Entertainment Tidbits

Netflix confirmed yesterday that it has acquired the rights to RIP, the upcoming Joe Carnahan-directed thriller starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The duo will also produce through their Artists Equity production company.

Jeremy Irons has been cast in the upcoming fourth season of The Morning Show on Apple TV+. He will portray Martin Levy, the father of Jennifer Aniston’s character. The show follows the dynamics of a morning news program.

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice has been selected to open next month’s Venice Film Festival. “I’m very excited by this. It means a lot to me to have the world premiere of this film at the Venice Film Festival,” director Tim Burton said.

HBO shared a new trailer for season 3 of Industry on Tuesday, featuring new cast member Kit Harington, the actor best known for playing Jon Snow on Game of Thrones. The show follows a group of young bankers in London.

After Paramount Global disabled MTV’s websites, removing hundreds of thousands of articles, the Internet Archive has re-created a searchable index of 460,575 web pages that were previously published at mtv.com/news.

Director Ridley Scott says he was never approached to direct sequels to his hit films Alien and Blade Runner due to “tough partners” early in his career. “You can imagine I wasn’t happy,” he told Vanity Fair in an interview.

Eva Amurri got some flak for wearing a cleavage-baring dress during her intimate wedding ceremony with Ian Hock in New York. The mom of three dismissed those “scandalized” by her breasts, saying she felt sexy and elegant.

Rapper BG, under federal supervision post-prison, must provide the government with any new song lyrics for review. Prosecutors may seek changes to his release terms if the lyrics are deemed inconsistent with his rehabilitation.

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