Author: Michael

California, here we come? The O.C. has been off the air for almost 20 years, but that hasn’t stopped fans — and former cast members — from speculating about a possible reboot. After Rachel Bilson (a.k.a. Summer Roberts) and Melinda Clarke (a.k.a. Julie Cooper-Nichol) launched their rewatch podcast, “Welcome to the OC, Bitches,” back in 2021, interest in another round of Newpsie drama increased. For the podcast, which concluded in 2024, the pair rewatched old episodes of the show and shared their memories of filming, with guest appearances from fellow cast members, including Tate Donovan and Peter Gallagher. “Watching it,…

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The O.C. alum Ben McKenzie isn’t necessarily shutting the door on his time as Ryan Atwood for good. Speaking to Australia’s KIIS 1065 on Friday, September 4, McKenzie, 47, admitted he would be open to a reboot of the series. “I don’t know that there has ever been serious talks, but I’d be up for it,” he said. “Yeah, I think so, under the right circumstances. It was a great show. We had a great time. I learned a lot. I was so young, we were all young.” McKenzie shot to fame on the teen series, which premiered in 2003…

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Telluride. A film that focuses on a real-life production of “Hamlet.” An emotional finale, driven by music, that takes place during a momentous performance of the 400-year-old Shakespeare tragedy but finds resonance in the lives of its characters. A shattering deployment of the line “remember me.”  An audience in tears. Yes, that was the scene at the Telluride Film Festival last year for the world premiere of Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet.” But it was also the scene this year for the premiere of Simon Stone’s “Elsinore,” another convincing piece of evidence to suggest that Shakespeare, and “Hamlet,” aren’t done with us…

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