Category Archives: Entertainment

Patrick Stewart Thought Tom Hardy’s Career Would Tank After ‘Odd, Solitary’ Behavior on ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ Set: He ‘Wouldn’t Engage With Any of Us’

Patrick Stewart shares blunt thoughts on 2002’s “Star Trek: Nemesis” in his new memoir, “Making It So” (via Insider). The film, the fourth and final “Star Trek” feature to star “The Next Generation” cast, featured one of Stewart’s least memorable outings as Captain Jean-Luc Picard,

Campbell Brown Stepping Down as Meta’s Head of Media Partnerships

TV veteran Campbell Brown, after heading Meta’s news and media partnerships for almost seven years, is departing the internet giant this fall. In a note to staff Tuesday, Brown said she will share additional details in the coming weeks about her next role, but that

‘Great Absence’ Review: A Son Discovers his Father in a Deft, Complex, Wrenching Dementia Drama 

The belief that the dead live on in our memories is often the only comfort anyone can think to offer the bereaved, or those in the process of losing a loved one. But for Takashi (Mirai Moriyama), the introspective adult son at the heart of

SAG Awards 2024: Actors Can Submit Beginning Oct. 4, FYC Mailings and Screeners Remain Paused Until Strike Ends

Actors with acclaimed performances in the Oscar or Emmy race can submit themselves for consideration for this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards beginning Wednesday, Oct. 4 in an email sent to publicists by SAG-AFTRA and obtained by Variety. The union makes it clear submitting for

Ian McKellen Told Patrick Stewart to Reject ‘Star Trek’ Offer and Stay in Theater, Admitted Later He Was Wrong: ‘You Can’t Throw That Away to Do TV. No!’

Patrick Stewart reveals in his new memoir, “Making It So,” that longtime friend and colleague Ian McKellen advised him to turn down “Star Trek” and stay in theater when Stewart was debating whether to make the jump to a major Hollywood franchise (via Insider). Stewart

DirecTV Takes Issue With New CNN Streaming Service

At least one of the big companies that distribute CNN via cable or satellite is unnerved by how closely the company’s new live-streaming service looks like its TV network. Big satellite distributor DirecTV has let executives at Warner Bros. Discovery know via letter that its

‘The Head,’ Season 3’ in the Works at The Mediapro Studio

“The Head,” The Mediapro Studio’s biggest hit, will have a third season, Ran Tellem, TMS head of international content development, confirmed Tuesday at Iberseries & Industria Platino. “‘The Head’ started out something like four years ago as a limited series only for six episodes and

U.S. Emergency Alert Test Will Hit Smartphones, TV and Radio on Oct. 4

Don’t be alarmed: The U.S. government on Oct. 4 will be conducting a test — only a test — of the emergency alert systems that span the nation’s millions of wireless phones, TVs and radios. FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide