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| Famous birthdays for Aug. 7: Brett Gray, Jalen Hurts | Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. |
| DeWanda Wise, Tian Richards, Marcus Mitchell join Starz rodeo drama | Starz announced the casting for a new drama on Thursday. Still untitled, the show will follow the Clarke family in the world of Black rodeo in Texas. DeWanda Wise, Tian Richards and Marcus Mitchell are the first actors cast in the series. Production begins in Atlanta, Ga. this year. The first season will consist of eight hour-long episodes. Wise plays Anaya Clarke-Reagan, mayor of Trinity City who is the oldest Clarke sibling. Her husband, Gregg Reagan, has not been cast yet. Richards plays Rodney Clarke, the youngest brother. Rodney's business, Big Rod's Likka Lounge, is robbed and a murder committed on the premises, sending Rodney on a revenge spiral. Mitchell plays Julius Calhoun, the star bull rider. Kirk A. |
| Adam Sandler's 'Grown Ups 3' begins production for Netflix | Netflix announced the start of production on Grown Ups 3 on Thursday. They shared a cast photo on the streaming service's Instagram with the message "The gang's all back." Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek Pinault, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Rob Schneider and more return. New to the cast are Bailee Madison, Julie Bowen and Deon Cole. Grown Ups was released in theaters in 2010 and its sequel in 2013. Sandler began making movies with Netflix in 2015 and that has included the sequel Happy Gilmore 2. The third Grown Ups picks up with everyone's kids grown up and moved out, so the adults "go on the ultimate adventure," according to Netflix's Tudum. |
| 'War' teaser: Dominic West, Sienna Miller face off in divorce drama | HBO is giving a glimpse of the new show War. The network shared a teaser trailer for the anthology series Thursday featuring Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair) and Sienna Miller (Anatomy of a Scandal, Horizon: An American Saga). War is a new drama from Lupin creator George Kay. West and Miller star as Morgan and Carla, a tech mogul and a movie star facing off in a high-profile divorce. The teaser shows the pair and their respective legal teams "play dirty" as "the biggest divorce trial in British legal history" unfolds. Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Pip Torrens, Nina Sosanya, Archie Renaux and Nick Mohammed also star. War will premiere Oct. 1 on HBO and HBO Max and air the next day on British network Sky. |
| Nicolas Cage-Christian Bale film 'Madden' to stream Nov. 18 | David O. Russell's new film, Madden, starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale, is set to premiere on Prime Video Nov. 18. The movie "chronicles John Madden's incredible journey alongside best friend and true original Al Davis -- from a Super Bowl-winning partnership with the Raiders, to becoming football's most recognizable voice, to building the worldwide Madden NFL video game," a synopsis said. Madden will also star Sienna Miller, Kathryn Hahn, John Mulaney and Shane Gillis. Russell and Bale previously collaborated on Amsterdam, American Hustle and The Fighter. |