Variety

Jenna Ortega ‘Would Go All Day’ Without Food or Water as a Child Star to Make Sure She Wasn’t ‘In the Way of Anybody’

Jenna Ortega recently told Esquire that, as a child actor, she would go entire days without asking for food or water to make sure she was not “in the way of anybody.” “I really had it going for me as a child ‘cause I can’t think of one mistake I made,” Ortega said. “Is that […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Paramount Has Spent 100 Years In Hollywood. David Ellison Loved That. Until He Didn’t

The mogul says he's considering moving his studio out of California. Not long ago, he was talking a big game about how a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery would boost the state.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

‘The Brink of War’ Review: Reagan and Gorbachev Engage in Unengaging Verbal Battle

There was a time when talky slabs of recent political history like “The Brink of War,” carried by skilled name actors who aren’t quite stars, were largely the preserve of Emmy-chasing TV networks. Today, with a bit of added Christian-right rhetoric, they’re ready for the big screen, as the growing faith-based film industry expands its […]

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Bill Jersey, Two-Time Oscar-Nominated Documentarian, Dies at 99

His résumé includes ‘A Time for Burning,’ now in the National Film Registry, ‘Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren’ and ‘The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow.’

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Rod Stewart Cancels Farewell Tour Dates After Coronary Stent Procedure

"I'm already feeling better and very much on the mend," Stewart said in a statement Tuesday.

entertainment  Aug 12, 2026

Variety

John Hinckley Jr. Shares New Message to Jodie Foster, 45 Years After Trying to Assassinate Ronald Reagan to Impress Her: ‘I Wish Her Well’

John Hinckley Jr., the Oklahoma native who tried to assassinate President Ronald Regan in 1981 in an attempt to impress Jodie Foster, shared a new message for “The Silence of the Lambs” star during a recent appearance on the “Mark Joseph Show” (via EW). “I just wish Jodie Foster well, you know,” Hinckley said. “I […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

Zoe Saldaña Says It’s ‘Frustrating’ When Political Questions Only Get Asked to Actors of Color and Women: ‘That’s Incredibly Limiting’

Zoe Saldaña is growing frustrated with political questions, mainly because she doesn’t find them being asked in equal measure across the industry. The Oscar winner said during a conversation at the Locarno Film Festival that she often participates in Q&As because she is eager to talk about the craft of acting. However, Saldaña keeps finding […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Nicholas Hoult Boards ‘Harry Potter’ Season 2 as Gilderoy Lockhart

The 'Superman' actor takes on a role played by Kenneth Branagh in the 'Chamber of Secrets' film.

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Kristina Kelly on Why She Was Ready to Step Into Main Cast Status for ‘House of Stassi’ After ‘Vanderpump Rules’

The reality star reflects on that “payroll” comment and where she currently stands with Katie Maloney, if the rumors that she was really supposed to be an OG star on ‘VPR’ are true and if she’d return for a potential second season of Stassi Schroeder’s show.

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

‘Assassin’s Creed’ Creator’s New Action-Adventure Game ‘1666: Amsterdam’ Sets Early Access Release (Gaming News Roundup)

Panache Digital Games announced “1666: Amsterdam” will release in Early Access on Aug. 25. From “Assassin’s Creed” series creator Patrice Désilets, the dark, third-person narrative action-adventure game unravels a mystery across Amsterdam. Players take on the role of Noa, the Collector, who wields witchcraft to uncover “Originals,” demonic entities hiding behind human faces. The Early […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Savage Mountain review – inside the record-smashing mountain climb that ruined lives

Former cross-country skiing champion, Kristin Harila had clocked an incredible mountaineering record – but then, halfway up K2, she and her team encountered an injured porter from another expedition …Why climb a mountain? Really, there’s only one answer: to prove that you can – to yourself, to other people, to the world at large. Is that a good enough reason? Not always, as demonstrated by this thought-provoking but ultimately not particularly revealing documentary about Norwegian mountaineer Kr

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘SNL’ Parts Ways With Longtime Music Booker Brian Siedlecki (Exclusive)

He had been with the show for nearly 30 years, joining as an intern in 1996.

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

Rod Stewart Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates Following Coronary Stent Procedure

Rod Stewart has announced that he will be canceling the next four weeks of performances as part of his “One Last Time” farewell tour and “The Encore Shows” Las Vegas residency after undergoing a routine coronary stent procedure. The news comes just days after the singer postponed a show scheduled for Cincinnati’s Riverbend Music Center […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

Nicholas Hoult to Play Gilderoy Lockhart in ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Season 2

Nicholas Hoult will play Gilderoy Lockhart in the second season of HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series, Variety has learned from sources. The highly-anticipated series is due to debut on Dec. 25 on HBO and HBO Max, with the first season adapting the first book in the novel series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” The […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Let’s Marry Harry’ Star Says Producers Added Sex Sounds to Dramatize Kissing Scene: “Certainly Was Not Us”

"We were just making out," Harry Jowsey said on Instagram Reels. "I don’t know where they pulled that audio from or who that was in that audio, but it certainly was not us."

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

How Vera Drew, Louise Weard and More Trans and Nonbinary Filmmakers Are Taking Control of Their Stories Outside the Studio System: ‘We’re Creating a New Industry’

When Vera Drew made her ambitious debut film “The People’s Joker,” she didn’t know if anyone else in the world would understand her deeply personal superhero movie parody about transitioning. The first time she met a trans person who connected with the film after a public screening was a “mindblowing” experience. “There had been other […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Lionsgate Stock Slips After Report of Activist Investor Pushing Sale

Anson Funds wrote a letter to the 'Michael' studio's board of directors calling for an AI pivot or "for sale" sign to avoid becoming an “AI casualty.”

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Would David Ellison Really Just Pick Up His Hollywood Studios and Leave California?

The state has seen production spend stabilize in recent months, though Paramount could undermine that recovery. Attorney general Rob Bonta called the threat "another attempt to blackmail the state."

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

The Writers Lab Adds Los Angeles-Based Intensive, Announces Writers for Fall 2026 Cohorts

The Writers Lab announced writers selected for two Lab Intensives this Fall, in New York City and the inaugural Los Angeles cohort. Supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, The Writers Lab is the only script incubation program dedicated to elevating the work of women and nonbinary screenwriters over the age of 40. The Los […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026

Variety

Cinema Civil War: Why the Paramount-Warner Bros. Sale Is Dividing Movie Theater Owners

Movie theater owners have become embroiled in the kind of drama they usually sell on the big screen, thanks to the ongoing saga of Paramount’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Cinema United, the exhibition industry’s main lobbying group, for months has been publicly opposed to any potential sale of Warner Bros. The trade organization’s […]

entertainment  Aug 11, 2026