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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace set off a new era for the space opera franchise by kickstarting what is known as the prequel trilogy. The film was released in 1999 and received polarizing reactions from critics and fans alike. However, as time has passed the film has failed to improve its reputation among the fan base.

A still from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

2024 marks the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace‘s release and to celebrate the occasion, the film will be returning to select theaters. However, fans were still unwilling to see the positives of the movie and took to social media to voice their displeasure regarding the first entry in the prequel trilogy. Here is what Star Wars fans had to say about The Phantom Menace‘s re-release.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Sets Theatrical Re-Release Date

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While the Star Wars saga has expanded into a vast universe over the years, including TV series, animation, novels, and comic books, certain films have failed to capture the hearts of fans as effectively as others. Despite efforts such as re-releases and anniversary celebrations, one film, in particular, stands out for its ongoing struggle to win over the fandom, The Phantom Menace.

The Phantom Menace (1999) | Lucasfilm Ltd.

As the 1999 film Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace gears up to celebrate its 25 years with a re-release, fans still exhibit reluctance towards embracing the Liam Neeson starrer film in the epic space saga.

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Celebrates 25 Years With a Re-Release

Over a decade after the conclusion of the original trilogy, George Lucas revived the beloved space saga with Episode I – The Phantom Menace, marking the beginning of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Starring Liam Neeson alongside Ewan McGregor,...

Zach Galligan was just 19 years old when he made Gremlins, his first movie. It was a memorable experience for him in a lot of ways — and not just on the set. Speaking on a Scotland Comic-Con panel, Galligan told the story about how he’d spend his down time hanging out in Steven Spielberg’s office. And even though Spielberg wasn’t there, it was still a teenage kid’s dream come true. (Click on the media bar below to hear Zach Galligan) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Zach-_Galligan_Speileberg_Office_Grmelins_.mp3 Gremlins is available on DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K, and most digital platforms.

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Infamy is a drama series created by Anna Maliszewska. The Netflix series follows the story of a 17-year-old girl, who dreams of becoming a hip-hop musician but the pressure from her family is getting in her way. Infamy is filled with brilliant emotional scenes with great music. So, if you loved the drama series here are some similar movies and shows you could watch next.

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Synopsis: Secret Superstar is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film written and directed by Advait Chandan, and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao under the studio Aamir Khan Productions. The film stars Zaira Wasim, Aamir Khan, Meher Vij and Raj Arjun. The film tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl who aspires to be a singer, uploading videos on YouTube while disguising her identity with a niqab, and her relationships with her mother,...

Exclusive: UTA has signed rising star Sinqua Walls for representation in all areas.

Walls is so far best known for starring opposite Anna Diop in Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny, which was picked up for distribution by Amazon Studios and Blumhouse after becoming the first horror film to win Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize, going on to be named as one of the National Board of Review’s Top Ten Independent Films of the year.

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He’ll next be seen starring opposite Jack Harlow in 20th Century Studios’ anticipated reboot of the classic sports comedy White Men Can’t Jump, which debuts on Hulu May 19th.

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With a total of 91 awards to hand out on Sunday, the Grammys can’t afford to limit itself to a single televised event. Enter the Premiere Ceremony.

Streaming live at 3:30/2:30c, the Randy Rainbow-hosted event will give out the first awards of the year. In fact, more Grammy winners will be announced during the Premiere Ceremony than during the main event, which will air live at 8 pm on CBS.

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An ABC affiliate in Dallas apologized on Thursday morning for abruptly cutting off Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about gun control the night before, blaming technical difficulties and not some “intentional” act as pondered by the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” host.

“Wfaa apologizes for technical difficulties that interrupted Wednesday’s @jimmykimmel show at multiple points, including during his monologue on gun control,” the station tweeted.

Wfaa apologizes for technical difficulties that interrupted Wednesday's @jimmykimmel show at multiple points, including during his monologue on gun control. Find a full explanation of the technical issues, and Jimmy’s full monologue here. https://t.co/wuYVwPHHcU

— Wfaa (@wfaa) May 26, 2022

“Wfaa extended its Wednesday 10 p.m. newscast for important coverage of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ aired immediately following our newscast. Unfortunately, the automated system that triggers commercials aired the first commercial break in error, interrupting Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue,” the station wrote in its full statement.

Exclusive: Lance Reddick (John Wick franchise), Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America) and Laura Harrier (Hollywood) are the latest additions to 20th Century Studios’ White Men Can’t Jump reboot. They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls.

The film will offer a new take on Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Rosie Perez, which saw Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament. Harlow is stepping into the role originated by Harrelson, with Walls taking on Snipes’, and Reddick playing Benji Allen, the father of Walls’ character Kamal. Benji is living with Ms and has been Kamal’s coach and support system since a very young age. Details with regard to the characters that Taylor and Harrier are playing have not been disclosed.

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Update 03:03 Am : A spat has broken out this morning [April 21] between Piers Morgan and Donald Trump following their interview for Rupert Murdoch’s soon-to-launch Talk TV channel.

Trump this morning slammed Morgan for being part of the “Fake News Media” and said he had “unlawfully and deceptively edited his long and tedious interview with me.” In his complaint, Trump also reiterated his claim that the U.S. presidential election was stolen from him.

Morgan then hit back at Trump’s allegation, saying: “Sorry you got so annoyed that I don’t believe the 2020 election was rigged or stolen from you, but as I said, where’s your proof? If you have it, show us – or accept the result and move on.”

The storm has surfaced after Morgan released footage from his upcoming interview with Trump for new show Piers Morgan Uncensored. The footage seemed to show Trump storming off...

Exclusive: Sinqua Walls (Nanny) has been tapped for a lead role opposite rapper Jack Harlow in 20th Century Studios’ reboot of White Men Can’t Jump.

The film will offer a new take on Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Rosie Perez, which saw Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament. Harlow is stepping into the role originated by Harrelson, with Walls taking on Snipes’.

White Men Can’t Jump recently celebrated its 30th anniversary at the 94th Academy Awards, with Harrelson, Snipes and Perez in attendance. Veteran music video director Calmatic, who helmed the upcoming House Party remake for New Line, is mounting the reboot. Kenya Barris wrote the script with Doug Hall and is producing via his Khalabo Ink Society banner. Blake Griffin, Ryan Khalil and Noah Weinstein are...

It’s Scene 1, Take 1 for the 2021-22 class of ViacomCBS’ Directors Initiative. This year’s group, which is guaranteed to helm an episode of television on CBS, includes Julie Herlocker, Joy T. Lane Steven J. Kung, Pat Santana and Bao Tran.

The initiative provides a platform for experienced directors to gain access to showrunners, executives, managers and agents and the opportunity to shadow CBS Television Network and CBS Studios shows throughout the year. The program helps directors develop meaningful relationships with industry professionals that are essential to getting hired.

“The ViacomCBS Directors Initiative gives television directors the access, exposure and opportunity to be successful in this industry,” said Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, EVP Entertainment Diversity and Inclusion, Global Inclusion, at ViacomCBS. “The success of this initiative has created a growing community of support, where past participants, who are now in positions of influence, are mentoring and hiring current participants.”

One of last year’s participants,...

Gillian Jacobs (Community) and The Wire alum Wood Harris have joined the cast of Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

Written by showrunner Max Borenstein, the fast-break series chronicles the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined its era both on and off the court.

Jacobs will play Chris Riley, wife of former Lakers head coach Pat Riley. Her husband Pat might be the one wearing the whistle, but Chris Riley is the one with a plan. Therapist by trade, Chris Riley uses her emotional expertise and strategic genius to shape the Lakers into champions.

Wood Harris plays Spencer Haywood. In 1970, Spencer Haywood took the NBA to the Supreme Court,...

Gillian Jacobs and Wood Harris have both joined HBO’s upcoming drama series about the Los Angeles Lakers, Variety has learned.

The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019. It is described as chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties, in what came to be called the Showtime Era.

Jacobs will appear as Chris Riley. Her husband Pat (Adrien Brody) might be the one wearing the whistle, but Chris Riley is the one with a plan. Therapist by trade, Chris Riley uses her emotional expertise and strategic genius to shape the Lakers into champions.

Harris will appear as Spencer Haywood. In 1970, Spencer Haywood took the NBA to the Supreme Court, winning the right to join the league before graduating college, therefore paving the way for future greats like Lebron James and Kobe Bryant. But the groundbreaking...

It took twelve years of grueling touring and four album releases for me and my band, Young the Giant, to headline the legendary Forum in Los Angeles in 2019. The storied venue that had once housed every act under the sun — from Marvin Gaye to Bob Dylan — was now welcoming me, an Indian kid from Michigan. A kid who started out playing to no one at the Viper Room, The Roxy, and Whiskey a Go Go, too young to even be in the audience. As I walked on stage that night,...

Willliam Jackson Harper is set to lead “Love Life” Season 2 at HBO Max, Variety has learned.

Season 2 will be set in New York City and focus on Harper’s character as he comes out of a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person. The rug pulled out from under him, he is plunged back into the search for the romantic fulfillment that he thought he had already found. Season 1 star and series executive producer Anna Kendrick will make appearances in the season, reprising the role of Darby.

Harper is best known for his role as Chidi Anagonye in the critically acclaimed NBC comedy “The Good Place,” which came to an end after four seasons earlier this year. His other TV roles include shows like “Jack Ryan,” “The Breaks,” “Person of Interest,” and “The Electric Company.” He is also set to appear in Barry Jenkins...

As Miley Cyrus so wisely sang, "Nothing breaks like a heart."  The pop star and Cody Simpson have broken up, a source confirmed to E! News. We're told Cody initiated the split a "few weeks ago." The news comes just hours before Miley is set to drop the first single from her forthcoming album, "Midnight Sky." Miley, 27, and Cody, 23, became an item in Oct. 2019 shortly after she and reality TV star Kaitlynn Carter called it quits.  "We keep each other in a good place," the Australian-born musician remarked during an appearance on The Kyle and Jackie O Show, referencing their shared sobriety. "That's what's really healthy about it...

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has made “This Is Us” writer Jas Waters’ cause of death public.

According to the coroner’s report, released Thursday, Waters’ specific cause of death was “hanging,” which has been ruled a suicide.

Waters was a writer on the second season of “This Is Us.” Her other TV credits include Comedy Central’s “Hood Adjacent With James Davis,” VH1’s “The Breaks,” and, most recently, “Kidding” at Showtime. She also has a “story by” credit on the Taraji P. Henson feature “What Men Want.”

In a statement Wednesday after her death became public, “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman remembered Waters as a “brilliant” writer and storyteller. “Jas was absolutely brilliant and had so many stories still to tell,” he said. “She made an indelible mark on our show and my heart breaks for her loved ones.”

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Updated, 3:15 Pm: A cause of death has been revealed for TV writer and journalist Jas Waters. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office said Thursday that Waters died June 9 by hanging. The manner of death was ruled a suicide. Waters was 39.

News of the death of Waters, who was a writer on This is Us and most recently Kidding, was confirmed Wednesday by This Is Us writers on their official Twitter account.

“The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing,” the statement read. “In our time together, Jas left her mark on us and All over the show. She was a brilliant storyteller and a force of nature. We send our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. She was one of us. Rip @JasFly.”

Waters worked on the second season of NBC’s flagship drama series This Is Us. She most recently wrote on Showtime’s Kidding.

Jas Waters, a writer who worked on NBC drama This Is Us, has passed away.

She was 39 years old.

The sad news was shared on Twitter by the official This Is Us writers' Twitter account, which released a statement on Wednesday night that reads:

The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing. In our time together, Jas left her mark on us and All over the show.

She was a brilliant storyteller and a force of nature. We send our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. She was one of us. Rip @JasFly.

This Is Us creator, Dan Fogelman, also took to Twitter to express his condolences.

"This news took my breath away," he wrote, adding of Waters:

"Jas was absolutely brilliant and had so many stories still to tell. She made an indelible mark on our show and my heart breaks for her loved ones.

Jas Waters, a TV writer who worked on the NBC series “This Is Us,” has died. She was 39.

The news was confirmed by the “This Is Us” writers in a statement shared to their official Twitter account on Wednesday.

“The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing,” read the statement. “In our time together, Jas left her mark on us and All over the show. She was a brilliant storyteller and a force of nature. We send our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. She was one of us. Rip.”

The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing. In our time together, Jas left her mark on us and All over the show. She was a brilliant storyteller and a force of nature. We send our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. She was one of us. Rip @JasFly. pic.twitter.com...

TV writer and former journalist Jas Waters has died at the age of 39.

The news was confirmed in a statement from the “This Is Us” writers Twitter account on Wednesday. No cause of death was given.

“The entire #ThisIsUs family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing,” the statement read. “In our time together, Jas left her mark on us and All over the show. She was a brilliant storyteller and a force of nature. We send our deepest sympathies to her loved ones. She was one of us. Rip @JasFly.”

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Waters was a writer on the show in its second season. Her other TV credits include Comedy Central’s “Hood Adjacent With James Davis,” VH1’s “The Breaks,” and, most recently, “Kidding” at Showtime. She also has a story by credit on the Taraji P. Henson feature “What Men Want.

Jas Waters, a writer on Showtime's Kidding and NBC's This Is Us, has died. She was 39.

Waters also worked on shows such as Comedy Central's Hood Adjacent With James Davis and VH1's The Breaks. She was a former columnist at Vibe magazine and appeared on camera in VH1's 2013 unscripted show The Gossip Game. No cause of death was given.

News of Waters' death broke Wednesday, when the writers of This Is Us shared the news via Twitter: "The entire This Is Us family was devastated to learn of Jas Waters passing. In our time together, Jas left her mark on ...

ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group has promoted two executives under president of content and chief creative officer Nina Diaz, as the broader media conglomerate continues to realign internally in the wake of the reunion of Viacom and CBS.

Trevor Rose has been named executive vice president of talent and content development and head of talent of entertainment and youth, an elevation from his previous role as senior vice president of talent and series development for MTV Studios, VH1, Cmt and Logo. Rose has spent 16 years at the company, first as an assistant in VH1’s talent department, before moving on to package scripted and unscripted series such as “Scream,” “The Breaks,” “Daytime Divas,” “Hit the Floor” and “Best Week Ever.” Rose has also executive produced series including “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party,” “Hip Hip Squares” with Ice Cube and MTV Studio’s upcoming “Jodie” with Tracee Ellis Ross.

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ViacomCBS has promoted veteran executives Trevor Rose and Justin Rosenblatt to senior roles in the Entertainment & Youth Group division. Rose is being elevated to Evp, Talent & Content Development and Head of Talent, Entertainment & Youth. Rosenblatt is being upped to Svp, Alternative & Comedy Content for ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Group. The moves are part of the post-merger integration and further consolidation of top creative executives at the new Entertainment & Youth division, run by Chris McCarthy, under Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer for the entire group. They also follow the recently announced departure of Sarah Babineau, Head of Comedy Central Content & Creative Enterprises, who will be exiting the company at the end of the year.

Rose previously served as Svp, Talent and Series Development for MTV Studios, VH1, Cmt and Logo. A 16-year veteran, he joined VH1 as an assistant in the Talent department, quickly rising through the ranks.

ViacomCBS Networks International Youth & Entertainment Group said Monday it will be rolling out a handful of series and specials across Bet, Comedy Central and MTV International in June for Global Pride Month — when each network will also turn its logo rainbow-colored.

Series include remotely produced series from MTV International, Served! with Jade Thirlwall, starring the Little Mix superstar, “world class drag queens and additional celebrity guests” in a “food meets celeb” interview format. Comedy Central International is bringing back its drag queen-hosted online chat show Dragony Aunts for a second season. Bet International will air Bet Breaks: Pride Special on-air and online and Bet Pride Home Sessions across its digital platforms.

Served! with Jade Thirlwall and Dragony Aunts: The Podcast is the latest among a number of remotely produced series for MTV and Comedy Central International.

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Exclusive: Hulu is making a foray into multi-camera comedy with The Ms. Pat Show, a pilot headlined by comedian Ms. Pat. J. Bernard Calloway (City On A Hill) is set as the male lead opposite her in the pilot from the Empire duo of co-creator/executive Lee Daniels and executive producer Brian Grazer, Imagine Television and Fox 21 Studios, a division of Disney TV Studios.

The project, which had been set up at Fox with a different writer during the 2016-17 season, where it had a put pilot commitment, had quietly found a new home at Hulu where it was recently greenlighted to pilot. Debbie Allen is directing from a script by Jordan E. Cooper, who was a writer on Daniels’ Fox drama Star.

The Ms. Pat Show, from Imagine TV, Lee Daniels Entertainment and Fox 21 TV Studios, is based on Ms. Pat’s stand-up comedy and memoir. It tells the...

The Good Place may be ending soon (sniff), but William Jackson Harper will still be on your TV: The actor has signed on to play a recurring role in the upcoming Amazon adaptation of The Underground Railroad, our sister site Deadline reports.

Based on the bestselling Colson Whitehead novel, The Underground Railroad tells the story of young slave Cora, who’s an outcast on her Georgia cotton plantation. When she hears about the Underground Railroad and its promise of freedom, she decides to risk her life and escape. Harper will play Royal, a freeborn black man who meets Cora during her journey.

Cop drama The Rookie will be hitting the streets of L.A. again for ABC.

Heading into next week’s Upfronts, the Disney-owned network has decided to renew the Nathan Fillion led series for a second season.

The pick-up for another cycle comes as ratings have been strong-ish for the show. The Rookie has averaged a 1.4 demo rating and 7.59 total viewers season-to-date.

In the show that debuted last October, Castle vet Fillion plays John Nolan, the oldest rookie in the Lapd. At an age where most men are at the peak of their career, Nolan cast aside his comfortable, small town life and moved to L.A. to pursue his dream of being a police officers. Now, surrounded by newbies that are decades younger than him, a much-mocked Nolan has to weave through personal and professional challenges and gain the respect of his colleagues to make his second shot at life count.

Another Viacom series is switching networks — First Wives Club, which was slated to debut on Paramount Network in January, will instead air on sibling Bet.

At Paramount Network, First Wives Club starring Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jill Scott and Michelle Buteau was slated to launch the network’s new Thursday dramedy night in January. It was be followed by Younger Season 6 and new series Emily in Paris, both from Darren Star, slated to debut on the same night in spring and summer, respectively.

I hear the concept for a dramedy-branded night on Paramount Network is now being reevaluated, along with the future of Younger and Emily in Paris on the network. The former had been a hit on TV Land for five seasons and, while the comedy-focused Viacom channel recently canceled its last remaining original scripted series, Teachers, it left the door open to featuring such content in the future.

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Netflix is finalizing its cast for its straight-to-series hourlong sci-fi family drama Raising Dion, with Alisha Wainwright (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) and newcomer Ja’Siah Young set as leads opposite Jason Ritter and Michael B. Jordan. In addition, Seith Mann (The Breaks) has been tapped to direct the first episode and will serve as an executive producer.

Raising Dion, a Netflix production, follows the story of Nicole Reese (Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (Young) after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.

Young’s Dion is a curious, playful, and intelligent...

Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery – “Charmed” (CW)

The CW’s “Charmed” reboot features three new faces as the Charmed Ones. Mantock previously starred in AMC’s “Into the Badlands” as Veil. Diaz has had roles in shows like “Room 104” and “The Breaks.” Jeffery has appeared on “Shades of Blue” and “The X-Files.” But starring as three witch sisters in “Charmed” — which The CW is hoping to be a successful drama with its Sunday night time slot after “Supergirl” — will put these ladies front and center.

Daniel Ezra – “All American” (CW)

Ezra has previously appeared on series like “The Missing” and “Prime Suspect 1973.” His character Spencer is the new face of Beverly High football — and Ezra is the new face of Greg Berlanti’s high school drama that gives us “Friday Night Lights” vibes. Are we looking at the next Michael B. Jordan?

Jack Gore – “The Kids Are Alright...