In brief: Olivia Colman joins ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ and more
Olivia Colman has joined the cast of Only Murders in the Building. The Oscar winner has joined the season 6 cast of the comedy whodunnit series. The news was announced to Instagram on Tuesday. Selena Gomez and Meryl Streep made a cheeky video where they revealed Colman’s casting, but only after Martin Short pretended like he was the exciting new cast member. Gomez and Streep had to remind Short that he, of course, is one of the show’s original stars. “Marty, you’re already in the show,” they told him, before pulling Colman on screen … Disney is the parent company of ABC News and Hulu.
The trailer for Slow Horses season 6 has arrived. Sir Gary Oldman once again stars as Jackson Lamb in this look at the sixth season of the espionage drama. The new season premieres on Apple TV Sept. 16. Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden and Saskia Reeves also star …
Jack Reynor has found his next part. Deadline reports the actor will star alongside Lily James in the horror film Seasons. The Amazon MGM Studios film is based on a viral horror short story by Matt Query and Harrison Query. It follows a husband and wife who buy their dream ranch only to learn it is filled with ancient spirits. Drew Hancock is set to direct from a script he also wrote …
(L-R) Letitia Wright, David Jonsson and Winston Duke speak onstage during the Marvel Studios Panel at 2026 San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, 2026 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)
David Jonsson is stepping into the role of the Marvel superhero for Black Panther 3, director Ryan Coogler announced during the studio’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday.
Jonsson will be playing T’Challa’s son Prince T’Challa II, who takes up the mantle of Black Panther from his late father. His character was introduced as a young boy in 2022’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Letitia Wright will be returning as Shuri and Winston Duke will be reprising his role as M’Baku in the third film.
The late Chadwick Boseman played T’Challa/Black Panther in the first Black Panther film in 2018. He died of colon cancer in 2020 at age 43.
Black Panther 3 will arrive in theaters on Dec. 15, 2028.
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Focus Features released a new trailer for the Andrew Scott-starring film on Monday.
The movie follows “the deeply emotional and inspirational true story of Ian Charleson, a gifted actor whose greatest challenge becomes his greatest triumph. Facing his own mortality with unflinching honesty, wit, and grace, Charleson delivers a courageous performance that becomes a source of healing and inspiration for those around him,” according to its official synopsis.
Charleson replaced Daniel Day-Lewis as Hamlet in London’s National Theatre production of the classic play. Despite rave reviews, Charleson was dealing with complications from AIDS. He died in January 1990, weeks after performing his run in the production.
Simon Stone directed the film from a script by Stephen Beresford from an idea by Ethan Silverman.
In addition to starring, Scott produces the film. The rest of the cast includes Olivia Colman, Billie Piper, Johnny Flynn, Luke Thompson, David Dawson, Matthew Beard, Joe Locke, Monica Dolan, Georgie Glen, Sadie Soverall, Adeel Akhtar, Dickie Beau, Kadiff Kirwan, Juliet Stevenson and Peter Mullan.
Blake Lively attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 4, 2026, in New York. Justin Baldoni speaks onstage at the Vital Voices 12th Annual Voices of Solidarity Award, Dec. 9, 2024, in New York. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images | Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
A New York federal judge has ruled that Justin Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, must pay his former It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively’s attorneys’ fees, after the parties reached a settlement last month in Lively’s lawsuit against the actor and production studio.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman denied Lively’s claim for punitive damages but wrote that the actress was entitled to attorneys’ fees under California Civil Code Section 47.1.
Section 47.1 states in part that a “prevailing defendant” in a defamation case is “entitled to their reasonable attorney’s fees and costs for successfully defending themselves in the litigation,” as well as any additional damages permitted by a judge.
In a statement to ABC News following the ruling, Lively’s attorneys Esra Hudson and Michael Gottlieb said the judge’s decision “makes it clear that Ms. Lively brought her claims in good faith, that there was no evidence she acted with malice, and that she is the prevailing defendant under Section 47.1.”
“Ms. Lively is gratified that her lawsuit shows how Section 47.1 and laws like it create a path for survivors to hold accountable those who weaponize online attacks and retaliatory lawsuits to intimidate and silence survivors,” they added.
ABC News has reached out to representatives for Baldoni for comment.
Friday’s decision comes after the parties reached a settlement in early May in Lively’s lawsuit against Baldoni, ending their nearly year-and-a-half legal dispute.
According to settlement documents filed May 7 in the Southern District of New York, Baldoni, via his Wayfarer production company, and Lively agreed to settle their ongoing dispute on terms that Lively could still seek to recover attorney’s fees and additional damages.
The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Lively and Baldoni’s legal battle kicked off in December 2024, when Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department alleging “severe emotional distress” after she said Baldoni and key stakeholders in the film — which Baldoni also directed — sexually harassed her and attempted, along with Baldoni’s production company, to orchestrate a smear campaign against her.
Baldoni followed up the action by filing a lawsuit against the New York Times for libel and false light invasion of privacy on Dec. 31 after it published the article about Lively’s California complaint.
Lively subsequently formalized her complaint into a lawsuit against Baldoni in New York, also on Dec. 31.
Baldoni responded by filing a civil lawsuit against Lively, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and others for, among other things, extortion and defamation.
The suits were consolidated into one lawsuit in January 2025.
In June last year, Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and the couple’s publicist Leslie Sloane, as well as Baldoni’s defamation suit against the Times, was dismissed by Liman.
A federal judge in New York gutted much of Lively’s case against Baldoni in April of this year, including claims she was subjected to sexual harassment on set.
The judge determined in a ruling at the time that Lively would be allowed to pursue certain claims of retaliation against Baldoni’s public relations team over alleged harm to her reputation.
In May, after reaching a settlement in their protracted legal dispute, the two actors issued a joint statement via their respective legal teams, saying, “We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments. It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online.”
