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| Ozzy Osbourne haunted house coming to Universal Halloween | Universal Studios announced an Ozzy Osbourne haunted house for Halloween Horror Nights on Wednesday. Halloween Horror Nights begins Aug. 28 in Orlando, Fla. and Sept. 1 in Hollywood and runs through Nov. 1 in both parks. Ozzy Osbourne: Prince of Darkness is based on Osbourne's solo career. The announcement mentions the "Crazy Train" and promises music from albums from Blizzard of Ozz through Ordinary Man and recreations of their album covers. Further details say the haunted house recreates Osbourne's Birmingham, England childhood and travel through the Osbourne Asylum. The haunted house will capture Osbourne's personas Madman Ozzy, Werewolf Ozzy and Prince of Darkness. Osbourne died in 2025 of Parkinson's disease. |
| 'Bridgerton' alum is assassin's handler in 'Ride or Die' comedy | Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Bridgerton and Sweetpea alum Calam Lynch plays a rogue assassin's handler in Prime Video's new action-comedy, "Ride or Die." The show follows Judith (Hannah Waddingham) as her cover is blown trying to help her unsuspecting best friend Debbie (Octavia Spencer) whose politician husband David (Jamie Parker) is murdered -- not by Judith! -- because he stole millions of dollars from a crime syndicate. "Sam works at the Assassination Agency where Judith is employed as an assassin and he's kind of a handler," Lynch, 31, told UPI in a Zoom interview Tuesday. "So, technically, he's her boss, though I'm sure Hannah wouldn't love me saying that. |
| Sundance Film Festival builds largest festival venue in Boulder, Colo. | The Sundance Film Festival released a video of its Boulder, Colo., venues on Wednesday. The Sundance Film Festival takes place Jan. 21 - 31. In the video, filmmaker Carlos Lpez Estrada takes festival director Eugene Hernandez on a tour of Boulder. The Mackey Theater is still under construction to become the festival's largest ever venue. Technical Director Holden Payne explains the screen will be the largest in Sundance history, and they will install 240 speakers. In Park City, Utah, the Eccles Theater was the largest house with approximately 1200 seats. Roe Green Theater and Old Main are near the Mackey on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. |
| 'Young Sherlock' resumes production, adds 4 to Season 2 cast | The cast and crew of Young Sherlock have started work on Season 2. Prime Video announced in a press release Wednesday that is has resumed production on the action-mystery series that imagines the origin story of detective Sherlock Holmes. Young Sherlock is based on the Andrew Lane book series, which is in turn inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle novels. Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars as a teenage Holmes attending college at Oxford University. Created by Matthew Parkhill and developed by Guy Ritchie and Peter Harness, the show also stars Dnal Finn as James Moriarty, Max Irons as Mycroft Holmes, Natascha McElhone as Cordelia Holmes and Holly Cattle as Beatrice Holmes. |
| 'Outer Banks' stars embark on final treasure hunt in Season 5 trailer | Netflix is gearing up for the release of Outer Banks Season 5. The streaming service shared a trailer for the season Wednesday featuring Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline. Outer Banks is a teen drama series following the Pogues, a group of friends living in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The show's fifth and final season begins with the Pogues at "rock bottom" following JJ's (Rudy Pankow) death at the hands of his father, Chandler Groff (J. Anthony Crane), in the Season 4 finale. Though still mourning, the Pogues reunite to seek revenge on Chandler and embark on one last treasure hunt for a legendary crown that can reportedly bring back the dead. |