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UAE Moments
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- UAE Moments
Two Filipino Stars Join Netflix's Avatar Live-Action Cast
Netflix announced that two acclaimed Filipino actors, Dolly de Leon and Jon Jon Briones, will join the cast of its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series for the second and third seasons. The announcement came on May 21 via Netflix's official social media pages, creating buzz among fans of the hit show. Read More: 10 Filipino Stars Who Have Appeared in Hollywood Productions Read More: 10 Hollywood Celebrities You Did Not Know Have Filipino Heritage Roles and Characters Dolly de Leon will play twin sisters Lo and Li, who serve as trusted advisers to Fire Nation Princess Azula. Meanwhile, Jon Jon Briones will take on the role of Piandao, a master swordsman and former Fire Nation officer. Piandao is also a secret member of the Order of the White Lotus, a key group within the series' story. About the Series Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender is a live-action remake of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series that aired from 2005 to 2008. The first season of the adaptation premiered in February 2024 and received strong reviews from both fans and critics alike. What's Next? The much-anticipated second season is set to release in early 2026, with the third season following after. Fans can expect more exciting developments as the story continues to unfold with these new cast members.
Geek Feed
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Season 3 for The Last Airbender has Already Started Filming
We haven't even gotten the second season of Netflix's The Last Airbender yet, but it looks like the series is trying to beat out the clock with Gordon Cormier's puberty. Just as they've announced the wrap for Season 2 of Airbender, they also revealed that Season 3 has also started production. Check this out: That's a wrap on Season 2. The time of Sozin's comet draws near. AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Season 3 is now in production! — Avatar: The Last Airbender (@AvatarNetflix) May 20, 2025 What's more, the series has also revealed several characters that will be arriving in the incoming seasons including Azula's firebending mentors Lo and Li (Dolly De Leon) as well as Sokka's master Piandao (Jon Jon Briones). Check out the cast announcement: Welcome the new faces joining the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender in Seasons 2 and 3. — Avatar: The Last Airbender (@AvatarNetflix) May 20, 2025 Though fans have an idea of what to expect with each season, the live-action series does tend to mix things up a bit. For one, Jeong Jeong was supposed to be in the first season, but it looks like he's going to be in either Book 1 or 2 of the live-action series. In contrast, the Secret Tunnel of Omashu was supposed to be revealed in the second season, but it was pushed forward for the live-action series—possibly revealing that they won't be bringing back Omashu for Season 2. I'll admit, I wasn't a fan of some of the changes in the first season—specifically with the characterization of a lot of the characters like Aang and Suki, but maybe the show is going to change some of that with future seasons now that they've had more feedback. I never expect these adaptations to be 1:1, but they should at least keep true to core elements of the original—like Aang's free spirit, or Sokka's character development. No release date has been revealed for The Last Airbender Season 2 on Netflix, but hopefully we get something before the year ends.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Kidman's perfectly brilliant as an obsessive, drugged-up therapist: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night's TV
Nine Perfect Strangers (Amazon Prime Video) Rating: Brace yourself for scandalous gossip. You'll be gobsmacked. The sublime Christine Baranski slips this line into Nine Perfect Strangers, as she greets a celebrity nun. 'Sister Agnes, I've met you before,' she purrs. 'Rome, wasn't it? I think Elton played, but he couldn't have, not for a benefit for the Catholic Church.' And explaining herself to the bemused other guests, she drops her bombshell: ' Elton John is gay.' This second series, based on Liane Moriarty's bestseller, overflows with sharp dialogue, crammed with so many clever asides that in places it has the archness and pacing of a sitcom. Baranski plays an oversexed septuagenarian called Victoria O'Clair, treating her toyboy lover Matteo to a therapy retreat in the Bavarian Alps. She introduces her petulant offspring Imogen (Annie Murphy) with delicious spite: 'You must excuse my daughter — 35 is such a difficult age. It's when the panic really sets in.' Sister Agnes (Dolly de Leon) has come in search of 'absolution — but only She can grant that'. Who is the mysterious 'She'? Why, God, of course. You'd be excused for thinking the nun is talking about the show's resident deity, Nicole Kidman, wearing an ice-blonde wig and a face so flawless yet immobile, it appears to be a porcelain mask. Kidman is perfectly brilliant as the fragile, obsessive therapist Masha, part visionary and part insane control freak. Masha has devised a 'psychedelic drug delivery system' that enables her clients to 'experience memories as if for the first time, in a highly neuroplastic state'. In other words, she doses their drinks with magic mushrooms, and watches on a network of hidden CCTV cameras as they lose their minds. Her obsequious pet scientist Martin (Lucas Englander) lays down some ground rules: 'No imperfect dosage, no dosage without consent, and no dosing yourself.' But Masha has already broken that last rule, with the result that she is followed everywhere by the ghost of her young daughter, Tatiana. When Masha is being feted on stage, as a psychotherapy superstar, the little girl is sitting in the wings with her arms wrapped round her knees. And at night, Tatiana stands beside her mother's bed, whispering, 'I can't sleep. I never sleep.' Like that other murder-and-meditation thriller, The White Lotus, this series demands concentration. We have to get to grips with a dozen characters, all with their own neuroses. Wolfie and Tina (Maisie Richardson-Sellers and King Princess) are a lesbian couple with a thing about pianos. Super-rich idler Peter (Henry Golding) has daddy issues, a problem made worse by the fact that Daddy (Mark Strong) is an evil billionaire and one of Masha's ex-lovers. Murray Bartlett, a former White Lotus star himself, is a TV entertainer and puppeteer with a very short fuse. It's enough to make your head spin. Nurse — more drugs please!
