In brief: Leighton Meester joins ‘The Buccaneers’ and more

In brief: Leighton Meester joins ‘The Buccaneers’ and more

Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester has joined the season 2 cast of Apple TV’s The Buccaneers in an as-yet undisclosed role. The period drama follows “a group of fun-loving young American girls [who] explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition,” per the streaming service. Season 2 finds the Buccaneers settling in quite nicely to their news lives, with Kristine Frøseth‘s Nan now a duchess, while Alisha Boe‘s Conchita has become Lady Brightlingsea and Imogen Waterhouse‘s Jinny, wanted for kidnapping her unborn child, now a celebrity …

“No matter what words they use, the question beneath the question remains the same. … ‘Which one of you will hurt me?’” That’s the input offered to Anna Kendrick in the official trailer to her directorial debut, Woman of the Hour. The “stranger-than-fiction story,” based on real events, also stars Kendrick as “an aspiring actress who crosses paths with a serial killer (Daniel Zovatto) on the set of the popular show, The Dating Game,” according to a synopsis in the trailer’s description. Woman of the Hour premieres Oct. 18 on Netflix …

MGM+ has renewed Billy the Kid for a third and final season. The epic romantic adventure, inspired by the life of the famous American outlaw, played by Tom Blyth, follows him from his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond. The season 3 synopsis reads, “The Lincoln County War may be officially over, but both Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett (Alex Roe) have important issues to resolve — there is a reckoning to come. Billy is still at large, and Garrett is out to capture him, dead or alive. And with a bounty on his head, Billy has the opportunity to quit New Mexico altogether and pursue a future with Dulcinea, the love of his life,” portrayed by Nuria Vega …

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Met Gala 2025: Theme, co-chairs and more revealed
Met Gala 2025: Theme, co-chairs and more revealed
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Fashion enthusiasts, rejoice!

On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute announced the official exhibition and theme of the 2025 Met Gala, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

Vogue also announced Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour as the 2025 Met Gala co-chairs. NBA star LeBron James will also serve as honorary co-chair.

In an Instagram post, Vogue described this year’s theme as “examining the importance of clothing and style to the formation of Black identities in the Atlantic diaspora” with the Black dandy as its subject.

The theme and accompanying Costume Institute exhibition take inspiration from Monica L. Miller‘s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, according to Vogue.

The 2025 Met Gala is scheduled to take place May 5.

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Reality Roundup: Anna Delvey took “nothing” from ‘DWTS’, ‘The Masked Singer’ premiere and more
Reality Roundup: Anna Delvey took “nothing” from ‘DWTS’, ‘The Masked Singer’ premiere and more

Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week:

Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
After Anna Delvey was voted off of Dancing with the Stars on Tuesday, she gave a curt response when asked what she was going to take away from the experience. “Nothing,” Delvey said in a now infamous viral moment. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba told Entertainment Weekly she was taken aback by Delvey’s comment. “That was dismissive not only of the opportunity she was given, of her wonderful and supportive partner Ezra [Sosa] in his debut season, but also of all of us who work on the show-from the dancers to behind the scenes to the creative team,” Inaba said.

The Masked Singer (Fox)
The identity of Leaf Sheep has been revealed. Yes, you read that correctly. On the season 12 premiere of The Masked Singer, which aired Wednesday, John Elway was the first celebrity to be unmasked. The two-time Super Bowl champion sang “I Like It, I Love It” by Tim McGraw before his true identity was made known. Panelist Ken Jeong guessed correctly, while the rest of the panel struck out.

The Golden Bachelorette (ABC)
Joan Vassos has started her journey for love as the first-ever Golden Bachelorette. Unfortunately, reports have emerged that one of her potential suitors, Gil Ramirez, had a restraining order filed against him. The woman who filed the temporary restraining order said she is his former partner and listed the need for the filing as emotional harassment. “Despite telling him to not contact me, come to my house — he made repeated unwanted contact with me, family members and friends,” she wrote.

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Colin Farrell expresses willingness to do second season of ‘The Penguin’
Colin Farrell expresses willingness to do second season of ‘The Penguin’
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Colin Farrell is open to exploring more of the criminal underworld in The Penguin.

After a stint as underworld criminal Oswald “Oz” Cobb in the hit HBO show, Farrell expressed an openness to returning to the show in the right situation in an interview published Sunday. Farrell’s role was a reprisal of the Penguin, which he first played in 2022’s The Batman starring Robert Pattinson as Gotham’s reluctant hero.

“If there’s a great idea [for season 2], and the writing was really muscular and as strong or stronger on the page than it was in the first season, of course I would do it,” Farrell said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

The Penguin, which debuted in September and recently released its final episode of the first season, centers around Farrell’s character, a villain overlord in Gotham.

Farrell said much of his decision to continue in the role is focused on the audience reception.

“For me, the bar for success is not very high. It’s, ‘Do most people like it?’ — just the simplicity of that. I love being in things that are critically approved — it’s much better than the alternative — but I’ve been around long enough [to know] that it’s the audience who are really the most important critics,” Farrell told the outlet.

Farrell starred in The Penguin alongside Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Deirdre O’Connell and more. The actor also expressed gratitude for the role and its rich history.

“I always loved the material, and it was never lost on me the privilege I felt to inhabit a character that’s lived so long in comic book form originally and then through various iterations on TV and in film,” he told the outlet.

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