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James Gunn’s “Superman” has ignited an online debate over whether or not its storyline is intentionally reflecting the Israel-Palestine conflict. In the movie, Nicholas Hoult’s villainous Lex Luthor has started a foreign war. Superman is thrust into the global conflict when he stops Bovaria, the aggressor nation, from attacking its neighboring country, Jarhanpur. Ever since […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
The infamous September 2024 onstage altercation between Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell and other members of the band is far from over, as the two parties filed separate lawsuits on Wednesday. Farrell filed a legal complaint — not a countersuit — against former bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery, and Stephen Perkins, just hours after the […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, which will be the production home for HBO’s “Harry Potter” television series, is building a temporary school so that the show’s dozens of young actors can keep up with their studies amid filming, the BBC reports. HBO announced July 15 that “Harry Potter” had officially begun production. Per the BBC, Three […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
Of Paolo Genovese’s 2016 Italian phenom “Perfect Strangers,” the original Variety review warned “remakes will be rampant,” and sure enough, Guinness made it official last fall: The hooky dramedy — about a dinner party where a group of friends agree to read their private text messages aloud — has since become “most remade” film in […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
"Smurfs" might be the best of the Smurfs films. But while it’s an amiable diversion for kids, with its blue McDwarfs crusading to be "guardianeers of good," it’s still hard to escape the feeling that "Smurfs" is a movie that puts the innocuous in innocence.
Published on: 7/16/2025
“Love Island USA” Season 7 winners Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales walked away as a new couple with $50,000 each, but it was a long and twisty road to get there. The show started as a challenging journey for Espinal, whose connections with Ace Greene, Austin Shepard and Zak Srakaew quickly fizzled before she sparked […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
Electronic music festival Tomorrowland will go ahead as planned, despite the main stage being destroyed by a massive fire on Wednesday — just one day before festivities were set to begin. In a statement shared on Instagram, organizers of the festival in Belgium wrote, “Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
With comedian Shane Gillis to host, the biggest names in sports are set to attend the 33rd annual ESPY Awards to recognize nominees and honorees in more than 20 categories, including best athlete, men and women’s sports, breakthrough athlete, athlete with a disability, record-breaking performance, championship performance, comeback athlete and many others. The ESPYS takes […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
Netflix has acquired “I Don’t Know Who You Are Anymore,” a spec script penned by writer Matt Lawton. Plot details for the project remain under wraps, but it’s described as “Palm Springs” meets “The Family Man.” Lawton was most recently a co-executive producer on FOX’s animated sitcom “The Great North,” which is on its fifth season. […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
Lionsgate has partnered with a long list of international distributors to release “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” to audiences around the globe. The studio is set to release “Sunrise on the Reaping” in North America and the United Kingdom on Nov. 26, 2026, but it will reach broader audiences by way of partnerships […]
Published on: 7/16/2025
