54+ min ago (483+ words) Avatar: Fire and Ash" is slated for release in December Avatar director James Cameron has a plan B on the off chance the forthcoming film in the franchise isn"t a hit. Ahead of the release of the third installment, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Cameron appeared on Matt Belloni"s The Town podcast to talk about his contingency plan if the film doesn"t earn enough at the box office for Disney to go ahead with the fourth and fifth movies. Cameron acknowledged that he has been "in Avatar land" for 30 years. He understands the challenges of making a movie with an astronomical budget, though he didn"t disclose what Fire and Ash cost to make. "I have no doubt in my mind that this movie will make money. The question is, does it make enough money to justify doing…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago (159+ words) Lucy Leeson | Sunday 30 November 2025 20:50 GMT Actor Alex Kingston and her professional partner Johannes Radebe have become the eighth couple to be eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing. The Doctor Who star and her professional dance partner left the show on Sunday (30 November) after losing the dance battle to EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal and Julian Caillon. When asked about her time on the show, Kingston said: "I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would last this long. "It's been just the most incredible journey for me. Radebe added: "I've never grinned as much as I have in the last few weeks. Thank you Alex for being a trooper, I will hold on to the memories. As far as the dancing goes, I think we've achieved what we wanted to achieve. "These memories are just the beginning for us, we…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago (503+ words) The episode revolves around the town's annual "Turkey Trot' race South Park took aim at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's obsession with social media and Saudi Arabia's sponsorship of stand-up comedy and professional sport in this week's Thanksgiving-themed episode. In the new episode "Turkey Trot" that aired Wednesday, the town's annual Turkey Trot turns to Saudi Arabia for sponsorship. Meanwhile, Hegseth arrives with the Department of War and mistakes the event for an Antifa uprising. The character of Hegseth spends much of the episode convincing his Department of War soldiers to help him shoot content, while he pleads with his viewers to "like and subscribe." Among the content he posts is an attempt to do chin-ups in a reference to the real-life video he and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. appeared in together. The end of the episode saw him taking on…...

2+ hour, 44+ min ago (192+ words) Child star will stay behind bars until December 3 Home Improvement actor Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested for the sixth time in five years and remains in jail after he was denied bail, according to jail records. Bryan, 44, was arrested Saturday in Eugene, Oregon, for violating the probation he was serving for his previous domestic violence conviction. His fianc'e, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, was also arrested and booked at the same jail. The former child actor was denied bail and is set to remain in jail until December 3, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. Cartwright also remains in custody as she faces five charges, including attempted assault and one count of driving under the influence. Police did not immediately return The Independent's request for comment. Bryan has faced several legal issues after he retired from his acting career in 2009. The…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago (400+ words) The New Jersey senator, 56, tied the knot with Alexis Lewis, 38, in Washington D.C. Saturday Senator Cory Booker has married his partner, Alexis Lewis, less than three months after announcing their engagement. The New Jersey lawmaker and longtime bachelor, 56, tied the knot with Lewis, 38, a real estate investor, in an intimate ceremony in Washington D.C. Saturday. "Overflowing with gratitude. We said "I do" in two places that shaped us'Cory"s beloved Newark and Alexis"s hometown of Washington, D.C.'first at the courthouse, then with our families," the couple wrote in a shared Instagram post. "Hearts full and so grateful." Booker, who made headlines earlier this year after delivering a record-breaking 25-hour speech on the Senate floor, and Lewis were legally married Monday at the federal courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, with their parents as witnesses. Saturday"s inter-faith ceremony, held at an undisclosed…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago (143+ words) Lucy Leeson | Sunday 30 November 2025 20:23 GMT Actor Sam Hoare has backed The Independent's SafeCall campaign with rallying call for help. The star urged the public to donate to the appeal as momentum builds behind efforts to set up the free, round-the-clock service. Alongside the charity Missing People, this publication is aiming to raise "165,000 to fund a service designed by young people, for young people, to help reach the 70,000 children who disappear every year in the UK. Hoare said: "Please give what you can, you will be creating a lasting legacy and changing the lives of desperately vulnerable children and young people." Please donate now to The Independent and Missing People's SafeCall campaign, which aims to raise "165,000 to create a free, nationwide service helping vulnerable children find safety and support....

4+ hour, 40+ min ago (424+ words) Daniel Craig returned as Benoit Blanc for the new Netflix whodunnit Director Rian Johnson wants Meryl Streep to step into his murder-mystery universe. Following the premiere of the third Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the filmmaker revealed his hopes for the budding franchise. "There are so many great actors I'd like to work with," Johnson, 51, told IndieWire. "But, yes, if you're reading this, Meryl Streep, I feel like you'd slot into a murder mystery very well." He then shared his response to Streep, 76, finally appearing on Saturday Night Live after decades of requests from fans: "If Lorne can do it, then, goddamn, so can we." Streep has dabbled in the whodunnit genre before. The Oscar-winning actor has appeared in the last three seasons of Hulu's murder-mystery comedy Only Murders in the Building, which wrapped…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago (482+ words) Taxi Driver" star said actor opened my eyes to what acting could be" Jodie Foster has revealed her first impression of Robert De Niro was that the iconic actor was "really uninteresting" but it was all due to his method acting. The Silence of the Lambs star recently opened up about meeting De Niro on the set of Martin Scorsese"s 1976 movie Taxi Driver when she was just 12 years old. She recalled how the Goodfellas actor was already an established actor at 32, but nonetheless "took [her] under his wing so the pair could familiarize themselves as co-stars. "We"d run the lines and run the lines a second and third time, Foster, now 63, recounted in an on-stage conversation Sunday at the Marrakech Film Festival after winning a tribute award. "And I"m sure maybe some of you have been here…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago (899+ words) Shona McGarty shocked her I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here campmates by admitting she had used a contraband item. The EastEnders actor revealed she had used butter she found in camp, during Sunday's night show (30 November), much to the surprise of her jungle companions. As punishment, Shona was forced to give up her position as leader in camp. She pleaded with her campmates: "Please don't hate me, adding: "I saw it and my eyes lit up and I used it. I'm A Celeb's Shona McGarty shocks campmates with contraband admission The EastEnders actor revealed she had used butter she found in camp, during Sunday's night show (30 November), much to the surprise of her jungle companions. As punishment, Shona was forced to give up her position as leader in camp....

6+ hour, 40+ min ago (419+ words) Eternity" star says twin sisters were forced" to watch her perform Elizabeth Olsen has reflected on growing up with with her older sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in the spotlight. The actor, 36, said that she grew up going to television and movie sets as her twin siblings, now 39, became household names. Mary-Kate and Ashley played Michelle Tanner on the iconic sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995, and went on to co-star in multiple movies before creating their luxury fashion brand The Row. "I was the youngest of four, and we were all born within five years," Elizabeth said in a recent interview with The Times about the siblings" upbringing in Los Angeles, adding that it was "pretty chaotic." "So now I think the idea of a calm bath and bedtime story routine is so tender and sweet because we didn"t…...