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| 'The Diplomat' Season 4 gets teaser trailer, October premiere date | Netflix is giving a glimpse of The Diplomat Season 4. The streaming service shared an October premiere date and a teaser trailer for the season featuring Keri Russell (The Americans) on Monday. The Diplomat is a political thriller series created by West Wing and Homeland writer Debora Cahn. Russell stars as Kate Wyler, the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, with Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, her husband and a former ambassador himself. West Wing alums Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford return as President Grace Penn and her husband, Todd Penn, respectively. Season 4 sees the marriages between Kate and Hal, and Grace and Todd, create more personal and political drama. |
| Hayden Panettiere: Celebrities pay tribute to late 'Nashville' star | Celebrities are paying tribute to late Heroes and Nashville star Hayden Panettiere. David Arquette, Viola Davis, Bethany Joy Lenz, Kelly Osbourne and other stars honored the actress on social media following news of her death. Panettiere died Sunday at age 36. Arquette, who starred with Panettiere in Scream 4, voiced his love for the actress on Instagram, writing, "I love you Hayden" with a broken heart and dove emoji. Davis reflected on working with Panettiere on the 2006 film The Architect, also featuring her husband, actor Julius Tennon, and the 2016 movie Custody. "What an amazing talent you were....so gifted. Julius and I loved working you....an old, wise soul with such a deep heart. |
| Famous birthdays for Aug. 17: Donnie Wahlberg, The Kid Laroi | Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include: -- Mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1601 -- Frontiersman Davy Crockett in 1786 -- Movie producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1882 -- Actor Mae West in 1893 -- Watergate figure W. Mark Felt, known as "Deep Throat," in 1913 -- Aviator Francis Gary Powers in 1929 -- Writer Ted Hughes in 1930 -- Writer V.S. Naipaul in 1932 -- Actor Robert De Niro in 1943 (age 83) -- Filmmaker Julian Fellowes in 1949 (age 77) -- Actor Robert Joy in 1951 (age 75) -- Actor Tim Bagley in 1957 (age 69) -- Musician Belinda Carlisle (Go-Go's) in 1958 (age 68) -- Writer Jonathan Franzen in 1959 (age 67) -- Journalist Eric Schlosser in 1959 (age 67) -- Actor Sean Penn in 1960 (age 66) -- Musician Gilbert J. |
| 'Heroes,' 'Nashville' alum Hayden Panettiere dead at 36 | Heroes and Nashville alum Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36. "It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her -- and to the millions who watched her onscreen," her father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement to ABC News Sunday. People.com and TMZ also confirmed the sad news, although no cause of death has been publicly disclosed yet. The actress' other credits include Remember the Titans, Scream 4 and Scream VI, as well as A Bug's Life, I Love You Beth Cooper, One Life to Live and Guiding Light. She also penned a memoir called This Is Me: A Reckoning. |
| Garret Dillahunt reunites with 'No Country' co-star on 'Lanterns' | Deadwood and Fear the Walking Dead icon Garret Dillahunt says he was thrilled to play cowboy William Macon in Lanterns, especially when he heard he would be working with his former No Country for Old Men co-star Kelly Macdonald on the new sci-fi adventure. "It's a great group of people to be around. I haven't seen Kelly Mcdonald since No Country and it's great to reconnect with her," Dillahunt, 61, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "Kelly is my daughter-in-law. She's married to Jason [Ritter's] character," he said. "She's done something completely different with this character," Dillahunt added, "because, otherwise, I think it's a character people might think: 'Oh, I've seen this person before. Oh, who's this small-town cop? |