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Kate Hudson has received an Oscar nomination for her role as Claire Sardina in Song Sung Blue. The film tells the true story of a Milwaukee hairdresser who, with her husband Mike (played by Hugh Jackman), formed a hugely successful Neil Diamond tribute band. Hudson got the part after appearing on CBS Sunday Morning to promote her debut album, Glorious. Hugh Jackman saw the interview and recommended her to the director, Craig Brewer, leading to Hudson quickly being cast. This is her first Oscar nomination in over two decades – she was previously nominated at age 21 for her performance in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous – and many are calling it a major career resurgence.

Casey Bloys, the head of content at HBO and HBO Max, hadn’t come across the book the show is based on, but he has a strong warning for other television executives considering similar projects: don’t try to copy it. He believes trying to create another romance centered around a different sport, like baseball or football, would be a mistake. Bloys acquired the U.S. rights to the drama last year because it felt original and new. Now that over 11.5 million viewers have watched it, he argues that quickly releasing a bunch of similar sports romances would be a bad idea. He says it’s something that can’t be easily duplicated, pointing to the many unsuccessful sitcoms about attractive young people that appeared after the success of Friends in 1994. He emphasizes that would be the wrong approach to take.

Thirty years after the first Scream movie thrilled audiences, Scream 7 has launched with a strong opening. The new sequel brings back several original cast members from the 1996 film, including Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Matthew Lillard.