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Taylor Swift Crashes Dakota Johnson's SNL Monologue
Taylor Swift made a surprise cameo during Dakota Johnson's SNL hosting monologue, where the two joked about Johnson's pattern of dating musicians, with Swift playing her unofficial therapist who gets
Taylor Swift Crashes Dakota Johnson's SNL Monologue
Taylor Swift made a surprise cameo on Saturday Night Live, crashing Dakota Johnson's opening monologue to tease her about dating musicians. Swift also returned at show's end with a birthday cake for J
‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Talky Climate Crisis Seriocomedy Is Light Entertainment That Hardly Rakes the Muck
Tom McCarthy's "A Statement," a talky seriocomedy premiering at the 2026 New York Film Festival, dramatizes a real 1980 congressional commission that spent 36 hours debating CO2 emissions and ultimate
Lawrence Rothman Wraps Americana Trilogy With New Album
Lawrence Rothman releases "Here Lives Love/Sawdust to Stardust," capping a trilogy of Americana-rooted albums while running a parallel career as a producer for artists like Amanda Shires and Maggie Ro
Paul Rudd: Phones 'Facilitating Our Own Destruction'
Paul Rudd revealed at the New York Film Festival premiere of climate drama 'A Statement' that he no longer brings his phone to film sets, calling smartphones 'horrible things' that are 'facilitating o
RuneScape Animated Series in Development with Jagex
Lyrical Animation and Jagex announced at RuneFest they are developing a RuneScape-inspired animated series with YouTuber Charlie 'MoistCr1TiKaL' White, marking the franchise's expansion beyond gaming
Gears of War: E-Day Devs Proud of Xbox Main Title Role
Gears of War: E-Day developers say they're proud to be one of Xbox's main titles as Microsoft sharpens its focus on platform exclusivity, with coverage also spotlighting a 35-GPU performance benchmark
McCartney: Swift Asked Me to Sing at Her Wedding
Paul McCartney revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that Taylor Swift personally asked him to perform the Beatles' 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' at her Madison Square Garden wedding to Travis Kelce, breaking m
Gilroy: Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will 'Destroy' Hollywood
Tony Gilroy blasted the pending Skydance-led Paramount-Warner Bros. merger at the New York premiere of his $36 million Searchlight film "Behemoth!," calling it "tragic" and warning it would "destroy"
"Flesh and Fuel" Wins Golden Eye at Zurich Film Festival
French director Pierre Le Gall's feature debut "Flesh and Fuel," a love story between two long-distance truck drivers, won the Golden Eye for best narrative film at the 22nd Zurich Film Festival, whil
Verity Cast Shares Book Picks in Amazon News Clip
The 'Verity' cast — Josh Hartnett, Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson — sat down with Amazon News for an exclusive rapid-fire Q&A about their favorite books, sharing villain takes and reading habits as
PinkPantheress: First Woman to Win BRIT Producer of the Year
PinkPantheress is consolidating her role as one of pop's most in-demand producers and collaborators, building on a historic BRIT Award, an executive production credit on a UK girl group's debut EP, an
'Coven Academy' Reveals Graves as Briar's Birth Mother
Coven Academy creator Tim Federle explains why Disney moved the witch drama from Disney Channel to Freeform, reveals headmaster Miss Graves as Briar's birth mother, and frames dark magic as an addicti
‘Barbershop’ Teaser: Jermaine Fowler Struggles To Win Over Calvin’s New Barbers In Prime Series — Watch
Prime Video unveiled the first teaser for its eight-episode Barbershop series adaptation at CultureCon, with Jermaine Fowler starring as Travis Porter, a new owner continuing his grandfather's legacy
Farhadi Slams 'Argo' as 'White Savior' Myth at Rio
Twice Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, speaking at the Rio Film Festival, accused Hollywood films like "Argo" of perpetuating a white savior myth and said Americans view the world "from
Sorkin: Money Is a 'Disincentive' for Jesse Eisenberg
Aaron Sorkin told Entertainment Weekly he was blindsided when Jesse Eisenberg declined to reprise Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning,' revealing he even drafted an outline of arguments trying to
Del Toro Defends 'Digger' Against Critics
Guillermo Del Toro publicly defended Alejandro G. Iñárritu's satirical film 'Digger' on social media, calling IGN's negative review headline "Entirely Petty" and praising the Tom Cruise-starring film
ID's Wuornos Doc Maps Killer's Face Onto Actress With AI
Investigation Discovery's new true-crime documentary 'Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos' is the first to use AI 'digital prosthetics' that map the historical subject's face onto an actress's perform
Dexter and the Moonrocks Drop Debut LP After Top 40 Hit
Dexter and the Moonrocks, a grunge-meets-country four-piece from rural Texas, dropped their debut album 'Friends That I Don't Like' after a breakout year that saw their single 'Freakin' Out' crack the
'Behemoth' Premieres at NYFF; Oscar Push for Pascal
Tony Gilroy's 'Behemoth!' made its New York Film Festival Centerpiece debut, positioning Pedro Pascal's cellist performance for an awards conversation complicated by a crowded Best Actor field and an
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