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California lawmakers have agreed on a partial carveout for the film and TV industry from a state cap on tax credits. The bill, AB 186, was unveiled on Friday evening. It addresses concerns raised in June by the Motion Picture Association and a coalition of entertainment unions, who argued that the cap threatened to undermine the state’s $750 million tax incentive program. The state budget seeks to stabilize revenues by preventing corporations from claiming more than $5 million a year in tax credits for the next three years. Industry stakeholders argued that the measure had the unintended consequence of hamstringing…
Apple TV Phil Dunster broke out internationally by playing soccer player Jamie Tartt on Apple TV’s “Ted Lasso,” the striker whose right foot was “kissed by God” according to the lovably grumpy Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein). He starts out in the series as an arrogant, self-obsessed member of the team who slowly recognizes the value in working with his fellow players and trying to be a better person. But before he portrayed Tartt in “Ted Lasso,” Dunster was in a popular British spy series, “Strike Back.” “Strike Back” follows Section…
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for Prime Video’s The Last Sunrise.] Fernando Lindez’s career has recently become a whirlwind. While promoting another Prime Video project, the Spanish model-turned-actor crossed paths with producers Lena Rocklin and Jennifer Gibgot, who urged him to audition for their next film. “They started talking with me, and they were like, ‘You have to do this casting!’ It all happened so fast,” Lindez tells The Hollywood Reporter over Zoom. That casting was for Prime Video’s romance The Last Sunrise, based on author Anna Todd’s 2025 bestseller and released this Wednesday. Set in Mallorca, Spain, the film…
Milo Yiannopoulos, the controversial political commentator who’s more recently been known for his work helping Kanye West, has been detained by ICE. The reason? He’s overstayed his 2019 visa. Related: Milo Quits Yeezy Over Porn Venture US Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended the 41-year-old provocateur on August 27 at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Department of Homeland Security Milo, who reportedly failed to attend a scheduled immigration hearing in July, will now be deported and sent back to the UK as a judge has issued a final order for removal. He faces the possibility of being banned from reentering…
Welcome to Reality Derby, Gold Derby’s deep dive into all things reality TV, hosted by senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Denton Davidson. Watch the latest episode above. Soon after Mallory Aurichio was evicted by a 6-2 vote over Taylor Brown, Big Brother host Julie Chen Moonves revealed that the remaining 10 houseguests would soon be competing in a Medieval Times-themed twist. Mallory now joins fans in wondering whether it will play out like last year’s White Locust twist that resulted in Rachel Reilly going home without an official vote. “I didn’t like that twist last season,” the New Jersey-based…
It costs celebrities a pretty penny to look like a million bucks. Law Roach—a self-described “Image Architect”—detailed how much he used to charge his clients before becoming one of Hollywood’s…
Although the MCU has expanded the multiverse to bring back multiple Spider-Men, Shailene Woodley‘s Mary Jane Watson remains lost on the cutting room floor. The 2x Golden Globe nominee recently recalled her performance as Mary Jane Watson being cut from 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 after filming scenes with Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker. “Oh, we shot it. That was a fun phone call,” she said in a talk with SAG-AFTRA. “I was cast as Mary Jane for Spider-Man, which was my dream. Oh my god, Spider-Man’s my favorite superhero, Mary Jane was my favorite character growing up. So, when I…
Two’s company, and three’s a crowd. But Adults Season 2 proves that three and a possum is a match made in comedy heaven. The highly anticipated sophomore season of Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw’s twenty-something hangout comedy hit Hulu on Thursday, August 27, and if Season 1’s standout episode was “Roast Chicken,” Season 2’s most hilarious gem is undoubtedly “Raccoon.” Don’t get me wrong. I love every second we spend with Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Issa (Amita Rao), Anton (Owen Thiele), and Paul Baker (Jack Innanen). But Season 2, Episode 4 ridiculously raises the stakes when a raccoon…
Sacha Baron Cohen‘s outrageous Ali G character is back after 24 years — and so is the controversy. With a new movie coming in October — Ali G: Who Iz I? — some activists are calling Cohen’s dreadlocked wannabe hip-hop star a racist caricature and urging theaters to boycott the Amazon-MGM Studios film. The movie is a mockumentary where cameras follow Cohen-as-Ali G, as the character attempts to stage a career comeback (see trailer below). As first spotted by Variety, NewsCord — a U.K.-based watchdog site that uses AI to track media bias — has rallied its members to support…
Ray J to Blueface Let’s Work It Out in the Ring … Not the Remix!!! Published August 28, 2026 6:15 PM PDT Play video content Ray J and Blueface may be beefing right now, but Ray J says it’s nothing that can’t be worked out with their fists … and the right paycheck. We caught up with Ray J after his heated phone call with Blueface — things had gotten messy when the streamer claimed he’d been messing around with Ray J’s girl. Ray’s ex Princess Love clarified that Blueface definitely wasn’t talking about her … but Ray J got…