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MoviesRob Lowe says the long-discussed 'St. Elmo's Fire' sequel is 'definitely in the works' and that the cast is 'supposed to get a draft of the script the first week of October.' He spoke during a 'Watch What Happens Live' appearance.
MusicThe Global Citizen Festival, set for Saturday at Central Park's Great Lawn with Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz and John Legend, was canceled for the first time in 14 years due to extreme weather forecasts.
MoviesTakashi Yamazaki's 'Godzilla Minus Zero' world premiere at the New York Film Festival made the 72-year-old franchise's first R-rated entry, rated R for violent content and bloody images.
MoviesMarvel's re-released 'Avengers: Endgame Encore' adds four minutes of new footage featuring Doctor Doom, Loki, and Hulk, bridging into 'Avengers: Doomsday' ahead of its Dec. 18 release.
Movies'Evil Dead' star Bruce Campbell has revealed he has been given roughly five years to live following his cancer diagnosis, while insisting he plans to keep making movies and promoting his work.
TV ShowsParamount+ has renewed 'MobLand' for a third season and confirmed Tom Hardy will return as fixer Harry da Souza alongside Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, ending months of speculation about the actor's future on the show.
MusicKacey Musgraves surprised her second sold-out Madison Square Garden crowd by bringing out Troye Sivan to perform their dreamy collaboration Easy together for the first time, six years after the song came out.
TV ShowsSony Pictures Television has suspended Wheel of Fortune announcer Jim Thornton and is recasting his role after an alleged incident aboard an American Airlines flight in May. The studio says it is conducting a thorough investigation.
MoviesAnne Hathaway will star opposite Tom Cruise in a sequel to 'Days of Thunder,' which Paramount has dated for June 2, 2028. Hathaway plays a racecar team owner and engineer in the IMAX-shot follow-up.
MusicDolly Parton chose the gospel hymn 'If We Never Meet Again' for her funeral more than a decade ago, and she left an unreleased song locked away at Dollywood that won't be heard until her 100th birthday in 2046.
MoviesTim Curry, the flamboyant actor who made Dr. Frank N. Furter a midnight-movie icon in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 80.
TV ShowsGame of Thrones star Kit Harington is stepping into the role of Gilderoy Lockhart in Season 2 of HBO's Harry Potter series, replacing Nicholas Hoult, who exited the part over scheduling issues.
MoviesWarner Bros. Animation releases 'Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall' on digital this week, the first of an animated trilogy adapting the 1990s comic event. Anson Mount voices Batman, with Michael Mando as Bane.
TV ShowsNetflix has renewed 'Blue Eye Samurai' for a third and final season, confirming the Emmy-winning animated series will end after three seasons. Season 2 launches in January 2027, with the finale slated for 2028.
MusicSeth MacFarlane, the Family Guy creator and Grammy-nominated crooner, is releasing 'Seth MacFarlane Sings The Muppets' on Sept. 18. The 14-track set covers Muppet movie and Sesame Street classics recorded in a vintage big-band style.
TV ShowsHBO Max has officially picked up The People v. Gorilla Grodd, an eight-episode mockumentary in which Daily Planet staffer Jimmy Olsen investigates whether the telepathic ape Gorilla Grodd was wrongly convicted. Skyler Gisondo reprises his role from Superman alongside Jimmy Tatro as Grodd.
TV ShowsDave Bautista has closed a deal to play Kratos in Prime Video's God of War series, taking over from Ryan Hurst after the original actor tore a bicep in an on-set stunt. The show restarts production in Vancouver this fall.
TV ShowsApple TV+ released the first trailer for Slow Horses season six, and it brings back a character the show spent a whole season convincing us was dead — Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb is on the trail of whoever keeps killing off his agents.
MoviesProducer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed at D23 that he's in talks with Johnny Depp about returning as Captain Jack Sparrow for 'Pirates of the Caribbean 6,' with a screenplay in development — though sources say the new chapter may center on Margot Robbie's character.
MusicCardi B went on the offensive against BIA in a scathing Spaces rant Thursday, days after the rapper doubled down on her 'SUE MEEE?' diss track — reigniting a beef that dates back to 2023.
MusicCourtney Love confirmed in an Instagram video that her first new record since 2010 is finished, and opened up about a 2019 health scare where doctors told her she was going to die.
TV ShowsJenna Ortega told Esquire that as a child actor she would go entire days without asking for food or water so she wasn't 'in the way of anybody' on set. The 'Wednesday' star opened up about the pressure of working young, admitting she 'wasn't actually looking after' herself.
MusicThe inaugural LA Jazz Fest — a 17-day citywide event featuring John Legend, Janelle Monáe, Parliament/Funkadelic and more — was canceled days before it was set to begin, stranding artists and vendors who say they were never given notice.
MusicThe Smashing Pumpkins closed their Lollapalooza headline set with Olivia Rodrigo, Yungblud, and Melissa Auf der Maur joining them on stage for their first hometown festival performance in 32 years.
Pop CultureUniversal Studios will debut an Ozzy Osbourne-themed haunted house at both Halloween Horror Nights parks this fall, creating a non-traditional memorial built around the Prince of Darkness catalog.
MoviesThe historic Sunset Boulevard Cinerama Dome will reopen under a partnership between Sony Pictures and Alamo Drafthouse, returning one of Los Angeles's most distinctive movie palaces to active exhibition.
MoviesDeaf actress Kaylee Hottle, known for her role as Jia in the Godzilla franchise and as a student athlete at the Texas School for the Deaf, died from multiple blunt force injuries after a July 21 car crash in Maryland.
MusicFuture debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his 12th chart-topping album, pulling 131,000 equivalent units and surpassing Eminem for the most No. 1s among rap acts.
TV ShowsThe Television Academy unveiled the 78th Emmy Awards schedule five days after announcing Mariska Hargitay as host: 19 categories live on September 14, and 102 categories across the preceding weekend.
MoviesThe Devil Wears Prada 2 crossed $678 million worldwide and arrives on Disney+ and Hulu on July 29 after a strong theatrical run.
MoviesSony Pictures Animation and Amazon MGM Studios are teaming up once again for ‘Hotel Transylvania 5,’ now titled ‘The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania.’ Drac returns from retirement to solve a spooky new mystery, with a wide theatrical release set for October 2027.
MusicMadonna reacted with gratitude and surprise after her new album Confessions II reached No. 1 on the ARIA charts, calling the milestone a shock she is still pinching herself over.
MusicMadonna marked Confessions II reaching No. 1 by taking the stage at the Knockdown Center in Queens for a surprise club set, reigniting the Confessions brand for fans who followed her from the dance floor.
MusicAlabama Shakes return August 28 with I Must Be Dreaming, their first album since 2015. Brittany Howard says the title means both “the world is crazy” and “the world is beautiful.”
MusicThe Welsh singer behind the 1983 Hot 100 No. 1 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' died unexpectedly in hospital in Portugal. She was 75.