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The stars of Book Club: The Next Chapter lit up the red carpet for the NYC premiere on Monday (May 8)!

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic It’s beyond obvious that women deserve a movie that portrays and celebrates them in their sixties and seventies reveling in the joys of romantic adventure and uninhibited sex. It’s not so obvious that they deserved “Book Club,” the 2018 comedy about four hale, hearty, and prosperous senior friends who read “Fifty Shades of Grey” in their monthly literary white-wine klatsch, only to discover that E.L. James’s S&M princess fantasy jump-starts their hibernating libidos and/or their desire to commit to the men who are courting them. You could use a whole Thesaurus paragraph of withering descriptives to evoke the sort of movie “Book Club” was. It was prefab, it was cookie-cutter, it was paint-by-numbers, it was broad enough to play to the peanut gallery, it was four glorified sitcoms jammed into one overly synthetic package.

Focus Features has the right idea in releasing the new sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter just in time for Mother’s Day. Reuniting four genuine movie icons – Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen – whose first film in this senior franchise, 2017’s Book Club, was a surprise hit making over $100 million worldwide, there was proof positive that older female audience was eager for a night or matinee out at the multiplex if the idea and cast were right. Since then the pandemic hit and changed moviegoing habits for the older crowd, a group that is hard to get back into theatres (although not impossible – witness The Lost City and Ticket To Paradise). My guess is that with this quartet back in fine form, and now all over 70 (!), this could again play with the usual Hollywood conceit that women of a certain age are not boxoffice. Throw in Italy as their destination and you have an early summer confection that could prove to be irresistible for a too-often ignored demographic.

If the opening sequence of Bill Holderman’s “Book Club: The Next Chapter” is any indication we might have officially turned the page on psychological “lockdown despair” narratives and entered the (somewhat cringey) era of lighthearted “lockdown nostalgia.” That’s what the leading ladies of 2018’s lovely, if not a tad underwhelming, friendship comedy “Book Club” signal in the sequel’s opening moments, reuniting for a similarly boozy and moderately engaging adventure soaked in deep Italian reds, but not enough laughs.It’s probably easy to feel a little nostalgic for the days of lockdown. Halcyon days for those who were financially privileged, healthy and could afford to take up new interests during that low-key downtime, like pickling, playing the accordion or caring for a new pet parrot.

—and very excited to do it—but gave a heartfelt explaining that she was stepping down out of respect for those on the picket lines who would have normally been writing for the annual awards show. The awards are still scheduled to go on without a host, but it remains to be seen just how pared down it will be. More on that below. In other news, if you have yet to catch up on the with Elizabeth Olsen, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, and more, then this is the week to do it.

Jane Fonda, who is all set to star in the comedy “Book Club: The Next Chapter,” spoke candidly about her struggles with body dysmorphia.

Three of the hardest-working women in Hollywood have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. ET's Matt Cohen sat down with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen to talk about their forthcoming sequel, , and their longstanding evolution in the film industry. The famed actresses are reprising their roles in the  universe — with the sequel coming to theaters May 12 — but this time, they are off to Italy on an incredible journey on and off the pages! Set in both Rome and Venice, Bergen says filming in Italy was «heaven.» «We had a great time and we would have dinner after work.

At 85, Jane Fonda is the “happiest [she’s] ever been.”

They’re back for amore!

Book Club gals, you'll be thrilled to know the film's next instalment is just around the corner.The trailer for Book Club: The Next Chapter, starring Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, has dropped - and our fab four are in for a romp through Italy. WATCH: 'Book Club: Next Chapter' - the official trailerThe second Book Club film picks up with Vivian (Jane Fonda) set to marry her 'long lost love', Arthur.In anticipation of the nuptials, our lit-loving gals decide to throw Viv a helluva bachelorette party in the form of a girls' trip to Italy.As you can imagine, hijinks ensue.Can anyone pull off a suede safari jacket like Jane Fonda?The film's trailer also promises the full rom-com fantasy, with lush locations, dapper gents, and event a wedding dress montage. What's not to love?While the 2018 original film received mixed reviews, it proved to be a popular success at the box office and a hit among fans of its four leading ladies.Each of the actresses, now ranging from 70 to 85 years of age, is a major legend of screen - so there's no surprise they can turn a performance!Who wouldn't want to be in this book club?The film is set to be released in cinemas on May 11. So, if you're looking for some Mother's Day plans, this is undoubtedly one for the list.

The ladies are back for amore!

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, the stars of 2018’s “Book Club,” reunite and travel overseas in the trailer for “Book Club: The Next Chapter.”The comedy from Focus Features will follow the quartet of lifelong friends Diane (Keaton), Vivian (Fonda), Sharon (Bergen) and Carol (Steenburgen) as they take their book club overseas to Italy. But their relaxing getaway turns into a wild adventure when the trip goes off the rails at a bachelorette party, bringing secrets to light.“The older the vines, the sweeter the fruit,” Diane says in the trailer.

Critics were mixed about 2018’s “The Book Club,” but audiences felt differently. The modestly budgeted film, about four women in a book club whose reading of “Fifty Shades Of Grey” becomes a life-changing experience, made over $100 million at the box office.

Charles Kimbrough, best known for his portrayal of network anchorman Jim Dial on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown, died Jan. 11 in Culver City, Calif. No cause was given by his son, who confirmed the death.

Shirley Eikhard, the songwriter behind Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1991 hit “Something to Talk About,” has died. She was 67 and died Thursday at Headwaters Health Care centre in Orangeville, Ontario from cancer complications.

favorite is about to make their debut in season two—no, we're not talking about Samantha Jones.On December 1, Candice Bergen was photographed arriving on the set of And Just Like That in New York City, possibly holding part of a script in hand. The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning icon, best known for roles in Boston Legal and Murphy Brown, went from actual Vogue cover star to fictional Vogue editor when she played Enid Frick in three episodes of Sex and the City from 2002 to 2004. Candice Bergen is seen arriving at the 'And Just Like That' film set on December 01, 2022.Most notably, Bergen appeared in the season six episode “Splat!,” in which Lexi Featherston (Kristen Johnston) fell to her death at Enid's party, giving Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) the push she needed to move to Paris with then-boyfriend Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov).

Wearing a black suit and tie, a visibly emotional Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday reacted to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, saying he will “miss her so.”

Tucker Wiard, who won five Emmys as a TV editor behind landmark comedy series including The Carol Burnett Show and the entire run of Murphy Brown, died August 28 in Los Angeles from complications due to heart failure, his family said. He was 80.

David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers has begun rounding out its cast, with Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jay Duplass (Industry), Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story) and Chloe Coleman (My Spy) signing on to star alongside Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.

Diane Keaton walked down memory lane this week as she remembered what made her fall in love with acting at just 7 years old.«My mom, I'll tell ya,» Keaton told ET at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Thursday, where the actress placed her hand and footprints on her new star. «I was about 7 and she was crowned Mrs.

“Book Club” is officially back on, with sequel “Book Club 2 – The Next Chapter” set to premiere on Mother’s Day 2023. All four stars of the 2018 comedy – Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen – will return in the next chapter, as will Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T.

Jeopardy! would be sticking with its two-host formula. According to sources, Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings are in negotiations to continue to share hosting duties on the venerable syndicated game show’s upcoming Season 39. A source for Sony Pictures TV, which produces Jeopardy! would not comment on specualtion.

Jane Fonda told SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen how to be a good girl-dad and that her sex life “got better” with age.

The ladies are hard at work on Book Club 2!

Jane Fonda and Don Johnson are married… in Book Club 2!

The ladies of Book Club 2 are on the movie!

Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton are hard at work on the set of their new movie.

Book Club, the oddly satisfying 2018 comedy about four friends who rediscover the joys of sex after together, is finally getting a sequel, and the first picture from the set is here! Once again starring Diane Keaton, , Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen, Book Club 2: The Next Chapter finds all four women touching down in an airport for what we can only assume is a European romp that will find our heroines Gondola-ing, Vespa-ing and Eurostar-ing their way to some excellent…memories! Focus Features dropped the first picture online on Tuesday, May 31, and you can check it out below:This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The ladies' love interests, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, and Craig T. Nelson, will also return, according to , which also revealed the premise, per a press release: The besties "take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had.