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The first trailer for Ridley Scott’s period drama “The Last Duel” has been released, featuring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck.

The Last Duel is based on the book by Eric Jager, and has Affleck portraying King Charles VI and Damon as knight Jean de Carrouges, who must settle a dispute with Jacques LeGris (played by Driver), over sexual assault claims made by Damon’s wife, played by Comer.

The movie, produced by 20th Century Studios, had been in production for over a month in March 2020 when it was shut down amid the Covid-19 outbreak.  The movie is now set to open in theaters October 15.

Take a look at the trailer for The Last Duel – here.

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Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts. The 69-year-old was brought into court in a wheelchair by sheriff’s deputies, wearing a brown jail jumpsuit and face mask. Attorney Mark Werksman entered the plea one day after Weinstein was extradited to California from New York, where he was serving a 23-year prison term.

Weinstein’s charges involve five women and span from 2004 to 2013, said to have taken place in the hotels in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles that the New York-based Weinstein would make his headquarters for Hollywood business. Weinstein pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape, four counts of forcible oral copulation, two counts of sexual battery by restraint and one count of sexual penetration by use of force, charges that together could bring a sentence of 140 years. The women were not named in the charging documents.

A New York jury found Weinstein guilty of rape in 2013 and sexual assault in 2006 at his Manhattan apartment; he is appealing that conviction, seeking a new trial. Weinstein maintains his innocence and contends that any sexual activity was consensual.

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Netflix shared a teaser trailer for the new thriller series ‘Clickbait,’ featuring Adrian Grenier as Nick Brewer, described as ‘a loving husband, father and brother.’ In the preview, Nick’s seemingly perfect life is called into question after he is captured and held hostage. He appears in a video while holding signs that read, “I abuse women” and “At 5 million views I die.”

Zoe Kazan co-stars as Nick’s sister, Pia Brewer, with Betty Gabriel as Nick’s wife, Sophie Brewer. “Clickbait” follows Pia and Sophie as they rush to find and save Nick while processing the accusations against him. The show explores “the ways in which our most dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fueled in the age of social media, revealing the ever-widening fractures we find between our virtual and real-life personas.”

Clickbait premieres Aug. 25 on Netflix. You can check out the teaser trailer: here.

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The trailer for the upcoming movie ‘Jackass Forever’ was released, set to open in theaters on October 22.

The original crew, consisting of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy – as well as newcomers Jasper, Rachel Wolfson, Sean “Poopies” McInerney, Zach Holmes, and Eric Manaka – are back for the new movie.

According to the official synopsis: “Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends and a perfectly executed shot to the dingdong, the original jackass crew return for another round of hilarious, wildly absurd, and often dangerous displays of comedy with a little help from some exciting new cast.”

Watch the trailer for “Jackass Forever” at the link – here.

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Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett will reunite for two shows at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will begin on August 3, which is Bennett’s 95th birthday, and conclude with a second show on August 5.

Radio City Hall made the announcement on their Instagram, sharing: ” JUST ANNOUNCED: Native New Yorkers @itstonybennett and @ladygaga will share the stage one last time at Radio City Music Hall for two nights only on Aug 3 & 5 to celebrate a decade of music and friendship. Tickets go on sale this Thu, July 22 at 10am. More info at link in bio. Per the artist’s request, no cellphones, cameras or recording devices will be allowed. Upon arrival, all phones and smart watches will be secured in Yondr pouches that will be unlocked at the end of the event.

Earlier this year, Bennett’s family revealed that the legendary singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. A press release bills the Radio City performances as Bennett’s “last NYC performances of his career.” In 2014, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett released Cheek to Cheek, which earned them the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.  A press release states that the duo will also release a new collaborative album later this year.

A new singing competition show on FOX is coming. The network announced on Instagram that  Alter Ego — a.k.a. “the world’s first avatar singing competition series” — is slated to air this fall, featuring Grimes, Alanis Morissette, will.i.am., Nick Lachey, and Rosci Diaz as its judges.  Fox also shared a video clip about the upcoming show.

Alter Ego will use motion capture technology to transform its participants into their “dream avatars.” Rob Wade, Fox’s president of alternative entertainment and specials, said in a press release: “Alter Ego merges talent and technology to revolutionize the singing competition show in only a way Fox can do. We are so excited to bring the fantastic will.i.am, Alanis, Grimes, Nick and Rocsi together as they search for the next big singing star, allowing incredible vocalists a chance to realize their dreams and perform like never before.”

A premiere date has not been set for “Alter Ego,” but is expected to be revealed soon.

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LeBron James’ Space Jam: A New Legacy is the No. 1 movie in North America this weekend, earning $32 million in receipts in its debut weekend. The live-action and cartoon hybrid film is also streaming on HBO Max.

Space Jam: A New Legacy — a sequel to 1996’s “Space Jam” — also opened internationally with 23.01 million dollars in 63 markets this weekend for a global total of 54.66 million dollars. In the film, James and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I.  He must get them home safe by teaming up with Bugs Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.’s digitized champions on the court.

Coming in at No. 2 is Black Widow with $26 million, followed by Escape Room: Tournament of Champions at No. 3 with $9 million, F9: The Fast Saga at No. 4 with $8 million and The Boss Baby: Family Business at No. 5 with $5 million.

Kevin Hart is set to launch a new talk show titled “Hart to Hart.” The unplanned, unscripted, and unfiltered new Peacock Original series is set to premiere on August 5; Hart invites A-list talent to join him over a glass of wine and enjoy an unfiltered conversation.

Said Hart:  “There’s something powerful that happens when two people sit down together for a conversation, and ‘Hart to Heart’ is about capturing that magic. I couldn’t be more excited to see the next chapter of Laugh Out Loud’s partnership with Peacock come to life with this show, and for audiences to get to see my guests in a way that they’ve never seen them before; it’s real, authentic dialogue over a glass of wine.”

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Jennifer Carpenter will return for Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ revival. The actress played Dexter Morgan’s sister Deb Morgan for all eight seasons of the original Showtime series, and was famously killed off in the 2013 series finale. Carpenter isn’t the only character to return from the dead — John Lithgow, who won an Emmy for his role as the Trinity Killer, is also returning. Both Carpenter and Lithgow are expected to appear in flashback scenes.

Showtime’s 10-episode revival is set 10 years after Dexter (portrayed by Michael C. Hall) went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, with the character now living under an assumed name in Upstate New York.  The series ended in 2013 with Dexter going on self-imposed exile as a lumberjack in Oregon and living a solitary life, a finale which many fans harshly criticized.  Original showrunner Clyde Phillips returns for the revival, and he said: “We basically do get to start from scratch. … Ten years, or however many years, have passed by the time this will air, and the show will reflect that time passage. So far as the ending of the show, this will have no resemblance to how the original finale was. It’s a great opportunity to write a second finale.”

The ‘Dexter’ revival is expected to debut this fall on Showtime.

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The streaming service Disney+ has renewed ‘Loki’ for Season 2, it was first revealed in the Season 1 finale.  In a post-credits scene in the episode, a case file was shown with a red stamp reading “Loki will return in Season 2.” The finale also set the stage for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which opens in theaters in March 2022.

‘Loki’ is based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Loki takes place after the events of the 2019 film Avengers: Endgame. Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, reprises his role in the series.

‘Loki’ is the third Marvel scripted TV series to premiere on Disney+, following WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Marvel’s next Disney+ series, What If…, will premiere in August; a trailer for the show last week teased “infinite possibilities” in the Marvel universe.