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| 'Small Prophets': Mackenzie Crook comedy coming to Apple TV | Apple TV has acquired the British comedy series Small Prophets. The show, which originally premiered on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer earlier this year, will start streaming Oct. 7 on Apple TV. Small Prophets is created by and stars Mackenzie Crook (Detectorists). Other cast members include Pearce Quigley, Lauren Patel, Michael Palin, Sophie Willan, Jon Pointing and Paul Kaye. The series follows Michael Sleep (Quigley), an eccentric man whose girlfriend Clea disappeared seven years ago. Michael's ordinary life is thrown for a loop when his dad Brian (Palin) gives him a recipe to create homunculi, magical spirits that can predict the future. |
| 'Grand Theft Auto VI': Jason, Lucia live a life of crime in new video | Rockstar Games has released a new extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI that explores the title's story and Florida-inspired setting. The footage, which was first released exclusively on Netflix Thursday before coming to YouTube, begins with main protagonists Jason and Lucia getting into a shootout with police after a planned mission goes wrong. The extended look gives fans their first preview of the gameplay in Grand Theft Auto VI, which has new and improved shooting and cover mechanics. The nearly 30-minute video also includes scenes of the game's Miami-centric setting of Vice City and all the activities players can get into across the state of Leonida, such as riding jet skis, skydiving, car racing and much more. |
| Cristin Milioti: 'Buddy' a 'demented' version of 'Pee-wee's Playhouse' | Cristin Milioti said her horror-comedy Buddy, in theaters Friday, reminded her of Pee-wee's Playhouse. "Buddy" is a fictional children's show from 1999 in which Buddy the singing unicorn (voice of Keegan-Michael Key) murders children who do not comply and sing along. Milioti plays Grace, a mother who gets sucked into the show. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Milioti, 41, said she enjoyed playing a character within the "Buddy" show. Buddy's friends include a talking backpack named Strappy (Patton Oswalt), Trashy the trash can (Eric Bauza) and Couchy (Bauza). |
| Gal Gadot, Kevin Macdonald attend 'The Runner' premiere | Wonder Woman, Death on the Nile and Snow White actress Gal Gadot attended the Los Angeles premiere of her new thriller, The Runner, Thursday night. Also walking the red carpet at the event was the film's director Kevin Macdonald whose previous credits include The Last King of Scotland and One Day in September. "Threatened by an anonymous source who has kidnapped her son, Maia, a lawyer, must travel on foot throughout London to kill a client she represents to save her son," a synopsis said. Homeland and Wolf Hall actor Damian Lewis is the voice on the phone giving her directions and monitoring every move. The film is set to premiere on Prime Video Sept. 2. |
| Goldberg, Behar, Hostin returning as 'View' hosts for Season 30 | ABC has announced that Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro will be returning as hosts of The View in September. The show will kick off its 30th season on Sept. 8. It was created by the late broadcast journalist Barbara Walters and has, over the course of three decades, been hosted by various groups of female media personalities. Behar is the only original star left and Goldberg has served as moderator since 2007. The current lineup of stars have been working together since 2022. Former co-host Rosie O'Donnell has hinted that she will appear on the show at some point this season. |