| News Short | News Headline |
| Famous birthdays for June 18: Isabella Rossellini, Carol Kane | Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include: -- Publisher Edward W. |
| Universal Halloween updates 'Stranger Things' for final season | Universal Studios announced updates to its Stranger Things attraction at Halloween Horror Nights on Wednesday. Halloween Horror Nights runs from Aug. 28 - Nov. 1 in Orlando, Fla. and Sept. 3 - Nov 1 in Hollywood. Stranger Things has had several attractions in past Halloween Horror Nights. This fall's attraction will reflect the final season of the Netflix series. A teaser showed mirrors exploding to reveal the Upside Down behind them. The attraction will recreate the Wheeler house, Hawkins National Laboratory, MAC-Z military baze, Upside Down and The Abyss. Monsters from the series including the Demogorgon and Vecna will also be included. The show concluded on Dec. 31. |
| Ryan Gosling to be honored with American Cinematheque Award | Ryan Gosling will be honored with this year's American Cinematheque Award. The actor, 45, will receive the honor at a gala Nov. 2 at the Beverly Hilton hotel outside Los Angeles. The annual event raises funds for the American Cinematheque non-profit organization, which plans the programming for Santa Monica's Aero Theatre, Los Feliz's Los Feliz 3 Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The American Cinematheque Award celebrates Gosling's film career, with recent recipients including Michael B. Jordan, Jessica Chastain, Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. |
| Alan Cumming, David Morrissey U.K. drama 'Tip Toe' to air on Starz | Starz announced Wednesday it will air the series Tip Toe later this year. Queer as Folk creator and Doctor Who writer Russell T. Davies created the five-part series. Alan Cumming and David Morrissey star as warring Manchester neighbors in the LGBTQ+ community. Lee (Cumming) operates the Canal Street bar Spit & Polish. Clive (Morrissey) is the father to two teenage boys (Jackson Connor and Joseph Evans). After 15 years as neighbors, Tip Toe follows Lee and Clive becoming enemies in a tense world. The show, commissioned by Channel 4, has premiered in the U.K. Davies was pleased to return to Starz, which aired his Torchwood: Miracle Day. "Tip Toe's launch in the U.K. |
| 'The Westies' trailer: J.K. Simmons plays Irish gang member | MGM+ is gearing up for the release of the new series The Westies. The streaming service shared a trailer for the show Wednesday featuring J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man, The Closer) as Eamon Sweeney, a member of the Irish gang known as the Westies. The Westies explores the 1980s conflicts between New York's Irish and Italian gangs, which came to a head with the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center on the Westies' home turf of Hell's Kitchen. "Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one by the Five Families of the Italian Mafia, the Westies' legendary brutality and cunning have given them the leverage necessary to share the spoils through a dtente. |