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John Lithgow is off to Hogwarts.The actor, 79, is set to play Professor Albus Dumbledore on HBO’s new “Harry Potter” series. After Pop Base posted the news to X, one user wrote: “He is perfect for the role!” while a second chimed in, “A brilliant actor in drama and comedy, I think he’ll make a great wizard! It would be amazing if the show goes 9 seasons!”Rounding out the sweet commentary, one fan quipped: “John Lithgow as Dumbledore? A magical casting choice for sure.”Others weren’t so quick to jump into the goblet of fire and sign off on this selection.“Meh, I’ve already lost interest,” one critic wrote in the comments section.“Noo this won’t work,” a second said, while a third added, “What? This is going to be the stupidest tv show ever.

“This Is Us” mastermind Dan Fogelman, “Paradise” is a dystopian political thriller set in a city-size underground bunker after a doomsday event. The plot follows Xavier Collins (Sterling K. Brown), a Secret Service agent who is trying to find out who murdered President Bradford (Marsden).“We know he’s dead from the first five minutes.

“Pod Meets World” podcast. Fishel got into a heated argument on the podcast with former co-star Maitland Ward, who accused Fishel of ignoring her on the “Girl Meets World” set. That prompted Fishel to open up about her experience on the show.“It was a very, very difficult set,” Fishel explained.

Entertainment Tonight. “And if anybody was going to drag me out of the dark corner of the closet, it would be the redhead.”Rich took a break from acting after suffering a stroke in 2018.“I feel so bizarre recovering from the stroke thing that I didn’t even want to go out of my house for a lot of the time,” he explained to the outlet. “But, [McEntire and Melissa Peterman] got me back out.

“The Traitors” Season 3, the “Survivor” alum, 38, confirmed in an interview with The Post that Reyes, 53, swore on her grandkids during her time in the Scottish castle.“That triggered me,” Wiger said. “And again, everyone is different with how they play and what they feel is morally okay and whatever. And it’s a game.”“But being on the Traitors andbeing with the people that we’re with, I just didn’t think that people were going to go to those lengths,” Wiger added.

“Suits: LA” should be held in contempt.After the NBC show, which stars Stephen Amell, Josh McDermitt and returnee Gabriel Macht, premiered on Sunday, Feb. 24, viewers took to social media to weigh in on the “Suits” spinoff series — and their reviews weren’t what the network was likely hoping for.One person wrote on X, “Is this the pilot episode or episode 3? It feels like they threw all these characters at us without any introduction and expect us to understand their current storylines they’re involved it. I’m trying soo hard to like this but it’s giving rushed production.”Another user quipped, “Coming from the #1 suits fan on the planet- Suits LA is disgustingly bad.

about fairy-tale characters brought to life deserves a reboot — but with a different cast and characters.“I think that they should reboot it, probably with new people,” Morrison said. “Eddy [Edward] Kitsis and Adam Horowitz were showrunners and creators of that.

Sunday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards were mercifully short.Two quick hours, in and out. Other interminable Hollywood events, please take note.The ceremony honoring performers at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles is the last major step on the road to the Oscars, and a pitstop on the cul-de-sac to the Emmys.The SAGs, an embarrassingly glitchy broadcast on Netflix, are a useful bellwether for the Academy Awards.

SAG Awards 2025 on Sunday, the legendary actor, 82, ate a potato chip which threw his “Shrinking” co-star Jessica Williams for a loop while she was doing her “I am an actor” speech.“Los Angeles is known as the city of dreams — and sure enough all my dreams have come true here,” Williams said at the start of her speech.But while Williams spoke to the camera, Ford was sitting next to her eating a potato chip — which distracted the actress.Williams stumbled over her words, started laughing and yelled, “I told him to turn away!”Ford then turned around and faced toward the table as he continued eating the chip.“Don’t look!” Williams yelled.She continued her speech and said, “From my dream of preparing in a Starbucks bathroom before an audition, to my dream of crying in a Del Taco bathroom afterwards.

“The White Lotus” because of nepotism.“I know there are people who’ll say I only got this role because of who my dad is,” the 31-year-old actor and son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver told The Sunday Times in a new interview.“They’re not seeing that I’ve had 10 years of acting classes, put on [high] school plays every week, worked on my characters for hours on end or the hundreds of rejected auditions I’ve been on,” he continued. “Of course, it’s frustrating and you can get boxed in and you think at that moment, I wish I didn’t have my last name.

Screen Actors Guild Awards are set to kick off from LA’s Shrine Auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 23.The winners are selected by SAG-AFTRA members, aka their peers.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal dispute, according to former “SNL” cast member Dana Carvey.On Thursday’s episode of his and fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum David Spade’s “Fly on the Wall podcast,” Carvey, 69, shared that Michaels, 80, has repeatedly texted him about the drama between the “It Ends With Us” stars. Their exchange began after Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, poked fun at the feud during the “SNL” 50th anniversary special in a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience in Studio 8H.

one fan meme account pointed out that in the 2014 “Parks and Recreation” episode “Farmer’s Market,” Ben suggests to his wife, Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) that they refrain from talking about work outside of the office.“Maybe it would be good to keep our home life and our work life separate. Like we only talk about work stuff when we’re at City Hall, like a firewall system,” he says. The episode aired in 2014, but some are noticing that it’s eerily close to the premise of “Severance.” One Reddit user shared the clip and captioned it, “Adam Scott’s character coming up with the idea of ‘Severance’ a decade ago.’”“Stiller and Erickson are trolling the heck out of us all,” one Reddit user joked, referring to Ben Stiller, who executive produces the show and directs many episodes, and creator Dan Erickson.“Dan Erickson STOLE HIS IDEA,” another fan joked about the “Severance” creator.

hit Apple TV+ thriller about a mysterious corporation where employees’ minds are literally split between work and personal life, the unsettling world of Lumon Industries feels like a dystopian nightmare. But what if you could step inside that cold, corporate labyrinth in real life? Well, you can.

Warning: spoilers below!Callie acts out in Season 3 while recovering from witnessing her mom, Shauna, played by Melanie Lynskey, kill a guy at the end of Season 2.After a group of mean girls at her high school begin gossiping about her mother’s past, specifically, her soccer team resorting to eating each other to survive when their plane crashed in the Canadian wilderness in 1996, Callie takes matters into her own hands.She orders raw animal guts from DoorDash and dumps it on the Chatty Cathys, which leads to her being temporarily banned from school.While the scene is vomit-worthy, Desjardins exclusively told The Post it was “exhilarating” to film.When asked what was really in the bag, the actress said, “It was fake! It was all fake meats and, like, parts.” However, she recalled, “It felt so real.”“I don’t remember what it was made of,” she admitted, “but it made me uncomfortable how real it felt.”“It was also very … I shouldn’t say this,” Desjardins told The Post. “I get where Shauna [Lynskey’s character] is coming from.

“Yellowstone” main character John (Kevin Costner’s) ancestors, who are living on the family ranch in Montana during the titular time period. Jacob and Cara have to defend their ranch from politicians and elite suits — much like their descendant, John Dutton, did during his time period. Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) is their main foe.

Pod Meets World” podcast with former “Boy Meets World” stars Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle, Janicek said “TGIF” really stood for, “Thank Goodness it’s Funny.”He recalled workshopping possible names. “We were talking about things like the ‘Friday Fun Club.’ There’s a whole list somewhere I probably could dig up, but I remember that one.

“Yellowstone” prequel show “1923” (returning Sunday on Paramount+), Entertainment Tonight asked what would make him retire.The “Indiana Jones” star quipped, “When you forget my name.”When asked if a third season of “1923” would happen, he shrugged and said, “I just work here.” During that same red carpet, Extra asked Ford the same question about retirement, and he replied, “Haven’t thought about it.”As for what keeps him working, Ford answered, “Good writing. I just stumbled into a kind of vein of it, and that’s why I’m so ubiquitous right now.”About “Yellowstone” universe creator Taylor Sheridan, he said, “His writing is exceptional.

“The Baldwins,” (premiering Sunday, Feb. 23 at 10 p.m.), Alec and Hilaria Baldwin address criticism that Hilaria is a “gold digger.” During the premiere, tweets are shown of critics alleging that Hilaria, 41, married Alec, 66, for his fame and money. The couple, who share seven kids, tied the knot in 2012 when Hilaria was 27 and Alec was 53.

engagement to Alec Baldwin in their new TLC show.In “The Baldwins,” which debuts Sunday, Feb. 23 at 10 p.m., viewers will get an inside look at the couple’s home life at their five-bedroom Manhattan apartment with their seven kids.In the series premiere, the former yoga teacher, 41, opened up about marrying the Hollywood actor, 66.Alec, who was married to Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002, said in his confessional, “After my first marriage, I said, ‘Let’s have a prenup.’ It’s an awkward thing,” to which Hilaria chimed in, “It is awkward.”“But I don’t actually quite understand what a prenup is, because you’re like ‘after a certain number of kids, it’s this.’ I was like, ‘You know what, I’ll just sign it,'” she added. “Which was probably stupid of me back then.

“The Baldwins,” the reality show premieres Sunday, Feb. 23 (10 p.m.) and follows her home life with Alec Baldwin and their seven kids in their five-bedroom Manhattan apartment. In the series premiere, Hilaria defends her there-and-gone accent.“I love English, I also love Spanish,” she told the cameras.