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China Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Snags Top Spot as ‘Dear You’ Reaches $272 Million
Disney's Toy Story 5 debuted atop China's box office, but the country's 2026 theatrical revenue remains down 40.8% year-to-date — with low-budget holdover Dear You having out-earned it roughly 15-to-1
Shanghai Film Festival: Debuts Sweep, AI Anxiety
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival closed with a Golden Goblet sweep by debut directors, a visible expansion of its talent development pipeline, and the most aggressive AI integration of an
Disney to Launch ESPN Fan House With College Football
Disney will debut ESPN Fan House in August, an interactive hub tied to its college football coverage that lets brands plug into fan polls, trivia, sweepstakes and merchandise at events, on TV and acro
10 Cannes Lions Events and Trends to Watch for at This Year’s Festival of Creativity
The 2026 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity runs June 22-26, with Apple's Eddy Cue, Oprah Winfrey, and top AI marketing executives from OpenAI, Google, and JPMorganChase headlining sessions on creati
Albert Serra and Bi Gan Debate Literary Adaptation and Why AI Will Never Have Innocence
Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra and Chinese auteur Bi Gan, meeting for the first time only a month ago in Paris, debated literary adaptation and dismissed AI's filmmaking potential at a Shanghai Intern
Olivia Rodrigo Scores Third No. 1 Album With ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’
Olivia Rodrigo's 'You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love' debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 485,000 units sold, her third chart-topping album and the biggest solo sales week of 2026.
Global Animated Hit ‘Ballerina’ (‘Leap!’) Gets ‘Ballerina 2’ Movie Sequel, TV Series
The animated film 'Ballerina' (2016), which grossed $120 million worldwide, is expanding into a franchise with a sequel film and TV series in simultaneous development from producer Good Hero, targetin
'The Way Home' Bosses Break Down Finale's Big Reveals
Hallmark's 'The Way Home' concluded its four-season run with the finale 'Ahead By a Century,' where showrunners Heather Conkie and Alexandra Clarke delivered closure on major questions — Elliot's surv
O'Hare Urges Emmy Votes for Canceled The Boroughs
Denis O'Hare called on fans to vote The Boroughs for Emmys to 'stick it to Netflix' after the show's surprise cancellation, while castmate Geena Davis said she was bewildered a top-10 show was cut.
Jace Drowns in House of the Dragon Season 3 Premiere
Jace drowns in the Season 3 premiere of House of the Dragon after his dragon Vermax is struck by a ballista bolt and he is hit by three arrows. Actor Harry Collett said the water death scene was one o
André 3000 Drops 12-Minute '7 Piano Sketches' Film on
André 3000 has released a 12-minute short film set to his 2025 EP 7 Piano Sketches, available exclusively on Mubi, in which he walks across New York City carrying a life-sized piano on his back.
San Antonio Mayor Backs Canceling Kanye July 4 Concert
San Antonio’s mayor is calling for the cancellation of Kanye West’s July 4 concert at the city-owned Alamodome, citing his history of hate speech and antisemitic comments, especially on a symbolic nat
Bob Dylan Opens 'Long Hot Summer '26' Tour in Palm
At 85, Bob Dylan launched his 'Long Hot Summer '26' tour at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert with a deep-cuts-heavy, hooded, vocally fluid set that doubles as a quiet rebuttal to a recent public critique
Annecy Opens With 'Minions & Monsters' World Premiere
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival opened Sunday with the world premiere of Illumination's 'Minions & Monsters,' a 1920s Hollywood-set spin-off that drew a surprise appearance by Guiller
Lewis Capaldi Closes TRNSMT 'Firing on All Cylinders'
Lewis Capaldi headlined TRNSMT's closing night at Glasgow Green, telling fans he's 'firing on cylinders now' after his well-publicised mental health breakdown since his 2022 TRNSMT appearance.
Wowcher apologises for 'unacceptable' croc attack email
Wowcher has apologised after sending a marketing email just days after a three-year-old boy was attacked by a crocodile at a Cambridgeshire zoo, with a subject line that referenced the horrifying inci
Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane
Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986 alongside his four brothers, has died at age 69 in a plane crash in the French coastal town of La Baule.
Aardman Marks 50th With New Shows at Annecy
Aardman celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on Sunday with a 90-minute masterclass featuring co-founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, director Nick Pa
51-Year-Old Fan Dies After Fall at Goose MSG Concert
A 51-year-old concertgoer died Saturday night after falling from an elevated position inside Madison Square Garden during jam band Goose's sold-out show, prompting an NYPD investigation while the conc
Mullings's 'A to B': Two Voices Map a Blind Date
Tia-Renee Mullings's coming-of-age play "A to B" uses two overlapping monologues to follow a man and a woman preparing for the same blind date, but a reviewer finds the 80-minute string of preparation
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