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| Neal McDonough discusses shocking 'Tulsa King' S4 premiere | Sylvester Stallone's mob western, Tulsa King, kicked off Season 4 on Paramount+ Friday night with the shocking deaths of two long-time characters. Spoilers ahead. The first episode ends with Neal McDonough's character Cal Thresher, the governor of Oklahoma, and his adviser Margaret Devereaux (Dana Delany), unconscious, along with the pilot and co-pilot on a private plane. Elsewhere, Joanne Manfredi (Annabella Sciorra) is waking up her crime boss brother Dwight (Stallone) to tearfully tell him the plane carrying his girlfriend Margaret has gone down over the Pacific Ocean. "If they want to bring me back, I would love it. If they don't want to bring me back, that's fine. |
| Antonio Banderas to co-star with Nicolas Cage in next 'True Detective' | HBO has announced Antonio Banderas will co-star with Nicolas Cage in the next installment of the anthology series, True Detective. "Season 5 of #TrueDetective starts production in 2027," the network posted on social media Friday. Each season of the show has a different cast and setting. No other details have been announced yet for Season 5. Previous Detective pairings have included Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn, Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff, and Jodie Foster and Kali Reis. Season 4 aired in 2024. |
| Taylor Swift's 'Life of a Showgirl' tops U.S. album chart | Taylor Swift's Life of a Showgirl is the No. 1 album in the United States this week. Coming in at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart dated Saturday is Drake's Habibti, followed by Olivia Rodrigo's You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love at No. 3, The Beatles' Rubber Soul at No. 4 and Morga Wallen's I'm the Problem at No. 5. Rounding out the top tier are Ella Langley's Dandelion at No. 6, Noah Kahan's The Great Divide at No. 7, Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving at No. 8, Kahan's Stick Season at No. 9 and Mac Miller's The Divine Feminine at No. 10. |
| Zach Braff: 'Clean Hands' was the opportunity of a lifetime to tell a relevant story | Scrubs icon Zach Braff says he wanted to star in Clean Hands because the film explores important, hard to talk about issues with which many families are really struggling. Released in theaters and on-demand platforms Friday, the fact-based drama was written-directed by Jake Allyn and co-stars Esther McGregor, Abigail Spencer, Holt McCallany and Lucas Till. Braff plays Police Sergeant Kevin Simmers (Braff), leader of a narcotics task force in Hagerstown, Md., while his 19-year-old daughter Brooke (McGregor) battles an addiction to opioids and navigates the rehab-recovery system. Kevin would ultimately leave law-enforcement to establish a non-profit, all-women recovery home called Brooke's House. |
| Famous birthdays for Oct. 17: Felicity Jones, Alan Jackson | Those born on this day are under the sign of Libra. |