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Yo, Joe. via: Deadline Danny McBride and Paramount Pictures has found their Duke to lead the troops in its new G.I. Joe movie as sources tell Deadline Bradley Cooper is set to star as the leader the military unit in the latest film based on the Hasbro toy line. McBride is directing the pic, having landed the job after his was one of a handful of pitches Paramount was looking at earlier this year. McBride, who is celebrated for his distinctive voice and creative vision, also i

Director Spike Lee was restrained by staff at the Yankee Stadium during a heated altercation with a fan. via: Complex A video of Spike Lee being restrained at Yankee Stadium has started doing the rounds online — and it all reportedly started over comments involving Palestine. On Wednesday (September 30), the legendary director spent the evening doing what he's done for decades, eating dinner at the New York ballpark before a playoff game. However, on this occasion he had to b

Trina Braxton is mourning her husband, Von Scales, who died at 58 on Thursday morning (Oct. 1). via: Bossip “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Von Scales, beloved husband of Trina Braxton,” Trina’s publicist David Robinson said in a statement to BOSSIP. “The family appreciates your thoughts and prayers, but is asking for privacy at this time as they navigate this unfortunate event.” Additional details surrounding Scales’ death were not immediately availa

Sia has handed over half of her music catalog to Pophouse for nine figures. via: Variety Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based entertainment and music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, has acquired a 50% stake in the publishing and master music rights of Australian singer-songwriter, Sia, for $180 million. According to the announcement, Pophouse will support Sia in developing new creative ventures while continuing to steward her body of work. While Pophou

Carly Rae Jepsen has lined up a North American trek behind her new double album, Day and Night. The 2027 run begins and wraps in her native Canada; in between, Jepsen will play 24 additional shows across the months of April and May, including a night each at Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks. via: Variety The trek supports her eighth album, “Day and Night,” a double-disc offering split between more folk-oriented tracks and dance bangers. The tour kicks off in Canada on Apri

Peaches has shared the first-ever official remix of “Fuck the Pain Away,” her immortal banger that we recently named the greatest electroclash song of all time. via: Bloody Disgusting Saber Interactive has teamed up with iconic musician, producer, director, and performance artist Peaches for a new music video and track for Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival in a reworking of Peaches’ 2000 song, “Fuck the Pain Away”. The new music video was produced and reworked by Steve Molit

Jack Reacher's friend Frances Neagley is going to be sticking around for a while: Prime Video has renewed the "Reacher" spin-off "Neagley" for Season 2, Deadline reports. via: Deadline Reacher was handed an early season six renewal earlier this week and Amazon has followed that up by bringing back its spinoff for another run. Neagley, starring Maria Sten as Frances Neagley, has been renewed for a second season. It comes two weeks after the show dropped all episodes. Amazon sa

Supergirl has entered HBO Max's charts alongside one of the platform's biggest horror titles. The DC film is currently challenging the hit movie Backrooms for the top position despite underperforming at the box office. via: The Direct After a not-so-convincing box office performance, Supergirl is struggling on streaming, too. The second theatrical release of James Gunn's DCU now has worse streaming numbers than five major movies from the DC Extended Universe era that were cla

Andy Cohen is defending his babysitting budget after a fellow Bravo personality suggested he was underpaying. via: Pink News Andy Cohen has been branded “cheap” after revealing he pays $30 an hour for his babysitter. Speaking on SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live, he told Jeff Lewis that he pays his 23-year-old babysitter $30 an hour for childcare. The Real Housewives reunion host, reportedly estimated to be worth around $50million, is dad to son Benjamin, seven, and daughter Lucy, f

Christopher Abbott felt a bit humbled by his reveal as Professor X at D23 last month. The “Girls” and “East of Eden” star will take on the iconic role in Marvel’s upcoming “X-Men” reboot, which is set to release in May 2028. via: CBM Heading into last month's D23 event in Anaheim, Christopher Abbott (Wolf Man), Tom Pelphrey (Iron Fist), and Bill Skarsgård (It: Welcome to Derry) were named as frontrunners for the role of Professor X in Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot. Pelphrey ha

LCD Soundsystem have confirmed a 2026 NYC residency taking place throughout the holiday season. via: Variety LCD Soundsystem will continue their nearly ten-year tradition of NYC year-ending residencies with 12 shows over three weekends, beginning November 19-22 at Knockdown Center in Queens, continuing with a November 30-December 3 return to Brooklyn Steel, and concluding with four more shows December 10-13 at Knockdown Center. This year’s four-night run at Brooklyn Steel wil

Danny Boyle is once again insisting the third 28 Years Later movie will get made. He just can’t say when. via: Variety “‘28 Years 3,’ or whatever it ends up being called, will get made because people keep asking about it. Quite when I’m not sure, but there’s a script – a very good script by Alex Garland,” he said. And it will feature Cillian Murphy. “[It will have] a lot of Cillian Murphy in it. Whether he’ll take his kit off anymore, that I don’t know. He’s got the Oscar now

Since her comeback in late 2025, Hilary Duff has fueled major millennial nostalgia. Millennial nostalgia is at an all-time high anyway, with the 2000s now being 25 years in the past. As we navigate our adulthoods, we’re not afraid to admit our nostalgia like prior generations. When major pop stars like Hilary Duff return, we’re there for her. Shortly after announcing that she is expanding her Lucky Me tour with 35 more dates, Hilary Duff is set to receive the Outstanding Pop

Lil Nas X is paying tribute to his late mother Tameka Hill ahead of the release of his new single. via: Billboard Lil Nas X has been keeping a low profile since revealing in June that he’d been in rehab “for a few months” after the “Montero” rapper said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and entered a facility for mental health support. On Wednesday (Sept. 30), the 27-year-old MC shared a moving video in which he gets some emotional, loving support from his late mother, T

Queer dating app Jack'd is getting into the movie making business. via: Variety Jack’d, the largest dating app for queer people of color in the United States, is launching the inaugural Jack’d Film Festival, a showcase and competition celebrating original films by queer creators with a particular focus on films that center the experiences, stories and/or perspectives of queer people of color. TS Madison (“Outlaws With TS Madison” podcast, “Beauty in Black,” “RuPaul’s Drag Rac

Madonna's return to the MTV Video Music Awards was supposed to look like another victory lap. Instead, the 68-year-old walked away with seven trophies while also raising concerns about what comes next. via: The Tab 23 years after she snogged Britney Spears, Madonna returned to the VMAs to perform a medley of songs alongside Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter. The energy-packed performance allegedly left the icon with an urge to get back on the road and tour Confessions II. Mado

Madonna and Taylor Swift reportedly had MTV bosses jumping through hoops at the VMAs, with strict photo rules and carefully timed appearances behind their glittering night. via: The Sun The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards returned Sunday night with high expectations – Snoop Dogg at the helm as host and a handful of genuine megastars, including Taylor Swift and Madonna, on hand. But besides a select few huge names, the lackluster talent list left viewers, and seemingly Paramount h

What has been buzzed about is becoming a reality: Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence is starring in Zach Cregger‘s next movie The Flood at Warner Bros’ New Line Cinema. The pic has a release date of August 11, 2028. via: THR Jennifer Lawrence will star in Zach Cregger’s sci-fi thriller The Flood. Warner Bros.’ New Line division is behind the movie, having picked up the project out of turnaround from Netflix earlier this year. New Line was the studio that made Cregger’s breakout O

Sunny Hostin is out on an island over the Cornell gang-rape case ... defending the seven accused frat bros and questioning how the story is being reported. via: EW The View cohosts have weighed in on the ongoing alleged Cornell University sexual assault case that has ignited an impassioned dialogue about women’s safety on college campuses and beyond. After New York District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced Monday that “the case will be prosecuted in the most objective an

HBO chief Casey Bloys is poised to take the reins of all of Paramount and Warner Bros. streaming operations once the two companies merge. On Tuesday, Cindy Holland announced she was stepping down from her role running Paramount+ and other direct to consumer streamers under the Paramount umbrella. via: Deadline One of the biggest executive suite questions about Paramount following its pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — who will lead streaming — may have been answe