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October 10, 2026
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage is speaking out against Amazon after the company, which developed “Spider-Noir” for Prime Video, allegedly asked him to sign an AI waiver. “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the...
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October 9, 2026
Variety Toasts Pete Davidson at The New York Party With Gayle King, Ana Navarro and Kareem Rahma
New York is having a moment. In June, the Knicks pulled off the impossible and won their first NBA championship in 53 years, sending the city into a frenzy of infectious energy. “I was at my friend...
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October 7, 2026
Andrew Garfield Stopped Using ChatGPT as a ‘Fancy Google’ After Playing Sam Altman in ‘Artificial’: ‘I Got a Bit Scared’ and ‘Mistrusting of the Technology’
Andrew Garfield was once one of ChatGPT’s 1.2 billion users. That was before he played OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Luca Guadagnino’s “Artificial,” which centers on the company’s origin story and Altma...
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October 4, 2026
‘Spotlight’ Director Says The Catholic Church Hasn’t Done ‘Enough’ To Protect Children From Sexual Assault 10 Years After Film’s Best Picture Win: ‘Not Until Every Child Is Safe’
Tom McCarthy’s biographical drama “Spotlight” won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 2016. The film, featuring a stacked ensemble led by Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo, was wide...
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October 3, 2026
Paul Rudd Says He Stopped Bringing His Phone to Film Sets Because He’s ‘Addicted Like Everybody Else’: ‘They’re Facilitating Our Own Destruction’
Paul Rudd plays the moderator of the first-ever meeting dedicated to solving America’s climate crisis in “A Statement,” the latest film from Oscar-winning director Tom McCarthy. Set at a Florida be...
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October 3, 2026
Tony Gilroy Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will ‘Destroy’ a ‘Healthy and Beautiful Business’ in ‘The Name of Venture Capital’: ‘It’s Tragic’
Tony Gilroy blasted the “tragic” nature of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger at the world premiere of his new film, “Behemoth!” Produced on a $36 million budget, “Behemoth!” is representative of th...
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September 29, 2026
Sylvester Stallone Says Superhero Movie Bodies Aren’t ‘Natural’ and Taking Steroids to Bulk Up Is Like ‘Putting on Part of a Costume’
Sylvester Stallone is sharing the story of how “Rocky” got made 50 years after its release in his new tell-all memoir, “Steps,” which hits shelves today. Part of the Oscar winner’s press tour broug...
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September 27, 2026
Chris Rock Says Infidelity and Struggling to ‘Make It’ Aren’t Just Hollywood Problems: ‘If You Got No Love, You’re Broke as F—k’
Chris Rock’s new movie “Misty Green” centers on a fictional actress (Rosalind Eleazar) mounting a Hollywood comeback after years in the throes of a fading career. Misty’s journey pokes fun at some ...
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September 27, 2026
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Sets Sights on Best Picture Oscar Nomination: ‘If the Possibility Is Not Zero, It’s Hard Not to Have a Little Bit of Hope’
“Godzilla Minus One” made franchise history in 2024 when it won Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards, becoming the first Godzilla film to win an Oscar. Now, after Takashi Yamazaki’s highl...
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September 27, 2026
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Director Champions Franchise’s First R Rating as Sequel Rocks NYFF at World Premiere: ‘Censoring’ the Action ‘Was Not an Option’
“Godzilla Minus Zero” blew the roof off Alice Tully Hall during its rapturous world premiere screening at the New York Film Festival. The long-awaited sequel to 2023’s “Godzilla Minus One” earned r...
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September 23, 2026
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sexual Assault After New York Retrial
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting former production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006. After an overturned conviction and two subsequent mistrials,...
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September 20, 2026
NYU Langone Privately Bought the Site of a Landmark AMC Theater — New Yorkers Are Now Fighting to Save It
“We came to this place for magic.” On a rainy Sunday afternoon, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal stood in solidarity with more than 100 New Yorkers outside AMC Kips Bay 15. In his bes...
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September 19, 2026
Pete Davidson and Colin Jost Were Clowned for Buying the Staten Island Ferry. They Just Proved Everyone Wrong.
“There’s an epidemic affecting our nation’s young people. The epidemic is fear.” As I scrolled through Instagram on my ride downtown to the Snapple Island Ferry Comedy Show, a reel from The Free Pr...
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September 2, 2026
Ryan Reynolds Praises ‘The Odyssey’ After Passing ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ to Become Biggest R-Rated Movie Ever: ‘Christopher Nolan Literally Breathes The Rarest Air on Earth’
Hollywood is living through “the friggin’ salad days,” as Ryan Reynolds puts it, after experiencing the biggest summer at the box office since COVID, thanks to blockbusters like “Spider-Man: Brand ...
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August 1, 2026
Javier Bardem Politely Warned ‘Cape Fear’ Co-Star About Grabbing Her Hair During Attack Scene and Apologized in Advance: ‘I’m So Sorry, My Love’
In 2007, Javier Bardem delivered one of the century’s most chilling performances as Anton Chigurh in “No Country for Old Men.” Nearly two decades later, he’s proved once again he could convincingly...
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July 31, 2026
‘Obsession’ Star Inde Navarrette Confirms Meeting With ‘X-Men’ Director Jake Schreier and Would Love to Play Mystique
After “Obsession” became an unprecedented box office success and earned over $400 million from a small budget, all eyes are on breakout star Inde Navarrette. “I’ve been taking a lot of meetings si...
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