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In a highly unusual move, the Smashing Pumpkins are soliciting a new guitarist with a general call-out. The group announced Friday that they’re seeking to add a third guitarist to founding vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlain. The group has big…

At age 44, Kate Hudson is still seeking romance. The rom-com queen told The View panelists that finding a male lead for her specialty is difficult. That’s particularly true as the genre has shifted mostly to streaming. "It's hard to get male movie stars to make rom-coms," Hudson said. "That's a…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the DreamWorks Animation franchise How to Train Your Dragon is bringing back a familiar face, as sources tell Deadline that Gerard Butler, who voiced Hiccup’s father Stoick in the original movies, will reprise the role. Mason Thames and Nico Parker…

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Tony King on Tyler Perry’s Sistas. Branden Wellington, who heavily recurred as the character in Season 6 has been promoted to series regular for the current seventh season. Wellington’s King is a tall and handsome man who has been parking next to Danni and listening…

Samuel L. Jackson (The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pulp Fiction) has joined the Peacock Muhammad Ali limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist. He will portray Frank Moten, a real-life underworld kingpin coined the Black Godfather by the NY tabloids. The project reunites Jackson with Craig…

Mike White’s The White Lotus has enlisted its first new residents. Leslie Bibb, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Dom Hetrakul and Tayme Thapthimthong are set to join returning cast member Natasha Rothwell in the upcoming third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning anthology series. The new…

EXCLUSIVE: After breaking out with her lead role in the second season of Netflix’s smash hit series Bridgerton, Simone Ashley has moved on to star in This Tempting Madness, a new indie directed by Jennifer E. Montgomery, from her script written with husband Andrew M. Davis, which just wrapped production…

Don’t X him out of the picture just yet. In a new interview with Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz, Patrick Stewart hinted that Professor X is "still around,” and he has "every confidence" in that fact. The good Professor has been killed off a few times in the Marvel films, but always seems…

Salem is saying so long to Steve Burton. The former General Hospital star who joined Days of Our Lives at the start of 2023 has announced he’s departing the Peacock sudser. He played Harris Michaels, a role he originated on Days in 1988. He also reprised the role for the Peacock Original series…

EXCLUSIVE: Olivier Award nominee Moe Bar-El (The Peripheral) has been tapped for a major recurring role in the first season of Noah Hawley’s Alien series for FX, Deadline has learned. Details as to his characters are under wraps. The actor joins a cast that includes Sydney Chandler as the meta-human…

EXCLUSIVE: While Ke Huy Quan has carefully considered his next career moves following his triumph at the Oscars with Daniels’ A24 smash Everything Everywhere All at Once, not unlike the other winners of 2023, he’s now found his next feature lead in With Love, a Universal action pic from David Leitch and…

EXCLUSIVE: Topher Grace (Home Economics) and Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey: A New Era) have been tapped for roles opposite Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg in Flight Risk, the suspense thriller that Mel Gibson is helming for Lionsgate. The project marks Gibson’s first outing behind the camera since…