SPOILERS ahead for the book, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.
There’s been a lot of casting announcements for the next Hunger Games movie, but I have a lingering question about one of the most-anticipated upcoming book adaptations: Will the original actors make a cameo like they do in the book? After rumors spread this week that it could happen, Josh Hutcherson has commented on the topic.
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hoping to see Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson briefly in the upcoming movie. Here’s what Hutcherson said on the topic:
Brit + Co about a casting rumor that went around earlier this week (via Twitter user @DivinitySeeker1, which is by no means confirmed or official), Hutcherson shared that he knows “nothing” about what’s next for The Hunger Games movies. He’s expressed wanting to play Peeta before, as long as author Suzanne Collins signed off on it, but for the time being, either he’s not looped in or is sworn to secrecy. As he continued:
Hunger Games is amazing, and I’ve loved it for many years and I will love it forever.
Sunrise on the Reaping definitely gives Hutcherson the window to reprise his role should the filmmakers decide it. The movie just started filming, so we’ll have to wait and see, but this would definitely be the kind of role that Lionsgate would want to keep under wraps as a way to give fans a surprise in theaters come its 2026 release date.
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While a lot of cameos can seem a little pointless or cash-grab-y these days, there’s actually a really sweet reason why Katniss and Peeta show up in Sunrise in the Reaping, and I need it to happen in the movie.
After learning about all the horrors and devastation Haymitch witnessed during his Hunger Games, there’s something comforting about seeing how his life turned out, where he has a family in Peeta and Katniss, who both assisted in the end of the twisted Hunger Games tradition at the end of Mockingjay Part 2.
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The original Hunger Games are currently back on streaming, and you can look forward to Sunrise on the Reaping’s release on November 11, 2026. Oh, and if you find yourself in London, there’s going to be a Hunger Games stage show premiering this fall.
Tron: Ares is on its way to theaters later this year, and finally, we’ll get to see the movie Jared Leto has been fighting to make happen for a decade. His passion, along with the stellar cast attached, has led me to trust that the Disney franchise is headed in the right direction with its return to theaters. Of course, it couldn’t all be perfect, and the fact that Daft Punk is no longer together made me sad that they wouldn’t be along for the ride.
Fans rejoiced when it was announced that Nine Inch Nails would be doing the soundtrack for Tron: Ares, and while I’m a fan of their music, I had my doubts. I know, it sounds wild to anyone remotely familiar with their music, but let me talk about my skepticism and how the footage at San Diego Comic-Con took away all my fears about the music.
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he prefers making scores to making albums, and when they’re doing the latter, they go by their band name Nine Inch Nails. In my mind, they make the distinction because the musical style is different when they use their stage name, so I was a bit rattled when I saw they were using it when being credited for the music in Tron: Ares.
Disney+ subscription, but Nine Inch Nails understood the assignment here. If you’re a fan of the music group, the flashes of what makes them great are still there, but this is a soundtrack that is entirely Tron and not industrial metal.
At the same time, you’ll hear the clear Nine Inch Nails influence all throughout the music. Whether that’s the grungey scraping of metal in a chase scene where Jared Leto’s Ares is evading capture, or Trent Reznor’s voice singing softly over some mind-blowing action scene unfolding on the screen.
I could describe it, but fortunately, Disney dropped the track “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” for people to listen to. Don’t worry, there are definitely tracks we heard that have less vocals and more music, but I think I should note that the parts with lyrics didn’t feel out of place. Again, I shouldn’t be surprised that the people who made the criminally underrated Challengers score know what works in a movie.
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Nine Inch Nails – As Alive As You Need Me To Be (Official Lyric Video) – YouTube
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upcoming movie schedule on October 10th. Until then, get hype to the music we’ve heard so far, and maybe get acquainted with NIN if you aren’t already.
Many were heavily affected by the death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the beloved actor best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. Since Warner’s passing, fans have penned sweet tributes in his memory. Fellow celebrities who were fortunate enough to know Warner have also shared their recollections of him. Anthony Mackie is now one of the latest actors to reflect on their relationship with the former child actor. While discussing Warner, Mackie expressed nothing but pride over his late “friend.”
On numerous occasions, Anthony Mackie has discussed the various stars he’s crossed paths with over the course of his career. Sometimes those sentiments manifest as jokey anecdotes or even stories about legitimate guidance. Mackie (who’s been promoting his 2025 TV schedule entry, Twisted Metal Season 2) was sentimental while discussing Malcolm-Jamal Warner. As much as Warner’s stellar work remains acclaimed by audiences, Mackie is just “proud” to have been able to know him as a person:
I’m proud to say Malcom-Jamal Warner was a friend of mine. He’s somebody that I knew and spent time with, and just was such a beautiful human being.
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Personally, I can’t help but wish I could’ve been a fly on the wall during any of those conversations. What I imagine is the two actor friends discussing not just the craft but life as well. The longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe star went on to share additional thoughts about his buddy while speaking with People. Based on his comments, he didn’t take any of their personal chats for granted whenever they unfolded:
Angela Bassett and Tracee Ellis Ross paid tribute, as they not only knew Warner but were able to work with him as well. TV host Sherri Shepard also expressed sadness of Warner’s passing. Several members of The Cosby Show’s cast also reached out, with Bill Cosby, Geoffrey Owens, Raven-Symoné and Keshia Knight Pulliam being among those to honor Warner following his death.
According to reports, the Warner family was on vacation in Costa Rica when Malcolm accidentally drowned while swimming at Playa Cocles. The doctor who tried to save Warner has since spoken out, and it’s been reported that medics tried to revive him on the scene but to no avail. It’s also been said that the Resident alum’s daughter was pulled out of the water by a surfer and taken to safety.
Malcolm Jamal-Warner leaves behind far more than an excellent body of work that will surely be enjoyed for generations to come. He also leaves behind family and friends who were fortunate enough to be in his presence during his time on Earth. We’d all be wise to take a cue from Anthony Mackie and appreciate the time we have with the people we care about while they’re here.
La La Land made waves when it came out in 2016, and not just because of the La La Land and Moonlight Oscars snafu. The movie was a legitimately popular vehicle for Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, not to mention director Damien Chazelle, and we’re still taking about its memorable ending years later. It’s not the ending that keeps Ryan Gosling up at night, though. There’s another moment from filming that haunts him.
The La La Land Scene That Still ‘Haunts’ Ryan Gosling Totally Makes Sense To Me
Listen, La La Land features a series of colorful and memorable dance sequences, one of which involves Emma Stone’s character Mia and Ryan Gosling’s Sebastian dancing on an overlook in Los Angeles’ popular Griffith Park. The scene is lit by a dusky skyline and a streetlamp, and it’s expertly choreographed. It’s a great movie moment in one of the best Gosling movies. Only the actor says it ain’t so, and it ‘haunts’ him to this day.
There’s a moment that haunts me, where we’re dancing, Emma and I, and we – I didn’t know this would become the poster – but I thought we were supposed to have our hands up. And I thought it’d be cool to put my hand like that [flips his hand to a 90 degree angle]. Even though everyone told me it wasn’t cool. I was sure that that [straight hand] was cooler than that [90 degree angle hamburger hand].
four takes to complete the Griffith Park dance sequence, he didn’t have a lot of time to correct, either.
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Now when I look at it, and I have to see it all the time, you know what would have been cooler then this [poster], that [perfect straight hand]. It just killed the energy that way.
The interviewer later confirms his “90 degree” concern is called a hamburger hand to professional dancers given it mimics a top bun, and it seems like no one had told the actor this previously. In fact, he’s given it it’s own nickname that’s cracking me up:
It was all leading to, what? Just like a lazy… I call it La La Hand.
When filming a movie, actors often do multiple takes and are kind of at the mercy of directors, editors and other members of the creative team when it comes to the final project. That’s one reason why some actors like Adam Driver don’t love watching their own stuff. It’s the mistakes they often see rather than the pockets of greatness. But in Gosling’s case, here, it’s particularly egregious because all he needs to see is the poster to be reminded of how silly he made himself look.
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As far as BTS La La Land facts go, though, the whole thing is kind of charming.
Asking people if they prefer to binge a show or watch it week to week can cause quite heated debates; in fact, I’ve been in them many times. For years now, there’s been a big, passionate discussion about which release strategy is better, and it feels like it only gets more heated as the 2025 TV schedule features a mix of the two release methods. So now, Chuck Lorre, an acclaimed producer and writer who has a hit on Netflix right now and has created shows that were dropped both ways, has weighed in.
As Cuck Lorre’s latest sitcom, Leannedebuts at No. 2 on Netflix’s Top Ten TV Shows in the U.S., he spoke to us about his 2025 Netflix release as well as how TV shows are released these days. When asked by CinemaBlend’s Nick Venable about the weekly episodes vs. binge-all-at-once strategies, he started out by saying each have their own merits:
You know, I think they both have merit. I don’t know that one is arguably better than the other.
The Bear have been dropped the binge way for those with a Hulu subscription. Also, some of Netflix’s most binge-worthy shows, like Wednesday and Stranger Things, have found major success this way (even though both will premiere new seasons with Netflix’s largely disliked parts model, where the season is dropped in two or three chunks).
However, the week-to-week schedule also has major benefits, and shows like HBO’s The White Lotus and Apple TV+’s Severance have thrived on it. This model is great because it has the ability to easily keep audiences talking for weeks on end. That’s a point Lorre made to us, too, when discussing the advantages of it, saying:
There’s something to when a show comes out once a week, it maybe has a better chance of developing a relationship with the audience. And the audience can speak with one another and share their feelings about, ‘Did you see the show last night?’ As opposed to if you watched them all at once, the conversation that follows is the only conversation you’ll have, and then it’s over.
With a week-to-week model, there’s already a built-in weeks-long timeframe for folks to talk in great detail about what happens on a given show. That’s incredibly valuable, and something binge shows can’t naturally have. However, as we’ve seen, if projects dropped all at once can hold on to the public’s attention and create mass discourse, they can stick in the zeitgeist for a very, very long time.
Lorre likely personally knows the benefits and pitfalls of both models. Since 2007, he’s had either The Big Bang Theory or one of its two spinoffs airing week-to-week on CBS, and we can’t forget the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men either. Meanwhile, he’s also worked on hits you can stream with a Netflix subscription, like The Kominsky Method.
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His new series, Leanne, which stars Leanne Morgan and follows her titular character in the aftermath of her husband leaving her, is also proving to work well. It’s only been out for a few days, and it’s trending on Netflix, so clearly, people are tuning in to stream it.
However, there’s something about the week-to-week way that hits different. Lorre continued to make a point about how much deeper conversations about shows can be when you’re only given one episode at a time:
But if it’s over 16 weeks or 22 weeks of one [episode] a week, that conversation amongst the audience, I think, can get deeper and more interesting. ‘Did you see Cheers last night?’ is how I grew up. Or Get Smart, if I can be honest.
I’ve experienced this water cooler talk Lorre is referring to first-hand. Using examples from only 2025, every week, for months, my friends and I would check in and discuss shows like Severance, Eslbeth and Abbott Elementary in detail before theorizing about what would happen next. Meanwhile, when Season 4 of The Bear dropped, we enjoyed the episodes in one sitting, talked about it for about a week, and then moved on to the next thing.
To me, week-to-week is the way to go; however, you can’t deny that a good binge is nice here and there. And right now, you can do just that with Cuck Lorre’s sitcom, Leanne, which recently dropped all 16 of its episodes on Netflix.
It’s been a little over a month since news broke that Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom broke up after years of being engaged. Now, the singer is making headlines as romance rumors swirl around her and Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada. So, as speculation surrounding this alleged “flirty friendship” swirls, an insider has made claims about why the singer’s friends are concerned about this budding relationship.
Over the last week, Perry was seen out to dinner with Trudeau in Montreal. She was in town for her Lifetimes Tour, and a couple of days after their meal, the former Canadian prime minister was seen at her concert. This has caused lots of romance rumors, and according to The Sun, the “Firework” singer’s friends apparently aren’t thrilled about this situation, as they alleged:
Katy’s friends want her to have fun after her split from Orlando, but she’s still very much grieving the end of their relationship and the fact that she never made it down the aisle.
Orlando Bloom and Katy Pretty splitting up broke earlier this summer, in late June. This came after they got engaged in 2019, and they share a young daughter together. Meanwhile, Trudeau and his now ex-wife Sophie broke up in 2023 after 18 years of marriage. They share three kids between the ages of 11 and 16.
he might be dating Jessica Alba. However, since then, Alba has been seen kissing actor Danny Ramirez, per People, putting the rumors about her and the Pirates of the Caribbean performer to rest.
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Before that, Bloom attended Jeff Bezos’ wedding, where he was seen conversing with Sydney Sweeney, Naomi Campbell and Sofía Vergara. At that time, a source told the Daily Mail that Perry was allegedly “disappointed and sad” about it, but also, that is only a rumor.
Overall, in the months since Katey Perry and Orlando Bloom broke up, they’ve both been caught in headlines regarding their dating life. At the moment, nothing is confirmed or denied. However, apparently, if the singer is indeed in a relationship with Justin Trudeau, her friends aren’t thrilled about it.
