via The memoir quotes: Variety · The Guardian's version: The Guardian · Digital Spy: Digital Spy · The Independent bulletin: The Independent
According to Variety, Judi Dench wrote in her forthcoming memoir "Is It Too Late to Make a Run For It?" that Tom Hooper's 2019 "Cats" film was "a waste of all that goodwill and talent," adding, "I never saw the final cut so I can't judge." The actor, who playe…
[ Comments (1) ]via The bribe story: Variety · The Oppenheim interview: Vulture · NME's version of the story: NME · The box office numbers: Variety
According to Variety, director Lance Oppenheim says Robert Pattinson only agreed to star in A24's "Primetime" after the director shipped 200 canisters of Zyn nicotine pouches to his Los Angeles home alongside the script, addressed "Dear Chris Han-Zyn." The fil…
[ Comments (1) ]via The exclusive date: Deadline · Holiday release confirmation: The Hollywood Reporter
According to Deadline, Amazon MGM has set Dwayne Johnson's Lizard Music for Christmas Day 2027, which is the slot a studio hands to the movie it believes will make the whole family sit down. The live-action/CGI hybrid is directed by Benny Safdie from his own a…
[ Comments (1) ]via The 50M/75M figures: Variety · Tidal's no-royalties pledge: Variety · YouTube Music's labels: Variety · The earlier policy push: Complex
According to Variety, Spotify has removed 50 million AI slop tracks from recommendations this year, a figure published in the company's "For the Record" blog, which is the name Spotify gives to its press releases. The cleanup sits on top of 75 million tracks i…
[ Comments (1) ]via The exclusive report: Puck · Rival coverage with the shortlist: Just Jared · International pickup: IOL
According to Puck, "multiple sources" now confirm that Jay-Z will headline the 2027 Super Bowl LXI halftime show, with an official announcement "expected soon." Roc Nation has held the halftime selection contract since 2019, and the man who has never once book…
[ Comments (1) ]via The exclusive order: Deadline · Rival coverage: Variety · The Netflix week it landed in: Deadline
According to Deadline, Netflix has put a two-season straight-to-series order on The Apology, an A24 thriller drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow in her first lead TV role. Thomas Vinterberg, of Another Round, directs. In the show, a couple whose son was murdered 18…
[ Comments (1) ]via The new quote: Variety · Rival coverage: The Wrap · The original 2024 request: Variety · The death-scene pitch: Deadline
On the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Michael Douglas confirmed what he told The View in 2024, per Variety: he asked Marvel to kill his Ant-Man character off after the second film, and the studio wouldn't let him. He even pitched the death scene, shrink to ant si…
[ Comments (1) ]via The engagement exclusive: Page Six · The ring post that started it: Page Six · Rival coverage: People · The ring emoji post: Instagram
According to Page Six, Billy Ray Cyrus, 65, proposed to Elizabeth Hurley, 61, after more than a year of dating, days after she posted a selfie flaunting a massive diamond and he shared a cryptic ring emoji that Hurley's son Damian liked with a celebratory one.…
[ Comments (1) ]via TMZ: Wahlberg's plane skids off runway at Las Vegas airport · E!: Wahlberg details the intense moment the plane skidded · TMZ video: Wahlberg avoids tragic plane crash
According to TMZ, Donnie Wahlberg's private jet slid off the runway at Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport on Sunday morning after failing to become airborne and hit the perimeter fence. Wahlberg posted a video to Instagram where he got choked up, point…
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