HBO's upcoming "Harry Potter" TV series is revealing its cast. Warwick Davis returns as Professor Flitwick, while many other familiar characters are being filled by new actors. Students like Dean Thomas, Crabbe, and Goyle, along with many staff members, including Professors Sprout, Binns, and Pomfrey, have been cast....
Kelsey Lee Bateman, a former contestant on Bret Michaels' reality show 'Rock of Love', passed away unexpectedly at 39. Her relative confirmed the news to TMZ, but details surrounding her death remain undisclosed. Bateman, 21 at the time, appeared on the show's final season in 2009. During the...
Cate Blanchett's new film, "Father Mother Sister Brother," directed by Jim Jarmusch, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The film, a triptych of stories about family relationships, received a five-minute standing ovation. Blanchett, along with co-stars Vicky Krieps, Charlotte Rampling, Mayim Bialik, and Indya Moore, were lauded. ...
Hollywood's summer box office underperformed, barely reaching 2024's $3.67 billion despite a strong start. Even big-budget films like Superman and Jurassic World failed to meet expectations. The decline is attributed to several factors: a shrinking domestic audience increasingly preferring streaming, a weakened foreign market (especially in Asia and...
Jim Jarmusch's new film, "Father Mother Sister Brother," premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The movie features a star-studded cast, including Cate Blanchett and Adam Driver, exploring the strained relationships within a family. Critics' reviews are mixed, with some praising its unique, understated style and others finding it underwhelming....
NPR staff share their favorite non-fiction books of 2025. Felix Contreras recommends Peter Wolf's memoir "Waiting On The Moon", a captivating read about the musician's life. Eric Deggans highlights "Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television", exploring Arnaz's impactful career and relationship with Lucille Ball. Clare Lombardo praises Haley...
Jim Jarmusch's new film is a three-part story exploring family relationships and mortality. Three sets of siblings in different locations confront their parents' aging or recent deaths. In the US, siblings visit their seemingly impoverished father, discovering a hidden Rolex. In Dublin, a mother hosts her adult daughters,...
The Labor Day weekend box office was slow. 'Weapons', a horror film, topped the charts with $12.4 million, bringing its total to $250 million globally. A re-release of 'Jaws' surprisingly earned $9.8 million, outperforming new releases like 'Caught Stealing' ($9.5 million) and 'The Roses' ($8 million). 'Caught...
Jude Law portrays Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas' "The Wizard of the Kremlin," premiering at the Venice Film Festival. The film, adapted from Giuliano da Empoli's book, follows Putin's rise to power alongside a fictional advisor (Paul Dano), inspired by Vladislav Sourkov. Set against the backdrop of post-Soviet Russia,...
Several Saturday Night Live cast members, including Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, Devon Walker, and Heidi Gardner, announced their departures. Walker described the show's environment as sometimes toxic. However, Chloe Fineman, who joined in 2019, hinted on social media that she'll be returning for another season, making her potentially...
