Month: January 2025

Actress Anya Taylor-Joy has signed on to star in and executive produce the Apple TV+ limited series, Lucky, based on the best-selling novel by the same name by Marissa Stapley. Apple TV posted on X: “Anya Taylor-Joy confronts a dark criminal past in this adaptation of the New York Times best-seller. Lucky — A new limited series coming to Apple TV+”

A press release reads: “In ‘Lucky,’ Taylor-Joy stars as a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.”

Producer Reese Witherspoon said in a press release: “Reese’s Book Club began with the goal of deepening connections — to the stories, to the storytellers and to the community we are building. It is incredibly rewarding to be able to amplify these female-centric stories and their authors, see our community connect with them, then see them take on a whole new life on screen. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Apple TV+ and the incomparable Anya Taylor-Joy, plus our brilliant creator Jonathan Tropper and his wonderful co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, to bring this compelling series — based on Marissa Stapley’s fantastic novel — to audiences around the world.”

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NFL star Travis Kelce makes an appearance in the trailer for the anticipated sequel film Happy Gilmore 2. Adam Sandler returns as Happy Gilmore, the hockey player reinvented as a golf star, in the first teaser released by Netflix

The 40-second glimpse of Netflix’s golf-themed comedy sequel also saw the reunions of the title character with his rival Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) and love interest Virginia (Julie Bowen) – who all starred in the original 1996 film.

Joining the cast of Happy Gilmore 2 are Kelce, Ben Stiller, Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley, Nick Swardson, Benny Safdie, Scott Mescudi and Jacob Friedman.

Happy Gilmore 2 will hit Netflix in 2025.

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Trevor Noah is set to host the upcoming 67th Annual Grammy Awards for his fifth consecutive year as emcee of the awards show, airing on CBS.

The recording academy announced: “ Returning as host, the GRAMMY nominee @TrevorNoah is set to take us into Music’s Biggest Night to honor music and amplify support for the music community impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Join us on Feb. 2 on @CBS and @ParamountPlus for the 2025 #GRAMMYs.”

The Grammy Awards will take place at Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena on February 2, airing at 8:00 p.m. EDT on CBS. Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers can watch live, while subscribers without the Showtime plan can stream the show the following day.

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Apple TV+ recently debuted the new series Prime Target, a conspiracy thriller featuring Leo Woodall (The White Lotus) and Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets). Prime Target had a two-episode premiere Jan. 22 on Apple TV+, with subsequent episodes released each Wednesday.

Created by writer Steve Thompson, the eight-episode drama follows Edward Brooks (Woodall), a young math genius on the verge of a major breakthrough.  A show synopsis reads: “If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon, he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders (Swindell), an NSA agent who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behavior. Together, they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of.”

Other cast members include Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee and Joseph Mydell.

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Clean Slate, a series starring Laverne Cox and George Wallace, is set to premiere on Prime Video Feb. 6. Telma Hopkins, D.K. Uzoukwu, Jay Wilkison and Norah Murphy also star in the series.

An official synopsis reads: “This heartfelt comedy follows Harry (Wallace), an old-school car wash owner in Alabama who has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he once called ‘son’ returns after 17 years as a proud trans woman named Desiree (Cox).”

Cox recently appeared in Netflix’s The Uglies and she is also an executive producer on the eight-episode show, which notes that “the series explores universal themes of unconditional love, all through Norman Lear’s signature boundary-pushing brand of comedy,” per an official description.

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Hulu has shared a teaser and February premiere date for The Kardashians Season 6, the reality series starring Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner and their mom, Kris Jenner.

Season 6 will follow the family as they experience “a year full of challenges, milestones, and new adventures …with uncertain futures and their past returning to haunt them, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, Kylie and Kris will have to rely on each other as they navigate their roles as moms and businesswomen, to overcome the obstacles that come with their increasingly complicated lives.”

The Kardashians Season 6 premieres Feb. 6 on Hulu; and also streams on Disney+ internationally and on Star+ in Latin America.  Check out the trailer – HERE.

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