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Entertainment - Sunday, May 3, 2026
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Entertainment headlines for Sunday, May 3, 2026
Entertainment headlines for 2026-05-03 focused on 3 major developments: 1) Kenneth Branagh Says He ‘Would Love’ To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film: ‘I’d Always Wanted to Do More and Indeed Had a Couple of Ideas’ (Variety) 2) Kenneth Branagh “Would Love” To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film In The Vein Of 2017’s ‘Logan’ (Deadline) 3) Seymour Bernstein Dies at 99; Stage Fright Cut Short His Piano Career (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 2026-05-03, 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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Kenneth Branagh Says He ‘Would Love’ To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film: ‘I’d Always Wanted to Do More and Indeed Had a Couple of Ideas’
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Kenneth Branagh “Would Love” To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film In The Vein Of 2017’s ‘Logan’
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Seymour Bernstein Dies at 99; Stage Fright Cut Short His Piano Career
Sources: #3 NYT Arts
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#1 Score 78Kenneth Branagh Says He ‘Would Love’ To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film: ‘I’d Always Wanted to Do More and Indeed Had a Couple of Ideas’Kenneth Branagh, the director behind the 2011 Marvel film “Thor,” says he’d be open to returning to the world of superheroes. Branagh told Business Insider, “Part of me would love to finish my relationship with that character. I’d always wanted to do more and indeed had a couple of ideas, more in the territory of […]
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#2 Score 76Kenneth Branagh “Would Love” To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film In The Vein Of 2017’s ‘Logan’After 15 years, Kenneth Branagh has considered returning to the MCU for another cinematic outing with the Avengers’ favorite Norse god. The Oscar winner, who directed 2011’s Thor, recently confessed that he “would love to finish my relationship with that character” in a darker sequel that would take the character “into a glorious twilight.” “I […]
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#3 Score 69Seymour Bernstein Dies at 99; Stage Fright Cut Short His Piano CareerAfter giving his last public concert in 1977, he moved into teaching. A 2014 documentary directed by Ethan Hawke put him in the spotlight once more.
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#4 Score 68Adam Scott Recalls Auditioning For ‘Hellraiser VI’ When He Needed A Job — Despite Being Killed Off In Earlier Film: “Maybe They Won’t Notice”Before Adam Scott booked Parks and Recreation and Severance, he was a working actor like anyone else — so much so that he auditioned for 2002’s Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker despite being killed off earlier in the franchise’s history. The four-time Emmy-nominated actor and producer made his feature film debut in 1996’s Hellraiser IV: Bloodline, in […]
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#5 Score 68Kentucky Derby Delivers Record Audience for NBC and Peacock as Trainer Cherie DeVaux Makes HistoryThe annual Run for the Roses on Saturday was a historic moment for women in horse racing as Cherie DeVaux became the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. DeVaux’s story plus other firsts that were poised to be achieved by jockeys, trainers and horses at this year’s derby drove the live audience on […]
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#6 Score 60Jake Paul Responds To Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘SNL’ Monologue Jab About How They Both Achieved Their Career DreamsLike Olivia Rodrigo during her Saturday Night Live monologue, Bizaardvark co-star Jake Paul is reminiscing on the “good ole days.” The internet personality and boxer recently responded to a teasing rib the three-time Grammy winner made during her opening segment, in which she compared their career paths and how they’ve both achieved their dreams. “When […]
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#7 Score 55Noah Kahan Scores First No. 1 on Albums Chart With ‘The Great Divide’Noah Kahan has scored his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his fourth album “The Great Divide,” opening with 389,000 equivalent album units. Kahan’s debut marks the biggest week for a rock album since the charts started measuring by units at the end of 2014. It also becomes the third-biggest week for […]
- #8 Score 55‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Lobs a Shot at Corporate Media
The New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson reviews “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
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#9 Score 52Isa Briones Warns ‘Just in Time’ Theatergoers Not To “Yell Whatever You Want” At Her: “Y’all Are Pissin’ Me Off”As Isa Briones returns to Broadway following her latest season on The Pitt, she’s had to remind theatergoers that she isn’t actually Dr. Trinity Santos. The actress, who’s currently taking over the part of Connie Francis in Broadway’s Just in Time jukebox musical, recently called out audience members who yelled references to her HBO Max […]
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#10 Score 50‘The Pitt’ Star Isa Briones Calls Out Fans For Screaming at Her During Broadway Show: ‘F—ing Disrespectful’“The Pitt” star Isa Briones took to social media on Saturday to call out fans who scream at her during her Broadway show. On “The Pitt,” Briones stars as second-year resident Dr. Trinity Santos, but on the stage, she’s currently playing Connie Francis in the jukebox musical “Just In Time.” “Hey, hey, hey!” Briones wrote […]