Variety

Melissa Gilbert Criticizes Stage Parents After Death of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Actor Daveigh Chase: Child Stardom Is ‘Not a Guarantee of Dysfunction’

Melissa Gilbert called out careless parents of child stars in an emotional tribute post to Daveigh Chase, the “Lilo & Stitch” and “The Ring” actor who died of AIDS on June 16 at 35 years old. In an Instagram post, Gilbert revealed that she and Chase starred in a pilot together more than 20 years […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Firebird Unveils $750 Million Catalog Acquisition Fund

The company is establishing the fund in partnership with Ares Management and The Raine Group.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

Netflix Calls for Cap on French Content Investment Rules, Warning Current System Is ‘Unsustainable’

Netflix is calling for a cap on the mandatory investments it is required to make in French content as it pursues its lobbying push to have an earlier access to newly released movies. The U.S. streaming giant, which has become one of the biggest private backers of French film and TV production, is warning that […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Mark Harmon to Make Full-Time Acting Return in ‘NCIS: Origins’ Season 3

The long-time franchise lead also narrates the prequel series and is an executive producer.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

LeBron James Leaves Behind More Than Just the Lakers With Los Angeles Exit

The NBA superstar and Emmy nominee will depart L.A. after eight seasons of hooping and Hollywood hobnobbing.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

Mark Harmon Returning as Gibbs in ‘NCIS: Origins’ Season 3 Story Arc

Mark Harmon is once again going to play Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the small screen. Variety has learned that Harmon will play the iconic character in a season-long arc of the upcoming third season of prequel series “NCIS: Origins.” Per CBS, Harmon will appear onscreen in every episode of Season 3 as part of a […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

‘Last Kids on Earth’ TV Series Gets Disney Pilot Order

A television adaptation of “The Last Kids on Earth” book series is in the works at Disney, which has ordered a pilot. That means an episode of the series will be produced before Disney decides whether to move forward on a full season order. The project is set up at Disney+ and Disney Channel with […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Live-Action ‘Last Kids on Earth’ Snags Pilot Order From Disney

'Gotham Knights' alums James Stoteraux and Chade Fiveash are adapting the books, with Kevin Tancharoen set to direct.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez Fall for Each Other as Aliens Fall to Earth in Animated ‘Not Alone’ Trailer

Brett Goldstein and Lamorne Morris also provide voices in the Illumination feature that Universal releases next year.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

Inside Netflix’s ‘Unhinged’ Horror Game, Made in Secret Collaboration With David Fincher and ‘Weapons’ Director Zach Cregger

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Night School Studio’s new horror game “Unhinged,” now available on Netflix. David Fincher, “Weapons” filmmaker Zach Cregger and Night School Studios founder and studio director Sean Krankel want you to die while playing the new Netflix horror video game, “Unhinged.” “At least once,” according to Krankel. In “Unhinged,” players […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Moody’s Puts Comcast Debt Rating Under Review Amid NBCUniversal Spin-Off Plans

The debt rating agency is weighing in on a transaction to separate the tech and media businesses just as “weakening dynamics have raised credit concerns.”

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

The Best Movies of 2026 (So Far)

You can’t evaluate a movie year — not really — when you’re only halfway through it. But you can take its temperature. And at the midway point, what we can say is that the patient looks healthier than it has in a long time. If the box office were up (which it is), but only […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan

Low-budget film-maker Uwe Boll sets Hammer up for a further fall from grace by cannibalising all manner of tired tropes in this incoherent schlockerOh, Armie Hammer! Has it come to this? It doesn’t seem that long since you were in the Oscar-winning film Call Me By Your Name giving a sensitive liberal performance opposite Timothée Chalamet. Now here you are, striding around the streets and public parks of Zagreb, shooting Muslims, tasering teens and topping complicit deep-state judges to protest

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Two Films Share Top Jury Prize at 50th San Francisco Frameline Festival

'Leviticus' and 'Test' both won the outstanding first narrative feature after votes deadlocked; Jane Schoenbrun's 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' took the audience award.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

Gene Wilder’s Voice Resurrected by AI for Netflix’s Willy Wonka Competition Series; Late Actor’s Wife Gives Blessing

It’s an AI-fueled return to the Chocolate Factory. Netflix has partnered with the AI audio firm ElevenLabs to recreate the voice of actor Gene Wilder, who originated the character’s live-action look in 1971’s “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and who died in 2016, for its new unscripted reality show “Wonka’s The Golden Ticket.”  The show, […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

Northwoods Opens Luxury Emagine Parker Theater in Denver Area – Film News in Brief

Northwoods Theater Group is opening a new venue, Emagine Parker, in Parker, Colorado, filling a year-long gap with no theater in the area. Set to open this week on Wednesday, the theater (located 30 minutes outside of Denver) has ten auditoriums and marks the family-owned chain’s first in Colorado. “The completely reimagined 32,000-square-foot entertainment destination […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

‘Dutton Ranch’ Taps ‘SEAL Team’ Creator Benjamin Cavell as Season 2 Showrunner

“Dutton Ranch” has found its new showrunner. Benjamin Cavell has joined the “Yellowstone” spinoff series to helm Season 2. Cavell takes over from Season 1 showrunner Chad Feehan, who left the show just before it premiered. More to come…

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Los Angeles Soundstage Complex On the Market

The Atwater Village campus titled BoxCar Studios has hosted ABC soap 'All My Children', Netflix shoots and Playboy studios.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Variety

Dylan O’Brien to Play Disgraced Reality Star in Hulu Comedy Pilot ‘Lex’

Dylan O’Brien is set for the lead role in the Hulu comedy pilot “Lex,” Variety has learned. The pilot order for the project was originally announced in March. The logline for the show states that it follows Lex (O’Brien), “a disgraced former reality star who accidentally films a murder in the background of a $20 […]

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

‘Dutton Ranch’ Hires New Season 2 Showrunner (Exclusive)

Taylor Sheridan's 'Yellowstone' spinoff taps a 'Justified' veteran to lead its next season.

entertainment  Jun 30, 2026