The poster for ‘The Comeback King.’ (Universal Pictures)
The previously untitled original comedy from Judd Apatow and Glen Powell now has a title.
The Universal Pictures film will be called The Comeback King. It follows a country western star in free fall. This title announcement comes as production on the movie has started.
Apatow is set to direct and produce the film, which Powell will star in and also produce. The pair wrote the movie’s script together.
Cristin Milioti, Madelyn Cline, Stavros Halkias and Li Jin Hao will also star.
Apatow’s relationship with Universal Pictures traces back to his 2005 directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Virgin. He’s also directed Knocked Up, Funny People, This Is 40, Trainwreck and The King of Staten Island for the film studio.
Powell shared a post, which he collaborated on with Apatow, announcing the film’s title on Monday.
“THE COMEBACK KING,” he captioned his post. “Turn it up. Feb 2027.”
The Comeback King arrives in theaters on Feb. 5, 2027.
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway star in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’ (Walt Disney Studios)
The final trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2 features a new song by Lady Gaga and Doechii, titled “Runway.”
“You were born for the runway,” Gaga sings at the end of the trailer.
The Mayhem artist was also photographed on the set of the film, but so far, she hasn’t been officially announced as a cast member.
The final trailer for the highly anticipated sequel includes more details about Andy Sachs’ (Anne Hathaway) return to fashion magazine Runway, where she worked as a junior assistant to Editor-in-Chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) years ago.
It opens with Simone Ashley’s character Amari — Miranda’s new assistant — showing Andy to her new office at Runway, with Andy telling Amari she used to have her job.
In another clip, Miranda tells Andy that she was hired back at Runway to “help us with our current scandal.” She then clarifies that she “did not hire” Andy personally, and all she needs to do is “bide my time until you fail.”
More clips show Andy alongside her former Runway colleague Emily Charlton (played by Emily Blunt) and Nigel Kipling (played by Stanley Tucci).
To celebrate the film’s release, 20th Century Studios is launching an all-new, limited-edition promotional Runway magazine on April 13.
Tucci and Hathaway appeared in a teaser for the magazine release on Instagram, with Tucci reading the issue, which features Blunt’s character on the cover.
The limited-edition Runway issue will be available in pop-up newsstands in Los Angeles, New York City and select locations across the country, as well as online.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 arrives in theaters May 1.
20th Century Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in the upcoming film ‘Michael.’ (Lionsgate)
Jaafar Jackson stars in the upcoming biopic Michael as Michael Jackson alongside Colman Domingo as his father, Joseph Jackson. Reflecting on their first meeting, Jaafar described what it was like to connect on set.
“I remember seeing Colman for the first time when I was at the Sony stages,” he told Miles Teller in a chat for InterviewMagazine. “[H]e came and visited while I was on stage rehearsing. He was just standing on the side of the stage looking at me, but I didn’t know.”
Afterward, “He walked up to me and we just hugged,” Jaafar recalled. “I really felt that love and protection from Colman throughout the entire shoot.”
“It was crazy for me to see him bring Joseph [Jackson] to life. He was so locked in, and we weren’t even rolling,” he added, noting that memories of his grandfather came to mind during filming.
He also described it as “very emotional” watching Nia Long portray his grandmother Katherine Jackson, and displaying “that love and that passion and those little subtleties that really make her who she is.”
Jaafar revealed it took him a year to tell his family about landing the role. While his mother was blown away, his father, Michael’s brother Jermaine Jackson, has yet to watch the film.
As for his own thoughts on his performance, Jaafar admitted he questioned some scenes but ultimately felt proud and continues to “find new things to appreciate.”
With the film coming out April 24, he said he’s most excited for audiences to see a more human side of Michael.
“A lot of people are familiar with the iconic moments, but there’s a whole emotional layer that hasn’t ever really been seen,” Jaafar said. “I feel like people will understand him a lot more.”
David Schwimmer as Ross Geller and Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in a scene from ‘Friends.’ (Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Lisa Kudrow is opening up about playing Phoebe Buffay on the beloved sitcom Friends.
In an interview with The Independent published Saturday, Kudrow discussed her experience in the early days of the show, recalling how she was referred to by some as the “sixth Friend.”
“Nobody cared about me [early on],” Kudrow said with a laugh, according to the outlet.
She added, “There were certain parts of [my talent agency] that just referred to me as ‘the sixth Friend.'”
Kudrow said she sensed uncertainty regarding her future beyond the show.
“There was no vision for me, and no expectations about the kind of career I could have. There was just, like, ‘Boy is she lucky she got on that show,'” she said.
Kudrow starred as Phoebe for the entirety of the series’ 10-season run, from 1994 to 2004.
The show has continued to skyrocket in popularity through the years, as viewers across the world take interest in the friend group, which also included Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer and the late Matthew Perry.
Kudrow won an Emmy for her role in 1998.
The actress also spoke to TheIndependent about her own early skepticism around the show becoming popular, saying most of her castmates seemed optimistic.
“I was the odd one out. I thought… ‘Maybe? I mean, it’s a good show, but I don’t know about that,'” she said. “But I’m just that kind of person.”
Tom Page-Turner as Bill, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice, Lox Pratt as Jack, Thomas Connor as Roger, Winston Sawyers as Ralph and David McKenna as Piggy in ‘Lord of the Flies.’ (J Redza/Eleven/Sony Pictures Television)
The official trailer for Lord of the Flies has arrived.
Netflix has released the official trailer for its upcoming limited series adaptation of William Golding’s classic dystopian novel.
Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne adapted the novel for television, while Marc Munden serves as the show’s director. According to its logline, the show follows how “innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways.” This series marks the first time this classic story has been adapted for TV.
Winston Sawyers stars as Ralph, Lox Pratt stars as Jack, David McKenna stars as Piggy and Ike Talbut stars as Simon in a show that includes an ensemble of more than 30 boys “playing the desert island camp’s ‘biguns’ and ‘littluns,'” according to a description from Netflix.
The trailer starts with the initial plane crash that causes the young students to become castaways on a desert island. We then see quick glimpses at their means of survival.
Children chant, “Kill the beast!” and “Cut his throat!” as they run amok and hunt on the island.
“We all have to kill the beast,” one boy says at the end of the trailer.
The show features music from Hans Zimmer, Kara Talve and Cristobal Tapia de Veer.
All four episodes of Lord of the Flies will be available to stream on May 4.
We now know when season 6 of The Chosen will make its debut. Prime Video has announced that the sixth season of the series will premiere on Nov. 15. The season covers the events of the final day of Jesus’ life through following the people who loved and condemned him …
Dakota Mortensen is not going to be part of the upcoming new season of Vanderpump Villa. Variety reports that The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member and ex-partner of Taylor Frankie Paul will have his storyline edited out of season 3 of the reality TV show, which is set to make its debut on April 16 …
It seems that Ryan Gosling will no longer star in the next film from directors Daniels. Entertainment Weekly reports that Gosling has dropped out of the upcoming event film from Everything Everywhere All at Once directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The currently untitled movie is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles this summer. The outlet reports Gosling dropped out due to scheduling reasons …
Luigi, Yoshi, Mario and Toad in ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.’ (Nintendo, Illumination)
Nintendo? More like Ninten-dough. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has taken over the top spot at the box office in the year’s biggest global film debut.
The animated sequel to 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie took in just under $131 million domestically in its first weekend, and worldwide, it earned $372.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo. As perVariety, that’s the biggest debut of the year, smashing the record previously set by Project Hail Mary. The Ryan Gosling sci-fi film took in just over $97 million worldwide when it debuted in March.
The Super Mario franchise is now the only animated franchise to have two installments each open with over $350 million globally, notes Variety.
Project Hail Mary slipped to #2 this weekend with $30.6 million, while A24’s new Robert Pattinson/Zendaya dark comedy, The Drama, debuted at #3 with just under $14.4 million.
The only other new debut in the top 10 was A Great Awakening, a historical drama about the real-life friendship between Benjamin Franklin and English priest and preacher George Whitefield. It came in at #6 with $2.1 million.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — $130.9 million 2. Project Hail Mary — $30.65 million 3. The Drama — $14.38 million 4. Hoppers — $5.8 million 5. Reminders of Him –– $2.2 million 6. The Great Awakening — $2.11 million 7. They Will Kill You — $1.9 million 8. Dhurandhar The Revenge — $1.82 million 9. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come —$1.8 million 10. Undertone — $1.07 million
Zendaya on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (Disney/Randy Holmes)
Zendaya has worked alongside stars including John David Washington, Colman Domingo and Timothée Chalamet, but during a recent appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, she revealed someone who is on her collaboration bucket list.
“You know, I would love to work with Ryan Coogler. … For years I’ve felt this way, since Fruitvale Station,” she said of her fellow Bay Area native. “I thought that was such a beautiful and powerful film. But I’m from Oakland, too, and I remember when that happened.”
“He means so much to the world but he also means so much to us,” she went on. “I always joke, I’m like, ‘I know I don’t know you. But I feel like you’re my cousin,’ you know what I mean? He sounds like my family, his accent is so strong, and so Oakland.”
She continued, “He just makes beautiful work, absolutely beautiful work. So talented.”
Zendaya most recently worked alongside Robert Pattinson; their new film, The Drama, is now available to watch in theaters nationwide.
Sarah Pidgeon as Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Paul Anthony Kelly as John F. Kennedy Jr. in ‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.’ (FX)
It’s a Love Story, and audiences just said yes.
The FX series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette has crossed 65 million hours streamed across Hulu and Disney+, according to numbers from Disney.
Its season finale marked a series high on those streaming platforms, as it was up nearly 20% from the prior week’s episode and 90% ahead of the series premiere after its first day streaming.
Additionally, the show’s premiere episode added 1 million views on Hulu and Disney+ since the finale dropped last Friday, meaning it has reached over 14 million multi-platform views across FX, Hulu and Disney+ to date.
All nine episodes of Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette are streaming now on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.
Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon star as the titular couple in this first installment of Ryan Murphy’s Love Story anthology series. It is based on the book Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy by Elizabeth Beller.
“He was the closest thing to American royalty. The country watched him grow from a boy to a beloved bachelor and media sensation. She was a star in her own right. Fiercely independent and with a singular style, she rose from being a sales assistant to an executive at Calvin Klein, and became a trusted confidante of its eponymous founder,” according to the show’s official synopsis. “As their love story unfolded on a national stage, the intense fame and media attention that came along with it threatened to rip them apart.”
The show also stars Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy, Naomi Watts as Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Alessandro Nivola as Calvin Klein.
Melissa Gilbert speaks with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing on ‘Good Morning America’ on April 6, 2026. (ABC News)
Melissa Gilbert is speaking out for the first time about the child sexual contact charges against her husband, actor Timothy Busfield.
“This has been the most traumatizing experience of our lives,” Gilbert told Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos in her first interview about the charges, airing Monday on GMA.
In the interview, a preview of which was released Thursday, Gilbert opened up about what she believes happened and the aftermath of the charges.
“Our life as we knew it is done. We are grieving what we had. All of our plans, all of our dreams, all of our ideas, all of our projects,” said Gilbert, who wed Busfield in 2013. “For Tim, it’s done. He’s canceled … even if he’s exonerated, he will always be that guy. The last person in the world who would hurt a child.”
She continued, “And believe me, if I thought for a second that Tim Busfield hurt a child, he’d have a lot more to worry about than prison.”
When asked by Stephanopoulos why she is speaking out now, Gilbert — who spoke alongside her and Busfield’s attorney Larry Stein — replied, “It’s time.”
Busfield was indicted on Feb. 6 by a grand jury in New Mexico on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, according to Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman.
The actor — best known for his role as Danny Concannon on The West Wing — later pleaded not guilty to all four counts.
The charges against Busfield stem from accusations that he inappropriately touched a child actor on the set of the TV show The Cleaning Lady, which was filmed in Albuquerque, according to a criminal complaint.
The actor denied the allegations when interviewed by investigators, according to the criminal complaint.
Busfield turned himself in to authorities in New Mexico in January and was held without bond. He was later released on his own recognizance pending trial.
At the time of the indictment, Stein told ABC News that the grand jury’s decision was “not unexpected.”
“As the saying goes, a grand jury will indict a ham sandwich. What is deeply concerning is that the District Attorney is choosing to proceed on a case that is fundamentally unsound and cannot be proven at trial. The detention hearing exposed fatal weaknesses in the State’s evidence — gaps that no amount of charging decisions can cure,” Stein said in a statement.
He added, “Mr. Busfield will fight these charges at every stage and looks forward to testing the State’s case in open court — where evidence matters — not behind closed doors.”
In a statement to ABC News Thursday, the district attorney’s office said its focus “remains on the victims.”
“The Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office handles hundreds of child abuse cases every year. When a child reports abuse, we take it very seriously,” the statement said. “In this matter, a neutral grand jury indicted the defendant on four Counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor (Child Under 13).”
“This office follows our ethical duty to only proceed on cases where a good faith basis exists to prosecute,” the statement continued. “While it is not surprising that the defendant is attempting to garner public support through the media, our focus remains on the victims. We will continue to fight for them every step of the way.”
Busfield’s trial is tentatively set for May 2027 in New Mexico.
Watch more of Melissa Gilbert’s interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Monday, April 6, on Good Morning America from 7 a.m. ET to 9 a.m. ET on ABC.
