'Summer House' Stars Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard Call Off Engagement (Exclusive) - Entertainment Tonight

Summer House stars Lindsay Hubbard and Carle Radke have called off their engagement, ET has exclusively learned. 

"Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard have called off their engagement. The two were set to get married in November, but Carl told Lindsay he couldn't move forward with the wedding. The breakup was filmed and will most likely play out on the next season of Summer House," multiple sources tells ET.

ET has reached out to Bravo, Lindsay and Carl.

Just two weeks ago, Hubbard had her garden party-themed bridal shower at Moxy East Village's Cathédrale in New York City. Several of Hubbard's Summer House co-stars were in attendance, including Amanda Batula, Danielle Olivera, Ciara Miller, Gabby Prescod, and Samantha Feher. 

"I have such an amazing group of girlfriends that were not going to let me get away without having a bridal shower," Hubbard told People of the soiree.

In August 2022, 37-year-old Hubbard and 38-year-old Radke revealed their engagement to the world through a series of heartwarming pictures of themselves posted to Instagram. 

Their joint post was captioned, "YOOOOOOO 💍 #AThousandTimesYes," signaling their excitement and commitment to each other. The proposal took place on the scenic Dune Beach in Southampton, New York, and the moment was made even more special as it was captured by Summer House cameras.

According to People, the elaborate proposal had been a well-kept secret orchestrated by Radke to surprise Hubbard. Hubbard was led to believe they were meeting friends for a bonfire, but instead, Radke had arranged an intimate picnic on the beach. The engagement was celebrated with their closest friends and family members.

The path leading from the boardwalk to the beach was adorned with signs bearing the message "7 Years," commemorating their journey together, and decorated with the lyrics of Lee Brice's "Rumors" song. Radke got down on one knee and presented Hubbard with a stunning 3.5-carat ring designed by Nicole Rose.

"As we got there, I told her, 'We haven't had time to have alone time this summer, and I wanted to do something special,'" Radke recounted the moment, revealing how he sneakily placed the ring in her beach bag and took advantage of the opportunity to propose when she turned her back. 

The emotional proposal unfolded as Radke shared his desire to spend his life with her and declared that their love story was just beginning. Radke asked, "'Will you marry me?' and I said, 'A thousand times, yes!'" Hubbard recalled, adding, "And he said, 'Hold on, let me get the ring' and I was like, 'I don't care! When should we get married? Now? I'm ready!'"

The former couple has been part of Bravo's reality series Summer House since its debut in 2017, and were initially just friends. However, they made the decision to take their relationship to the next level in October 2021, officially confirming their romance to the world in January 2022. In June 2022, the couple confirmed to ET that they were moving in with each other and we're "excited" to take that next step. 

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Venice: Adam Driver Talks ‘Ferrari,’ Calls Out Netflix and Amazon Amid Strikes - Hollywood Reporter

Adam Driver and the cast of Michael Mann’s Ferrari revved up the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, giving the Bienalle a much-needed boost of star power for one of this year’s most hotly anticipated films.

Driver plays the legendary Italian car maker Enzo Ferrari in the new biopic, which co-stars Penélope Cruz as his wife Laura Ferrari and Shailene Woodley as his lover Lina Lardi. The drama, which will have its world premiere in Venice Thursday night, depicts a pivotal point in Ferrari’s life and in the history of his car company. Jack O’Connell and Patrick Dempsey co-star as Italian racers.

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Driver and Mann alternated between discussing the film and talking about the dual strikes that are dominating discussion among industry attendees in Venice. Ferrari received an interim agreement waiver from SAG-AFTRA to allow Driver and co-star Dempsey to attend Venice to promote the movie. Neon will release the film domestically, with a planned Christmas release. STX International is handling the film worldwide.

One of the conditions of the waiver is that distributors comply with SAG-AFTRA demands, including on the subject of subscription revenue and residuals, issues that the studios and streamers have rejected in negotiations with the union.

“Why is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon or STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for in this pre-negotiation but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can’t?” Driver asked. “Every time people from SAG go and support a movie that has agreed to these terms — the interim agreement — it just makes it more obvious that these people are willing to support the people that they collaborate with, and the others are not. So when this opportunity came up, it seemed like — understanding the interim agreement — a no-brainer for all of these reasons of why you want to support your union.”

By coming to Venice to support the movie, Driver said he hoped doing so would help “stop the bleeding a little bit” by helping people in IATSE and SAG-AFTRA to be able to go to work.

Mann made it clear that “individually and collectively we all stand in total solidarity with SAG and the writers guild strike as well.”

“Ferrari got made because the people who worked on Ferrari made it by forgoing large sectors of salaries, in the case of Adam and myself,” Mann added. “It was not made by a big studio — no big studio wrote us a check. And that’s why we’re here, standing in solidarity.”

Returning to the subject of the movie, Mann said he felt compelled to tell Ferrari’s story because he found it “profoundly human.”

“When a character is as dynamic and operatic as [Ferrari] is, the more specifically you get into the man, the more universal he becomes,” Mann explained. He added that the former race car driver turned pioneering auto engineer had “many parts of him [that were] in opposition to each other [and that] kind of resonated with me as the way life is.”

“So, either it’s melodramatic or profound or sad — or because I’m as oppositional as he is — I don’t know,” Mann said. “But that is what it was.”

Driver said he found Ferrari to be “very much driven by grief” after the death of his son, which compelled him as a character. He added that the opportunity to work with Mann was a “no-brainer.”

Ferrari marks the second time that Driver has played an iconic Italian in a film directed by an iconic American filmmaker, following his starring role in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci.

“Understanding a different culture is the thing I love the most about being an actor,” Driver said. “You are forced to empathize with someone who’s different than you — and without judgment, look at their life honestly. It’s a weird job, but it’s what I’m interested in.”

Adam Driver says he’s “very proud” to be in Venice to be a “visual representative of a movie that’s not part of AMPTP and to promote the SAG leadership directive, which is an effective tactic” #ActorsStrike pic.twitter.com/cAQAEjugjb

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'One Piece' review: The popular manga lands on Netflix with an all over the map live-action series - CNN

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“One Piece” is based on one of the most popular manga series ever, with a quarter-century’s worth of history filling its sails. And if you haven’t familiarized yourself with it yet, this live-action Netflix series version of the outlandish pirate adventure feels like a poor place to start, offering scant incentive to bother trying to catch up now.

Instead, the eight-episode first season falls prey to the pitfalls associated with trying to translate a very different art form to live-action life, a challenge Netflix already experienced with the short-lived “Cowboy Bebop.” The difficulties can be seen in “One Piece’s” all-over-the-map tone, which at various times feels like a children’s series, a surreal dream filtered through the mind of director David Lynch and a “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie produced while on hallucinogenic drugs.

The basic plot involves a young aspiring pirate named Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy, whose character always refers to himself by saying his whole name), who is on a quest to find a legendary, long-missing treasure known as the One Piece, a feat that would allow him to fulfill his goal of proclaiming himself the king of pirates.

Pursued by a ruthless authority known as the Marines, Luffy assembles a grudging and eccentric crew that includes the gifted swordsman Roronoa Zoro (Mackenyu), the thief Nami (Emily Rudd) and the slingshot-wielding Usopp (Jacob Romero).

Oh, and did we mention that Monkey can stretch like Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, having eaten magical fruit that has turned him into rubber, only one of the extraordinary powers on display among friends and foes – like the ill-tempered clown pirate whose body parts operate independently?

As odd as much of that sounds, the main impediment to buying into “One Piece” hinges on its wild fluctuations, which can go from edgier-than-expected violence to whimsy at the drop of a straw hat – emblematic of all the influences that Eiichiro Oda has woven into the source material, but seemingly beyond the ability of the show’s creators (Matt Owens and Steven Maeda) to wrestle into something that consistently engages the uninitiated.

Billed by the Daily Beast as “the most-hyped Netflix show of the year,” “One Piece” has clearly been assembled with tender loving care and no small amount of Netflix’s money, conjuring the occasional giant monster, elaborate action sequences and sword fights, as well as bizarre makeup that looks like rejected outtakes from “The Lord of Rings.” Plus, Netflix has added more than 380 episodes of the animated series to the service, so this is really just the tip of the iceberg.

Getting a firm handle on the show, however, is as elusive as the treasure, and while the legions of existing fans will likely eagerly enlist in this ocean-faring adventure, and who knows, they might find plenty of company; still, those who just want to see what the fuss is all about will likely be left feeling high and dry.

“One Piece” premieres August 31 on Netflix.

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'Bachelor' star Matt James' mom Patty is hoping to find love on 'The Golden Bachelor' - CNN

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ABC’s new senior-focused “Bachelor” franchise spinoff “The Golden Bachelor,” starring 71-year-old Gerry Turner, has a familiar face among its newly announced cast.

On Wednesday, the women of “The Golden Bachelor” were revealed, and former “Bachelor” star Matt James’ mother Patty is among them.

“Patty is ready for her turn to find love,” her official ABC bio reads. “After seeing the process work for her son, Patty is hoping to meet a kind, funny, smart and confident man for herself.”

Viewers first met Patty, a 70-year-old retired real estate professional, during James’ 2021 season when he was cast as the first Black Bachelor following a petition urging ABC to address a lack of diversity on the popular reality show.

“While Patty has been single for almost 30 years, her heart is open,” her bio also reads. “Patty hopes Gerry is as excited about her as she is about him!”

Matt James on 'The Bachelor.'

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Patty lives in Durham, North Carolina and is mom to Matt and his younger brother John.

“Everything that she sacrificed for myself and my brother to be in the position that we’re at, I want to be that for somebody else,” Matt said in an interview with GMA in 2021, adding that “the way that she loved myself and John is how I want to love somebody and how I want to be loved.”

Patty will be one of 22 women between the ages of 60 and 75 years old who are hoping to form a romantic connection with Turner, a grandfather and retired restaurateur from Indiana. The casts of the original series, which began in 2002, have typically been in their 20s and 30s.

According to an ABC press release, “On this all-new unscripted series, one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.”

Turner previously married his high school sweetheart, Toni, in 1974. They were together for 43 years, and share two daughters, Angie and Jenny, and two granddaughters, Charlee and Payton. Toni died in 2017 and Turner is now ready to find love again, according to his family.

“The Golden Bachelor” will premiere on September 28 on ABC.

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Netflix Sets Fall Movie Release Dates For ‘The Killer’, ‘Pain Hustlers’, ‘Sly’, Wes Anderson’s ‘The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar’ & More - Deadline

Netflix on Tuesday unveiled its full fall slate of films, touting the release dates of awards contenders like Pain Hustlers and The Killer, among other titles. 

A crime drama starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans that adapts the book by Evan Hughes, Pain Hustlers has been set to open in select theaters October 20. Directed by David Yates from Wells Tower’s script, the film will make its debut on Netflix October 27, as previously announced. Marking David Fincher’s return to the genre that put him on the map, the thriller The Killer starring Michael Fassbender will bow in select theaters October 27th, having already set its streaming premiere date of November 10th.

Among other buzzy titles coming to the platform that could factor into the awards race is Thom Zimny’s doc Sly, examining the life and career of Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone, which has been dated to hit Netflix November 3rd. And then, there’s Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, which would look to break into the Live-Action Short race, given its runtime of 39 minutes. The Roald Dahl adaptation previously set to debut on Netflix September 27th will also open in select theaters September 20th.

Netflix also today unveiled date-related news for the Roger Ross Williams doc Stamped from the Beginning and McG’s comedy Family Switch, which will respectively debut on the streamer on November 15th and 30th. Finally, there’s the Indian rom-com The Archies, based on the Archie Comics, which will arrive on the platform on an as-yet-unspecified date in December.

All told, Netflix’s autumn slate boasts four comedies, eight dramas (including one of the romantic variety), two animated features (one of which is comedy Leo), two rom-coms, three thrillers and five documentaries, as well as one entry apiece in the horror, heist, holiday and family adventure arenas. View the full lineup below. 

SEPTEMBER

SCOUTS HONOR: THE SECRET FILES OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 6
GENRE: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Brian Knappenberger
PRODUCERS: Conor Fetting-Smith, Sabrina Parke, Clive Patterson
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Brian Knappenberger, Orlando von Einsiedel
LOGLINE: Through compelling on-screen interviews and verite, this investigative documentary will reveal the institutional cover-up and follow the whistleblowers fighting to bring justice against what was once one of America’s most beloved and trusted institutions. 

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 15
GENRE: Rom-Com
DIRECTOR: Vanessa Caswill
SCREENPLAY BY: Katie Lovejoy
BASED ON THE BOOK: “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight” by Jennifer E. Smith
PRODUCERS: Matt Kaplan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Max Siemers, Matthew Janzen, Jennifer E. Smith, Christopher Foss, Mark Lane, Haley Lu Richardson
CAST: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Jameela Jamil, Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips and Dexter Fletcher
SYNOPSIS: After missing her flight from New York to London, Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) meets Oliver (Ben Hardy) in a chance encounter at the airport that sparks an instant connection. A long night on the plane together passes in the blink of an eye but upon landing at Heathrow, the pair are separated and finding each other in the chaos seems impossible. Will fate intervene to transform these seat mates into soul mates?

EL CONDE 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 15 | In Select Theaters September 7 
GENRE: Dark Comedy 
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Chile
DIRECTOR: Pablo Larraín
SCREENPLAY BY: Pablo Larraín, Guillermo Calderón  
PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue  
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Rocío Jadue  
CAST: Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger 
SYNOPSIS: The story revolves around Augusto Pinochet who is not dead but an aged vampire who, after 250 years in this world, has decided to die once and for all, due to ailments brought about by his dishonor and family conflicts.

THE SAINT OF SECOND CHANCES 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 19
GENRE: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Morgan Neville, Jeff Malmberg
PRODUCERS: Danny Breen, Morgan Neville, Jon Berg
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Caitrin Rogers, Fran Zeuli, Greg Silverman
NARRATED BY: Jeff Daniels
FEATURING: Charlie Day as Mike Veeck
SYNOPSIS: Mike Veeck grew up in the shadow of his hustler father, Hall of Fame baseball owner Bill Veeck. The Veeck name is both legendary and notorious in professional baseball, introducing the fun at the ballpark that we now take for granted: giveaways, theme nights, fireworks, and more. So when Bill invites Mike along for one last hurrah with the White Sox in 1975, Mike figures this is his chance to prove himself to his dad. But the fun comes to a screeching halt when Mike blows up his father’s career with the ill-fated promotion, Disco Demolition Night. Mike is kicked out of the game he loves and spends the next few decades clawing his way back from rock bottom, determined to redeem himself and carry on the family legacy. Directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) and Jeff Malmberg (Marwencol), The Saint of Second Chances is wildly unexpected, full of heart, and keeps you laughing through a family redemption story unlike any other.

SPY KIDS: ARMAGEDDON
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 22
GENRE: Family Adventure
DIRECTOR: Robert Rodriguez
WRITERS: Robert Rodriguez, Racer Max
PRODUCERS: Robert Rodriguez, Racer Max, Elizabeth Avellan, and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger (Skydance)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Gary Barber and Peter Oillataguerre (Spyglass)
CAST: Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Everly Carganilla, Connor Esterson, Billy Magnussen, D.J. Cotrona
LOGLINE: When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.

THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix September 27 | In Select Theaters September 20 
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Wes Anderson
WRITER: Wes Anderson
PRODUCERS: Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
CO-PRODUCERS: Octavia Peissel, John Peet, Alice Dawson
CAST: Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Sir Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade
LOGLINE: A beloved Roald Dahl story about a rich man who learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

OCTOBER

REPTILE
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix October 6 | In Select Theaters September 29 
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Grant Singer
WRITERS: Screenplay – Grant Singer & Benjamin Brewer and Benicio Del Toro, Story – Grant Singer & Benjamin Brewer
PRODUCERS: Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill, Thad Luckinbill
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Benicio Del Toro, Rick Yorn, Rachel Smith
CAST: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, Alicia Silverstone, Domenick Lombardozzi, Frances Fisher, Ato Essandoh, Michael Carmen Pitt, Karl Glusman, Matilda Lutz
LOGLINE: Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.

FAIR PLAY
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix October 13 | In Select Theaters September 29 
GENRE: Thriller
DIRECTOR: Chloe Domont
WRITER: Chloe Domont
PRODUCERS: Leopold Hughes and Ben LeClair for T-Street, Tim White, Trevor White and Allan Mandelbaum for Star Thrower
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ram Bergman and Rian Johnson for T-Street, Chloe Domont, Anđelka Vlaisavljević, Produced In Partnership with MRC
CAST: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan                           
LOGLINE: An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.
SYNOPSIS: When a coveted promotion at a cutthroat financial firm arises, once supportive exchanges between lovers Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) begin to sour into something more sinister. As the power dynamics irrevocably shift in their relationship, the couple must face the true price of success and the unnerving limits of ambition. In her feature debut, writer-director Chloe Domont weaves a taut relationship thriller, staring down the destructive gender dynamics that pit partners against each other in a world that is transforming faster than the rules can keep up. Also starring Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer, and Sebastian De Souza, Fair Play unravels the uncomfortable collision of empowerment and ego.

THE DEVIL ON TRIAL
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix October 17
Genre: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Christopher Holt
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Julia Nottingham, Sam Starbuck
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Amy Lee-Jones
PRODUCER: Hattie Bridges-Webb
LOGLINE: The Devil on Trial explores the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.

OLD DADS
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix October 20
GENRE: Comedy
DIRECTOR: Bill Burr
WRITERS: Bill Burr, Ben Tishler 
PRODUCERS: Monica Levinson, Ben Tishler, Bill Block, Bill Burr, Mike Bertolina 
CAST: Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine, Katie Aselton, Reign Edwards, Miles Robbins, Jackie Tohn, Rachael Harris
LOGLINE: Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created after 1987.

PAIN HUSTLERS
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix October 27 | In Select Theaters October 20
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: David Yates
SCREENPLAY BY: Wells Tower
BASED ON THE BOOK BY: Evan Hughes
PRODUCERS: Lawrence Grey, David Yates
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Emily Blunt, Mark Moran, Yvonne Walcott-Yates, Lewis Taylor, Ben Everard
CAST: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O’Hara, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James, Amit Shah, Aubrey Dollar, Willie Raysor and Andy Garcia
SYNOPSIS: Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Dealing with her increasingly unhinged boss (Andy Garcia), the worsening medical condition of her daughter (Chloe Coleman), and a growing awareness of the devastation the company is causing forces Liza to examine her choices. Pain Hustlers is a sharp and revealing look at what some people do out of desperation and others do out of greed. The film is directed by BAFTA award winner David Yates, produced by Lawrence Grey, and also starring Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass and Brian d’Arcy James.

SISTER DEATH [Spain] 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix this October
GENRE: Horror
DIRECTOR: Paco Plaza
WRITER: Jorge Guerricaechevarría 
PRODUCER: Enrique López Lavigne, Pablo Cruz, Diego Suárez 
CAST: Aria Bedmar, Almudena Amor, Maru Valdivielso
LOGLINE: In post-war Spain, Narcisa (Aria Bedmar), a young novice with supernatural powers, arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, the strange events and increasingly disturbing situations that torment her will eventually lead her to unravel the terrible skein of secrets that surround the convent and haunt its inhabitants. 

NOVEMBER

WINGWOMEN (Voleuses) 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 1
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France
GENRE: Heist  
DIRECTOR: Mélanie Laurent
PRODUCERS: Sidonie Dumas, Guillaume Colboc
CAST: Adèle Exharchopoulos, Mélanie Laurent, Manon Bresch,  Philippe Katherine, Félix Moati and Isabelle Adjani in the role of “Marraine”
LOGLINE: Best friends Carole and Alex are two master thieves – they’re both attractive and ruthless, and remain undefeated. Tired of life on the run, they agree to take on one last heist and ask feisty Sam to assist them in one last job – unlike any they’ve done before. They don’t realize the mission will turn out to be very different from what they expected.

NYAD
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 3 | In Select Theaters October 20 
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTORS: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
WRITER: Julia Cox 
BASED ON: The Book “Find A Way” by Diana Nyad
PRODUCERS: Andrew Lazar, Teddy Schwarzman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Michael Heimler, Vanessa Humphrey, Julia Cox, D. Scott Lumpkin
CAST: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero, Luke Cosgrove, Jeena Yi, Eric T. Miller 
SYNOPSIS: A remarkable true story of tenacity, friendship and the triumph of the human spirit, NYAD recounts a riveting chapter in the life of world-class athlete Diana Nyad. Three decades after giving up marathon swimming in exchange for a prominent career as a sports journalist, at the age of 60, Diana (four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening) becomes obsessed with completing an epic swim that always eluded her: the 110 mile trek from Cuba to Florida, often referred to as the “Mount Everest” of swims. Determined to become the first person to finish the swim without a shark cage, Diana goes on a thrilling, four-year journey with her best friend and coach Bonnie Stoll (two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster) and a dedicated sailing team. The inspirational and thrilling film marks the narrative directorial debut of Academy Award-winning documentary filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo, The Rescue). NYAD is produced by Andrew Lazar, p.g.a. and Teddy Schwarzman, p.g.a. with a screenplay by Julia Cox, adapted from the memoir “Find a Way” by Diana Nyad.

SLY 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 3 
GENRE: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Thom Zimny
PRODUCER: Sean Stuart, p.g.a.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Bill Zanker, Sam Delcanto, Braden Aftergood, Jon Beyer, Tom Forman, Jenny Daly, Sylvester Stallone
LOGLINE: For nearly 50 years Sylvester Stallone has entertained millions with iconic characters and blockbuster franchises, from Rocky to Rambo to The Expendables. This retrospective documentary offers an intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor-writer-director-producer, paralleling his inspirational underdog-story with the indelible characters he has brought to life.

THE KILLER
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 10 | In Select Theaters October 27
GENRE: Thriller
DIRECTOR: David Fincher
SCREENPLAY BY: Andrew Kevin Walker Based on the graphic novel series “The Killer” written by Alexis Nolent (a.k.a Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon, originally published in the French language by Editions Casterman
PRODUCER: Ceán Chaffin, p.g.a.
CAST: Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton
LOGLINE: After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.
BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES: The Killer by Alexis Nolent (a.k.a Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon, originally published in the French language by Editions Casterman.

STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING 
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 15
GENRE: Documentary
DIRECTOR: Roger Ross Williams
PRODUCER: Alisa Payne, Roger Ross Williams, David Teague
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Geoff Martz, Mara Brock Akil, Susie Fitzgerald, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
FEATURING: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Dr. Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Brittany Packnett Cunningham
SYNOPSIS: Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s New York Times bestseller to the screen with Stamped From the Beginning. Published in 2016, Dr. Kendi’s National Book Award winner chronicles the entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Williams’ documentary adaptation uses vivid animations that illuminate figures and moments both well-known and obscure, both historical and contemporary. Leading female academics and activists such as Dr. Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan, and Dr. Kendi guide viewers through a searing account of how racist tropes and imagery were developed and enshrined in American culture. Directed and produced by Williams (Cassandro; Music by Prudence; Love to Love You, Donna Summer), Stamped From the Beginning is executive produced by Dr. Kendi and NAACP Image Award winner Mara Brock Akil (Girlfriends, The Game, Being Mary Jane).

BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER!
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 16
GENRE: Holiday
DIRECTOR: Mary Lambert
WRITERS: Charles Shyer, Todd Calgi Gallicano
PRODUCED BY: Brad Krevoy
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Steve Berman, Bryan Bordon, David Wulf, Charles Shyer, Todd Calgi Gallicano, Eric Jarboe, Jimmy Townsend, Amanda Phillips
CAST: Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Matt Cedeño and Jason Biggs. Also starring Wyatt Hunt, Abby Villasmil and Madison Skye Validum.
LOGLINE: Every Christmas Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend’s life can’t possibly be that perfect. Starring Heather Graham, Brandy, Jason Biggs and Matt Cedeño.

RUSTIN
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 17 | In Select Theaters November 3
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: George C. Wolfe
SCREENPLAY BY: Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black 
STORY BY: Julian Breece
PRODUCERS: Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis, George C. Wolfe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Higher Ground’s Barack & Michelle Obama, Mark R. Wright, Alex G. Scott, David Permut, Daniel Sladek, Chris Taaffe
CAST: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Bill Irwin, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Jeffrey Wright, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Dante Powell, Ayana Workman, Grantham Coleman, Jamilah Nadege Rosemond, Jules Latimer, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Frank Harts, Kevin Mambo
SYNOPSIS: The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down. He made history, and in turn, he was forgotten. Directed by DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe and starring Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo, Rustin shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world, and inspired a movement in a march toward freedom. Produced by Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen, Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis and George C. Wolfe, the film features an all-star cast including Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, CCH Pounder, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Johnny Ramey, Michael Potts, with Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald.

LEO
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 21
GENRE: Family Comedy (Animated)
DIRECTORS: Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel, David Wachtenheim
PRODUCERS: Happy Madison
CAST: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Rob Schneider, Jo Koy, Jackie Sandler, Heidi Gardner, Robert Smigel, Nick Swardson, Stephanie Hsu, Nicholas Turturro
SYNOPSIS: Actor and comedian Adam Sandler (Hotel Transylvania, The Wedding Singer) delivers signature laughs in this coming-of-age animated musical comedy about the last year of elementary school – as seen through the eyes of a class pet. Jaded 74-year-old lizard Leo (Sandler) has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle (Bill Burr). When he learns he only has one year left to live, he plans to escape to experience life on the outside but instead gets caught up in the problems of his anxious students — including an impossibly mean substitute teacher. It ends up being the strangest but most rewarding bucket list ever…

FAMILY SWITCH
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix November 30
GENRE: Family Comedy
DIRECTOR: McG  
SCREENPLAY BY: Victoria Strouse and Adam Sztykiel
BASED ON THE BOOK: “Bedtime For Mommy” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
PRODUCERS: Lawrence Grey and Ben Everard for Grey Matter Productions; Nicole King Solaka for Linden Productions; Jennifer Garner; McG and Mary Viola for Wonderland
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Hyman, Jason Brian Rosenthal, Victoria Strouse
CAST: Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers, Brady Noon, Bashir Salahuddin, Matthias Schweighöfer, Xosha Roquemore, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Paul Scheer, Fortune Feimster, Andrew Bachelor, Pete Holmes, Naomi Ekperigin, Dan Finnerty, Cyrus Arnold, Vanessa Carrasco, and Rita Moreno
LOGLINE: Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout? Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers and Brady Noon star in this family comedy directed by McG and based on the book “Bedtime For Mommy” by Amy Krouse-Rosenthal.  

Nuovo Olimpo [Italy] – Fall 2023 (not announced) 
GENRE: Drama, Romance
DIRECTOR: Ferzan Ozpetek
WRITER: Gianni Romoli and Ferzan Ozpetek
PRODUCER: Produced by Tilde Corsi and Gianni Romoli, Nuovo Olimpo is an R&C Produzioni production with Faros Film.
CAST: Damiano Gavino, Andrea Di Luigi, Luisa Ranieri, Greta Scarano, Aurora Giovinazzo, Alvise Rigo, Giancarlo Commare.
LOGLINE: Set in the late 1970s. They are young, beautiful and just 25 years old. They meet by chance and fall madly in love. An unexpected event, however, separates them. For thirty years, however, they pursued the hope of finding each other again, because they still love each other. 

DECEMBER

MAY DECEMBER
RELEASE DATE: US & Canada Only – On Netflix December 1 | In Select Theaters November 17
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes
STORY BY: Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik
WRITER: Samy Burch
PRODUCERS: Natalie Portman, Sophie Mas, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Grant S. Johnson, Tyler W. Konney, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Madeleine K. Rudin, Thomas K. Richards, Lee Broda, Jeff Rice, Jonathan Montepare, Samy Burch, Alex Brown, Thorsten Schumacher, Claire Taylor
CAST: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton
LOGLINE: Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

THE ARCHIES
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix this December
GENRE: Rom-Com 
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: India
DIRECTOR: Zoya Akhtar
WRITERS: Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar & Ayesha Devitre
PRODUCERS: Tiger Baby/ Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti,Graphic India/ Sharad Devarajan, Archie Comics 
CAST: Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Yuvraj Menda, Agastya Nanda and Vedang Raina 
LOGLINE: Set in 1960’s India in the fictional hill station town called Riverdale, The Archies is a coming-of-age musical following the lives of the town’s favorite set of teenagers – Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton. Seen through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community, The Archies explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion.

LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix December 8  | In Select Theaters Date TBC
GENRE: Thriller
DIRECTOR: Sam Esmail
WRITER: Sam Esmail
BASED ON THE NOVEL: “Leave the World Behind” by Rumaan Alam
PRODUCERS: Sam Esmail, Chad Hamilton, Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan, Marisa Yeres Gill 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Barack and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis, Daniel M. Stillman, Nick Krishnamurthy, Rumaan Alam 
CAST: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la,  Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and Kevin Bacon  
LOGLINE: A family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix December 15
GENRE: Action-Adventure (Animation)
DIRECTOR: Sam Fell
SCREENPLAY: Karey Kirkpatrick & John O’Farrell and Rachel Tunnard
PRODUCERS: Steve Pegram, Leyla Hobart
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Peter Lord, Nick Park, Carla Shelley, Sam Fell, Paul Kewley, Karey Kirkpatrick
CAST: Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, Lynn Ferguson, David Bradley, Jane Horrocks, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Mays, Josie Sedgwick-Davies, and Nick Mohammed
LOGLINE: From the multi Academy and BAFTA award-winning Aardman (Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep), and Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated director Sam Fell (ParaNorman and Flushed Away, respectively), comes Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, the eagerly anticipated sequel to the beloved and highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time, Chicken Run. Having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has finally found her dream — a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team, even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk — this time, they’re breaking in!

MAESTRO
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix December 20 |  In Select Theaters November 22
GENRE: Drama
DIRECTOR: Bradley Cooper
WRITERS: Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
PRODUCERS: Martin Scorsese, Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carla Raij, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton, Tracey Landon
CAST: Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton, Miriam Shor
LOGLINE: Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

REBEL MOON – PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE
RELEASE DATE: On Netflix December 22 
GENRE: Action
DIRECTOR: Zack Snyder
WRITERS: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay Hatten
PRODUCERS: Deborah Snyder, Eric Newman, Zack Snyder, Wesley Coller
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Bergen Swanson, Sarah Bowen, Shay Hatten, Kurt Johnstad
KEY CAST: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher, with Charlie Hunnam and Anthony Hopkins as the voice of ‘Jimmy’. Also starring Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, E. Duffy, Jena Malone, Sky Yang, Charlotte Maggi, Corey Stoll
LOGLINE: From Zack Snyder, the filmmaker behind 300, Man of Steel, and Army of the Dead, comes REBEL MOON, an epic science-fantasy event decades in the making. When a peaceful colony on the edge of a galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of a tyrannical ruling force, Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers, becomes their best hope for survival. Tasked with finding trained fighters who will unite with her in making an impossible stand against the Mother World, Kora assembles a small band of warriors — outsiders, insurgents, peasants and orphans of war from different worlds who share a common need for redemption and revenge. As the shadow of an entire Realm bears down on the unlikeliest of moons, a battle over the fate of a galaxy is waged, and in the process, a new army of heroes is formed.

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'Justified: City Primeval' Finale: Stories Behind Those Huge Twists - The Daily Beast

Over the eight episodes of Justified: City Primeval, FX’s limited series reviving their classic Peak TV crime drama Justified, a vivid tapestry of relationships and personal history emerges, with the thread of Clement Mansell’s chaotic, brutal crimes running all the way through it.

Each relationship–aging lawman Raylan Givens and young criminal in his prime Clem; Clem and his regretful girlfriend Sandy Stanton; Clem and his former partner in crime Sweety Sweeton; Sweety and his beloved daughter-surrogate Carolyn Wilder; brilliant attorney Carolyn and Raylan—illuminates different facets of the characters while also imbuing the series with an air of dramatic, often tragic, inevitability.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead of Justified: City Primeval.)

Of course Raylan has to kill Clem; of course Clem is obsessed with reminding Carolyn (Aunjanue Ellis) that he’s both her client and a sociopath who can get to her at work or at home; of course he’s the one to kill Carolyn’s father figure Sweety (Vondie Curtis Hall). As showrunner Michael Dinner puts it in an interview with The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, “These characters are on a collision course, and you feel that there are bigger forces at work. Wherever Elmore Leonard’s stories take place, the characters are against a bigger backdrop, an existential crisis.”

In a wide-ranging conversation, Dinner shared his insights into the series’ characters and how their relationships play out as Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) and Clem (Boyd Holbrook) approach their final confrontation. And of course, he also addressed the delightful elephant in the room: the tantalizing potential for a longer-term return of Walton Goggins as Raylan’s nemesis/spiritual brother, Boyd Crowder. There’s no guarantee that viewers will get to hear them talk about digging coal together one more time, but we can dare to dream.

Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens

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Retiree Raylan Givens?

While the Raylan Givens of Justified: City Primeval is still (mostly) cool as a cucumber, he’s also past his prime and far more aware of his own mortality than he was in Justified’s original series run. His quarry in the eight-episode game of cat and mouse, Clement Mansell, is bright enough to see and exploit Raylan’s aging veteran status by the end of the second episode, taunting him with how easy it was to get to Raylan’s daughter Willa, but Clem can’t maintain the focus he needs to pull off his many, varied scams.

Dinner is philosophical about Clem’s summary execution in Carolyn’s kitchen during the season finale, noting that “we threaded the needle a little bit—in a way, it’s a mistake, he was reaching for that demo tape that meant so much to him, but it was a fitting end for where we needed to go.” Raylan being so decisive isn’t surprising; at this point in his career he wouldn’t want to draw out a confrontation with an unpredictable connoisseur of violence. The chances of it going wrong increase with every moment he doesn’t shoot Clem. Additionally, he can’t tolerate Carolyn being in danger, and at the back of Raylan’s mind is the reality that “this guy has gotten off before, thanks to Carolyn’s skill as a lawyer, and he’s wreaked more havoc” as a result.

Seemingly at peace with retirement—we see Raylan repainting his little seaside house and fishing with Willa in the finale’s closing moments—in the end, Raylan is still Raylan. The moral compass that’s been tested and even wobbled occasionally across the original run of Justified and Justified: City Primeval still points to his true north. He could have had a somewhat easier, cleaner end to his experiences with Mansell by leaving him in the storage unit where the Albanian mob had left him to die, alone and in the dark, but “he couldn’t live with Mansell being locked up by that wall. The mob boss says someone will open it up years in the future after wondering where he’d gone, but that’s not the way someone ends according to Raylan’s code.” His compulsion to face Clem fair and square sets up their final, far riskier confrontation.

Boyd Holbrook

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A Tragic Opera Set in Motown

The richest and most wrenching set of relationships in Justified: City Primeval is the triad formed by gleefully violent Clement Mansell, his no-nonsense attorney Carolyn Wilder, and her father figure, the talented and caring Marcus “Sweety” Sweeton.

Winter is particularly proud of the gradual way viewers learn how profound the bonds and history between these three characters run, noting that although the depth of Carolyn and Sweety’s relationship is obvious from their first interaction on-screen. “We don’t front-load it,” he says. “We’re into the seventh episode when we see that flashback to who Sweety was and how he cared for this girl” who needed a loving and reliable adult in her life.

The irony of Carolyn becoming such a formidable and talented lawyer in adulthood is that Sweety’s far less salubrious partnership with Clem leads her to being stuck representing the Oklahoma Wildman to protect Sweety. Clem and Sweety’s relationship is a funhouse mirror of Carolyn and Sweety’s: Clem craves the approval and encouragement Sweety provides to Carolyn as easily as breathing, but the way Clem relishes murder makes real fatherliness impossible. And in the pitch-black comedy of Elmore Leonard’s Detroit, Clem’s talent-free musical ambitions are nearly as bad as the conscience-free swath of despair and grief he leaves in his wake.

More often than not, whenever Mansell is alone, he’s playing a demo—on a cassette tape, no less—of himself very amateurishly singing The White Stripes’ contemporary classic, “Seven Nation Army”. The idea came from Dinner and fellow showrunner Dave Andron’s conversations about how “it’d be cool to have something that linked these two characters together” in addition to their criminal partnership.

In Leonard’s novel, Sweety “was a minor character. Here, he’s kind of the face of Detroit” modeled on “James Jamerson, who was the bass player of the 1960s, who played all of the Motown sessions” as a member of the label’s legendary house band, The Funk Brothers. Upon his return to Detroit, Mansell is “anxious for Sweety to hear his demos” but the moment of truth comes late in the game. Desperate to get Clem out of his life, Sweety snaps, telling him, “‘Quit playing me this honky-ass cover shit. You’re not the real deal,’ which is the worst thing he could have said to Mansell.” Looking back on their arc, Dinner comments that the emotional intensity of that relationship and its end, where “this sociopath pulls the trigger on his surrogate father [is] Greek tragedy.”

As for what’s wrong with Clem’s cover of “Seven Nation Army,” Dinner reveals that the key to making that irresistibly pulsating song dull was to slow the instrumental track down very slightly, so that “you're listening out of one ear with your head tilted, thinking that it was wasn’t so horrible, but bad enough to be bad.” Mansell “has a lot of bravado, but he’s not very good.”

Ultimately, Clem’s fate at the business end of Raylan’s gun was foreordained, but dragging Sweety into his hare-brained blackmail schemes, only to murder him and then daring to endanger Carolyn by stalking her at home put a final seal on it.

Aunjanue Ellis and Timothy Olyphant

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Carolyn Wilder, on Her Own Terms at Last

Carolyn’s home itself is almost a character in the series, a stand-in for her former husband Jamal (Amin Joseph), who is the epitome of the charming guy no self-respecting person should be with. Not unlike Karen Sisco, played so memorably by Jennifer Lopez in the objectively perfect film adaptation of Out of Sight, Carolyn’s history had been one of the ultra-competent professional woman with miserable taste in men. Dinner is quick to point out that since Carolyn and Jamal met so young, all of the heartache he causes her isn’t the result of “a relationship that went off the tracks, but the result of the world at large being such a nightmare” and Jamal’s failure to navigate it well.

The moment where she opens up to Raylan about how much she loathes their house, remarking that the only thing that was really hers is the luxurious bathtub, still knocks Dinner out. “It was Jamal’s vision and it’s so cold! That kind of sums up the relationship she had with him, and it’s a constant reminder of that guy” and how much their relationship has cost her over the years. The costs of caring about both Jamal and Sweety are heavy, but by the end of the series, Carolyn has played the game more skilfully than Sweety could manage. She ascends to the judicial bench in the process, and feels sufficiently free from the cares of the past that she can send Raylan a flirty note with a congratulatory bottle of top-quality bourbon.

The Surprising Sandy Stanton

As for Sandy, the other leading lady of Justified: City Primeval: Had Clem been able to wield just a touch more impulse control, he might have avoided Death By Marshal and wound up ensconced on a Caribbean beach with her. Sandy’s assiduous work prior to Clem’s return to Detroit—scouting and securing a seemingly lucrative mark, Skender, who was the nephew of the local Albanian mafia boss—handed her murderous beau a potentially huge score on a platter, but he blew it, giving into road rage and the pointless murder of Judge Alvin Guy and his clerk instead.

The morning after the robbery that wasn’t, Sandy has to pick up the pieces, running interference with Raylan and Detroit homicide Detective Robinson, then grappling with whether or not to dispose of Clem’s gun in the river. It’s not the most auspicious debut for their double act, and things don’t improve from there. The long and the short of why Sandy continues to have anything to do with Clem is best summed up by the lady herself: “He’s fun.”

Reflecting on Sandy, Dinner remarked that “in some ways, she’s maybe the biggest survivor of them all. [Unlike Sweety] she does get out of Dodge, and it may take Raylan to give her that little nudge, but she’s no shrinking violet. We used to joke that we should see Sandy at the end of this on some beach somewhere, working the next mark.”

Boyd Crowder (and Beyond?)

After nearly eight full episodes steeped in both One Last Job vibes and inevitability, the brief, tantalizing return of Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) at the end of the series finale could have been a ho-hum cliché. Instead, it’s a delicious, witty thrill that leaves the door ever so slightly open for one final act between Justified’s two great leads.

Dinner gives his fellow showrunner and creative partner Dave Andron all the credit for it. “Dave's instinct was always to address it, because it’s the elephant in the room. The kneejerk reaction for viewers would be to ask, ‘Where’s Boyd?’ He said that if we had some guts, we would bring Boyd back, not in a cheap way at the beginning, or have him involved in the main story, but right at the end.”

After finding a logical, satisfying home for Boyd to stage a shrewd prison break coda in the finale, and subsequently learning that Goggins was available to shoot it, they went ahead. “We knew we wanted to do that from the beginning, we felt very satisfied doing it. And mainly, we did it not because we wanted to say ‘Oh, we have to have another year of Justified.’ We did it because we wanted to have a good time, and we wanted to see Boyd again.”

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Late-Night Hosts Form Podcast Supergroup to Support Unemployed Staffers - Rolling Stone

With late-night still locked down as the Hollywood strikes drag on, five hosts are passing the time with a new limited series podcast. Strike Force Five, scheduled to launch on Spotify on Aug. 30, forms its own television Avengers with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver.

Proceeds from Strike Force Five will directly benefit each host’s staff on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which have been largely out of work since the Writers Guild of America strike began in May. The slate of late-night programs were among the first television productions to go dark.

“I wouldn’t have a show if it weren’t for my writers, and I support them all the way,” Fallon told Variety the night before the strike began. “They gotta have a fair contract, and they have a lot of stuff to iron out. Hopefully, they get it done.”

According to a release about the podcast, Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, Meyers, and Oliver began meeting via Zoom shortly after the strikes began to discuss the next steps. “Their idea was to meet every week to discuss the serious issues a work stoppage creates,” it reads. “What happened instead was a series of hilarious and compelling conversations. Now, [the hosts] invite you to listen in on their once-private chats on this all-new podcast.”

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In May, a source close to The Tonight Show told Rolling Stone that NBC paid The Tonight Show’s non-striking staff for two weeks, after which Fallon agreed to cover salaries for a third week. Additionally, healthcare coverage for staffers will reportedly be available through the end of September.

Strike Force Five will run for a minimum of 12 episodes, with each entry rotating which host is at the helm of the conversation.

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Geffen Records and BTS Label Hybe Announce Contestants for New Girl Group - Rolling Stone

Nearly two years after first announcing a partnership to develop a new girl group made up of performers from around the world, Universal Music Group’s Geffen Records and Hybe — the influential Korean label behind K-Pop superstars like BTS — revealed the contestants for the project on Monday. The 20 girls were introduced as part of a streamed audition process set to air online starting later this week. 

The girls who made the audition program, called The Debut: Dream Academy, were selected from 120,000 others who sent in submissions for the group. The companies introduced them during a buzzy livestream event aired from IGA Studios on Monday. 

Contestant ages range from 14 to 21, and they come from both the United States and South Korea as well as several countries across the world in Asia, Europe, Australia, and South America. The audition begins airing on YouTube this Friday, September 1st, and will run for nearly three months before the final group is decided during the audition’s finale on November 17th. By then, the group’s name will also be introduced, the companies said.  

During the livestream, all 20 of the contestants introduced themselves and said where they were from both in English and in another language, depending on their location. The companies also showed a film (shown below) introducing the contestants.

Hybe and Geffen are touting the partnership as the first time a U.S. record label has partnered with a K-Pop company to develop a new group. Along with the competition itself, the companies said a Netflix docuseries detailing the group’s creation will air sometime next year. Nadia Hallgren, who directed the 2020 Becoming documentary on Michelle Obama, is directing the series. 

The group will not be a K-pop group, but Bang Si-Hyuk, Hybe’s chairman who helped form BTS over a decade ago, said in a statement that the K-Pop development process will influence the way the group is made.

“I have wanted to form an international group based on K-pop methodology for a while,” Si-Hyuk said. “To do this I believed we needed a capable partner. When I met John (Janick, Interscope Geffen A&M’s chairman and CEO), from the first moment, we both felt instantly that we had a connection, musically and creatively.” 

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As Janick said: “Since we began our partnership two years ago, Bang and I have often spoken about our shared beliefs in artist development, music and creativity. To develop a global group with Bang, with the best of K-Pop methodology, and our Geffen team, is truly special and will bring to life a first-of-its kind experience in music.”

A full list of the contestants, their ages and countries of origin are below.

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Arleen Sorkin, Original Voice of Harley Quinn and ‘Days of Our Lives’ Actress, Dies at 67 - Hollywood Reporter

Arleen Sorkin, who portrayed Calliope Jones on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and served as the original voice of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, had died. She was 67.

Sorkin died Thursday, a source told The Hollywood Reporter. Health issues kept her from acting in recent years.

DC boss James Gunn wrote on Instagram Saturday: “Rest in Peace, Arleen Sorkin, the incredibly talented original voice of Harley Quinn, who helped to create the character so many of us love. Love to her family and friends.”

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Mark Hamill, who often recorded his lines as the Joker opposite Sorkin, also remembered her in a tribute, writing: “Devastated to learn we’ve lost the brilliant Arleen Sorkin. Not just a wonderful talent, but a truly wonderful person. I’m grateful not only to have worked with her, but to have been her friend. Sending my heartfelt condolences to her family & loved ones.”

Devastated to learn we've lost the brilliant Arleen Sorkin. Not just a wonderful talent, but a truly wonderful person. I'm grateful not only to have worked with her, but to have been her friend. 🙏 Sending my heartfelt condolences to her family & loved ones. 💔 pic.twitter.com/g1Mb3BWoKn

— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) August 27, 2023

Harley Quinn was intended to be a one-episode character when she debuted on Batman: The Animated Series in the 1992 episode “Joker’s Favor,” which introduced her as a henchwoman to Hamill’s Joker.

Paul Dini, Harley Quinn co-creator and Batman writer, was a college friend of Sorkin’s and said he was inspired to cast her after being home sick one day and catching her on an episode of Days of Our Lives, in which she played a harlequin in a dream sequence.

“I thought about a character kind of like her persona at the time, which was the snappy, wisecracking blonde,” Dini told THR in 2016.

The character proved to be a hit, and Sorkin returned for eight more episodes and reprised the role for video games, animated movies and animated series over the years, including Gotham Girls, Justice League, The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest and more.

“I would sing in the car on the way to work — ‘Adelaide’s Lament’ from Guys and Dolls. And when I got there, I was ready,” Sorkin told THR in 2016. “Adelaide from Guys and Dolls is someone I always wanted to play. So it was very easy for me to find Harley’s voice. But I made her even more extreme.”

Harley Quinn has grown to become internationally known, with Margot Robbie portraying her on the big screen.

Tara Strong, who went on to voice Harley Quinn in other iterations, called Sorkin “the inspiration & the heart & soul of this iconic character.”

Born on Oct. 14, 1955, in Washington, Sorkin worked in a comedy troupe and as a cabaret performer in the 1970s and ’80s, then played Jones on Days of Our Lives from 1984-90, with return engagements in 1992, 2001, 2006 and 2010.

Her other acting credits include Duet, Open House, Dream On, Ted & Venus, I Don’t Buy Kisses Anymore and Frasier. From 1990-92, she co-hosted America’s Funniest People alongside Dave Coulier.

Sorkin also served as a writer and producer on the TV shows How to Marry a Billionaire and Fired Up, co-wrote the 1997 film Picture Perfect and penned two episodes for Tiny Toon Adventures.

Survivors include her husband, producer-writer Christopher Lloyd, and their two children.

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Tyga Responds After Blac Chyna Files Custody Case for Son King Cairo - E! NEWS

Amid a personal transformation journey, Blac Chyna wants to change another aspect of her life, and this time, it concerns her eldest child.

The glamour model, real name Angela White, is seeking joint custody of her and ex Tyga's son King Cairo Stevenson, 10. Chyna made the request in a lawsuit to "determine parental relationship" against the rapper, real name Michael Stevenson, which was filed in a Los Angeles court July 24 and obtained by E! News Aug. 25.

After news of the filing was reported by The Shade Room's Instagram that day, Tyga commented on the post, writing, "10 years later...nah...stick to ur schedule sat-mon."

In addition to King, Chyna is also mom to daughter Dream Kardashian, 6, who she shares with ex Rob Kardashian. Last year, she alleged on Twitter that she received "no support" as a single mother. Tyga wrote in response, "I pay 40k a year for my son school & he lives w me mon- sat. Why would I pay child support lol."

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