Zoe Saldana Explains Why She First Turned Down 'Lioness' & What Made Her Change Her Mind

The Continental: From The World Of John Wick hits screens and we’ve got an exclusive first look image for you – check it out above.As per the official synopsis, the three-part series arrives on Prime Video (outside the US) September 22 – and “will explore the origin behind the iconic hotel-for-assassins, the centrepiece of the John Wick universe, through the eyes and actions of a young Winston Scott.”Scott was played by legendary actor Ian McShane in the movies, his older version of the character serving as owner of The Continental. In the new prequel, however, he’s played by younger actor Colin Woodell – and is dragged into the hellscape of 1970s New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind.The synopsis continues: “Winston charts a deadly course through the hotel’s mysterious underworld in a harrowing attempt to seize the hotel where he will eventually take his future throne.”The first look image shows Woodell in action alongside Ben Robson, who plays Winston’s estranged brother Frankie.

Spector have shared their hypnotic new single ‘The Notion’ which features a guitar solo from musician Dev Hynes. Check it out below.The track marks the London five-piece’s first new music in 18 months.

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Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz spilled the tea on kissing their Glee co-stars during a recent episode of their And That’s What You Really Missed podcast.

Kendall Jenner is celebrating another major milestone for her tequila company.

Ryan Thomas was sent a warning by fans following the latest social media posts which lead him to react: "Imagine the guilt!" The former Coronation Street star took to his Instagram Story on Thursday evening (August 17) as he filmed his son, Roman, sorting out his toys in the garden.

A man has been charged after a man was stabbed near a Metrolink stop in Droylsden.

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that centre-back Cristian Romero is available for Saturday's clash with Manchester United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Bravo is addressing Rachel Leviss‘ latest claims!

on Broadway, has died. He was 40.Peluso's family confirmed his death to. The outlet reported that the actor's «sudden passing» on Aug.

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are making magic in the studio once again, rerecording the iconic 1984 ballad «Love Is Alive» for an upcoming The Judds tribute album. Stefani's vocals take center stage on the reimagined track, with husband Shelton providing the harmony. The enduring love song is featured as the first single off, a compilation album to be released Oct.

Did Meghan Trainor write this? Produce it?

appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast earlier this month and revealed he dropped the pesky pounds by cutting out sugary soda from his diet. “Soda is so bad.

acquitted of sex assault charges against four men. The Oscar winner, 64, appeared in high spirits in the company of the pop legend, 76, and the Canadian filmmaker, 60, both of whom testified in his defense at the highly-publicized UK trial last month.

Telegraph that Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming adaptation — which has already been blasted for being “politically correct” after leaked images showed the seven dwarfs reimagined as “magical creatures” of all sizes and genders — is “insulting” and “woke.”“I mean, it’s a whole different concept, and I just totally disagree with it, and I know my dad and Walt would also very much disagree with it,” he told the Telegraph.Studio bosses have “destroyed” his father’s creation,” said 91-year-old Hand of the adapted edition to his dad’s famed work, according to the outlet.The Mouse House’s modern take on the animated original, which was based on the 1812 Brothers Grimm fairytale, will see a character named “Jonathan” in place of Prince Charming, 22-year-old Hispanic actress Rachel Zegler as Snow White and dwarfs that Disney has said “avoid reinforcing stereotypes.”There have also been rumors that Disney has ditched the film’s classic song, “Someday My Prince Will Come.”“I think it’s pathetic that people feel that way… these are art forms in the world of film today,” Hand said of the updates, which he predicts will make young viewers — especially those who “have never seen the original” — “misunderstand” the film.Meanwhile, her successor as the titular character, Zegler, has blasted the original storyline as being “extremely outdated” with a prince whose behavior is similar to that of a “stalker.”“The original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with the guy who literally stalks her.

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are together again!

Tom Brady has more time on his hands now that he’s retired from football, and he might have the perfect gig lined up. It just may require him to learn Korean and start practicing his dance moves.The 46-year-old recently attended BLACKPINK’s Aug. 11 concert at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium with his daughter Vivian.

Michael Cera REALLY wanted to play Allan in Barbie.

So many people have a special connection to Barbie from their childhood. Pamela Anderson recently revealed hers, and it involved the doll’s iconic creator Ruth Handler.

Christopher Vourlias Ukrainian filmmaker Roman Bondarchuk is winding down post-production on his latest feature film, “The Editorial Office,” a dramedy set on the eve of the Russian invasion. It’s among the works in progress being presented this week at CineLink Industry Days, the industry arm of the Sarajevo Film Festival.

Jordan Moreau “Barbie” has reigned over the box office with a historic, hot-pink theatrical run over the past four weeks, but now it’s facing its biggest challenge yet: DC’s latest superhero film, “Blue Beetle.” The comic book film, led by “Cobra Kai” star Xolo Maridueña, picked up $3.3 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. It’ll be a close box office battle between “Barbie” and “Blue Beetle” (both from Warner Bros.), but the latter is tipped to come out on top in its opening weekend. “Blue Beetle” is projected to make between $25 million to $32 million this weekend, while “Barbie” is poised to add $17 million to $20 million in its fifth week.

Ethan Shanfeld Dolly Parton has reunited the two living Beatles on her new rendition of the band’s classic 1970 single “Let It Be.” Paul McCartney contributes vocals and piano and Starr plays drums on Parton’s cover, joining Peter Frampton on guitar and Mick Fleetwood on additional percussion. “Let It Be” is the latest song to be released ahead of Parton’s upcoming 30-track album “Rockstar,” which she touts as her long-promised first “rock album.” Out Nov.

Pink has shared her support for Britney Spears after the singer’s divorce announcement, changing a lyric in a song at one of her gigs.Yesterday (August 17), it was announced that model and fitness trainer Sam Asghari had filed for a divorce from Spears, bringing their year-long marriage and six-year relationship to an end.At her gig last night, Pink changed the Britney-featuring lyric of her 2001 track ‘Don’t Let Me Get Me’ to a more favourable version.In the original song, Pink sings: “Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears / She’s so pretty, that just ain’t me.”At last night’s show, she changed the “damn” to “sweet” and fans have picked up on the change and posted footage of the performance online. See it below.A post shared by BreatheHeavy (@breatheheavy)Per a court filing on Wednesday (August 16) in Los Angeles, Spears and Asghari have been separated for around three weeks, with the latter citing “irreconcilable differences” in his divorce filing.While Britney Spears has yet to comment on the divorce, Asghari confirmed the reports, writing in a statement on his Instagram Stories: “After 6 years of love and commitment to each other, my wife and I have decided to end our journey together.

RBB, a total of 428 samples have been examined since drug checking began about two months ago. Any drugs that are deemed “dangerous” or contain other drugs, also known as “stretched”, are listed on the programme’s website.

shredded the Sheridan-created show in a near-lethal takedown, where she calls out the series as “an unabashed work of military propaganda that positions the United States Armed Forces as the ‘strong’ who ‘protect the weak.'”Described by Paramount+ as being “inspired by an actual US Military program,” the show follows Joe (Zoë Saldaña) through her work and private life as “the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror.” The series boasts boldfacers like Nicole Kidman (who executive produced as well) and Morgan Freeman. It offers a fictionalized account of a group of female fighters who worked to root out women terrorists at the height of the War on Terror, after 9/11.

Remember Dave Annable’s unforgettable demise in “Yellowstone”‘s first episode? Well, it turns out that fateful moment almost didn’t happen.

Fans of Yellowstone who are still smarting over the surprise death of Lee Dutton in the pilot episode of the Paramount Network drama should be pleased to see that Taylor Sheridan made up for killing off Dave Annable’s character. Annable now plays the doctor-husband of Zoe Saldana in Sheridan’s latest series Special Ops: Lioness, which premiered Sunday on Paramount+.

in Thursday's which is probably my favorite episode of the series so far. (Don't read into that in regards to whether they rekindle their romance or not!) However you feel about Aidan—or Carrie and Aidan—I think you'll appreciate the growth from both of these characters. “I'm not surprised that people have strong feelings about Aidan,” Sarah Jessica Parker tells Glamour about his return. “There's so much affection for him, but there are those that had huge affection for Mr.

As the man behind Yellowstone and its myriad spinoffs, Taylor Sheridan is one of the most important people at Paramount Network — but the Yellowstone universe is only one part of his empire.

What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - July 7What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - July 14Starring Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman, “Lioness” is the new TV show from Taylor Sheridan, the writer responsible for creating the “Yellowstone” universe, also known as the most viewed cluster of TV shows in America. “Lioness” follows Saldaña, a marine leading an undercover operation to take down a terrorist group from the inside. The beloved TV show is back for a second season after a cancellation and a miracle rescue from Starz.

inspiration for Paramount’s forthcoming action thriller “Special Ops: Lioness,” which debuts Sunday and stars Zoe Saldaña, 45, alongside Oscar winners Nicole Kidman, 56, and Morgan Freeman, 86. The eight-part series — a brainchild of Taylor Sheridan, the visionary behind “Yellowstone” and “Sons of Anarchy” — follows the journey of a young Marine named Cruz Manuelos (Laysla De Oliveria, 31, of Netflix’s “Locke & Key”).She’s recruited by the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to befriend the daughter of a terrorist group leader in an effort to ravage the criminal organization. Saldaña, who plays “Joe,” the station chief charged with readying new recruits for undercover operations, explains the significance of the niche program to De Oliveira’s “Manuelos” in the first episode, noting the evolution of their task force’s duties over the past two decades. “When the Lioness team was first formed we needed female soldiers to frisk and interrogate female insurgents,” she says. “What we do now is locate the wives and the girlfriends and daughters of these high value targets and we place an operative close to them,” continues Joe.

Say what you will about the melodramatic, often episodic, and currently-stretched-thin writing of Taylor Sheridan, the multi-hyphenate Paramount+ impresario; not only does he know how to craft a gripping opening sequence, he knows how to elegantly employ it to launch an entire story, character arc and plot of a show. Known for his acclaimed gritty and muscular screenwriting (the Academy Award-nominated “Hell Or High Water,” “Sicario”)— and seemingly writing, running, overseeing, and managing a dozen Paramount+ shows, including the hit series “Yellowstone”— his latest is the CIA espionage thriller, “Special Ops: Lioness.” Zoe Saldaña (“Guardians Of The Galaxy”) stars as Joe, the Lioness Program director tasked with training, managing, and leading her female undercover operatives in covert missions around the world.

Alison Herman TV Critic The women in Taylor Sheridan projects tend to be lone wolves. They also tend to fit into specific, narrow archetypes: the vulnerable naif (Kate Macer in “Sicario”; Jane Banner in “Wind River”); the ferocious badass (Beth Dutton in “Yellowstone”; Hannah Faber in “Those Who Wish Me Dead”); the steely matriarch (Beth’s ancestors Margaret and Cara, who anchor the “Yellowstone” prequel series “1883” and “1923”). The screenwriter is himself a lone wolf, posing for magazine covers in a cowboy hat while denigrating the use of writers’ rooms, and rose to the top of Hollywood’s hierarchy in part through a shameless embrace of genre tropes. Sheridan’s latest series for the streaming service Paramount+ takes its title from another kind of predator — one who travels in packs. “Special Ops: Lioness” isn’t just the first Sheridan show to feature a true multiplicity of female leads; it’s also the first to have an explicitly gendered premise. But just because “Lioness” features more women protagonists doesn’t mean Sheridan has grown any more nuanced in his depiction of them.

Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldana are big names with lots in common - they’ve both played superheroes, they’re international superstars and they’re acting together in Paramount+ thriller Special Ops: Lioness. However, it was the pair’s identical star signs that ultimately forged their friendship on set.

Obviously, Taylor Sheridan is the king of Paramount+. The creator of “Yellowstone” and seemingly a dozen other shows, Sheridan, was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (“Sicario,” “Hell Or High Water”), but soon began growing by leaps and bounds, directing “Wind River” in 2017 and then was essentially given the keys to TV on Paramount as a writer, director, showrunner, producer and THE man who runs things there.

Marvel Studios and DC’s film studios, along with several actors, will be sitting out of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. But the fans are not.