Month: June 2022

Legendary actress and comedian Carol Burnett has joined the cast of ‘Better Call Saul’ for its sixth and final season.

AMC said in a press release Monday that Burnett, 89, will play the character Marion. She joins previously announced guest stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul, who will reprise their Breaking Bad roles of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Said Burnett: “I’m thrilled to be a part of my favorite show.” 

Better Call Saul is a prequel spinoff of Breaking Bad, which had a five-season run on AMC from 2008 to 2013. The shows final episodes will conclude the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton and Giancarlo Esposito also star.

Season 6 will resume July 11 at 9 p.m. EDT on AMC and AMC+. The series finale will be released Aug. 15.

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Netflix has confirmed that the hit reality series “Selling Sunset” will return for Seasons 6 and 7.   The new episodes will begin production this summer, Netflix said in a press release. Selling Sunset follows the agents at the Oppenheim Group, a luxury real estate firm in Los Angeles. Brett and Jason Oppenheim, Chrishell Stause, Christine Quinn, Mary Fitzgerald and Heather Young star. A Selling Sunset spinoff titled Selling the OC will premiere Aug. 24.

In addition, Netflix will expand its property slate with four new shows: Designing Miami follows married couple and competitors Eilyn and Ray Jimenez as they design homes in the Miami area.

Buying Beverly Hills features agents and clients of Mauricio Umansky’s The Agency real estate firm in Beverly Hills, Calif. Umansky is married to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards.

Instant Dream Home is hosted by Danielle Brooks and is part home renovation show and part heist movie. premiering Aug. 10.

Buy My House will see homeowners attempt to sell their properties to one of four real-estate tycoons, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman, Corcoran Group CEO Pamela Liebman, NFL linebacker Brandon Copeland and investment property magnate Danisha Wrighster.

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Michael J. Fox will receive an honorary Oscar for his work as a Parkinson’s disease activist. The announcement was made by the Academy’s board of governors, who will also be honoring Oscar-winning songwriter Diane Warren, Oscar nominated director/writer Peter Weir, and pioneering Black director Euzhan Palcy.  Fox, Warren, Weir and Palcy will receive their honorary Oscars at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 13th Governors Awards on November 19.

Academy president David Rubin said in a statement:  “The Academy’s board of governors is honored to recognize four individuals who have made indelible contributions to cinema and the world at large. Michael J. Fox’s tireless advocacy of research on Parkinson’s disease alongside his boundless optimism exemplifies the impact of one person in changing the future for millions.”

Fox was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s disease in 1991, at the age of 29. In 2000, he founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which is now the world’s leading Parkinson’s research organization.

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Disney+ has shared a trailer for the new animated special Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation.

Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation takes place after the events of the 2019 film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The special features the voices of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams. Yankovic voices Vic Vankoh and recorded the original song “Scarif Beach Party” for the special.

Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation follows Finn (Omar Miller) as he arranges a surprise vacation for his friends Rey (Helen Sadler), Poe (Jake Green), Rose (Tran), BB-9, R2-D2 and C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) aboard the Halcyon, a luxurious Galactic Starcruiser. The trip goes awry when Finn is separated from the group. An official synopsis reads: “While searching for his friends, he encounters three Force ghosts: Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter) and Leia Organa (Shelby Young), who each share their own unexpected stories of vacations gone wrong, helping him to understand that holidays are about more than just having fun.” 

Lego Star Wars Summer Vacation will premiere Aug. 5 on Disney+.  Check out the trailer – here.

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HBO shared a poster for the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon featuring Emmy D’Arcy. The new art features D’Arcy as her character, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, and a dragon, with the caption: “Fire will reign.” Rhaenyra is the eldest child of King Viserys I Targaryen (Paddy Considine) and the niece of Prince Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith).

House of the Dragon is based on the George R.R. Martin book Fire & Blood. The series takes place 200 years before the events of the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series.

House of the Dragon explores the events leading up to the Targaryen civil war, known as the “Dance of the Dragons.” Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno and Rhys Ifans also star.

House of the Dragon premieres August 21 on HBO.

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