‘One Tree Hill’ Alum Bethany Joy Lenz Reveals She Spent 10 Years In A Cult: ‘There’s A Lot To Tell’

The Sith, the ancient enemy of the Jedi order in Star Wars. The Sith are easily recognizable. They wield a bright red lightsaber, wear black robes, and most have dark yellow eyes.

HBO’s The Last Of Us is gearing up for what could be a very successful awards season. This TV adaptation of Naughty Dog’s former Game Of The Year Award winner has been a huge hit and it’s really showing. TLOU could have a nice clean sweep in a wide range of categories.

Vanessa Lengies and Corey Sevier are about to star in their second Hallmark Channel movie together, Take Me Back For Christmas – but that wasn’t the first time they met, or even worked together.

Olivia Rodrigo is talking beauty.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has appointed Katie Martin Kelley as executive VP of communications. Martin Kelley, who joins from MGM, will lead media relations and corporate communications for the film group, including Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and the newly rebranded Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. DC Studios will fall under the purview of Candice McDonough, who previously led communications for Warner Bros. Film Group and has been newly hired to oversee publicity efforts for the company’s comic book division. Martin Kelley will report to Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.

Angelique Jackson It’s 10 a.m. in Sydney, where Hayley Atwell is preparing to walk the red carpet as the “Mission: Impossible” crew’s newest member, joining producer and star Tom Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie’s ensemble of battle-hardened actors. “This is a pure cinematic experience. It’s unadulterated entertainment, and of a huge scale,” Atwell says to Variety about “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” which finally hit theaters on July 12 following a two-year delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Flashy events like the Australia premiere (which featured a fireworks spectacle in honor of Cruise’s 61st birthday on July 3) mark the end of a four-year odyssey that pushed Atwell’s limits physically — leaving her hanging inside a train car that’s gone from horizontal to vertical, gripping anything nailed to the floor/wall/ceiling lest she fall to her death (or at least the safety rigging below) — and saw her creating a cunning character within the “M:I” universe.

Bob Iger will remain at the helm of Walt Disney Co. through 2026, fulfilling a prediction from many in the industry that he would not step down as CEO at the end of next year as originally planned. Disney shocked the entertainment business in November 2022 when it opted to bring Iger back as CEO, less than a year after he stepped down after a storied run 15-year run. At that time Disney emphasized that Iger’s top priority would be finding a suitable successor. In February 2020, Disney veteran Bob Chapek took the reins from Iger as CEO, while Iger remained chairman. Chapek had a famously rocky run in the job, which led to the Disney board’s decision to re-recruit Iger.

Sophia Scorziello editor Paramore’s Hayley Williams took a break from the band’s usual set list to channel her inner Sasha Fierce, covering Beyoncé’s “I Miss You” in the Texas-bred singer’s hometown of Houston on July 11. Most of the song was performed by Williams in a capella while the rest of the band took a back seat. In fan-captured videos, Williams’ silhouette stands out as she’s surrounded by dim red lighting. She can be heard belting out the bridge: “It is so simple a feeling, but it’s everything / No matter who you love, it is so simple a feeling, but it’s everything.” The song is somewhat of a deep cut from Beyoncé’s fourth studio album, 2011’s “4,” which featured mega-hits like “Who Run the World (Girls),” “Count Down,” “Love on Top” and “Dance for You.” “I Miss You” was penned by Frank Ocean and marked his and Beyoncé’s first collaboration together as artists. They again joined forces on the song “Superpower” from her self-titled album and Ocean’s “Pink & White,” from his album “Blond.” Like Williams, Ocean has performed his own rendition of the song during his rare live performances.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director The official trailer for Warner Bros.’ “Wonka” gave moviegoers a first look at Timothée Chalamet’s singing and dancing chocolatier. It also dropped a surprise at the very end: Hugh Grant sporting green hair and orange skin as an Oompa Loompa. How did such casting come about? Thank “Wonka” director Paul King, who previously cast Grant as the villainous Phoenix Buchanan in “Paddington 2.” “Going back to the book, and reading all those poems, and hearing [the Oompa Loompas’] voice as a very sort of cynical, sarcastic, cruel, funny, but wicked voice, I went, ‘Oh… That’s sort of a bit like Hugh!’,” King told Empire magazine. “It was a real light bulb moment – you go, ‘Hugh Grant’s an Oompa-Loompa! Yes please! Merry Christmas, with a bow on it.’”

Joe Leydon Film Critic The stunt work was sensationally spectacular and Tom Cruise did much dauntless derring-do. But some may forget that when the “Mission: Impossible” series first began in 1996, there were heated arguments about the franchise’s big screen debut. Some critics were positively incensed that the heroic lead character in the popular 1966-1973 TV series that inspired the film had been reconstituted in Brian De Palma’s big-screen reboot as a treacherous turncoat.

Bob Iger is staying with Disney.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Many of the most top-rated drone camera brands, such as DJI and Holy Stone, have seen huge price slashes over the past two days on Amazon. And with only a few hours left of Prime Day (the mega deals event ends July 12 at 12 am PT), you’ll want to jump on these deals fast before they go.

Barry” star Anthony Carrigan is having a big day — just hours after he earned his third Emmy nomination for playing NoHo Hank, it was revealed that he’ll next play a superhero in DC’s “Superman: Legacy.” Carrigan has been cast as the classic DC character Metamorpho, whose alter ego is the archeologist Rex Mason, joining an ensemble led by David Corenswet as the Man of Steel and Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. “It’ll certainly be a bit of a jump,” Carrigan told Variety of morphing characters. “I’m excited just to shake things up. Noho Hank is such a specific character, and I’m excited to play someone completely different and surprise people with just being unrecognizable.”

The Real Housewives is a cultural phenomenon.

Kaley Cuoco admits she’ll be out of commission for a while.

books were sold than copies of . That same year, she simultaneously held on The New York Times’s paperback fiction best-seller list and released two new books while working on several more novels set to be released over the next few years.With no experience and no connections in the industry, Hoover took a chance on herself and self-published her first novel, Slammed, in 2012. Twelve years later, she’s outsold many of the world’s most famous authors, has a feature film in the works , and become one of the most popular authors on BookTok.

cover shoot, the “Driver's License” singer posed in, among other outfits, a fuzzy white Maison Margiela sweater, Prada heels, and a light pink Valentino skirt barely wider than a belt made of roses. It's .The Legally Blonde star, meanwhile, rocked the same skirt in , but paired with a white button-down, Valentino tie and platform heels. .A model wears the Valentino miniskirt on the runway.The skirt is fresh off the fall 2023 runway, and not yet available, but Valentino makes another rose-patterned skirt that , so I'm gonna estimate this one costs…a lot.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, said he will “go through the full diagnosis” on an episode of the show’s companion podcast which will be released later this month.In a post on Twitter on Tuesday (July 11), McElhenney wrote: “I was recently diagnosed with a host of neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disabilities! At 46! I go through the full diagnosis/prognosis on the @thesunnypodcast (which drops in 2 weeks).“It’s not something I would normally talk about publicly but I figured there are others who struggle with similar things and I wanted to remind you that you’re not alone. You’re not stupid.

Billy Joel has responded to Fall Out Boy‘s updated cover of his song ‘We Didn’t Start The Fire’.Last month, the pop-punk band released a new version of Joel’s 1989 Number One hit, which originally included brief references to 118 significant political, cultural and scientific events between the years of Joel’s birth in 1949 and the song’s release in 1989.In the updated version, the original lyrics were replaced with standout events from where the song left off in 1989 to 2023.While speaking with BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball following his headline performance at London’s BST Hyde Park this weekend, Joel said: Everybody’s been wanting to know when there’s going to be an updated version of it, because my song started in ’49 and ended in ’89 — it was a 40-year span.”A post shared by BBC Radio 2 (@bbcradio2)He continued: “Everybody said, ‘Well, aren’t you going to do a part two?’ I said, ‘Nah, I’ve already done part one.’ So, Fall Out Boy, go ahead. Great, take it away.”In a statement shared around the song’s release, the band said: “I thought about this song a lot when I was younger.

Disclosure have announced their fourth studio album ‘Alchemy’, which will be released later this week.The dance duo – comprised of brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence – took to their official social media pages to surprise announce ‘Alchemy’ showing its cover art and tracklist. The album does not feature any collaborations or samples.This marks the first LP Disclosure have independently released via their AWAL imprint, Apollo Records, following their departure from Capitol Records.

Double Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins is celebrating the latest laurel in his distinguished career: an Emmy nomination for Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. He plays the bewildered father of the titular real life serial killer in the Netflix series produced by Ryan Murphy.

The former Paramount and MGM Head of Corp Comm will rejoin the latter studio’s former execs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy at their film chief gigs over at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.

Matt Damon opened up about how his wife, Luciana Barroso, helped him with his mental health as he struggled with a film project that didn’t perform as planned.

Some of the best Yellowstone scenes take place around the Dutton dining room table, with meals served by their private chef, Gator. Gator, however, is not an actor — he’s a real cook.

Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto are making the most out of their romantic vacation in Europe. The celebrity couple was spotted in Italy together, having a casual conversation and enjoying a boat ride while on the island of Capri on Tuesday.The NBA star was photographed relaxing and smoking a cigar, sporting a black T-shirt and gray shorts.

“Fear.”The now 47-year-old reflected on the roller coaster scene she shot for the film at age 19 that involved her having an orgasm. “I didn’t have control over it,” Witherspoon claimed in an interview published Wednesday by Harper’s Bazaar, adding that she had requested a stunt double.“It wasn’t explicit in the script that that’s what was going to happen, so that was something that I think the director thought of on his own and then asked me on set if I would do it, and I said no,” she said about the James Foley-directed film.

Gabrielle Union isn’t changing for anybody!

Over the past few days we’ve heard so many distressing things about Jonah Hill.

Jon Stewart may have replaced John Oliver in the Outstanding Talk Series category at the Emmys but HBO’s Last Week Tonight is still up for four awards.

It’s a win-win for George & Tammy even though we’re only at the nominations stage, with both its stars earning an Emmy nomination Tuesday morning.

Dominque Fishback said she is buzzing with “good vibes” and “positive energy” Wednesday following the announcement of her first Emmy nomination for the role of a fan-obsessed serial killer named Dre in Prime Video’s limited series Swarm. “I wanted 2023 to be my ‘light year,’ a way to be light about the things that always made me feel so heavy,” Fishback said.

Entergalactic, the animated special from Kid Cudi that served as an accompaniment to his album, is battling for an Emmy.

Less than an hour after now three-time Emmy-nominated Barry star Anthony Carrigan was unveiled as one of the stars of DC’s forthcoming Superman: Legacy, the actor got on the phone with Deadline to talk about his excitement regarding the role, the resonance it had for him, his preparation for the audition and more.

Alan Ruck was ready to get in a workout when he found out he’d been nominated for an Emmy.

EXCLUSIVE: Samara Weaving is set to star in the 20th Century heist thriller Eenie Meanie with Shawn Simmons directing. Simmons also penned the script with Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick producing. Sources tell Deadline the project will likely premiere on Hulu.

On Emmy nominations day, each of dozens of actors is being recognized for a performance on a series from the past year. Selected few are celebrating two Emmy-nominated roles.