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| Percy Jackson is on rescue mission in 'Olympians' Season 3 trailer | Disney+ is gearing up for the release of Percy Jackson & the Olympians Season 3. The streaming service shared a trailer for the season Monday featuring Walker Scobell and Leah Sava Jeffries. Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a young adult fantasy series based on the Rick Riordan novels. The show follows the title character, Percy Jackson (Scobell), the young demigod son of Poseidon (Toby Stephens). The Season 3 trailer finds Percy on a rescue mission after his friend and love interest Annabeth Chase (Jeffries) is captured by Kronos' (Nick Boraine) forces. |
| Andy Garcia, Barbara Mandrell among 2026 Kennedy Center honorees | Actor Andy Garcia, and singer-songwriters Barbara Mandrell and Paul Anka will be among the 2026 Kennedy Center honorees, organizers announced Monday. Also set to be recognized for their artistic achievement will be music composer-producer David Foster and playwright David Mamet. The ceremony is to take place in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7. "Since its founding in 1978, the Kennedy Center Honors has celebrated the lifetime contributions of some of the world's most influential artists in music, dance, theater, opera, motion pictures and television," the center's website said. |
| Druski signs with Netflix, will star in 'Collect & Praise' series | Coulda Been actor and comedian Druski has signed a new deal with Netflix. Netflix announced a multiyear partnership with Druski, 32, who will star in the upcoming series Collect & Praise. Collect & Praise is a semi-scripted series following the flashy megachurch pastor character he first introduced in a viral skit in January. "I've built my platform by creating characters and comedy that resonate with people," Druski told Netflix's Tudum. "This partnership with Netflix will give me the resources to build on that comedy foundation and bring my work to a new global audience. |
| 'Buffalo Miracle' trailer: HBO doc revisits 2022 blizzard, Bills game | HBO is giving a glimpse of the new documentary The Buffalo Miracle. The network shared a trailer for the film Monday featuring real-life survivors of the deadly 2022 blizzard in the Buffalo, N.Y., region. The Buffalo Miracle is a new entry in HBO's NFL Shorts series that revisits the "once-in-a-generation blizzard," which "caused a complete shutdown of infrastructure and emergency services in the Buffalo region." "At the height of the storm on Christmas Eve, a longtime McDonald's manager made a heroic decision to defy corporate rules and keep her restaurant open as a refuge for people who had lost power and needed food and warmth," an official synopsis reads. |
| 'Housemaid' stage play to adapt novel, film starring Sydney Sweeney | The Housemaid, the bestselling Freida McFadden novel-turned-blockbuster film starring Sydney Sweeney, is being adapted as a stage play. Lionsgate and production company Melting Pot are collaborating on a stage adaptation of the psychological thriller for 2027, according to a press release. Bekah Brunstetter (The Notebook) will adapt the story, with Matthew Dunster (2:22 A Ghost Story) to direct the production, which opens Sept. 14, 2027, at Richmond Theatre in London. The Housemaid follows Millie, a young woman and prison parolee who is hired as a live-in maid for Nina and Andrew Winchester, a wealthy couple with secrets. |