Month: May 2025

George Wendt, best known for playing Norm Peterson on the long-running NBC sitcom ‘Cheers’, has died at the age of 76.

In a statement to PEOPLE, his publicist Melissa Nathan confirmed that the actor died on the morning of Tuesday, May 20: “Beloved actor and comedian, George Wendt, best known for starring in the NBC hit comedy Cheers, has passed away. George’s family confirmed the news of his death early Tuesday morning, announcing he died peacefully in his sleep while at home. George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and confidant to all of those lucky enough to have known him. He will be missed forever. The family has requested privacy during this time.”

Wendt, who starred in every episode of “Cheers” from when the show first aired in 1982 to its final episode in 1993, earned six Emmy nominations for his role on the NBC comedy series.

Born on Oct. 17, 1948, in Chicago, Wendt’s earlier work included roles on TV series including Hart to Hart, Soap, Taxi and M*A*S*H, as well as film roles including My Bodyguard, Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again, and Airplane II: The Sequel.

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Universal Pictures released a trailer for upcoming sequel M3GAN 2.0, which finds the titular artificial intelligence facing off against a potentially even deadlier robot foe.

The sequel to 2022’s horror hit M3GAN, from returning director Gerard Johnstone, takes place two years after the events of the first movie. M3GAN 2.0 finds inventor Gemma (Allison Williams) and her niece, Cady (Violet McGraw), forced to resurrect the murderous robot M3GAN to protect them from a rogue AI assassin named Amelia (Ivanna Sakhno).  M3GAN 2.0 also stars Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp and Jemaine Clement.

The film is scheduled for release in theaters June 27; see the trailer – HERE.

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Netflix has released the trailer for “Sirens,” a new limited series starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock. The cast also includes Kevin Bacon, Glenn Howerton, Bill Camp, Josh Segarra, Felix Solis, Trevor Salter, Lauren Weedman, Britne Oldford and Jenn Lyon.

The five-episode limited series is an adaptation of Metzler’s play Elemeno Pea.The series follows three women at a beach estate over Labor Day weekend. Fahy plays Devon, who is troubled by her sister Simone’s (Alcock), attachment to her socialite employer, Michaela Kell (Moore). In trying to step in between the two, Devon discovers that “she has no idea what a formidable opponent Michaela will be,” according to the official logline. The trailer shows that Michaela, better known as Kiki, runs a cultish-ish group that has taken over Simone’s life.

Sirens debuts on May 22 on Netflix; watch the trailer HERE.

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Apple TV+ has shared the trailer for Fountain of Youth, the forthcoming action-adventure movie from filmmaker Guy Ritchie.

Fountain of Youth, directed by Ritchie from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt, features an ensemble cast including John Krasinski, Natalie Portman, Eiza Gonzalez, Domhnall Gleeson, Arian Moayed, Laz Alonso, Carmen Ejogo and Stanley Tucci.

The official synopsis says the film “follows two estranged siblings who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. They must use their knowledge of history to follow clues on an epic adventure that will change their lives . . . and possibly lead to immortality.”

Fountain of Youth is scheduled to start streaming on May 23; see the trailer – HERE.

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