Month: August 2024

“Dancing with the Stars” pro Artem Chigvintsev has been arrested for domestic violence, according to Napa County, California, jail records. TMZ was the first to report news of the incident.

The 42-year-old Chigvintsev, who is married to former WWE wrestler Nikki Garcia (formerly Nikki Bella), was arrested Thursday morning just before 10 a.m. and has been booked on California penal code 273.5(a), which makes it illegal to injure a spouse, cohabitant or fellow parent in an act of domestic violence. His bail was set at $25,000, according to intake records obtained by PEOPLE. According to county records, he was released at 2:18 PM PT.
It has not yet been confirmed but given the charge, Garcia is presumably the spouse in question.

Authorities later released Chigvintsev’s mug shot after his arrest, showing Chigvintsev stares into the camera while standing in front of a gray background, wearing what appears to be a brown button-down shirt with green plaid collar.

Chigvintsev’s arrest comes just one day after Garcia posted on Instagram a video montage with clips throughout her relationship with Chigvintsev in honor of their anniversary on Aug. 27, featuring the lyrics to Elvis Presley’s hit “Can’t Help Falling in Love” as well as writing: “This song is our love story. I’ll never forget where I was when I asked Jesus about Artem. Having a conversation with He & God,” she also wrote. “How my feelings felt too soon. It all felt too fast. And then this song came on. And that’s when I knew that I was falling in love with him and that it was all meant to be. Happy Anniversary @theartemc I love you!  Chigvintsev also posted on Instagram, writing: “Happy anniversary my love, can’t see my life with out you. You are my everything ”

Garcia and Chigvintsev first met in 2017 when they were paired together on Dancing With The Stars, later confirming their romance in March 2019.  They were engaged eight months later and welcomed their first child together, son Matteo, in July 2020.

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Per The Hollywood Reporter, House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal has confirmed there will be two more installments of the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series, which will end with Season 4.

During a press conference  discussing the Season 2 finale of “House of the Dragon,” Condal also gave an update on the progress of the third season, sharing that the writing process has already begun with the intention of doing prep in the fall. Production on Season 3 will then follow in “earlyish 2025.”  Said Condal: “There are so many great events that we are already writing in Season 3 as it is. This war really comes to a big head at this point in the storytelling. I mean, if you look at Season 2, it’s largely a metaphor for a nuclear conflict… There’s gonna be giant moments of spectacle but real moments of surprise and character nuance that we’re very much looking forward to.”  Condal also suggested that fans of the show read ‘Fire and Blood’ so they can be “armed with lots of information going into Season 3.”

Author George R.R. Martin, who is co-creator on “House of the Dragon,” has previously stated on his personal blog that he believes it would take four seasons of 10 episodes each to tell the show’s “Dance of the Dragons” story from his “Fire & Blood” book. But HBO had not confirmed how many seasons “House of the Dragon” would be, until now.

All episodes of House of the Dragon are currently streaming on Max.

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Some of the NBA’s most famous players are set to star in a 10-episode Netflix series titled ‘Starting 5,’ which ‘offers an intimate look at the 2023-24 NBA season, through the perspective of five basketball stars.’

produced by Barack and Michelle Obama. A social media post from Netflix read: “Jimmy Butler – Anthony Edwards – LeBron James – Domantas Sabonis -Jayson Tatum ‘Starting 5’, a new Netflix Sports series, will follow their 2023-24 season on and off the court. Coming October 9.”

Starting 5, a 10-part series, will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the 2023-24 NBA season from the perspectives of the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James; Minnesota Timberwolves’ star Anthony Edwards; the Boston Celtics’ Jayson Tatum; Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler; and the Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis. The series will premiere on Oct. 9.

An official synopsis reads: “”Starting 5 delivers an unfiltered view of life at the pinnacle of professional basketball. Though they share a common goal of winning the NBA championship, each athlete is at a different point in their career, trying to lead their teams to victory while navigating their own respective journey…The series captures all five athletes in their battles on and off the court as they chase greatness, push through injuries, and balance the demands of family and legacy.”

LeBron James’ Uninterrupted produced the series, in association with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions.

Starting 5 premieres on Netflix Oct. 9.

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Paramount+ announced that Landman, the new contemporary western from Taylor Sheridan starring Billy Bob Thornton, is set to premiere on Nov. 17.

The 10-episode Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, and is a ‘modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of oil rigs’ based on the 11-part podcast “Boomtown.” The series is described as ‘an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires fueling a boom so big, it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.’

In addition to Thornton, Landman stars Ali Larter, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Mark Collie, Paulina Chávez, and Demi Moore. Jon Hamm will star in a recurring guest role, with Andy Garcia and Michael Peña also serving as guest stars.

Landman will launch with two episodes, and subsequent episodes of the 10-episode long first season will be available weekly on Sundays.

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