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(WARNING: Spoilers (or maybe not?) for the recent Power Book II: Ghost episode will be found below.)

It’s been a few days now, so most Power Book II: Ghost fans should have been able to see the show’s epic season three finale. Things ended with Monét and Diana getting ambushed by Tasha (surprise!) leaving Monét with multiple gunshot wounds and in critical condition. The shooting was pinned on Tariq which caused him to be ambushed by Cane, Effie, Noma, Diana, and Dru at Noma’s warehouse. What appeared to be a tragic end for Tariq quickly turned into a close call as Brayden made a surprise return to fire back and escape with Tariq. In Brayden’s own words, he’s sure someone was injured from his gunshots, but who?

Who Got Shot At The End Of The Power Book II: Ghost Season 3 Finale?

Well, we don’t know at the moment. During a recent appearance on Michael Rainey Jr. (Tariq) and Gianni Paolo’s (Brayden) The Crew Has It podcast, LaToya Tonodeo (Diana) and Lovell Adams-Grey (Dru), as well as Rainey Jr. and Paolo, both played coy about the victim(s) of Brayden’s gunshots. Paolo joked about hitting both Diana and Dru in the scene, but Adams-Grey clarified that it wasn’t the case. “There’s no evidence or proof of that and I made sure that, even though I wasn’t in my character, I made sure not to come back up and put myself in the line of fire.” Tonodeo added, “We don’t know if he got shot or not.” That answer will most likely come in the season four premiere of Power Book II: Ghost.

You can watch the full episode of The Crew Has It above.

‘Power Book II: Ghost’ season three is available to watch on the STARZ app.

Social media works in unpredictable ways. When the Netflix miniseries Maid, starring Margaret Qualley, debuted in fall of 2021, it turned heads then mostly left the cultural conversation. About a year and a half later, it’s randomly back on the charts. Why? Because of TikTok.

As per Deadline, for the week of May 22 through May 28, Maid nabbed the eighth spot among English-language series on the streamer. It’s all thanks to Maid suddenly and unexpectedly trending on the social media video app, which evidently caused enough users to go check out the show in full.

So congrats to the Margaret Qualley show, in which she plays a young mother who escaped an abusive relationship by getting work as a house cleaner (and which also features her real mom, Andie MacDowell, as her screen mom).

And congrats to FUBAR, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first foray into regular TV work, which nabbed the top spot with some 88.94 million hours viewed. That’s a lot of dads clicking on a show in which the former California governor and Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro plays a father and daughter who discover they’re each a secret CIA operative, leading to action-comedy hijinks.

In other Netflix news, the top spot on the film side of the streamer once again went to Jennifer Lopez and The Mother, her new action film in which she plays a deadly assassin trying to save her daughter. It’s the third week in a row that Lopez has dominated the charts.

(Via Deadline)

Back in the early 2000s, Lost was the hit show that capitated audiences and raised so many questions, like why there were polar bears on a tropical island, what was the Dharma Initiative, and how the heck did Sun’s hair grew so fast between seasons when they were only supposed to be gone for 100 days (if that is one of the many theories you subscribed to). But off-screen, there was a variety of bigger problems, some of which have recently come to light.

In an excerpt from Maureen Ryan’s upcoming book Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood (per Vanity Fair), actor Harold Perrineau, who played Michael on the island, opened up about the microaggressions and racist reactions from some of the show’s writers and producers.

Perrineau recalled a moment in season two when he wanted to adjust the script in order to get some more of his character’s backstory into the episode. “That was the thing that was always tricky. Any time you mention race, everybody gets—their hair gets on fire, and they’re like, “I’m not racist!’” Perrineau said told Ryan. “It’s like, ‘Nope. Because I say that I’m Black doesn’t mean I’m calling you a racist. I am talking to you from my perspective. I’m being really clear that I’m not trying to put my trauma on you, but I am trying to talk to you about what I feel. So can we just do that? Can we just have that conversation?’” The actor recalled having the conversation, only to be fired from the show weeks later. On-set tensions between writers, producers, and actors seemed to only get worse throughout the show’s six-season run.

In another excerpt from Ryan’s book, showrunner Damon Lindelof admitted that he “failed” when it came to providing an inclusive experience, both on camera and off. He said:

My level of fundamental inexperience as a manager and a boss, my role as someone who was supposed to model a climate of creative danger and risk-taking but provide safety and comfort inside of the creative process — I failed in that endeavor. I was like, OK, as long as there are one or two [writers] who don’t look and think exactly like me, then, then I’m OK. I came to learn that was even worse. For those specific individuals, forget about the ethics or the morality involved around that decision, but just talking about the human effect of being the only woman or the only person of color and how you are treated and othered — I was a part of that, a thousand percent.

Lost ended in 2010, and Lindelof says that he has worked hard over the years to become a better screenwriter and person. He has been open about certain regrets when it came to the story and insists that he has personally grown since the series concluded. “The way that I conduct myself and the way that I treat other humans who I am responsible for and a manager of is a by-product of all the mistakes that were made,” Lindelof tells Ryan. “I have significantly evolved and grown, and it shouldn’t have had to come at the cost and the trauma of people that I hurt on Lost.”

He continued to confirm the backlash that was from both fans and actors alike: that the show’s main focus was only on the white characters.

Every single actor had expressed some degree of disappointment that they weren’t being used enough. That was kind of part and parcel for an ensemble show, but obviously there was a disproportionate amount of focus on Jack and Kate and Locke and Sawyer — the white characters. Harold was completely and totally right to point that out. It’s one of the things that I’ve had deep and profound regrets about in the two decades since. I do feel that Harold was legitimately and professionally conveying concerns about his character and how significant it was that Michael and Walt — with the exception of Rose — were really the only Black characters on the show.

Despite his regrets, Lindelof has gone on to have a successful career with Watchmen, The Leftovers, and is currently the showrunner on Peacock’s popular sci-fi series Mrs. Davis. He added, “It’s not for me to say what kind of person I am. But I will say this — I would trade every person who told you that I was talented — I would rather they said I was untalented but decent, rather than a talented monster.” At least he didn’t say “smoke monster.”

Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood hits shelves on June 6th.

(via Vanity Fair)

In You Hurt My Feelings, Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Beth, a writer struggling to get her next novel sold. After she overhears her therapist husband admitting that he didn’t think her latest book was good, she then spirals and begins to question not only her relationship with her husband but her own self-worth. So if you are a writer with a chronic case of imposter syndrome, this one’s for you!

You Hurt My Feelings is an A24 production and, as of right now, it doesn’t have a streaming date yet, so you can only see it in theaters. But based on past A24 movies like 2022’s Aftersun, it’s likely that You Hurt My Feelings will be available to buy or rent on demand sometime in late July, about 45 days after its initial release. While there is no confirmed streamer at this time, previous A24 releases have ended up on Apple TV, so hopefully there will be a deal in place. It seems unlikely that it will land on Max or Netflix, but hey, you never know. These things can also change (look at Everything Everywhere All At Once, for example).

The movie is the latest collaboration between Louis-Dreyfus and Nicole Holofcener, who worked together on 2013’s Enough Said, alongside James Gandolfini (his last movie before he passed away in June of that year). Louis-Dreyfus said she had been begging to reunite with Holofcener, and hopes to work together again soon.

“It was hard because we had opportunities to work together, but they didn’t work out schedule-wise because of my schedule and her schedule before,” the actress told UPROXX. “But now, moving forward, I’m very hopeful that we can find a way to do something again and lickety-split. I mean, I’m definitely badgering her about it.” Maybe Holofcener can reunite two of her leading ladies, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jennifer Aniston for a dramedy surrounding late-90s sitcom casts. They have first-hand experience.

Following a tumultuous 2022 for Ezra Miller, which saw the actor plagued by run-ins with the law and several accusations of assault and abuse, there were significant concerns about The Flash movie making it into theaters.

Since then, The Flash has continued to steadily approach its release date. The conventional wisdom has been that the film will act as a “reset,” paving the way for James Gunn‘s new take on the DC Cinematic Universe and potentially set the stage for Miller to be recast. However, Miller’s fate might not be sealed after all.

In a new interview, The Flash director Andy Muschietti has made it clear that Miller could continue to be play the speedster if the film generates enough box office for a sequel. Via Variety:

“If [a sequel] happens, yes,” Muschietti said about having Miller back as the Flash. “I don’t think there’s anyone that can play that character as well as they did. The other depictions of the character are great, but this particular vision of the character, they just excelled in doing it. And, as you said, the two Barrys — it feels like a character that was made for them.”

Of course, a sequel to The Flash is an “if,” considering DC’s last two films, Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, didn’t exactly light the box office on fire.

In the meantime, Muschietti has also been heaping praise on another key part of The Flash: Michael Keaton. According to the director, the whole film hinged on Keaton returning as Batman, and if he didn’t, well, that was that. There was no backup plan. It was Keaton or bust.

“We were, of course, [filled with] blind confidence that you have when you’re developing a movie and you get excited about ideas like this,” Muschietti told io9. “[It] just pushes you forward. We were all excited believing that having Michael Keaton as Batman would be a great thing in the movie. And also, I think we all believed that he would be excited about it. And he was.”

The Flash speeds into theaters on June 16.

(Via Variety, i09)

Conveniences of modern communication technology have made it so most of us don’t really have to expend much mental bandwidth caring about whether it’s spelled “miniscule” or “minuscule.” (It’s the second one, I think.) Once a year, though, the act of spelling words correctly is put center stage with the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The two-night event is set to air live on the ION network, on May 31 and June 1 (here’s info about how to watch it). As Stereogum notes, there was an opening ceremony yesterday (May 29), though, and there, The Linda Lindas (whose members aren’t much older than this year’s crop of spellers) gave a live performance, a first for the bee.

The band posted about it on Instagram, writing, “Playing the @scrippsnationalspellingbee was an honor and a B-L-A-S-T. Good luck to all the spellers.” Their post included photos from the event, including pictures of them on stage and posing with the spellers.

Video of the group’s performance hasn’t surfaced yet, but it will presumably/hopefully air during the event broadcast. The semifinals will air on May 31 at 8 p.m. ET, while the finals are set for June 1 also at 8 p.m. ET. The preliminaries and quarterfinals will also air on ION Plus, so find more information here.

Movie stars have always donned disguises to engage in everyday activities like shopping and going to the movies but usually, it only works when they go to extremes like Drake once did to attend a friend’s court appearance (he says even then, people still recognized him). However, The Little Mermaid star Halle Bailey recently got away with a simple-but-effective one herself when she went to a public theater to watch her film debut by herself, even when she stopped to get a video of the massive, wall-spanning video poster touting the film in the lobby.

The “costume” in question consisted of a pair of dark sunglasses and a face mask, which were apparently all it took to obscure her recognizable features, even as she passed by fans taking selfies with the poster screen. It probably helps that her signature locs had been restyled into thicker twists and colored brown as opposed to the vivid red of her character. For what it’s worth, the theater appears to be the AMC at Americana at Brand in Glendale, which isn’t so far from Hollywood that celebrity appearances are very unusual, so if anyone did actually recognize her, they were probably at least a little bit more chill about it.

Still, could you imagine looking over and seeing the star of the movie you’re currently watching sitting there eating popcorn out of a novelty bucket? Not only did you get to see a really good movie, but you also now have a story that no one is ever going to believe.

Elizabeth Holmes began her 11-year sentence in prison on Monday. The Theranos founder, who was convicted of fraud, reported to a minimum-security prison camp for women about 95 miles northwest of Houston.

When asked on Good Morning America about Holmes’ imprisonment, actress Amanda Seyfried, who played the deep-voiced tech criminal in Hulu’s The Dropout (and won an Emmy for her performance), replied, “There’s two kids that are hanging in the balance here. As a parent — just as a mom. Life’s not fair, but in a lot of ways it’s fair. It’s fair for her, in particular.”

Holmes was tried for falsely claiming that the company’s blood tests could rapidly scan for and detect a variety of conditions, including diseases, using only a few drops of blood. Additionally, she and [co-founder Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani] will have to pay $452 million in restitution to the investors who were defrauded. During its run, which began in 2003 and at one point saw Holmes valued at nearly $4.5 billion, the company raised nearly $1 billion from investors and had amassed a board of directors featuring presidential cabinet members like Henry Kissinger, James Mattis and George Shultz.

If only Seyfried had portrayed fellow grifter Anna Delvey in Inventing Anna instead of Holmes in The Dropout. She could have showed off her impressive singing voice if there’s another season.

(Via the Hollywood Reporter)

In a few days, Love Island UK fans will be officially introduced to a new cast of islanders for the start of the show’s 10th series. That cast was revealed on Memorial Day along with quotes from them to get to know them better. However, before we move on to the new round of islanders, let’s take a moment to see where the couples from series 9, which includes winners Kai and Sanam, stand based on recent updates we’ve received from them.

Kai & Sanam — Together

Kai and Sanam are still happily together it seems as the two have been spotted at multiple red-carpet events like the Pride of Britain Awards. They also showed off their trips together, including one to Wales, which is additional proof of the status of their relationship. An engagement doesn’t seem to be on the horizon anytime soon as Kai and Sanam have both denied proposal rumors. Despite this, Kai has admitted that he’d love to propose to Sanam one day though.

Ron & Lana — Together

Ron and Lana are also still together, and their relationship is going strong as a long-distance one. They’ve been splitting time between Ron’s home in Essex and Lana’s home in Manchester (a near-4-hour train or car ride apart). Ron and Lana have also enjoyed double dates with Kai and Sanam as well as shared videos to their TikTok accounts.

Tom & Samie — Split (But Maybe Back Together?)

Shortly after series 9 concluded, Tom and Samie announced that their relationship came to an end. In a message he posted on Instagram, Tom said, “I didn’t think I’d be writing this but me and Samie have gone our separate ways… We are still on good terms and I have nothing but love and respect for her. I’m gutted it’s come to an end but I truly wish Samie the best.”

That message came after a source told The Sun: “Samie and Tom have sadly decided to call it a day. There is a lot of love and respect there but it just wasn’t going anywhere. The distance between them was too much and they are both really focused on their careers post-Love Island.” However, the pair were recently seen partying together so maybe romance is in the air for them again.

Shaq & Tanya — Together

Shaq and Tanya, who certainly had their ups and downs over their Love Island UK season, are still going strong. You can catch them on TikTok having a great time together including one of them walking into the Pride of Britain Awards as “Mr. & Mrs. Unavailable,” a nod to Davido’s fan-favorite record from album Timeless.

Will & Jessie — Together

Will and Jessie are also still together. They’ve been spending time together on Will’s family farm which she moved to from Australia after series nine. Since their Love Island UK season, Will’s TikTok account has gone viral with clips of him tending and having fun with the animals on the farm. Jessie is now a regular on the account, but she does plan to return to Australia soon where Will will hopefully join her.

“I am looking to go back to Australia at the end of May because I think that’s when my visa is until,” she told her Instagram followers. “Will might be coming with me, which is really exciting, and then we’re going to look at what other types of visas I can have when I get back over here. I do see myself long-term in the UK, if Will doesn’t enjoy Australia too much.”

Casey & Rosie — Split

Casey and Rosie’s relationship after exiting the villa didn’t last too long as they two split up a week after the Love Island UK series 9 episode aired. it was revealed after a fan asked Casey on Instagram for an update on his and Rosie’s relationship. He replied, “Rosie and I have spoken… she’s such a great girl. Life outside the villa is just very different and we will remain friends moving forward!”

Maxwell & Olivia — Split

Maxwell and Olivia’s relationship has also come to an end. A representative for Olivia confirmed the break-up at the beginning of April. “Things weren’t the same between Olivia and Maxwell after they left the villa,” a statement given to Gloss.ie read. “Life has been hectic and they both decided it was best to end things. Olivia is happy to focus on herself right now and has a lot of exciting work projects coming up, including a role in the next Fast & Furious movie. It’s sad it didn’t work out but there’s no hard feelings between them.”

‘Love Island’ series 10 premieres on the ITV2 channel on June 5th at 9pm GMT/4pm EST/1pm PST.

With his invasion of Ukraine stretching on for over a year with no sign of Russian victory anywhere in sight, Vladimir Putin continues to face increased opposition at home. More recently, the Russian leader’s private military, the Wagner army, has turned on Putin and publicity criticized the embattled dictator for failing to provide ammunition. The Wagner forces have even gone so far as to call Putin a “complete a**hole,” and they’re not stopping there.

According to a new report (citing Igor Girkin, an ex-Federal Security Service officer), the head of the Wagner army (Yevgeny Prigozhin) is now looking to do more than just belittle Putin. He wants him overthrown.

Via Insider:

“If Prigozhin remains the head of Wagner, the mutiny will come quickly and radically,” Girkin said in a video shared by WarTranslated.

“A coup attempt has been declared… What will happen next, I don’t know, especially as Wagner is urgently withdrawn to rear bases… The danger of a looming coup is clear.”

In recent weeks, Prigozhin has publicly said that the Ukraine invasion “backfired.” While Russia continues to face stiff casualties, Ukrainian forces have “gained more troops and more weapons.” Prigozhin lays the blame for Russia’s failure on the country’s top leadership, which reportedly includes Putin himself.

The news of Prigozhin’s attempted coup comes via Igor Girkin, a former Federal Security Service officer who has been offering stark assessments of Putin’s war.

“I’m not afraid to say that we are heading towards military defeat,” Girkin said last month while citing concerns that Russia’s economy, military, and political system can’t handle such a “long, protracted war.”

(Via Insider)