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Nathan Fillion has joined the cast of DC’s new HBO series!

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic He makes art critics cringe, but Thomas Kinkade — whose idyllic paintings of storybook cottages and pastoral landscapes glow as if lit from within (some of them literally are, with tiny LEDs embedded in the canvas) — has arguably given more pleasure to the masses than any artist since Norman Rockwell. In theory, one could argue that Walt Disney, Charles Schulz or Margaret “Big Eyes” Keane is more deserving of such an extravagant claim, and yet, of those iconic individuals, only Kinkade’s work was recently estimated to be hanging in as many as one in 20 American homes.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Sian Barbara Allen, the actor known for numerous television roles and her lead role in “Scream, Pretty Peggy” alongside Bette Davis, died Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C. Allen’s death was confirmed to Variety with the cause of death being Alzheimer’s disease. In the ’70s and ’80s, Allen had numerous roles in popular TV shows, including “The Waltons,” “Columbo,” “The Rockford Files,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Gunsmoke,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.” and “The Incredible Hulk.” Allen also wrote the “Just for Laughs” episode of “Baretta” in Season 4.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the Gilgo Beach murders case and details about “Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer” docuseries, now streaming on Netflix. Liz Garbus remembers exactly where she was the day she learned Mari Gilbert had been killed. In 2016, the Oscar-nominated documentarian was at a dinner with a few journalist friends when she got the text from author Robert Kolker that Gilbert had been killed by her daughter Sarra during the chaos of Sarra’s psychotic break.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Hardy appeared on “The Discourse Podcast” from The Playlist and confirmed that a crossover between Venom and Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man “got as close as I could possibly imagine getting” before falling apart. The Oscar nominee would not give a specific reason for why the project never got off the ground, although he did allude that it had to do with studio politics.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Industry” Season 4 is continuing to build out its cast with the addition of Kal Penn, Charlie Heaton, and Claire Forlani. The trio join returning cast members like Myha’la, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung, Sagar Radia, Kit Harington, and Miriam Petche in the HBO/BBC series, as well as new cast members Max Minghella, Kiernan Shipka, Jack Farthing, Toheeb Jimoh, and Amy James-Kelly.

Katcy Stephan Duncan Idaho is back. During an appearance on “TODAY,” Jason Momoa confirmed that his “Dune” character will return for the forthcoming third installment of Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi franchise starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya. “I’m making a comeback,” he told Craig Melvin on the broadcast Monday morning.

The numbers are in regarding Snow White‘s performance at the box office.

Randy Fenoli of Say Yes to the Dress says Martha Stewart once slapped him on the show.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Anonymous Content has signed Tony Benna, director of the A24 documentary André Is an Idiot, which won multiple awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Viola Davis has responded to the “beautiful” Timothée Chalamet acceptance speech shout-out that he gave her recently.Last week (March 27), Davis attended the premiere of her new action drama G20 and spoke about Chalamet’s comments during his acceptance speech when winning Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year.Chalamet won for his performance in Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown and during his speech, shouted out actors whose work he admired and hoped to replicate in his own career.He said: “I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps. I wanna be up there so I’m deeply grateful to that.

Miley Cyrus has shared her explosive new single ‘Something Beautiful’ from her forthcoming album of the same name.The song opens with a slow R&B sound and Cyrus singing: “Tell me somethin’ beautiful, yeah, tonight / Until your lips turn blue,” before getting to the song’s explosive and electrifying chorus of: “Boy, I’m losin’ my breath, yes / Boy, you’re markin’ up my necklace / Boy, I’m losin’ my breath / I’m undressin’, confessin’ that I’m so obsessed, yes,” which trades in the slower, softer beat for something more grand and rock heavy.Directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter, the song’s accompanying music video sees the singer sporting a giant fluffy black coat and walking into a dark room to perform the track. She then takes off the jacket, revealing a black flowing cut-out dress, and performs the song with a band as lights burst and fall from the ceiling with sparks flying as a windstorm erupts during the incendiary chorus.Speaking about the music video in a tweet shared on the singer’s official X/Twitter account, someone from her team shared: “Miley’s second song and video release ‘Something Beautiful’, the title track off of the forthcoming album, explores her deep connection to fashion showcasing an original custom design by Casey Cadwallader for the House of Mugler in the visual.

As movie studios and theater owners keep exploring premium formats as a way to lure ticket buyers, Warner Bros has set a multi-film partnership with “shared reality” venue operator Cosm.

EXCLUSIVE: Paradise is adding a high-profile cast member. Shailene Woodley has been tapped for a major recurring role in the upcoming second season of Hulu’s breakout political thriller from creator Dan Fogelman and 20th Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Dash Mihok (Long Bright River, Ray Donovan) has launched Sigmatic, a boutique virtual production and technology company, and has set a film adaptation of M. William Phelps’ bestselling true-crime novel The Devil’s Rooming House among its first projects. Sigmatic acquired the rights to The Devil’s Rooming House, which tells the chilling story of Amy Archer-Gilligan — one of America’s most infamous female serial killers, and Mihok will helm the project in his directorial debut.

EXCLUSIVE: Literary manager Liam Francis Quigley has joined Entertainment 360.

EXCLUSIVE: The GenTv horror movie, Skillhouse, is getting a nationwide release on July 11 via Fathom Entertainment.

Philippine romantic comedy My Love Will Make You Disappear, which stars A-listers Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino, has raked in approximately $500,000 across 225 screens in North America over its opening weekend.

Virgin River is one of Netflix’s biggest fan favorite TV shows – and their longest running original series, too!

Hallmark has released more info about their upcoming 2025 Spring Into Love movies!

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Eli Roth‘s The Horror Section has acquired “Jimmy and Stiggs,” marking the horror company’s first major deal since launching earlier this month, Variety can exclusively report. Directed and written by Joe Begos, “Jimmy and Stiggs” follows a down-on-his-luck filmmaker (Begos) who claims he was abducted by aliens, vowing to bring them down alongside his friend (Matt Mercer).