| News Short | News Headline |
| Michael C. Hall's seminal serial-killer drama 'Dexter' turns 20 | Dexter debuted on Showtime Oct. 1, 2006. The TV franchise was based on Jeff Lindsay's best-selling novels and follows Dexter Morgan (Six Feet Under alum Michael C. Hall), a Miami Police Department blood-splatter expert who is also secretly the prolific serial killer known as the Bay Harbor Butcher. James Remar plays Harry, Dexter's late police-detective father, who serves as his conscience, and Jennifer Carpenter plays his cop sister Deb. Created by Clyde Phillips, the show that started it all ran for eight seasons through 2013. Notable guest stars included John Lithgow, Julie Benz, Christian Camargo, Mark Pellegrino, Keith Carradine, Jimmy Smits, Jonny Lee Miller, Margo Martindale and Colin Hanks. |
| 'Dexter' has a mid-life crisis in new 'Resurrection' Season 2 trailer | Dexter Morgan is going through a mid-life crisis in the latest trailer for Paramount's Dexter: Resurrection Season 2. Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is back to his serial killer ways but starts to reminisce on what his life has become now that he is in his 50s in the clip released on Thursday. Charley (Uma Thurman) reunites with Dexter after the bloody events of last season and The New York Ripper is finally arrested and revealed to be an older man who looks back fondly on his crimes. The New York Ripper is portrayed by series newcomer Brian Cox. The second season will also feature Dan Stevens as The Five Borough Killer. "I'm older. I'm wiser. |
| 'Bloodaxe': Prime Video adds 3 to Season 2 cast of Norse drama | Prime Video has announced three new cast members for the upcoming series Bloodaxe. Maddy Ambus, Steven Brand (Vikings Valhalla, The Sandman) and Lasse Steen have joined Season 2 of the historical drama about real-life Viking raider and Norwegian king Erik Bloodaxe. Steen's character will be first introduced in Season 1. Bloodaxe is created, written and executive produced by Michael and Horatio Hirst. Xavier Molyneux stars as Erik Bloodaxe, with Jessica Madsen as his wife, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings. The show "will tell the story of their fight for the throne of Norway, as the land is torn apart by fierce rivals, shifting loyalties, and bloody betrayals. |
| Grammy-nominated rapper Rick Ross arrested on domestic violence charges | Nine-time Grammy nominee Rick Ross was arrested Thursday on domestic violence charges. The rapper, born William Leonard Roberts, was booked in Miami-Dade, Fla., on charges of battery and battery by strangulation related to domestic violence, public records show. The news comes days after Ross' ex-girlfriend Jazzma Kendrick alleged he was physically abusive. Kendrick, 39, said in a series of Instagram Stories posts Saturday that she left Ross after he hit her and "busted" her lip. "I don't know a lot of things, but I do know that a man that puts his hands on me, is a man that never loved me and never will," the model and influencer wrote. "It's always good until it isn't. If a man hits you one time, he will do it again. |
| 'Ebenezer' trailer: Johnny Depp meets three spirits as Scrooge | Paramount Pictures is teasing the new film Ebenezer. The studio shared a trailer for the movie Thursday featuring Johnny Depp as Ebenezer Scrooge, the cantankerous miser from the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer reimagines A Christmas Carol to provide an origin story for Scrooge, who eventually finds redemption in Dickens' story. In the trailer, Scrooge (Depp) is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley (Ian McKellen), who informs Scrooge he will meet three spirits that night on Christmas Eve. Other cast members include Rupert Grint, Andrea Riseborough, Sam Claflin, Daisy Ridley, Arthur Conti, Ellie Bamber, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Charlie Murphy and Tramell Tillman. |