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EXCLUSIVE: Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+ is adding Lily Taylor to its Season 2 cast in a recurring role, Deadline has learned.

Just a week after actor Hugh Jackman and producer Sonia Friedman announced their new theatrical partnership called Together, the venture has its first high profile project: In a collaboration with Audible, Together will stage two fully-produced plays – starring Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ella Beatty and others – in repertory at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre Off Broadway.

De La Soul have spoken to NME about the 20th anniversary of their classic ‘The Grind Date’, as well as an unreleased Mac Miller collab, mourning Trugoy the Dove, and what the future holds.From their classic debut album ‘3 Feet High and Rising,’ to their Grammy Award-winning Gorillaz collaboration ‘Feel Good Inc.’, the hip-hop legends have been earning the title of rap royalty for over 35 years – and are now celebrating two decades of their seventh album.In 2004, after their label Tommy Boy Records ended its joint venture with Warner Records, the New York trio (comprised of Posdnuos, Trugoy the Dove and DJ Maseo) released ‘The Grind Date’ – their first album on Sanctuary/BMG Records. Featuring the likes of Common, Ghostface Killah, MF DOOM and Sean Paul, as well as production from J Dilla, Madlib, 9th Wonder and Supa Dave West, the album kicked off a new era for De La Soul.Speaking to NME from New York, Posdnuos and Maseo shared their memories of making the classic album, while also opening up about the loss of Trugoy the Dove (aka Dave Jolicoeur), who passed away in February 2023, and whether they plan to release new music following his death.NME: Hello De La Soul. The story of ‘The Grind Date’ actually started when you found yourselves stuck in the Warner Records system. How did you get over to Sanctuary Records?Posdnuos: “Once the unfortunate thing happened when Tommy Boy [Records] and Tom [Silverman, founder] had owed Warner a ton of money and he didn’t meet whatever deadline he needed to meet, the parent company snatched the label away from him.

Updated, March 27, 2025: A new trailer, set to “Texas Sun” by Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, has arrived for Netflix’s latest Wester TV series Ransom Canyon, based on the book by Jodi Thomas.

The final season of You has a new trailer!

Mark Ronson has announced details of a new memoir called Night People, which is set to centre around New York City in the ‘90s. Find out more below.The new book is written by the multi-award-winning producer and set to be published on September 25 (pre-order it here).

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights on the restored films of French filmmaker Luc Moullet. 

Pedro Almodóvar, who has had a decades-long relationship with the New York Film Festival, will receive a lifetime honor from its presenting organization next month.

Emily Longeretta Hallmark Media, NFL and Skydance Sports are partnering up once again for another movie. “Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story” will be part of Hallmark Channel’s 16th annual Countdown to Christmas.

The White Lotus after one of the characters was shown to be wearing their merchandise during a shocking murder-suicide scene in Monday’s (March 24) episode.In episode six of season three, Jason Isaacs’ character Timothy Ratliff (having stolen a gun in a previous episode) is shown to be daydreaming about shooting himself and his wife Victoria (Parker Posey).The vision comes after days of rapidly increasing pressure for the character, as Timothy has learned that he could face jail time and lose everything due to some fraudulent business dealings back home in the US.In these scenes, Timothy is wearing a T-shirt from Duke University, his former college that has also been mentioned by several other characters in the show. It appears that the university is unhappy about being associated with The White Lotus and this storyline specifically, with its president for communications, marketing and public affairs, Frank Tramble, sharing a statement with The New York Times.He wrote: “Duke appreciates artistic expression and creative storytelling, but characters prominently wearing apparel bearing Duke’s federally registered trademarks creates confusion and mistakenly suggests an endorsement or affiliation where none exists.”He continued that the show “not only uses our brand without permission, but in our view uses it on imagery that is troubling, does not reflect our values or who we are, and simply goes too far.”The latest season of Mike White’s acclaimed HBO drama has really ramped up over the past couple of weeks, with an incest storyline between Ratliff brothers Saxon (Patrick Schwarzenegger) and Lochlan (Sam Nivola) sending the internet into meltdown.

Naman Ramachandran After back-to-back Edinburgh Fringe hits, Awkward Productions is returning with a new queer romantic comedy parody that aims to subvert the traditional holiday movie genre. “The Fit Prince (Who Gets Switched on the Square in the Frosty Castle the Night Before (Insert Public Holiday Here))” will premiere at Edinburgh Fringe, running July 30-Aug. 25, before transferring to London’s King’s Head Theatre for a Dec.

Bruce Springsteen, Flea, Karen O, Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp and more have led an all-star jam with Patti Smith at her tribute concert in New York – check out footage from the show below.Last night (March 26), New York’s famed Carnegie Hall hosted the People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith tribute concert, featuring a star-studded line-up of musicians paying homage to the legendary Patti Smith.People Have The Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith is a Music Of benefit concert that will donate 100 per cent of its net proceeds to music education for underserved youth.At the show, Bruce Springsteen and the night’s house band led by Tony Shanahan, a longtime member of Smith’s band, along with Flea and Rolling Stones tour drummer Steve Jordan, performed a rendition of ‘Because The Night’ – which you can watch footage of below.A star-studded line-up took to Carnegie Hall for a celebration of Patti Smith on Wednesday night – here’s Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) and @flea333 performing ‘Because The Night’ pic.twitter.com/7fBrVRHEc1— NME (@NME) March 27, 2025Elsewhere during the gig, the likes of Matt Berninger, Kim Gordon, Michael Stipe and more performed, while other A-listers such as Scarlett Johansson, Michael Shannon, Jim Jarmusch and Sean Penn made appearances to read Patti’s poetry. Karen O also performed a cover of Smith’s 1975 classic ‘Gloria’.Another huge name who performed but was not announced for the show was actor-musician Johnny Depp, who joined Flea and The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart for ‘Dancing Barefoot’.

KISS’ Gene Simmons has explained why he’s charging fans a hefty sum to be his “personal assistant and band roadie for a day” – see what he had to say below.Earlier this month, the bassist made headlines when he launched a handful of Experiences for fans to purchase ahead of his now-postponed North American tour, with one dubbed ‘The Ultimate Gene Simmons Experience’ – which gives a fan the opportunity to help with load-in at the venue, stage set-up, and the ability to sit in on the sound check and hang out backstage.For a steep $12,495 (£9,667) in addition to the original ticket price, Simmons would also join the fan turned-roadie for a meal and introduce them during the show. The fan – who is allowed to bring a friend along – will also receive an autographed bass guitar from Simmons himself.Last week, it was announced that his North American tour – set to kick off in April – was being postponed to “early 2026”.

Jack Dunn “The White Lotus” is currently airing its most risqué season to date, so it’s no surprise that a prestigious university like Duke wants no part of it. In episode six, Jason Isaacs‘ gun-stealing, lorazepam popping business mogul, Timothy Ratliff, contemplates killing his wife, played by Parkey Posey, and himself to avoid inevitable jail time for shady business dealings.

Joe Rogan loves to be known for straight talk, and the podcast kingpin certainly stripped down his take on Blake Lively‘s accusations of sexual harassment and an online smear campaign by Justin Baldoni to very simple three words this weekend.

A federal judge today denied OpenAI’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit by The New York Times, a major development in a closely watched case that will test the limits of what AI firms can use, and how, to train their large language models.

Murtada Elfadl “The Encampments” could hardly be opening on a more timely date. The documentary, which chronicles the encampments at Columbia from the students’ perspective, will hit New York theaters three days after its premiere at CPH:DOX, then expand to Los Angeles a week later. In the lead-up to the film’s international screening, two of its protagonists, both students at Columbia University, landed on the front pages of many newspapers: Mahmoud Khalil, arrested by ICE for protesting against the war in Gaza, and Grant Miner, who was expelled by Columbia for the same reason.

his father flew to New York to speak to the film’s lead actress when she went political on X.Jonah Platt, brother of actor Ben Platt, issued a scathing response to one negative commenter who wrote on his Instagram and tried to flip the script on his father. The comment read, “Your dad flew to NYC to reprimand a young actress?” in reference to Variety’s bombshell report this week of the behind-the-scenes drama involving Disney and Zegler, who continuously divided potential moviegoers with her pro-Palestine and anti-Trump comments.

Pamela Anderson, who was back on screen and all over the awards circuit with last year in Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl, said today that “vanity is a prison” as she accepted a Muse Award at New York Women in Film & Television’s 45th annual luncheon ceremony, in her now signature no-makeup look.

FKA Twigs has postponed three shows on her Eusexua tour after failing to secure a visa in time to perform. Four of the six affected shows — due to take place in Chicago, Toronto, and New York — have been rescheduled already.

Ciara and Russell Wilson are celebrating a big move!