Entertainment - Sunday, August 2, 2026

A member of the Dancing with the Stars family is coming home. On Sunday at DWTS Con in Palm Springs, DWTS: Juniors alum Kamri Peterson was announced as the first troupe dancer joining the mothership show for Season 35. “It’s a full circle moment for @kamri_dancer,” read a message on the show’s Instagram page. ‘This […]

Deadline • 42 days ago

Grande “will be taking a step back from visibility” after her Eternal Sunshine Tour concludes next month, a spokeswoman for the singer said on Sunday.

NYT Arts • 42 days ago

Phil Collins recently told The Times of London that he almost died in 2024 from health complications stemming from alcohol abuse. The Genesis frontman explained that he was initially admitted to a Swiss hospital for alcohol addiction in late 2023. He was discharged at first, but was brought back in shortly after and placed into […]

Variety • 42 days ago

Geno Segers was set to join the production with an all-new principal cast in September.

NYT Arts • 42 days ago

With his first movie in more than a decade, Gregg Araki found himself working in a whole new era of Hollywood to bring I Want Your Sex to the big screen. Discussing his new erotic comedy thriller, now playing in theaters, the co-writer and director explained to Deadline how AI tools were particularly useful in […]

Deadline • 42 days ago

A new report from the Wall Street Journal, published Saturday night, brings to light several possible errors by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department during its search for Nancy Guthrie, which has seen little progress since it began in February. The WSJ, citing personal files and interviews with current and former federal officers and individuals close […]

Variety • 42 days ago

Critics have said their piece about Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” and now he is saying his piece about them. While on “The Odyssey” press tour, the director spoke with podcaster Zhong Shu about “a fundamental flaw of film criticism” he sees with amateur critics. “The criticism that’s often leveled at movies in general is, ‘Oh, […]

Variety • 42 days ago

Independents from Hadestown to The Invite did their part to fuel one of the biggest weekends in box office history led by Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey and other studio heavyweights. Hadestown: The Musical from Bleecker Street grossed $2 million in week 2 on 1,567 screens for a cume of $18.2 million, surpassing Hamilton […]

Deadline • 42 days ago

He played Salvatore Bonpensiero, a mobster’s foot soldier turned F.B.I. informant known to his friends as Big Pussy, on the celebrated HBO series.

NYT Arts • 42 days ago

With Letterboxd at the palm of our hands, everybody truly is a critic these days, much to Christopher Nolan’s annoyance. The 2x Oscar winner recently unpacked “a real problem” with amateur film critics today, explaining there is a “very accessible modern language of storytelling” that they don’t see as necessary to filmmaking. “The criticism that’s […]

Deadline • 42 days ago

Ariana Grande is stepping out of the spotlight for an extended break after she wraps her Eternal Sunshine Tour, a rep for the actress and pop star told People. The rep’s statement cited “ongoing public scrutiny” as one of the reasons for the pause. “Ariana will be taking a step back from visibility after she […]

Variety • 42 days ago

The veteran performer is making waves as a blind servant in “The Odyssey.” But he was worried that a scene with dogs would make him the most hated actor in movies.

NYT Arts • 42 days ago