Universal and Blumhouse’s The Black Phone 2 opened to $42 million worldwide, with $26.5 million in the U.S. and Canada and $15.5 million from 71 markets. Mexico led internationally with $4.3 million, ahead of the U.K. and Ireland ($1.4 million) and Brazil ($1.2 million). Directed by Scott Derrickson, the Grabber’s...
Three shows into The Boy Is Mine Tour, the Chicago stop ended abruptly after Brandy Norwood left the United Center stage early, saying she needed “one second” amid apparent sound issues, and did not return. Fans on social media said the concert was cut short and that Monica finished the...
Sabrina Carpenter sparked a stir on SNL’s Oct. 18 episode, singing “Nobody’s Song” without bleeping the line “He sure fucked me up” twice. The expletives aired uncensored on NBC’s East Coast and Peacock after an apparent miscommunication with censors; some West Coast viewers heard silence on delay. Carpenter, serving as...
During a Nashville stop on his High and Alive World Tour, Keith Urban met a front‑row fan named 'Nicole' and, with a wry collapse to the stage, turned the awkward reminder of his split from Nicole Kidman into a laugh. The moment, captured by The Nashville Experience, went viral and...
The article reflects on Sierra’s The Colonel’s Bequest, a parser-driven Laura Bow mystery set in a Southern mansion, lauding its NPC schedules, multiple endings, and gentler puzzles. It became a family touchstone, with mother and child swapping chairs across repeat runs to unearth fresh secrets. Though less celebrated than other...
Sir David Attenborough, 99, broke Dick Van Dyke’s mark as the oldest Daytime Emmy winner, taking daytime personality, non-daily for hosting Netflix’s Secret Lives of Orangutans. Jonathan Jackson of General Hospital and Susan Walters of The Young and the Restless won supporting awards, while General Hospital also earned trophies for...
Scott Derrickson returns to helm Black Phone 2 after Joe Hill’s email — “The Grabber calls Finn from hell” — unlocked the sequel. Waiting until his young leads aged into high school, he set the story in 1982, four years later. Finn wrestles with notoriety and numbness, while Gwen, outed...
Matt and Ross Duffer say Stranger Things' fifth season will close every major arc, even as they develop a spinoff that won’t continue existing characters or expand the show’s mythology. They’ll create it and stay hands-on, but won’t serve as showrunners; Netflix’s Bela Bajaria says the concept remains secret and...
Forty-two years after Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper sits in a north Brooklyn studio with 26-year-old Gracie Abrams, trading stories and nodding to Rickie Lee Jones’ The Last Chance Texaco. They connect over writer’s block and the trance of a song arriving whole. Lauper, fresh off a...
HBO’s Euphoria is heading into a third—and possibly final—season, set to premiere in 2026 after a time jump that moves the characters beyond high school. The eight-episode run adds 18 new actors alongside returning cast; previously revealed newcomers include Sharon Stone, Rosalía, Marshawn Lynch, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Toby Wallace. Filming...
