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Love Island USA Axes Vasana Montgomery for N‑Word
Vasana Montgomery, a 25‑year‑old contestant on Love Island USA, was removed from the upcoming Season 8 after private videos surfaced showing her using the N‑word, marking the second consecutive year t
De Luca Praises Backrooms Obsession, Warns Uncertainty
Warner Bros. co‑chair Michael De Luca lauded the blockbuster openings of YouTube‑originated films Backrooms and Obsession, praised the creator‑driven development model, and cautioned that box‑office s
‘Toy Story 5’ Has Swifties Speculating About Soundtrack News With Cryptic ‘TS’ Billboard
Disney Pixar’s cryptic Toy Story 5 billboard, emblazoned with “TS” and Swift’s favorite number 13, has ignited fan theories that Taylor Swift may lend her voice or a song to the sequel’s soundtrack. T
Rebecca Miller Secures Scorsese Doc for Apple TV
Filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s persistence landed a rare, candid portrait of Martin Scorsese for Apple TV+. A pandemic‑induced pause gave Scorsese the time to sit down for a four‑hour interview, resulting
Jason Blum & James Wan Talk ’70s Feeling Embodied By Young Filmmakers Coming Out Of YouTube Space, Ambition To Make Blumhouse-Atomic Monster “The Disney Of Horror”
Jason Blum and James Wan say their horror titles Obsession and Backrooms are reviving theaters, with Obsession breaking $100 M and becoming the first film since E.T. to post rising earnings for two st
Trump Wants to Cancel Freedom 250 Concert Series
President Trump slammed his Freedom 250 concert series as a flop, demanding its cancellation after most of the lineup quit, and floated turning the event into a political rally. He also used the momen
Trump to Headline Freedom 250 After Artists Quit
As the Fourth of July approaches, Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 concert on the National Mall is unraveling after five headline acts quit, prompting the former president to volunteer as the main attractio
Intrinsic Crowdfunds Bid to Buy Letterboxd
Newly formed public benefit corporation Intrinsic Entertainment Collaborative launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover legal fees for a community-driven bid to buy Letterboxd from private equity owne
Warner Bros. Announces A Minecraft Movie Squared Title
Warner Bros. and Legendary unveiled the sequel’s official title “A Minecraft Movie Squared,” confirming a July 2027 release and expanding the franchise that earned $960 million worldwide with the orig
Blum, Wan spotlight $750k 'Obsession' and 'Backrooms'
At the Produced By conference, producers Jason Blum and James Wan proclaimed a post‑COVID revival of cinema, crediting low‑budget horror hits such as ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ as evidence of a new,
Brendan Fraser Tours War Museum for WWII Film
After weeks of covering a tight U.S. energy market and a high‑stakes Apple‑OpenAI lawsuit, the news cycle now turns to cinema, as Brendan Fraser immerses himself in WWII archives to bring the D‑Day we
Cecil Baldwin on Welcome to Night Vale and His Tech Pet Peeves
Cecil Baldwin, best known as the voice of Welcome to Night Vale's Cecil Palmer, sits down to share his tech pet peeves — from auto-play movie credits to distracted driving — while reflecting on a care
Box Office: ‘Backrooms’ Scares Up $38 Million on Friday, Already Shattering Record for A24’s Best Opening Weekend
Kane Parsons’ horror film “Backrooms,” adapted from his viral YouTube series, raked in $38 million on Friday across 3,442 theaters and is on track for an $85‑$90 million weekend, shattering A24’s prev
Lucasfilm Mourns Editor Marcia Lucas
Lucasfilm has issued a statement mourning the death of Oscar-winning film editor Marcia Lucas, recognizing her pivotal role in shaping the original Star Wars and other landmark films of the 1970s and
Marilyn Monroe Exhibition Opens at LA Academy Museum
A new “Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon” exhibition opens at Los Angeles’ Academy Museum this weekend, featuring iconic costumes, personal letters, and a restored recording of Monroe’s final interview.
Colman Domingo on Four Seasons, Euphoria Return
Colman Domingo reflects on his simultaneous breakout — Netflix's The Four Seasons Season 2, a return to HBO's Euphoria, playing Michael Jackson's father in the biopic Michael, and an honorary doctorat
AI‑generated Black avatars sell cheap goods on TikTok
AI‑generated Black avatars are being deployed on TikTok and other platforms to sell cheap mass‑produced products, exploiting empathy and digital blackface to run dropshipping scams.
Euphoria S3 Skewers the Attention Economy
Euphoria's third and possibly final season is a polarizing, algorithm-obsessed spectacle that uses its female characters' degradation to critique — while feeding — the very attention economy that crea
How a 'Rivals' line helped one daughter through Alzheimer's
A personal essay in which a daughter diagnosed her mother with Alzheimer's in January 2025 after a rapid decline triggered by illness, and explains how a single line from the Jilly Cooper TV adaptatio
From Backrooms to Boards of Canada: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
A24’s new horror film “Backrooms” taps the internet’s fascination with user‑generated paranormal tales, while veteran musician Macca (Paul McCartney) returns with his most affecting songs in years, gi
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