Conclave, the Edward Berger-directed film starring Ralph Fiennes, which centers on the death of a pope and the election of a new one, is the most-nominated film of the year with 12 nominations.
Following close behind is Emilia Pérez with 11 nods and The Brutalist with nine. Anora, Dune: Part Two and Wicked received seven nominations apiece.
The BAFTA Film Awards, which are colloquially referred to as the “British Oscars,” will announce winners in a ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 16.
It’s almost time to say goodbye to our friends in Hawkins, Indiana.
Production has ended on the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, Netflix announced on Friday. While a release date for season 5 has yet to be revealed, the show is confirmed to return in 2025.
“THAT’S A WRAP ON STRANGER THINGS. See you in 2025,” Netflix shared to the social platform X on Friday.
On the same post, the streamer shared a collage of eight behind-the-scenes images from the creation of season 5. Pictures of the main cast, including Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Joe Keery, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Maya Hawke and Priah Ferguson, were seen in the collage.
The show’s creators Matt and Ross Duffer were also pictured, along with director Shawn Levy. While Brett Gelman and JamieCampbell Bower were not pictured, they are confirmed to return in season 5. Linda Hamilton is also joining the cast in an unspecified role.
L-R: Rufus Sewell, Kerri Russel/ Photo courtesy of Netflix
(SPOILER ALERT) The second season of Netflix’s The Diplomat returns on Thursday, and while Rufus Sewell’s character, Hal Wyler, was the victim of a car bombing at the end of season 1, he is indeed back for another go-round.
“He has survived. Not everyone has made it,” he tells ABC Audio, noting that the bombing will have a “tremendous effect”on his wife, United States ambassador to the United Kingdom Kate Wyler, played by Keri Russell.
While the couple seemed to be on the outs at the end of season 1, Sewell says the bombing does bring them back to each other.
“So for a while afterwards, there’s a closeness between them, exacerbated by the fact that it seems like no one else can be trusted,” he says. “So they only really have each other.”
He adds, “She’s reminded how much she loves and cares for him, but it doesn’t mean all the old problems have gone away.”
Former The West Wing star Allison Janney joins the cast in season 2 as Vice President Grace Penn, and Sewell calls her the perfect addition to the show.
He says he was “a massive fan” of the White House drama, noting he “loved her character so much and I’ve loved her in everything she’s done.”
“So her coming on board was a big thing for us,” he says. “It was just a lovely vote of confidence and she is so much fun to work with.”
St. Denis Medical has been renewed for a second season. The mockumentary-style NBC sitcom, which aired its midseason premiere on Tuesday, follows the staff at an underfunded Oregon hospital who treat patients while doing their best to maintain their own sanity. Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Kahyun Kim, Mekki Leeper and Kaliko Kauahi star in the show, which was NBC’s #1 new series of the 2024-25 season in the 18-49 age demo …
Jared Padalecki is about to suit up in scrubs. The actor will star in a currently untitled one-hour medical drama for CBS. The show will reteam him with his Walker executive producer and showrunner Anna Frickle, Deadline reports. Padalecki will play a headstrong country doctor who practices a unique style of improvisational medicine from a mobile clinic in rural Texas …
This February, A24 is celebrating the season of love by bringing its romance drama We Live in Time to Max for its streaming debut. The film, which stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will be available on the platform on Feb. 7 …
Additionally, Waitress: The Musical will also make its streaming debut on Max in February. The film of the Broadway stage production, which stars Sara Bareilles, Charity Angél Dawson, Caitlin Houlahan, Drew Gehling and Christopher Fitzgerald, arrives on the platform this Valentine’s Day, on Feb. 14 …
