Entertainment - Sunday, May 24, 2026

Jaws star and Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss has canceled a scheduled appearance at a cast reunion event for the seminal blockbuster, citing “circumstances completely beyond my control.” The veteran actor was slated to appear at a Burbank, Calif. fan convention, Hollywood Show, May 30. “To all the incredible fans, my JAWS cast family, and everyone […]

Deadline • 63 days ago

Some of the most effective horror films craft their scares out of the reassuring everyday. In “Passenger”, the familiar routines and sounds associated with driving become ominous signs of incoming disaster, as a mysterious figure haunts and attacks drivers on the American highways. Norwegian director André Øvredal does not reinvent the wheel with this humble […]

Variety • 64 days ago

Tuner, Black Bear’s fourth release since launching a domestic distribution arm last summer, had a nice $102k opening at 4 theaters in NY and LA and is eyeing $122k for the four-day holiday weekend including. Memorial Day Monday. The distributor plans a moderate national expansion to about 375 screens (exact number still TBD) next week […]

Deadline • 64 days ago

“Obsession” is, well, the obsession of the box office. That’s after the low-budget horror film earned $22 million from 2,655 North American theaters in its second weekend and a projected $28.2 million through the Memorial Day holiday. Those ticket sales are 30% above its debut (an impressive $17.2 million from 2,615 cinemas) — a virtually […]

Variety • 64 days ago

The American “Club Kid” and Spanish “La Bola Negra” are among the most likely to impress academy voters, while Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem also stood out.

NYT Arts • 64 days ago

Apple TV has, throughout the years, cemented itself as a platform of curiosities, offering televisual projects that resist easy genre categorization. David J. Rosen’s Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, starring Tatiana Maslany, is no exception, following a single mom fighting for custody when her life is upended by being a witness to a murder. Or so she […]

Deadline • 64 days ago

A federal judge dismissed Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against First Lady Melania Trump, concluding that the journalist’s litigation was an “inappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship.” “While Plaintiff and the First Lady have a real dispute, they must litigate it according to the same procedures as everyone else,” U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil wrote in her […]

Deadline • 64 days ago

Drake has become the first artist to hold the top three slots on the albums chart as “Iceman,” “Habibti” and “Maid of Honour” debut at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. “Iceman,” the album that Drake had been teasing for nearly two years before its release, enters the Billboard 200 at No. 1 with 463,000 […]

Variety • 64 days ago

This franchise offshoot follows a hero whose face is obscured for most of the movie. Is “Star Wars” fighting with one arm tied behind its back?

NYT Arts • 64 days ago

Now that Stranger Things has crossed the finish line, some of the stars recently called out the Duffer Brothers for their texting etiquette. On Thursday, Will Byers actor Noah Schnapp brought up his “unanswered” text messages to the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, while discussing the fifth and final season of the Netflix series […]

Deadline • 64 days ago