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| 'Project Hail Mary' to start streaming Friday on Prime Video | Project Hail Mary is coming to Prime Video this week. The hit sci-fi film will start streaming on the service Friday, more than three months after its release in theaters March 20. Project Hail Mary is based on the Andy Weir novel, which follows Ryland Grace, a science teacher and former biologist who wakes up to find himself the sole survivor on a spaceship. Ryan Gosling plays Ryland in the film adaptation, which sees the character battle amnesia and find an unexpected friend as he adjusts to his new normal. "As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. |
| Danny Glover goes public with Alzheimer's disease diagnosis | Beloved actor Danny Glover is going public with his Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Glover, known for his film and TV roles in Lethal Weapon, Fallen Angels, Mandela and more, shared Wednesday that he was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative condition in 2023. In an interview with Lester Holt on Today, Glover said of his diagnosis that he can "live with it, in a sense" but is aware his symptoms will progress. "I'm sure as it advances, things are going to be different and changing," he added. The news comes ahead of Glover's 80th birthday on July 22. Glover, his daughter Mandisa and his brother Marty also spoke with People, saying their family has come to terms with the actor's diagnosis together. |
| Victor Willis, singer and co-founder of Village People, dies at 74 | Victor Willis, a singer and the co-founder of the popular disco group Village People, has died. The singer-songwriter died Tuesday as "a result of a short, but aggressive illness," his wife, Karen Willis, said on Facebook. He was 74. The Village People official Facebook page also shared the news. Willis performed as the frontman of the Village People, who released such hits as "Macho Man," "In the Navy" and "Y.M.C.A." during the height of their popularity in the late 1970s. The group embraced archetypes of masculinity, with Willis and his bandmates often dressing up on stage as police officers, cowboys, construction workers and more. After "Y.M.C.A. |
| Mark Harmon to return to 'NCIS' in 'Origins' Season 3 | Mark Harmon will return to the world of NCIS in NCIS: Origins Season 3. Harmon, who starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 18 seasons of NCIS, will reprise the character in the upcoming season of Origins. Origins is a prequel series following a younger Gibbs (Austin Stowell) as he begins his career at the Naval Investigative Service in the 1990s. Harmon narrates each episode and serves as an executive producer on the show. In Season 3, Harmon will appear as Gibbs in each episode "as part of a present-day mystery tied to his '90s Camp Pendleton days in an action-packed story that unfolds all season long," an official synopsis reads. CBS confirmed the news on Instagram. |
| Famous birthdays for July 1: Alan Ruck, Fred Schneider | Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. |