Entertainment - Sunday, August 30, 2026

State support for the contracting L.A. film and TV industry is now in the hands of California Governor Gavin Newsom and some (hoperfully) very creative accountants. With just hours to spare, the California State Senate passed SB 2319, the legislation that would create a separate tax incentive for the post-production industry. The bill now moves […]

Deadline • 14 days ago

Enhypen has scored its first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with “The Sin : Bliss,” while Dolly Parton reentered the top 5 with “Ultimate Dolly Parton” following news of her death earlier this week. K-pop group Enhypen moved 98,000 equivalent album units in their first week with “The Sin : Bliss,” marking their seventh […]

Variety • 14 days ago

Dolly Parton met Carl Dean outside a Nashville laundromat in 1964. For decades, she was as protective of her marriage as he was fiercely private.

NYT Arts • 14 days ago

The summer domestic box office is so close —so close–to hitting an all-time record, which would surpass the $4.756 billion held by summer 2013. Currently, per Rentrak, the North American box office for the first Friday in May through EOD today stands at $4.598 billion, officially the second-highest summer ever behind 2013. If this summer […]

Deadline • 14 days ago

An NBC News team is safe in Tel Aviv after being attacked on camera by Israeli settlers in the West Bank. On Sunday’s episode of Today, foreign correspondent Matt Bradley revealed that his team is “recovering well” after they “all took hits” during an interview the day before with elderly Palestinian woman Aida Ahmed Abdullah, […]

Deadline • 14 days ago

“Days of Thunder” star Randy Quaid sounded off on Anne Hathaway after it was revealed that she has joined Tom Cruise in the racing drama’s upcoming sequel. “We need Nicole [Kidman] back,” Quaid wrote on X Saturday. “Don’t be a pussy, [Tom Cruise]. You need the original girl. It’s not personal; it’s filmmaking. Anne isn’t […]

Variety • 14 days ago

Floating Points brings his niche classical music obsessions and deep love for dance clubs to his ballet score and new album “Mere Mortals.”

NYT Arts • 14 days ago

More than 35 years later, Cole Trickle’s new leading lady has ruffled some feathers for a previous Days of Thunder co-star. After Anne Hathaway was announced to join Tom Cruise in Paramount’s Days of Thunder 2, Randy Quaid had some unsavory words for the Oscar-winning actress, who is currently pregnant with her third child. “We […]

Deadline • 14 days ago

Dark comedy Buddy from Roadside Attractions and Saban Films blew past expectations to set a few records for Roadside Attractions as its top opening since Covid and second-best ever after I Can Only Imagine (2018, $17 million). From the producers of Weapons, the feature directorial debut of Casper Kelly scared up a no. 6 spot […]

Deadline • 14 days ago

Will Olivia Rodrigo and Stevie Nicks bring their musical talents to “Practical Magic 2?” Star Sandra Bullock seemed to teased the two pop stars’ involvement in the Warner Bros. sequel in a post on her Instagram Story Sunday morning. Along with a video of Rodrigo and Nicks performing together, Bullock wrote, “Angel voices that are […]

Variety • 14 days ago

You know an inaugural festival has been a success when, after the temperature reached 95 degrees, humidity topped 80%… perspiration stains were so pervasive that it was the odd dry spots that looked like stains… constant 12-minute trudges back and forth between two action-packed stages threatened to sap what few excess pounds hadn’t been sweated […]

Variety • 14 days ago

President Donald Trump suggested referring NBC News anchor Kristen Welker for possible punishment by the Federal Communications Commission after the “Meet the Press” moderator made innocuous remarks about candidates the President has backed in the run-up to the nation’s midterm elections later this year. Trump’s chilling diatribe, released via Truth Social, appeared to be misinformed. […]

Variety • 14 days ago