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The acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker is working on an adaption of Homer’s epic poem “Odyssey” though it is not yet known how he plans to adapt the classic piece of literature.

Universal Pictures, in a December 2024 post on X, meanwhile described the film as “a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology,” which will bring “Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time.”

Nolan is writing and producing the film with longtime and life partner Emma Thomas, who won the Best Picture Oscar for “Oppenheimer” alongside Nolan. Thomas has served as producer on Nolan’s movies going back to “Following.” She and Nolan have been married since 1997, and they share four children.

Here’s what we know so far about the film including release date and cast.

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The “Anora” star, who won the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role earlier this month, makes her “SNL” hosting debut on March 29 alongside country superstar Wallen, who is promoting his upcoming album “I’m The Problem.” He will also embark on a stadium tour in support of the highly anticipated album.

In 2020, the then-27-year-old country singer was slated to make his “SNL” debut in October but was disinvited after he violated COVID-19 protocols. Two months later, during a December 2020 episode, Wallen starred in an “SNL” sketch and made his debut as musical performer.

Months later, Wallen came under fire for using a racial slur, though his career later skyrocketed in the wake of the scandal. Now, he has all but rebounded from the controversy with the exception of continuous Grammy nomination snubs from the Recording Academy.

The Emmy Award-winning Apple TV+ show follows Mark Scout (Adam Scott) as he leads a team at Lumon Industries whose employees have undergone a severance procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives.

Season 2 sees Mark and his friends learn “the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe,” according to the series description on Apple TV+.

In the season finale, Mark forms a “shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand,” according to the episode description on the streaming platform.

Here’s what you need to know about Season 2 of “Severance,” including when the finale is set to drop and how you can watch it.

Director Marc Webb’s vision honors but also blows up the template of the original “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The better-than-expected revamp (★★★ out of four; rated PG; in theaters Friday) strips away some of the forgettable matter – no charming princes here! Most importantly, “White” gives an inspired Rachel Zegler a different character arc and a smattering of original songs to let Snow strut as the fairest of them all.

In fact, the fresh stuff is the best part: You’ll note the seven dudes are not mentioned in the new title, and while they’re certainly kid-friendly, the little guys could have just stayed in their mines the whole time and the movie would have been just fine.

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The “Creed III” star, 35, confirmed in an interview with Sherri Shepherd that aired Wednesday that he and the “Think Like A Man” actress, 43, are married.

Majors told Shepherd that his mother, a pastor, married the couple after she came out to Los Angeles from Dallas to attend a screening of his new movie, “Magazine Dreams.”

“We had told her that, ‘Hey, we’re going to do this thing,’” Majors said. “And we did. My mother married us yesterday. Her mother was there. We had these rings, and we got them engraved in Hawaii.”

Majors also recalled telling Good, “Today might be the happiest day of my life.” This is the first marriage for Majors, while Good was previously married to DeVon Franklin from 2012 to 2022.

The longest-serving drummer in the band’s history is “amicably” exiting after a 19-year tenure.

The band thanked Ferrer for “his friendship, creativity and sturdy presence” in a statement Wednesday and added they “wish him success in the next chapter of his musical journey.”

Ferrer, who turns 59 next week, joined the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers in June 2006 and played on subsequent tours, including recent reunion outings with Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan. Ferrer’s last show with the band was Nov. 5, 2023, in Mexico.

Late last year, the drummer posted GNR’s tour dates on his Instagram with the comment, “Let’s goooo! 2025!”

The Ukrainian adoptee with a rare form of dwarfism generated international headlines over the past decade after her adoptive parents, Indiana couple Kristine and Mark Barnett, convinced a court to change her legal age from 8 to 22, and then abandoned her in an apartment. Years later, Kristine and Mark were criminally charged with neglect, although Mark was acquitted and charges against Kristine were later dropped. In 2023, Natalia legally restored her birthdate to 2003 after extensive DNA testing.

It is a sensational story, and grimly fascinating. How did the Barnetts come to suggest that Natalia was an adult posing as a child? What went on in their Indiana home? Where is Natalia now?

All of these questions have been asked and answered ― and allegations made and denied ― in countless news reports and Investigation Discovery’s three-part 2023 docuseries, “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace.” The young woman, now 21, has told her story many times. But now a fictionalized Hulu drama is going to speak for her, and it does no better job representing this sad tale than a decade’s worth of exploitative tabloid headlines and the rather crass docuseries did. We’re right back at sensationalism and exploitation, and the resulting TV show isn’t even that good.