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‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Scores Massive $86 Million Globally, Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ Launches to $50 Million Worldwide
Disney and Marvel's 'Avengers: Endgame' re-release topped the global box office with $86 million, pulling the 2019 blockbuster within $39 million of Avatar's all-time worldwide record while hyping Dec
How to Stream the 2026 MTV VMAs Live Online
The 2026 MTV VMAs air live Sunday, Sept. 27 from Los Angeles with a star-heavy lineup including Madonna's first VMA performance in 23 years, Taylor Swift's premiere of her "Patient Zero" music video,
Hollywood Splits On AI: 'Theft' Or Creative Tool?
At the Zurich Summit, Hollywood financier Vania Schlogel, Musk producer Nick Shumaker, and directors Zack London and Nick Holt debated AI's implications for cinema, converging on the need for creators
Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Returns to No. 1 With $26 Million, ‘Primetime’ Scores Impressive $19 Million Debut
Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame Encore" re-release topped the domestic box office with $26 million, while A24's Robert Pattinson crime drama "Primetime" impressed with a $19.2 million debut — even after t
Kendrick to Direct Netflix's 'Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo'
At the Zurich Film Festival, Anna Kendrick said she's "over the moon" to direct Netflix's adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's best-selling novel "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," while also reflect
James Gunn Reveals Singer Nouela Johnston
James Gunn shares how discovering singer-songwriter Nouela Johnston — previously known to him only as the voice behind two obscure musical acts — led to a deeply personal birthday surprise orchestrate
Are Mitchell and Webb the baddies now? It's not quite that simple | Brian Logan
The BBC pulled 11 sketches from the 20th anniversary rerelease of 'That Mitchell and Webb Look' on iPlayer, including blackface and Jimmy Savile jokes, sparking a culture-war row that the Guardian's c
Basner Says He Stopped Berger Rushing Conclave to Venice
FilmNation CEO Glen Basner received the Game Changer Award at the Zurich Summit, where he revealed he blocked director Edward Berger from rushing Conclave to Venice and laid out his philosophy of trus
Jon Watts to Direct Star Wars Episode X
Jon Watts, director of the Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy, has been tapped to direct Star Wars' Episode X — the first film in a planned new 'Skywalker Saga' trilogy, though Lucasfilm has not yet confi
Naomi Watts Recalls Decade of Struggle Before Stardom
Naomi Watts is reflecting on the grueling decade before her breakthrough, recalling her agent pulling her aside to say she was "freaking people out" while she was desperate, behind on rent, and facing
Harvest Moon Glows Over UK in Viewer Photos
September's full Harvest Moon lit up UK skies on Saturday, peaking at 17:49 BST before making its biggest visual impact as darkness fell, with BBC Weather Watchers submitting their favourite photos of
McDonagh Calls 'Wild Horse Nine' His Most Political Film
At the Zurich Film Festival, Martin McDonagh accepted a tribute award and declared his upcoming 'Wild Horse Nine' — starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as CIA agents in 1973 Chile — his most poli
Film Execs Ponder Federal Film Tax Credit Impact, Timeline & Potential Price Rises — Zurich Summit
Film financiers gathered at the Zurich Summit to weigh a newly unveiled bipartisan bill creating a 20–30% U.S. federal film tax credit, with reactions split between optimism about reversing production
Tomi Adeyemi Won't Watch Children of Blood and Bone Film
Author Tomi Adeyemi describes the Hollywood adaptation of her 2018 debut Children of Blood and Bone — starring Viola Davis, Idris Elba and Amandla Stenberg — as 'the worst thing I have ever lived thro
Two Doors Down Live: Latimer Crescent Hits OVO Hydro
The BBC Scotland sitcom Two Doors Down has been adapted for the stage at Glasgow's OVO Hydro, bringing the full Latimer Crescent cast together for a live show packed with fan-favorite lines, musical i
SNL Weekend Update Roasts Summer Movies, Paramount+
SNL's Weekend Update skewered the summer movie slate through a returning Tucker Carlson impression, targeting Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, and Obsession, while co-anchor Michael Che mocked
NAZA Gaza doc filmmakers defend film at NYC premiere amid threats
Oscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor defended their Guardian-produced documentary NAZA—which features testimony from 24 anonymous Israeli soldiers about AI-powered civilian targeting
All-Female Julius Caesar Silences Teens on School Tour
The RSC's revival of Phyllida Lloyd's all-female, prison-set Julius Caesar, led by Harriet Walter, is touring UK schools and left a hall full of teens in pin-drop silence — an ideal first encounter wi
Raye’s I Know You’re Hurting urged me to confront a lifetime of depression
A recording engineer who hid two decades of depression from his family says Raye's song "I Know You're Hurting" gave him permission to seek help, prompting him to start antidepressants and music thera
Louise Kennedy publishes Stations, novel of Irish emigration
Chef-turned-author Louise Kennedy publishes 'Stations,' her second novel tracing two teenage misfits from 1980s Ireland to London, as she reflects on emigration, displacement, and the Belfast upbringi
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