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Prime Video has unveiled the cast members for its upcoming British original romantic-comedy. Bridgerton star Simone Ashley and After actor Hero Fiennes Tiffin as the lead actors. It is based on Prime Video’s Australian original film Five Blind Dates, written by Shaung Hu and Nathan Ramos-Park. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming film: Simone Ashley set to star in Prime Video's upcoming original rom-com Picture This (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Who are the showrunners for Picture This?The upcoming…

A nearby exploding star is due to offer a spectacular show that could outshine our North Star this year.The star, which is 3,000 light-years from Earth, is expected to burst in a gigantic explosion – known as a nova – in the coming months. NASA said in a statement that the once-a-lifetime event could be so big that it can be seen by the naked eye. It should be visible for up to a week. It will be "fun and exciting upcoming cataclysm," Bradley Schaefer, an astrophysicist at Louisiana State University, told The New York…

A small sample of new Star Wars merch. Image: LucasfilmThree things you can count on in this world are death, taxes, and new Star Wars merchandise. Just days after a huge dump of new figures for the upcoming show The Acolyte, it’s now time for a “March to May the 4th.” Basically, that means a reveal of new May the Fourth merchandise in March. (Also March is a word in “Imperial March”—because, you know, synergy.)Nevertheless, this merch runs the gamut, from a limited edition Darth Maul lightsaber timed to the 25th…

Shohei Ohtani is no Pete Rose. At least not yet.For one thing, as accomplished as Ohtani is at baseball, his career 684 hits pale in comparison with Rose’s 4,256, the most of any major league player. More pertinent to the news cycle is that Ohtani hasn’t been accused of betting on baseball, or betting at all. Rose famously was banned from baseball for life in 1989 by then-Commissioner Bartlett Giamatti (yes, Paul’s dad), whose investigation concluded that Rose had bet on major league games as a player and as a…

The sequel to Tim Burton’s iconic Beetlejuice is almost here. On Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures shared the first teaser trailer for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the 36-years-in-the-making sequel of the iconic Tim Burton movie, due on Sept. 4. The minute-long teaser sees Jenna Ortega riding her bike to school and later attending a funeral alongside Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, who reprise their roles as Lydia and Delia Deetz. The trailer fast-forwards to Ortega going into an attic to find a model of…

Pink plastic cows and fake aqua-blue trucks decorated the lobby of the Wiltern during the last night of Chappell Roan’s U.S. Midwest Princess Tour in November. Her fans — donning sparkly devil horns and bedazzled bralettes decorated with hearts — posed for photos in front of the backdrops as they made their way into the art deco Los Angeles venue, where death-dropping drag queens lip-synced on stage. “The Wiltern… It doesn’t feel like a gay club, you know what I mean? It’s proper. It’s very fancy,” Roan, 26, says.…

M Emmet Walsh starred as Captain Bryant in Blade Runner, one of his most notable roles before his death aged 88.The American actor appeared in 119 films including The Jerk and Knives Out.His manager Sandy Joseph confirmed his death of cardiac arrest at Northwestern Medical Center in St Albans, Vermont on Tuesday (19 March) in a statement to the New York Post.“I approach each job thinking it might be my last so it better be the best work possible. I want to be remembered as a working actor. I’m being paid for what I’d do…

Blood Simple and Blade Runner star M. Emmet Walsh died on Tuesday, March 19, aged 88. Walsh’s manager told Fox News Digital that he died of cardiac arrest at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vermont. The character actor worked for six decades, on stage, film and television. Some of his most popular roles were in The Jerk, Critters, and My Best Friend's Wedding. Blood Simple and Blade Runner star M. Emmet Walsh, 88, has died of cardiac arrest in Vermont (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)(John…

Image: HasbroHasbro’s latest Star Wars reveals may have been ostensibly for its villain-themed “Imperial March” this month, but really, it was all about The Acolyte. Just a day after we got our first look at the next Star Wars series in action, Hasbro came prepared with a bevy of new figures inspired by the show, and then some.The Acolyte figures sadly won’t be out until fall this year, but it’s still nice to see Hasbro has a lot of plans for the show across both its 6" Black Series and 3.75" Vintage Collection toy lines.…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeM Emmet Walsh, the acclaimed American character actor who appeared in 119 films including Blade Runner, The Jerk and Knives Out, has died. He was 88.His notable roles included private detective Loren Visser in the Coen Brothers’ first film, 1984’s Blood Simple, for which Walsh won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.Walsh’s death was confirmed by his longtime manager, Sandy…