Month: September 2022

Ozzy Osbourne and family are returning to TV with a reality BBC docu-series, which will follow the life of the iconic Osbourne family. The show, entitled Home to Roost, will depict the everyday life of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne as they start over back in the U.K., returning to their family home in the town of Buckinghamshire. The couple’s children, daughter Kelly and son Jack, will also be featured in the show to assist their parents with readjusting to life back across the pond.

Home to Roost will consist of a 10-part series on the BBC, and will premiere in 2023 — though an exact release date has not been announced. The BBC said in a statement: “The series will follow the Osbournes as they celebrate one of their most important years yet — with everything from Sharon’s 70th birthday to Kelly’s soon-to-be-born baby, Ozzy’s tour, and of course the big move itself. This will be a genuine portrait, showing Sharon and Ozzy as they face up to illness and the challenges of getting older, but with the usual Osbourne eccentricities, humor, warmth and love.”

The announcement of the new series comes shortly after Ozzy said in an interview that he and Sharon were moving back to the U.K., citing the rising levels of gun violence within the United States. Ozzy and Sharon have both insisted that his health was not a factor in deciding to leave the U.S.

Home to Roost comes two decades after the family first broke onto the reality TV scene with their hit MTV series The Osbournes. The show, which premiered on MTV in 2002, became one of the highest-rated reality series in the network’s history.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is back in theaters months after its initial release, is the No. 1 movie in North America this holiday weekend. The Dec. 2021 superhero film, which was re-released with 11 minutes of never-seen footage, earned an additional $6 million Friday through Sunday, and has now grossed $812.3 million in North America. Starring real-life couple Tom Holland and Zendaya, the film is projected to rake in $6.1 million over this four-day weekend

Coming in at No. 2 with $5.5 million is Top Gun: Maverick, followed by DC League of Super-Pets at No. 3 with $5.45 million, Bullet Train at No. 4 with $6.8 million and The Invitation at No. 5 with $5.4 million.

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Academy Award winner Jane Fonda recently announced on social media that she’s undergoing chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and since revealing her diagnosis her Hollywood peers have shown their support and well-wishes for the actress.

Diane Keaton commented on Fonda’s Instagram post: “We love you, Jane. You are my hero. You are a warrior. All of my life I have been in awe of all that you do. I will continue to admire the crusader you have always been and always will be,” while Chelsea Handler said: “Sending you all my strength! Love you Jane,” Reese Witherspoon posted, “Sending you healing light, love and strength,” and Debra Messing commented: “Love you, Jane. Thinking of you, always.” Naomi Campbell added her support: “GRACEFUL QUEEN. @janefonda thank you, even at this difficult time you are sharing with [us]. It’s so important to have a positive mindset!! And you do, GOD BLESS [you]!! My thoughts and prayers are with you..” and Lenny Kravitz shared: “You are a warrior. This shall pass. Sending all of my love and healing energy. God is with you.”

Many more famous friends added their words of support as well for the 84-year-old Fonda, who was optimistic as she revealed her diagnosis to 1.9 million Instagram followers. Fonda wrote in part: “So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and have started chemo treatments. This is a very treatable cancer. 80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky.” Fonda shared that she’s been undergoing chemo for six months and that she “will not let any of this interfere with my climate activism….Cancer is a teacher and I’m paying attention to the lessons it holds for me. One thing it’s shown me already is the importance of community. Of growing and deepening one’s community so that we are not alone. And the cancer, along with my age –almost 85– definitely teaches the importance of adapting to new realities.”

Reese Witherspoon, Naomi Campbell & More Stars Send Love To Jane Fonda After Cancer Diagnosis

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Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming $100 million feature film “Megalopolis” has added actor Shia LaBeouf to the star-studded cast.  Coppola’s passion project, slated to begin production this fall, stars Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne. Talia Shire (Coppola’s sister who starred in his “Godfather” films), Jason Schwartzman, Grace Vanderwaal, Kathryn Hunter and James Remar have also joined the cast.

Coppola wrote the screenplay for the film in the 1980s, and is financing the dream project himself. The plot has remained largely under wraps, but the film’s official logline teases new details: “The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love.”

LaBeouf’s casting comes after the actor had been blacklisted from Hollywood after musician FKA Twigs, his former romantic partner, filed a lawsuit against him for sexual battery, assault and infliction of emotional distress in 2020. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleged multiple incidents of physical abuse during the couple’s one-year relationship in 2018 and 2019. The lawsuit currently has yet to go to trial.

LaBeouf sought inpatient treatment after the allegations surfaced, and is set to appear in Abel Ferrara’s “Padre Pio,” which will open at the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Days section later this summer.

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Netflix said in a press release Thursday that Lindsay Lohan will star in a new romantic comedy for the streaming service.  The 36-year-old Lohan will have a leading role in the film ‘Irish Wish’ portraying Maddie, a woman in love with her best friend’s fiancé.

An official synopsis read: “When the love of her life gets engaged to her best friend, Maddie puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland. Days before the pair are set to marry, Maddie makes a spontaneous wish for true love, only to wake up as the bride-to-be. With her dream seeming to come true, Maddie soon realizes that her real soulmate is someone else entirely.”

Irish Wish is part of Lohan’s two-picture creative partnership with Netflix.  The film is written by Kirsten Hansen, Ron Oliver, Janeen Damian and Michael Damian, and directed by Janeen Damian. Lohan is also working with Damian on the upcoming holiday film Falling for Christmas, which premieres Nov. 10 on Netflix.

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