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| The Game Awards to stream on Disney+ Dec. 10 | Video game award show The Game Awards will be available to stream for the first time on Disney+. The annual event, which recognizes excellence in video games, will be available to stream on Disney+ as it airs on Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. EST from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The Game Awards are also notable for the announcement of new video games. The show additionally includes musical performances and celebrity guests. Nominees have yet to be announced. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year in 2025. The Game Awards will still be available to stream through the show's official YouTube and Twitch channels. The ceremony's creator Geoff Keighley will once again serve as host. |
| 'She's Fine': Apple TV introduces Elizabeth Banks comedy series | Apple TV is giving a glimpse of the new series She's Fine. The streaming service shared first-look photos for the show Thursday featuring Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, Pitch Perfect). She's Fine is created, showrun and executive produced by Liza Heldens and Matt Ward. Banks also executive produces and stars as Heidi, a recent divorcee who "sets out to secure a lively second act for herself and her kids." "But when she stumbles into coordinating her father's retirement community sexcapades, Heidi is forced into an unlikely alliance with his girlfriend's perpetually single son," an official synopsis reads. Rob Delaney, Ted Danson and Katey Sagal also star. |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary trailer 'demystifies' artist's story | Netflix is introducing the new documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat. The streaming service shared a trailer for the film Thursday ahead of its Dec. 11 release. Jean-Michel Basquiat is the first authorized documentary about the late Neo-expressionist artist, who was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and died at age 27 in 1988. Featuring interviews with Basquiat's family, previously unseen works and rare archival imagery, the film "demystifies the story of Basquiat and discovers the man behind it all, Jean-Michel," an official synopsis reads. Basquiat, whose paintings include Irony of Negro Policeman (1981), Untitled (1981), Untitled (1982), Defacement (1983) and Hollywood Africans (1983), explored Black identity and experiences through his art. |
| 'Icebreaker' casts 'Vampire Diaries' alums Paul Wesley, Sara Canning | Former Vampire Diaries co-stars Paul Wesley and Sara Canning will reunite in the new show Icebreaker. Netflix announced Thursday that Wesley and Canning will play Coach Faulkner and Coach Brady, respectively, in the upcoming YA sports romance series based on the Hannah Grace novel. Wesley and Canning, who portrayed Stefan Salvatore and Jenna Sommers on The Vampire Diaries, join previously announced stars Daisy Jelley, Connor Simos, Gabriel Tierney, Auli'i Cravalho, Peter Berry, Chaneil Kular, Devin Craig and Aidan Shaw. Icebreaker follows the enemies-to-lovers romance between Stassie (Jelley), an aspiring Olympic figure skater, and Nate (Simos), a hockey player determined to go pro. |
| 'Ray Gunn' trailer: Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson voice animated noir | Netflix is giving a glimpse of the new film Ray Gunn. The streaming service shared a trailer for the movie Thursday featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus) and Scarlett Johansson (Avengers). Ray Gunn is an animated noir-inspired sci-fi mystery from The Incredibles and Ratatouille director Brad Bird. Rockwell voices the title character, Ray Gunn, a private detective living in a retro-futuristic world where humans and aliens exist side-by-side. Set in an alternate 1939, the film sees Ray and his alien partner Eye-Ra (Tom Waits) take on a case involving an icy blonde femme fatale, the multimedia star Venus Nova (Johansson). |