Hannah Waddingham Joins Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 2'

Naveen Kumar The cannibalist startup in “Sweeney Todd” kills two birds: For Sweeney, the ruined barber who holds a grudge as steadily as he does a blade, it means turning enemies into actual mincemeat. For Mrs. Lovett, who laments that alley cats were too quick and meager to carve up anyway — well, it’s a living, innit love?  Slitting throats and baking bodies into pies is a wild and wicked business. But in the stately and star-filled revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s macabre 1979 musical that opened on Broadway Sunday night, the people-to-pastries pipeline quickly assumes a grim air of mundanity.  For its stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, this lushly orchestrated and opera-scale production, from “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, proves a magnificent showcase for their respective, jaw-dropping talents. Groban’s weighted-blanket baritone makes the prospect of reclining in his company and never waking up again seem like a great way to go. And Ashford’s fleet, agile instinct for comedy, which earned her a Tony Award for “You Can’t Take It With You,” is like a dippy bird for dopamine. But only one of them is a genuine thrill.

Chris Pratt and Charlie Day, providing the voices for Mario and Luigi in the hotly anticipated scored them some real «cool» points with their kids.Pratt and Day sat down with ET's Matt Cohen over the weekend at a press day for the forthcoming animated adventure — based on the iconic video game franchise — and opened up about what their children thought of them being a part of bringing the iconic Mario brothers to the big screen.«We're cool again,» Day said with excitement. «We're back into cool dads status.»Day and his wife, actress Mary Elizabeth Ellis, share one son, 11-year-old Russell, and the star said, «This is a big deal in the Day household. This is no joke this, this gig.»For Pratt, he says his 10-year-old son Jack — whom he shares with ex-wife Anna Faris — was excited, but specifically because he's «a Luigi fan.»«Like he plays and he's like, 'Dad, I own at , I own everybody at.

shared that his nephew, Auggie, wrote him a handwritten letter of well wishes and posted a video of Auggie giving his best shot at Renner’s signature smolder.The accident occurred on Jan. 1, 2023 when Renner attempted to stop a snow plow from sliding and slamming into another nephew when Renner was pulled underneath it, per a report obtained by CNN.

was crushed by his own snowplow in a terrible January accident, shared a video of himself walking on an anti-gravity treadmill Sunday. As he strolls, he tells another man in the room that he’s walking while putting down less weight on his legs — akin to using a cane.“I now have to find OTHER things to occupy my time so my body can recover from my will,” Renner, 52, tweeted along with the footage of his physical therapy.The “Hawkeye” star was left in critical condition after he tried to stop the snowplow from sliding and hitting his nephew before it crushed his leg in Lake Tahoe.

Now that has returned with season 2, there's been a renewed search for answers to the biggest questions about the show, including everything from when the young survivors will become cannibals in the past to what's going on with Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) in the present. While at its core, the Showtime drama is about what happened to a group of teenagers after a plane crash stranded them in the wilderness for 19 months and how a few of the grownup survivors are reckoning with the secrets that amassed both then and now, it's a puzzle box series that introduces new pieces with each episode. And as a result, fans have run wild with theories and ideas about every detail of the series, much to the delight of its creators, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who admitted to ET that they «have been, along with the entire cast and most of our EPs, trolling Reddit a little bit and watching Twitter.» And in doing so, they noticed during season 1 that «somebody out of the thousands of comments that have come up has rightly predicted almost everything.»That said, there are still many (new and old) questions to be asked, theories to be addressed and answers to be debated. And as season 2 continues to roll out, this article will be updated with information from each new episode as well as additional insight from the creators and the cast, including the adult players, Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey and Tawny Cypress, and their younger counterparts, Courtney Eaton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Liv Hewson, Sammi Hanratty, Sophe Nelisse and Sophie Thatcher.

After a surprise-filled season 1 finale, is finally back with new episodes — and the season 2 premiere did not disappoint, delivering one shocking moment after another. And the biggest one was the return of Ella Purnell as Jackie Taylor, the captain of the soccer team who initially survived the plane crash before freezing to death in the wilderness at the end of season 1. While the series did not resurrect Jackie, she was fully alive as part of the visions Shauna Shipman (Sophie Nélisse) was having of her late best friend while sitting with her dead body in the meat shed.

Chaka Khan's 70th birthday was a meeting of musical greats!In a video captured by an attendee, Khan was seen signing alongside fellow music icon, Stevie Wonder, as she rang in the big 7-0 Thursday at the Vortex recording studio in Hollywood.Per  the duo belted out Khan's hit, «Tell Me Something Good,» before joining forces for a few of Wonder's tracks, including «Signed, Sealed, Delivered,» and of course, his famous rendition of «Happy Birthday,» which had the packed party singing along.The couple hundred guests included a few other famous faces as well, with Khan's longtime friend and collaborator, Joni Mitchell, and comedian, Mike Epps, coming out to honor the songstress. Tiffany Haddish, who was also in attendance, showed off her musical chops — and a few dance moves too — with her take on Tina Turner's «Proud Mary.» According to the outlet, the party continued late into the night, with guests celebrating Khan's milestone birthday well past 1:00 a.m. ET spoke to the 10-time GRAMMY winner last month, where she reflected on her career and shared the biggest life lessons she's learned ahead of turning 70.«I've got five generations in any given audience,» Khan, who last summer dropped "Woman Like Me," her latest single, said, «Five generations of people, and I think that's significant.»With so much under her belt, Khan offered her perspective to those who want to follow in her footsteps.«I keep telling these kids, they want to know what should they do if they have a calling or a dream,» she said. «The thing is, if you have a calling or a dream, you're either going to realize it or you're going to crash and burn; kill yourself or kill somebody else or something, you know? You're gonna have to do it, it has to be done.

The New York district attorney charged Jonathan Majors with multiple counts of assault and harassment following his arrest in an alleged domestic dispute Saturday. In documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Majors, 33, was charged with two counts of assault in the third degree, aggravated harassment in the second degree, attempted assault in the third degree and harassment in the second degree.

Leonardo DiCaprio spent some quality time with his friends this weekend!

Jen Shah‘s prison release date has seemingly been moved up from 2029 to 2028, cutting a year off of her sentence.

Taylor Swift is pulling out all the stops on her Eras Tour!Taking the stage in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday, Swift treated the sold-out crowd at Allegiant Stadium to a special surprise from Marcus Mumford. The «Anti-Hero» singer was joined on stage by the Mumford & Sons singer for a special performance of «Cowboy Like Me,» off Swift's 2020 release, e.Explaining the origin for e to her fans, Swift revealed that it was Mumford who lent his home studio to her during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help her record the sister album to folklore.«I could not find a studio, essentially, and so Aaron was like, 'OK, let me call around and see if there's anyone who's cool and nice and generous and might be willing to offer up their home studio — if you do the right amount of testing, you're totally locked down, you're fully quarantined,» Swift shared. «So I was like 'Please, I really hope somebody comes through.

Kenya, 48, told The Post. They decided to see a marriage counselor, who told Kenya and Carl to stay monogamous, work on their relationship and “just forget about it” when they noticed other people.

It turns out that even Taylor Swift’s prom date couldn’t secure tickets for the singer’s sell-out ‘Eras Tour’. 

Julia Fox approves!

She’s back! Kelly Clarkson announced the the album she’s been working on since her 2020 split from Brandon Blackstock will finally drop soon.

Adele has announced that she is extending her Las Vegas residency and now we have details on how you can buy tickets!

Jeremy Renner continues to make progress in his recovery efforts following the snowplow accident in January. The Hawkeye star took to Instagram to share a video where he literally took strides atop a treadmill.

admitted to doing rectal ozone therapy, but now, doctors are warning against it.The therapy, which uses medical-grade ozone gas administered through an ozone-generator device, can be inserted in your body in many ways, according to The Cleveland Clinic.It can be blown up the bum via a catheter, as Paltrow has suggested she does. Dr Stuart Fischer, who works as an emergency medicine physician in New York, told The Daily Mail that the scientific evidence to back up the practice was “controversial at best.”“There may be some unknown side effects or unknown benefits,” Dr.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jeremy Renner’s recovery rom his January snow plow accident appears to be progressing, as the actor is seen walking for the first time in his latest update on social media. The “Hawkeye” star posted a video to his Instagram story in which he walks with the assistance of an anti-gravity treadmill. Renner confirms in the video that he is doing all of “the walking motion” himself, with the anti-gravity treadmill taking off a percentage of his body weight as his legs slowly recover. The actor captioned the post: “Now is the time for my body to rest and recover from my will.”

J. Kim Murphy What happens in Vegas is staying in Vegas. Adele has announced that she has extended her Caesars Palace residency, with performances planned through November. The singer made the announcement Saturday evening during what was originally set to be the final performance of the series. The residency will face a hiatus for three months, returning in the summer on the date of June 16. From there, nearly five months of dates will follow, with a final performance slated for Nov. 4. Registration is currently open for ticket sales. “Playing to 4,000 people for 34 nights is not enough. I know that, so I am coming back,” Adele told the Caesars Palace audience on Saturday.

Dwayne Johnson is letting his adorable, artistically inclined daughters use him as their canvas.The action star took to Instagram on Saturday to share a video of his girls — Jasmine, 7, and Tiana, 4 — as they gave him a pink lipstick makeover. They painted his entire face with pink lipstick and then drew on an old-timey mustache.«Daddy can we give you a makeover? No baby, daddy has a zoom meeting in 10min. PLEASE it’ll be quick!» Johnson captioned the video.

Royston stunned the judges at his preliminary audition in the Gold Coast where he sung I'm Not The Only One by Sam Smith. Since, he has remained a consistent contender, capturing the hearts of the audience along the way.

Gwen Stefani, the iconic 53-year-old music star, delighted her fans on Instagram this weekend with behind-the-scenes fashion moments from her husband Blake Shelton’s, Back To The Honky Tonk tour. The eternally youthful singer dressed to impress, donning a chic black leather fringe maxi skirt in one of her ensembles. The No Doubt frontwoman paired the bold piece with a matching black leather corset, adding a touch of modern flair with a black moto jacket featuring a cozy shearling lining, meticulously styled by Rob Zangardi. Gwen shared her sexy ensemble on social mediaGwen sweetly captioned her post, addressing her beloved husband, "I luv living the #BackToTheHonkyTonk life with u @blakeshelton :)". The glamorous singer completed her look with black fishnet tights and bedazzled, studded black cowboy boots, exuding an air of rock-star elegance.WATCH: Gwen Stefani in disbelief over surprise celebration with Blake Shelton The Don't Speak hitmaker captured herself backstage and aboard a tour bus, perfectly made up with her signature bold red lip. The Californian beauty showcased her vibrant locks, parted down the center and secured with decorative white bobby pins.

Hannah Waddingham is making major career moves!The Emmy-winning star has joined the cast of, director Christopher McQuarrie announced on Friday.McQuarrie shared the news alongside a pic of the actress looking serious in a military-style jacket and cap, writing, «And Hannah Waddingham… #Godspeed #DeadReckoning.»A post shared by Christopher McQuarrie (@christophermcquarrie)will be the eighth and final film in the series, which stars Tom Cruise as secret operative Ethan Hunt. The film will also star Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales and more.Back in December, Cruise gave franchise fans an inside look as he prepared to complete the most dangerous stunt of his career — a motorcycle jump off of a cliff into a base jump — for .«I've wanted to do it since I was a little kid,» Cruise said of the stunt, for which he completed over 500 skydives and more than 13,000 motocross jumps during training.

Julia MacCary editor “Abbott Elementary” and “Top Gun: Maverick” received top honors at the 60th annual International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) Publicists Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday. The awards honor individual publicists, unit still photographers and entertainment journalists who further publicity campaigns for film and TV. Variety’s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay and senior entertainment reporter Angelique Jackson each earned nominations from ICG. Quinta Brunson of “Abbott Elementary” received the TV showman of the year honor, and the producers of “Top Gun: Maverick” (Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, David Ellison and Christopher McQuarrie) received the honor on the film side, with Bruckheimer accepting on behalf of all four.

The 60th annual ICG Publicists Awards Luncheon is underway at the Beverly Hilton, and Deadline is posting the winners as they’re announced. Check out the list below. 

Tom Cruise‘s Ethan Hunt returns for the first part of the series send-off this July in “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One.” The penultimate film in the franchise sets up the stakes for “Dead Reckoning Part Two” next summer, with the usual IMF crew, and Hayley Atwell, Esai Morales, Shea Whigham, and Cary Elwes also on board this time.

Jordan Moreau The worlds of “Mission: Impossible” and “Ted Lasso” have unexpectedly collided. Next summer’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two” has cast Hannah Waddingham, who plays Rebecca Welton on Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso.” Christopher McQuarrie, the writer of the two upcoming “Dead Reckoning” films, revealed the casting on his Instagram account on Friday. He captioned the photo of Waddingham with a cryptic tease, writing “#GodSpeed #DeadReckoning.”A post shared by Christopher McQuarrie (@christophermcquarrie) Franchise star Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in this summer’s seventh, and penultimate, installment of his long-standing, action-packed franchise. Variety previously reported that he was filming the eighth movie aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea, which is where the photo of Waddingham appears to be taken.

With Season 3 of Ted Lasso just weeks away, Emmy winner Hannah Waddingham has found her next feature project as she is set to join the cast of Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2. Writer-director Chris McQuarrie confirmed her casting on social media as the film is in production.

post.“And Hannah Waddingham… #Godspeed #DeadReckoning,” he captioned an image of Waddingham on set, wearing a cap and standing in front of what looks like a naval base.The “Ted Lasso” star will make her debut in Paramount’s storied spy franchise on June 24, 2024. “Dead Reckoning Part One” is slated to release on July 14, 2023.

Tom Cruise was all smiles as he visited a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Adriatic Sea this week.

The stars of Ted Lasso are hitting the red carpet!

Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham lifted up her arms and proudly showed off the bruises she received, not on the soccer field at AFC Richmond, but doing “kick-ass” stunts on David Leitch’s action movie The Fall Guy.

, but it doesn't necessarily mean that's the case for the show's beloved characters. ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham ahead of the show's season 3 premiere, where they talked about their character's love lives and opened up about a possible spinoff to the hit Apple TV+ series.When asked if there's a possibility that Ted (Sudeikis) can win his estranged wife back — and if he wants to — and if Rebecca (Waddingham) is going to get back with Sam (Toheeb Jimoh), Sudeikis gave a blanket yes to both.«I mean, these are all things that we spoke about week one, two, or three of the writers' room. So, how about just a blanket yes to any of them?» Sudeikis offered.As far as if Ted and Rebecca will turn their long-standing tension into something more, Sudeikis said «sure,» with Waddingham playing a bit of devil's advocate, adding, «But there's always the 'could it' all over the place.»One love affair they were more open to talking about is the one between Rebecca and Keeley (Juno Temple).

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Shea Whigham has been cast in a recurring guest star role in the “Bass Reeves” series currently in production for Paramount+, Variety has learned. David Oyelowo stars in the series based on the life of the titular legendary law man. The series also stars Barry Pepper, Dennis Quaid, Forrest Goodluck, Lauren E. Banks, Grantham Coleman, and Demi Singleton. Per the official logline, the show “will bring the legendary lawman of the wild west to life. Reeves, known as the greatest frontier hero in American history, worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded.”

FILM FINALISTS Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale, and Matthew Robbins for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” based on the fairy tale “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi Kazuo Ishiguro for “Living” based on the novella “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” by Leo Tolstoy Rebecca Lenkiewicz for “She Said” based on the nonfiction book “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey Screenwriter Sarah Polley and novelist Miriam Toews for “Women Talking” *WINNERWITHDRAWN NOMINATION: Peter Craig, Ehren Kruger, Justin Marks, Christopher McQuarrie, and Eric Warren for “Top Gun: Maverick,” based on characters from the 1983 “California” magazine article “Top Guns” by Ehud Yonay     TELEVISION FINALISTS Peter Morgan, for the episode “Couple 31,” from “The Crown,” based on his stage play “The Audience” Taffy Brodesser-Akner for the episode “The Liver,” from “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” based on her book of the same name Will Smith for the episode “Failure’s Contagious,” from “Slow Horses,” based on the novel by Mick Herron *WINNERJ. T.