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Some fans have started speculating that John McCook may be hankering to leave Bold and the Beautiful, even though he has basically been there since it’s inception in 1987.

Now, some might say that he is getting too old or too tired to play the role, but according to McCook, he is hanging in there!

The Bold And The Beautiful Spoilers – Golden Years? This Is It!

Even after Eric Forrester’s medical issues last year, which would have normally been some veteran actor’s cue for a swan song, not McCook.

He says that every day he celebrated privately, the fact that he has this job and the ability to be creative, “Every time I get something new to play, I’m thrilled! Because how many old man stories are there? I have to rely on Brad (Bell) and the writers to keep coming up with things. I don’t...

Secret’s out: State Champs are back. The Albany pop-punk rockers are gearing up to release their fifth LP, a self-titled project out via Pure Noise Records on November 8. Along with the news, State Champs shared two new songs off the record: nostalgic chug “Silver Cloud,” and meditative number “Too Late to Say.”

The band, made up of lead singer Derek Discanio, guitarist Tyler Szalkowski, bassist Ryan Scott Graham, and drummer Evan Ambrosio, are channeling their definitive mix of punchy punk rhythms and irresistible pop hooks in the new tracks.

Everyone knows about Stephen King's big-screen adaptations, but what about the small screen?

Once upon a time, Stephen King was the king of the miniseries. TV networks (especially ABC) would throw a ton of money at King to churn out a lengthy adaptation of one of his novels, or even an original work that they could slap his name on. These days, the idea of the miniseries doesn't quite exist anymore — in the age of streaming, it's been replaced by the more prominent "limited series." But there was something special about those glory days when network TV could turn a new King adaptation into a major event. You couldn't just fire up a streaming service and watch whenever you wanted — you'd have to tune in at a specific date and time and watch it as it unfolded. Something like that will never happen again — those days are over, folks.

Over the past 15 years, Steve McQueen has become one of my favorite filmmakers. He’s made only a handful of features, but in almost every case he takes a subject of extraordinary magnitude and uses it to box open your heart and mind. And he does it all with a storytelling vibrance that’s at once heady and populist. So when it was announced that McQueen would be directing his first documentary feature, and that it would tackle the subject of the Holocaust, dealing with the victims of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam (the city where McQueen now lives), my anticipation took the form of thinking: How, with a director of McQueen’s skill and imagination and gravity, could this be less than fascinating?

But “Occupied City,” it’s my sad duty to report, is a good deal less than fascinating. I’ll be blunt: The film is a trial to sit through,...

The 18th Zurich Film Festival kicks off Sept. 22 with a muscular lineup that includes some of the year’s most anticipated international pics while also putting the spotlight on Swiss and German-language cinema.

In addition to a strong selection of U.S. films, including Oscar-winning writer-director Florian Zeller’s “The Son” and Neil Jordan’s “Marlowe,” Zurich is also honoring Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard for their contribution to cinema.

“We are very proud that this year about one-fourth of our program are world or European premieres, which – especially when it comes to American films – are quite hard to get because there’s a lot of competition,” says Zff artistic director Christian Jungen.

Other big titles unspooling in Zurich include Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King,” with Viola Davis; Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan; and Tobias Lindholm’s “The Good Nurse,...