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| TV review: 'Ted Lasso' returns with kindness, growth | Ted Lasso told the story its creators intended in three seasons. Season 4, on Apple TV+ Wednesday, begins a new one while honoring the story they completed. Ted (Jason Sudeikis) is no longer working in sports, but he is still personable with customers. He even teaches his colleagues valuable lessons and covers for them with the manager. Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham), Keeley (Juno Temple) and Higgins (Jeremy Swift) visit Ted in Kansas and they catch up. There is an amusing culture clash of the Brits in Kansas, but that only lasts the first episode. The trailers confirm Ted returns to England to coach AFC Richmond's women's team, but the series was about Ted getting back home. |
| Famous birthdays for Aug. 5: Anthony Edwards, Jesse Williams | Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. They include: -- Writer Guy de Maupassant in 1850 -- Filmmaker John Huston in 1906 -- U.S. Gen. |
| Movie review: 'Ice Cream Man' delights with gory killing spree | Ice Cream Man, in theaters Friday, is a playfully gory horror movie. It is as graphic and intense as writer/director Eli Roth's Hostel movies but applied to a good-naturedly macabre romp. An ice cream man (Ari Millen) arrives in Bayleen Bay. After he serves the town children, the kids start murdering the adults. Lactose-intolerant, bullied 12-year-old Jared Mayfair (Charlie Zeltzer) is one of the only unaffected kids, along with Mia (Kiori Mirza Waldman) and Tommy (Shiloh O'Reilly). The trio attempts to connect with Jared's sister Lizzie (Sarah Abbott) and her ex, Chris (Dylan Hawco) and escape town. When the kids start killing, their murders are comically violent. |
| 'Artful Dodger' renewed for third and final season | Disney+ and Hulu have renewed The Artful Dodger for a third and final season. Set in 19th century Australia and based on the characters from Charles Dickens' classic novel, Oliver Twist, the adventure dramedy stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster as the titular con man-turned-surgeon Jack "Artful Dodger" Dawkins and David Thewlis as his mentor in grifting Fagin. Maia Mitchell plays Jack's love interest, Belle. Both leads are returning for Season 3, although it is unclear when the fresh episodes will premiere. "Dodger is constantly struggling with his relationship with Fagin. He's the closest thing that he has to a father and, yet, he is the most untrustworthy individual he knows," Brodie-Sangster, 36, told UPI earlier this year. |
| Jack Gleeson, James Nesbitt to co-star in 'Hercule' | Game of Thrones alum Jack Gleeson and The Hobbit actor James Nesbitt have signed on to co-star in BritBox's new mystery drama, Hercule. Edward Bluemel was previously announced to play author Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. The cast will also include Henry Ashton, James D'Arcy, Calvin Demba, Phil Dunning, Tamsin Greig, Guy Remmers, Rebecca Rittenhouse and Mawaan Rizwan. "Hercule will chronicle the story of the world's greatest detective -- and how he became it. The series, due to commence filming soon, primarily in Liverpool, is an intimate study of Hercule Poirot, the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars," a press release from the streaming service said Tuesday. |