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August 14, 2026
Rosie O’Donnell Says Wynonna Judd Is the Only Trump Supporter She Talks To: ‘I Give Her Grace’ Despite His ‘Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia’
Rosie O’Donnell announced on “The Tangle” podcast (via EW) that country music singer Wynonna Judd is the only Trump supporter she speaks to these days. O’Donnell, who has been making the press roun...
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August 14, 2026
Anne Hathaway Says ‘Movies That Kill Dogs Should Automatically Be Rated R’
Anne Hathaway told Complex during her press tour for “The End of Oak Street” that movies should be rated R if they feature dogs being killed. Moviegoers have wondered if “Oak Street” would feature ...
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August 13, 2026
Matthew McConaughey Says Acting in ‘The Wedding Planner’ With Jennifer Lopez Saved Him From Being Searched at U.S.-Mexico Border: ‘They Let Me Go’
Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001’s “The Wedding Planner” ended up getting him out of a “major mess-up” at the U.S.-Mexic...
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August 13, 2026
‘American Horror Story: 13’ Teaser Brings Back Jessica Lange and Rubber Man as FX Sets Release Dates for 13 Half-Hour Episodes
FX is finally lifting the curtain on “American Horror Story: 13,” courtesy of a new teaser trailer that confirms the returns of Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon (“AHS: Murder House”); Evan Peters...
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August 12, 2026
Ewan McGregor Says ‘Come On, Disney!’ While Pressuring Studio to Let Him Play Obi-Wan Kenobi Again: ‘They Just Seem Not to Be Ready’
Ewan McGregor is putting the pressure on Disney when it comes to playing Obi-Wan Kenobi again. The actor told E! News on the press tour for his latest movie, “The End of Oak Street,” that the ball ...
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August 12, 2026
Lucy Davis Supported by Fellow ‘The Office’ Alum Jenna Fischer, ‘Sabrina’ Star Kiernan Shipka and More After ‘Incurable’ Cancer Diagnosis
“The Office” and “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” actor Lucy Davis is receiving an outpouring of love and support from the industry after revealing she is battling an “incurable” form of Stage ...
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August 12, 2026
Jeremy Strong Wrote to Mark Zuckerberg After Being Cast in ‘Social Reckoning’ Even Though ‘He’s a Reviled Person’; Actor Spent 7 Months Talking in Polish Accent for Next Role
Jeremy Strong graces the latest cover of GQ magazine (and the first issue published under new global editorial director Adam Baidawi), in which he speaks out for the first time on taking over the r...
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August 11, 2026
Zoe Saldaña Says It’s ‘Frustrating’ When Political Questions Only Get Asked to Actors of Color and Women: ‘That’s Incredibly Limiting’
Zoe Saldaña is growing frustrated with political questions, mainly because she doesn’t find them being asked in equal measure across the industry. The Oscar winner said during a conversation at the...
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August 11, 2026
Julie Andrews Turned Down ‘Princess Diaries 3’ Offer Because ‘I Think I’m Retired’ From On-Screen Acting: ‘They Asked Me All Last Year’ If I’d Return
Julie Andrews recently told InStyle magazine that she is not returning for “The Princess Diaries 3” opposite Anne Hathaway. The 90-year-old icon turned down the offer to reprise her role of Queen C...
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August 6, 2026
Morgan Freeman Says You Can ‘Overlook’ a Mediocre Script ‘If They’re Going to Pay You Enough’ Money
Morgan Freeman recently told The New York Times that he’s okay signing on for a movie with a mediocre script as long as the pay is good enough. “If somebody offers you a job, it’s very nice if they...
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August 5, 2026
Bella Thorne and Zendaya Got Pitted Against Each Other During Disney Fame and Snuck Off Set to ‘Hash It Out’ After Things ‘Got Pretty Bad’
Bella Thorne revealed on the latest episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she was aggressively pitted against her “Shake It Off” co-star Zendaya amid the height of their Disney stardom. The ...
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August 5, 2026
‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Doubles Down Against Nolan’s ‘Emotionally Empty’ Movie: ‘We Need Art That Is Truthful’ About the ‘Necessity of Compassion’
Emily Wilson, the author whose 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” was an influence for Christopher Nolan during his own adaptation process, is doubling down in her critiques of the director’s blockb...
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August 5, 2026
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Directors Congratulate ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ for Breaking Their Opening Weekend Record: ‘The Gauntlet Has Been Passed’
“Avengers: Endgame” directors Joe and Anthony Russo have officially surrendered the opening box office crown to “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” The Marvel filmmaking duo took to Instagram to congratul...
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August 5, 2026
Disney CEO Admits ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ and ‘Moana’ Underperformed at Box Office but ‘Fueled Other Parts of Our Company’
Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro admitted on the company’s latest earnings call that “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” and the live-action “Moana” remake both underperformed at the box office this summ...
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August 4, 2026
Naomi Watts’ Secret ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role Reunited Her With Tom Holland, 12 Years After ‘The Impossible’: ‘From Playing Your Mom to Your AI’
Naomi Watts has taken to Instagram to celebrate her secret role in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Sony and Marvel Studios’ record-breaking superhero movie. The Oscar nominee voices Peter Parker’s art...
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August 4, 2026
‘The Odyssey’ Star Samantha Morton ‘Hasn’t Worked for a Year’ After Making Nolan’s Epic Because ‘I’m 49’ Years Old and ‘There’s Other Good Actors Out There’
Samantha Morton revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that she has been out of acting work for an entire year since wrapping production on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” in 2025. The two-...
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August 4, 2026
Christina Applegate Returns Home After Months-Long Hospitalization and ‘All Is Well’
Christina Applegate has returned home following a months-long hospitalization amid her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. News broke in late March that the 54-year-old Emmy winner had been hos...
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August 3, 2026
Anya Taylor-Joy Says ‘Women Don’t Method Act Because We Have Things to Take Care of and Can’t Lose Our Minds’ or Be ‘Assholes’ on Set
Anya Taylor-Joy is known for giving full-bodied performances in the likes of “The Witch,” “The Queen’s Gambit,” “Furiosa” and more, but she’s never gone full Method on a set before nor does she hav...
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August 2, 2026
21 Best Movies New to Streaming in August: ‘Michael,’ ‘Mother Mary,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Back on Peacock and More
Looking to watch the biggest movies of the year? You’ll have to go to the theater this August to catch “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” but coming home is the Michael Jackson biopic “...
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July 29, 2026
John Leguizamo Says ‘Ice Age’ Money ‘Paid for My Kids’ to Go to College and ‘Got Me a Second and Third Home’
John Leguizamo has been voicing Sid the sloth since the “Ice Age” franchise launched in 2002, and the blockbuster success of the animated franchise is what allowed Leguizamo to put his kids through...
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July 28, 2026
Rick Moranis Ended Acting Retirement After Nearly 30 Years and Says ‘It Was Very Strange’ on ‘Spaceballs 2’ Set: ‘I Felt Like I Was in a Time Warp’
Rick Moranis spent nearly 30 years retired from acting, but the comedy icon finally got back in front of the camera last fall to reprise the role of Lord Dark Helmet in “Spaceballs 2: The New One.”...
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July 28, 2026
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ First Reactions: Tom Holland Has ‘Never Been Better’ in a Sequel That Ditches ‘Multiverse Tedium’ and Delivers a ‘Grounded Spider-Man Tale’
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has finally been unveiled to members of the film press, who are calling Tom Holland’s fourth standalone movie “a grounded Spider-Man tale” that is “thrilling, heartfelt ...
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July 27, 2026
Sean Astin Says ‘I Had to Sell My House’ During ‘Lord of the Rings’ Era Because $250,000 Payday Was So Low: ‘I Negotiated Such a Small Amount on the Trilogy’
Sean Astin said in a new interview with The Guardian that he was forced to sell his house amid “The Lord of the Rings” fame in the early 2000s because he negotiated such a small salary to play Samw...
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July 27, 2026
Ryan Gosling Pitched His Own ‘Ghost Rider’ Movie to Marvel as Studio Slows Down Output to Restore Quality: ‘When Quantity Is So Much, You Get Spread Thin’
Marvel’s buzzy Comic-Con presentation put two huge comic book movie tentpoles on the studio’s 2028 release calendar: “Black Panther 3,” featuring the debut of David Jonnson as T’Challa II/Toussaint...
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July 27, 2026
‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Slams Christoper Nolan’s ‘Abysmal’ Screenplay: ‘I Would Be Ashamed to Have Written Any Part of This Script’
Christopher Nolan cited Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of “The Odyssey” as an influence on his own interpretation of Homer’s epic poem while on the press tour for his latest blockbuster. Wilson is...
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July 22, 2026
Olivia Wilde Slams Elon Musk as a ‘Creature’ and Says ‘I Deeply Resent Him Now,’ Years After Meeting at SpaceX Headquarters
Olivia Wilde recently appeared on “The Louis Theroux Podcast” and slammed Elon Musk while also speaking out against misogynistic incel culture at large. “The Invite” director and star revealed she ...
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July 20, 2026
Adam Driver Turns Down So Many Marvel Movie Offers That It’s ‘Become a Tradition’ at the Studio to ‘Zoom With Him and Then He Passes’
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that Adam Driver has repeatedly turned down offers to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the years. “It’s no s...
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July 17, 2026
Lena Headey Rips Hollywood for Protecting ‘Predatory Men,’ Says ‘Game of Thrones’ Toxic Fans Got Mad She Didn’t Go Nude: ‘I Was Shocked by the Anger’
Lena Headey gave a wide-ranging interview with The Telegraph and opened up about her experiences in Hollywood with nudity and predatory men. The “Game of Thrones” Emmy nominee accused Harvey Weinst...
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July 16, 2026
Matt Damon Shocked Robert Pattinson on ‘The Odyssey’ Set by ‘Screaming and Screaming’ to Blow His Voice Out and Sound Older: ‘A Complete Psycho’
Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland got concerned on “The Odyssey” set when they heard their leading man, Matt Damon, screaming over and over again in his trailer. Was Damon in pain? Or having a blowo...
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July 16, 2026
Quentin Tarantino Plans to Retire After His Next Movie. Christopher Nolan Hopes He ‘Won’t Stay True’ to His Word
If Quentin Tarantino remains committed to retiring from filmmaking after his 10th feature film, then whatever movie the Oscar winner decides to make next will be his swan song from the big screen. ...
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