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| Rick Moranis promotes 'Spaceballs: The New One' at San Diego Comic Con | Rick Moranis made a rare public appearance to celebrate his second Star Wars parody, Spaceballs: The New One, at San Diego Comic Con Friday. Moranis reunited with Daphne Zuniga, his co-star from the original 1987 film, as well as its sequel, for the event. Also in attendance were New One cast members Keke Palmer and Lewis Pullman, and filmmakers Josh Gad and Josh Greenbaum. Franchise creator Mel Brooks and original and returning star Bill Pullman both sent video messages that were shown to fans. "Somehow, Dark Helmet has returned! Forty years after the events of the first Spaceballs, fifty years after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, and one year after the events of The Devil Wears Prada 2, the galaxy is once again under threat. |
| 'Queen of the Damned' will be next chapter in AMC's 'Vampire' series | AMC has announced it renewed its supernatural drama, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, for a fourth season. The next chapter in the franchise will be titled Queen of the Damned, based on Rice's best-selling novel. "We can't wait to continue the journey with Queen of the Damned, one of the most iconic stories in Anne Rice's mythology, and watch our established and beloved characters confront Akasha with their world, and ours, very much hanging in the balance," Dan McDermott, chief content officer of AMC Global Media and President of AMC Studios, said in a statement Friday. Season 3 of the franchise -- The Vampire Lestat -- wrapped up last Sunday. |
| Future's 'The Real Me' tops U.S. album chart | Rapper Future's The Real Me is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Olivia Rodrigo's You Seem Pretty Sad For a Girl So In Love, followed by Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 3, Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 4 and Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Drake's Iceman at No. 6, the Rolling Stones' Foreign Tongues at No. 7, the Heated Rivalry soundtrack at No. 8, Michael Jackson's Thriller at No. 9 and Wallen's One Thing at a Time at No. 10. |
| Famous birthdays for July 25: Jaafar Jackson, Verdine White | Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include: -- Revolutionary War Gen. |
| 'The Mask,' 'Dream Warriors' director Chuck Russell dies at 74 | Director Chuck Russell died Wednesday. Variety and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed his death Friday after TMZ was first to report. Russell's wife, Anna, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died unexpectedly in their San Diego home. He was 74. Russell's attorney confirmed to Variety. A writer and producer on 1983's Dreamscape and line producer on The Hearse, Russell made his directorial debut with 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. A writer, with Frank Darabont, on the film, the entry introduced teenagers teaming up in dreams to battle Freddy Krueger in their sleep, Freddy's backstory as the "son of 100 maniacs," and deriving power from the souls of teens he killed. |