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Entertainment - Sunday, August 16, 2026

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Entertainment headlines for Sunday, August 16, 2026

Summary of this day news

Entertainment headlines for 2026-08-16 focused on 3 major developments:

  • 1) Noah Wyle Hopes David Ellison’s Threat to Move Paramount Out of California is ‘Saber Rattling’: ‘You’re Going to Take Hollywood Out of Hollywood’ (Variety)
  • 2) Call Her Moving: Alex Cooper In Talks With CAA After UTA Exit Under Cloud (Deadline)
  • 3) Dwayne Johnson Leads Crowd in ‘Happy Birthday’ Song for Daughter Simone After Receiving Disney Legends Award at D23 (Variety) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance.

Together they provide a representative view of the day in entertainment news before diving into each full report.

Why it matters: This snapshot shows where entertainment attention concentrated on 2026-08-16, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.

Key Points

3 highlights

  1. Noah Wyle Hopes David Ellison’s Threat to Move Paramount Out of California is ‘Saber Rattling’: ‘You’re Going to Take Hollywood Out of Hollywood’

    Sources: #1 Variety

  2. Call Her Moving: Alex Cooper In Talks With CAA After UTA Exit Under Cloud

    Sources: #2 Deadline

  3. Dwayne Johnson Leads Crowd in ‘Happy Birthday’ Song for Daughter Simone After Receiving Disney Legends Award at D23

    Sources: #3 Variety

Top 12 Stories

Ranked by daily score
  1. Noah Wyle Hopes David Ellison’s Threat to Move Paramount Out of California is ‘Saber Rattling’: ‘You’re Going to Take Hollywood Out of Hollywood’
    #1 Score 80
    Noah Wyle Hopes David Ellison’s Threat to Move Paramount Out of California is ‘Saber Rattling’: ‘You’re Going to Take Hollywood Out of Hollywood’

    Noah Wyle is hoping David Ellison isn’t serious about moving Paramount out of California. “I hope this is saber rattling because I can’t think of anything that would less engender you to the population of this industry than to say you’re going to take Hollywood out of Hollywood,” the “Pitt” star told me Sunday at […]

    Variety 28 days ago
  2. Call Her Moving: Alex Cooper In Talks With CAA After UTA Exit Under Cloud
    #2 Score 77
    Call Her Moving: Alex Cooper In Talks With CAA After UTA Exit Under Cloud

    Following several turbulent months and the forthcoming end of her beverage brand, Alex Cooper is embracing change — at least when it comes to her representation. The Call Her Daddy host is in serious talks with CAA, Deadline can confirm. Nothing is signed, sealed and delivered yet, but the expectation is Cooper will make the […]

    Deadline 28 days ago
  3. Dwayne Johnson Leads Crowd in ‘Happy Birthday’ Song for Daughter Simone After Receiving Disney Legends Award at D23
    #3 Score 72
    Dwayne Johnson Leads Crowd in ‘Happy Birthday’ Song for Daughter Simone After Receiving Disney Legends Award at D23

    Dwayne Johnson has been officially crowned a legend — a Disney Legend that is. On Sunday at D23, Johnson was honored with the hall-of-fame-style award from the Walt Disney Company. From “Jungle Cruise” to the “Moana” franchise and “Race to Witch Mountain,” Johnson is no stranger to the world of Disney. But as he took the stage to […]

    Variety 28 days ago
  4. #4 Score 72
    How Thrillers Hook You With Their First Sentence

    Can our Book Review editor, Tina Jordan, guess thrillers from their first sentence? In this game we explore a few of the books from The New York Times’s “50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century” list; and learn a bit more about why opening sentences are so important to get people reading.

    NYT Arts 28 days ago
  5. Myki Meeks On Life-Changing Experience Winning ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ & How The Team Raises The Bar Every Year – Contenders TV Nominees Studio
    #5 Score 69
    Myki Meeks On Life-Changing Experience Winning ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ & How The Team Raises The Bar Every Year – Contenders TV Nominees Studio

    After 18 seasons on the air, RuPaul’s Drag Race has received a total of 88 Emmy nominations with 29 wins. To celebrate its most recent slew of Emmy nominations, executive producer Natalia James, co-executive producer John Polly, production designer Jen Chu, choreographer Jamal Sims and Season 18 winner Myki Meeks joined Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees Studio […]

    Deadline 28 days ago
  6. Zale Parry, Aquatic Hollywood Star and Early Acid Tripper, Dies at 93
    #6 Score 65
    Zale Parry, Aquatic Hollywood Star and Early Acid Tripper, Dies at 93

    A diving feat landed her on the cover of Sports Illustrated and led to a film and TV career. She also took part in one of the first LSD studies.

    NYT Arts 28 days ago
  7. Bob Iger Gets All-Star Send-Off From Robert Downey Jr., Harrison Ford and New CEO Josh D’Amaro at D23 Disney Legends Ceremony
    #7 Score 64
    Bob Iger Gets All-Star Send-Off From Robert Downey Jr., Harrison Ford and New CEO Josh D’Amaro at D23 Disney Legends Ceremony

    Bob Iger is officially a legend within the Disney kingdom. We can’t call it surprising that the media giant named its former CEO (twice over) to its hall of fame, but it’s certainly fitting. Iger, 75, has guided the company to delirious heights of success – and through some of its darkest ever hours. Disney […]

    Variety 28 days ago
  8. Anne Hathaway Tears Up as She’s Named a Disney Legend (and Her 2026 Box Office Crosses $2 Billion): ‘I’m One of the Most Insanely Lucky People in the World’
    #8 Score 60
    Anne Hathaway Tears Up as She’s Named a Disney Legend (and Her 2026 Box Office Crosses $2 Billion): ‘I’m One of the Most Insanely Lucky People in the World’

    Shut up! Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is officially a Disney Legend. Hathaway was officially inducted into Disney’s hall of fame on Sunday afternoon during D23, the company’s weekend-long ultimate fan event. “I am here today because I’m one of the most insanely lucky people in the world,” Hathaway said after her “Devil Wears Prada” director […]

    Variety 28 days ago
  9. Jason Segel Says ‘Shrinking’ Season 4 Will Move Past Acute Grief: “Like A Rom-Com To Me To Try Again At 45 Years Old” – Contenders TV Nominees Studio
    #9 Score 59
    Jason Segel Says ‘Shrinking’ Season 4 Will Move Past Acute Grief: “Like A Rom-Com To Me To Try Again At 45 Years Old” – Contenders TV Nominees Studio

    They’re already shooting Season 4, but the Shrinking cast — co-creator/co-writer Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams and Michael Urie — took a break to chat about their Emmy-nominated third season at Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees Studio. Segel, who stars as Jimmy and serves as executive producer and writer alongside Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein, teased […]

    Deadline 28 days ago
  10. ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’s Bloody Good Expansion As Indies Flex – Specialty Box Office
    #10 Score 57
    ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’s Bloody Good Expansion As Indies Flex – Specialty Box Office

    Indie films helped drive a terrific box office weekend with Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma from Mubi a standout. The edgy director with a dedicated fan base of her own tapped the youthful audience that flocked to Obsession and Backrooms as well as fans of the The X-Files (Gillian Anderson stars), […]

    Deadline 28 days ago
  11. Ariana Grande Brings Out ‘Wicked’ Co-Star Cynthia Erivo for ‘Happy Days’ and ‘For Good’ at Eternal Sunshine London Show
    #11 Score 55
    Ariana Grande Brings Out ‘Wicked’ Co-Star Cynthia Erivo for ‘Happy Days’ and ‘For Good’ at Eternal Sunshine London Show

    Ariana Grande brought out Cynthia Erivo to perform at her Aug. 16 Eternal Sunshine stop at London’s O2. The “Wicked” stars sang “For Good” and “Happy Days” on the second night in the U.K. for Grande’s tour. Grande is currently on her Eternal Sunshine Tour, which shares a title with her seventh studio album. The […]

    Variety 28 days ago
  12. Octavia Spencer “Felt It Was Incumbent On Me As A Citizen Of The World” To Make ‘Lost Women Of Alaska’ – Contenders TV Nominees Studio
    #12 Score 52
    Octavia Spencer “Felt It Was Incumbent On Me As A Citizen Of The World” To Make ‘Lost Women Of Alaska’ – Contenders TV Nominees Studio

    Octavia Spencer has been following true crime stories since she was just 11 years old. Speaking at Deadline’s Contenders: The Nominees Studio, Spencer said, “I think there are a lot of people who are very new to the true crime genre. I’m not, I’ve been studying it. I read a horrible story, a true crime […]

    Deadline 28 days ago

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