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| Walter Koenig, 'Ensign Chekov' on original 'Star Trek,' dies at 90 | Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Chekov on the original Star Trek television series in the late 1960s, has died, his representatives announced Monday. He was 90. Koenig, who was also known for playing the villain Alfred Bester on another science fiction show, Babylon 5, died at his home in Los Angeles, his spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter and The New York Times. Born in Chicago on Sept. 14, 1936, to Russian Jewish immigrants from Lithuania, Koenig started his career with a few bit TV roles in the early 1960s before he landed the job as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek's original series, beginning with its second season in 1967. |
| Walton Goggins, Pepe the Prawn join 'Muppet Christmas Carol' ad | Justified and The White Lotus icon Walton Goggins filled in for Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scrooge in a new holiday commercial released by Walmart Monday. The 2 1/2-minute ad recreates the opening musical number "Scrooge" from the 1992 movie, The Muppet Christmas Carol, starring Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Scooter and Rizzo the Rat. Notable additions to the commercial include the beloved Muppet Pepe the Prawn and various characters carrying blue Walmart shopping bags. The festive commerical ends with Goggins yelling Scrooge's signature line, "Humbug!" Caine, who is 93, retired from acting several years ago. |
| Huntr/x of 'KPop Demon Hunters' shares 'How It's Done' dance video | Virtual KPop Demon Hunters girl group Huntr/x has released a dance rehearsal video. The animated K-pop stars Rumi, Mira and Zoey, whose singing voices are provided by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, appeared in a dance practice-style video for the song "How It's Done" on Monday. In the video, Rumi, Mira and Zoey showcase the "How It's Done" choreography while depicted wearing athleisure outfits in a dance studio. Dance practice videos are often released by real-life K-pop groups including Blackpink. Netflix plans to release choreography videos for other KPop Demon Hunters songs, including "Golden," "Takedown," "Soda Pop" and "Your Idol. |
| Harry Styles steps onto the dance floor in 'Coming Up Roses' video | Harry Styles steps onto the dance floor in a new music video. The British singer and actor, 32, released a video for his song "Coming Up Roses" on Monday. The "Coming Up Roses" video shows Styles and a group of people practice dance steps at a small theater. The group eventually puts on a performance for an audience. "Coming Up Roses" is the latest single from Styles' fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, released in March. The album features 11 other tracks, including the singles "Aperture," "American Girls" and "Dance No More." Styles is promoting his new music on his Together, Together tour, which concludes in 2027. The singer-songwriter came to fame with the boy band One Direction. |
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to star in horror series 'The Black Tapes' | MGM+ has a new horror series in the works. The streaming service has ordered The Black Tapes, a supernatural horror series based on the 2015 podcast created by Terry Miles and Paul Bae. Miles and Bae serve as creators and writers and executive producers on the adaptation starring Coster-Waldau as Dr. Richard Strand, "a brilliant psychiatrist with a mysterious past," according to a press release. Strand teams up with Alex Regan, an "obsessed, relentless scientist," to investigate "The Black Tapes," a "chilling world of unsolved cases ... that may not be hoaxes after all." "Each case brings them closer to uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy that could destroy everything," an official synopsis reads. |