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Joe Otterson TV Reporter Amber Midthunder has joined Season 2 of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” at Apple TV+ in a heavily recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively. The cast of Season 1 of the series included Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell as well as Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, John Goodman, Joe Tippett, and Elisa Lasowski.

Sam Heughan's alcoholic drinks range has been declared among the best in the world at a global spirits contest.

Outlander actor Sam Heughan set pulses racing as he donned an American football kit to greet fans across the pond.

Finneas has announced a run of North American tour dates, set to kick off in 2025. Find ticket details below.The new list of dates comes as the North American leg of Finneas’ upcoming ‘For Cryin’ Out Loud!’ tour – celebrating the release of his new sophomore album.Already, the singer, songwriter and producer has revealed a run of shows across the UK, Europe and Australia for 2025, and now he has confirmed the US leg too.The North American dates follow on from the Australia dates – which include four shows at the beginning of the new year – and commence with an opening night in Nashville on February 13.

Slayer’s Kerry King has announced his first ever solo headline tour of North America, to take place in January and February 2025.The guitarist has also shared a new video for ‘Where I Reign’, taken from his debut solo album ‘From Hell I Rise’, which was released in May. Check out the video below.The first ever tour will kick off in San Francisco’s The Regency Ballroom on January 15, and take in a total of 28 cities, culminating with Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on February 22.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Approximately 75 staffers in Disney‘s ABC News and local-station operations will be laid off, part of a series of moves across the large media conglomerate that aim to cut costs amid a difficult operating environment. Employees were notified Wednesday of the staff reductions, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the number of jobs affected is believed to be split evenly between the national newsgathering arm and the local-media business.

White Bird, the Marc Forster-directed film adaptation of author R. J. Palacio’s sequel/prequel to his worldwide hit book and 2017 movie Wonder, has taken a long and circuitous route to finally getting a North American release. Frustrating as it has been, this is a film that is well worth the wait and perhaps more timely now than ever.

relocating to Las Vegas while he was performing at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on Sept. 20.“We don’t take no s–t from people like John f–king Fisher who sold out the Oakland A’s to Las f–king Vegas,” he said onstage, according toa video from the concert.“I f–king hate Las Vegas.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today named four individuals and one writing team as recipients of the 2024 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.

Thania Garcia Billie Joe Armstrong sparked uproar during a Green Day concert in San Francisco when the frontman took aim at the MLB team Oakland A’s. An Oakland native himself, Armstrong criticized the team’s owner, John Fisher, and his decision to move the team to Las Vegas.

Green Day have been banned from two Las Vegas radio station’s playlists after Billie Joe Armstrong declared the city “a shithole”.The frontman was performing a show at San Francisco’s Oracle Park earlier in the month (September 20), when he expressed his disapproval that his hometown baseball team, the Oakland A’s, are moving to Las Vegas.Taking shots at the team’s owner, according to San Francisco Bay Area news station KRON4, the punk-rock singer said: “We don’t take shit from people like fucking John Fisher.” He added: “I hate Las Vegas. It’s the worst shithole in America.”The comments haven’t gone down too well with Las Vegas radio stations, with KOMP 92.3 writing on Instagram: “KOMP 92.3 has pulled any and all Green Day from our playlist.

Whoopi Goldberg is honoring her late “Sister Act” co-star Maggie Smith after her death Friday at the age of 89. “Maggie Smith was a great woman and a brilliant actress.

Naman Ramachandran Indie film distributor Gravitas Ventures has secured U.S. and Canadian rights to “Between The Beats,” a feature documentary chronicling San Francisco‘s early 1990s rave scene and its lasting impact on the Bay Area.

Janis Joplin biopic will detail the singer’s “last days” before her death from a heroin overdose aged 27.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Shailene Woodley’s documentary will be a “raw and honest” look at the singer’s last days, according to collaborator and songwriter Linda Perry.Speaking to the outlet via a representative, Perry said she’s excited to finally see Joplin’s story brought to the screen.“I’ve been waiting decades for this movie to be made,” she told the publication. “There are no words to convey how honoured I am to be included in what I believe to be a raw and honest look into Janis Joplin’s last days.”She continued: “Shailene Woodley’s emotional commitment and dedication to Janis is inspiring.

EXCLUSIVE: SFFILM’s prestigious Doc Stories is set to welcome a slew of Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmakers to its 10th anniversary event next month, along with industry heavyweights Keri Putnam, Laura Kim, Carrie Lozano, and Justine Nagan.

EXCLUSIVE: New developments in the Oscar controversy surrounding Kiss the Future, the Matt Damon–Ben Affleck documentary that the Motion Picture Academy ruled ineligible for awards consideration.

Tension between Janet Jackson and Kamala Harris may actually run WAY deeper than the 2024 presidential election.

Don Lemon’s lawsuit claiming they defrauded him by canceling a partnership on the social media platform following a contentious interview.In a Monday night filing in San Francisco federal court, Musk said he did nothing wrong by allegedly telling Lemon there was “no need” to sign a contract, and that he and X would give Lemon “full authority and control” over his work even if they did not like his views.Musk called it unreasonable for Lemon to rely on a vague statement that a written contract was unnecessary for a multimillion-dollar partnership.The billionaire also blamed the collapse of the partnership in March on Lemon, saying he genuinely believed it would work before Lemon “soured the relationship by conducting an invasive and inappropriate interview of him.”Lemon’s interview addressed content moderation, hate speech and Musk’s drug use, among other subjects.Lawyers for Lemon did not immediately respond on Tuesday to requests for comment.X also sought a dismissal of Lemon’s lawsuit, saying the breakdown of a high-profile business arrangement “may be grounds for upset feelings” but did not entitle him to prevail.Lemon sought a minimum $1.5 million plus a share of advertising revenue in the first year, and potentially millions of dollars more for drawing followers and advertisers to X.Many advertisers concerned about hate speech and misinformation on X fled the platform once known as Twitter following Musk’s $44 billion takeover in 2022.Musk’s other businesses include Tesla and SpaceX.In seeking a dismissal of Lemon’s lawsuit, Musk also said the case did not belong in California, originally in a state court, because he was a Texas resident while Lemon lived in New York.

When Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on July 21, it left PBS Frontline‘s The Choice with a big gaping hole.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story actor Cooper Koch is a relatively private person and doesn’t have a public Instagram account, so there isn’t much known about his personal life.

Kathryn Grant Crosby, the actress known for The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Anatomy of a Murder, has died. She was 90.