Entertainment - Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Sam Neill had been steadily working in the movies for nearly two decades before he became, at the age of 45, a star in the industry’s eyes. A sturdy, reliable everyman who radiated, depending on the role, a kind of quietly masculine decency or a steely chill, the New Zealander never chased the flashy, all-guns-blazing […]

Variety • 6 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: A year after selling out 70MM Imax showtimes, Universal’s second Christopher Nolan movie after his multi-Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, The Odyssey, finally arrives. While we had a puffy projection last week for Disney’s Moana of $130M in worldwide box office fueled by lofty tracking, few sources see the feature take of Homer’s epic poem getting sidelined […]

Deadline • 6 days ago

Score one for Marvel’s real superhero. The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation said Tuesday that longtime Marvel Studios President and Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige will receive its highest honor: the Pioneer of the Year Award. The architect of the multibillion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe will be feted during a ceremony on September 30 at […]

Deadline • 6 days ago

In a booming fossil market, the T. rex had been dethroned by a stegosaurus. No longer.

NYT Arts • 6 days ago

Tyler Falbo, a writer, director and producer known for his shaping the viral comedy videos of sketch group Almost Friday, is helming an R-rated comedy movie for Paramount. Titled “Boys for Life,” the film will be released theatrically on April 9, 2027, under Paramount’s newly announced Primal label. While few plot details are available, Variety […]

Variety • 6 days ago

The winner of countless awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, he was described in 1990 as “the most influential political cartoonist now working.”

NYT Arts • 6 days ago

For much of her adult life, poet Mary Oliver pursued her métier in relative obscurity, publishing well respected if modestly selling volumes of her work. Then, in 1984, she won the Pulitzer Prize, and that changed everything. Oliver in her last three decades became a rare celebrity poet – beloved of cultural icons like Oprah […]

Deadline • 6 days ago

Paramount’s new genre label, Paramount Primal, has picked up R-Rated comedy project, Boys for Life, after a competitive bidding war. An April 9, 2027 theatrical release has been set for the project which is already rolling cameras. The Tyler Falbo directed, produced movie which he co-wrote with Max Barrett. Falbo gained traction in the comedy scene with […]

Deadline • 6 days ago

George Lucas has a bone to pick with Hollywood when it comes to focus groups and test screenings. The “Star Wars” creator, who walked away from the franchise in 2012 after selling Lucasfilm to Disney in a $4 billion deal, recently told A Rabbit’s Foot (via IGN) that Hollywood’s over-reliance on focus groups has created studio […]

Variety • 6 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Grace (Fear The Walking Dead, Taken) has joined the series regular cast of AMC’s Thunder Road, the NASCAR drama series from John Fusco. Grace joins the previously announced cast led by Dennis Quaid, Chase Stokes, Michael Rooker and Matt Barr. Thunder Road is the multi-generational saga of the fictional Whitlock family, whose legacy in […]

Deadline • 6 days ago

As we head into the halfway point of the 2026 MLB season, teams like the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers are at the top of the league with impressive play, strong pitching and out-of-the-park hitting. But now, it’s the time of the season for a little bit of rest, relaxation and fun for […]

Variety • 6 days ago

Inside the high-wire act of casting celebrities to play themselves, including in movies like “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.”

NYT Arts • 6 days ago