Entertainment - Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Donald Trump personally collected $2.2 billion during the first year of his second presidential term, according to a disclosure form released Tuesday by the U.S. Office Of Government Ethics. The amount of gains largely reflects Trump’s significant stake in the tech industry. Cryptocurrency transactions and dealings with Nvidia, Amazon and other firms are captured in […]

You won’t find Minionese on Duolingo – at least not yet – but the Minion language is on everyone’s tongue these days following the release of the franchise’s latest film, “Minions & Monsters.” It was only fitting to ask the stars of the movie if they had picked up any Minionese skills when I caught […]

The housekeeper said in her lawsuit that a dog weighing more than 200 pounds had “savagely” bitten her at the singer’s California home in 2020.

This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival will debut 21 feature films, 10 of which will screen in the festival’s official competition strand, which will run from August 13 to 19. Titles competing for the festival’s Sean Connery Prize include Paul Wright’s Mission, starring George MacKay. The film’s official synopsis reads: Mission is a punk exploration of […]

Nearly two years after suing Marvel, Beau DeMayo has opened up about the alleged treatment he endured leading up to his March 2024 termination. The X-Men ’97 creator, who was ousted from the show ahead of its premiere, claimed he was “very honest” about his OnlyFans work with Marvel Studios Animation, adding that he felt […]

Antonin Baudry’s “De Gaulle: Résistance,” Pathé’s ambitious two-part historical epic about the making of Charles de Gaulle as a resistance leader, has fought its way back into a leading position at the French box office after an underwhelming start. Driven by strong word-of-mouth, younger viewers and a heatwave that sent crowds back into air-conditioned theaters, […]

Old menus, vivid lightning and Richard Grant sniffing things.

A quarter-century after it swallowed Time Warner in one of history’s splashiest and most ill-fated mergers, AOL returned to the Wall Street spotlight Wednesday with a new corporate parent, Bending Spoons. The Milan, Italy-based company had its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, with shares rising 40% to finish at $40.50. The IPO raised about […]

EXCLUSIVE: Illumination/Universal’s Minions & Monsters is posting an estimated $13.75M opening day — that’s without any previews. The Chris Melandandri produced, Pierre Coffin directed animated movie is the seventh title in the Despicable Me and Minions $5.6 billion global grossing franchise, and it’s easily No. 1 for today. There’s a lot of runway left in […]

Michael Weatherly is returning to the role of “NCIS” fan favorite Tony DiNozzo once again. Variety has learned that Weatherly is set for a season-long arc in Season 24 of the long-running CBS series that he helped popularize. This is now the second high-profile “NCIS” alum to return to the franchise in recent days. It […]