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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Crosses $1B Int'l in 12 Days
Sony/Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day became the second-fastest film ever to cross $1 billion at the international box office, reaching the milestone in just 12 days of release with a global total o
Oliver Roasts Trump's DOJ, Own Network's DC Flops
John Oliver on Sunday's 'Last Week Tonight' skewered Trump's DOJ over dismissed indictments and failed probes, then joked the department's losing streak was good news for Warner Bros.' struggling DC s
Bayreuth Festival Sells Out 150th Edition in 90 Minutes
A music critic endured nearly 23 hours of Wagner across six operas in seven days at Bayreuth's sold-out 150th-anniversary festival, describing rock-hard seats, no surtitles and a heatwave as tests eve
Mekai Curtis on Raising Kanan Finale, Power: Origins
Mekai Curtis reflects on the Raising Kanan series finale, where Jukebox kills Raq and Kanan accepts the loss as the culmination of his character's arc, and discusses reprising young Kanan in the new p
SDSA TV Awards: Widow's Bay, Fallout, Wednesday Win
The Set Decorators Society of America announced its TV Awards winners tonight, with Apple TV+'s Widow's Bay, Netflix's Wednesday, and Amazon's Fallout among the big winners in the hour-long categories
House of the Dragon Changes Helaena's Book Death
Phia Saban discusses Helaena Targaryen's suicide in the 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 finale, calling it a tragedy while explaining how the show rewrote her death from George R.R. Martin's 'Fire & Bl
Ben Jones, Actor Turned Politician Who Played Cooter Davenport in ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 84
Ben Jones, the actor who played Cooter Davenport on 'The Dukes of Hazzard' and later served two terms in Congress representing Georgia, died Sunday at age 84 from a heart attack, his wife confirmed.
Phoebe Bridgers Returns With 'Lost Weekend' After Six-Year Hiatus
Phoebe Bridgers returns after a six-year solo hiatus with 'Lost Weekend,' an album that braids gallows-humor eulogies for her late father with frank romantic songs aimed at boyfriend Bo Burnham, set f
David Sackeroff, Emmy-Nominated ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Home Improvement’ Production Designer, Dies at 81
David Sackeroff, an Emmy-nominated production designer who shaped the visual look of 'Seinfeld,' 'Alf,' 'Home Improvement' and dozens of other sitcoms across more than 300 episodes, has died at 81.
Porter Flight Canceled After Child Refuses Seatbelt
A Porter Airlines flight in Canada was canceled after a child refused to sit down and buckle up, with the incident forcing the entire flight to be scrapped.
Anthony Bourdain Biopic A Top 2026 Limited Opening; Jane Schoenbrun, ‘CatVideoFest’, Fire Up Indie Weekend – Specialty Box Office
A24's Tony, Matt Johnson's young-Bourdain biopic starring Dominic Sessa, led specialty box office with a $349k six-screen debut at a $58k per-screen average — among 2026's best — alongside Jane Schoen
Wagner Moura Ties 'The Last House' to COVID Letdown
Wagner Moura draws a direct parallel between the trapped-indoors premise of Netflix's new sci-fi film 'The Last House' and his own post-COVID disappointment that the pandemic didn't fundamentally chan
Ariana Grande Debuts at No. 1 on Album Chart With ‘Petal,’ Earning Her Best First-Week Numbers in Seven Years
Ariana Grande's album 'Petal' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 295,000 equivalent album units, marking her seventh chart-topper and her strongest opening week since 2019.
RSC Stages Game of Thrones Prequel 'The Mad King'
The Royal Shakespeare Company has opened Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a 3-hour-45-minute prequel play by Duncan Macmillan and director Dominic Cooke dramatizing King Aerys II Targaryen just 14 years
Paramount Offers 30 Films Yearly to Win WBD Merger Approval
Paramount is offering written commitments to major theater chains for 30 films annually with a 45-day exclusive theatrical window, as CEO David Ellison tries to flip exhibition support against the 12-
Inaugural LA Jazz Festival Canceled Hours Before Opening
The inaugural LA Jazz Festival, a citywide event featuring John Legend, Janelle Monáe, and Parliament-Funkadelic that had been billed for 250,000 attendees, was canceled hours before its opening Frida
Nolan's Odyssey Hits $1.1B, His Biggest Film Ever
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" crossed $1.1 billion globally to become his highest-grossing film ever and IMAX's biggest release of all time, with the movie yet to open in China.
Role Model on New Album, Dakota Johnson, Name Change
Singer Tucker Pillsbury, who performs as Role Model, sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss his new heartland-rock-influenced album "Chuck Timely and The Hourglass," how his girlfriend Dakota Johnson
Charli XCX Surprises at Outside Lands with The Strokes
Charli XCX made a surprise cameo during The Strokes' headlining set at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival on Saturday, joining them for the Is This It? closer 'Take It or Leave It' — the same week
Rannou's Wordless Western Premieres at Edinburgh Fringe
Olivier Rannou's one-man, wordless spaghetti western — blending Beckettian existentialism with clowning and mime — has premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in a Bakélite production running at Church Hill
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