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'Evil Dead Burn' Director: Real Fire, No CGI Limits
French director Sébastien Vaniček details his practical-effects-heavy approach to 'Evil Dead Burn,' from real on-set fire and a car-seat headrest impalement to the franchise-expanding post-credits sce
‘Married at First Sight’ EP on Season 20’s Major Overhaul, Changing Out the Experts and Adding a Familiar Face
"Married at First Sight" Season 20 debuts July 12 on Peacock as the show's first full season produced for the streamer, featuring a new two-expert panel, a Seattle setting, and a contestant drawn from
Madonna Returns to Number One on the Charts With ‘Confessions II’
Madonna returns to the top of the Billboard 200 for the first time this decade as 'Confessions II' debuts at #1 with 134,000 equivalent album units, marking her 10th career chart-topping album.
Wai Ching Ho, Veteran Actor Who Appeared in ‘Daredevil’ and ‘Iron Fist,’ Dies at 82
Veteran actress Wai Ching Ho, known for playing Madame Gao across Marvel's Netflix-era series and voicing Grandma Wu in Pixar's 'Turning Red,' has died at 82 from a stroke. Co-stars Peter Shinkoda and
Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ Debuts at No. 1 on Album Chart, as Ken Carson and Sienna Spiro Also Bow in Top 10
Madonna's first album in seven years, 'Confessions II,' debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 134,000 equivalent album units, marking her 10th No. 1 and her best sales week since 2012.
Sacha Baron Cohen Films New Ali G Movie in Secret
Sacha Baron Cohen was spotted at Wimbledon in full Ali G costume — track suit and gold chain included — amid word that he's secretly filming a new Ali G movie, keeping production under wraps so he can
Future Frames Boosts European Directors with L.A. Access
Industry leaders at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival highlighted the importance of bravery, curiosity, and fearlessness in emerging European filmmakers, spotlighting the Future Frames program’s role in
Andy Park Reveals Avengers Doomsday Art, Final Marvel Role
Marvel Studios' visual development director Andy Park unveiled a major character illustration for 'Avengers: Doomsday,' marking his final lead role on an MCU film and offering the first official look
Box Office: ‘Moana’ Struggles With $52 Million Overseas, ‘Toy Story 5’ Powers to $879 Million Globally
Disney's $250M live-action "Moana" remake opened to just $95M worldwide — far below projections — while "Toy Story 5" powered past $879M globally and the biopic "Michael" became the first to cross $1B
Marco Bellocchio Sweeps as Italian Global Series Festival Wraps
Italy's Global Series Festival closed July 11 in Rimini with Marco Bellocchio's HBO 'Portobello' sweeping three Italian fiction prizes, Sally Wainwright doubling up for 'Riot Women,' and 'Star Trek' f
Crosby Fitzgerald Manifested Netflix's Ma Ingalls Role
Crosby Fitzgerald, who plays Caroline 'Ma' Ingalls in Netflix's 'Little House on the Prairie' reboot, tells Variety she 'manifested' the role after watching 'American Primeval' and teases Season 2's m
Avengers: Doomsday Concept Art Debuts Doctor Doom Mask
Former Marvel Visual Development director Andy Park posted concept art on X on July 11 revealing the first look at Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom mask for Avengers: Doomsday, alongside returning X-Me
Box Office: ‘Moana’ Flounders With $43 Million Debut, Among Weakest of Disney’s Live-Action Remakes
Disney's live-action 'Moana' remake opened at #1 with $43 million domestically, falling short of studio projections and ranking among the weakest debuts for any of the studio's live-action remakes giv
Goose Sells Out Two MSG Nights on Big Modern Tour
Jam band Goose sold out two consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden on June 19, capping a breakout 2025 in which the Connecticut four-piece moved 280,000 tickets across 60 shows and released the g
Kelela's 'New Avatar' Goes Viral as She Takes a Gaza Stand
Kelela's third studio album 'New Avatar,' a guitar-forward reinvention blending shoegaze with R&B, has gone viral alongside a wave of fan memes, even as the singer continues to take politically costly
Ivory's Model Railway Club Play Explores Brexit Nostalgia
William Ivory's comedy, inspired by a real 2019 vandalism of a model railway exhibition at Welland Academy, follows Lincolnshire hobbyists celebrating a second exhibition win while wrestling with Brex
Fun Home revival braids Bechdel memoir's joy and trauma
Sarah Frankcom's in-the-round revival of 'Fun Home' channels Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir into a musical that braids a Jackson 5-style funk number around an empty coffin with the inexplicable trage
Annie Lord Debuts Novel 'The Project' About Fixing Men
Writer Annie Lord, known for her Vogue dating column and 2023 memoir "Notes on Heartbreak," publishes debut novel "The Project" — a comic story about two women who reform an underwhelming man, arrivin
Garsington Wilde Opera: Drag Bracknell, Piano on Stilts
Garsington Opera unveils Jack Furness's new staging of Gerald Barry's "The Importance of Being Earnest," transforming Wilde's satire into a surreal spectacle of stilts-mounted pianos, a doomed kangaro
'Black Money For White Nights' Debuts At Karlovy Vary
A Deadline review at Karlovy Vary hails 'Black Money for White Nights,' a Bulgarian drama by Grozeva and Valchanov about a midwife and station master whose skimmed savings fund a Russia-to-China pilgr
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