Entertainment - Monday, July 6, 2026

While we knew when 70mm IMAX tickets were selling out a year ago that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey would be a hit, we now have some confirmation that the film itself lives up to the standard we’ve come to expect from the director of Oppenheimer. Early reactions dropped today, and while these are always to […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

Television City and Orbital Studios have partnered to bring a new virtual production studio to L.A.’s Fairfax District. The new LED volume will be based at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Television City, and reflects Orbital’s steadfast commitment to providing best-in-class virtual production experiences for productions of all sizes, budgets, and creative aspirations. virtual production system built […]

Variety • 15 days ago

Many historians have recently seen it as a tame, even disappointing affair. But in the Trump era, the old question of its radicalism is taking on a fresh charge.

NYT Arts • 15 days ago

Where once there was grass, then the giant “claw” UFC arena, there will next be a helipad. Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that the circular construction on the South Lawn of the White House would be a helipad for Marine One. It’s the latest project that has turned the White House into a construction zone, […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

On the heels of a big launch for its new James Bond video game, “007 First Light,” and talks of another 007 film, Amazon is going all in on another classic British character with the upcoming debut of its “Tomb Raider” video game franchise and a live-action TV show. First up will be “Tomb Raider: […]

Variety • 15 days ago

A counterculture icon with broad appeal, he compared himself to Bob Dylan and developed an especially fervent following among working-class youth.

NYT Arts • 15 days ago

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the ninth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “El Padrino,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. In a series filled with beloved characters like Kelly Reilly’s Beth and Cole Hauser’s Rip, as well as acting legends like Annette Bening and Ed Harris, it’s no small feat that Natalie Alyn Lind stole […]

Variety • 15 days ago

Zara Larsson has left her decade-plus home at Epic Records and signed with RCA Records, Variety can confirm. Two sources tell Variety that the pop star has inked a new deal with RCA. The sources say that Larsson was entertaining offers from multiple labels but that Sony, which houses subsidiaries Epic and RCA, wanted to […]

Variety • 15 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Mosul filmmaker Matthew Michael Carnahan is set to direct The Gatekeeper, which is in development for Amazon MGM Studios and Di Bonaventura Pictures. The pic is based on New York Times bestselling author James Byrne’s novel Deadlock and follows Desmond “Dez” Aloysius Limerick, an unconventional multi-talented ex-operative. After a chance meeting saving the life of a […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

Production assistants on “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago Med” have voted to ratify their first union contract, as part of a broader unionization campaign for P.A.’s. The deal covers 26 employees at “Chicago Med” and 35 at “Chicago Fire,” both of which are produced by Universal Television. The workers will be represented by LIUNA Local 724, […]

Variety • 15 days ago

Lauren Bennett, who collaborated with LMFAO on the No. 1 hit “Party Rock Anthem” and later was a member of the group G.R.L. has died, according to an announcement from the latter. No cause or date of death was given. According to a social media post by her former Paradiso Girls bandmate Aria Crescendo, Bennett […]

Deadline • 15 days ago

His 1998 book, “Gotham,” which told the city’s story to 1898, focused on social and economic conflict. It won a Pulitzer Prize and inspired two sequels.

NYT Arts • 15 days ago