September 08, 2019
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Spectrum Originals released a teaser for its upcoming revival of the classic sitcom, Mad About You, on Thursday.
Starring Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser as married New Yorkers Paul and Jamie Buchman, the show is set to return with six new episodes on Nov. 20.
Another six will be available for streaming on Dec. 18.
The series initially ran for seven seasons from 1992 through 1999.
Also returning for Season 8 along with Reiser and Hunt are Richard Kind as the couple's friend Mark and John Pankow as Paul's cousin Ira.
Abby Quinn will play Paul and Jamie's college-bound daughter Mabel.
Thursday's 30-second preview showed Paul and Jamie walking around their neighborhood, smiling and shopping.
It pays homage to the show's original opening credits and includes its iconic theme song, "Final Frontier."
All 164 episodes are now streaming on Spectrum.
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Reports: Will Poulter to lead Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' series
Midsommar and We're the Millers actor Will Poulter is set to star in Amazon's Lord of the Rings series.
Variety was the first to report the casting news.
The Hollywood Reporter said it also confirmed Poulter's involvement in the show.
No details about his character are known at this time.
Neither Amazon nor Poulter have publicly commented on the reports.
The project was announced in 2017. Amazon said at the time that it would explore new story lines and take place before Tolkien's novel, The Fellowship of the Ring.
Jurassic World helmer J.A. Bayona is directing the first two episodes.
Nicki Minaj announces retirement on Twitter
Hip hop superstar Nicki Minaj announced Thursday on Twitter that she is retiring from her music career.
Minaj, whose career has led to multiple MTV Video Music Awards wins and 10 Grammy nominations, tweeted Thursday that she is retiring to spend time with her family.
"I've decided to retire & have my family," the "Anaconda" singer wrote. "I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, X in the box- cuz ain't nobody checkin me. Love you for LIFE."
Minaj recently performed for Planned Parenthood's "Bands Together, Bans Off" Campaign, which aimed to raise awareness about restrictive legislation on reproductive rights in states like Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama and more.
The performer recently canceled a scheduled appearance at a music festival in Saudi Arabia to protest the country's restrictive laws, including a ban on women driving without male escort.
Minaj's latest single, "MEGATRON," was released in June.
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Which 'This is Us' actor will play Evel Knievel in the USA Network limited series?
NBC to air 'Downton Abbey' special ahead of film opening
The TV special Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event is set to air on NBC Sept. 19, the day before the film Downton Abbey opens in theaters.
Dancing with the Stars alum Derek Hough will host the program, which was filmed at Highclere Castle in England.
The castle is where the iconic costume drama was filmed for six seasons. Its big-screen sequel also was shot there.
Hough "will talk to the cast about what made the series so unique and appealing to millions, as well as how the series easily segues into the feature film," a press release said.
"In addition, celebrities will share their Downton obsession and talk about what made the show so addictive."
Set in 1927, the film will follow members of the wealthy Crawley family and their loyal servants as they bustle about the titular estate and prepare for a royal visit from Britain's King George V.
Returning from the series for the movie are Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Penelope Wilton, Laura Carmichael, Brendan Coyle, Lesley Nicol, Tom Cullen, Kevin Doyle, Phyllis Logan, Sophie McShera and Joanne Froggatt.
The Emmy-winning series took place between 1912 and 1926. It ended its six- season run in 2016.
Hulu developing 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel as series
MGM and Hulu announced Wednesday they are developing Margaret Atwood's novel The Testaments as a streaming series.
The Testaments is the sequel to Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, the Hulu series adaptation of which has been renewed for a fourth season.
Penguin Random House will publish The Testaments on Tuesday. Set 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments promises to answer what happened to Offred after she left Gilead, through the testimonies of three female narrators. On Tuesday, The Booker Prize for Fiction nominated The Testaments ahead of its publication.
The Handmaid's Tale is set in the dystopian Gilead, formerly the United States, in which authoritarian commanders have conscripted women to produce babies. Fertility has dropped in the future and they force fertile handmaids to wear red robes with white bonnets. The Emmy-winning Hulu adaptation stars Elisabeth Moss as Offred, a mother separated from her husband and child and forced to mate with the Commander (Joseph Fiennes).
Hulu is discussing with Bruce Miller, who adapted The Handmaid's Tale and runs the series, about adapting The Testaments.
Hulu and MGM Television also own the rights to Atwood's 2015 novel The Heart Goes Last, which tells of another dystopia based on the country's economic crisis. A gated community offers couples a job and a house every other month. The months in between they must serve as prison inmates.
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Which 'This is Us' actor will play Evel Knievel in the USA Network limited series?
Milo Ventimiglia is set to star in USA Network's limited series, Evel.
TVGuide.com reported Ventimiglia will play 1970s-era motorcycle daredevil and stunt performer Evel Knievel.
EW.com said Etan Frankel will write and executive produce the project, which the cable network described as an "exhilarating portrait of a complex man living the American dream, juggling meteoric celebrity and raising a family -- and facing the very real probability that his next jump will kill him."
No other casting has been announced yet.
Production is slated to begin next year.
Knievel died in 2007 at the age of 69.
Ventimiglia's credits include The Art of Racing in the Rain and Heroes.
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