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| 'Sweetpea': Ella Purnell deals with copycat killer in Season 2 trailer | Sky is giving a glimpse of Sweetpea Season 2. The British network shared a trailer for the season Thursday featuring Yellowjackets and Fallout actress Ella Purnell. Sweetpea is a dark-comedy drama series based on the CJ Skuse novel of the same name. Purnell stars as the title character, Rhiannon Lewis, aka Sweetpea, an unassuming newspaper receptionist-turned-vigilante serial killer. Season 2 finds Rhiannon navigating "a new promotion, an irresistible rebound, and a copycat killer threatening to expose her." "The kill list is mounting, and she is forced to question whether her perfect ex, AJ, was right: is she a monster?" an official synopsis reads. |
| Michael C. Hall: Gen X midlife crisis is dicey for 'Dexter' | Michael C. Hall says the Gen X midlife crisis his titular vigilante serial killer goes through in Dexter: Resurrection Season 2 puts him at a tremendous risk of discovery. "He's not buying a fancy car and I think he's forsaken the idea that he has any business having a girlfriend," Hall, 55, told UPI at a recent round-table interview with reporters at New York Comic Con. "But he is experiencing a desire to be acknowledged, to be recognized, to be appreciated," the actor explained. "He's arguably the most prolific of his kind and, also, has targeted a unique kind of victim and, as far as the world knows, he's just another ride-share driver living in a basement apartment," he added. |
| 'The Diplomat': Netflix renews Keri Russell series for Season 5 | Keri Russell's series The Diplomat will return for a fifth season. Netflix announced the show's Season 5 renewal Thursday following the release of Season 4 earlier this month. The Diplomat is a political thriller series created by former West Wing, Grey's Anatomy and Homeland writer and producer Debora Cahn. Russell stars as Kate Wyler, a U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom who must navigate political intrigue while also dealing with her struggling marriage to her husband, fellow diplomat-turned-U.S. Vice President Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell). Other cast members include former West Wing co-stars Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford as U.S. President Grace Penn and first gentleman Todd Penn, respectively. Season 4, released Oct. |
| Demi Lovato, Matthew McConaughey attend star-studded Airbnb.org gala | Singer and actress Demi Lovato and actor Matthew McConaughey were among the stars Wednesday at the first-ever Airbnb.org charity gala. Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel hosted the inaugural event at Milk Studios in Los Angeles, which supported the nonprofit organization's mission of providing free, short-term stays to people experiencing emergencies including natural disasters. Airbnb.org hopes to offer 1 million nights of emergency housing each year, according to a Fast Company interview with Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky. |
| 'Godzilla Minus Zero' stars step out at Los Angeles premiere | Godzilla Minus Zero director Takashi Yamazaki and cast members Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe stepped out on the red carpet Wednesday. The trio attended the film's Los Angeles premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Other guests included Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA and actors Terry Crews and O'Shea Jackson Jr. Godzilla Minus Zero is a sequel to the hit Japanese film Godzilla Minus One, released in 2023. Based on the Toho franchise, the movies imagine the iconic monster Godzilla in post-World War II Japan. In Godzilla Minus Zero, former kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima (Kamiki) and his now-wife Noriko (Hamabe) face "an all-new calamity" in the form of a new kaiju, or monster. |