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| '90 Day Fiance: The Other Way' Season 8 to premiere in October | 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way will return for an eighth season in October. TLC announced in a press release Wednesday that Season 8 will premiere Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. ET. 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way is a spinoff of the reality series 90 Day Fiance, which features couples where one partner is seeking or has a K-1 visa. The Other Way follows Americans who move abroad to be with their partners. Season 8 will feature returning couple Kenny and Armando, from St. Petersburg, Fla., and San Felipe, Mexico, who face some of their "biggest challenges yet." "A terrifying health scare for Hannah shakes the family, while delays with Armando's visa threaten their plans. |
| 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 35 cast: Jenna Dewan, Julia Stiles, more | Dancing with the Stars has announced the celebrity cast and professional pairings for Season 35. The ABC competition series returns with a two-night premiere Sept. 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC and Disney+. New episodes will then air Tuesdays, with episodes available the following day on Hulu. Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough will return as co-hosts, while Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli will once again serve as judges. Adele Zaikman, who won the inaugural season of Dancing with the Stars: The Next Pro, joins the professional lineup this season, while Sharna Burgess returns as a pro for the first time since 2021. |
| Gal Gadot plays a mom with an impossible dilemma in 'The Runner' | Wonder Woman and Justice League star Gal Gadot plays a different kind of heroine in the new thriller, The Runner, streaming on Prime Video Tuesday. Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the film is essentially a one-woman show. It follows Gadot's attorney/single mom Maia as her morning jog through London turns into a dangerous cell-phone game of cat mouse with a man (voiced by Damian Lewis) who kidnaps her young, diabetic son and demands she follows his instructions, which end with him demanding she kill her own client. "It was extremely intense," Gadot, 41, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. "The running part of it all was just a challenge I had to conquer every day, because it was really running day to night," she said. |
| 'Harry Potter' teaser introduces Hogwarts, main trio of HBO series | HBO is gearing up for the release of the new series Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The network shared a teaser trailer for the show Wednesday featuring Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a TV adaptation of the J.K. Rowling fantasy book series, which was previously brought to life in eight films starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. The teaser introduces viewers to the main trio of Harry (McLaughlin), Hermione (Stanton) and Ron (Stout), along with the new interpretation of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Fans of the franchise will recognize scenes such as the sorting hat ceremony and an encounter with a troll. |
| 'Ink' teaser: Danny Boyle explores rise of British tabloid The Sun | Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new film Ink. The streaming service shared a teaser trailer for the movie Wednesday featuring Jack O'Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy. Ink is a drama based on the James Graham play of the same name. The adaptation is written by Graham and directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 28 Days Later). The new film explores the rise of the real-life British tabloid The Sun, which was purchased by Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1969. Pearce plays Murdoch, with O'Connell as real-life former Sun editor Larry Lamb and Foy as the fictional Sun reporter Jules Davies. Ink will have its world premiere Wednesday as the opening film of the Venice International Film Festival. |