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HBO Harry Potter Doc Reveals Casting, 36K-Feather Owls
HBO's 30-minute documentary 'Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic' reveals the cast of the new Golden Trio, handcrafted animatronic creatures including 10 owls with 36,000 feathers each, and the
SNL UK Ratings Slide 36% To 130,100 For Riz Ahmed Episode
Saturday Night Live UK's third episode, hosted by Riz Ahmed, fell to 130,100 overnight viewers on Sky — a 36% drop from the prior week — though Sky says it weighs catch-up and YouTube performance far
Savannah Guthrie Returns to Today After Easter Message
Savannah Guthrie addressed Good Shepherd New York’s Easter gathering, confronting personal grief over her mother’s abduction and questioning Jesus’s suffering, before slated to resume her role on NBC’
BTS Holds Billboard 200 No. 1 as Ye's Bully Debuts at No. 2
BTS's 'Arirang' holds No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for a second week, outpacing Ye's 'Bully,' which debuts at No. 2 and ends the rapper's career-long streak of chart-topping solo debuts.
Lisa Kudrow Calls Modern Multi‑Camera Sitcoms Tame
Lisa Kudrow, promoting The Comeback’s third season, says modern multi‑camera sitcoms have become tame, lacking the surprise jokes of classics like Seinfeld and Friends, and reveals the show’s new AI‑w
Ashley Padilla Portrays Pam Bondi on S.N.L.
Ashley Padilla portrayed both Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem on "Saturday Night Live," where Bondi humorously boasted about being the 'first woman ever fired as Attorney General.' The episode featured a st
Erik Per Sullivan Turns Down Malcolm Revival
Erik Per Sullivan, who played Dewey on "Malcolm in the Middle," has turned down a major payday to reprise the role in the show's four-episode revival, choosing instead to continue studying Dickens at
Guns N' Roses Play 'Bad Apples' Live After 35 Years
Guns N' Roses stunned São Paulo fans by bringing back the 1991 track 'Bad Apples' and other long‑unplayed songs, adding fresh twists to their 2026 world tour setlist in a surprise set.
SNL U.K. Ratings Plunge 42% to 130,950 in Third Episode
Saturday Night Live U.K. saw its third episode, hosted by Riz Ahmed, plunge to 130,950 viewers — a 42% drop from the premiere — though it remained the top performer on its own Sky 1 channel.
Super Mario Galaxy Movie opens $190M, tops box office
Universal’s ‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ opened with $190 million in its first five days, topping the year’s domestic box office and signaling strong family‑film demand alongside solid performances from
Ashley Padilla Portrays Pam Bondi on S.N.L.
Ashley Padilla's portrayal of Pam Bondi on "Saturday Night Live" highlighted Bondi's controversial claim of being the "first woman ever fired as Attorney General," a performance that resonated across
Tony Lyons Leads MAHA’s GOP Push and Skyhorse Books
Tony Lyons, the chief architect of the Make America Healthy Again movement, is steering its political outreach, publishing arm, and media platform to rally Republicans while navigating internal disput
Tim Booth, 66, Leads James Through 21-Song Leeds Arena Set
James, the Manchester band fronted by 66-year-old Tim Booth, played a 21-song set at Leeds arena celebrating 2024's UK No 1 album "Yummy" — their first chart-topper 42 years into their career.
NASA Orion four days into Artemis II lunar flyby
Four days into NASA’s Artemis II mission, the Orion crew has begun its lunar flyby, sharing striking views of Earth, the Moon, and life aboard the spacecraft.
Play 'Victoria A Queen Unbound' Shows Coercive Marriage
A new stage production, 'Victoria A Queen Unbound,' reexamines Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert as a relationship marked by coercive control, challenging the traditional myth of a harmonious
Yann Martel retells the Iliad from a common soldier's view
Yann Martel, the Booker Prize-winning author of Life of Pi, publishes Son of Nobody, a novel that retells the Trojan War as a full poem seen through an unknown common soldier, framed by a present-day
Santander to Export Gelman Collection, Kahlo Protest
Mexico’s cultural community protests a Santander agreement to temporarily export the 160‑piece Gelman collection—including Frida Kahlo’s works designated as artistic monuments—to Spain, fearing the ar
Monica Barbaro Debuts in Liaisons at National Theatre
Monica Barbaro, Oscar‑nominated for playing Joan Baez, is stepping onto the National Theatre stage as Madame de Tourvel in a new Les Liaisons Dangereuses, reflecting on the role’s power dynamics and h
SNL’s Black Snape Skit Satirizes Harry Potter Racism
SNL aired a Weekend Update sketch featuring Kam Patterson as a Black Snape, using the character to lampoon racism in the Harry Potter universe and to riff on HBO’s upcoming series casting a Black acto
Comedians urge ministers: recognise comedy as an art form
Leading UK comedians and industry figures met Culture Minister Ian Murray to argue that comedy should be recognized as a distinct art form, unlocking the same funding and policy support that music and
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