In brief: Netflix teases new ‘Beef’ season 2 trailer and more
Beef season 2 is cooking up something new. Netflix has announced that a new trailer for the upcoming season will arrive Thursday. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton star in the season, which arrives to the streaming service on April 16 …
Fight Club is returning to theaters. Tickets are now on sale for a one-night-only rerelease of the David Fincher film. This 4K rerelease will be available to watch on the big screen on April 22 …
Odessa A’zion has found her next role. Variety reports the Marty Supreme breakout star has joined the cast of Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet’s upcoming movie, Fonda. Ewan Mitchell, Cherry Jones and Benedict Wong have also signed on to star in the film …
Two Saturday Night Live alum are teaming up for a new series at Apple TV. Variety reports that Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Cecily Strong will star in a limited drama-comedy series inspired by the New York Magazine article The Nanny Squatter by Bindu Bansinath. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You director Mary Bronstein will write, direct and showrun the series, which centers on a couple whose lives are upended after they welcome a caregiver into their home …
Netflix has shared its first look and release date for season 2 of Running Point. The series, which comes from executive producer Mindy Kaling and stars Oscar nominee Kate Hudson, returns with more episodes on April 23. Season 2 also stars Drew Tarver, Brenda Song, Scott MacArthur, Fabrizio Guido, Chet Hanks, Toby Sandeman, Uche Agada and Justin Theroux …
Chris Pine is looking to team up with Emma Stone. Deadline reports the actor is in talks to star alongside Stone in an upcoming romantic comedy film for Universal Pictures. While the film’s plot is being kept under wraps, Stone’s husband, Dave McCary, will direct it from a script by Patrick Kang and Michael Levin …
Miley Cyrus on the ‘Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special’ (Disney/Ser Baffo)
For a show that didn’t exist until Miley Cyrus spoke it into existence, the Hannah Montana20th AnniversarySpecial has been quite a hit.
The Disney+ and Hulu special debuted March 24 and featured Miley singing Hannah Montana hits, reminiscing on a replica of the show’s set, sitting down for an interview with Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper and welcoming guests like Selena Gomez and Chappell Roan. According to Disney, it drew 6.3 million viewers after just three days of streaming.
What’s more, it apparently inspired people to revisit the original series, which ran from 2006 to 2011. According to Disney, after the special debuted, viewership of Hannah Montana increased by 1,000%. Overall, the special has been streamed for more than half a billion hours globally on Disney+.
In addition, on the day the special debuted, Spotify streams “This Is the Life,” which Miley performed, increased by nearly 750%. “Best of Both Worlds,” another song she sang in the special, increased in streams by more than 600%.
Meanwhile, other songs included in the special saw boosts as well: Streams of “Wherever I Go” increased by close to 540%, while “Ordinary Girl” rose by about 430%.
Miley released the new song she wrote for the special, “Younger You,” on Friday, along with a nostalgic video.
As previously reported, Miley told Variety that she acted on advice from her godmother Dolly Parton and “started promoting a Hannah Montana 20th-anniversary special that literally did not exist.” As everyone got excited about it, Miley was then able to tell Disney that the show “would be huge.”
As a result, Disney exec Charlie Andrews told Variety, Miley “willed it into existence.”
Harry will host and be the musical guest on the March 14 installment of the show. In the promo, Marcello dons Harry’s outfit from the BRIT Awards and apes his dance moves as he makes his way to the stage of Studio 8H, while Harry’s song “American Girls” plays. He steps to the mic, only to be interrupted by the real Harry, standing in the back of the studio with Kenan Thompson.
“What are you doing, Marcello?”
“Nothing, Harry Styles,” says Marcello, knocking the mic to the floor.
“Are those my clothes?” Harry asks.
“Yeah, sorry. I thought you weren’t coming,” Marcello replies. “I thought I would just go on as your understudy.”
“Understudy? I’m 15 minutes late because Kenan and I went out for pain au chocolat,” Harry responds, as he and Kenan hold up the French pastries. “It’s a tradition when I host.” To be clear, Harry has only hosted the show once before.
“Tsk tsk, Marcello. You forgot the pain au chocolat,” Kenan scolds.
“I’m sorry, I just wanted to help,” Marcello says. “If you want to help, hold my pain au chocolat,” says Harry.
Marcello quickly exits the stage, while Harry gets behind the mic and says, “See you on Saturday.”
