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Vancouver, for all its celebrity hangouts and major studio and streamer film shoots, is also home to a grimy downtown eastside neighborhood where getting off addictions and out of homelessness for many remains a constant struggle. And in that gritty urban world where people easily fall through the cracks and sell their bodies and drugs to survive, first-time feature director Justin Ducharme has set Seventeen, an indie drama about three indigenous and queer sex workers whose lives overlap during 17 chaotic hours. The Vancouver-based filmmaker tells The Hollywood Reporter that, rather than offer a sordid saga of historical trauma and…
Credit: Getty Oprah Winfrey is taking on one of her biggest projects yet! Oprah Winfrey Announces AHA at the Sphere The 72-year-old media icon announced Oprah Winfrey’s AHA, a new immersive live experience that will take over the Sphere in Las Vegas for one weekend in 2027. What Is Oprah Winfrey’s AHA? Oprah will appear live on stage during the two-hour production, which combines music, poetry, storytelling and visual art and features contributions from an impressive group of artists and performers. When Is Oprah Performing at the Sphere? Oprah Winfrey’s AHA will take place on April 2, 3 and 4,…
Say it’s a Saturday afternoon and you’re browsing through Netflix, wondering what to watch. There are so many choices, from classic Netflix originals to movies that came to the platform after a long box-office run. And then, you come across a show you’ve heard about time and time again but never watched.Breaking Bad.If you dive in, you’ll give yourself the chance to watch it and enjoy what everyone else has been talking about for years. But with five seasons, you don’t want to devote yourself to a show that you’re not sure is going to be great. Should you watch…
Sister Wives’ Janelle Brown Goes Public With New Boyfriend 4 Years After Kody Brown SplitSister Wives is entering a new era. The trailer for season 21 of the TLC reality show revealed that Kody Brown and his remaining wife Robyn Brown have left the show and won’t appear on the upcoming season, marking the first installment they’re missing since Sister Wives premiered in 2010. Instead, the series will focus on his ex-wives Christine Brown Woolley, Janelle Brown and Meri Brown. “After 16 years of filming Sister Wives,” text on screen at the beginning of the Sept. 14 trailer read, “Kody & Robyn will not be…
As a rock star, Chrissie Hynde has always been a bit of a paradox — gnarly but cerebral, ferocious yet guarded. And “Pretenders,” Joss Crowley’s sensational and revealing music documentary, shows you that there was a paradox — a glorious one — built into her band. Formed in London in 1978, the Pretenders emerged from the moment when “punk” had morphed into “new wave.” But there were still musicians around who could claim to be both, and Hynde was one of them. When you listen to “Precious,” which is totally a punk song (it has the potent high-speed sizzle of something by…
Neil Mockford/Getty Images Lily James kickstarted her career with 2010’s “Just William,” the BBC One adaptation of Richmal Crompton’s eponymous book series. She went on to play Lady Rose Aldridge in “Downton Abbey,” which led to her breakthrough role in 2015’s “Cinderella,” a live-action adaptation of the classic fairytale. James went on to play a string of notable roles, including Natasha Rostova in the TV adaptation of “War & Peace.” She also starred in “Baby Driver,” “Darkest Hour,” “The Dig,” and “The Iron Claw,” and appeared in “Rebecca,” “Relay,” and “Swiped.”…
Canadian comedy actor, producer and writer Seth Rogen on Sunday night declared it “ominous” to receive a career achievement award from the Toronto Film Festival at 44 years of age. “Does TIFF know something I don’t know? You got a letter from my doctors?” he questioned while on stage at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Rogen received a Career Achievement honor at the Tribute Awards at TIFF while in town to tout two movies — Babies, directed by his wife Lauren Miller Rogen, and Tangles, an animated film which Rogen and Miller Rogen produced. Rogen thanked his wife for allowing…
Hayden Panettiere Died From Fentanyl-Laced Oxy, Sources Drug Dealer DEA Target Published September 14, 2026 1:00 AM PDT Hayden Panettiere took one fatal pill the day she died, and multiple law enforcement sources believe it was oxycodone laced with fentanyl. Our sources — all connected to the case and with direct knowledge — say Hayden had a “long time drug dealer” in Los Angeles, who was providing her several black-market prescription drugs, including oxycodone. We’re told Hayden took several drugs she purchased from her dealer on the flight from L.A. to South Carolina the day before she died. Authorities believe…
Picture: Empress of Flames – Netflix Coming to Netflix soon is Empress of Flames, Netflix’s brand new historical-Thai drama centered on the story of the last queen of Burma. Starring My Dearest Assassin’s Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul and Master of the House’s Narilya Gulmongkolpech, Empress of Flames arrives on December 3, 2026. Here’s everything we know so far. Empress of Flames is an upcoming Thai Netflix Original historical drama series directed by Karn Sivaroj Kongsakul and written by the team of Titipong Chaisati, Nuttapot Potchumnean, Gift Nattamol Paethanom, Nut Nualpang, and Jan Weerasu Worrapot. The series is an adaptation of the book…
German tennis pro Alexander Zverev poked fun at his rival Ben Shelton’s girlfriend, Trinity Rodman, following his U.S. Open men’s singles win. “Trinity, I thought you had a game today, no?” Zverev, 29, said during his winner’s speech inside New York City’s USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday, September 13, following his 6-3, 7-6, 5-7, 6-2 defeat over Shelton, 23. Shelton and pro soccer player Trinity, 24, began dating in March 2025. “Well done to you as well,” the Grand Slam winner continued to direct at Trinity, whose father is NBA legend Dennis Rodman, as the crowd…