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Wild Inside: Flaco Owl Doc Haunts With No Easy Answers
Penny Lane's documentary "Wild Inside" uses civilian phone footage to tell the story of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo in February 2023 and lived wild in New York City
WWE SummerSlam 2026: How to Watch on ESPN Unlimited
WWE SummerSlam 2026 runs as a two-night premium live event at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Aug. 1–2, streaming exclusively on ESPN Unlimited rather than traditional pay-per-view.
Vin Diesel: 'Fast Forever' Script 'Best in Decades'
Vin Diesel took to Instagram to praise Michael Lesslie's script for "Fast Forever" as the best he's read in decades, sharing the emotional endorsement alongside a trailer for the original film's 25th
Juliette Lewis on Crystal's Fate in 'Cape Fear' Finale
Juliette Lewis breaks down her villainous turn as Crystal in Apple TV's 'Cape Fear' series finale, reflecting on parallels to her Oscar-nominated 1991 role and teasing that Crystal may have survived t
Richard L. O’Connor Dies: Emmy-Winning Producer, Exec In Charge Of ‘On Golden Pond’, ‘Muppet Movie’ Was 96
Richard L. O'Connor, an Emmy-winning television producer and studio executive whose credits spanned "On Golden Pond," "The Muppet Movie" and "Raise the Titanic," died July 22 in Palm Desert at age 96,
‘Barbie’ Sequel Stalls as David Zaslav Won’t Approve Bigger Salaries for Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has refused to approve profit-participation deals for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on a 'Barbie' sequel, stalling talks ahead of a December deadline when righ
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Breaks Opening Day Record With $168 Million
Spider-Man: Brand New" Day shattered the domestic opening day record with $168 million on Friday, toppling Avengers: Endgame's $157M mark, with rival estimates projecting a $358M weekend that would cl
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sets $168M Opening Day Record
Sony and Marvel's Spider-Man: Brand New Day shattered the all-time domestic opening day record with $168M including previews, positioning it for a potential challenge to Avengers: Endgame's $357.1M op
Pumpkins, Charli XCX Headline Lollapalooza Day Two
Lollapalooza 2026 Day Two in Chicago's Grant Park delivered sets from Smashing Pumpkins and Charli XCX, with Billy Corgan's band bringing out Yungblud and Olivia Rodrigo while Charli launched her Musi
Wintour Consulted Rabbis Year Over Galliano Met Gala Pick
The New York Times reveals that Vogue's Anna Wintour, the Met's Andrew Bolton, and designer John Galliano spent the past year meeting with influential rabbis and Jewish leaders in New York ahead of an
Boy Throb Signs With Kesha While Singer Awaits US Visa
Boy Throb, a TikTok-born boy band whose fourth member remains stuck in India awaiting a US visa, sold out merch and played a packed Irving Plaza show in July 2026 with the singer appearing via Zoom fr
Hockney's 'Contrejour' Captures Style He Was About to Break
An examination of David Hockney's print "Contrejour in the French Style," depicting a Louvre window he encountered in 1973, reveals the artist's meticulous Renaissance-inspired technique on the eve of
A Street Musician at Heart
Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who left school at 13 to busk on Dublin's streets before rising to fame through the 2007 film Once, has died at 56, leaving behind an unfinished alb
How a Forgotten Victorian Book Helped Me Grieve
A university lecturer, grieving his father who died shortly before Christmas after decades of alcoholism, broke down crying during a lecture on the Lamb siblings' forgotten children's book Mrs Leicest
Gregg Araki on sex, film and queer resistance: ‘All the terrible shit in the world is because of sexual repression’
Gregg Araki's new film 'I Want Your Sex' opens on 700 US screens this week, marking the largest release of his 40-year career and a rare wide platform for an indie provocateur with starrier casting th
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Leaks Online: Millions Watched Bootleg Before It Was Taken Down
A high-quality bootleg of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" was posted to X and reached 5.9 million accounts before being taken down — yet the film still shattered preview box office records with $72 millio
Juliette Lewis On If ‘Cape Fear’s Crystal Or Max Is “More Psychopathic,” Martin Scorsese’s Lasting Support & Season 2 Hopes: “We Will See”
Juliette Lewis discusses her return to the Cape Fear universe 35 years after her breakout role, now playing Max Cady’s sister Crystal in Apple TV+’s series adaptation, revealing her character’s shocki
Superhero Film Stigma Ignores Brand-Deal Economics
IndieWire's awards columnist argues that criticism of actors joining the MCU overlooks how luxury brand endorsements from LVMH and Kering fund the indie projects that earn them prestige.
Pierce & Woods on Raising Kanan Deaths: 'Who's Crackle?'
Power Book III: Raising Kanan's penultimate episode killed off three characters — Marvin, Snaps, and Pop — with real-life couple Wendell Pierce and Erika Woods revealing Juke murdered their characters
Silo's Pez Dispenser Dethrones the Watch as Memory Key
In Apple TV's 'Silo' Season 3, a duck Pez dispenser first planted as a Season 1 keepsake becomes the relic that unlocks Juliette's suppressed memories, after showrunner Graham Yost used the heavily em
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