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New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth, along with Liane Moriarty, Emily Perkins, Zoe Foster Blake, and Jane Harper, has been optioned by Makeup Stories to produce her ninth novel, Darling. Girls” will be made into a TV series. Winner of the 2024 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel, The Darling Girls follows adoptive sisters Jessica, Nora and Alicia as they return to the idyllic agricultural estate where they were raised by their loving adoptive mother. A body is discovered below. Adoptive sisters rescued from family tragedies were constantly told how lucky they were to have been given that…
The verdict is out on CBS’ “Matlock” reboot. Tiffany Network renewed the legal drama for a second season after just two episodes aired. Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement: “This reimagined ‘Matlock’ was conceived by Jenny Snyder Urman with a stunning surprise plot twist; “The moment I saw the first episode brought to life by Arman, I knew we had something special.” The incredibly talented Kathy Bates. Audience reception and critical acclaim were overwhelming. I can’t wait for the second season to start. ” Bates plays Madeline Kingston, a socialite matron. She impersonates Madeline “Mattie” Matlock,…
One of the things that makes Alan Wake 2 a masterpiece is its ability to juggle multiple tones. This is a dark detective novel. It’s a metafictional surrealist horror story. There’s humor, there’s horror, and there’s even some serious musical numbers. Remedy put its tonality into action earlier this year with Alan Wake 2’s first DLC, Night Springs, which offered three separate Elseworlds-style stories, each focused on its own theme. While these were charming little stories, the game’s second and final DLC, The Lake House, feels like the more substantial sequel that fans of both Alan Wake and Control have…
Sunday’s Game 5 of the WNBA Finals had explosive viewership, making it the highest-rated championship series since it aired on NBC in the ’90s.ESPN announced Tuesday that an average of 2.2 million viewers tuned in Sunday night, with the winner-take-all game between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx peaking at 3.3 million viewers. New York won in overtime, winning the franchise’s first championship.According to ESPN, this represents a 142% increase in viewership for the Las Vegas Aces compared to last season’s decisive Game 4 against Liberty. The game was the most-watched WNBA Finals since the decisive Game 3…
A Utah Senate committee is investigating the effects of being a “kidfluencer” and the ethics of putting children in front of the camera for ratings, fame and income. Shari’s comments come as states across the country are considering child influencer laws in a new light. Three states, including Illinois, Minnesota, and California, have already passed laws to ensure financial and privacy protections for child influencers online. Utah will be next to consider laws surrounding the child influencer space, as the state has become a hotspot for family-friendly video blogging content in recent years.Shari points out that even if the children…
By Trevor Kimball October 22, 2024(Photo: Sonya Fleming/CBS) The new version of Matlock won the case. After just two episodes, CBS renewed the series for a second season, scheduled to debut in the 2025-2026 broadcast television season. It’s unclear how many episodes of the first season are left. A reimagining of the 1980s and 90s courtroom drama of the same name, the Matlock TV series stars Kathy Bates, Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio, and Leah Lewis. Madeline “Mattie” Matlock (Bates) is a successful woman in her 70s who finds success in her youth and decides to rejoin…
Photo: Netflix Heartstoppers recently returned for Season 3, and now all eyes are on Season 4, which in everyone’s eyes is the final season. So, what are the ratings for Heartstoppers? And will Netflix renew it? Officially, Netflix is still keeping its future a secret as of October 22, 2024. However, I’m expecting a final season renewal or some kind of wrap-up. Here’s what we know, starting with what showrunner Alice Osman said on the record. Oddly enough, Netflix TUDUM (Netflix’s official fansite) didn’t answer the question, instead going so far as to post a clickbait post titled “Will there…
Warning: Contains spoilers for Matlock episode 2, “Rome in a Day.” If it’s not up to date, you’ve been warned. 2024 TV schedule jurors, the courtroom is finally back in session. With Matlock’s recent return, the game is finally on between Kathy Bates’ Madeline Kingston (aka Matty Matlock) and the forces of Jacobson & Moore. As she continues to win lawsuits by day and plots revenge for her dead daughter by night, a pattern seems to be forming.The twist in Matlock’s first episode seemed to establish what seems to be a key part of the CBS show’s episodic format, but…
Richard Pope is a British cinematographer who has worked with director Mike Leigh throughout his career and was nominated for an Oscar for his work lensing Leigh’s 2014 biopic Mr. Leigh. Turner passed away. Pope’s death was confirmed by the British Society of Cinematographers in a statement released on Tuesday. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our friend and colleague Dick Pope BSC,” the group wrote. “Dick had a reputation for being a great collaborator and passionate about the art form of cinematography. He was open to new techniques and ideas, while at the same time…
marvel studios The headline “Blade is infinitely behind” is becoming all too familiar. Well, the same thing happened again. Not surprisingly, Disney has removed Marvel Studios’ Blade from its release calendar. Blade was scheduled to be released in theaters on November 7, 2025, but Predator: Badlands, a Predator movie starring Elle Fanning and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, was released on Blade’s old November release date instead. It was decided that it would be done. It’s been more than five years since Mahershala Ali donned Blade’s hat at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con to announce that the vampire hunter would be…