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Spider-Man: Brand New Day is still catching new records as the Tom Holland-led movie continues its impressive start at the box office. Sony Pictures announced Thursday that director Destin Daniel Cretton‘s film has landed the highest-grossing first week in domestic box office history. It has surpassed $500 million in North America in its first seven days, becoming the fastest film to reach that half-billion milestone by supplanting Avengers: Endgame, which hit the threshold in eight days after opening in April 2019. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has notched records at a head-spinning pace, which includes scoring the best-ever domestic box office…
FX The new FX on Hulu series The Shards is now streaming with new episodes arriving every Wednesday. Ryan Murphy‘s new show is set against the vivid backdrop of 1980s Los Angeles and follows a group of privileged high school seniors at an elite prep school as they navigate identity, sex, jealousy, obsession and the dangers lurking beneath the surface of American adolescence. The series is based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis, who has classified the book as autofiction as it is semi-autobiographical, but includes many fictional plot points. We’ve broken down what is real and what is…
NFL football is back tonight with the 2026 Hall of Fame Game, and this year’s preseason opener brings the Arizona Cardinals and Carolina Panthers to Canton, Ohio, for a night that doubles as a celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. The game kicks off the NFL’s 107th season on Thursday, August 6, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium and will air nationally on NBC with a simulcast on Peacock. The matchup carries extra meaning for both teams. The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 includes Larry Fitzgerald and Luke Kuechly, two players forever tied…
Madden is pulling out a different playbook for its presumptive awards run. The biopic of the Super Bowl-winning NFL Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster, and video game godfather starring Oscar winners Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale and helmed by five-time nominee David. O. Russell seems like catnip for both football fans and Hollywood voters, a potent combination. But Amazon MGM has curiously decided to skip a wide theatrical release for the film, opting instead for a limited qualifying run before streaming Nov. 18 on Prime Video. Here’s everything to know about Madden. Plot The official studio description: Inspired by the…
Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith are more than coparents. The Babygirl actor emphasized just how close he and the Working Girl star—who were married for 18 years before divorcing in 2015—have remained as friends, in addition to raising their 29-year-old daughter Stella Banderas. In fact, Banderas, 65, told People in an interview published Aug. 6 that he considers Griffith, 68, “if not my best friend, one of my best friends.” Despite their romance, which began at the 1989 Oscars, becoming platonic, the Hollywood couple still treasures quality time together. “When I go to Los Angeles, we get together anyway, we…
As Matt Reeves is hard at work in Gotham City, James Gunn is quelling some overeager fans about the timeline of the Batman trilogy. In his latest Threads session, the DC Studios boss shot down rumors that The Batman: Part II will shoot back-to-back with The Batman: Part III as he answered fan questions about the future of the DCU and Reeves’ Batman films. “I can deny,” responded Gunn to one fan who asked if the two sequels are filming “simultaneously.” Related Stories While returning to the directors chair at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in the UK back in May,…
Live from Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, it’s the 2026 NFL Hall of Fame Game! Football returns as the Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals collide in the first game of the preseason. The Hall of Fame Game is the precursor to Saturday’s Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony (12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN and NFL Network) as quarterback Drew Brees, Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly, kicker Adam Vinatieri, and running back Roger Craig join the hallowed halls of Canton. It looks like Kenny Pickett will get the start at quarterback for Carolina in…
Last year, Eli Roth decided to take matters into his own hands. After his experience on Lionsgate’s $120 million video game adaptation, Borderlands (2024), went awry, the filmmaker launched his own soup-to-nuts company, The Horror Section, to bypass the studio system entirely. Together with his partners, Roth aims to shepherd genre films from development through release without forcing filmmakers to navigate layers of studio oversight and executive mandates that so often shape creative decisions. The Horror Section’s inaugural release is Roth’s unrated splatterfest known as Ice Cream Man, which opens wide through Iconic Events Releasing on Aug. 7. Throughout his…
Trisha Paytas is not here for all the comments about Ariana Grande‘s body. As you likely know by now, the pop star announced over the weekend that she will be stepping away from the public eye for a bit due to “endless, ongoing scrutiny” after her Eternal Sunshine Tour ends on September 1 — which means she’ll no longer star in the West End production of Sunday in the Park with George next year. Well, a lot of the chatter on social media over the years has been about her health and body. It got so bad that she had…
A federal judge has determined that Nexstar Media Group violated a preliminary injunction issued earlier this year in connection with its multibillion-dollar acquisition of Tegna Inc., an action that carries implications for the operations of more than 250 local television stations across the country. The ruling, handed down on August 6, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento, centers on Nexstar’s efforts to integrate Tegna’s stations into its broader portfolio despite explicit court restrictions designed to maintain separation while an antitrust lawsuit proceeds. In a statement sent to Cord Cutters News, a Nexstar spokesman said: “We will…