Ice Spice joins cast of ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’
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Ice Spice has gone from rapping “Bikini Bottom” to being in a film that is set in the underwater city of the same name. Deadline reports Ice has been cast for the upcoming animated feature The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.
Ice joins a team featuring cast members Regina Hall, Arturo Castro, George Lopez and Sherry Cola, as well as Tom Kenny, who will reprise his role as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants. Ice will also contribute to the music’s soundtrack.
Ice briefly reacted to the news on her Instagram Story, sharing “Yay” alongside a screenshot of The Hollywood Reporter‘s article announcing the film.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is set to release on Dec. 19.
The end of the era that is The Boys Amazon Prime series has come, and the cast and crew aren’t taking it too well.
Tribute posts poured in on social media this week, which marked the end of filming the fifth and final season of the superhero drama series.
“This is the last time I’ll ever be on this set. It’ll be torn down soon,” creator and showrunner EricKripkewrote on Instagram. “It’s bittersweet, but my primary feeling is gratitude.”
He continued, “We have the best cast, the best crew, the most fun story to write, and something that is impossible to predict: the right timing.”
Kripke ended by thanking his show “family” and the fans.
“Can’t wait for you to see the grand finale,” he said.
Messages of gratitude filled Kripke’s comment section, including notes from cast members JackQuaid, LazAlonso, ValorieCurry and ErinMoriarty.
In her own post, Moriarty shared a carousel of images, including one of her tearful self donning a T-shirt with the text “The Boys Crew.”
“Honestly, f*** ‘don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened,'” she wrote. “the tears have begun. the posts are incoming. I said goodbye to most of my work family today and I’ll be ready to smile about it when I’m ready to smile about it. to my Boys fam: love you, c****. forever.”
Quaid shared the “family” sentiment over on his Instagram, writing in a post, “This show, this incredible cast and crew are my family. I love them with all my heart.”
Quaid said he can’t wait for fans to watch the “amazing” final season. “Everyone truly crushed it,” he wrote.
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Sterling K. Brown stars in the trailer for Washington Black. The Hulu series, which is based on the bestselling novel, follows the story of George Washington “Wash” Black and his scientific mind, which sets him up for his destiny. All the episodes of the series start streaming on July 23 …
After a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend, Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning retained the top two spots at the box office this past weekend, with both setting new milestones in overall earnings.
Disney’s live-action remake of the beloved animated classic grossed another $63 million, which according to Variety brings its worldwide total to $610 million. That makes it the second-biggest movie of 2025, following A Minecraft Movie, which has taken in $947 million worldwide.
Meanwhile, Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning — supposedly the last outing for Tom Cruise‘s superspy Ethan Hunt — earned $27.3 million, good enough for #2 this weekend, and bringing its worldwide total to $350 million, Variety reports. The vampire thriller Sinners also topped the $350 million mark worldwide this weekend; it’s currently at #6 on the box office tally.
As for new entries, Karate Kid: Legends debuts at #3 with $21 million, as per Box Office Mojo. The film is set three years after the end of the TV series Cobra Kai, itself a spinoff of the original Karate Kid films. The horror thriller Bring Her Back debuts at #5 with $7.1 million.
In at #10 is j-hope Tour ‘Hope on the Stage’ in Japan: Live Viewing, a live movie theater broadcast of a May 31 concert in Japan by j-hope, a member of K-pop superstar group BTS.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Lilo & Stitch — $63 million 2. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning — $27.3 million 3. Karate Kid: Legends –– $21 million 4. Final Destination: Bloodlines –– $10.8 million 5. Bring Her Back –– $7.1 million 6. Sinners –– $5.2 million 7. Thunderbolts* –– $4.8 million 8. Friendship –– $2.6 million 9. The Last Rodeo –– $2.1 million 10. j-hope Tour ‘Hope On the Stage’ in Japan: Live Viewing –– $939,173
