Month: July 2022

James Franco has joined the cast of the new film Me, You, marking one of Franco’s first film projects since he agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit. The 44-year-old actor will have a leading role in Me, You, starring alongside Tom Hollander and Daisy Jacob.

The post World War II-drama from Danish director Bille August is based on the Erri De Luca novel Tu, Mia, a coming-of-age drama that takes place in the Italian island of Ischia in the 1950s. The story follows Marco, a 16-year-old on break from his Scottish boarding school who befriends Nicola (Franco), a U.S. soldier-turned-fisherman who regales Marco with tales of war and oceans. Marco then meets the mysterious Caia (Jacob), a 20-year-old whose childhood was stolen by the SS. Marco plans to avenge Caia by attacking a group of German tourists.

Franco said in a statement:  “I am excited to board this phenomenal project and to be working with the legendary Bille August. I’m a huge fan of his work, and ‘Me, You’ is a truly brilliant script.”

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FX announced details of the upcoming second season of American Horror Stories, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk.  The network shared a trailer for the season, as well as a video introducing the new cast.  American Horror Stories — a spinoff of American Horror Story — follows an anthology format, with each episode telling a different horror story. 

American Horror Story and American Horror Stories alums Denis O’Hare, Cody Fern, Derrick Aguis, Gabourey Sidibe, Genevieve Aitken, Max Greenfield and Nico Greetham return for Season 2. In addition, Alicia Silverstone, Bella Thorne, Dominique Jackson, Judith Light and Quvenzhané Wallis join the cast. In the Season 2 trailer, O’Hare’s character is shown running a “creepy dollhouse,” and Thorne is also shown, saying, “There’s not a serial killer that’s going to stop me from doing my thing.”

Season 2 of American Horror Stories will premiere July 21 on FX on Hulu.

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The teaser for the forthcoming HBO Max series ‘The Idol’ was released, starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp and co-created by The Weeknd, Reza Fahim, and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson.

According to HBO’s official synopsis, The Idol is “set against the backdrop of the music industry and centers on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol.”

The Idol features a supporting cast that includes Troye Sivan, Jennie Kim, Debby Ryan, Rachel Sennott, Steve Zissis, Hari Nef, and Juliebeth Gonzalez.

Take a look at the teaser for The Idol – here.

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Jennifer Lopez confirmed that she and Ben Affleck tied the knot in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 16. Lopez revealed the news through her fan site “On The JLo.”

Lopez began her message to her fans:  “We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient.”  Lopez said the occasion was exactly what the couple wanted, sharing that they flew to Las Vegas and waited in line with four other couples to wait for their wedding license. The 52-year-old Lopez also said that she and Affleck, 49, almost didn’t make it to the chapel by midnight, but they stayed open a few minutes late so they could take pictures in a pink Cadillac convertible. Lopez continued the post, writing, “When love is real, the only thing that matters in marriage is one another and the promise we make to love, care, understand, be patient, loving and good to one another. We had that. And so much more.”

Saying it was the “best night of our lives,” Lopez concluded: “They were right when they said, ‘all you need is love. We are so grateful to have that in abundance, a new wonderful family of five amazing children and a life that we have never had more reason to look forward to. Stick around long enough and maybe you’ll find the best moment of your life in a drive through in Las Vegas at twelve thirty in the morning in the tunnel of love drive through, with your kids and the one you’ll spend forever with. Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things-and worth waiting for.” Lopez signed the message, “With love, Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck.”

20 years after they ended their first engagement, the famous couple rekindled their romance in 2021 and got engaged for the second time in April 2022.  Lopez shares 14-year-old twins Emme and Max with her third husband, Marc Anthony; while Affleck shares three children with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner: Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Samuel, 10.

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Hulu released a teaser for Season 5 of The Handmaids Tale which shows June (Elizabeth Moss) ready for battle against the fallout for killing her commander in the Season 4 finale.

In the trailer, June — a free woman since killing her commander Fred Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) — faces Gilead’s wrath, and hostility of Waterford’s widow Serena Joy (Yvonne Strahovski).

The Handmaids Tale is based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, which takes place in a dystopian future where fertile women are enslaved as handmaids to serve as surrogates to rich, infertile women.

Hulu previously announced that Season 5 premieres on Sept. 14.  Take a look at the trailer – here.

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