Category: 5. Entertainment

Brooklyn Beckham’s secret wedding vow renewal to wife Nicola Peltz has left his family surprised, not because of the celebration itself, but because they were reportedly not told it was happening. On August 2, while David and Victoria Beckham lounged aboard their lavish yacht off the Tuscan coast, their eldest son was halfway across the world in Westchester, New York, exchanging vows once again, this time without a single member of the Beckham family present.

The Beckhams reportedly discovered the news the same way the rest of the world did. Neither parents nor siblings, Romeo, 22, Cruz, 20, nor Harper, 14, received invitations.

“Not one member of the 30-plus extended family knew about the wedding, or were invited,” a source told The Sun. The couple exchanged their renewed vows in an intimate gathering exclusively surrounded by Nicola’s family. 

Nicola wore her 70-year-old mother Claudia’s 1985 wedding gown, while her billionaire father Nelson Peltz, 83, officiated the ceremony. Brooklyn, 26, later told People the renewal was a “really beautiful experience – a really cute memory” and even admitted: “To be honest, I could renew my vows every single day with her.” 

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He wore a suit without a tie, and Nicola once again wore her original $1.8 million engagement ring. The entire event was shared across their social media with the simple caption, “only love.”

But to the Beckhams, the message read very differently. Another insider said the move has caused deep emotional damage within the Beckham household, adding, “His grandparents are devastated too, as Brooklyn has always been so close to them.”

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The fracture reportedly began before Brooklyn and Nicola’s Palm Beach wedding in 2022. At that original wedding, Liberty, daughter of Victoria’s sister Louise, was a bridesmaid. This time, even she was cut out. 

Disputes reportedly broke out back then over the dress, Nicola chose Valentino over a design by Victoria, and even the first dance, which Nicola allegedly accused her mother-in-law of hijacking.

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The couple’s decision to exclude not just the Beckham clan but also Brooklyn’s UK friends adds another layer to the rift. None of them were invited to the vow renewal either.

Brooklyn also skipped David’s 50th birthday and failed to publicly acknowledge either of his parents’ birthdays this year, a departure from the family’s usual tradition of celebratory posts. In contrast, he recently posted “Happy birthday Nelson x We love you” to his father-in-law, alongside a smiling photo.

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The aspiring chef and photographer also rebranded the inspiration behind his hot sauce line, Cloud23. Once named in tribute to his father’s iconic shirt number, he now says it’s a reference to the day he proposed to Nicola.

Despite the heartbreak, David and Victoria have made subtle efforts. They continue to like some of Brooklyn’s posts and have never spoken publicly about the fallout. But their silence on the vow renewal photos seems to confirm they were not aware of the ceremony. “It is a very sad situation,” one insider said to the publication. “Everyone fears there is no way back now. It is done.”

Harris Dickinson‘s feature directorial debut, Urchin, has found a home on this year’s release calendar following its success at the Cannes Film Festival.

The movie is set to hit theaters Oct. 10 from 1-2 Special, the indie distributor that launched earlier this year. Dickinson’s film stars Frank Dillane, Megan Northam, Amr Waked, Shonagh Marie and Karyna Khymchuk.

Urchin centers on Dillane as Mike, an unhoused London-based addict who attempts to turn his life around after a stint in prison.

Dickinson helmed the film from his own script. Archie Pearch and Scott O’Donnell serve as producers.

Urchin premiered in May at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard competition, where Dickinson won the FIPRESCI Prize, while Dillane prevailed as best actor.

In his Urchin review for The Hollywood Reporter, chief film critic David Rooney wrote of the lead character, “Perhaps the key achievement of Urchin is that it makes us see him and feel for his struggle.”

Rooney continued about the feature, “This is fundamentally a one-person show, piloted by Frank Dillane like a reckless driver forever losing control of the wheel.”

During an interview with THR from Cannes, Dickinson noted that he began working on the Urchin script six years prior to its premiere and already has an idea for his next directorial project. Dickinson recently appeared opposite Nicole Kidman in Babygirl and is set to play John Lennon in Sam Mendes’ forthcoming four-film Beatles project for Sony.

“It’s always going to be an adjustment for people who have seen me as an actor and know me as an actor, but for me, that’s been my goal,” Dickinson said about pursuing filmmaking. “And the dream was to do a full-length film, and hopefully, I get to do it again. If someone lets me, I’ve got something ready to go.”

LaKeith Stanfield, Jason Clarke, Sam Claflin and Trevante Rhodes have signed up for duty in F.A.S.T., the Taylor Sheridan-written action movie set up at Warner Bros. Pictures.

Ben Richardson, the main director of Sheridan’s 1923 show and known as a renowned movie cinematographer, is helming the feature that is being toplined by Brandon Sklenar.

F.A.S.T. concerns a former special forces commando, down on his luck after he returns Stateside, who is tapped by the DEA to lead a black op strike team against CIA-protected drug dealers in his town. Sklenar is playing the commando.

The quartet are playing a range of roles, from DEA agents to the commando’s former Delta Force colleagues.

Juliana Canfield is also on the call sheet for the production which will begin shooting later in August.

F.A.S.T. is being produced by David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford of Heyday Films and Sheridan and Jenny Wood of Bosque Ranch Productions. 

Overseeing are Warner Bros. president of production Jesse Ehrman and exec vp of production Kevin McCormick.

Stanfield earned an Oscar nomination in the best supporting category for his performance in 2021’s Judas and the Black Messiah and since then has starred in movies such as Haunted Mansion and Book of Clarence. He also starred in Apple TV+’s fantasy drama The Changeling, created by Kelly Marcel.

Clarke is set to have one of the busiest falls the actor has ever had. The actor is leading Apple TV+’s The Last Frontier, a crime thriller which he also executive produced and is due to debut later this year. He is also starring in an untitled Hulu limited series in which he plays the infamous South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh, who was convicted of killing his wife and son.

Moviewise, Clarke is reuniting with Kathryn Bigelow for the director’s newest, A House of Dynamite, which could be a player on the festival and awards circuit.

Claflin, who may be best known for playing Finnick Odair in the original Hunger Games movies, starred in Prime’s acclaimed mini-series Daisy Jones and the Six and the lush adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.

Rhodes, best known for his performance in the Oscar-winning drama Moonlight, last starred in Tyler Perry’s crime thriller Mea Culpa.  

Stanfield is repped by CAA, Stark Management, and Ginsburg Daniels while Clarke is repped by CAA, Robert Stein Management, and Goodman Genow. Claflin is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group, and Doug Stone while Rhodes is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen.

Wednesday has once again proven it is a force to be reckoned with upon its return to Netflix.

Viewers eagerly tuned in for the first part of Season 2, which launched with four episodes on August 6, raking in 50M views in just four days. That’s the second highest weekly total ever for a Netflix series, behind only its predecessor, Wednesday Season 1.

At the time that Season 1 debuted, Netflix still reported its weekly viewing totals in terms of hours watched, of which Wednesday managed 341M in its first week on the streamer. That’s roughly 56M hours viewed. Speaking of, the first season accompanied the new installment atop Netflix’s weekly English TV rankings, coming in second place with 8.6M views from August 4 to 10 as audiences refreshed their memories ahead of the latest episodes.

The Wednesday mania pushed the previous Top 10 leader Untamed down to third place with 7.2M views. The Hunting Wives moved down to fourth with 4.7M.

WWE’s Monday night RAW saw a slight uptick from its usual viewership last week, putting up 3M views to come in fifth place.

Over on the film side of things My Oxford Year, starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest, was No. 1 with 27.2M views.

The global phenom Kpop Demon Hunters kept up its impressive run with another 25.9M views, boosting it to No. 2 on Netflix’s most popular film list. It has quite a ways to go before it could breach the top spot, currently held by Red Notice with 230.9M views. But, with 184.6M views already under its belt, Kpop Demon Hunters certainly has the potential to do so in the 38 or so days left in its premiere window.

Netflix also just announced a small “sing along” theatrical release for the film, which is no surprise considering its single “Golden” is dominating the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No. 1. Huntrix, the fictional Kpop girl group at the center of the story, is the first Kpop group to ever accomplish that feat, believe it or not.

Adam Sandler is also still generating laughs with Happy Gilmore 2. The sequel took home another 14.7M views last week, good enough for third place.

Lionsgate and WILLA have partnered to co-release the Sofia Coppola-produced film “Fairyland,” which will debut in theaters on Oct. 10. The film is written, produced and directed by Andrew Durham.

Based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name by Alysia Abbott, “Fairyland” is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and ’80s. The film chronicles a father and daughter relationship as it evolves through an era of bohemian decadence to the sober and heartbreaking era of the AIDS crisis.

“Fairyland” stars Emilia Jones (“CODA”), Scoot McNairy (“A Complete Unknown”), Cody Fern (“American Horror Story”), Maria Bakalova (“The Apprentice”) and Bella Murphy (“Coming 2 America”), with Adam Lambert (“Glee”) and Geena Davis (“Thelma & Louise”), and introducing Nessa Dougherty.

Amelia McPartlon Rogers, EVP of Content Strategy & Marketing Integration for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said, “’Fairyland’ is a beautiful and deeply personal film that struck a real emotional chord with me. It’s an honor to continue our longstanding relationship with the American Zoetrope family and to collaborate with Sofia Coppola. This film captures a pivotal era through the lens of a father-daughter relationship that is as specific as it is universal. It’s a sharp, funny, moving portrait of identity, resilience and coming of age in a world in flux that will leave audiences spellbound.”

The film received critical acclaim following its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, along with other showings at Biarritz, Palm Springs and Frameline, where it was the opening night film.

“I was so captivated and inspired by Alysia Abbott’s memoir, not only because of the unique portrayal of this father daughter relationship, one that we hadn’t seen before, but also because of the universal themes that I think a lot of kids and parents can relate to,” said director Durham. “Films with unconventional stories are difficult to get made, but with the unwavering support from Sofia and American Zoetrope, the commitment from such a talented cast and crew, and the team at WILLA and Lionsgate, I learned if you surround yourself with people who understand and appreciate the value of the story you’re telling, then eventually everything falls into place.”

Producer Coppola added, “I was moved by Alysia Abbott’s beautiful memoir and how Andrew interpreted it into the touching film that it is with such an important story to get out at this time. With a great cast and creative team, I’m proud to be a part of this film and put light on all kinds of families, being true to oneself, and what our generation went through.”

For “Fairyland,” WILLA will launch an integrated impact campaign and audience engagement strategy designed to engage viewers with the timely social issues raised in the film and bolster the film’s reach.

“With ‘Fairyland,’ Durham has crafted a deeply affecting film that brings relevant social issues to life with authenticity and heart,” said WILLA CEO and founder Elizabeth Woodward. “We are excited to be partnering with Lionsgate to distribute the film, and to create a tailored impact and audience engagement campaign around its release.”

“Fairyland” is produced by Andrew Durham, Sofia Coppola, Megan Carlson, Laure Sudreau, Siena Oberman and Greg Lauritano. Executive producers are Roman Coppola, Michael Musante, Liz Destro, James Mockoski, Alysia Abbott, Leo Matchett, Fred Roos, Elizabeth Woodward, Jeff Sobrato, Nicole Shipley, Camille Floquet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Gabriele Moratti, Raffaella Viscardi, Sasha Shapiro, Rebecca Gang, Gale M. Harold III, Anton Lessine, Gary Hamilton, Ryan Hamilton, Jesse Ozeri, Susie Landau Finch, Elena Baranova, Karen Salveson, Eileen Joy Spitalny, Brooks Price and Michael Spitalny.

“Fairyland” is an American Zoetrope production, in association with Ouroboros Entertainment LLC, Black Magic, Artemis Pictures, Walter Films, Decentralized Pictures, Safe Space Pictures, MeMo Films, 3Marys Entertainment, QED International and Lost Gang Films West.

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Ali Hazelwood fans, unite. The Love Hypothesis is becoming a movie.

The film began rounds of casting mid-July 2025. Hazelwood’s book arrived on shelves Sept. 14, 2021thanks to Berkley Books. The author has confirmed that the book began as fanfiction for the Star Wars characters Rey and Kylo Ren.

Read more about The Love Hypothesis movie and the team behind it below:

Who will be in The Love Hypothesis movie?

Deadline first broke the news of Lili Reinhart coming aboard to star as PhD candidate Olive Smith in addition to executive producing the film. We then exclusively reported that Tom Bateman (Murder on the Orient Express) landed the male lead role of professor and Dr. Adam Carlsen, the following day.

Additional cast first reported by Deadline in August includes Rachel Marsh (Adults), Nicholas Duvernay (The White Lotus), Jaboukie Young-White (Companion) and Arty Froushan (Daredevil: Born Again). Marsh will play Anh, Young-White will play Malcolm, Duvernay will play Jeremy and Froushan will play Tom.

Who else is behind The Love Hypothesis film?

Claire Scanlon (Set It Up) is directing the film from a script by Sarah Rothschild (The Sleepover). Elizabeth Cantillon (The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Charlie’s Angels) is producing, with Reinhart, Catherine Hagedorn, and author Hazelwood executive producing the adaptation for Amazon MGM Studios and MRC.

What is The Love Hypothesis film about?

The romantic comedy follows Olive and her professor Dr. Carlsen as they enter a fake relationship to put their theories about love to the test. Dr. Carlsen is described as a “hotshot professor” and “well-known” tyrant.

Does Ali Hazelwood have other books?

Yes, Hazelwood is known for several of her other books, including Love, Theoretically, Love on the Brain, Loathe to Love You, Stuck With You, Below Zero, Deep End, Bride, Problematic Summer Romance, Under One Roof, Not in Love and more.

Chris O’Dowd has joined the sprawling cast of Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial, Amazon MGM’s drama centered on the true-life story of artificial intelligence company OpenAI.

Artificial has Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, and Monica Barbaro leading a cast that also includes Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Hoffman, Ike Barinholtz, Cooper Koch, Billie Lourd and Zosia Mamet. 

The movie is being described as a comedic drama, although it is a dramatized recounting of the tumultuous period at OpenAI in 2023 that saw CEO Sam Altman fired and rehired in a matter of days.

Altman co-founded OpenAI but in the fall of that year, amid mounting safety concerns regarding AI and reports of abusive behavior, he was ousted as the head of the company by his board. Five days later, after a revolt, he was reinstated. Garfield is playing Altman.

Details for O’Dowd’s character are being kept in a data center.

Simon Rich wrote the script and is producing alongside Heyday Films’ David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford, as well as Jennifer Fox. 

The movie is currently shooting.

Artificial marks the first feature that O’Dowd is doing since 2022’s big-budget fantasy, Slumberland. The Tony Award–nominated and Emmy-winning actor most recently created, directed, and starred in the original Sky series Small Town, Big Story and is generating Emmy buzz for his Black Mirror episode “Common People.”

He is represented by CAA, Gordon & French and 3 Arts.