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Entertainment - Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Entertainment headlines for Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Entertainment headlines for 2026-04-21 focused on 3 major developments: 1) ‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker to Direct ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reimagining at A24 (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety) 2) Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Rips DirecTV In Tegna Merger Battle, Says “Two Or Three Companies” Will Soon Control All Of Local TV: “It’s A Matter Of Time” (Deadline) 3) Andrew Hacker, Provocative Political Scientist, Dies at 96 (NYT Arts) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance. Together they provide a representative view of the day in entertainment news before diving into each full report.
Why it matters: This snapshot shows where entertainment attention concentrated on 2026-04-21, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.
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‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker to Direct ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reimagining at A24 (EXCLUSIVE)
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Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Rips DirecTV In Tegna Merger Battle, Says “Two Or Three Companies” Will Soon Control All Of Local TV: “It’s A Matter Of Time”
Sources: #2 Deadline -
Andrew Hacker, Provocative Political Scientist, Dies at 96
Sources: #3 NYT Arts
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#1 Score 79‘Obsession’ Filmmaker Curry Barker to Direct ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reimagining at A24 (EXCLUSIVE)Upstart filmmaker Curry Barker continues his mainstream Hollywood takeover with a big new gig: director on A24’s anticipated film reboot of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” Variety has learned exclusively that Barker will take the lead on the project, billed by insiders as a “reimagining” of the 1974 horror classic created by Tobe Hooper and Kim […]
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#2 Score 78Nexstar CEO Perry Sook Rips DirecTV In Tegna Merger Battle, Says “Two Or Three Companies” Will Soon Control All Of Local TV: “It’s A Matter Of Time”In his first public comments since a federal judge blocked Nexstar’s merger with Tegna, Nexstar CEO Perry Sook took aim at DirecTV, one of the plaintiffs maneuvering against the $6.2 billion deal. “The idea that anyone, Nexstar included, would be a ‘broadcast behemoth’ – to me, that term is kind of an oxymoron, given who […]
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#3 Score 76Andrew Hacker, Provocative Political Scientist, Dies at 96In a host of books and articles, he attacked conventional ideas on subjects including the battle of the sexes and the usefulness of high school math.
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#4 Score 71Grab Your Acoustic Guitar: Doc Talk Podcast Tunes Up With ‘Newport & The Great Folk Dream’ & ‘All Of The Above’They say you can’t go home again. But don’t tell that to Oscar winner John Ridley. The writer-director and co-host of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast returned to his hometown for the 18th annual Milwaukee Film Festival. While there, he recorded interviews for the pod with makers of two documentaries in the lineup: All of the Above and […]
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#5 Score 71‘Jury Duty: Company Retreat’ Submits 19 Actors for Emmys, Including Sia; Participant Anthony Norman Ineligible (EXCLUSIVE)The jury may still be out on whether the Emmys will embrace “Company Retreat” — but Amazon is going for it anyway. Prime Video has revealed its Emmy strategy for the second season of the reality hoax series exclusively to Variety, submitting across 19 categories. The eight-episode season will be entered for outstanding comedy series, […]
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#6 Score 64Ryan Reynolds Thinks Deadpool’s Future Is Of A “Supporting Character”: “I Have Some Stuff Kind Of Written”Ryan Reynolds is teasing what the future looks like for Deadpool, and he seemingly already has some ideas. After starring in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel fans have been wondering where the character would go next, and in a new interview, Reynolds shared some hints. While making an appearance on Today’s Sunday Sitdown Live, Reynolds was […]
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#7 Score 63‘Fighting With My Family’ Being Developed Into a Stage Musical With Stephen Merchant and Dwayne Johnson ProducingStephen Merchant’s 2019 film “Fighting With My Family,” starring Florence Pugh and Dwayne Johnson, is being adapted into a stage musical. Producers include Merchant, Johnson and Dany Garcia for their Seven Bucks Productions, Tilted Musicals, Kevin Misher and Birmingham Hippodrome. Olivier Award-winning playwright Jon Brittain (“Rotterdam,” “Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!”) is penning the […]
- #8 Score 63‘Michael’ Review: A Jackson Biopic Leaves Too Much Unsaid
A biographical film produced by the estate of Michael Jackson flattens its subject to scrub his reputation.
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#9 Score 62Trump’s Media Company Names Kevin McGurn Its Interim CEO As Devin Nunes ExitsTrump Media and Technology Corp., which operates the social media platform Truth Social, has named Kevin McGurn as interim CEO to succeed Devin Nunes. McGurn, a former executive at T-Mobile USA, Vevo and Hulu, has been an advisor to the company since December, 2024. Nunes, a former congressman, has served as CEO since the company’s inception. […]
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#10 Score 61Drake Announces ‘Iceman’ Album Release DateDrake has announced that his ninth studio album, “Iceman,” is scheduled for release on May 15. Waiting for Drake’s official “Iceman” release date was something akin to… well, watching ice melt. On Monday, he revealed that he’d buried the album date in the middle of blocks of ice that were set up in Toronto as […]