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| Anitta shares 'Equilibrium II' film after album's release | Anitta has released a film to accompany her latest album. The Brazilian singer-songwriter, 33, shared a 35-minute visual Friday following the release of her album Equilibrium II. The film, directed by Nidia Aranha, Felipe Sassi and Boy Princess, explores themes of "spirituality, love, ancestry, and female empowerment," as Anitta discussed with Galore. "To me, dance, sensuality, and the body in motion have the power to heal and elevate. That's why it was so important for the production to be unapologetically dance-driven: to celebrate that ritualistic energy and the spiritual strength behind it," the performer said. Equilibrium II, stylized as Equilibrivm, is a follow-up to Anitta's album Equilibrium, released in April. |
| Johnny Depp plays Scrooge in trailer for 'Ebenezer' origin story film | Paramount Pictures is introducing the new film Ebenezer. The studio shared a trailer for the movie Thursday featuring Pirates of the Caribbean and Sweeney Todd actor Johnny Depp. Ebenezer is a reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol and provides an origin story for Ebenezer Scrooge (Depp), the cantankerous miser who finds redemption in Dickens' novel. The film's taglines read, "Before he was Scrooge he was... Ebenezer" and "The name you know, the story you don't." Other cast members include Rupert Grint, Andrew Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Arthur Conti, Ellie Bamber, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Charlie Murphy, Tramell Tillman and Ian McKellen. |
| 'The Morning Show': Apple TV hit to end with fifth and final season | Apple TV's hit series The Morning Show will return for a fifth and final season. The streaming service announced the show will end with Season 5 in a press release Thursday. The Morning Show is a comedy-drama series inspired by the Brian Stelter book Top of the Morning. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon star as Alex Levy and Bradley Jackson, the co-anchors of a fictional morning news program, also titled The Morning Show. Other returning cast members include Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, Nicole Beharie and Jon Hamm, with Aniston and Witherspoon also serving as executive producers. |
| Star says no plans to return to 'Criminal Minds' next season | Criminal Minds wrapped up its 19th season Thursday and has already been renewed for Season 20, but one major fan favorite character will not be back for the new episodes. Spoilers ahead. Zach Gilford, who plays serial killer Elias Voit, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview that his four-season arc has ended on the show -- at least for now. "Unfortunately, Voit's not in the next season," Gilford said. "I'm stuffed in the cellar. I don't know if I'll ever come back. If they want me, I would love to, but I think they kind of wanted to let this story end and not draw it out longer than it needs to, to ensure if it makes sense for Voit to show up in some way. |
| Adrianne Palicki, Henry Thomas: 'Due West' about compassion, community | Adrianne Palicki and Henry Thomas said their new film, Due West, in theaters now and on digital video-on-demand Tuesday, is about community and compassion. Palicki plays a woman, referred to only as The Woman until the final scene, traveling through Texas in secret to secure an abortion. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Palicki, 43, said that regardless of one's views on reproductive rights, the message of Due West is the kindly people who help The Woman along the way. "The message of the movie, honestly, is community," Palicki said. Thomas, 52, plays Pastor Mike, the community minister who can tell something is wrong and wants to help. The Woman is reluctant to share, assuming the church would condemn her decision. |