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The TIFF Tribute Awards gala honored 10 names including Rogen, Mirren and Fan Bingbing, days before the festival closes with its influential People's Choice Award.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman's long-awaited sequel opened to $30 million, ending 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day's' six-week run atop the chart — but on the low end of what Warner Bros. had projected.
Apple TV's freshman horror-comedy swept every category it competed in at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, toppling a record set just last year and turning a first-season gamble into the most decorated comedy in Emmy history.
A patron who gave only his first name walked into Concord Public Library with a Gilded Age magazine that had sat in his house for decades. Thanks to a timely fine amnesty, he owed nothing.
Apple TV+'s spy drama combines two Mick Herron novels for the first time as MI5's outcasts discover they've been erased from the agency's books.
The country crossover hit notches a 22nd week atop the Billboard Hot 100, matching 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' as the chart's longest-reigning No. 1 ever.
Nolan's three-hour epic passes $1.68 billion worldwide, dethroning 'Jurassic World' as Universal's biggest release and becoming only the 17th film ever to cross $1 billion overseas.
London's Science Museum marked 60 years of the franchise by gathering the largest group ever to hold Spock's Vulcan salute at once.
The nine-time Emmy winner known as the 'Sultan of Sequins' spent six decades dressing Hollywood's biggest stars, from Carol Burnett to Cher.
The auction house beat out Christie's to consign a trove of Impressionist masterworks by Van Gogh, Cézanne and Degas assembled by the late Argentine collectors Nelly and Carlos Blaquier.
Sony's web-slinging sequel has already passed Avengers: Endgame domestically and sits roughly $1.4 million behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens' 11-year-old North American record.
Apple TV+'s horror-comedy swept six trophies and Matthew Rhys became the first performer to win lead-acting Emmys in three genres, as Mariska Hargitay hosted the first female-fronted ceremony in 15 years.
The 'Guttural Scream at the Sea' gathering paired a judged screaming contest with a mass release of rent anxiety, AI dread and general frustration, aimed straight at the Pacific.
Multiple outlets report the singer and her fiance are now parents, though the couple and their representatives have yet to confirm the news.
The Bullock-Kidman reunion dethroned 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' with an estimated $28 million to $30 million opening, even as critics and moviegoers rated it worlds apart.
President Johanna Faries revealed the long-rumored adaptation at BlizzCon's opening night on the franchise's 30th anniversary, with no studio, cast or release date yet attached.
Two truckloads of stout vanished from a depot near Liverpool this week, the latest in a string of brazen beer heists on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Rage Against the Machine guitarist's Sept. 25 LP features Serj Tankian, Kneecap and Beartooth, led by a single about Dutch resistance fighters who fought the Nazis.
Siân Heder's follow-up to "CODA" drew a standing ovation as the Toronto festival launched TIFF: The Market, a federally backed push to grow beyond premieres alone.
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive Monday with "The Pitt" and "Hacks" leading the field, a new Legacy Award for "I Love Lucy," and the first solo woman hosting the ceremony since 2011.
Scientists matched the yellow hue and prolific egg-laying of a newly found mountain lizard to Syrax, the dragon ridden by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art closes its member preview days today, capping a 16-year, three-city odyssey to build a permanent home for Lucas's personal collection.
The 24-track album earned 99,000 equivalent units in its opening week, extending the rapper's run of top-10 debuts to eight straight projects.
A24 smuggled "You Can See Everything" into Telluride without warning. Now the three-year chronicle of Elizabeth Holmes's final weeks before prison is drawing rave reviews and forcing awards strategists to rewrite the fall calendar.
The Guinness World Records 2027 edition catalogs a car barely wider than a doorway, a nearly six-foot-tall working hairdryer, and a Canadian man who has recovered 90 percent of his skin in tattoos up to 40 times over.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman reunite for a belated sequel to the 1998 cult favorite, with Warner Bros. hoping nostalgia can turn a soft-opening original into a real franchise.
MTV timed the announcement to the anniversary of the band's instrument-smashing 1992 VMA performance, making Nirvana just the ninth act to receive the career-achievement honor.
The 77-year-old singer says doctors linked his normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis directly to years of loud live performances, and that a shunt implant has already improved his memory and balance.
The artist behind the duct-taped banana and a meteor-struck pope brings three decades of museum pranks to the Neue Nationalgalerie.
TIFF's 51st edition kicks off Thursday with roughly 200 features and a compressed sprint into the fall awards season.
The real-life married couple's onscreen marriage in crisis became one of the festival's most emotional premieres.
The 900-year-old chronicle of the Norman Conquest opens at the British Museum on Thursday, with every ticket through December already sold out.
The 54-year-old house's first-ever artistic director unveils his opening collection Sept. 10, a day after Ralph Lauren and Coach jump the official calendar.
The 51st edition arrives Sept. 10 with directorial efforts from Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Rock and Rebel Wilson, plus a late, unexpected entry from Zack Snyder.
Nearly a decade after its off-Broadway triumph, the pageant satire begins performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre with a cast led by Patina Miller and Denée Benton.
Paris's landmark tower reopened Tuesday after employees protested the removal of female staff during a Hindu delegation's visit, prompting apologies and a promised investigation.
The 20th-anniversary edition of Beyoncé's sophomore album folds in an estate-approved Selena Quintanilla duet that has drawn both praise and pushback — and a defense from her widower, Chris Pérez.
More than 130 galleries from roughly 30 countries showed in Seoul, but dealers leaned into younger artists and lower price points as economic uncertainty tempered spending.
The London comedian says a short run of farewell episodes is coming before she closes the show that turned an awkward chicken-shop interview format into a global sensation.
A West Loop bar turned Chicago's most notorious liqueur into a charity fundraiser and a bid for a Guinness World Record, with the governor pouring shots behind the bar.
The Colorado festival's Labor Day lineup pairs a hushed Mike Leigh family drama with Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman in Simon Stone's 'Elsinore,' plus tributes to John Malkovich and Sandra Hüller.
Stephen Colbert's farewell season and a first Emmy for 'Antiques Roadshow' also stood out as the Television Academy handed out categories it cut from next week's main broadcast.
Lance Oppenheim's 'Primetime' recasts the 'To Catch a Predator' host as a tragic antihero, drawing raves from critics even as the real Chris Hansen weighs a lawsuit.
A dance-battle craze born from a video-game reference has jumped from social media feeds to beaches and plazas across Latin America, drawing bans in some cities and enthusiastic embraces in others.
The singer's sixth studio album trades the arena-pop instincts of 'Higher Than Heaven' for guitar-driven songwriting shaped by her 2024 separation — though she resists calling it a breakup record.
Nashville and London will each host a weekend celebration next year built around a festival concept Parton had planned before her death in August — not a memorial, her estate says, but the party she wanted.
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival opened with lifetime honors for two veteran actors and a standing ovation for a film about the birth of tabloid journalism — setting a reflective, media-wary tone for the two weeks ahead.
Months after a spinal condition turned one round-bodied Seattle raccoon into an internet phenomenon, the tributes keep multiplying — from a city proclamation to a numbered collectible figurine.
The Leicester rock band's ninth album, out today, is its third since Serge Pizzorno took over as frontman following Tom Meighan's 2020 departure.
The deadpan interview series that turned a London chicken shop into a red-carpet launching pad will wrap with a final run of episodes, its creator says.
Five weeks after its release, Tom Holland's Marvel sequel is within striking distance of Star Wars: The Force Awakens' decade-old domestic record, with a sixth straight weekend atop the chart on the line over Labor Day.
Police in Ireland and England spent days debunking eerie clips claiming a Dr. Seuss-costumed figure was prowling residential streets at night — footage investigators say was fabricated with AI.
The Iceland-and-Colombia-shot thriller, with Snyder serving as his own cinematographer, joins Toronto's world-premiere slate as an independent production still seeking a distributor.
The dark CIA comedy pairs John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as agents entangled in Chile's 1973 coup, putting McDonagh's third Golden Lion bid in front of a jury led by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Rebel Wolves, founded by veterans of CD Projekt Red, launches its 30-day vampire RPG to reviews in the 80s, with critics praising its focus even as players report launch-day performance issues.
A TikTok slang term for radiating confidence has left the internet for city plazas and beaches, where two dancers face off and a crowd decides who has more "aura."
Her 20th week atop the chart pushes 'Choosin' Texas' past Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road,' leaving only Mariah Carey's holiday hit ahead of it.
The Seoul fairs extended their partnership through 2031, even as they prepare to split venues starting next year.
The 83rd edition opened on the Lido with a newsroom drama about Rupert Murdoch's Sun and lifetime honors for two veteran American actors.
Nine contestants in campaign-trail suits vied for a $100 prize outside Washington Square Park after police bounced the app-sponsored contest out of the park itself.
Apple's 'Widow's Bay' pulled 19 nominations against HBO's 'The Pitt' as Mariska Hargitay prepares to become the first woman to host the ceremony since 2011.
Domestic ticket sales came within roughly $130 million of Hollywood's best summer ever, capping a season that outpaced 2019's pre-pandemic pace.
The 83rd Venice International Film Festival begins Wednesday with Danny Boyle's Rupert Murdoch drama 'Ink,' after organizers reversed a decision to scrap the jury's traditional opening press conference.
A West Loop fundraiser turned Chicago's most infamous liqueur into an attempt at a Guinness World Record, with bars from California to Maryland toasting along.
Sheila Masterson's viral dark romance, sold online for months before any publisher signed it, debuts at No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's hardcover fiction list.
"Choosin' Texas" matches the longest non-holiday reign in Billboard Hot 100 history, set previously by "Old Town Road" and "A Bar Song (Tipsy)."
Sony and Marvel's sequel has now claimed five consecutive weekends atop the domestic chart, and its climbing total has made it the second-highest-grossing release in U.S. box-office history.
The fifth annual Corgi Race Vilnius drew its largest field ever, including, for the first time, an entrant from Britain, the breed's homeland.
Four weeks in, the Marvel and Sony sequel is the second-highest-grossing film ever in North America, and has helped push August 2026 to an all-time monthly box office record.
A surprise benefit gig at a Tuscaloosa brewery turned into the trio's first album since 2015's 'Sound & Color,' out today on Island Records.
Three years after Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the finished movie for a tax write-off, the Looney Tunes comedy arrives in theaters this weekend with a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score and reviews that treat its own rescue as part of the story.
The performing arts center's board told a federal judge it will hold off until Oct. 8 on adding Trump's name to the building, after Justice Department lawyers warned the aging structure could be "taken down" if renovations stall.
Rescued from inside an excavator, a stray kitten now has her own safety vest, her own hard hat, and tens of millions of online admirers.
Charli xcx, Florence and the Machine, Dave, Fontaines D.C., RAYE and Chase & Status top the bank holiday weekend across both festival sites.
Dominic Sessa's turn as a young Bourdain has powered the specialty release to a $6.6 million three-week cume and a rare Certified Fresh consensus.
The 15-screen multiplex, one of the borough's largest, will go dark by the end of 2026 after its landlord moved to terminate the lease, deepening a run of theater losses on the East Side.
The National Zoo's giant panda dove into a fruitsicle 'cake' and unwrapped a boat-fender gift for a birthday built around his fur's resemblance to a shark fin.
A raccoon with an unusual spinal condition has inspired a mural, a Mariners tribute night and a Google search easter egg since a Ballard neighbor's video went viral.
The chart authority says it will work with labels and detection tools to identify AI-assisted tracks in its rankings and coverage, as major music companies push for stricter rules.
The country breakout's 19th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 pulls it into a three-way tie for the longest non-holiday No. 1 run in the chart's history.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, actress and Dollywood founder died Tuesday in Nashville after a brief battle with cancer, her family said, prompting tributes from across music and film.
The Game of Thrones actor replaces Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart in season two of HBO's Harry Potter series, which begins filming this fall.
The fifth annual Corgi Race Vilnius drew short-legged competitors from nine countries, complete with a costume parade and a loudest-bark contest, as the breed's international fan base keeps growing.
Prosecutors played a 2008 proffer interview in which defendant Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis said Combs offered him $1 million to kill Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight — an allegation Combs's representatives call false and self-serving.
A trailer starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson has revived sales of the eight-year-old thriller, which re-enters Publishers Weekly's bestseller list ahead of the movie's October theatrical debut.
Sony's Tom Holland threequel led the North American box office for a fourth straight weekend, pushing its worldwide total past $2 billion and beyond No Way Home's decade-old franchise record.
The pop veteran picked up 11 nominations as the ceremony revives its Best Dance category after a seven-year absence, with fan voting open through Sept. 25.
The Grammy-winning trio's first album since 2015's 'Sound & Color' arrives Friday, produced by Shawn Everett and trailed by two singles already in rotation.
Nearly three years after Warner Bros. Discovery scrapped the finished Looney Tunes hybrid for a tax write-off, the film opens Friday through independent distributor Ketchup Entertainment.
Accounts with millions of followers are hiding real money in parks, alleys and gas stations, then filming strangers race to grab it first.
A string of missile and drone attacks on warehouses destroyed an estimated 1.5 million books in July alone, publishers say, deepening a wartime crisis for Ukraine's literary industry.
The 82nd edition, curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, drew mixed reviews for trading the spectacle of recent editions for quieter meditations on American identity, AI and power.
Danny Boyle's Rupert Murdoch drama 'Ink' opens the 83rd Mostra on Sept. 2, launching a 20-film competition slate that runs from Werner Herzog to Nanni Moretti.
A Fort Stewart engineer battalion is offering a four-day pass timed to November's Grand Theft Auto VI launch to soldiers who sign new enlistment contracts.
Anne Hathaway's David Lowery-directed drama, a box-office underperformer in April, arrived on the streamer Friday, prompting critics to reconsider a performance some call her career best.
Lauren J. Salkin alleges she pitched a similar ranching drama to Sheridan's company years before 'Yellowstone' premiered. The claims are unproven, and the defendants have not yet responded.
Swift hosted a private Los Angeles gathering for Television Academy voters, playing an intimate set on the Eras Tour piano as the Disney+ concert special campaigns for five Emmy nominations.
The fifth Corgi Race Vilnius drew short-statured competitors from nine countries for sprints, costume contests and a hotly fought loudest-bark title.
'Insidious: Out of the Further' posts the franchise's best reviews yet, while 'Mutiny' and 'The Magic Faraway Tree' round out a mixed late-August slate.
A painting relegated to storage in 1989 under a string of wrong names is now credited to the Baroque sculptor, one of fewer than 20 accepted paintings in his hand.
The pop icon picks up a career-high 11 nominations, narrowly ahead of Taylor Swift, as MTV's video awards head back to L.A. for the first time since 2017.
The Sonoma County Fair contest, marking its 50th year, went to a pug once destined for South Korea's dog meat trade.
Organizers unveiled the 83rd Venice International Film Festival's lineup this week, topped by a lifetime achievement honor for Clooney and an opening film about Rupert Murdoch's rise.
The pop icon tops the MTV Video Music Awards field ahead of Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter as the ceremony returns to Los Angeles.
The last surviving original member of ZZ Top's five-decade lineup died in hospice care at his Texas ranch, leaving bandmate Billy Gibbons to carry the group forward.
The 83rd edition, running Sept. 2-12, will open with 'Ink' and award career Golden Lions to two Hollywood veterans.
Prosecutors say Duane 'Keffe D' Davis orchestrated the 1996 drive-by shooting that killed the rapper; the defense calls the case built on decades-old 'fiction.'
The actress was found unresponsive in a South Carolina apartment Sunday; an autopsy found no signs of trauma, and officials say toxicology results are still pending.
The honor, created for the festival's revamped 79th edition, capped a career retrospective tracing Branagh's path from Shakespeare adaptations to studio blockbusters.
Her nominations for "The Gilded Age" and "Task" anchor a record year for Black women directors at the Television Academy.
Italian investigators tracked down three paintings taken from a foundation near Parma in March, but the recovery came just a day after thieves stripped panels from a centuries-old altarpiece in Messina.
Jinny Lu, a 6-year-old pug adopted four years ago, took the 2026 crown and a $5,000 prize at the Sonoma County Fair.
The K-pop group's new EP 'THIS & THAT' debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 369,000 units, making it the first act in the chart's 70-year history to send its first nine entries all the way to No. 1.
J.J. Abrams' dinosaur-chase thriller starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor debuted at $21 million domestically against an $80 million budget, while Sony's Spider-Man threequel held the top spot for a third straight weekend.
The biennial fan convention in Anaheim produced release dates for 'Frozen 3' and 'Avengers: Doomsday,' a rebuilt X-Men lineup, and a wave of theme-park news as Dwayne Johnson was inducted as a Disney Legend.
The actress joined ten other honorees inducted at D23's Legends ceremony, capping a banner year that includes 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' and 'The Odyssey.'
"Petal" debuted atop the Billboard 200 with the singer's best first-week sales in years, days before her camp announced she would step back from the spotlight once her tour ends.
Sony's superhero sequel topped the weekend again as Warner Bros.' dinosaur adventure opened below expectations despite strong reviews.
HBO Max's ER drama topped a night that also honored "Hacks," "Beef" and a slate of veteran performers at the Hollywood Creative Alliance's annual ceremony.
Rockstar Riley turned two decades on the grill into an internet phenomenon with odes to hash browns — then lost the job after management told him to stop making videos in uniform.