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Wednesday, May 8

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Neil Portnow Sexual Assault Accuser Moves to Dismiss Lawsuit Due to Fear of Public Identification

A member of the Recording Academy who claimed Neil Portnow, former head of the Grammy Awards, drugged and raped her in a New York hotel in 2018 has asked the court to dismiss her lawsuit. The move is a result of a looming court order that…

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Why Hollywood Can’t Finish a Janis Joplin Biopic

Hollywood Tries (Just a Little Bit Harder) But Can’t Make a Janis Joplin Film Jim Morrison got one. Jimi Hendrix, too. And Kurt Cobain. And now, with Back to Black, Amy Winehouse is getting one as well. But there is one member of the so…

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South by Southwest Heading to London in 2025

South by Southwest is heading to London. The event, which bills itself as “the world’s leading festival celebrating the convergence of creativity, culture and technology,” is expanding with SXSW London in June 2025. The move gives SXSW,…

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Lily Allen Says “Nepo Baby” Is a Term “Almost Exclusively Used for Women”

Lily Allen took a moment this week to interrogate the “nepo baby” terminology that has become widespread in its use to denote Hollywood professionals whose parents are also famous. “Nepo babies, I think it’s quite like ‘Karen’, in the…

Tuesday, May 7

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Tiffany Haddish Explains Her Stand-Up Comments Over University Protests: “Do It Better. Really Be Effective”

Tiffany Haddish has addressed a viral moment from her stand-up performance at this weekend’s Netflix Is a Joke Festival, where she called out the protests happening on college campuses against the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. When speaking to…

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Dozens of Pro-Palestine Protesters Arrested Near Met Gala

Over two dozen pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Monday evening while marching from a midtown college campus to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to demonstrate in front of the Met Gala, one of the most…

Drake’s Security Guard Shot Outside Rapper’s Toronto Home Amid Kendrick Lamar Beef

Drake’s Toronto mansion was the scene of a drive-by shooting early Tuesday, but the Canadian rap sensation is safe and cooperating with a police investigation that as yet has no motive. Toronto Police in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said…

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Murder in Paradise: The Killing of a VFX Legend

Deep in the lush mountains of the Caribbean island of Dominica, amid stands of lemongrass, giant ferns and palms, three roads converge where two lives ended, violently. A few weeks before Christmas, the bodies of Daniel Langlois, a French…

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Kevin Spacey to Stand Trial in U.K., Again, Over Sexual Assault Civil Claim (Report)

Kevin Spacey is due to stand trial in the U.K. again, likely in 2025, over a lawsuit by a man, who alleges that the actor sexually assaulted him, Reuters reported. The alleged sexual assault took place in August 2008, with the trial on…

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Warner Bros. Discovery Strikes Canal+, Amazon Prime Deals for Max in France

Warner Bros. Discovery said on Tuesday that it has struck a bundling partnership with French pay-TV giant Canal+ for its May 21 launch of streaming service Max in France. Max will also become available in the Netherlands and Belgium on…

Monday, May 6

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Pulitzer Prizes 2024: Justin Chang Wins for Film Criticism, Greg Tate Receives Special Citation

Film critic Justin Chang won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for criticism on Monday for varied and “richly evocative” work that telegraphs how Americans see movies now. The New Yorker‘s current film critic won the prize on Monday for his 2023…

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Columbia University Cancels Main Commencement After Weeks of Pro-Palestinian Protests

Columbia University is canceling its large university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its campus and others across the U.S., but it will hold smaller school-based ceremonies this week…

Friday, May 3

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RespectAbility Expands Entertainment Lab From Six Weeks to Five Months

RespectAbility’s Entertainment Lab for disabled professionals is making a big change for its sixth year. Whereas the program had run for six weeks every summer even when it pivoted from in-person to virtual with the onset of the COVID-19…

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Nicholas Galitzine on “Setting Boundaries” and Not Engaging With the “Toxic Parts of Hollywood”

Nicholas Galitzine is opening up about how he manages the extra attention that comes with his more recent rise in fame. The actor, who has found stardom in recent years with his roles in 2022’s Purple Hearts, 2023’s Red, White & Royal Blue…

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Tiffany Haddish Started Fake Social Media Account to Find and Call Trolls: “People Think They Can Just Say Whatever”

Tiffany Haddish opened a fake Instagram account to track down her online trolls and sometimes call them on the phone, the comedian said this week. In a new profile with the Los Angeles Times, Haddish said she faces intense internet…

Thursday, May 2

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Super Nintendo World’s Third Location Will Open in Orlando in 2025

Children of the 1980s, rejoice! Dreams of entering the world of favorite Nintendo games are about to become a reality again — this time in Florida, as it was announced Thursday that the much-anticipated debut of Super Nintendo World is now…

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Police Make Dozens of Arrests at UCLA in Tense Clashes With Israel-Hamas War Protesters

Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a…

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Ryan Gosling Reveals How Hope for a Burt Reynolds Friendship Was Dashed by His Mom

Ryan Gosling’s teenage actor hopes for a friendship with late screen legend Burt Reynolds were dashed when he learned that the 1970s movie icon was more interested in his mother. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, the 43…

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Peabody Awards: Mel Brooks, Quinta Brunson Tapped for Special Honors

The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced that Mel Brooks has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award, while Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson has won the Peabody Trailblazer Award. Both awards were selected by…

Wednesday, May 1

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Dan Schneider Sues ‘Quiet on Set’ Producers for Defamation In Docuseries

Dan Schneider has sued Investigation Discovery for defamation over his portrayal in Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, accusing the company of falsely implying that he sexually abused children who worked Nickelodeon series he created…

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New Harvey Weinstein Trial Planned for After Labor Day

Harvey Weinstein is looking at a new trial in New York after Labor Day. The former Hollywood mogul appeared in court in New York Wednesday for the first time since his 2020 rape conviction was overturned. Judge Curtis Farber set a May 29…

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ITV Studios Sells Israel-Based Formats Company Armoza Back to Founder

ITV Studios, the production arm of U.K. TV giant ITV, has sold Tel Aviv-based company Armoza Formats — which backed game show Still Standing, docu-reality series Marry Me Now and singing show The Four — back to its founder Avi Armoza.…

Tuesday, Apr 30

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Barbra Streisand Surprised by Backlash Over Her Melissa McCarthy Ozempic Comment

Barbra Streisand is seemingly taken aback by the backlash she has received regarding an Ozempic comment she left on Melissa McCarthy’s latest Instagram post. The EGOT winner took to her social media on Tuesday to offer an explanation for…

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‘Futurama’ Getting Art Book Treatment From Abrams ComicArts (First-Look)

Futurama, the cult animated comedy series created by Matt Groening, is getting the deluxe art book treatment. Abrams ComicArts, one of the leaders in the trendy format, will release The Art of Futurama, billed as the first art book to…

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Warner Bros. in Talks to Land Olivia Wilde, LuckyChap Comic Book Movie ‘Avengelyne’

Avengelyne may be flying to Warner Bros., with the studio in early talks to up acquire the comic book package that hit earlier this month. Poor Things screenwriter Tony McNamara has joined the project as well. Don’t Worry Darling filmmaker…

Monday, Apr 29

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Anita Hill on Harvey Weinstein Reversal: “Our Movement Will Persist”

This week’s reversal of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction sent shockwaves through survivor communities. It’s grossly ironic, if not outright cynical, that the release comes during Sexual Assault Awareness Month; it says volumes about the…

Sunday, Apr 28

Nicole Kidman’s Daughters Make Their Red Carpet Debut at AFI Life Achievement Award Gala

Saturday’s AFI Life Achievement Award Gala marked the first ever public Kidman-Urban family outing, with the couple’s two teenage daughters making their red carpet debut. “There’s an enormous amount of luck in my life, but there’s also the…

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Anne Hathaway on How She Overcame Being a “Chronically Stressed Young Woman” in Hollywood

Anne Hathaway is opening up about how stress impacted her earlier in her acting career and how she finally learned to manage it. During an interview on The New York Times podcast The Interview, the Oscar-winning actress shared that she has…

Saturday, Apr 27

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Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized After His Rape Conviction Was Overturned in New York

Two days after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction was overturned by the New York Court of Appeals, the former movie mogul has been hospitalized. Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, said he was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan…

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Jerry Seinfeld Says He Still Thinks About Being Heckled at a Stand-Up Set 30 Years Ago: “It Was Mean”

Jerry Seinfeld revealed he still thinks about a heckler who called him out for one of his jokes during a comedy set over 30 years ago. The comedian stopped by In Depth With Graham Bensinger to promote his upcoming film, Unfrosted. During…