Cate Blanchett rocks blonde hair and heavy makeup as she heads to the Boston set of Don't Look Up

When it was announced that Amazon was developing a live-action TV series based on “The Lord of the Rings,” fans were elated. But there were a ton of questions.

The streaming wars have seen both ups and downs, with Disney+ and HBO Max making significant strides by adding subscribers in the shadow of Netflix that looms large. Peacock and other budding streaming services are still trying to grow their audience, and that means putting together more exclusive original content to get eyeballs with compelling television shows.

Taking action. The family of Halyna Hutchins, who died in the shooting on the set of Rust, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and other individuals involved in the movie’s production.

Helen Hunt was seen getting into character at a park in Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.The 58-year-old actress was in a bold outfit, as she paired a bright red tunic with blue snakeskin leggings. She was seen walking through the park with balloons in her hand.In between takes, Helen lounged around with her fellow crew members as she wore a protective face shield, following the local mandates.

An unexpected reunion. Lala Kent and Randall Emmett may have celebrated Super Bowl Sunday separately, but the exes ended up crossing paths for the first time publicly since their split.

Italian Studies actress Maya Hawke celebrated Valentine's Day by packing on the PDA with her new musician boyfriend Spencer Barnett in Manhattan on Monday.The 23-year-old native New Yorker passionately kissed the New York-born, San Francisco-raised 20-year-old, who was carrying a shopping bag from independent bookstore McNally Jackson.And while Maya is well known as the daughter of Oscar-nominated actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, Spencer is the son of Shaklee Corporation CEO Roger Barnett and former Manhattan district attorney Sloan Barnett. Valentines: Italian Studies actress Maya Hawke celebrated Valentine's Day by packing on the PDA with her new musician boyfriend Spencer Barnett in Manhattan on Monday Hawke - wearing an old-school camera around her neck - looked eccentric in a blue-and-gold brocade jacket with matching cape, black cargo pants, and patent leather boots.Barnett - who began playing music as a child - wore a blue jacket over a grey turtleneck, brown slacks, and darker brown boots.The Dancing singer also happens to be friends with the Blue Hippo songstress' 20-year-old brother Levon Hawke, so perhaps that's how the couple met.

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Partners in and out of the ring! Cody Rhodes and his wife, Brandi Rhodes, became wrestling royalty after tying the knot in 2013 — and they later teamed up as fighters.

Whitney Port revealed that she has started in vitro fertilization (IVF)after experiencing her third miscarriage in November of last year.On Tuesday, the 36-year-old reality star, who shares son Sonny, four, with her husband Tim Rosenman, updated her fans as she uploaded a black and white photo of herself taken during the couple's Valentine's Day dinner.'I was exhausted. Had been a long weekend mixed with day 5 of hormone therapy for [egg emoji] retrieval,' she wrote on the photo that she shared to her Instagram Story.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDisney CEO Bob Chapek installed veteran exec Mike White into a new role coordinating the Mouse House’s “metaverse” efforts going forward.White, who has worked at Disney for a decade, is assuming the new role of senior VP of next generation storytelling and consumer experiences at the Walt Disney Co., responsible for connecting the dots among the company’s initiatives that blend “physical and digital worlds,” Chapek wrote in a memo to staff, obtained by Variety. White adds the metaverse role that to his existing duties leading consumer experiences and platforms in the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) division, overseeing the technology strategy, engineering and product teams charged developing digital experiences across brands including ABC, ABC News, Disney, ESPN, FX, Marvel, National Geographic and Star Wars.

Kanye West is clearly having a hard time right now, but we can imagine how Kim Kardashian is probably having a harder time!

This morning Hutchins estate attorney Brian Panish put blame on Rust producers and Baldwin for their negligence with safety during production of the western that led to Hutchins being shot and killed by a prop gun discharged by the Oscar nominated actor, an incident that also saw the pic’s director Joel Souza injured. Using an animated video to reconstruct the alleged incidents that occurred, Panish showed Baldwin cross-drawing and firing the gun straight at crew during a “line-up”.

ViacomCBS badly missed Wall Street forecasts for earnings per share in the fourth quarter, but added a record 9.4 million streaming subscribers and smashes revenue projections.

Kevin Hart is taking on a new role!

If you haven’t seen or heard of the recent film “Apples,” you probably should seek it out. It’s the film by the first-time director, Christos Nikou, who is a sort of protege to Yorgos Lanthimos.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterKevin Hart is joining Cate Blanchett in the cast of “Borderlands,” a movie adaptation of the popular video game.Hart will play Roland, a skilled ex-soldier turned mercenary, in the film. Eli Roth is directing.“I’m thrilled to be working with Kevin,” said Roth.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan is set to star in Fingernails, the English-language feature film debut for Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou, whose current movie Apples premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and is Greece’s submission in the International Feature Oscar race. The new pic reteams Nikou and Dirty Films and partners Cate Blanchett, Coco Francini and Andrew Upton, all executive producers on Apples.

Manori Ravindran International EditorGreek filmmaker Christos Nikou marks his directorial debut with “Apples,” an accidentally timely pandemic movie that captured imaginations at the Venice Film Festival, where it opened the respected Orrizonti section, and has since gone on to represent Greece in the international feature film Oscar race.The film wasn’t actually shot during the COVID-19 crisis, but follows a man (Aris Servetalis) struggling to recover his memory amid a pandemic that causes widespread amnesia. Doctors at a special rehabilitation clinic present a list of tasks ranging from the mundane to the downright bizarre that may trigger his memory — all of which must be carefully documented with a Polaroid camera.

Leonardo DiCaprio is keeping it cozy on the set of his new movie Don’t Look Up!

Production continues on the highly-anticipated Netflix film Don't Look Up, with stars Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett spotted on set.Netflix released the first snippet of footage from writer-director Adam McKay's upcoming satire last week, though filming is still under way in Boston.While the streaming service hasn't issued a release date, filming is expected to continue until at least mid-February, according to Boston.com.

Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett are hard at work!