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The recently knighted star has been linked to the role for a long timeIdris Elba has confirmed he will not be playing James Bond, saying that he felt some audiences wouldn’t “go for” a Black actor playing the role. The award-winning actor, who has been the star of films including The Suicide Squad, Pacific Rim, and TV series The Wire, has been linked with the role for many years, with speculation building following the departure of Daniel Craig from the role in 2021. However, in a recent interview with British GQ, he discussed why he won’t be playing the part....

A stunned Court TV panelist was left shell-shocked after hearing Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony had been found guilty of murder. Sunny Slaughter, a legal analyst, appeared slack-jawed as she gave her reaction to the verdict, saying she was 'not expecting' that the 19-year-old would face a murder conviction over the death of Austin Metcalf last year. The case sharply divided the nation as Anthony claimed he stabbed Metcalf, 17, in the heart in self-defense, with debates over race and Texas's Stand Your Ground laws fueling controversy ahead of the trial. After a jury found Anthony guilty of first-degree murder on...

Melvin Van Peebles kick-started the Blaxploitation genre with a gritty movie and a great soundtrack.Let’s be clear from the beginning: Melvin Van Peebles is not a traditional singer. And Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, released in June 1971, two months after the film, is very much a soundtrack album, not a straightforward Stax collection of soulful songs. Kicking off with a bizarre mixture of gospel and sex on “Sweetback Loses His Cherry” (including a snip of “Wade In The Water,” which EWF’s leader, Maurice White, would have played night after night as a drummer with Ramsey Lewis), it rapidly becomes apparent...

Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory, has come forward to reveal the severe reaction she suffered for two scary weeks after taking one shot of the popular GLP-1 weight loss drug. Bialik discussed her terrifying trauma in an article for The Free Press that she entitled, “My GLP-1 Nightmare.” The 50-year-old actress told readers that she has struggled with her weight as an adult — especially as an actress in image-obsesses Hollywood. And at one point her doctor told her that GLP-1 “might help ease symptoms I’ve struggled with for basically my entire adult life.” The one-time child...

Lawsuit incoming! Lawsuit incoming! Watch the "journalists" at CNN freak out when one of their guests, Veronica Escobar of El Paso, says a verifiably false thing that CNN knows will get them sued into oblivion. VIDEO AT LINK.................. He was found guilty by a jury of his peers ... it is incredible how much comfort and cover they give to a convicted felon and to someone who has ... an adjudicated case of rape. The pro-Trump guest is specifically telling Representative Escobar to watch her mouth and not call Trump "guilty" of rape. And then Escobar charges in, insisting he...

The filming of The Strange Love of Martha Ivers happened when the Paramount lot was ringed by a picket line, part of the 1945 strike by motion picture set decorators that led to the infamous Black Friday riot outside the main gate at Warner Bros. The strike is a movie history footnote today, and though it gets aired out whenever the industry endures another labour dispute, it's hard to imagine pickets full of writers or actors today in a melee with studio security and police with "tear gas bombs, fire hoses, brass knuckles, clubs, brickbats, and beer bottles" as Variety...

One of TV’s longest-running children's shows is facing backlash for once again linking its puppets to homosexuality on social media. Sesame Street shared a post on social media Tuesday, which read: “Happy Pride Month from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the [gay and lesbian] members of our community.” The post also included an image featuring different rainbow-colored furs resembling puppet characters from Sesame Street, such as Elmo, Cookie Monster and others. Primarily geared toward toddlers, the series, (which moved in 2015 from PBS to HBO, and in 2025) was acquired by Netflix — drew the ire of...

A group of states led by California and New York is preparing to sue to block Paramount Skydance from acquiring Warner Bros., Reuters reported on Friday. Last year’s merger between Paramount and Skydance already sparked criticism over concerns about antitrust issues and the impact of centralizing control of major media and entertainment companies. The criticism grew as Paramount settled a lawsuit President Donald Trump had filed against CBS News over a 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, which numerous legal experts had assessed as a fundamentally weak case on First Amendment grounds. It was widely speculated that political...

A jury in Silver City awarded a $13 million verdict in a medical malpractice case to the family of Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood with her portrayal of Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series. Jurors deliberated about two hours before returning the verdict Thursday against a Grant County hospital where the 89-year-old actor sought treatment in the days before her death in 2022. Attorneys for the family alleged that employees at Gila Regional Medical Center failed to appropriately diagnose and treat Nichols for symptoms of acute heart failure. "Miss Nichols came to...

Anthony Stewart Head, best known for his roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Merlin, has died at the age of 72. He was surrounded by family at the time of his death, with his daughters, Emily Head and Daisy Head, sharing the heartbreaking news with the BBC. They shared he "passed away peacefully after complications from pneumonia." Initially known for his Nescafe commercials, Head gained international fame when he landed the role of Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He took on a fatherly role for Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, as he helped guide her...

James Handy, an actor with appearances in “Jumanji,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Taps” was brutally murdered by his girlfriend’s son, police said. Authorities raced to the 19200 block of Erwin Street in Tarzana Wednesday morning after a caller stated “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin.” When they arrived, cops discovered 81-year-old Handy unconscious in the front yard of a home, suffering from stab wounds, police said. Handy was stabbed multiple times in the chest. Handy was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. A short time later, the suspect, 44-year-old...

Here are three well received low budget films. Two suspense horror films that have been released. Obsession https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsession_(2025_film) Backrooms https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/06/03/the-backrooms-is-everything-ive-wanted-in-a-movie-and-everything-hollywood-left-behind-n2203005 Pressure https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/06/03/the-backrooms-is-everything-ive-wanted-in-a-movie-and-everything-hollywood-left-behind-n2203005

NEW YORK -- Ten-time Pro Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson confirmed Wednesday in a video posted to social media that he's retiring from the NFL to take a job with CBS Sports. Wilson's announcement came two days after news broke that he was finalizing a deal to become an analyst on CBS' Sunday NFL pregame show. "As I enter this next chapter with CBS Sports and 'The NFL Today,' I'm so blessed to continue doing what I love most -- being around the greatest game in the world," he said in the video. Wilson played 14 seasons after being taken by...

The show was first announced with a series order in November 2025. It hailed from writer, executive producer, and showrunner Martin Gero, who was a writer on 'Stargate SG-1' and 'Stargate: Atlantis' early in his career. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero's take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise's already dedicated fanbase. Still seeking that elusive mOdErn aUdiEnce! Instead, Amazon is thinking of handing the series to "someone who does not have history with it and would give it a fresh new perspective."

Olivia Plath is speaking out about women's reproductive healthcare choices. The Welcome to Plathville star, 28, shared in a recent Instagram video that she has had two abortions using mifepristone, amid debates over nationwide access to the drug. Mifepristone, according to the Mayo Clinic, is used with misoprostol to terminate pregnancies. "This is probably also a good time to mention something that I've not talked about a lot publicly, but I've actually had two abortions, and for each of those I took mifepristone,” Olivia said in the May 21 video. The wedding photographer acknowledged that past generations didn’t have access...

Scott Pelley’s brazen attack on the new boss of ’60 Minutes’ has divided staffers at CBS News, with some insiders branding his behavior as “bullying” and “grandstanding” — and yet another reckoning it was “a set up,” The Post has learned. Pelley laced into Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of “60 Minutes” on Monday during a meet-and-greet with staffers, calling out the boss’ lack of TV experience, challenging his vision and telling him he will “never be welcomed here.” “What did he accomplish?” one CBS source said of Pelley’s explosive attack. “He embarrassed the company and the leadership.” Network...

60 Minutes veteran correspondent Scott Pelley reportedly unleashed on CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss' job qualifications and claimed she's "murdering" the show in a heated meeting with his new boss, RadarOnline.com can reveal. Weiss, 42, was not present for the blowup between Pelley, 68, and the show's new executive producer, Nick Bilton – the hand-picked choice of the former Free Press boss to lead the storied newsmagazine into a new era. Nick Bilton Claims Bari Weiss 'Loves 60 Minutes' Bilton's hiring was announced on May 28, and he tried to lead a friendly meet-and-greet with staffers on June...

Graham Platner, the Democratic Socialist (communist) running for U.S. Senate in Maine, has some serious problems. In addition to the Nazi tattoo, the vile Reddit comments, and now a sexting scandal, the ladies of The View are turning on him. How bad of a Democrat candidate do you have to be to lose the support of the hosts of The View? These people will defend a Democrat for anything, but even they are backing away now. Did a memo go out on the left that it’s time to dump this guy? How else can this be explained? This is what...

The View cohosts have reacted to former panelist Rosie O'Donnell's headline-making facelift — and the actress' comments about feminism as it relates to cosmetic procedures. Days after the entertainer and ex-View moderator revealed that she underwent a facelift procedure, the talk show's current panel broke down the development, with some expressing shock over O'Donnell making a connection between feminism and plastic surgery. "My friend Rosie O'Donnell is sharing how she was racked with guilt over her decision to get a facelift," Joy Behar said at the top of Friday's show. "She says she just wanted to look more rested and...

Joe Negri, the actor and musician who delighted children for more than three decades on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, has died at 99. Negri died Saturday, just days before he would have turned 100 on June 10, according to TribLive. His oldest daughter, Lisa Negri, confirmed to the publication that he died of natural causes, though his exact cause of death has not yet been revealed. Negri, who appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as Handyman Negri, is credited with appearing on 331 episodes of the show from the year of its debut, 1968, to the end of its run in 2001....