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Monday May 12, 2025
Simu Liu is getting married.
The author and actor, who is known for his roles in Marvel's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Barbie, proposed to girlfriend Allison Hsu over the weekend.
The duo shared photos from their picture-perfect proposal in Paris afterward.
"From weekends in Paris, day trips to Palm Springs, long nights on set, afternoons vegging on the couch and everything in between, I choose you forever and always," Liu captioned an Instagram post Sunday.
The post included a photo of Liu kissing Hsu, with flowers all around them.
Hsu also shared a series of photos of her and Liu to Instagram on Sunday, in which she showed off her engagement ring.
"Us forever," she captioned the post alongside three engagement ring and three white heart emojis.
One of the images shows the pair embracing in front of the the Eiffel Tower.
Liu made his red carpet debut with Hsu, a digital marketing director at Interscope Records, in December 2022 at the 20th annual Asian American Awards in Beverly Hills, California.
Since then, Hsu has supported Liu at several red carpets, including the Barbie premiere in 2023 and the 96th Academy Awards last year.
Good Morning America has reached out to Liu's representative for comment.
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The next show in The Office universe has a name and release date.
NBCUniversal has announced that the new mockumentary will be called The Paper. It will premiere on Peacock in September.
While The Paper won't focus on the employees working at Dunder Mifflin, it is set in the same universe as The Office. This new show will feature the same documentary crew that immortalized the workers at the Scranton branch as they search for a new subject to follow.
They find their subject in a historic Midwestern newspaper and its publisher, played by Domhnall Gleeson, who is stopping at nothing to revive it.
It may be a brand-new show, but one cast member from The Office carries over to The Paper. Oscar Nuñez, who played Oscar Martinez on the beloved sitcom, is a series regular on The Paper. He will reprise his same role on this new show.
Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young and Tim Key also star in the upcoming sitcom.
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In November, Madonna asked fans via Instagram if they thought her life story should be a feature film or a TV series. In the comments, many fans voted for her story to be told in a series — and now it appears as though that's what's going to happen.
Variety confirms that Netflix is developing a limited series about the Queen of Pop's life and career. Madonna is working with Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy on the project. No word on who will portray Madonna in the series.
The series is said to "unrelated" the biopic that Madonna spent years developing, which was put on hold in early 2023. That project would have starred Julia Garner as the pop icon. However, in July 2024 Madonna shared photos of herself working on a screenplay called Who's That Girl?, leading to speculation that the project was back on.
In November, Madonna noted of her life story, "I did not have a normal life. I cannot make this in the normal way.”
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Fox has revealed its upcoming slate of shows for the 2025-26 season.
Brand-new and returning shows are coming to the network, including the return of the animated series American Dad!, a reboot of Fear Factor and the Jane Lynch-hosted series Weakest Link moving over from NBC.
Several new shows are being added to the lineup for Fox's upcoming broadcast season, including the one-hour comedy Best Medicine, the thriller Memory of a Killer and a multipart series called The Faithful.
Best Medicine follows "a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village," according to its official synopsis. Memory of a Killer will follow a hitman who develops early onset Alzheimer's, while The Faithful will be a six-episode limited series based on the book of Genesis to be presented during 2026's Easter and Passover season.
Additionally, the competition series' 99 to Beat, Celebrity Weakest Link and the aforementioned reboot with the working title Fear Factor: The Next Chapter are also joining the upcoming slate of shows.
“Building on our winning position in both key demos and co-viewing this season, FOX delivers a 2025-26 schedule that’s filled with irreverence, fun and much-needed laughter,” FOX Entertainment CEO Rob Wade said. “Next year more than ever, we’re bringing that promise to life with a terrific slate to delight our audiences across linear, Hulu and beyond.”
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Amber Heard is officially a mom of three.
In a heartfelt Mother's Day post shared on Instagram on Sunday, the Aquaman actress announced the birth of her twins -- daughter Agnes and son Ocean.
"Mother's Day 2025 will be one I'll never forget," Heard wrote alongside a sweet photo of her newborns' feet resting on a baby mattress.
"This year I am elated beyond words to celebrate the completion of the family I've strived to build for years," she continued. "Today I officially share the news that I welcomed twins into the Heard gang. My daughter Agnes and my son Ocean are keeping my hands (and my heart) full."
"When I had my first baby girl Oonagh four years ago, my world changed forever. I thought I couldn't possibly burst with more joy. Well, now I am bursting times three!!!"
Heard went to reflect on the deeply personal and empowering journey to motherhood.
"Becoming a mother by myself and on my own terms despite my own fertility challenges has been the most humbling experience of my life," she wrote. "I am eternally grateful that I was able to choose this responsibly and thoughtfully. To all the moms, wherever you are today and however you got here, my dream family and I are celebrating with you. Love always, A x."
In addition to the twins, Heard is already a mom to daughter, Oonagh, whom she welcomed in 2021. Heard has not publicly identified the father of Oonagh, whom Heard claims she brought into the world on her "own terms," alluding to surrogacy, in a post on Instagram.
Heard was previously married to actor Johnny Depp from 2015 to 2016, finalizing their divorce in 2017. She later dated Elon Musk before they went separate ways in 2018.
In 2022, Heard and Depp were involved in a widely publicized defamation trial.
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The teaser trailer for Peacemaker season 2 has arrived. Max also announced the new season will debut Aug. 21 on the streaming platform. The DC Studios show was created for TV by James Gunn. John Cena stars as the titular Peacemaker in all eight episodes of season 2. This time around, the vigilante superhero struggles to reconcile his past with his new sense of purpose ...
ABC has renewed several of its shows for new seasons, including American Idol. Deadline reports that the singing competition show will return for a ninth season on ABC and its 24th season overall. Celebrity Jeopardy!, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Shark Tank and America's Funniest Home Videos will also return for new seasons on the network ...
Omigod, you guys! The Legally Blonde prequel series Elle has added five new cast members, according to Variety. Chloe Wepper, David Burtka, Brad Harder, Kayla Maisonet and Lisa Yamada have joined the cast of the Prime Video series in recurring guest star roles. The upcoming show follows Elle Woods during her high school years ...
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Thunderbolts* strikes again at the box office, winning the second weekend in a row.
The Marvel superhero film, starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour, slipped 55% from its debut weekend, but still held the number one spot with $33.1 million. Following its opening, Marvel revealed the asterisk in the movie’s title represents its unofficial title, The New Avengers.
The Michael B. Jordan vampire flick Sinners comes in second place with $21.1 million, bringing the movie’s total box office gross to over $200 million.
Three new releases made the top 10 this week: the horror movie Clown in a Cornfield at number five with $3.65 million, the Kerry Washington thriller Shadow Force at number six with $2.015 million and action movie Fight or Flight at number seven with $2.001 million.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Thunderbolts* – $33.1 million
2. Sinners – $21.1 million
3. A Minecraft Movie – $7.95
4. The Accountant 2 – $6.1 million
5. Clown in a Cornfield – $3.65 million
6. Shadow Force – $2.015
7. Fight or Flight – $2.001 million
8. Until Dawn – $2 million
9. The Amateur – $1.1 million
10. The King of Kings – $680,656
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(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Joe Biden has reemerged into the public eye with two back-to-back sit-down interviews, sharing his diagnosis of the Democrats' stinging election losses, defending his mental acuity, which was fiercely questioned at the end of his term, and all the while defining his version of his more than three-decades-long political legacy.
And while some Democrats say there is "a place for Joe Biden at the table," others say it's better for him to be out of the spotlight and that relitigating his campaign is stagnating the party.
Speaking to ABC's "The View" on Thursday, Biden took responsibility for President Donald Trump's historic return to the White House and pushed back on claims of cognitive decline in his final year in office. He also addressed his next steps, saying he was "getting squared away trying to figure out what the most significant and consequential role I can play, consistent with what I've done in the past."
Part of that reflection will come in the form of a book that he said he is beginning to write now. But some Democrats are torn as to whether the book and a few media appearances are where they'd like his contributions to end.
Long-time allies of the former president told ABC News that they welcome Biden's return and advocate for him to staunchly defend and define his reputation and accomplishments publicly.
"He has a responsibility and certainly the right to defend his record. Biden would be beyond crazy just to quietly let his record get misrepresented as it has been done all last week," Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn told ABC News. Clyburn said he was unable to watch Biden on "The View," but was "glad" to see Biden out there.
Former Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison also said he was heartened by Biden's recent appearances -- another of which was with the BBC earlier this week.
"Seeing Joe Biden reminds me that our president can be a good, decent and honest leader. Reminds me that we have had presidents with slight majorities that have legislated to protect the environment, stabilized and grown the economy, created new jobs, reduced the cost of health care, invested in our infrastructure and respected our nation's history. I will always be grateful to President Biden for his commitment to saving America in one of our darkest times," said Harrison.
Veteran Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, former interim DNC chair, said she welcomed Biden back into the public square and pointed to Trump's frequent invocation of the former president as a principal reason why Biden ought to respond.
Brazile, a current ABC News contributor, added that Biden stayed relatively quiet during Trump's first 100 days in office this term, honoring an unwritten presidential tradition, and stressed that Biden deserves a platform.
"There's a place for Joe Biden at the table, and we should acknowledge that," Brazile said. "Just because you're a former president doesn't mean that you have to somehow or another disappear. Former presidents have every right to speak up."
Brazile did have one concern: that the party would look to only one voice to take cues from in this period of rebuilding -- a habit she said she finds unwise. Instead, Brazile said she hopes this becomes a time when a "new group of leaders" emerge.
Ken Martin, the current chair of the DNC, expressed gratitude for Biden in a statement to ABC: "No Democratic president has invested more in the Party's infrastructure than Joe Biden, and I'm deeply grateful for the President's service not only to our nation but his ongoing service to the Party."
Jamie Selzler, a DNC member from North Dakota and former executive director of the state's Democratic party, disagreed with some points Biden raised in his interview on "The View," particularly that he could have prevailed over Trump.
Still Selzer along with other Democrats say that despite their breaks from Biden's view of campaigns past, feel that he should be some part of the party's future.
"We need more voices in this fight, not fewer, and President Biden's voice is a welcome one," Selzer said.
Other blocs of the party are far more critical, with some Democrats telling ABC News that they find the former president's foray defensive and a misguided distraction.
One Democratic strategist said they believe Biden is mishandling his role and stagnating the party.
As long as the conversations revolve around Biden, the strategist, who has experience in Congress and presidential campaigns, said, "we cannot move forward as a country or a party."
"He's not really telling his own story. He's just fighting with everyone else about their telling of his story," the strategist said.
This strategist said they believe that Biden should follow in the less vocal post-White House footsteps of former presidents such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. This person said Biden should focus his attention on his eventual presidential library and foundation.
"These first 100 days, these first six months, like this first calendar year, it's all going to be political questions. You don't have to answer those anymore. You actually shouldn't be answering those anymore," the strategist said of Biden. "Democrats talk a lot about how Donald Trump has ruined norms. Joe Biden is kind of ruining a lot of norms with how to be an ex-president right now."
Senior Democratic strategist Sawyer Hackett told ABC News that while Biden is entitled to defend his legacy, relitigating campaign losses, or in his estimation, "rewriting political history," is wholly unhelpful and stressed the party is in desperate need to move forward.
"The Democratic Party is working to claw itself out of the political wilderness we were left in under the stewardship of Joe Biden. It's utterly delusional and extremely unhelpful for Biden to wax poetic about how he could have beaten Trump, given the dire straits he left our coalition in," said Hackett.
To Hackett, Biden will best serve fellow Democrats from the wings.
"The most consequential role Biden can play is one off stage, far from the spotlight of domestic politics," he said.
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(LOS ANGELES) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez's much-anticipated resentencing hearing will move forward on May 13 and 14, a judge ruled on Friday, as new details about the brothers' alleged behavior behind bars were revealed in court.
A hearing was held Friday to determine whether the brothers' resentencing case should include information from the California Board of Parole's newly completed risk assessment, which was conducted as a part of a separate clemency path. The risk assessment came at the request of Gov. Gavin Newsom as a part of the brothers' clemency bid; the brothers are pursuing multiple avenues to freedom, and the clemency path is separate from the resentencing path.
Judge Michael Jesic indicated he will take some of the risk assessment into account, but that the information in it is preliminary and attorneys can't question the forensic psychologists who performed the examinations.
The risk assessment said Erik and Lyle Menendez pose a moderate risk to the community if they're released.
The assessment revealed the brothers possessed illegal cellphones in prison, among numerous other violations. Erik Menendez had a phone as recently as January of this year, which Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman stressed was during the resentencing effort when he should have been on his best behavior.
Erik Menendez allegedly bought and traded drugs and allegedly helped inmates commit tax fraud years ago, according to the assessment. The psychologists found Lyle Menendez to be narcissistic.
The assessment said the brothers had a likelihood to not follow the law out of prison if they ignored rules in prison.
Jesic appeared to dismiss many of the findings.
The assessment likely includes the positive work the brothers have done in prison, too. Hochman's predecessor, George Gascón, has praised them for furthering their education, rehabilitating themselves and starting programs to help other inmates.
Also at Friday's hearing, defense attorney Mark Geragos withdrew his attempt to get Hochman kicked off the case after making allegations against his background and alleging the DA hired a crisis public relations firm to go after the brothers. Hochman denied that, saying the PR firm was not for the brothers but for his campaign, and that the PR firm ended its work after he was elected in November.
Friday's hearing followed a dramatic court appearance on April 17, which was initially set to be the brothers' resentencing hearing. However, on April 16, the district attorney's office in a filing urged Jesic to delay the resentencing hearing if he couldn't obtain a copy of the risk assessment report in time for court.
Hochman, who wants to keep the brothers behind bars, argued the risk assessment is relevant to the resentencing case, while Geragos noted a strong desire for the assessment to be used only for the June 13 parole hearing.
For next week's resentencing hearing, Geragos said he will have seven witnesses rather than his previously planned 20 witnesses. Two experts are expected to testify.
Erik and Lyle Menendez -- who are serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez -- have the support of over 20 family members in their efforts to be freed after 35 years behind bars.
Their resentencing case gained momentum in October when Gascón announced he was in support of resentencing.
Gascón recommended the brothers' sentences of life without the possibility of parole be removed, and said they should instead be sentenced for murder, which would be a sentence of 50 years to life. Because both brothers were under 26 at the time of the crimes, they would be eligible for parole immediately with the new sentence.
Gascón's office said its resentencing recommendations take into account many factors, including rehabilitation in prison and abuse or trauma that contributed to the crime.
In November, Gascón lost his reelection bid to Hochman, who in March filed a motion to withdraw the resentencing petition, calling the brothers' claims of self-defense part of a litany of "lies." The judge denied the request by Hochman.
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Demi Moore and Colman Domingo are teaming up for a new film.
The duo will star in the upcoming Roger Ross Williams-directed film Strange Arrivals, production company See-Saw Films announced Friday.
According to Deadline, the film is inspired by the true story of Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple who claimed they were abducted by extraterrestrials in 1961, on their way back from a trip to Niagara Falls.
Williams took to Instagram on Friday to share the news about Strange Arrivals, writing in the caption that he was "so thrilled to be working with @see_saw_films on my second feature film, led by the incredible @kingofbingo and the phenomenal @demimoore."
"I couldn't have asked for two more extraordinary actors," he continued.
Williams praised Jane Anderson, the screenwriter for the project, and called her script "masterful," saying he "fell in love" with it the first time he read it.
"She has brilliantly woven together history, science fiction, and a tragic love story," he added. "I couldn't be in better hands than with producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Samantha Lang, and Anne Carey."
Williams also revealed that the film is based off "a wonderful podcast" of the same name by Toby Ball.
Moore and Domingo were both nominated for Academy Awards earlier this year.
Moore was nominated for best actress for her performance in The Substance, while Domingo was nominated for best actor for his role in Sing Sing.
Domingo was also nominated in 2024 for the same category, for his role in Rustin.
Good Morning America has reached out to Domingo and Moore for comment on the upcoming film.
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The latest Godzilla x Kong movie now has a title and release date.
Legendary announced the upcoming sequel in its Monsterverse franchise will be called Godzilla x Kong: Supernova. The announcement was made in a video Warner Bros. shared to YouTube.
The upcoming film is currently in production and will be released in theaters on March 26, 2027.
In the video teaser, the studio has provided an actual phone number that fans can call "to report a titan sighting." The number is (240) MONARCH, or, 1-240-666-2724. The video's description says that if you text the number, you will agree to receive recurring automated messages from the Monsterverse.
The video also features an emergency alert blaring on a computer monitor, with the description of the warning set to severe.
Godzilla and Kong are said to share the screen with new human characters in this new film, who are to be played by Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Matthew Modine, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Sam Neill, while Dan Stevens will reprise his role as veterinarian Trapper Beasley from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Grant Sputore will reportedly direct the film from a script by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings writer Dave Callaham.
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It's a Marriage Story reunion.
Deadline reports Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller have joined Adam Driver in the cast for the upcoming film Paper Tiger, which will be written and directed by James Gray.
Johansson and Teller will be taking over the roles once held by Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, who both dropped out of the film due to other commitments.
Driver and Johansson previously starred in Noah Baumbach's 2019 film Marriage Story. They were both nominated for Academy Awards for playing the roles of Charlie and Nicole Barber in the Netflix movie.
According to Deadline, Paper Tiger is described as a tense, gritty story about two brothers who set out to pursue the American Dream. They become caught up in a scheme that brings them into the dangerous world of corruption and violence, eventually straining their once strong bond.
Production on the new film is set to begin in New Jersey in June.
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Seth MacFarlane's Ted is getting an animated spinoff series.
A new show with the working title Ted: The Animated Series is coming to Peacock, the platform announced on Friday. This new show will pick up after the Ted films and comes after the success of the live-action Ted prequel series, which is also available to stream on Peacock.
MacFarlane will reprise his role as the sentient teddy bear in the show and will also executive produce. The stars from the original series, including Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried and Jessica Barth, also join as series regulars and will lend their voices to reprise their characters.
New cast members on the series include Kyle Mooney, who will play Apollo, and Liz Richman, who will play Ruth.
The live-action prequel series Ted premiered in January 2024. It broke records to become Peacock's most-watched original title at the time and was the top original streaming comedy in the U.S. for over two consecutive months, according to Nielsen.
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Ready, set, binge! Here's a look at some of the new movies and TV shows coming to theaters and streaming services this weekend:
CBS, Paramount+
The Neighborhood: The seventh season of the sitcom ends with an hourlong finale.
Hulu
Murder Has Two Faces: Robin Roberts hosts the three-episode true crime binge series.
Netflix
Forever: The classic Judy Blume novel has been adapted into a romantic drama series.
Nonnas: Vince Vaughn opens an Italian restaurant with only local grandmothers as chefs in the new film.
Max
Conan O'Brien Must Go: The comedian travels to even more destinations in season 2.
Peacock
Poker Face: Natasha Lyonne stars in the three-episode premiere of season 2.
That’s all for this week’s Weekend Watchlist – happy streaming!
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The official trailer for season 3 of Ginny & Georgia has arrived. Netflix released the trailer on Thursday, teasing all the chaos that is set to happen as Brianne Howey's Georgia is put on trial for murder. Antonia Gentry and Scott Porter also star in the third season of the show, which drops June 5 on Netflix ...
Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU have both been renewed at NBC. These will be the 25th and 27th seasons of the shows, respectively. The network also announced that the popular shows reached over 44 million viewers across both linear and digital platforms during the 2024-25 season ...
M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming supernatural romantic thriller Remain will arrive in theaters on Oct. 23, 2026. Deadline reports that the film, which will star Jake Gyllenhaal, comes from an original story co-created by Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks. Phoebe Dynevor and Ashley Walters will also star in the movie ...
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