Month: October 2023

The official trailer for the upcoming Sofia Coppola feature, “Priscilla,” has been released.

The film, based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir “Elvis and Me,” details her personal accounts of her relationship with Elvis, including their first meeting in 1959 in Bad Nauheim, Germany, as well as their Las Vegas wedding in 1967, and birth of their daughter, Lisa Marie the following year – as well as their eventual divorce.

Staring Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla and Jacob Elordi as Elvis, the film centers on Priscilla’s perspective, in contrast to Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biographical music drama “Elvis,” which starred Austin Butler as Elvis.

“Priscilla” is set to open in theaters Nov. 3; you can watch the official trailer – here.

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The upcoming concert film ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ has broken records with advanced global ticket sales surpassing the $100 million mark before the film opens in over 8,500 theaters worldwide on Oct. 13 across 100 countries. AMC Theatres said that the film is expected to open to $100 million to $125 million in North America.

AMC also said that advance ticket sales in the U.S. market is particularly strong for premium large-screen formats like Imax, Dolby Cinema, Prime at AMC and other premium film venues. AMC Theatres Distribution has lined up screenings in 4,000 movie theaters in North America.

AMC Theatres plans a world-premiere screening in Los Angeles for the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert film Oct. 11. Tickets are available for the opening weekend and subsequent weekends, and the film will play Thursday to Sunday after the first weekend.

Swift’s Eras Tour, which kicked off in March of this year in Arizona, has broken world records in attendance and revenue, with the artist performing a 44-song set list across all of her albums throughout her career.

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NBC announced that Ice Spice will be the first musical guest, while former cast member Pete Davidson will serve as host of the premiere episode of Saturday Night Live for Season 49, airing on October 14..  The long-running late night show returns following the recent Writers’ Guild of America and Screen Actors’ Guild strikes. The appearance from Ice Spice will mark her late-night TV debut.

In addition, NBC announced that Bad Bunny will serve double-duty as both the host and musical guest on the October 21st show. It will be Bad Bunny’s first time hosting, but he made his debut on the show with a cameo back in 2020, and later came back as musical guest the following February.

Saturday Night Live will be bringing back the entire cast from the previous year for the upcoming 49th season, as well as just one newcomer, Chloe Troast.

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Selena Gomez is getting ready to celebrate the holidays with a new special at Food Network. “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays” —a four-part spin-off from Gomez’s popular Max home cooking series, “Selena + Chef” — will debut on November 30 at 8:00 p.m. on Food Network. “Home for the Holidays” can also be streamed on Max (home to her “Selena + Chef” series.)

Gomez is inviting celebrity chefs into her home to show off their favorite holiday dishes in the new special for Food Network — Eric Adjepong, Alex Guarnaschelli, Michael Symon and Claudette Zepeda. In the four episodes, each celebrity chefs will show Gomez and her best friend, Raquelle Stevens, how they use food to make the holiday season memorable. Gomez’s Papa, Nana and sister Grace will also appear in “Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays”.

Gomez said in a statement to Variety: “The holidays have always meant so much to me. It was an honor to have these amazing chefs in my kitchen to introduce some of their favorite foods and what makes the holidays special for them.”  Betsy Ayala, head of content for food at Warner Bros. Discovery, added: “With an incredible festive programming slate all season long, Food Network is the holiday destination for viewers and their families. Offering special culinary moments is the way Food Network celebrates the holidays, so to have superstar Selena Gomez, who has more than 650 million fans on social media, open the door to her own home kitchen is a holiday dream come true for fans.”

“Home for the Holidays” is just one of two new series starring Gomez for Food Network. Her next series will debut in 2024, and features Gomez ‘visiting other chefs’ kitchens in a quest to cook their most popular dishes.’

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Hulu announced that it has renewed the comedy mystery series Only Murders in the Building for Season 4. The renewal for the series, co-starring Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short, comes just as the streaming service just dropped the Season 23 finale.  Hulu tweeted: “Only Murders in the Building is coming back for Season 4! Let the investigating begin… #OMITB”

Only Murders in the Building stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as Charles, Oliver and Mabel, three neighbors who investigate a murder in their New York apartment building. In Season 3, the trio investigate the death of Ben (Paul Rudd), the lead actor in Oliver’s play. The third season also added Meryl Street to the cast as Loretta Durkin. According to Variety, ‘Only Murders’ is Hulu’s most-watched original comedy series to date. The season premiered in August and drew series-high viewers with its premiere, with 719 million minutes of watch time for the week of Aug. 7-13.

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Now that the WGA strike is over, ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ will finally return for its fourth season on October 16th; however three of the daytime talk show’s head writers have declined to return. The WGA officially concluded its five-month strike last week and its members will vote on approving the new minimum contract this week.

‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ had extended offers of new contracts to the three WGA-member writers on the show’s staff — Chelsea White, Cristina Kinon, and Liz Koe — to rejoin the show upon its return after the WGA strike’s conclusion. After the three declined, the show is interviewing new writers and will proceed in compliance with the guild’s standards.

Barrymore originally stirred up controversy last month by announcing her show’s return while the WGA strike continued, which included the three writers in question. After receiving significant criticism, Barrymore reversed the decision and decided to pause production until the WGA strike concluded.

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