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.” Amazon has ordered eight half-hour episodes. Production on the series will not begin until all guild negotiations have been resolved.

Kevin Bacon is fronting another television series.

The 1998 erotic thriller "Wild Things," which celebrates its 25th anniversary today, was almost a different movie for a variety of reasons. The film’s director John McNaughton revealed new details about the production, including a twist with Matt Dillon and Kevin Bacon’s characters.

Hallmark hunk at your service! Michael Rady made his way into the Hallmark Media family in 2015 — one decade after he first started acting.

The end has come for City On A Hill. Showtime has canceled the drama series after three seasons, Deadline has confirmed. The Season 3 finale will now serve as the series finale. The third season launched in September.

EXCLUSIVE: Dark Sky Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Mother, May I?, the psychological thriller starring Kyle Gallner (Smile) and Holland Roden (Teen Wolf). 

Sosie Bacon is smiling her way to the top of the box office as the star of the horrifying Smile.

Police have issued an urgent appeal for help finding a wanted arsonist who goes by two different names. Greater Manchester Police is trying to track down Hannah Linklater, who also goes by the alias of Jeanette Bacon.

“Smile,” which stars Sosie Bacon and Kyle Gallner and just had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in Austin before opening this Friday (September 30), is super creepy and unsettling.But how do you watch the new movie? Read on to find out:“Smile” is, at present, exclusively playing in movie theaters. This is honestly probably a good thing, as its effectiveness is directly related to the amount of teenagers screaming and throwing their popcorn around you. This is a real matinee-at-the-mall movie, in the best possible way.Paramount+ is pretty slippery when it comes to when its movies are hitting the service.

Sosie Bacon gets in the middle of a big cast picture at the premiere of their new movie, Smile, during the 2022 Beyond Fest at the Aero Theatre on Tuesday night (September 27) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Sosie Bacon is celebrating the premiere of her new movie!

Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Bacon are offering a new twist on a pop classic by reimagining Tears for Fears' «Head Over Heels» for a fictional  segment called «First Drafts of Rock.» In the spoof clip, Fallon and Bacon perform a so-called early version of the 1985 hit -- which was re-popularized in the 2001 film -- that really doubles down on the idea of . «Got a degree in meteorology to talk about the weather,» Fallon croons, with Bacon hopping on the chorus to harmonize. «For the weather you can call Tears for Fears, we'll check the radar if the skies will be clear.»Watch the full segment below and prepare to have the tune stuck in your head all day.Bacon stopped by to discuss his return to his horror roots in the LGBTQ+ horror film , coming to Peacock on Aug. 5.

Sosie Bacon isn't afraid to poke fun at herself and her latest social media post proves she doesn't take herself too seriously. The daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick took to Instagram with a bikini selfie which was a far cry from many of the glamorous ones displayed by fellow celebrities. MORE: Kyra Sedgwick reveals injury following viral TikTok with husband Kevin Bacon In the image, Sosie was soaking up the sun with her dog and was wrapped awkwardly around the pooch, on a bed of blankets. WATCH: Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick's love story She wore a floral string bikini and attempted to replicate the face of the hound. Her tattoos on her arms and body were visible and Sosie appeared to be laying on a patio."Never met a better broad," she captioned the image and fans said they loved her "frownie face".MORE: Exclusive: Kevin Bacon opens up about his special bond with rarely-seen son TravisMORE: Sosie Bacon reveals terrifying video promoting new horror movie This isn't the first time Sosie has turned heads in her beachwear.

This is one summer camp you want to avoid.

Blasting off Sunday evening at the Tribeca Festival, Space Oddity is a small, character-driven dramedy of one young man’s odd life-altering plan to take a one-way ticket to Mars just as love and family intervene on his plans. If that premise sounds improbable, it actually is the kind of thing that seems to be popping up lately as fodder for various indie-centric film festivals. Earlier this year at SXSW, we saw comedian Jim Gaffigan in Linoleum, where he plays a father and husband whose lifelong dream of being an astronaut takes flight when he builds a rocket ship in his garage to do just that. Like Space Oddity, which comes from Kyra Sedgwick directing a Black List script by Rebecca Banner, that film focused on the rather offbeat behavior of its central character, much to the chagrin of his family.

EXCLUSIVE: Philly D.A., the docuseries from PBS’ Independent Lens that shines a light on Larry Krasner, who fought the city’s district attorney’s office as a civil rights lawyer for 30 years before he was elected to the position himself, has won a Peabody Award.