Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose is stepping back on stage this fall to star in The Baker’s Wife, the beloved yet rarely staged musical by Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein. Marking its first full-scale New York City production, the revival will open Classic Stage Company’s (CSC) 2025–2026 season with DeBose taking on the role of […]

Netflix isn’t waiting for One Piece to dock its second season before mapping out the next voyage. During the annual One Piece Day celebration in Tokyo, Japan, the streamer announced an early renewal for Season 3 of its hit live-action pirate adventure, adapted from Eiichiro Oda’s record-breaking manga. The event also delivered a first look […]

Netflix is pairing two heavyweights for its latest action-comedy. Kevin Hart and John Cena will star in and produce The Leading Man, based on the comic book series by Jeremy Haun and B. Clay Moore. The script comes from brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber who previously sold the streamer their original script Fast & Loose, […]

EbonyLife Media CEO Mo Abudu is doubling down on her mission to amplify African voices on the global stage with the launch of EbonyLife on Plus, a new membership-based streaming platform that will showcase pan-African series, films, talk shows, and lifestyle content. Launching out of Lagos with a global audience in mind, EbonyLife on Plus […]

The 2025 XL Film Festival is pulling out all the stops as it returns to Chicago from August 14–23, spotlighting the cultural legacy of Soul Food while elevating Chicago’s deep-rooted influence on film and television. This year, the festival celebrates the 25th anniversary of the beloved 1997 film with a tribute that reunites cast and […]

ABC’s hit crime drama Will Trent is bringing more of Detective Franklin Wilks to the screen. Kevin Daniels, who has recurred as Wilks since Season 1, has been promoted to series regular ahead of the show’s fourth season, which is slated to premiere in 2026. Production officially kicks off this August. Wilks, best known to […]

What was meant to be a high-octane reunion between Bad Boys star Will Smith and director Michael Bay is officially off. Bay has stepped away from Netflix’s Fast and Loose after he and Smith were unable to reconcile creative differences, sources confirmed to TheWrap and Deadline. The action-comedy—which Netflix is still pushing forward with—was originally […]

Get a first look at Tasha Smith in Twinless, the upcoming dark comedy from writer-director James Sweeney, hitting theaters September 5 via Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate. The film, which won the Audience Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, follows two grieving men—Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and Dennis (Sweeney)—who meet in a support group for people […]

Tracee Ellis Ross is back to overpack and explore once again. Roku Originals has officially renewed Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross for a second season following its record-breaking debut. The unscripted lifestyle series, which premiered July 25, has become the most-watched unscripted Roku Original in the platform’s history, based on unique viewers in its […]