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HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry unveiled a striking opening credits sequence, debuting with the second episode released early on HBO Max for Halloween. Animated postcards peel back an idyllic 1960s Derry to reveal Pennywise’s…
HBO’s I Love LA casts the city as its real lead, following Maia, a 20-something talent manager who signs her estranged best friend Tallulah, a rising social media star. Alongside Charlie, Alani and Dylan, the series skew…
The HBO series I Love L.A. spotlights a more nuanced influencer, Tallulah, contrasting years of TV archetypes that painted internet fame as hollow, comic or dangerous. From iCarly’s early innocence to Selfie’s social mis…
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia left a screening in stunned silence before an exasperated outburst. Written by Will Tracy, it follows Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his cousin Donny (Aidan Delbis) as they kidnap Big Pharma CEO Mich…
Universal’s Wicked: For Good is tracking for a $112 million to $115 million debut on November 21, echoing last year’s $112.5 million start for Jon M. Chu’s first chapter. Polling shows strong female interest, with first-…
Paramount is moving ahead with a live-action Call of Duty movie, tapping Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg to co-write and produce, with Berg directing. The filmmakers, longtime collaborators on projects like Hell or High W…
Billie Eilish used an award acceptance speech Wednesday night, with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in the audience, to question why the mega rich let wealth accumulate and to urge billionaires to give, saying people need e…
Honored at Variety’s Power of Women, Sydney Sweeney arrived in a light-catching silver Christian Cowan gown, then turned the spotlight to resilience. In a recent interview, she rejected “sex symbol” labels, saying she dr…
Scenes turn feral as Demogorgons tear through quarantined Hawkins, Lucas cradles a comatose Max with a Demo-dog closing in, and Eleven and Hopper press on in the Upside Down while Mike sees Joyce wracked with worry for W…
Stranger Things returns to Hawkins with a season five trailer that finds the government hunting Eleven, led by guest star Linda Hamilton as Dr. Kay. The gang—Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas—stands together again as Vecna’s…
Late-night shows skewered President Trump’s South Korea stop, where he was presented a replica gold crown on Wednesday. The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic called it a “yes, king” rally as he “continues to eat, pray, love his wa…
Netflix’s The Witcher returns for a fourth and penultimate season, with Liam Hemsworth taking over as Geralt after Henry Cavill’s 2022 exit. The streamlined, action-heavy run opens with a storybook recap and refocuses on…
Floyd Roger Myers Jr., remembered for playing Young Will on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died at 42. His mother, Renee Trice, told TMZ he suffered a heart attack Wednesday morning at his Maryland home after previousl…
After years in development, Warner Bros. Animation and New Line Cinema have set the Hello Kitty feature film for July 21, 2028, revealing the date in a studio Instagram post. The movie marks Hello Kitty’s Hollywood theat…
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colin Farrell recalled Tom Cruise 'was not happy' with him during Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report. Amid substance abuse struggles, he partied the night before his May 31 birthday…
Ariana Grande has left her Glinda-blond era, revealing a glossy brunette return in an Instagram mirror selfie Wednesday. “it’s good to see me, isn’t it? ✨,” she wrote, crediting colorist Francesco De Chiara, hairstylist …
Elijah Wood made an unexpected return to the Shire in New Zealand's Waikato, stumbling upon a Middle-earth-themed wedding in full swing. In video shared by the Hobbiton Movie Set TikTok, the 44-year-old actor, casually d…
After leaving Saturday Night Live before Season 51, Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim spoke candidly about the show’s demanding culture on Nwodim’s “Thanks Dad” podcast. They described long, intimate hours that can forge clos…
South Park returns Friday with a Halloween-tinged episode, "The Woman In The Hat," satirizing Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing. Comedy Central released images of Trump and Satan surveying debris f…
Nobody Wants This returned to Netflix at No. 1, drawing 8.6M views in its first four days—slightly below last year’s 10.3M season-one launch. The comeback also lifted Season 1 to No. 9 with 2M views for the week. The Dip…
ABC unveiled midseason dates, anchoring its schedule with the Scrubs reboot—starring Zach Braff, Donald Faison and Sarah Chalke—debuting Feb. 25 at 8 pm with two episodes, after Shifting Gears resumes Jan. 7. American Id…
Disney+ has ended its Doctor Who partnership with the BBC, leaving much of the world seeking a new streaming home for the series. The BBC says the show will continue, with a 2026 Christmas special written by Russell T Da…
Paul Thomas Anderson's action epic One Battle After Another leads Gotham Awards with six nominations—the most in the awards' history—including best feature and acting nods for Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor, and breakth…
Chris Evans is officially a dad. The 44-year-old “Captain America” actor and his wife, Alba Baptista, welcomed their first child over the weekend, with TMZ reporting the baby arrived Saturday in Massachusetts. No name or…
Dancing with the Stars competitor Jen Affleck defended her pro partner Jan Ravnik after alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy blasted him on The Penthouse with Peta podcast, saying Ravnik had “no business” being a pro. During a discu…