As Adults returns tonight for Season 2, the show apparently has Julia Fox‘s witchy ways to thank.

Lucy Freyer, who plays Billie Schaeffer on the FX comedy, recently revealed that the Season 1 guest star “put a curse on” the Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw-created series, which releases all Season 2 episodes Thursday at 9pm ET/6pm PT on Hulu.

“She was like, ‘I wanna come back next season, and the season you don’t bring me back is the season you’re gonna get canceled,’” she told Refinery29 Australia. “And I was like, she put a curse on us, and I believe it. And now, she has to be in every season of the show for as long as it runs. And I’m like, ‘OK!’”

Freyer added, “The fact that she wants to come back, this feels like a blessing. She’s the best. She improvs so much, and she’s so funny. They wrote the script for her, obviously, both times. And then, there were times she’d come in, she’d be like, ‘OK, I don’t think I’d say this, I think I’d say this.’”

In Adults, a group of five 20-somethings in New York City attempt to master adulthood while sharing their friend Samir’s (Malik Elassal) family home he has to himself. The show also stars Freyer, Owen Thiele, Amita Rao and Jack Innanen.

After spending 60 years in Hollywood, Robert De Niro admitted this week that he feels a bit guilty for not always being present for his family.

While talking with People, the acting icon touched on being a dad to seven children after having welcomed his youngest in his 80s. When asked if there was any advice he had to share, De Niro explained you just having to lean in and learn to manage everything – while also admitting that he was not always there for his kids when he felt he should be.

“I don’t know if there is a secret,” De Niro said. “It’s just managing it all.”

He further conceded: “There’s no way around not feeling a little guilty about not being there at times you should or you think you should.”

De Niro has seven kids in total, ranging from their 50s all the way down to a toddler born back in 2023. His oldest, Drena, is 54 and was adopted when the actor was married to Diahnne Abbott. The pair then later had their son Raphael, who is 49. The actor welcomed twins Julian and Airyn – who are both 30 – while with Toukie Smith. De Niro then married Grace Hightower and had two kids with her – Elliot, who is 28, and Helen, who is 14. Finally, the actor welcomed his daughter Gia back in 2023 with Tiffany Chen.

“It’s a new experience. It’s not like you’ve taken courses on it and stuff,” De Niro added about becoming a new father again. “You can, of course, but you don’t. You just jump in and you have the child and you got to … That’s it.”

De Niro has not slowed down his acting, either. He can next be seen alongside Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, Hamish Linklater and Michael Keaton in “The Whisper Man” this weekend, followed by “Focker-in-Law” opposite Ben Stiller and Ariana Grande this Thanksgiving.

“The Whisper Man” opens in theaters Aug. 28.

EXCLUSIVE: LA and Germany-based producer-financier Alliance Cinema, whose credits include My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Dark Tide, has joined David Mamet’s Speed The Plow as an equity financier.

Speed The Plow, currently in post-production, marks Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s return to directing. Adapted from his acclaimed Broadway play, the feature stars Anthony Mackie, Ben Mendelsohn, Sharon Stone, Emily Alyn Lind, Chris Bauer, and Rebecca Pidgeon.

As we told you earlier this year, the new film will diverge to an extent from the play and will be set at the fictional American Prestige Studios, where junior executive Bob Grant (Mackie) is appointed to a head of production role. Grant is emotionally and philosophically unsuited to a job overseeing the production of schlock, but is aided, or impeded, by a studio time server, Charlie Fox (Mendelsohn); an office temp, Karen (Lind); and crazed movie star Gemma Speed (Stone).

The film, which also had help from A.I. on its journey through production, is produced by Tyler Payne, together with Douglas Riggs (Steak & Rosé), Jiarui Guo (Incandescent Productions), Vince Jolivette, and Richie Hill of Filmopoly. International sales are being handled by The Solution Entertainment Group, while Milestone Studios will oversee U.S. sales.

Separately, Alliance Cinema’s Jeanette B. Milio and her producing partner Iris Ramos have secured the exclusive worldwide adaptation rights to the Brazilian novel Diary Of A Weird Girl, written by author Thalita Rebouças and published by HarperCollins Brazil.

The plan is for the YA novel to be developed as a TV series for global audiences with Alliance now deciding on the best creative team to take it forward.

The book follows Carol, a 13-year-old girl who feels “weird” and navigates the ups and downs of pre-adolescence. The story takes in first crushes, school pressures, friendship conflicts, parental separation, and loneliness.

“We’re thrilled to bring one of Brazil’s most beloved young adult novels to television,” said Jeanette B. Milio. Iris Ramos added. “Thalita Rebouças has created unforgettable characters that resonate across cultures, and we look forward to introducing this inspiring story to audiences around the world through a high-quality international television series.”

Thalita Rebouças commented: “The love that Brazilian readers have shown Diary Of A Weird Girl has been the greatest gift. Some stories are simply meant to travel, and I’ve always believed this was one of them. I’m delighted to be partnering with Jeanette Milio and Iris Ramos to bring the novel to the international screen, and I can’t wait for audiences around the world to meet her.”