Cillian Murphy returning for ‘Peaky Blinders’ movie

Fresh off his Oscar win for best actor, Cillian Murphy hasn’t forgotten where he came from.

Steven Knight, creator of the acclaimed crime drama “Peaky Blinders,” told Birmingham World that Murphy is set to reprise his role as gang leader Tommy Shelby in the planned “Peaky Blinders” movie.

“He definitely is returning for it,” Knight told the publication. “We’re shooting it in September just down the road in Digbeth.”

CNN has reached out to representatives of Murphy for comment.

The actor was the darling of this most recent awards season for his portrayal of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Christopher Nolan film “Oppenheimer.”

Davidson explains why he’s done with ‘Bupkis’

Despite being renewed for a second season, “Bupkis” will not be returning to Peacock.

The semi-autobiographical comedy from former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Pete Davidson is coming to an end, he confirmed in a statement to Variety.

“I’ve always seen Bupkis as a window into my life, since it is so personal and about my struggles and family,” Davidson said. “After nearly a decade of my personal life being in the media I wanted a chance to tell my story my way. Of all the work I’ve ever done, Bupkis is by far what I’m most proud of.”

Davidson also expressed his gratitude “to Lorne Michaels and Broadway Video, Peacock, Universal Television and the amazing cast and writers for helping me create something honest, funny and heartfelt.”

The series in which Davidson played a fictionalized version of himself premiered last May on the Peacock streaming service and co-starred Edie Falco and Joe Pesci.

Obama sees all-star hoops at his presidential library

The hoop and change president is enshrining his love for basketball in his presidential library.

The Obama Presidential Center that will rise in Chicago will feature an athletic complex with a full-size court that the ex-president describes in a new podcast. It will underscore how Obama’s love for the game was a key part of his image and a useful political tool.

“It will also be the first presidential center in which there will be multiple all-star games on there,” Obama said on the new “Ways to Win” podcast hosted by his brother-in-law Craig Robinson and University of Kentucky coach John Calipari.

But the youngest living former president won’t be lacing them up himself once his court is inaugurated. Obama, 62, confessed that he no longer plays as hard after seeing friends his age get injured.

“I have hung ’em up,” he said.

— From wire reports