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| Mandeep Dhillon: Harrigans won't listen to a perfect plan in 'MobLand' | Friday's episode of MobLand saw Mandeep Dhillon's character Seraphina Harrigan present her father Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and his criminal organization with a meticulous plan to make them all safe and successful. Unfortunately, Conrad rejects the strategy, seemingly determined to continue down his self-destructive path in Guy Ritchie's contemporary British drama, which is now in its second season on Paramount+ "It is so frustrating for her, the fact that she's got it all laid out, the perfect plan for them to just not only sit at the top, but sit at the top and chill and be on a yacht whilst everyone else is doing your dirty work for you," Dillon, 35, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. |
| Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' tops U.S. album chart | Pop music star Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Olivia Rodrigo's You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, followed by Morgan Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 3, Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 4 and Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Drake's Habibti at No. 6, Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving at No. 7, Kahan's Stick Season at No. 8, Greta Van Fleet's Palace for the People at No. 9 and Drake's Iceman at No. 10. |
| Famous birthdays for Oct. 24: Jaylen Brown, Liamani | Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. They include: -- Attorney Belva Lockwood, the first woman candidate for U.S. president, in 1830 -- Cartoonist Bob Kane in 1915 -- Football Hall of Fame member Y.A. Tittle in 1926 -- Musician The Big Bopper in 1930 -- Musician Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) in 1936 (age 90) -- Actor David Nelson in 1936 -- Actor F. Murray Abraham in 1939 (age 87) -- Actor Kevin Kline in 1947 (age 79) -- Actor B.D. |
| Japanese author Ryu Murakami dies at 74 | Japanese author Ryu Murakami, whose award-winning debut novel Almost Transparent Blue launched a decades-long literary career, died at his home on Oct. 17, his publisher announced Friday. He was 74. Murakami's death was announced in a joint statement by his literary office and Japanese publisher Gentosha. A cause of death was not disclosed. "We pray that he may rest in peace, having spent his life at the forefront of his era," the statement said. The publisher said a private funeral was held for family members and asked the public to respect their privacy. Born in Nagasaki prefecture in 1952, Murakami rose to prominence in 1976 with Almost Transparent Blue, written while he was a university student. |
| Ehrenreich: 'Murder' foe Mirren is disarming, down-to-earth in real life | Tony Award-winning actor Alden Ehrenreich says he wanted to star in the psychological thriller, A Talent for Murder, because it allowed him to work with Helen Mirren and play two completely different characters. The film adaptation of Joanna Murray-Smith's 2014 play, Switzerland, casts Ehrenreich as Edward Ridgeway, an editor for a New York publisher sent to persuade the renowned novelist Patricia Highsmith (Mirren) to write "one more masterpiece," a final installment in her Tom Ripley series. While Edward is an unwelcome guest at Highsmith's remote Swiss cabin, he and the cantankerous author craft a story together in which nice-guy Edward is imagined as a Ripley-type con artist and serial killer. |