https://www.scmp.com/rss/511124/feed Apple TV is a subscription video on demand streaming television service by Apple Inc., featuring 'Apple Originals' that include drama series, documentaries, kids’ entertainment and comedies. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Apple TV’s mystery thriller Imperfect Women has been dominating streaming charts since it premiered on March 18. Starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara, the show is adapted from Araminta Hall’s 2020 novel of the same name. It follows Moss and Washington’s characters Mary and Eleanor, whose lives are turned upside down after their friend Nancy, played by Mara, is murdered. The plot also spotlights the domestic troubles of Mary and her husband Howard, played by actor Corey Stoll.... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3350468/meet-corey-stoll-star-apple-tvs-imperfect-women?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3350468/meet-corey-stoll-star-apple-tvs-imperfect-women?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:15 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa The Apple TV dramedy Your Friends & Neighbors, starring and executive produced by Jon Hamm, returned with a second season on April 3 – and its third season has already been renewed. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Apple TV (@appletv) Hamm portrays Andrew Coop, a divorced former hedge fund manager who starts stealing from his wealthy neighbours to maintain his lavish lifestyle after getting fired from his job. The show’s second season sees the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3350442/meet-aimee-carrero-who-stars-apple-tvs-your-friends-neighbors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3350442/meet-aimee-carrero-who-stars-apple-tvs-your-friends-neighbors?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:00:12 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Apple TV’s dramedy Your Friends & Neighbors starring Jon Hamm returned for its second season on April 3. The show follows Hamm’s character Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a divorced former hedge fund manager who becomes unemployed and starts robbing his ultrawealthy neighbours to maintain his lavish lifestyle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Isabel (@isabel.gravitt) In the show’s second season, we see actress Isabel Gravitt’s character Tori, Coop’s... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3349914/meet-isabel-gravitt-who-stars-your-friends-neighbors-tori-alongside-jon-hamm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3349914/meet-isabel-gravitt-who-stars-your-friends-neighbors-tori-alongside-jon-hamm?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:00:14 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein’s highly acclaimed Apple TV series Shrinking is on a roll. The comedy drama starring Segel alongside Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Christa Miller and more, follows Jimmy Laird (Segel), a therapist at the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Centre who starts getting a little too involved in his patients’ lives after losing his wife. The show, which is currently on its third season, has received several Emmy nominations and is the most-watched TV show on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3343715/meet-christa-miller-who-plays-liz-apple-tv-series-shrinking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3343715/meet-christa-miller-who-plays-liz-apple-tv-series-shrinking?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:00:17 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Bill Lawrence, Jason Segel and Brett Goldstein’s Apple TV series Shrinking is back with its third season, and fans couldn’t be more excited. The Emmy-nominated comedy-drama starring Segel alongside Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams and more, follows grieving therapist Jimmy Laird (Segel), who becomes deeply involved in his patients’ lives, throwing professional ethics to the wind. Ford plays Paul Rhoades, a senior therapist living with Parkinson’s disease, and Williams is Gaby, Laird’s colleague... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3341481/meet-jessica-williams-breakout-star-apple-tvs-comedy-drama-shrinking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3341481/meet-jessica-williams-breakout-star-apple-tvs-comedy-drama-shrinking?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:00:14 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service The overriding theme defining television in recent years has been a fear of the new. This is why reboots and spin-offs continue apace, with old titles brought back from the dead or from the not-so-distant past and intellectual property milked within an inch of its life (somehow HBO has yet another Game of Thrones series coming our way). It is as if everyone in Hollywood ran out of new ideas all at once. Do not blame writers, but executives who are rapidly shepherding their industry towards... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3339259/new-tv-series-watch-early-2026-game-thrones-spin-bridgerton-season-4?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3339259/new-tv-series-watch-early-2026-game-thrones-spin-bridgerton-season-4?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:15:09 +0000 Stephen McCarty Stephen McCarty For his latest small-screen starring role, Japanese actor Tomohisa Yamashita went deep: emotionally and literally. “I went to 15 metres [underwater],” he says. “It was a hard shoot, but I think it helped.” Yamashita is in London discussing the forthcoming second season of Apple TV’s Drops of God, a multilingual thriller set in the international wine world that draws on French vinicultural expertise and is based on the Japanese manga series of (almost) the same name by Tadashi Agi and Shu... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338716/apple-tvs-drops-god-stars-tomohisa-yamashita-and-fleur-geffrier-go-deeper-season-2?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338716/apple-tvs-drops-god-stars-tomohisa-yamashita-and-fleur-geffrier-go-deeper-season-2?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:31:34 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press If you would rather stay in this festive season than brave the elements or deal with holiday crowds, it is a great time to catch up on the year’s stand-out television shows. Several titles got people watching and talking. In no particular order, here are seven shows that broke out in 2025. 1. Dept. Q When it comes to his television credits, Matthew Goode has a history of being a “late add” to shows. He swept in to be Mary’s love interest on Downton Abbey after the death of Matthew Crawley. He... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337008/7-best-tv-shows-2025-netflixs-adolescence-award-winning-pitt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337008/7-best-tv-shows-2025-netflixs-adolescence-award-winning-pitt?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:15:07 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s hit Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show, which has consistently held the No 1 spot on the platform’s Most Popular chart, was recently overtaken by Pluribus. Although The Morning Show has since reclaimed its position at the time of writing, it’s clear that the sci-fi thriller created by Vince Gilligan, known for shows like Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has quickly become viewers’ new obsession since its debut on November 7. Lead actress Seehorn, who... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3333494/meet-karolina-wydra-polish-american-actor-who-plays-zosia-apple-tvs-pluribus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3333494/meet-karolina-wydra-polish-american-actor-who-plays-zosia-apple-tvs-pluribus?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:00:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press When Kristen Wiig steps out of a vintage Rolls-Royce in the opening scene of season two of Palm Royale, she is sporting a tall, yellow, fringed hat, gold platform sandals and sunny bell-bottoms, with fabric petals that sway with every determined step. It is the first clue that the costumes on the female-driven comedy are taking centre stage. The Apple TV+ show made a splash in its first season with the starry cast, high production values and ubiquitous grasshopper cocktails. Wiig’s character,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3333184/how-apple-tvs-palm-royale-season-2-uses-funny-feminist-fashion-storytelling-device?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3333184/how-apple-tvs-palm-royale-season-2-uses-funny-feminist-fashion-storytelling-device?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The end of the world is not usually so cheery. In Pluribus, the new Apple TV+ series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, scientists encounter a mysterious repeating signal coming from outer space. That discovery leads researchers working for the United States military to encode a sort of virus that inevitably gets set loose and, after brief periods of mass seizures, leads to a psychic harmony among every human on Earth, who now operate as an “us”. The thing is, they are really very nice.... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3332737/pluribus-appletvs-dystopian-sci-fi-makes-end-world-look-happier-ever?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3332737/pluribus-appletvs-dystopian-sci-fi-makes-end-world-look-happier-ever?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 09:15:10 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon might have some competition. Ever since the fourth season of their workplace drama The Morning Show premiered on Apple TV+, it has held the top spot on the platform’s popularity chart. But as it heads into its final week, another title is getting ready to take its place: Pluribus. The first two episodes of the brand-new sci-fi thriller from Vince Gilligan, aka the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, premiered on November 7, and it is already the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3332621/everything-you-need-know-about-rhea-seehorn-who-plays-carol-apple-tv-show-pluribus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3332621/everything-you-need-know-about-rhea-seehorn-who-plays-carol-apple-tv-show-pluribus?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:51 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, Emmy winner The Morning Show – centred around an eponymous fictional news programme – is currently on its fourth season and is the most popular show on Apple TV at the time of writing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Morning Show (@themorningshow) One of the most talked-about plot points this season has been the potential revival of a fan-favourite romance with the return of Claire Conway (Bel... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3331002/meet-nestor-carbonell-mayor-gotham-morning-show-scene-stealer-yanko-flores?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3331002/meet-nestor-carbonell-mayor-gotham-morning-show-scene-stealer-yanko-flores?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:00:22 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s critically acclaimed Apple TV drama The Morning Show has a reputation for keeping fans on the edge of their seats with every episode. The show pulls back the curtain on the titular fictional morning news programme, offering a biting critique of the TV journalism industry. Season four of The Morning Show premiered in September, and the stakes have never been higher. Reflecting the current rise of new media, the series introduces the character of Brodie... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3330875/meet-boyd-holbrook-narcos-star-who-plays-brash-podcaster-bro-hartman-morning-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3330875/meet-boyd-holbrook-narcos-star-who-plays-brash-podcaster-bro-hartman-morning-show?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:01:08 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa In the latest episode of Apple TV’s The Morning Show, titled “Amari”, Nicole Beharie’s character Christina Hunter is front and centre. Starring actresses like Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, the hit TV show is in its fourth year and highlights the challenges faced by journalists who work in morning television. The show has never been one to shy away from addressing social issues such as media ethics, sexism and racial politics. View this post on... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3329414/meet-nicole-beharie-starring-morning-show-olympian-turned-journalist-chris-hunter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3329414/meet-nicole-beharie-starring-morning-show-olympian-turned-journalist-chris-hunter?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The new Apple TV+ series The Last Frontier begins with a plane crash in remote Alaska and a scramble for survivors. We learn that the plane was carrying a nasty bunch of federal inmates. Then we find out that the nastiest of them is part of a vast CIA conspiracy. The action hardly lets up in what is being called a cross between Con Air and The Fugitive. Producer Jon Bokenkamp piles crisis after crisis in a nifty bit of hyper-aggressive storytelling. “I am just super self-conscious about not... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3328796/last-frontier-apple-tv-cross-between-con-air-and-fugitive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3328796/last-frontier-apple-tv-cross-between-con-air-and-fugitive?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Gary Oldman is back on screens as the caustic Jackson Lamb for the fifth season of the misfit spy thriller Slow Horses, as the critically acclaimed adaptation reaches Mick Herron’s book London Rules. The morning after he was invested with a knighthood by the Prince of Wales for services to drama on stage and screen, Oscar-winning actor Oldman said Lamb was one of his all-time favourite roles. “Where would he be in the canon, as it were? I think up there with, you know, Darkest Hour, Tinker... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3328306/why-gary-oldman-says-his-slow-horses-character-jackson-lamb-one-his-favourite-roles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3328306/why-gary-oldman-says-his-slow-horses-character-jackson-lamb-one-his-favourite-roles?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:15:27 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Amazon Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty may have ended, but the internet has already found a new TV obsession: The Morning Show. The Apple TV+ offering, led by Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup, follows the high-stakes inner workings of the fictional UBA network and its tentpole news programme, The Morning Show. Its fourth season premiered on Apple TV+ in September, and it is already the most popular drama show on the platform at the time of writing. The most recent... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3327733/meet-karen-pittman-who-plays-tenacious-mia-jordan-apple-tvs-morning-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3327733/meet-karen-pittman-who-plays-tenacious-mia-jordan-apple-tvs-morning-show?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:00:21 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Brett Goldstein might want to break your heart. Or at least give you a proper ugly cry. In the new film All of You, streaming on Apple TV+, audiences are presented with a sticky conundrum: what if your soulmate and your best friend were different people? Reactions might differ about the choices Simon (Goldstein) and Laura (Imogen Poots) make in the film, which is a kind of romcom drama, if you will. But one thing Goldstein has noticed is that a lot of people who see it think that it is about... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3326923/apple-tv-film-all-you-brett-goldstein-explores-messiness-love-and-soulmates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3326923/apple-tv-film-all-you-brett-goldstein-explores-messiness-love-and-soulmates?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:15:07 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Matt Remick, Seth Rogen’s character on the Emmy juggernaut The Studio, may be the harried, in-over-his-head new overlord of the fictional Continental Studios, but his wardrobe epitomises LA backlot cool. Forever trying his very best to appear like he knows what he’s doing, Remick wears a steady stream of well-cut suits in groovy near-neutrals (mustard, burnt umber, cream). Remick may not be able to bring back artful cinema to Hollywood, but he nails the “powerful creative” look in no small part... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3326363/studio-streets-why-double-breasted-suits-are-making-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3326363/studio-streets-why-double-breasted-suits-are-making-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:30:07 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Ben Stiller’s phone is buzzing. Each time someone sends a text, it alerts him with the sound of actor Roy Scheider’s police chief, Brody, from Jaws, telling Robert Shaw’s Quint that his vessel, the Orca, is not big enough to deal with the great white shark he just saw popping out of the Atlantic. Stiller apologises and silences his phone, which continues to vibrate busily on the table. In early June, Stiller was in the thick of writing and preparing the next season of Severance, the sci-fi drama... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3323276/ben-stiller-turning-60-al-pacino-severance-knicks-and-film-about-his-parents?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3323276/ben-stiller-turning-60-al-pacino-severance-knicks-and-film-about-his-parents?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:15:07 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Apple TV+’s comedy series Platonic has returned for its second season – and it’s better than ever. The show follows two platonic best friends, Sylvia (Rose Byrne) and Will (Seth Rogen), who reconnect after a years-long rift. Charlie, Sylvia’s lawyer husband, is played by 45-year-old Luke Macfarlane. And for those wondering – no, he is not related to Family Guy creator and fellow funnyman, Seth MacFarlane. As the show returns for what’s already being called a funnier, edgier and altogether more... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3322348/meet-luke-macfarlane-actor-who-plays-sylvias-husband-charlie-platonic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3322348/meet-luke-macfarlane-actor-who-plays-sylvias-husband-charlie-platonic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:00:17 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Charlie Brown and Snoopy go to summer camp in a new, bittersweet Apple TV+ special, fuelled by a pair of Emmy Award-nominated songwriters, that is being billed as the first Peanuts musical in 35 years. “My motivation has always been to preserve and enhance my dad’s legacy,” says co-writer Craig Schulz, a son of Charles. S. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. “So it’s really an honour to get to play with these kids.” Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical features five songs: two by Jeff... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3321849/how-new-film-snoopy-presents-summer-musical-brings-beloved-peanuts-comic-apple-tv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3321849/how-new-film-snoopy-presents-summer-musical-brings-beloved-peanuts-comic-apple-tv?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Aug 2025 07:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Severance separated itself from the field with 27 Emmy nominations on Tuesday, while The Studio led comedy nominees with 23 in a dominant year for Apple TV+. No other dramas came close to the dystopian workplace series Severance, which achieved a convergence of acclaim and audience buzz for its second season. Leading acting nominations came for Adam Scott and Britt Lower for what amounted to dual roles as their characters’ “innie” work selves and “outie” home selves. Tramell Tillman got a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318353/severance-and-studio-lead-emmy-nominations-appletv-dominates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318353/severance-and-studio-lead-emmy-nominations-appletv-dominates?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:52:08 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service The US$145 million global opening of Apple’s F1 The Movie came as a relief, both for the iPhone maker itself and cinema operators in the United States hoping for an original hit during this sequel-dominated summer of blockbusters. The expensive action sports drama, starring Brad Pitt, directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, was a high-stakes gamble by the California-based tech giant, which until now has enjoyed little success at cinemas. The film did... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3316633/f1-movie-track-success-whats-next-apples-film-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3316633/f1-movie-track-success-whats-next-apples-film-business?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press World-famous chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa has been tantalising foodies for decades while building his empire to include more than 50 upscale restaurants and several luxury hotels. A new documentary, Nobu, reveals the man behind the cuisine in an intimate look at how he found success despite several major setbacks. The film traces Matsuhisa’s journey to creating his unique fusion cuisine, blending traditional Japanese dishes with ingredients discovered while living in Peru. Matsuhisa, now 76, was... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3316373/new-documentary-nobu-chef-shares-his-journey-pain-and-message-young-people?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3316373/new-documentary-nobu-chef-shares-his-journey-pain-and-message-young-people?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:15:09 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press American author and screenwriter Dennis Lehane has a healthy respect for the power of fire. He learned that from surviving a house fire in Boston, Massachusetts, in his thirties. Lehane was living on the top floor of a block of flats when a propane tank on the roof exploded and started a blaze. The landlord was replacing the building’s smoke detectors at the time, so they were not working. Lehane is lucky to be alive and he credits, in part, the flames. “If you’re trapped in fire – if you wake... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3316023/smokes-taron-egerton-jurnee-smollett-and-dennis-lehane-new-apple-tv-series?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3316023/smokes-taron-egerton-jurnee-smollett-and-dennis-lehane-new-apple-tv-series?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:45:08 +0000 Erika Na Erika Na We are halfway through 2025 and despite a few letdowns, like Season 2 of The Last of Us – and who knows what the final season of Squid Game has in store for us on June 27 – there have been a number of great shows that have generated a lot of buzz. From heartfelt family dramas and tales of growing up to a dystopian workplace sci-fi thriller, here are five top shows that have gained global popularity and received critical acclaim across different platforms this year. 1. When Life Gives You... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3315937/5-most-popular-streaming-series-2025-severance-reacher-and-white-lotus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3315937/5-most-popular-streaming-series-2025-severance-reacher-and-white-lotus?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:15:07 +0000 Cherry Liu Cherry Liu When he was only seven years old, Mason Thames dreamed of one day portraying his hero Hiccup, from the animated series How to Train Your Dragon (HTTYD). Now at the age of 17, his dream has come true, with Thames starring as Hiccup in the new, top-grossing live-action film of the same name, and quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young actors. “I never thought that I’d be given the chance to step into his shoes and maybe affect kids the way Hiccup affected me,” said Thames in an... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3315170/meet-how-train-your-dragons-mason-thames-17-year-old-plays-opposite-nico-parker-and-came-prominence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3315170/meet-how-train-your-dragons-mason-thames-17-year-old-plays-opposite-nico-parker-and-came-prominence?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Mark Hamill was at a point in his life where he felt ready to trade the Force for a pool float and quiet crosswords in the shade. After five decades as the face of one of pop culture’s most enduring myths – Luke Skywalker, the wide-eyed Tatooine farm boy turned Jedi Knight in Star Wars – Hamill had found a comfortable corner of the galaxy to call his own. He had a home he cherished, a family that kept him grounded and no pressing need to be in front of a camera again. “I said, ‘This is perfect –... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3314166/whats-next-mark-hamill-star-wars-legend-movies-maga-and-malibu-melancholy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3314166/whats-next-mark-hamill-star-wars-legend-movies-maga-and-malibu-melancholy?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:15:07 +0000 Ishani Sarkar Ishani Sarkar Apple TV+ is on a roll. After the explosive premiere of Seth Rogen’s The Studio, which features cameos from the likes of Martin Scorsese and Charlize Theron, the streaming giant released the highly anticipated documentary Number One on the Call Sheet. The two-part series celebrates the legacy and continued success of Black actors in Hollywood. The show stars icons like Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Viola Davis and Eddie Murphy, who recount their journeys in Hollywood and share interesting... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3312126/who-spike-lees-wife-tonya-lewis-lee-ex-lawyer-married-director-year-after-meeting-him-and-adapted?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3312126/who-spike-lees-wife-tonya-lewis-lee-ex-lawyer-married-director-year-after-meeting-him-and-adapted?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 May 2025 10:00:28 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The last time Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman went on a motorcycle adventure, they rode cutting-edge, electric Harley-Davidsons. For their latest trip, they took a trip back in time. The British best friends and actors chose to use vintage bikes this time as they rode through 17 European countries for Apple TV+’s Long Way Home, the fourth instalment of their popular road trip docuseries. It starts airing on May 9. McGregor picked a 1974 Moto Guzzi Eldorado, which was used as a patrol bike by... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3309678/ewan-mcgregor-why-apple-tvs-long-way-home-riding-vintage-motorbikes-made-sense?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3309678/ewan-mcgregor-why-apple-tvs-long-way-home-riding-vintage-motorbikes-made-sense?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 May 2025 11:15:08 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service In the first episode of the Apple TV+ show The Studio, Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese sells his script to the fictional Continental Studios, only to be told later by a studio chief played by Seth Rogen that the project, about Jonestown, has been killed. Instead, the company is fast-tracking a soulless brand-based cash grab: a Kool-Aid movie. “Just give me back my movie and let me go sell it to f****** Apple, the way I should have done it in the first place,” a despairing Scorsese... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3309263/apple-tv-willing-pay-good-money-creative-ideas-can-quality-beat-quantity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3309263/apple-tv-willing-pay-good-money-creative-ideas-can-quality-beat-quantity?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 May 2025 03:15:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press He is a dream in the kitchen – and elsewhere in the house. He makes a mean cream-puff tower. And he has got moves like Jagger. Alas, Antonin Carême has been dead since the 1830s, but nobody is perfect, right? Most people have heard of Napoleon Bonaparte, but not many are familiar – even in France – with the story of this chef who cooked for the French emperor and his contemporaries, rising from a poor kitchen boy to become a standard-bearer of French cuisine. Now a new Apple TV+ period drama,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3308656/sex-food-and-politics-apple-tv-drama-careme-about-frances-first-celebrity-chef?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3308656/sex-food-and-politics-apple-tv-drama-careme-about-frances-first-celebrity-chef?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 May 2025 05:15:08 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Author Dennis Tafoya remembers his time working in accident and emergency in a hospital in Doylestown, Philadelphia, in the 1980s. One night, a call came in about a fire at a farmhouse-turned-meth lab, but when doctors attempted to help, the burn victim refused care and eventually died. “It got me thinking about who ends up in a burning meth lab in the middle of the night,” said Tafoya in a recent call with Philadelphia newspaper The Inquirer. That incident was the seed of the idea that, decades... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3308308/dope-thief-author-why-apple-tvs-adaptation-had-be-shot-magnetic-philadelphia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3308308/dope-thief-author-why-apple-tvs-adaptation-had-be-shot-magnetic-philadelphia?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:15:08 +0000 Your Friends & Neighbors begins with a once high-flying hedge fund manager waking up in someone else’s luxurious house, next to a dead body and in a pool of blood. How he ended up there consumes the first season of this compelling Apple TV+ series, which stars Jon Hamm and takes a peek at the lives of the ultrarich in a leafy New York suburb. “I was interested in writing about the status symbols, about the way wealth informs community,” says creator, showrunner and producer Jonathan... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3306594/jon-hamm-your-friends-neighbors-and-stealing-ultrarich-apple-tv-series?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3306594/jon-hamm-your-friends-neighbors-and-stealing-ultrarich-apple-tv-series?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:15:08 +0000 Kieu Chinh is a little pressed for time. It is a Sunday afternoon and the 87-year-old Vietnamese-American actress is preparing for a trip the next day from her home in Huntington Beach in California to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. There she would be doing filming for Chrysalis, a feature film based on the life of the Vietnamese-American artist and sculptor Daniel K Winn. “I wish we had more time,” Chinh says. “There is so much to talk about.” The past several months have been a whirlwind for the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3304994/joy-luck-club-star-kieu-chinh-87-her-rocky-road-stardom-and-new-roles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3304994/joy-luck-club-star-kieu-chinh-87-her-rocky-road-stardom-and-new-roles?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:15:08 +0000 Apple TV+ has a huge hit on its hands with the workplace thriller Severance. Even though its second season has concluded, fans will probably flock to various Reddit channels to decode the puzzle-box-style show and discuss the fate of the Macrodata Refinement team at Lumon Industries. For Apple, the question is whether it will be able to cash in on Severance’s momentum. Unlike Netflix, which has amassed a content library of thousands of titles, Apple TV+ – with only around 270 shows – has... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3304726/can-severance-keep-viewers-apple-tv-why-platform-banking-workplace-thriller?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3304726/can-severance-keep-viewers-apple-tv-why-platform-banking-workplace-thriller?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:15:08 +0000 The studio head has historically been seen as a fearsome and all-powerful figure, capable of ending a career with the snap of their fingers or of changing lives with an impulsive green light. But not Seth Rogen’s studio chief in The Studio, a new Apple TV+ show that starts streaming this week. As much as Rogen’s Matt Remick, head of the fictional Continental Studios, sits in a sought-after seat of power, he is helpless against larger trends in the film industry. He wants to be making 1974... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3303932/apple-tv-show-studio-seth-rogan-reveals-madness-behind-modern-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3303932/apple-tv-show-studio-seth-rogan-reveals-madness-behind-modern-hollywood?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Mar 2025 10:15:12 +0000 Eighteen-year-old Sarah Bock plays the latest addition to the Apple TV+ psychological thriller Severance, starring Adam Scott, Patricia Arquette and Christopher Walken. Now in its second season, Severance has introduced Bock’s character Miss Huang, a child who has somehow managed to land the role of deputy manager of the Severed Floor. There is something sinister about Miss Huang beyond her youthfulness. While fans have yet to learn the secret behind Miss Huang’s intriguing character, here’s... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3303263/meet-sarah-bock-newest-addition-severance-apple-tv-18-year-old-was-inspired-act-after-broadway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3303263/meet-sarah-bock-newest-addition-severance-apple-tv-18-year-old-was-inspired-act-after-broadway?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:00:11 +0000 If you ask Brian Tyree Henry about taking time off, he bursts out laughing – he has become one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. He has worked consistently with directors including Barry Jenkins, Steve McQueen and Chloé Zhao, and big-name actors and actresses such as Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Hemsworth and Melissa McCarthy. He has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and an Oscar. His latest role is in the limited series Dope Thief for Apple TV+, which premiered... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3302387/brian-tyree-henry-apple-tvs-dope-thief-julia-roberts-and-chemistry-co-stars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3302387/brian-tyree-henry-apple-tvs-dope-thief-julia-roberts-and-chemistry-co-stars?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Mar 2025 03:15:07 +0000 A new season of Apple TV+’s Severance drops today – and all eyes are on actor Adam Scott, the lead in the dystopian workplace drama. Before Severance, Scott’s best known role was probably as the husband of Amy Poehler’s character in Parks and Recreation – but in real life, he’s been married to his producer wife Naomi Scott since 2005. Adam has collaborated with his wife on various projects, and been open about how the couple manage to navigate mixing their professional and private lives. “I... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3294721/who-severance-star-adam-scotts-wife-naomi-scott-actor-and-ex-jimmy-kimmel-live-segment-producer-wed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3294721/who-severance-star-adam-scotts-wife-naomi-scott-actor-and-ex-jimmy-kimmel-live-segment-producer-wed?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:00:07 +0000 This live blog has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Hollywood’s awards season heats up at the Golden Globes, with surreal narco-thriller musical Emilia Perez – about a Mexican drug lord who transitions to life as a woman – leading the charge. Jacques Audiard’s genre-defying film earned 10 nominations, the most ever for a musical or... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3293531/golden-globes-2025-live-emilia-perez-brutalist-and-bear-lead-race-awards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3293531/golden-globes-2025-live-emilia-perez-brutalist-and-bear-lead-race-awards?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:55:34 +0000 Forget glittery gold: singer-songwriter, model and actress Charlotte Lawrence sported a look for Rabanne’s spring/summer 2025 show at Paris Fashion Week in September that was all about shiny silver. After wowing viewers with her stellar TV debut performance in Bad Monkey, producer Bill Lawrence’s daughter has been the talk of Tinseltown. Now she’s proving herself a style icon too. Before pulling into Paris, Lawrence was spotted front row at New York Fashion Week for shows by Proenza Schouler,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3288478/meet-charlotte-lawrence-bad-monkey-actress-who-shone-silver-paris-fashion-week-began-writing-songs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3288478/meet-charlotte-lawrence-bad-monkey-actress-who-shone-silver-paris-fashion-week-began-writing-songs?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:00:16 +0000 Ten years ago, when asked if she had considered following Maggie Smith from Gosford Park (in which they both starred) to Downton Abbey, Kristin Scott Thomas could not have been more clear: She had no interest in television. “It just goes on and on,” she said. “I get terribly bored. Series bore me.” Five years later, she mercifully changed her mind. Not about Downton Abbey – “I do not regret anything with a corset” she says now – but about television, first with a brief yet spellbinding... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3281995/how-slow-horses-actress-kristin-scott-thomas-came-love-tv-after-film-and-stage-career?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3281995/how-slow-horses-actress-kristin-scott-thomas-came-love-tv-after-film-and-stage-career?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:15:08 +0000 For cinema-goers, our pick of the weekend is a recent Cannes Film Festival winner with shades of Canadian director David Cronenberg’s work, and starring US actress Demi Moore. If you prefer to stream your entertainment, you are in for a feast: pick from animation master Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, an Oscar-winning movie director’s first series for Apple TV+, a lavish Korean period epic and an emotional roller coaster of a film that reminds viewers of Hongkonger Eric Tsang Chi-wai’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3281825/5-movies-and-tv-shows-watch-hong-kong-weekend-october-11-13?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3281825/5-movies-and-tv-shows-watch-hong-kong-weekend-october-11-13?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:22:07 +0000 4/5 stars Last year British director Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame) engaged viewers with stories from the second world war in Occupied City, a four-hour documentary that focused on Amsterdam, his adopted home. Now he returns to the conflict – and to the city he grew up in – with Blitz. Set in 1940, when the German Nazi forces bombed London night after night, the film is a Dickensian tale that blends the intimate with the epic. Fresh from her spirited turn as a recovering alcoholic in The Outrun,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3281512/apple-tv-movie-review-blitz-saoirse-ronan-stars-steve-mcqueens-world-war-ii-drama?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3281512/apple-tv-movie-review-blitz-saoirse-ronan-stars-steve-mcqueens-world-war-ii-drama?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:30:09 +0000 Sequels are rarely better than their originals, but a South Korean blockbuster that bucks the trend, and tackles pressing social issues in thrilling fashion, is in Hong Kong cinemas this weekend. So, too, is a passionate homage to the city’s filmmaking tradition. Another solid sequel, this time animated, can be streamed, as can a Hollywood comedy thriller with two big-name male stars. For K-drama fans there is an enjoyable legal show that mixes fantasy and comedy. 1. I, the Executioner In an... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3279993/5-movies-and-tv-shows-watch-hong-kong-weekend-september-27-29?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3279993/5-movies-and-tv-shows-watch-hong-kong-weekend-september-27-29?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:12:50 +0000 Pachinko (Apple TV+) is arguably far more than a mere television series: it could amount to a medical breakthrough. Viewers who find they can’t stop swiping their phone should try watching this cinematically rich Korean-Japanese historical drama, a Korean-Japanese-American-Canadian joint production rendered in Korean, Japanese and English and told along two timelines – and realise they are cured, so engrossing are plot, acting and cinematography. Series one, which aired in 2022, bagged 11... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/film-tv/article/3278095/how-pachinko-aims-authenticity-duolingo-japanese-talks-grandma?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/film-tv/article/3278095/how-pachinko-aims-authenticity-duolingo-japanese-talks-grandma?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Sep 2024 04:15:08 +0000 Director Alfonso Cuarón is taking on prestige television with Disclaimer, a seven-part psychological thriller starring fellow Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, but he said the result is still a film – just a very long one. It is not the first time that the Mexican filmmaker has worked on the small screen – he co-created the short-lived series Believe, which aired in the United States on broadcasting channel NBC a decade ago. But Disclaimer – which was screened at the 2024 Toronto... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3278032/alfonso-cuaron-new-apple-tv-series-disclaimer-cate-blanchett-and-how-he-makes-shows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3278032/alfonso-cuaron-new-apple-tv-series-disclaimer-cate-blanchett-and-how-he-makes-shows?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:15:07 +0000