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Joining #ThePitt for season 2, #SepidehMoafi plays a character who’s “a bit of a disruptor.” In real life, though, she was careful not to disrupt something “that’s working so beautifully” and admits she felt a little intimidated stepping into the mix.
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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#ThePitt is back and stronger than ever. Its Season 2 premiere soared 200% over the first season’s debut, drawing 5.4 million total viewers in the U.S.

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📸 HBO Max
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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#CateBlanchett, the original voice of Valka, will reprise the role on camera for the upcoming live-action remake of “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”

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January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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The comments section of the Washington Post’s website has been flooded with users criticizing the FBI’s raid of a Post reporter’s home and owner Jeff Bezos’ silence on the matter.

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January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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HBO’s upcoming #HarryPotter series has tapped Hans Zimmer and his Bleeding Fingers collective to compose its score, taking over from John Williams’ original themes.

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January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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The new, full-length trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s #TheBride!” offers a look at the director’s “totally punk” take on “The Bride of Frankenstein" featuring #JessieBuckley and #ChristianBale.

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January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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At the Jan. 14 Netflix premiere of "The Rip," #MattDamon wore a “Be Good” pin to publicly condemn ICE’s training failures after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good.

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January 15, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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The ratings for Tony Dokoupil’s first week on “CBS Evening News” is down 23% from the same week last year, scoring 5.4 million viewers the week of January 6th in 2025.

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January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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“The West Wing” actor Timothy Busfield drove 2,000 miles to New Mexico to turn himself in after prosecutors charged him with child abuse and sexual contact with a minor.

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January 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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#ConnorStorrie logged four-hour Russian training sessions each day for over a month to nail his role in HBO’s #HeatedRivalry so convincingly that native background actors believed he was a fluent speaker.

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January 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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The Atlantic has sued Google and Alphabet in SDNY, accusing their ad-serving monopoly of enriching Google at publishers’ expense and seeking damages, legal fees, and a jury trial.

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January 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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A series adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is in the works. The eight-part, Sky original series will take place in the present day and stay true to Larsson’s beloved Millennium novels.

Read more about the project: https://bit.ly/45aakgt
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January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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#TrevorNoah will perform his Grammys swan song next month as he hosts the music awards show for the sixth and final time.

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January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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#Exclusive: Iranian director Jafar Panahi spoke to TheWrap about the Islamic Republic’s violent suppression of nationwide protests over the past two weeks.

Read the full interview: https://bit.ly/49jxUK3

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January 13, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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The BBC has filed to dismiss Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit, arguing the Florida court lacks jurisdiction and he can’t show any harm from its Jan. 6 documentary edits.

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January 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Netflix’s new making-of documentary reveals the Duffer Brothers once planned a Demogorgon-egg nest sequence for #StrangerThings 5’s Abyss battle but ultimately scrapped it.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4pzQG4A

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January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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HBO Max’s #ThePitt Season 2 will roll out 15 weekly episodes from Jan. 8 to April 16, bucking the binge-drop trend to stretch the series across the first quarter of 2026.

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📸 HBO Max
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Less than a week after ordering a strike to capture Nicolás Maduro, Trump said the U.S. will install an interim government in Venezuela, “run it very fairly” and reap profits from its oil industry.

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January 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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#BeastGames debuted as Prime Video’s highest-rated reality show ever when it premiered back in December 2024 — and @mrbeast is ready to do it all over again with Season Two.

See more from TheWrap's coverage on ‘Beast Games’ Season 2 premier: https://bit.ly/4qgRDA6
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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#KathrynHahn is in talks to star as Mother Gothel in upcoming live-action adaptation of the 2010 animated film “Tangled,” with Michael Gracey (“The Greatest Showman,” “Better Man”) attached to direct.

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January 8, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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At Oxford Union, Conan O’Brien warned that comedians who lean on nonstop “F Trump” chants have traded their “best weapon”—humor—for empty anger.

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January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Gal Gadot is producing “Recovery Agent,” a book series by Janet Evanovich. Paramount Pictures will develop and produce with Ellen Shanman attached to adapt the script ("Voltron," "Tiger & Bunny")

Read more about the project: https://bit.ly/49e0zQE
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January 7, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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“The Pitt” and “The Bear” have netted two nominations apiece from the Directors Guild of America, while SNL also dominated the category of best directing of a variety show.

Read the full list: https://bit.ly/3YpVqPk
📸 HBO, Hulu, NBC
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey demanded that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “get the f–k” out of the city after a video showed an ICE agent shooting a woman attempting to flee with her car during an immigration stop.

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January 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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The Reiner family expressed support for defense attorney Alan Jackson’s exit from defending Nick in parents Rob and Michele’s murder trial and shared that they “trust in the legal process.”

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January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM