Month: November 2024

Comedian and actor Dave Coulier announced he has been diagnosed with Stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a blood cancer that begins in the lymphatic system. The Full House star, 65, told People in an interview published on Wednesday, November 13, that he received his diagnosis in October after an upper respiratory infection resulted in severe swelling of his lymph nodes.

Coulier told NBC’s Today show that he later noticed lump in his groin about the size of a golf ball: “It swelled up immediately. I thought, ‘Wow, I’m either really sick, or my body’s really reacting to something.  Three days later, my doctors called me back and they said, ‘We wish we had better news for you, but you have non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and it’s called B cell and it’s very aggressive.’ I went from, I got a little bit of a head cold to I have cancer, and it was pretty overwhelming. This has been a really fast roller coaster ride of a journey.” 

Doctors told Coulier the his curability rate is over 90%, since the cancer hasn’t spread to his bone marrow; Coulier started chemotherapy about two weeks after the diagnosis, and shaved his head as a preemptive measure. The actor said that he’s had “three surgeries” and if his treatment goes as planned, he should be in “total remission” by the time he completes chemo in February 2025.

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John Krasinski has been named People Magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’.

Stephen Colbert announced on The Late Show that Krasinski had won the 2024 honor: “I don’t have to tell you that this country is currently in the midst of a massive transfer of power to the new People’s Sexiest Man Alive. I mean look at him. I get it, plus we’re friends. I’m so proud to see my friend go from goofy, lovable boy next door to big dumb sex hunk. I wish I could do the same.”

Krasinski jokingly replied: “I heard the news and I had to come as soon as I could because I know how bad you wanted to be People’s Sexiest Man Alive. And so I just came to see if you were okay.”

Apple Original Films is teasing the new film The Gorge, sharing a poster and first-look photos for the movie  featuring Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver.

The Gorge is described as a ‘genre-bending new film’ from director Scott Derrickson (‘Sinister,’ ‘Doctor Strange’). Per an official synopsis, Teller and Taylor-Joy play two highly-trained operatives “appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. They bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy. When the cataclysmic threat to humanity is revealed to them, they must work together in a test of both their physical and mental strength to keep the secret in the gorge before it’s too late.”

The Gorge first-look photos depict Teller and Taylor-Joys’ characters in combat gear, while the poster hints at a possible monster, along with the caption: “Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller star in The Gorge — coming in 2025.”

The Gorge premieres on Apple TV+ in 2025.

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Producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi have teamed for the new documentary on an upcoming documentary about the Beatles‘ legendary first trip to the United States, slated to stream exclusive on Disney+ starting Nov. 29.

According to Variety, ‘Beatles ’64’ will feature never-before-seen footage of the band at the height of Beatlemania The project comprises rare footage shot by documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles (which was restored in 4K by director Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post in New Zealand).  It will also feature live performance clips from the Beatles’ debut American performance at the Coliseum in Washington, D.C., as well as their iconic appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.

A synopsis of the film reads: “On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in New York City to unprecedented excitement and hysteria. From the instant they landed at Kennedy Airport, met by thousands of fans, Beatlemania swept New York and the entire country. Their thrilling debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show captivated more than 73 million viewers, the most watched television event of its time. Beatles ’64 presents the spectacle, but also tells a more intimate behind the scenes story, capturing the camaraderie of John, Paul, George, and Ringo as they experienced unimaginable fame.”

Beatles ’64 will also include new interviews with surviving band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, who are credited as producers in tandem with George Harrison’s widow Olivia, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s son Sean, Margaret Bodde and Mikaela Beardsley. Jeff Jones and Rick Yorn are executive producers.

The documentary will be accompanied by the Nov. 22 release of all seven American Beatles albums in a vinyl reissue collection entitled The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono. Per Variety, the reissue will include 180-gram albums that have been out of print on vinyl since 1995, including Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles’ Second Album, A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track), Something New, The Beatles’ Story, Beatles ’65 and The Early Beatles.

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