Entertainment - Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Perez Hilton’s self-harming TikTok livestream horrified viewers, prompting some to contact police and report the content. Despite the content going against the platform’s community guidelines, the stream was not immediately removed and persisted for about 15 to 20 minutes. A U.S. spokesperson for the digital platform told Deadline that a “moderator error” caused a delay […]

Deadline • 39 days ago

Bella Thorne revealed on the latest episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she was aggressively pitted against her “Shake It Off” co-star Zendaya amid the height of their Disney stardom. The two actors became household names among Disney Channel viewers for playing CeCe Jones (Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya) on “Shake It Off,” […]

Variety • 39 days ago

He screamed as much as sang, as his heavy-metal-inflected punk band, Sick of It All, spread the sound of the New York underground to the world.

NYT Arts • 39 days ago

SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils the entirety of Sterling Point, which is now streaming on Prime Video. One of the final twists in Sterling Point’s first season involved a personal touch from co-showrunner and creator Megan Park’s own life — the rarity of colorblindness in girls. Park and co-showrunners Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The […]

Deadline • 39 days ago

The people have spoken at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Nicky Murphy’s vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” took home best international feature honors at the audience awards, while Masanao Kawajiri’s “Cherry and Virgin” was honored with best animated feature. This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival took place from July 16 to Aug. 2 in […]

Variety • 39 days ago

Isabella Rossellini followed in the footsteps of her legendary late director father Roberto Rossellini and producer half-brother Renzo Rossellini as she was feted by the Locarno Film Festival with an Honorary Leopard (Pardo) at its opening night ceremony on Wednesday. “The prize I am receiving tonight is the excellence prize, which is something I haven’t […]

Deadline • 39 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: The Bonfire of the Vanities is looking for a new home. The high-profile series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s 1987 novel from top showrunner David E. Kelley and Batman director Matt Reeves, which had been set up at Apple TV for development, is no longer going forward there, Deadline has learned. The studio behind it, […]

Deadline • 39 days ago

‘Kindergarten for adults,’ a video store tribute and The Thin Mint hustle.

NYT Arts • 39 days ago

American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude. In the bilingual “Mustache” — the first feature from writer-director Imran J. Khan — 13-year-old Pakistani American high schooler Ilyas (Atharv Verma) undergoes an awkward adjustment from a private Islamic institution to a generic American high school. The story’s universality is born from its cultural specificity, […]

Variety • 39 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Zach Georgiou of Love Island USA has signed with Innovative Artists for representation in all areas. After Georgiou’s time in the Fiji villa on the Peacock dating series, the agency will work with him to expand his career in brand partnerships, unscripted television, hosting, and entrepreneurial ventures. Georgiou was one of the breakout Islanders […]

Deadline • 39 days ago

Billed as a spun-off third entry in the “M3GAN” franchise, “Soulm8te” is to “Fatal Attraction” as M3GAN’s vehicles were to “Orphan” and “The Bad Seed” — a robotic replay of very familiar genre tropes. Here, a grieving widower working in tech agrees to try out a prototype of the titular “AI companion,” basically a beauteous […]

Variety • 39 days ago

Alicia Keys has signed with CAA in all areas, the company announced earlier this week. Among her many achievements, the singer-songwriter has sold an estimated 65 million records since the release of her 2001 debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” and is the subject of “Hell’s Kitchen,” a Broadway musical featuring her music and lyrics […]

Variety • 39 days ago