Kat is gecast in de nieuwe film ‘Michael’ over de Jackson 5 als zangeres Diana Ross.

The upcoming Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” is embracing the Motown sound — announcing key castings including Larenz Tate as Motown Records founder Berry Gordy and Kat Graham as the legendary Diana Ross.

As the film chronicles Jackson’s rise to prominence — first as a member of the Jackson 5, then as a solo artist — the record label will factor in significantly. “Power” franchise star Tate (who coincidentally played “Thriller” producer Quincy Jones in 2004’s “Ray”) takes on the Motown impresario Gordy, who redefined American music by platforming such acts as the Jackson 5, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Diana Ross & the Supremes.
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Graham (“Love in the Villa,” Tyler Perry’s upcoming “Black, White & Blue”) portrays Ross, who, as lead singer of the chart-topping group, was asked to officially introduce the Jackson 5 to the world and remained a lifelong influence on Michael Jackson.
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Other new cast members of the Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International project include Jessica Sula (“Split”) as La Toya Jackson, Michael’s older sister; Liv Symone (“Power Book III: Raising Kanan”) as Gladys Knight; Kevin Shinick (“Robot Chicken”) as Dick Clark; KeiLyn Durrel Jones (“The Other Two,” “How to Die Alone”) as Jackson’s former security-turned-trusted friend and confidante Bill Bray; and Kendrick Sampson (“Insecure”) as industry icon Quincy Jones, who first met Michael Jackson when he was just 12 years old. The pair would go on to collaborate on three of Michael’s most successful albums: 1979’s “Off the Wall,” 1982’s “Thriller” and 1987’s “Bad.”

“Michael,” from director Antoine Fuqua, is currently in production and has added a slew of stars in recent weeks. Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson will make his screen debut playing his uncle in the film, while 9-year-old Juliano Krue Valdi will portray the King of Pop from his early days in the Jackson 5.

Colman Domingo and Nia Long will play family heads Joe and Katherine Jackson. Miles Teller will play Jackson’s attorney and advisor John Branca. Eight actors will portray Jackson’s siblings over two time periods, while Variety exclusively reported that Laura Harrier will play portray pioneering female music executive Suzanne de Passe.

Graham King of GK Films (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) is producing the film, which is set to hit theaters on April 18 2025. Three-time Oscar nominee John Logan wrote the script. Prince Jackson, Jackson’s eldest son, is working with the production on set, side-by-side with the filmmakers, on behalf of his siblings.

“I’m thrilled that we were able to bring together such a gifted group of actors for this film,” stated King in a press release. “What they bring to these key roles provides a rich backdrop for the movie, adding to the extraordinary ensemble.”

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Phoebe is gecast in de nieuwe Australische serie ‘The Dark Lake’ gebaseerd op het gelijknamige boek van Sarah Bailey. Het is nog niet bekend wanneer de opnames zullen beginnen en wanneer de serie uitkomt.

Phoebe Tonkin is to star in and executive produce a new Australian TV crime drama series, “The Dark Lake,” based on a novel by Sarah Bailey.

The series is to be produced by Brouhaha Entertainment, the Australia-U.K. outfit headed by veteran producers Gabrielle Tana, Troy Lum and Andrew Mason. The company recently delivered Netflix’s Brisbane set “Boy Swallows Universe,” in which Tonkin also stars.

Production and financing details were not disclosed and the series has not revealed a director or a broadcast or streaming partnership.

The story follows Gemma (portrayed by Tonkin) as she is forced to confront the secrets of her past when assigned to the murder of her high school nemesis in her small and tight-knit hometown. Through law enforcement, Gemma anchors herself to the dichotomy of right and wrong, in an effort to redeem her own deeply compromised decisions.

“The series investigates the moral workings of a grief engulfed woman torn between the dedication to her work, the love for her son and the temptation of her indulgences,” Brouhaha said.
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The series is adapted from Australian writer Bailey’s debut novel of the same name, which is also the first book in The Gemma Woodstock series. It won both the 2018 Davitt Award for best crime debut and the 2018 Ned Kelly award for best first crime. Bailey has written two other books in the series, “Into the Night,” set in the dark alleyways of Melbourne, and “Where the Dead Go,” based in a small coastal community. Bailey is currently working on a fourth book in the series.

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In ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ is Pau te zien als een jongeren Captain Kirk en de serie krijgt een vierde seizoen, opnames van het derde seizoen zijn momenteel al in volle gang. Het is nog niet bekend of en in hoeveel afleveringen Paul te zien zal zijn, hij heeft een terugkerende gastrol in de serie. Grote kans is dat hij er wel in te zien is, aangezien hij het nieuws zelf ook deelde in een instagramstory.

“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” currently in production on its third season, has been renewed by Paramount+ for Season 4. Meanwhile, “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” the first animated “Star Trek” comedy, will conclude its run on the streamer with its fifth season, which will debut in the fall.

“Strange New Worlds” — set in the years when Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) commanded the USS Enterprise, and featuring younger versions of several legacy characters, including Spock (Ethan Peck), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) and Kirk (Paul Wesley) — has been a fan favorite since it premiered on Paramount+ in 2022. Season 2 of the series, which included a musical episode and a crossover episode with “Lower Decks,” made Nielsen’s chart of the 10 most-watched streaming original series over multiple weeks.

Matthew is gecast in de nieuwe NBC serie ‘Grosse Pointe Garden Society’

The Vampire Diaries alum Matthew Davis and Alexander Hodge (Insecure) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Melissa Fumero, AnnaSophia Robb and Ben Rappaport in Grosse Pointe Garden Society, NBC‘s drama pilot from Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

The drama follows four members of a suburban garden club — including Birdie (Fumero), Alice (Robb) and Brett (Rappaport) — all from different walks of life, who get caught up in murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives bloom.

Davis plays Joel, a police officer, Misty’s husband and the father of their adopted son, Tom, whom Birdie (Fumero) takes an interest in. Burned out by his job and life in this suburban town, he just needs the slightest push to embrace a dark side of his own.

Hodge plays Doug, Alice’s (Robb) husband. He once had dreams of being a wildly successful artist, but like Alice, his dreams have dwindled over the years, and now fills his time by painting signs for local restaurants.

Maggie Kiley is directing the pilot, which she is executive producing with Bans via her Minnesota Logging Co., Krebs and Casey Kyber.

Davis is known for his role as Alaric Saltzman on the CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries, which he played for eight seasons and subsequently reprised on spinoff series Legacies. He is repped by
Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Mainstay Entertainment.

Hodge is known for playing Andrew on Issa Rae’s HBO series Insecure. He recently co-starred in the movie Joy Ride opposite Stephanie Hsu and Ashley Park and appeared on the Netflix series Wellmania. Hodge is repped by Innovative Artists, Brillstein and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

Kat heeft getekend bij een nieuwe managementbureau genaamd Untitled Entertainment.

Actress Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) has signed with Untitled Entertainment for management, with partner Evan Hainey to run point on her behalf.

“Funny enough Evan helped start my career well over a decade ago and we have remained good friends ever since,” Graham told Deadline. “I have consistently turned to him for guidance over the years as I navigated my journey in this industry, and he has never steered me wrong. This is a natural alignment. I am very grateful to join forces with a great man and solid friend like him.”

Graham broke out with her series regular role as witch Bonnie Bennett across all eight seasons of The CW’s supernatural teen drama The Vampire Diaries, which aired between 2009 and 2017. Developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the show based on L.J. Smith’s books had her starring alongside Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, and more.

Most recently, Graham starred opposite The Umbrella Academy‘s Tom Hopper in the Netflix rom-com Love in the Villa, which marked her 4th consecutive #1 with the streamer. Prior to that, she starred in Vertical’s thriller Collide with Ryan Phillippe and Jim Gaffigan, as well as DreamWorks’ series TrollsTopia for Hulu and Peacock.

The voice of April O’Neil in multiple TMNT projects, including Nickelodeon’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Graham has also previously been seen in the RZA-helmed action drama Cut Throat City, Lionsgate’s crime thriller The Poison Rose opposite Morgan Freeman and John Travolta, Netflix’s action thriller How It Ends opposite Theo James and Forest Whitaker, Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez On Me, and Lionsgate comedy Where’s the Money. Additional credits include the films Operation Christmas Drop and Holiday Calendar for Netflix.

Up next, Graham will be seen in writer-director Tyler Perry’s Black, White & Blue, his first film under a four-picture deal with Amazon. She continues to be repped across the board by UTA.

Michael heeft een rol gescoord in het tweede seizoen van de erie ‘The Night Agent’ als vast castlid.

Netflix and Sony Pictures Television’s hit series “The Night Agent” has filled out its cast for Season 2 with Michael Malarkey (“The Vampire Diaries”) and Keon Alexander (“The Expanse”) as series regulars and Navid Negahban (“Homeland”) and Rob Heaps (“Station 11”) as recurring guest stars, opposite returning stars Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan.

Based on the best selling novel by Matthew Quirk, the first season of the show followed Peter Sutherland (Basso), an FBI agent recruited to monitor a rarely used phone in the basement of the White House for the mysterious Night Agent program. When cybersecurity expert Rose Larkin (Buchanan) calls the number one night, they’re both pulled into a twisty conspiracy that reaches to the top echelons of the U.S. government.

Season 2 will follow Sutherland as he begins his career as a full-time Night Agent, while maintaining a relationship with Larkin.

Malarkey — who followed his role as Lorenzo “Enzo” St. John on The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries” with roles in “Westworld,” “Project Blue Book,” “Big Sky” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime” — will play Markus, a military chief and loyal nephew to a dictator newly convicted of war crimes by the Hague.

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Paul Wesley and Ines de Ramon have finalized their divorce.

According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, The Vampire Diaries alum — who cited “irreconcilable differences” when he filed for divorce from de Ramon in February 2023 — came to an agreement with his ex late last month.

In Wesley’s latest filing from Feb. 23, 2024, the divorce was listed as “uncontested,” with a note that both “parties have entered into a written agreement regarding their property and their marriage or domestic partnership rights, including support, the original of which is being or has been submitted to the court.”

Wesley, 40, waived any future spousal or partner support payments, and de Ramon, 32, asked to restore her former name as a result of the marriage’s end.

Wesley and de Ramon were married in 2019. The couple, who did not have any children together, and announced their decision to split in September 2022. “The decision to separate is mutual and occurred five months ago,” a rep told PEOPLE at the time.

Since the exes’ separation, de Ramon has struck up a romance with Brad Pitt.

De Ramon and Pitt, 60, began dating in fall 2023 after her estrangement from Wesley, PEOPLE previously learned. “They met through a mutual friend. She is very nice,” a source said of their connection. Another insider said “Ines is cute, fun and energetic. She has a great personality. Brad enjoys spending time with her.”

Wesley has also moved on since the pair separated last fall. He’s been romantically linked to model Natalie Kuckenburg since late 2023. A photo of the couple sharing a kiss during a vacation in Italy surfaced in November, implying new love was very much in the air for both Wesley and de Ramon after they decided to end their marriage.

Phoebe was afgelopen week bij de premiere van haar nieuwe Netflix serie “Boy Swallows Universe” in Brisbane, Australië. De serie is vanaf vandaag op de streamingsdienst te zien!

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Riley Voelkel, an accomplished and accredited actress, is recognized for her versatile performances across television and film. Rising to prominence with her compelling portrayal of Freya Mikaelson in the supernatural drama series “The Originals,” she showcased her acting prowess and garnered a dedicated fan base. Beyond the supernatural genre, she has highlighted her talent in diverse roles, including her recent portrayal of Renee Segna in the crime drama series “Hightown.” Hightown’s third and final season is airing now on STARZ with its finale taking place on March 8th.

When looking at her work, there is an extensive list of credits from a wide variety of roles. If you could take readers back, what started your initial interest in acting?
My story is a little different than most actors. Growing up I had no idea I would become an actor. I was heavily involved in school and sports but was never in theatre (something I now hope to experience someday). At 18 years old, a month away from going to college to study structural engineering and play softball, I was given the opportunity to move to LA and work as a model. I decided to take the risk and see how things went for one year and then decide if I wanted to go back to school or not. Through my modeling agency I booked a lot of commercials that year and they asked me if I ever thought about acting. I decided to take a class and the day of my first class I fell in love with it. I felt so much fulfillment from performing and creating, and I knew this was what I wanted to do. That’s how it all started.

Whether it be movie, show, or live theatre, I’m curious what would be your absolute dream roles to play?
I’d love to experience a role in theatre one day. I think it’s so different from film and television, and I imagine that it would be an amazing experience. I’ve always wanted to play a badass woman in an action film. I grew up playing sports so I crave the challenge of stunt work and think it would be so fun! Also, I’ve always been drawn to playing a character from another era like the 60s or 70s who is involved the music industry. “Almost Famous” is one of my favorite films and captures an amazing time in music and I’d love to be a part of something like that.

One of your biggest roles thus far is that of Freya on The CW’s hit series “The Originals and Legacies”. Looking back, what aspects did you enjoy most about playing Freya?
Playing Freya Mikaelson was the longest I’ve played one character in a show, and I loved experiencing building a character over the course of many seasons. It allows so much more character exploration when you have multiple seasons to tell a story. Also, the show’s fanbase is incredible. They are such loyal, amazing fans, and I’ll be forever grateful to them for all their love and support. The fans often tell us that the show and the characters brought a lot of comfort to them during difficult times and that has meant so much to me. They have definitely been a highlight of playing Freya. The magic was fun too.

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Twee weken geleden verscheen de nieuwe single ‘Pretty Far Gone’ van Michael Malarkey.

Kat heeft afgelopen week laten weten dat ze binnenkort een nieuw nummer uitbrengt genaamd World Song, hiervoor werkte ze samen met Will I Am bekend van de Black Eyed Peas.

In de galerij zijn enkele nieuwe fotoshoots van de cast toegevoegd.

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http//: Andrew Arthur (Who What Wear) – Nina
http//: Behind The Blinds Magazine – Phoebe
http//: Instyle Mexico – Phoebe
http//: JSquared Photography ( 2024 Winter TCA Portrait Studio) – Daniel
http//: Mike Dawson – Nina
http//: Nylon Magazine – Nina
http//: Tiziano Da Silva – Nina
http//: Vogue- Phoebe
http//: Women’s Wear Daily – Phoebe

De eerste foto’s van Phoebe in haar opkomende film ‘Night Shift’ staan in de galerij.

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De eerste foto’s van Daniel in de nieuwe CW serie ‘Sight Unseen’ staan in de galerij. Ik hoop binnenkort tijd te hebben voor screencaptures.

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Hierbij alvast de eerste appereances van de maand maart!

Galerij Links:
http//: March 3: Glasgow Film Festival 2024 – “The Burning Season” screening (Sara)
http//: March 4: Gagosian celebrates the opening of Urs Fischer: Beauty (Nina)
http//: March 5: Paris Fashion Week – Miu Miu Womenswear F/W ’24-’25 fashion show (Nina)
http//: March 5: TIME Women Of The Year 2024 (Kat)
http//: March 6: Billboard Women In Music 2024 (Kat)
http//: March 7: Essence Black Women in Hollywood (Kat)
http//: March 9: CHANEL And Charles Finch Annual Pre-Oscar Dinner (Phoebe)