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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Zakhar Perez Is Avoiding ‘Red, White & Royal Blue 2' Spoilers: 'I Want Plausible Deniability'
Not even presidential security clearance could get Taylor Zakhar Perez to spoil the upcoming Red, White & Royal Blue sequel. After portraying the president's son Alex Claremont-Diaz in the 2023 Prime Video adaptation of Casey McQuiston's LGBTQ romance novel, the actor explained how he guaranteed 'plausible deniability' when it comes to details of the second installment. More from Deadline Nicholas Galitzine & Taylor Zakhar Perez Returning For 'Red, White & Royal Blue' Sequel 'Red, White & Royal Blue' Star Taylor Zakhar Perez Says He Channeled Mr. Darcy And Ryan Gosling In Rom-Com Hit – Contenders TV Shane Gillis Joins Roster Of Amazon MGM's 'Madden'; Nicolas Cage Plays John Madden 'I purposefully said, 'Please do not share with me anything until we are ready to prep it, because I want plausible deniability,'' Zakhar Perez told Elle. 'I have not read a script, but I hear it's very good.' Last May, Amazon MGM Studios announced they greenlighted development on the sequel after the first became Prime Video's No. 1 movie in its global debut weekend, holding the position for three weeks. Zakhar Perez reunites with Nicholas Galatzine as Prince Henry for the sequel, which also sees writer-director Matthew López returning after making his feature debut with the original, penning the sequel alongside McQuiston. Berlanti Schechter Films' Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will return to produce the film, joined by the banner's Michael McGrath, as well as López. McQuiston will executive produce. In Red, White & Royal Blue, President Ellen Claremont's (Uma Thurman) son Alex (Zakhar Perez) has an embarrassing encounter with Prince Henry (Galatzine), threatening US/UK relations and his mother's reelection campaign. While attempting to clean up the bad press, the pair is forced to pretend to be best friends, during which the unlikely pair secretly falls in love. Best of Deadline 'The Last of Us' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 'The Last Of Us': Differences Between HBO Series & Video Game Across Seasons 1 And 2 Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Andiamo, Stanley! Stanley Tucci Shares Insights From His New NatGeo Culinary Adventure Series ‘Tucci In Italy'
Stanley Tucci has an appetite. Not just for food but for culture, conversation, travel, exploration – all the things that make life enriching. The actor gets to indulge those passions, and take us along with him, in the new National Geographic documentary series Tucci in Italy, now in contention for Emmy recognition. The five-part series finds him venturing far and wide in the homeland of his ancestors, to regions well known like Tuscany and Lombardy, and to other areas further from the beaten path like Abruzzo and Trentino-Alto Adige. Everywhere, the first item on the menu is to experience the region's food. More from Deadline Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson On The Genius Of Sly Stone And Rock Star's Precipitous Fall - Doc Talk Podcast Nixon, Lennon, Fonda, Ali: How David Frost Booked, Charmed, Probed World's Biggest Newsmakers & Stars - Doc Talk Podcast David Blaine Says The Magic Of 'Do Not Attempt' Is In People Doing "The Invisible Work" To Astonish - Contenders TV: Docs, Unscripted & Variety On the new episode of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, Tucci joins hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey to discuss his series, and how it builds on his earlier Emmy-winning show for CNN, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. He tells us how he selected the destinations he wanted to explore, the favorite meal he experienced, and the one kind of food he studiously avoids. His 'I'll pass on that' list is very short – as the series demonstrates, he's up for eating and savoring a huge variety of dishes including trippa (tripe), lardo (lard) and salad served in a vase. Tucci also shares his thoughts on Italy's recent rightward political shift and why he wanted to delve into that in the episode he filmed in the prosperous region of Lombardy, the part of Italy that's home to the cities of Milan, Brescia, Bergamo and more. The actor also tells us how he first learned Italian – stemming from a boyhood stay in the country when he was thrown into the linguistic deep end of the pool, or la parte profonda della piscina if you prefer. That's on the latest edition of the Doc Talk podcast, hosted by Oscar winner Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley) and Carey, Deadline's documentary editor. The pod is a production of Deadline and Ridley's Nō Studios. Listen to the episode above or on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart and Apple. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming Out In 2025
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
David Blaine Says The Magic Of ‘Do Not Attempt' Is In People Doing 'The Invisible Work' To Astonish – Contenders TV: Docs, Unscripted & Variety
Ever since David Blaine was a kid, he was obsessed with a guy who was nicknamed the human fire hydrant. Since there was no YouTube, Blaine would spend hours at a broadcasting museum to watch old clips of the infamous trickster who could drink kerosene, spit it out and ignite an 'enormous fire like a human dragon.' No matter how many glasses of liquid he consumed, however, Blaine couldn't quite figure out how the human fire hydrant performed his feat of magic. So in 2013, Blaine decided to go to the source and learn firsthand how to perform the fiery trick. That successful quest — yep, Blaine can spit flames with the best of 'em now — was the basis for David Blaine Do Not Attempt, a six-part documentary series for Nat Geo that explores the world through the lens of magic. More from Deadline Deadline's Contenders Television: Documentary, Unscripted & Variety Ready For Liftoff Deadline's Contenders Television Streaming Site Launches 'The Traitors' EP On What Makes Format Dynamic & The Possibility Of A Non-Celebrity Season - Contenders TV: Documentary, Unscripted & Variety Blaine traveled the world to find ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Along the way, he learns a few tricks for himself — like how to charm a King cobra, or what it's like to swim with an anaconda, or stuff a serrated knife down his nose. RELATED: 'This pursuit of doing things with your body, pushing as hard as you can, and then going even further to develop one skill that takes thousands and thousands of hours to learn … these are the incredible people that we see,' Blaine said during a conversation at Deadline's Contenders Television: Documentary, Unscripted & Variety event of his visits to Brazil, India, South Africa and more. 'It's like the invisible work they put in to create that one fleeting moment of astonishment. To me, that's the real magic, and that's what I find beautiful. This was a search for that.' 'Along the way we discovered all the things that led to what they do, their driving forces,' Blaine continues. 'They use the extreme cold, they do things that should not be possible under five feet of ice where they're walking upside down and holding their breath. They use their extreme environments to create the closest thing to magic that I consider possible.' That includes planting a big buss on the head of a King cobra. To pull off the ultimate trick, Blaine relied on a veritable snake charmer named Fitz whom he met in Indonesia. 'He's been actually working with King cobras and snakes for 20 years now,' recalls Blaine. 'He showed me his lifestyle, and he started to teach me how to feel comfortable around venomous snakes. He is a master at what he does. So I was very tuned into everything that he had told me and I processed it and I did it at my speed. So it was baby steps, but he shared everything with me and made me very comfortable. It was probably the most unpredictable and scariest moment in my career because in my mind if anything went wrong, that would probably lead to at best a very long hospital visit.' Check out the panel video above. { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "32fe25c4-79aa-406a-af44-69b41e969e71", mediaId: "38372851-1237-4456-94ca-bb48637d991b", }).render("connatix_player_38372851-1237-4456-94ca-bb48637d991b_15"); }); Best of Deadline Francis Ford Coppola's Career In Photos, From 'Apocalypse Now' To 'The Godfather' Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far Everything We Know About Netflix's 'The Thursday Murder Club' So Far
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Andiamo, Stanley! Stanley Tucci Shares Insights From His New NatGeo Culinary Adventure Series ‘Tucci In Italy'
Stanley Tucci has an appetite. Not just for food but for culture, conversation, travel, exploration – all the things that make life enriching. The actor gets to indulge those passions, and take us along with him, in the new National Geographic documentary series Tucci in Italy, now in contention for Emmy recognition. The five-part series finds him venturing far and wide in the homeland of his ancestors, to regions well known like Tuscany and Lombardy, and to other areas further from the beaten path like Abruzzo and Trentino-Alto Adige. Everywhere, the first item on the menu is to experience the region's food. More from Deadline Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson On The Genius Of Sly Stone And Rock Star's Precipitous Fall - Doc Talk Podcast Nixon, Lennon, Fonda, Ali: How David Frost Booked, Charmed, Probed World's Biggest Newsmakers & Stars - Doc Talk Podcast David Blaine Says The Magic Of 'Do Not Attempt' Is In People Doing "The Invisible Work" To Astonish - Contenders TV: Docs, Unscripted & Variety On the new episode of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, Tucci joins hosts John Ridley and Matt Carey to discuss his series, and how it builds on his earlier Emmy-winning show for CNN, Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy. He tells us how he selected the destinations he wanted to explore, the favorite meal he experienced, and the one kind of food he studiously avoids. His 'I'll pass on that' list is very short – as the series demonstrates, he's up for eating and savoring a huge variety of dishes including trippa (tripe), lardo (lard) and salad served in a vase. Tucci also shares his thoughts on Italy's recent rightward political shift and why he wanted to delve into that in the episode he filmed in the prosperous region of Lombardy, the part of Italy that's home to the cities of Milan, Brescia, Bergamo and more. The actor also tells us how he first learned Italian – stemming from a boyhood stay in the country when he was thrown into the linguistic deep end of the pool, or la parte profonda della piscina if you prefer. That's on the latest edition of the Doc Talk podcast, hosted by Oscar winner Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley) and Carey, Deadline's documentary editor. The pod is a production of Deadline and Ridley's Nō Studios. Listen to the episode above or on major podcast platforms including Spotify, iHeart and Apple. Best of Deadline Everything We Know About The 'Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping' Movie So Far TV Show Book Adaptations Arriving In 2025 So Far Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming Out In 2025
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Amazon bets big on MrBeast as Beast Games teases massive comeback; casting begins—check details
MrBeast, the YouTuber-turned-entrepreneur whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is going to appear on Amazon with more seasons of Beast Games. According to an IMDB report, Amazon appears to be moving forward with an additional season of Beast Games. However, so far, there is no official announcement on the same yet. Another report by Deadline highlights that the streamer is currently casting for Season 2 of the MrBeast-led series; there are rumours of a potential two-season order. Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios head Mike Hopkins appeared to confirm the news during a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Credit: X MrBeast gave away $25 million in prize money on Prime Video Mike, in a statement, said that they are going to do a couple more seasons of that. He mentioned the series while describing the success the company has had so far dipping its toes into the creator economy. On the other hand, MrBeast gave away $25 million in prize money on his Prime Video competition series, which he debuted in December. He was also eager to give away even more cash during the recent conversation for Deadline's Contenders TV, teasing that "another 10 seasons could happen". However, during that time, he remained ignorant about the show's prospects. Mr Beast show has to be one of the best shows this year. Watch Mr Beast games on Amazon Prime video — Judith's Rose 🌹 🇿🇼 (@DivineMuringani) February 19, 2025 Beast Games set an audience record on Prime Video In January, Beast Games set an audience record on Prime Video; with this, the show became the streamer's most-watched unscripted series ever in its first 25 days. So far, the series has racked up 50 million viewers globally in that time frame, also making it the second most-watched and the second most gripping new series of 2024, after Fallout. Well, MrBeast already has a successful YouTube show, and after this, Beast Games is touted "to become the biggest reality competition series ever with 1000 contestants competing with each other for a $5 million cash prize. BEAST GAME EPISODE 3 IS OUT NOW! To celebrate, I'm giving away $100,000 total to 10 random people who like and retweet this post! Go watch it here: — MrBeast (@MrBeast) December 26, 2024 This is one of the biggest payouts in the television industry. In the show, MrBeast serves as a host and an executive producer. To stay updated on the stories that are going viral follow Indiatimes Trending.
