Amazon Studios is taking a massive gamble with its "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" series. The studio has poured an enormous amount of money into the production of the show and is clearly angling to make a thorough and comprehensive adaptation. Even so, from the moment its marketing started picking up some momentum in early 2022, fans have had epically mixed reactions.

Christian Cooper, the bird-watching Black man who was the target of false accusations during an encounter in New York City's Central Park in 2020, has a new TV show airing on National Geographic. The channel announced this week that Cooper, a lifelong bird-watcher, will host a series called Extraordinary Birder. In the series, Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

Over a decade ago, it was simple to decide if you want Netflix or Hulu. Now, it is much simpler to get Disney Plus Hotstar easily in UK (a geo-restricted platform) and watch it from anywhere in the world with the help of a VPN. But having too many options is not always convenient. 

Rihanna is officially a new mom. The pop star gave birth to a baby boy on May 13 in Los Angeles, TMZ reports. The infant is her first child with ASAP Rocky. The couple first announced the happy news that they were expecting back in January with a series of paparazzi photos taken in the snowy streets of Harlem, the New York City neighborhood where Rocky was born and raised. In the images, Rihanna's pregnant belly peeks out from behind a pink, partially-unbuttoned Chanel Fall 1996 coat as the pair hold hands and the rapper lovingly plants a kiss on his girlfriend's forehead.

The actor is attached to star in a prequel to “Ocean’s Eleven,” a heist comedy about con artists who rob hundreds of millions from a Las Vegas casino. The upcoming film is still in development at Warner Bros. and has not been greenlit.

Comedian Bill Burr has lashed out at critics of Scientology for giving the religion "more s**t than it deserves." Burr defended Scientology during the latest episode of his Monday Morning Podcast. The comedian made the remarks while speaking about a recent trip to Sacramento, California—a city that he noted had "a bad reputation" before recalling walking by two bail bonds offices and a Scientology building within three blocks of one another.

“Squid Game” is coming back to Netflix for a second season, but fans of the smash hit drama series are going to have to wait well over a year for new episodes. Series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Vanity Fair that he predicts the next batch of episodes won’t be ready for release until the end of 2023 at the earliest. A Season 2 release in 2024 is also in the realm of possibility.

'There are things that even I really didn't know,' Samuel L. Jackson says of Nick Fury in the upcoming Disney+ series 'Secret Invasion.'

Back in the saddle again for the Duttons: Production on season five of Yellowstone has resumed in Montana. The cast and crew of the Taylor Sheridan drama should be sharing a whole lot of yee haws this summer. The drama averaged 11 million viewers in its fourth season and earned first-ever SAG and PGA nominations.

A new series of “Black Mirror” is in the works at Netflix, Variety can reveal. It’s been almost three years since Season 5 of the dystopian drama premiered on the streaming service in June 2019, but sources indicate that a new anthology series of “Black Mirror” is shaping up, and casting is now underway.

When Top Gun: Maverick was first unveiled as being part of the Cannes 2022 lineup, alongside the spectacle of having arguably the biggest film star on the planet returning to the Croisette with his super-hyped blockbuster sequel, much talk was about the inevitable party that would follow.

Johnny Depp’s longtime friend Gina Deuters believes Amber Heard is out to destroy the actor, claiming the actress didn’t get what she demanded in the divorce.

After the insanity and gravity that came in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios will return to one of its funnier franchises with Thor: Love and Thunder in July. With Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman both in tow as the Gods of Thunder, this new solo outing looks to take the Thor franchise to new levels of excitement and hilarity at the same time.

Kevin Spacey’s attempted return to movies after sexual assault and misconduct allegations derailed his career in 2017 has led to his latest gig, Peter Five Eight, now heading to the market in Cannes

Eva Mendes has floated a potential end to her near-decade long hiatus from acting. The actor has not starred in a feature film since a small supporting role in partner Ryan Gosling’s 2014’s directorial effort “Lost River,” although she lent her voice to a role on a 2021 episode of “Bluey” on ABC Kids. Mendes appeared on “The View” and said her potential return to acting would have specific requirements.

While Amber Heard’s tumultuous relationship with Johnny Depp has made headlines, the 36-year-old is an actor, activist, and model in her own right. Currently, the two are embroiled in a legal battle, with Depp suing Heard for $50m (£38.2m) for implying he abused her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.

There are several possible reactions to the news that the newly launched talkTV registered zero viewers during primetime broadcasts. One is to politely note that a new television station – especially one competing in an already saturated market – will take a little time to find its identity. Another is to realise that life is far too short and precious to spend your evenings watching Piers Morgan whip himself into a wet dribble of performative outrage over something he only slightly believes in. Both reactions are valid. I prefer the latter.

Ever since officially unleashing the multiverse in Loki, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has largely used it as an excuse for payoffs and fan-service. That was basically the whole premise of What If…?, with its alternate versions of heroes and ultimate mega-villain (Ultron with the Infinity Stones), and it helped bring untold mountains of cash to Sony and Marvel by allowing for three different Spider-Mans to meet up in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

The long-awaited fourth season of HBO’s dystopian sci-fi drama now has a creepy teaser trailer and a premiere date. Below is a first look at the lavish-looking new season, with a trailer set to Lou Reed’s classic “Perfect Day,” and some footage that suggests there might be some bugs in the system.

Fred Savage wasted no time, breaking cover for the first time since being axed over alleged "inappropriate conduct" on the set of The Wonder Years reboot. The fired star, who served as an executive producer and director on the ABC revival, was spotted getting dirty in the yard with his wife, Jennifer Lynn Stone, over the weekend.