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A ‘New Vision’ at The Academy Means the Old Has to Go | Analysis
The exit of Chief Oscars Officer Teni Melidonian this week is a sign of just how much the motion picture academy feels it needs to shed its old ways in a new era that hopes to arrest years of declining viewership through a massive new deal with YouTube. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…
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Mom of 5 struck and killed by stray bullet while buying slushies with her kids: ‘It was just senseless’
A Missouri mother tragically died in front of her children when she was caught in the crossfire of two feuding groups at a gas station Tuesday evening, according to her family and police. Shakeela Martin, a “devoted mother to five children,” was buying slushies with her kids when she was killed at a BP in…
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8 Best New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend on Netflix, Apple and More
This week’s streaming premieres include an “Adventure Time” reboot on Disney+, as well as the video-on-demand debuts of two of this year’s biggest theatrical hits. In addition to its “Adventure Time” spin-off, Disney+ has another major animated premiere on its slate this week, while Amazon’s Prime Video has finally rolled out the first season of…
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Ciara Miller Rips ‘Love Island’ Trolls for Taking Aim at Her ‘Aftersun’ Work: ‘Sit the F–k Down’
There’s a select group of people who have faced the microscopic view after a reality TV series makes its way into the mainstream, and “Summer House” star Ciara Miller certainly makes the cut after the relationship drama between herself, Amanda Batula and West Wilson erupted in the midst of Season 10. It’s why Miller is…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Wedding Causes Stir Outside Madison Square Garden | Photos
It’s official: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will have their blowout wedding bash at Madison Square Garden, and the pop star’s carpenters are hard at work transforming the arena into a proper wedding venue. Though some fans theorized that the load-in at MSG was part of an elaborate ruse, a memo from the New York…
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Brazen squatters infiltrate house of murdered Bay Area professor, mourning family says
A University of California, Berkeley professor killed in a violent custody dispute in Greece has left behind grieving family members and 11-year-old twin children, while his relatives now face a separate battle in California to remove alleged squatters from his East Bay home. Przemyslaw Jeziorski was shot and killed in Greece in July during a…
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Penélope Cruz Gasps When Asked If Hollywood Swingers Are Real: ‘How the F–k Would I Know?’
Penélope Cruz was left stunned when she was asked whether Hollywood swingers are a real thing before responding, “How the f–k would I know?” The question came up Thursday during a game of “Truth Serum” for Allure, where celebrities are asked to spill the truth no matter the question. Cruz was joined by her “The…
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‘Young Washington’ Review: Generic Rah-Rah Biopic Gets Cut Down by Its Own Credits
No other major studio is as committed to catering to conservative Christian and American values as Angel Studios, and no other studio seems to have less faith that Americans share those values. While most producers and distributors of fine motion pictures are content to release their films and let audiences pay for their own admission,…
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Fake Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note
Derrick Callella, the California man accused of penning a fake ransom note amid the search for Nancy Guthrie, entered a guilty plea Thursday. According to an update from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona, 42-year-old Callella of Hawthorne, Calif. pleaded guilty to two counts of harassment using a telecommunication device. While the…
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Soccer fan who vanished while traveling to World Cup found in pub 10 days later ‘blissfully unaware of search’
An England soccer fan who vanished while traveling to the US for the World Cup was found safe in Spain — “blissfully unaware” of his family’s anguished search for him. Michael Hewitt, 65, last spoke with his family in Barcelona on June 21, one day after the diehard Leeds United fan jetted out of the…