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| Adam Scott encounters a witch in trailer for 'Hokum' horror film | Neon is gearing up for the release of Hokum. The studio shared a final trailer for the supernatural horror film Monday. Severance star Adam Scott plays Ohm Bauman, a novelist who lodges at a remote inn on a trip to scatter his late parents' ashes. During his stay, he becomes obsessed with stories of a witch that haunts the inn's honeymoon suite. "Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past," an official description reads. Hokum is directed by Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy (Caveat, Oddity). The movie opens in theaters May 1. Scott will also return to star as Mark Scout in Season 3 of the Apple TV series Severance. |
| Joey King joins Bullock, Kidman in 'Practical Magic 2' teaser trailer | Warner Bros. is giving a glimpse of Practical Magic 2. The studio shared a teaser trailer for the movie Monday featuring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Practical Magic 2 is a sequel to the 1998 film based on the Alice Hoffman novel. The original film follows Sally (Bullock) and Gilly Owens (Kidman), sisters and witches whose family is cursed. Bullock and Kidman reprise their roles in the sequel, along with Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest as Frances and Jet, Sally and Gilly's aunts. Joey King (Kissing Booth) joins the cast as Sally's daughter. Other new cast members include Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire). Practical Magic 2 opens in theaters Sept. 11. The movie wrapped production in September 2025. |
| 'Elden Ring' movie announces full cast, 2028 release date | Bandai Namco Entertainment and A24 have announced the full cast and a 2028 release date for the Elden Ring movie. Cailee Spaeny (Alien: Romulus), Jonathan Pryce (Game of Thrones), Nick Offerman (Parks & Recreation), Ben Whishaw (Fargo Season 4), Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms) will join previously announced star Kit Connor (Heartstopper) in the film. Other new cast members include Sonoya Mizuno, Ruby Cruz, John Hodgkinson, Jefferson Hall, Emma Laird and Peter Serafinowicz. Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War), who worked with several of the cast on prior films, was previously announced to write and direct the adaptation. Elden Ring is a 2022 dark fantasy action role-playing game from FromSoftware and Bandai Namco. |
| Eddie Murphy honored at star-studded AFI Life Achievement Award gala | Emmy- and Grammy-winning actor and comedian Eddie Murphy was honored at this year's AFI Life Achievement Award gala. Murphy, 65, and his wife Paige Butcher attended the event Saturday at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The AFI Life Achievement Award is presented by the American Film Institute to honor a person's lifetime contribution to film and television. Murphy came to fame on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live and is known for such films as Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, Dreamgirls and Dolemite is My Name. |
| Celebrity couples celebrate scientists at Breakthrough Prize ceremony | Celebrity couples stepped out to celebrate scientists at this year's Breakthrough Prize ceremony. Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine and model Behati Prinsloo, singer Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler, actress Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego, and socialite Paris Hilton and Carter Reum walked the red carpet Saturday in Santa Monica, Calif. Actor Robert Downey Jr. and producer Susan Downey, actress Salma Hayek and businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, model Miranda Kerr and Reddit co-founder Evan Spiegel, and actors Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup were also in attendance. Solo celebs included actors Ben Affleck, Orlando Bloom and Oscar Isaac, actresses Anne Hathaway, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Yeoh, Gal Gadot and Lily Collins, and model Gigi Hadid. |