Variety

Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Call of Duty’ Movie Will Be Set in ‘Modern Warfare’ Universe

Paramount Pictures’ upcoming “Call of Duty” movie from writer Taylor Sheridan will be based on the Xbox-owned first-person shooter franchise’s “Modern Warfare” games. Plot details about the movie have been kept under wraps since it was first announced in September 2025. But during a “Call of Duty in Culture Panel” promoting the October release of […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

Jim Parsons was ‘Miserable’ During Peak ‘Big Bang Theory’ Popularity: ‘I Wouldn’t Do That Again and For Any Amount of Money’

Jim Parsons recently told the “All Out with Jon Dean” podcast (via People) that he was “miserable” during the height of his long-running TBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory.” “I look back now and realize that there were many ways, at some of the best moments of my life, I was miserable,” Parsons said. “I […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

‘The Odyssey’: What Academics Are Saying About Christopher Nolan’s Epic

So, a Homerist, an archaeologist and a dentist walk into a bar.  Fresh from a Thursday night showing of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” a group of 17 spent the evening doing what scholars have done with Homer’s epic for nearly 3,000 years: arguing about it. “We had a really robust debate,” says Joel P. Christensen, […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

Joe Caldwell, ‘Dark Shadows’ Writer, Dies at 97

Joe Caldwell, a writer known for his work on the original “Dark Shadows” TV series, died Monday following a stroke. He was 97. The news was confirmed by Bob Issel, who frequently hosts “Dark Shadows” fan events. “Joe had just signed a handful of his memoirs for me three weeks ago back on June 20th. […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

My 2 a.m. ‘Odyssey’: Inside the Sold-Out, All-Night Screening of Christopher Nolan’s Epic

The weather was mythical. Ninety-something degrees in Manhattan, with Canadian wildfire smoke painting the sky a hazy orange. It smelled like a barbecue of rotten onions; the air was a spritz of acid to the eyes. “Stay inside,” warned the weather app. The gods hath forsaken us, I thought on the opening night of “The […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Heartstopper Forever’ Director, Writer and Stars Joe Locke and Kit Connor on the Finale: “It Connects the Whole Heartstopper Gang”

Stars Connor and Locke, creator Alice Oseman and director Wash Westmoreland break down the film’s biggest change from book to screen, alongside the intimacy, break-ups, and ambiguous endings from the final chapter.

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘The Odyssey’ Galloping to $120M in Muscular Box Office Opening

Christopher Nolan's mythological epic continues to rise as the star-studded adaptation from Universal eyes the year's best live-action debut.

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

W Hotels Expands Italian Footprint With New Sardinia Resort — and a Three-Stop ‘Italian Tour’ 

W Hotels is continuing its reinvention with a growing portfolio of properties across Italy, anchored by its latest opening: W Sardinia – Poltu Quatu, a 157-room resort tucked into a secluded marina village on the island’s northeastern coast.  The property joins W Rome and the recently opened W Florence, giving the Marriott-owned luxury lifestyle brand three markedly […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Where to Watch France vs. England World Cup Third-Place Playoff Online

The July 18 match will determine who takes home the bronze ahead of Sunday's final.

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Has Epic Opening Day With $51 Million

“The Odyssey” didn’t need a Trojan Horse to break into the top of Friday’s box office charts. Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” earned $51 million on Friday from 3,919 North American screens. Early estimates had the saga grossing $90 million to $100 million by Sunday, but after a stellar opening day, forecasts have the film climbing […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Between ‘Summer House’ and ‘In the City,’ Lindsay Hubbard Doesn’t Have Time to Slow Down

Hubbard is a busy woman, and that’s why she’s teamed up with Florastor in support of their new Digest + Skin Renew Probiotic to prioritize wellness amid the business in her personal and professional life. 

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty, Yami Gautam Take Top Acting Honors as ‘Article 370’ Wins Best Feature at India’s National Film Awards

Yami Gautam-starrer “Article 370” won best feature film at India’s 72nd National Film Awards, announced Saturday in New Delhi by the country’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Gautam also took best actress for her role in the film, a political drama centered on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. The best actor […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

Why ‘Call of Duty’ Is Making Its Fanatics Fest Debut With ‘Modern Warfare 4’ — And Bringing ‘Obsession’ Star Inde Navarrette Along for the Mission

Activision wants “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4” to be your new obsession. Its first big step in that plan involves a sports fan convention and “Obsession” star Inde Navarrette. Taking place at the Javits Center in New York City this weekend, Fanatics Fest 2026 will welcome 150,000 attendees between its kick-off Thursday through Sunday’s […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The True Story Behind the First Foreign Feature to Break Out In Hollywood

At a time when subtitled films were a non-factor in the U.S., and with no major studio backing, Jean Renoir’s antiwar classic 'La Grande Illusion' wowed audiences and managed a best picture Oscar nom in 1937.

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

These Hollywood-Loved Designer Handbags Are Up to $1,500 Off at Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale

The annual shopping event is one of the few chances to save on sought-after designer handbags from Stella McCartney, Tory Burch, Longchamp and other luxury brands.

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘They car-bombed my house – there’s not much more they can do’: the astonishing podcast taking on illegal bloodsports

After 20 mutilated animal corpses were left outside a rural primary school, the creators of award-winning podcast Buried began investigating – with a little help from Chris Packham. It plunged them into organised crime, the dark web and Line of Duty-esque rumours of police corruptionIn 2024, a village in Hampshire woke up to something truly disturbing. A mound of dead animals had been dumped outside a school, and blood oozed out on to the streets before children’s classes started for the day. Th

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Into the Wild inspired my life of adventure – but I learned the wrong lessons about freedom

The film helped me realise that getting out into nature would also allow me to escape my anxieties, but I started to see the costs of constant escapeIt’s 5.30am, and I’m waking up on a granite slab overlooking the Domeland Wilderness, with nothing but forest, stone and silence for miles. I am 44 days into hiking the Pacific Crest Trail – a journey of about 2,650 miles from the Mexican border to Canada through desert scrubland, pine forests, deep valleys, volcanic terrain and alpine mountains. Ea

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘Maybe the best pumped-up sequel ever made’: James Cameron’s Aliens hits 40

The director’s more-is-more approach to the 1986 sequel gave us seat-edge action and an indelible performance from a rule-breaking Sigourney WeaverJames Cameron loves tough female characters. That seems like a given now, after three Avatars and two particularly muscular arms belonging to Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2. Even the lushly romantic Titanic is about a supportive, sweet-natured boyfriend lending his love the extra smidge of strength she needs to live a rich and iconoclastic life withou

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’

The singer on struggling with the English weather, a secret celebrity crush, and her terror of tinned spaghettiBorn in Sydney, Australia, to an Italian father and Australian mother, Natalie Imbruglia, 51, joined the cast of Neighbours at the age of 17. In 1997, she released her debut album, Left of the Middle, which gave her the global hit single Torn. She releases her seventh studio album, Algorithm, on 4 September. She lives in Oxfordshire with her son.What is your greatest

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026

Variety

Utopia Distribution Exec on Shifting Releases Towards Eventification to Cater to ‘Fandom’ and Younger Audiences: ‘Everything Is Being Destroyed to Be Rebuilt’

The years that directly succeeded the COVID pandemic were marked by a dire, almost apocalyptic view on the future of cinemagoing. Audiences who were already thinning out before global lockdowns became even scarcer, with streamers growing their market share and smaller arthouse cinemas closing down as audiences failed to return through their doors once they […]

entertainment  Jul 18, 2026