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| Rod Stewart 'Grammy Salute' special to air May 19 on CBS, Paramount+ | CBS and the Recording Academy will honor Grammy-winning singer Rod Stewart with a TV special in May. Forever Young: A Grammy Salute to Rod Stewart Live will air May 19 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and also stream on Paramount+. The two-hour tribute will feature Stewart's music and an interview reflecting on his life, family, and lasting passion for performing. "Featuring rare archival footage and exclusive behind-the-scenes access, the broadcast captures the superstar still at full throttle as Stewart and his band launch the extended U.S. leg of his One Last Time tour," a press release reads. Stewart is a two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee who won a Grammy in 2011 for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Fly Me to the Moon... |
| Laura Dern to replace Helena Bonham Carter in 'White Lotus' Season 4 | Laura Dern is joining the cast of The White Lotus Season 4. Deadline reported Tuesday that Dern will replace Helena Bonham Carter in the new season following Carter's exit from the HBO series last week. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Dern's casting. Dern will play a new character rather than taking over Carter's role, according to Variety. News broke Friday that Carter was leaving White Lotus after it became apparent her character "did not align once on set." Season 4 recently began filming in France and is set against the backdrop of the annual Cannes Film Festival. |
| 'Ted Lasso' gets Season 4 teaser, August premiere date | Ted Lasso will return for a fourth season in August. Apple TV shared a teaser and premiere date, Aug. 5, for Season 4 of the hit comedy-drama series Tuesday. Jason Sudeikis will return to executive produce and star as Ted Lasso, an American college football coach who becomes the successful head of a British soccer team. Season 4 will see Ted return to Richmond and take on his biggest challenge yet -- coaching a second division women's soccer team. "Throughout the course of the season, Ted and the team learn to leap before they look, taking chances they never thought they would," an official synopsis reads. |
| Matthew Rhys: 'Widow's Bay' mayor touts tourism on offbeat island | The Americans and The Beast in Me actor Matthew Rhys plays a misguided, but well-intentioned politician in the new horror-comedy, Widow's Bay, premiering Wednesday on Apple TV. Created by Katie Dippold and directed by Hiro Murai, the series follows Mayor Tom Loftis (Rhys) as he attempts to transform his sleepy island town -- 40 miles off the coast of New England -- into the next Martha's Vineyard against the objections of its superstitious citizenry. |
| Anne Hathaway haunts Dakota Johnson in 'Verity' teaser | Fifty Shades of Grey alum Dakota Johnson can't seem to stop thinking about Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway in the teaser for their upcoming psychological thriller, Verity. Co-starring Josh Hartnett, Amazon MGM's film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel is set for theatrical release Oct. 2. The 2-minute preview has gotten nearly 3 million views since it was postponed on YouTube Monday. Johnson plays Lowen, the writer hired to complete a series of books for Hathaway's titular character, a popular novelist incapacitated in a car accident after the deaths of her twin daughters. Oh. What. Fun. and Happy Face filmmaker Michael Showalter directed the movie. |