Robert Pattinson is no stranger to getting in shape for movie roles, from “Twilight” to “The Batman,” but the actor has also been vocal about the “insidious” body standards men face, both in and out of Hollywood. “Even if you’re just watching your calorie intake, it’s extraordinarily addictive — and you don’t quite realize how…

The first annual Parapod Festival, a celebration of all things paranormal, is taking place Friday, March 31 through Saturday, April 1 at various Santa Clarita locations. “Although there is an abundance of paranormal content with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of views, we never really see these creators – filmmakers, podcasters, investigators – being…

SALES Abacus Media Rights have sold S4C’s Welsh-language crime caper drama, “Dal y Mellt” (“Rough Cut,” 6 x 60′) to Netflix. This will be the first Welsh-language only drama licensed on Netflix and will stream on Netflix U.K. from April 2023. The drama follows the troubled story of the main character Carbo as he is drawn into a world of wrongdoing,…

Alexandria Bombach’s “It’s Only Life After All,” which tells the story of the folk rock duo Indigo Girls, is not your typical music documentary. For one, the doc’s stars, singer-songwriters Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are not producers on the film. Two, during production no topic was off-limits. Three, Ray and Saliers were the only…

Tatyana Ali, who played Ashley Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” from 1990 to 1996, has joined the cast of the Peacock reboot “Bel-Air.” In the series’ upcoming second season, Ali will recur as Mrs. Hughes, the middle school English teacher who sees something special in Ashley (played by Akira Akbar in this version),…

Before streaming platforms took over home entertainment, there was New York City’s legendary video rental store Kim’s Video. With more than 55,000 beloved and rare movies to choose from, the Kim’s Video flagship store in St. Marks Place was essential stomping ground for not just cinefiles, but anyone who liked watching movies. The knowledgeable clerks could…

The Rolling Stones and frontman Mick Jagger have officially joined TikTok — angling to introduce a new generation of music fans to the 60-year-old British rock band and its classic tunes. Jagger has joined TikTok (at @jagger) after band mate Keith Richards (@officialkeef) arrived on the platform last year. But there’s a glitch with Jagger’s…

Bradley Whitford is going up against Olivia Benson. The actor will guest star as a professor struggling with early-onset dementia who confesses to a murder on the Feb. 23 episode of NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU.” The episode will be directed by Mariska Hargitay. Whitford currently stars as Commander Lawrence in Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.”…

To celebrate its 20th anniversary next week, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is going back to the beginning. The late-night series will air a special episode in primetime on Thursday, January 26, featuring guests from the original premiere in 2003: George Clooney, Snoop Dogg and Coldplay. The special will air that night at 10 p.m. ET,…

Alec Baldwin and the armorer on the set of “Rust” will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021. Baldwin fired the shot that killed Hutchins while preparing to film a scene in the church building of the Bonanza Creek Ranch near Santa Fe, N.M. The armorer, Hannah…