Month: August 2025

After a three-year wait, Netflix is teasing the fifth and final season of Stranger Things with a first look trailer.

The official description of the new season reads: “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”

The new season will be released in three parts: Volume 1 on Nov. 26 (consisting of four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes) and The Finale on New Year’s Eve. Each will drop at 5 p.m. PT.

Back in January, co-creator Ross Duffer said about the final episodes, “We spent a full year filming this season. By the end, we’d captured over 650 hours of footage. So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet. It’s like eight blockbuster movies. It’s pretty insane.”

Co-creator Matt Duffer added, “At the same time, we think it’s our most personal story. It was super intense and emotional to film, for us and for our actors. We’ve been making this show together for almost 10 years. There was a lot of crying. There was so much crying. The show means so much to all of us, and everyone put their hearts and souls into it. And we hope — and believe — that passion will translate to the screen.”

Starring in Season 5 are: Millie Bobbie Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, Amybeth McNulty, Nell Fisher, Jack Connelly, Alex Breaux and Linda Hamilton star.

See the teaser trailer – HERE.

 

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are officially engaged, with the couple announcing the happy news in a joint post on Instagram.

The couple, both 35, posted several photos from Kelce’s proposal to Swift, writing in the caption: “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married ”  Kelce designed Swift’s engagement ring with Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry, described as an “Old Mine brilliant cut.” The photos posted to Instagram show Travis down on one knee in an ethereal garden laden in pink and white roses, with other pictures showing the couple embracing, as well as a close-up look of the engagement ring.

Swift and Kelce have been dating since 2023; they kept their relationship private for a significant amount of time before Swift’s first public appearance at a Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023, where she was seen with Kelce’s mother, Donna Kelce.

The engagement comes weeks after Swift made her debut on Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast, which he co-hosts with his brother, retired NFL star Jason Kelce.  During the podcast Swift announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” would be released on October 3rd, in addition to the couple speaking about their relationship.

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Lil Nas X – real name is Montero Lamar Hill was freed on $75,000 bond after pleading not guilty to four felony charges stemming from an incident in Los Angeles last week, in which he allegedly attacked police officers while unclothed.

Per news outlet TMZ, Hill waived his arraignment and entered a not guilty plea Monday, with a judge setting his bail at $75,000 under the conditions that he not own, use, or process illegal narcotics, as well as enroll in an outpatient program. Court records filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court reveal that Hill was formally charged with three counts of battery on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. Further details about what led to the confrontation have not been released.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to reports of a nude man walking along Ventura Boulevard in the early morning hours on Thursday, August 21st. When they approached, Hill allegedly rushed at them, sparking a violent altercation. Law enforcement official say that Hill struck one officer in the face twice during the encounter. Authorities are still working to determine whether the rapper was suffering from a mental health episode or under the influence at the time. Hill was transported to a hospital following the incident before being booked on suspicion of assaulting an officer.

TMZ was first to reported Hill’s hospitalization, publishing video footage showing him walking down the street in cowboy boots and white underwear. Additional clips later surfaced of him naked and barefoot.

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Apple TV+ is sharing the trailer for Season 4 of The Morning Show, starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.

The fourth season of the series takes place approximately two years after the events of Season 3, following the merger between UBA and NBN. The teaser clip features Aniston’s Alex and Witherspoon’s Bradley taking a walk on the wild side, as their coworkers played by Billy Crudup, Jon Hamm, Karen Pittman and Greta Lee join newcomers Marion Cotillard and Boyd Holbrook show where their loyalties lie. Cotillard and Holbrook are new additions this season, along with Jeremy Irons, Aaron Pierre and William Jackson Harper.

According to an official synopsis: “The newsroom must grapple with newfound responsibility, hidden motives and the elusive nature of truth in a polarized America. In a world rife with deepfakes, conspiracy theories and corporate cover-ups — who can you trust? And how can you know what’s actually real?”

The Season 4 premiere of The Morning Show arrives on the streamer Sept. 17 with the first episode, followed a weekly episode every Wednesday through Nov. 19; see the trailer: HERE.

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Christopher Meloni and William H. Macy will star in This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman‘s upcoming Hulu series set in the world of pro football.  The untitled drama is written and executive produced by Fogelman and executive produced by Jess Rosenthal with David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, and Jason T. Reed for Skydance Sports.

Meloni is no stranger to the world of football – he was the quarterback of his high school at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School in Virginia; he and the team were inducted into the school’s hall of fame in 2007 for their undefeated season in 1978.

The series was originally announced in October 2024. Set inside the world of the NFL, the series has a generational family component to it, with NFL team owner Hank Durkin portrayed by Macy, and Meloni playing the team’s head coach, Danny Roarke.

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The planned second season of the ‘Dexter’ prequel series ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ has been canceled.

Deadline reports that despite Showtime’s renewal announcement in April, the decision was reversed. The show had originally debuted in December 2024 and wrapped up its first and only season in February. The network’s parent company Paramount recently merged with Skydance, which may explain why the prequel series was canceled.

‘Dexter: Original Sin’ was set in 1990s Miami and starred Patrick Gibson as a younger version of the titular serial killer, with Christian Slater portraying his police detective father, Harry.

The news comes as sequel series, Dexter: Resurrection, starring Michael C. Hall, is winding down its first season on Showtime and Paramount+. That show is expected to return for a second season.

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