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Thirty-one years ago today, on September 4, 1995, Xena: Warrior Princess first hit American screens and quickly became a cult favorite. Lucy Lawless starred as the formidable Xena, with Renee O’Connor as her devoted partner Gabrielle. Mixing high-octane action, mythic fantasy, and quiet feminist themes, the series earned a lasting spot in television history and won over fans around the globe. You can watch Xena: Warrior Princess free with an Amazon Prime Video membership HERE. The series, created by Robert Tapert and John Schulian, was a spin-off of the popular Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Xena first appeared as a recurring…
Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s the only awards contender that’s playing all four major fall film festivals this cycle? (No peeking at Gold Derby’s official festival scorecard until after you answer.) The film in question, of course, is Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard, the much-loved German auteur’s first narrative feature in seven years. Starring sisters Kate and Rooney Mara in their first-ever onscreen collaboration, the film just had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and will move on to play Telluride, Toronto, and New York. As in real life, the Mara siblings play a pair of sisters named Jean and…
English comedian Russell Howard is mourning the death of his newborn son, Felix. “Earlier this year, our family changed forever when our beautiful baby boy, Felix, died shortly after birth,” Howard, 46, said in a statement shared via Instagram on Friday, September 4. “During the most devastating time of our lives, the hospital staff who cared for us showed extraordinary compassion, kindness and humanity. They helped us navigate an unimaginable heartache and gave us support when we needed it most.” The TV host explained that he and his wife, Cerys Morgan, were assigned a “bereavement midwife” who “had experienced a…
Labor Day Weekend brings to a close the summer movie season, which became one of the biggest on record thanks to the mega-blockbusters “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” But the season is just getting started on streaming platforms as some of the summer’s buzziest titles make their streaming debuts to kick off the fall movie corridor. “Toy Story 5” is the third highest-grossing movie of the year with $1.13 billion and should prove to be a streaming mega-hit when it arrives on Disney+ near the end of the month. Expect the whole “Toy Story” animated franchise to get…
David Livingston/Getty Images Mr. T has some major issues with the Netflix documentary centered on him. In an interview with The Guardian, he said “Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool” presents several false narratives about his life. Specifically, he rejects the documentary’s portrayal of the decline of his acting career as the result of poor decisions. “I don’t want to sound cocky or conceited, but if I never made another dollar, if I was never on TV again, all I ever wanted to do is done,” Mr. T said. He added…
The many ways in which writer-director Andrew Haigh and fiction author Colm Tóibín share a kinship of sensibilities, notably in their impeccable gifts for intimate character observation, breathe warming embers into the sub-zero elemental severity of A Long Winter. A coming-of-age drama that touches delicately on grief and resilience, family and home, queer sexuality and liberating self-discovery, the film’s muted tone will be considered under-powered by some. But audiences willing to tune in to its slow-burn introspection and immersive sense of place will find a humanity that is its own reward, particularly in the probing performances of Fred Hechinger, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. Just…
‘Wheel of Fortune’ Jim Thornton Facebook Account Goes Dark After ‘Wheel’ Axing Published September 4, 2026 5:53 PM PDT | Updated September 4, 2026 7:03 PM PDT Jim Thornton’s Facebook account has gone dark hours after he was fired from “Wheel of Fortune” … and TMZ has learned the former announcer has also been scrubbed from the game show’s social media channels. Thornton’s Facebook page was no longer publicly accessible Friday evening. It was active earlier in the day and featured behind-the-scenes photos and videos of Jim on the popular game show set. The page also included photos of Jim…
Gold Derby is serving up Big Brother 28 spoilers all summer long. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Icons grab a life vest! Hours after La Trice “Lala” Verrett was evicted from the Big Brother house, Barrett Pfeiffer won his first Head of Household competition of the summer. The Texas Jumbotron engineer has been secretly salivating over the idea of putting up the three reality TV icons — Angela Murray, Dee Valladares, and Rick Devens — who he’d been working with all season. Well, he took the shot. Prior to the ceremony, Barrett had hinted to Drew Campbell that their…
Sandra Bullock knows her kids’ words have some gravity to them. While the Practical Magic 2 star reflected on how impressed she is by her teenagers Louis, 16, and Laila, 13, she admitted that her daughter’s honesty can sometimes be a little “brutal.” “I was getting on a Zoom, and she walks by and she went, ‘You know, you can put a filter on that,’” Sandra said on the Sept. 3 episode of Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast. “I went, ‘What?’ She goes, You [can] make yourself look better.’” So, with a hint of magic, Laila added a filter…
There has been much talk in film circles that the great Mike Leigh‘s latest film, Tender Loving Care, might be his last. Health issues, general aging and other things can get in the way for all of us, but if this turns out to be his finale, at least in terms of feature films — he has made 22, and another 20 stage plays — it is nice to report that this warm film, which, combined with 2024’s Hard Knocks, returns the seven-time Oscar nominee to the honest stories of British family life he has done so well in his…