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| Mandy Moore leaves 'Breadwinner' Nate Bargatze with kids | Sony Pictures released the trailer for The Breadwinner on Friday. The film opens March 13. Mandy Moore plays a working mom who pitches an organizational system on Shark Tank. Her husband, Nate (Nate Bargatze) joins her on stage and blows it for her. Still, she takes a business trip to sell her business plan, leaving former family breadwinner Nate to take care of their three daughters. He doesn't know where their school is or how to do laundry. This also leaves Nate in charge of a home repair project, which he botches. The trailer shows escalating slapstick disasters. It is the first feature film for standup comedian Bargatze. Bargatze co-wrote with Dan Lagana and Eric Appel directed. |
| Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Bugonia' begins streaming on Peacock Dec. 26 | Bugonia is coming to Peacock Dec. 26. The feature, which hails from Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos, stars Emma Stone as "a high profile female corporate executive" who is abducted by a pair of conspiracy theorists (Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis) on belief that she is an alien. A trailer for the film shows her waking up with a shaved head. "Your has been destroyed," Plemons informs her. "To prevent you from contacting your ship." "What ship?" she asks. "Your mothership," he replies. The cast also includes Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone. Stone also starred in Lanthimos' Poor Things. |
| Obama favorites of 2025 include 'Abracadabra,' 'Sinners' | Former President Barack Obama released his list of 2025 favorites Friday. The list includes books, movies and songs he recommends checking out. "As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies and music," he wrote on his official X account. "I hope you find something new to enjoy -- and please send any recommendations for me to check out! |
| 'Stranger Things': Caleb McLaughlin, Maya Hawke, cast walk red carpet | Caleb McLaughlin and Maya Hawke were among the cast members to walk the red carpet at the celebration for the final chapter of Stranger Things. The event took place at New York City's Paley Museum Thursday, ahead of the arrival of Season 5 Part 2 Dec. 25. McLaughlin, who portrays Lucas in the show, wore a cropped blazer over a billowing white top, and red, pointed-toe shoes. "I've been into fashion before, you know, I guess, being in the public's eye," McLaughlin told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Thursday. "I think fashion is a way I express myself and how I feel... It's like a feeling." McLaughlin, who voices Will Harris in the upcoming animated film Goat, also talked to Fallon about what it was like to finish Stranger Things. |
| Sonequa Martin-Green: 'I love what we're building' on 'Boston Blue' | The Walking Dead and Star Trek: Discovery alum Sonequa Martin-Green says she wanted to star in CBS' Boston Blue because it shows her police detective Lena Silver spending time with her loved ones, not just solving cases. The Blue Bloods spin-off sees Lena partnered up with Donnie Wahlberg's former New York Police Detective Danny Reagan. It will have its mid-season finale on Friday and resume in February. "There were many things that pulled me into this. I really appreciate what is at the heart of this show, which is what was also at the heart of Blue Bloods," Martin-Green, 40, said during a recent panel discussion in Manhattan. "Faith, family and tradition. |