Month: August 2025

Prime Video has shared the trailer for The Runarounds, a coming-of-age music drama series from the creators of the hit series, Outer Banks.

An official synopsis reads: “The Runarounds follows a group of recent high school graduates from Wilmington, North Carolina, who come together the summer after graduation to form a rock band, united by their shared love of music and near-impossible dream of stardom. As they pursue the big leagues, they encounter big trouble along the way.”

The Runarounds stars William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock, and Jesse Golliher came together for the project after Pate recruited Outer Banks stars Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline to put out a call for young musicians on social media to star in a new series. The series also stars Lilah Pate, Maximo Salas, Kelley Pereira, Marley Aliah, Mark Wystrach, Brooklyn Decker, Hayes MacArthur and Shea Pritchard star.

Outer Banks creators Josh Pate, Jonas Pate and Shannon Burke are also are among The Runarounds‘ executive producers.  Josh Pate recently told Entertainment Weekly of the process that led to the selection of the musicians/actors who ultimately formed the Runarounds: “We got 5,000 bands sent to us in a week. I was thinking that these kids are going to freak out if they’ve never had cameras in their face before.”  

Pate added that the pilot for The Runarounds was originally shot in 2022, but since then the musicians have formed a group in real life. “They’ve written tons of songs. They just played their first festival in Charlotte. They’re out of high school now and they’re totally legit musically. It’s awesome.”

In addition, the official soundtrack to the series will be released coinciding with the series’ debut on September 1st (to presave, head HERE).  The band’s first two singles — “Funny How The Universe Works” (featured in the series trailer) and “Senior Year” (the first song written and recorded by the real-life band) — are also available now on streaming services.

All eight episodes of The Runarounds premieres Sept 1st on Prime Video; see the series trailer: HERE.

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The hit Netflix series ‘Nobody Wants This’ will have its second-season premiere on Oct. 23, 2025.

The show’s executive producers and cast made the announcement at Netflix’s FYSEE L.A. Emmy event, with series creator Erin Foster, executive producer Sara Foster, executive producer/star Kristen Bell and castmembers Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn all in attendance.

The ensemble also includes Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons, Jackie Tohn, Stephanie Faracy, Michael Hitchcock, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Emily Arlook, Sherry Cola and Shiloh Berman. Guest stars set to appear in Season 2 include Leighton Meester (Brody’s real-life wife), Miles Fowler, Alex Karpovsky and Arian Moayed.

Bell and Brody star as an “agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi, respectively, who fall for each other and try to pursue a relationship but find themselves dealing with obstacles along the way, including family members on both sides ..But also potentially between them, with their differing outlooks on life, all of the modern obstacles to love, and their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families — including her sister Morgan (Lupe) and his brother Sasha (Simons).”

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The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards will make its debut on CBS for the first time this year, hosted by LL Cool J live coast-to-coast from New York’s UBS Arena Sunday, September 7th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. The broadcast will also be simulcast on MTV and streaming on Paramount+ in the U.S.

Per a press release, LL Cool J previously received the prestigious ‘Video Vanguard Award’ and he hosted the award ceremony opposite Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow back in 2022. This year, the iconic rapper’s song “Murdergram Deaux” (featuring Eminem) from his recent album The Force  is nominated in the Best Hip-Hop category.

Nominees for the VMAs were announced earlier this month, with Lady Gaga leading with 12. Bruno Mars received 11 nods, while Kendrick Lamar is up for 10 awards, and Blackpink’s Rose and Sabrina Carpenter each earned eight nominations.

Additionally, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd have seven nods each, while Billie Eilish had six, Charli XCX earnng five, and Bad Bunny, Doechii, Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll, Miley Cyrus and Tate McRae each nominated four times.

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Dancing with the Stars pro-turned-judge Derek Hough will serve as the new host of the entertainment news series Extra. 

Hough, 40, will replace Billy Bush as host for its upcoming 32nd season, premiering Sept. 8. A clip shared to social media Wednesday shows Hough taking a seat and holding a microphone, with Hough writing in the caption: “Here we go ! ” 

Hough, a four-time Emmy Award winner, shared in a statement: “The ballroom has been my stage, my home, and my launchpad. Now, I’m stepping into an exciting new spotlight as the host of Extra. I’m truly looking forward to collaborating with this incredible team, diving into this next creative chapter, and connecting with fans and audiences in a whole new way. It’s an honor to join a show that’s been a cornerstone of entertainment news for over 30 years — and I’m ready to help lead it into a bold, fresh new era for Season 32 and beyond.”

Extra executive producer Jeremy Spiegel in a statement: “Derek has not only dominated the world of dance — he’s become a beloved household name who has won America’s hearts with his talent, charisma, and boundless creativity.”

The upcoming season will feature new segments and a new set, with an official synopsis reading: “Hough will sit down for engaging and exclusive interviews with celebrity friends and take us behind the scenes of his many projects, including Dancing with the Stars and beyond.”

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Lionsgate is previewing its upcoming film Day Drinker with a first-look photo of star Johnny Depp.

Depp is seen in the image with long gray hair tied back, and a full, gray beard. He wears a suit and a gold ring on his pinky finger, with an apparent cocktail in his hand. The movie introduces a bartender (Madelyn Cline) who is working on a private yacht when she meets Depp’s character.

Directed by Marc Webb (‘500 Days of Summer’) and filmed in Spain, the film’s synopsis reads: “They soon find themselves entangled with a criminal figure (Penelope Cruz) and connected in ways no one saw coming.”

Cruz and Depp have previously starred together in such films as Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017).   Also in the cast of Day Drinker are: Manu Ríos, Arón Piper, Juan Diego Botto and Anika Boyle.

No release date has been set as of press time.

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