Entertainment - Friday, July 24, 2026

Kalshi threatened Netflix with a defamation suit over a recent trailer for the upcoming documentary The Prediction Games, premiering Sunday on the streamer. Following a court order requiring the prediction market app block sports-related markets in Nevada, Kalshi’s lawyers sent Netflix a cease-and-desist over footage from the trailer showing traders celebrating their Kalshi earnings from […]

Deadline • 2 days ago

The testimony came on the fourth day of the singer’s preliminary hearing. He is accused of fatally stabbing Celeste Rivas Hernandez, 14, and dismembering her body.

NYT Arts • 2 days ago

Norwegian director Vegard Dahle’s zombie comedy “Grandmonster” has won the top Outpost Award, and a prize of post-production services, at the Fantasia Festival’s prestigious Frontières Co-Production Market, which handed out six awards at its closing cocktail, July 25. The film, about an American dropout who unintentionally triggers a zombie outbreak at a remote Norwegian nursing […]

Variety • 2 days ago

Robert Irvine won’t be watching Food Network’s reboot of Restaurant Impossible and is sharing his thoughts with his fans. The first episode of Restaurant Impossible: Last Call premiered this week, with Chef Aarón Sánchez and Jen Agg spearheading the series as they help troubled businesses become successful. Many fans took to social media to ask […]

Deadline • 2 days ago

Veteran TV director, writer and producer Ralph W. Hemecker, known for his work on shows including “The X-Files,” “Blue Bloods,” “Once Upon a Time” and “The Flash,” has died. He was 65. According to an obituary notice, Hemecker died July 10 at his home in Glendale, Calif. Hemecker’s credits over the years also include “Millennium,” […]

Variety • 2 days ago

Victoria Monét goes girl-group, Sam Smith gets a choral assist, and Chad Hugo re-emerges.

NYT Arts • 2 days ago

After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes of the merger exulted and observers tried to process the latest twist in the merger saga. California Attorney General Rob Bonta hailed the agreement, under which Paramount pledged not close the $110 billion deal before June 1, […]

Deadline • 2 days ago

Since her critically acclaimed role in 2024’s The Last Showgirl, Pamela Anderson’s acting career has been moving in a new direction. With decades devoted to more mainstream roles befitting of the blonde bombshell, Anderson now embraces projects that both challenge and scare her. Up next, she stars in the satirical dark comedy Rosebush Pruning, as […]

Deadline • 2 days ago

President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”

NYT Arts • 2 days ago

FRIDAY PM: Well, it was clear its weekdays showed how much of a driving force Universal’s The Odyssey would be, for the feature take of Homer’s epic poem is headed for a second frame of $84.5M, the best Christopher Nolan has ever seen, beating his previous second weekend high, 2008’s Dark Knight ($75.1M). Some rivals […]

Deadline • 2 days ago

The Paramount+ multi-cam comedy “Crutch” is done after just one season, Variety has learned. The series, which starred Tracy Morgan in the title role, originally debuted on Paramount+ back in November 2025. News of the series ending comes as little surprise, as it failed to find a significant audience upon its debut and considering Morgan’s […]

Variety • 2 days ago

HBO Max wants it all. The most-nominated network enters Phase 2 of the Emmy race with the year’s two most-nominated series, giving the platform a rare opportunity to capture television’s top drama and comedy prizes, and potentially make history across three major program categories. “The Pitt,” the sophomore season of the breakout medical drama, leads […]

Variety • 2 days ago