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People Magazine reports: Gena Rowlands, screen icon best known for A Woman Under the Influence and The Notebook, has died. She was 94. Rowlands died surrounded by her family – including her husband Robert and daughter Alexandra – at her Indian Welles, Calif. home on Wednesday, Aug. 14, reports TMZ, adding that no cause of death was immediately available. Her …

Variety reports: Pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen has partnered with Roku to launch a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channel. Dubbed The Joel Osteen Network, the outlet debuted Wednesday on The Roku Channel, including on Roku devices, as well as TVs with Roku functionality and also on The Roku Channel’s website. The Joel Osteen Network will also be available on …

Deadline Hollywood reports: In a very quick turnaround, Hulu has given a series order to Mid-Century Modern, its multi-camera comedy pilot from Will & Grace creators David Kohan & Max Mutchnick and Ryan Murphy that stars Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer, Nathan Lee Graham and Linda Lavin. The pickup comes less than two months after the pilot, written by Kohan and …

Variety reports: Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” is now her longest-running No. 1 album in the United States. The set re-enters No. 1 in its 14th non-consecutive week on the list since its release in late April. Swift’s only immediate threat for the throne was “Vultures 2,” a companion album from Ye, or Kanye West, and Ty Dolla $ign. …

Variety reports: “Deadpool & Wolverine” is the newest member of the billion-dollar club. Disney’s Marvel sequel, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as their comic book alter egos, has grossed $494.3 million in North America and $535.1 million internationally for a grand total of $1.029 billion at the global box office. It’s the second release of 2024, following Disney’s Pixar …

Deadline reports: A domain investor has cashed in a big bet, selling the domain name HarrisWalz.com for $15,000. Domain owner Jeremy Greene Eche bought it for around $9 in 2020. Eche, a New York City trademark lawyer, bought several domains around the time of the 2020 election, he told ABC Audio. He focused on candidates who were likely to run …

Variety reports: Joaquin Phoenix has dropped out of Todd Haynes‘ untitled gay romance film, just five days before filming was set to begin in Mexico, Variety has confirmed. Phoenix had developed the screenplay for the detective love story with Haynes and Jon Raymond. A source close to the production tells Variety the actor got “cold feet.” Entire sets had been …

Variety reports: After news struck yesterday that the terrorist attack was thwarted and local promoter Barracuda Music canceled the performances, the streets of Vienna became something of a vigil for the Swifties who came together to mourn the loss — not just of the shows, but also the time and money spent to get there. Photos and videos showed fans …

Variety reports: Almost immediately after Kamala Harris announced her running mate as Tim Walz, people on social media began dream-casting Steve Martin to play the role on “Saturday Night Live.” Martin not only bears a physical resemblance to the Minnesota governor but also gives off the same friendly dad vibe. The next morning, Lorne Michaels apparently called Martin with an …

Deadline reports: Vice President Kamala Harris posted a video of the moment that she called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to inform him that he was her choice as her running mate. “Listen, I want you to do this with me. Let’s do this together,” Harris says. “Would you be my running mate and let’s get this thing on the road?” …

Variety reports: A film about Hulk Hogan’s infamous legal battle against Gawker is officially in the works. Artists Equity, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production banner, has acquired a screenplay written by Charles Randolph and based on Ryan Holiday’s book “Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker and the Anatomy of Intrigue.” The project, titled “Killing Gawker,” is in active development. …

Variety reports: Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan aimed at targets like COVID vaccines and trans people during his newest comedy special. Rogan’s latest, named “Burn the Boats,” debuted live on Netflix on Saturday night and amplified some of the controversial views he has discussed on his podcast before. “COVID was just so strange,” he said. “And we lost a lot …

Variety reports: Aerosmith has played its final gigs. The band announced Friday that they have canceled all remaining concert dates and are officially retired from touring, because singer Steven Tyler‘s “recovery from his vocal injury is not possible.” “It has been the honor of our lives to have our music become part of yours,” the group declared in a social …

Broadway World reports: Global powerhouse and visionary iconoclast Billy Porter has shared a new remix for his new single “Leap” from Sgt slick. The original version of the song, released last month, was the first preview of the upcoming EP Black Mona Lisa Vol 2: The Cookout Sessions, coming soon. Porter launches the Black Mona Lisa UK Tour in the …

Variety reports: Universal Pictures has landed the rights to Britney Spears‘ bestselling memoir “The Woman in Me,” with “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu and producer Marc Platt attached to develop the feature. Spears shared news of the “secret project” on social media, writing that Platt has “always made my favorite movies” and telling her fans to “stay tuned” for more …

Variety reports: “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost — currently in Tahiti covering surfing (and injuring his toes) for NBC’s Summer Olympics coverage — has another new job: Host of “Pop Culture Jeopardy!” The “Jeopardy!” spin-off, announced in May, will run on Amazon’s Prime Video and start production in August, presumably once Jost gets back from the islands. …

Variety reports: The odds were stacked against Timothée Chalamet long before those set photos trickled online. By just signing up to play Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s forthcoming bio-drama “A Complete Unknown,” the 28-year-old megastar willingly placed himself in the crosshairs of Dylan’s most devoted fans — who, let’s be honest, are not easily impressed. But then the trailer came …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Jaquel Spivey (Mean Girls), Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding), Margaret Cho (Fire Island), Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw The TV Glow) and Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story) are among those set to star in Queens of the Dead, a new horror comedy directed by Tina Romero, daughter of legendary director George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead). …

Variety reports: “Deadpool & Wolverine,” a comic book adventure that pairs two of Marvel’s most popular characters, is turbocharging the box office. Disney’s superhero sequel has collected $205 million in its opening weekend, ranking as the eighth-best debut of all time ahead of 2018’s “Black Panther” ($202 million) and behind 2015’s “Jurassic World” ($208 million) and 2012’s “The Avengers” ($207 …

Variety reports: Disney and Marvel Studios‘ “Deadpool & Wolverine” clawed up a massive $96 million from 4,210 locations across Friday and preview screenings. That’s far and away the biggest domestic opening day of the year — ahead of the $62 million that “Inside Out 2” nabbed in June. Not only that, it’s also the largest ever for an R-rated feature …