The Viscountess Bridgerton is having a bit of a moment right now. Since her breakout turn as Kate Sharma opposite Jonathan Bailey in Bridgerton back in 2022, Simone Ashley‘s star has risen quickly. Coming off a year in which she paired with Young Sherlock star Hero Fiennes Tiffin for the rom-com Picture This and appeared in one of the cinematic events of the summer, F1, she’s off to a hot start again in 2026, already appearing in the much-anticipated legacy sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2 and reprising her standout role in Season 4 of the Netflix megahit regency romance. Next month will finally see her next leading performance arrive in theaters in This Tempting Madness, and ahead of that, we’re thrilled to welcome the film back to Collider’s Exclusive Preview event for another look.

While our last image paired Ashley with NCIS: Origins star Austin Stowell in a mysterious look at an underground facility that the two are navigating, this new shot focuses solely on the Bridgerton star and the vulnerable state she’s been left in. Wrapped in only a bath towel, she’s sporting a nasty scrape near her shoulder and a bruise near her neck, teasing that things just aren’t right. Her glance off to the side further betrays her own unease about the situation she’s in. This Tempting Madness casts her as Mia, who, after nearly dying from a fall, wakes up from a coma, grievously injured and still trying to piece together her fragmented memory. Every little moment, like the one pictured, becomes a blur as she struggles to figure out what’s real and how things went down the night she went over the railing.

The film follows Mia’s search for the truth as pieces of her past slowly begin clicking back into place. In the aftermath of her injury, there are a lot of questions to unpack, including where her husband Jake (Stowell) is after being the only other person with her that fateful evening. The man she remembers would never do something so horrible, but in her current state, with family and police questioning, the reality of his actions may not be what she’s remembering. Clouded by feelings of love, guilt, fear, doubt, and desire, Mia begins to question not just her past, but herself and her judgment.

‘This Tempting Madness’ Is Inspired By a True Story

At the helm of This Tempting Madness in her directorial debut is Jennifer E. Montgomery, reuniting with writer Andrew M. Davis after their previous work together on the short film The Shadows. They co-wrote the psychological thriller script based on the real experiences of Montgomery’s friend, who similarly struggled with short-term memory loss. In a prior interview with Screen Daily, she described how they used a journal to try to recall details they had forgotten after an accident, a feeling the director wanted to recapture with her film. The Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma plays Mia’s brother, whom she has to lean on despite losing most of her recollection of him, alongside Zenobia Shroff as her mother, Mojean Aria as Tony, and Amol Shah as Raj.

This Tempting Madness will hit select theaters and video-on-demand on June 12. Check out the new image above and stay tuned here at Collider for more sneak peeks at the most anticipated upcoming movies from our exclusive summer preview event.

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Former first lady Jill Biden admitted that she worried her husband Joe Biden was “having a stroke” during his ill-fated 2024 presidential debate with Donald Trump.

“I was frightened,” Jill, 74, told CBS News’ Rita Braver in a preview clip of a CBS Sunday Morning interview airing on Sunday, May 31. “I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since.”

Joe’s notoriously sluggish debate performance on June 27, 2024, essentially signaled the end of his re-election bid against Trump, 79. In the wake of his poor debate performance, George Clooney, the late Rob Reiner and author Stephen King were among those to call for Joe, 83, to end his re-election campaign.

Looking back on the debate, Jill recalled that her primary concern was whether her husband was suffering a medical emergency in front of the world.

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“I don’t know what happened,” she conceded. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh my god, he’s having a stroke.’ It scared me to death.”

Pressure mounted on Joe to call off his candidacy for several weeks after the June 2024 debate. More than 30 Congressional Democrats publicly called for Joe to step aside, though he initially refused to acquiesce to the backlash.

“I know I’m not a young man. I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t talk as smoothly as I used to,” Joe told supporters at a North Carolina rally in June 2024. “I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. And I know how to do this job, I know how to get things done. And I know what millions of Americans know: When you get knocked down, you get back up.”

However, Joe eventually withdrew from the race on July 21, 2024, and officially endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump in the November election.

“My Fellow Americans, over the past three-and-a-half years, we have made great progress as a nation,” he announced via X. “Today, America has the strongest economy in the world. We’ve made historic investments in rebuilding our nation, in lowering prescription drug costs for seniors, and in expanding affordable health care to a record number of Americans.”

Joe insisted that “America has never been better positioned to lead than we are today,” crediting his administration with overcoming “a once in a century pandemic and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”

“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President,” he concluded. “And while it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.”

Harris, 61, ultimately lost the presidential election to Trump in November 2024. A spokesperson for Joe announced he’d been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer with “metastasis to the bone” in May 2025.

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“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms,” a statement to CNN read. “On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone. While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive, which allows for effective management.”

The former president broke his silence on May 19, 2025, to thank his supporters for their well-wishes.

“Cancer touches us all,” he captioned an Instagram post on Monday, May 19. “Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.”

While House of the Dragon might well be arriving on our screens next month, one of the most exciting stories in the history of the continent of Westeros will be making its bow just one month later, following confirmation of the premiere date of one of the defining tales concocted by George R.R. Martin.

It has been confirmed that Game of Thrones: The Mad King will officially begin performances at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon on July 20, 2026, with its opening night set for August 8, and productions running through until September 15. The story takes place in Westeros in the few years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire take place, which means we’ll see the younger versions of legendary characters like Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon, and Jaime Lannister.

The production’s official promotional blurb reads, “Wars aren’t won by those with most cause, but whose story’s best told,” which sounds a lot like Tyrion and a cask of wine telling tall tales. RSC co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey teased just how big and wild the project would be in a statement, saying:

“We are thrilled to share the full creative team and announce performance dates for Game of Thrones: The Mad King. This production brings together some of theatre’s most visionary talents to reimagine George R.R. Martin’s world for the stage. In a bold new configuration of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, audiences will find themselves at the very heart of the action — immersed in the intrigue and theatrical spectacle that promises to make this production truly epic. It’s an ambitious and exhilarating collaboration, and we can’t wait to welcome audiences into this extraordinary experience.”

Who’s Involved in “Game of Thrones: The Mad King’?

The creative team includes Duncan Macmillan as the play’s adapter, with Dominic Cooke directing. The cast for Game of Thrones: The Mad King has not yet been announced, but the play will feature younger versions of Ned Stark, Robert Baratheon, Jaime Lannister, and Lyanna Stark. The original HBO series starred Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) as Ned Stark, Mark Addy (The Full Monty) as Robert Baratheon, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Shot Caller) as Jaime Lannister, and Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) as Lyanna Stark.

Game of Thrones: The Mad King will officially open on August 8.

Love Island USA has released a pointed statement before the season 8 cast is revealed.

“The Villa runs on good vibes, and so does this community,” read a post via Instagram. “We love seeing your reactions, opinions, and debates, but everyone deserves to feel safe and respected.”

The statement continued: “This is a space for fun, not negativity – so keep it kind, keep it positive, and remember: this is LOVE Island!”

Love Island USA follows a group of singles who have to pair off in order to stay in the show’s luxury villa in Fiji. The contestants — who are referred to as Islanders — live in isolation in a villa and are under constant video surveillance. They must be coupled up to remain on the show and to stand a chance to receive the prize of $100,000.

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While the islanders are filming nonstop for weeks, viewers are watching daily episodes — and even get to cast votes that affect couples and the fate of the contestants. Season 7, however, made headlines in summer 2025 over fans getting too invested in the drama playing out on screen, which has resulted in invasive behavior such as contacting islanders’ loved ones off screen.

Host Ariana Madix had to issue a message for those Love Island USA viewers who are taking things too far when expressing their frustrations.

“I do want to say something to some of those people who are online,” she said during a June 2025 episode of Aftersun. “Don’t be contacting people’s families. Don’t be doxxing people.”

Madix questioned behavior she saw on social media.

“Don’t be going on islanders’ pages and saying rude things. You still have time to delete all of that because the islanders don’t have their phones,” she noted. “So we are giving you a chance because this is a fun, amazing and beautiful show. We should be thanking each one of these islanders every single day for giving us themselves.”

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Peacock also had to step in to remind fans not to take their passion too far.

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“The keyword in Love Island is … love. We love our fans. We love our islanders,” read a statement from Peacock that aired in a June 2025 episode. “We don’t love cyberbullying, harassment or hate.”

Season 7 ultimately ended with Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales as the winners. They have since broken up while Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen are still together — as are Iris Kendall and TJ Palma.

Love Island USA premieres on Peacock Tuesday, June 2, at 9 p.m. ET with new episodes streaming daily (that’s six days a week!) except for Wednesdays.

A great miniseries knows exactly when to stop. In fact, that is what makes the format so addictive in the first place. When writers don’t have the luxury of dragging the plot over several seasons, they have to be disciplined with their storytelling. This means that every episode and every scene has a clear purpose. The tension builds faster, and the pacing is relentless, which leads to the emotional payoff landing much harder.

Now, in many ways, miniseries with six episodes or fewer have mastered this structure and have become the perfect sweet spot for all kinds of stories. They give the narrative enough time to immerse the audience and offer them closure before the story starts losing momentum. Here are six such perfect miniseries with six episodes or fewer that are practically meant to be binge-watched in one night

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‘The Girlfriend’ (2025)

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The Girlfriend is a gripping psychological thriller that thrives on restraint. The show constantly makes the viewers question just about everything they see, and that uncertainty takes the narrative into increasingly strange directions. The six-episode miniseries follows Laura (Robin Wright), a wealthy London art gallery owner whose relationship with her son Daniel becomes strained after he introduces her to his mysterious new girlfriend, Cherry (Olivia Cooke). The premise is fairly simple, but what makes The Girlfriend so bingeable is its perspective-driven storytelling.

The series repeatedly revisits the same situations through Laura and Cherry’s conflicting points of view, so the audience never fully knows whose version of reality they are supposed to trust. Every episode is more unpredictable than the last, and the series builds a constant sense of discomfort through Laura and Cherry’s subtle yet brutal power struggle. Wright and Cooke’s phenomenal performances are central to The Girlfriend’s messy, complicated narrative, and all of their scenes together practically feel like psychological warfare. By the final episode, the series becomes impossible to stop watching because of how effectively it traps viewers inside its paranoia.

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‘Chernobyl’ (2019)

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Chernobyl, a five-episode miniseries, is easily one of the most terrifying thrillers HBO has ever made. The show, created by Craig Mazin, dramatizes the 1986 explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the horrifying cleanup effort that followed. The miniseries begins right in the immediate aftermath of the reactor explosion, as Soviet officials try to downplay the scale of the catastrophe while scientists Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) and Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) fight to uncover the truth. The story also features Stellan Skarsgård as government official Boris Shcherbina, who slowly realizes just how catastrophic the situation really is.

The great thing about Chernobyl is how it still manages to be suspenseful even when the audience already knows what will happen. The tension comes from watching these characters as they put the pieces together, while the institutions around them keep denying it. The series is devastating because it never loses sight of the ordinary people caught inside the disaster, including firefighters, plant workers, miners, nurses, and cleanup crews. Chernobyl isn’t an easy watch, but it’s a truly brilliant reflection of the cost of bureaucratic failure. Despite only being five episodes long, it feels like a complete story that stays with the audience long after the credits roll.

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‘State of Play’ (2003)

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State of Play proves that six episodes are sometimes more than enough to deliver a compelling story. The BBC political thriller is genuinely one of the greatest TV dramas ever made. The story begins with the shooting of a young teenager in London and an apparent accident involving Sonia Baker (Maria Thayer), a political researcher working for rising MP Stephen Collins (David Morrissey). However, when journalist Cal McCaffrey (John Simm), an old friend of Collins, starts investigating, the two cases begin to connect in ways that expose a much larger conspiracy.

State of Play is extremely addictive because of how naturally this story keeps expanding without ever feeling overwhelming. Cal’s personal history with Collins makes the situation even messier and gives State of Play a human element that many political thrillers lack. The newsroom scenes, in particular, are some of the most memorable moments of the show because of how realistically chaotic they feel. The plot of the show is definitely dense, but every twist is rooted in some of the most well-rounded character arcs TV has ever seen. State of Play is smart, tense, and believable, which makes it the perfect fit for an all-night binge.

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‘Black Bird’ (2022)

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Black Bird is one of the most intense true-crime thrillers on Apple TV+. The six-episode miniseries follows drug dealer and former football star Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton), who receives a 10-year prison sentence with no parole. However, just when he thinks that his future is wrecked, the FBI offers him a dangerous deal. Jimmy has to transfer to a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane, befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), and get him to confess to the murders before his appeal can set him free. A premise like this could have easily leaned into shock value and sensationalization, but Black Bird unfolds much more carefully than that.

The show’s central tension comes from the conversations between the two central characters as Jimmy does everything he can to gain Larry’s trust and pull the truth out of him. Hauser is the star of the show with his chilling and unsettling portrayal of Larry, which makes every episode feel like a brutal psychological game of chess. Black Bird is sharp, tightly paced, and relentless in its exploration of pure evil. Viewers definitely need some guts to get into it, but once the story picks up, it’s impossible to stop watching until the very end.

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‘Sirens’ (2025)

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Sirens is a dark comedy thriller that follows Devon (Meghann Fahy), who becomes increasingly concerned about her younger sister Simone’s (Milly Alcock) strange professional relationship with billionaire socialite Michaela Kell (Julianne Moore). After traveling to Michaela’s lavish coastal estate to check on Simone, Devon quickly realizes that the situation is far more unsettling than she initially assumed. From there, the series drops viewers into an isolated world of extravagant beach houses, fancy dinners, and designer clothing, but the catch is that all of it feels artificial. Sirens also keep shifting the audience’s perception of their characters.

Michaela initially comes off as the perfect mentor figure, but the show gradually reveals how controlling her influence over Simone really is. At the same time, Devon’s paranoia is presented in a way that makes viewers question whether she is genuinely trying to protect her sister or simply projecting her own failures and insecurities onto her. That ambiguity gives the series a tense, unpredictable energy because nobody feels completely trustworthy. Instead of relying on major twists every episode, Sirens builds suspense through atmosphere and social dynamics. Some might say that the show moves at a slow pace, but all of this contributes to the story’s deliberate sense of tension. By the final episodes, Sirens becomes a sharp exploration of class, loneliness, and the seductive nature of belonging to a world that looks perfect from the outside but is completely hollow beneath the surface.

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‘Adolescence’ (2025)

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Adolescence is one of the most emotionally exhausting shows released in years, but that’s exactly why it feels impossible to stop watching. The Netflix drama begins with 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) being arrested for the murder of his classmate. What makes the series so unsettling, though, is that it never approaches the story like a traditional whodunit. The audience is not being asked to solve the crime. Instead, the show becomes a devastating attempt to understand how something this terrible could happen in the first place. The series follows Jamie’s family, detectives, and therapists as they try to piece together the emotional and psychological factors surrounding the case.

Every episode slowly reveals another layer of Jamie’s state of mind. However, instead of turning him into a horrific monster or a completely innocent victim, the series sits in an uncomfortable space where he can be both. Adolescence feels much more intimate than most other crime dramas because of its focus on Jamie’s relationships with the people around him, not to mention that every episode of the series is filmed in one continuous, uninterrupted take to make the audience realize that there is no way out in situations like these. The series also deserves credit for refusing to oversimplify its themes of masculinity and internet culture. This four-episode miniseries was always meant to be uncomfortable, which is why it continues to resonate with the audience even a year after its release.

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Part 1 of the “Summer House” reunion aired on Bravo last night, and it was anything but peaceful. Ciara Miller came out of the gate swinging, slamming Amanda Batula for entering into a romantic relationship with her ex-boyfriend, West Wilson. At one point in the reunion, Miller discussed whether Wilson and Batula would last, and what she said didn’t sit well with one of her co-stars.

The Duffer Brothers, Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, have become to Netflix what Taylor Sheridan is to Paramount+ — creatives capable of consistently producing high-profile hits that become the identity of an entire platform. It’s only fitting, then, that they’ve been chosen to receive the baton from Sheridan after his Paramount exit. Netflix has begun building a franchise out of their sci-fi horror juggernaut, Stranger Things, starting with a new animated entry in the Upside Down world. Their latest Netflix show, The Boroughs, is a sci-fi mystery series that, while not directly written by the Duffers, still bears their creative fingerprints through their role as executive producers. The series has become another streaming sensation for Netflix and has now drawn praise from the undisputed maestro of modern horror storytelling himself, Stephen King.

The Boroughs premiered on Netflix on May 21, with all 8 episodes released at once in the familiar binge-friendly approach that Netflix has re-adopted for launching new originals. Dubbed “Stranger Things for seniors,” the story follows a group of elderly retirees living in a New Mexico desert community who are forced to band together after a sinister supernatural force begins haunting them. Within just three days of release, the series has reportedly amassed more than 35 million views worldwide. Among those tuning in was horror icon Stephen King, who took to his Threads account to praise the show, writing:

“THE BOROUGHS (Netflix): An absolute delight. Bonus: I believe, because it’s Netflix, you can watch all the episodes. It’s actually worth it.”

King has recently made a habit of sharing streaming recommendations on his socials, which has delighted fans. The legendary horror writer was especially vocal about his love for the once-under-the-radar sci-fi horror series, FROM, helping bring the show to widerrecognition. King’s endorsement of The Boroughs caught the attention of one of its makers, Jeffrey Addiss, who co-created the show alongside Will Matthews. Addiss, in his response, reflected on the enormous influence the horror icon has had on his career and concluded with a line notably referencing King’s The Dark Tower series. “Welp. This is pretty cool. Thank you on behalf of the whole cast and crew for watching and writing, he wrote. “Your work was a big influence on The Boroughs. Hell, I know I started reading your stuff far too young. Thank God. We have remembered the face of our father.”

Critics Agree With Stephen King on ‘The Boroughs’

The growing viewership for The Boroughs reflects the positive reception the series has received from both audiences and critics alike. The show currently sits at a near-perfect 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes. In her review for Collider, Greer Riddell praised the show’s brilliant adoption of classic sci-fi conventions. The review also singled out the performances of the ensemble cast, which includes Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, and Clarke Peters as the elderly residents at the center of the supernatural mystery.

One of the review’s biggest points of praise was the way the series handles its older protagonists with sincerity and respect rather than reducing them to tired stereotypes. As Riddell wrote, the show “refuses to infantilize or depict them through stereotypical images of retirement,” instead portraying them as “active, intelligent, and resilient” individuals with rich emotional lives.

The Boroughs Season 1 is currently streaming all 8 episodes on Netflix. There’s no word yet on a renewal, but the odds are looking good given the reception so far. Stay tuned for more updates.

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Leah Remini reunited with her ex-husband Angelo Pagán to celebrate “the family we chose to remain.”

“In a world where so much feels curated and performative, I have come to appreciate the rare beauty of families that change shape, but never lose the love that is real,” Remini, 55, wrote in an Instagram birthday tribute to Pagán, 58, on Tuesday, May 26. “Some may not understand it. But I am incredibly proud of the family we built — and even more proud of the family we chose to remain. Happy birthday [Angelo].”

Pagán playfully responded to his ex by quoting Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III, writing, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in ! You best believe I’m Michael Coleone in this movie!”

The former couple were married for 21 years before divorcing in 2024. (Remini and Pagán share a daughter, Sofia Bella Pagán, 21, and he has three older sons — Angelo Jr., Alex and Nico — from a previous relationship. The family left the Church of Scientology together in 2013.)

In August 2024, Remini announced her separation from Pagán in a statement, explaining that they “no longer fit” as husband and wife.

“Well, here we are. After 28 years together and 21 years of marriage, we have decided to file for divorce,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “This decision came after a lot of thought and care, and as hard as divorce is, we are approaching this with a positive outlook because we know it’s what’s best for us.”

Remini acknowledged that the end of her marriage was “sad,” adding that she and Pagán had some “figuring out to do as we continue to move forward into our new normal.”

“But here’s the thing: we’ve been best friends for so many years,” she insisted. “We are still celebrating holidays together, watching our favorite tv shows together, and gathering as a family.”

Us Weekly reported in October 2024 that Remini and Pagán had finalized their divorce. (The terms of their divorce were kept private since they reached a settlement through mediation outside the court.)

Remini exclusively opened up to Us in June 2025 about how she and Pagán came to the decision to separate.

“You become friends, but there’s more to marriage than that. I saw that Angelo wanted something different,” she told Us. “When you’re giving what you give in a relationship, but it’s not what the person wants, it’s like, ‘So you don’t appreciate what I’m doing? Well, I don’t appreciate what you’re doing because that’s not what I want.’ When I met him, I was in Scientology as a different person. Living in the same household, you’re acting out your roles, and if we’re not changing those roles as our needs change, you’re just growing apart. We just decided we should file for divorce and do a clean slate so nobody feels obligated to do this or that.”

Remini took a pause when she was asked whether her departure from the Church of Scientology in 2013 contributed to the breakdown of her marriage.

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“I don’t know,” she confessed to Us. “I just think I was fighting for a life that I never fully had autonomy over. Tomorrow’s not promised. I don’t know how much time I have left. I didn’t want to waste [time]. It’s hard to be the breadwinner, a wife and a mother, the one who does all the holidays, and then wants to rub your husband’s feet. That’s not something that I’m going to do. And it’s something he deserves.”

That same month, Remini confirmed to Us that she’d bonded with longtime pal Jennifer Lopez over both of their recent divorces. (Lopez, 56, and her most recent ex-husband, Ben Affleck, finalized their divorce in January 2025.)

“Right after the divorce, we’d text each other loving messages of support,” the King of Queens actress recalled.

Season 3 of Netflix’s live-action One Piece series has been confirmed and is scheduled to come out next year, with filming already taking place. But before anyone could get a glimpse of what’s to come, its creator, Eiichiro Oda, had begun hyping the next installment, even though the show is still in production. Given how hands-on Oda is with the Netflix adaptation, this could be an early sign of how the series will fare as it continues.

One of the reasons for Netflix’s One Piece‘s success is that Oda is involved in the production, which sets it apart from other live-action Netflix adaptations like Cowboy Bebop and Death Note. Whether it was the set design or the casting of the iconic characters, the author would give his approval before it ended up on screen. This strategy worked, as One Piece‘s live-action adaptation received high praise from fans and critics alike and achieved massive viewership.

Recently, it was reported that Oda went to Cape Town to visit the One Piece Season 3 set. According to Instagram user @pewpiece, the author gave the show high praise for where it’s going and shared excitement about Season 3’s release on Netflix, saying:

“I went to Cape Town!! It looks like Season 3 of the live-action series is going to have some incredible visuals too!! I’m looking forward to it!!”

Why Now Is a Good Time To Be a ‘One Piece’ Fan

One Piece is a Japanese media franchise that started as a manga and was first released in 1997. Since then, what started as an ongoing story about Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat pirates ended up as a phenomenon, spanning an anime series that’s still ongoing like the manga, a live-action series, video games, films, spin-offs, and soon an anime reboot produced by Wit Studios that’s scheduled to come out next year, and a LEGO One Piece special, where it will adapt the first two seasons but as LEGOs, and it’s scheduled to come out this September.

This year, in celebration of One Piece‘s milestone of printing 600 million copies, Oda released a video in which he wrote down what One Piece is, a point that had never been shown or revealed in any official capacity. In true One Piece fashion, this highly sought-after secret was placed in a small treasure chest and was sent to the bottom of the ocean. It didn’t take long for fans to analyze the video and predict where the secret was buried, concluding that it was in Suruga Bay, Shizuoka, Japan, due to logistical constraints for performing the stunt and because it’s near where Oda lives.

Season 3 of the live-action adaptation of One Piece is scheduled for release in 2027.

In the meantime, Seasons 1 and 2 are available on Netflix. Follow Collider for more updates.

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August 31, 2023

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