Entertainment

“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.” The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Box office tracker EntTelligence estimates that translates into about 5 million ticket buyers.

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Cavaliere banned pop star Chappell Roan from performing at the city’s events on Saturday, in response to Italian-Brazilian professional soccer player Jorginho accusing the “Pink Pony Club” singer of sending her security guard to intimidate his 11-year-old daughter after she smiled at her, which he said left the young fan “extremely shaken” and “in tears.” Roan, meanwhile, responded to backlash by insisting she does not “hate” children, and claimed her security guard acted on his own.

Leftist Hollywood actor Robert De Niro has called for his fellow left-wing comrades to take to the streets and oppose “mentally ill tyrant” President Donald Trump.

Afroman, the singer-rapper known for his hit song “Because I Got High,” captured the heart of the Internet this week defending himself in a wild defamation case brought by Ohio police officers who he mocked in songs as vengeance for an erroneous house raid.

NEW YORK — Justin Timberlake struggled to perform field sobriety tests requiring him to walk a straight line and stand on one leg after he was pulled over in New York’s Hamptons in 2024 by police officers who suspected him of driving drunk, according to video footage released Friday.

Actor Dean Cain, known for his role as Superman in the television show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, spoke about his app, Proud American Studios, pointing out that he believes “completely in truth, justice, and the American way.”

Actor Ethan Embry took to the leftist echo chamber platform BlueSky on Friday to Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

The showrunner for Marvel’s next streaming season of ‘Daredevil,’ has admitted that season two is an all about the evils of Trump and ICE.

A North Carolina man has pled guilty to defrauding streaming platforms of more than $8 million in royalties by using AI-generated songs and bots.

President Donald Trump reacted to the news of legendary action movie star Chuck Norris’s death at 86, stating that Norris was a “tough” and “great man.”

It can be argued that Chuck Norris was a meme before memes ever became a thing. The jokes lauding the manliness and toughness of the legendary martial artist and film star had preceded the dawn of the social media era.

First Lady Melania Trump is set to make history, yet again, when she hosts the leaders of nearly 50 nations from across the world for the “Fostering the Future Together” Summit at the White House, which will also include the leaders of the nation’s biggest tech conglomerates.

HBO Max medical drama series “The Pitt” is taking aim at President Donald Trump’s immigration policies with an episode portraying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as inhumane, uncaring thugs.

Sony Pictures and Chinese regime-linked corporation Pop Mart on Thursday announced that they are in the early states of co-developing a film based on the based Labubu blind-box plush toy, which China has used to improve its global image.

Chuck Norris, the iconic action movie star, whose martial arts mastery launched his decades-spanning movie and TV career, has passed away his family revealed in an Instagram post on Friday. He was 86. 

LOS ANGELES — ABC’s decision to cancel a completed season of “The Bachelorette” marks the latest controversy in a franchise that has repeatedly faced scrutiny over casting, cultural awareness and the behavior of some of its most prominent figures.

ABC has canceled Season 22 of “The Bachelorette” after a 2023 video of Taylor Frankie Paul — who was set to lead the new season — fighting her ex-boyfriend went viral.

Movie martial arts legend Chuck Norris has been hospitalized in Hawaii after a reported medical emergency.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris dismissed Nicki Minaj’s support for President Donald Trump by claiming the rap megastar has simply fallen victim to “misinformation,” and even as far as to suggest that the “Starships” singer doesn’t know that “two plus two equals four.”

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus fired off a social media screed at President Donald Trump over his executive order, restarting offshore oil drilling along California’s coastline, telling her nearly two million Instagram followers “This won’t lower your gas prices.”

The CBS reboot of courtroom drama, “Matlock,” portrayed illegal migrants as victims of the U.S. government and its mean-spirited immigration policies.

LONDON — Three men who alleged that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted them have settled their civil claims before going to trial at the High Court in London, courts document show.

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis accused President Donald Trump of trying to “erase” the language of diversity from our language.

Joseph Duggar — the brother of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” star Josh Duggar — has been arrested and charged with “lewd and lascivious behavior” involving sexual activity with a minor.

Comedian and podcast megastar Adam Carolla went scorched earth on liberal Democrats castigating President Donald Trump over his domestic and foreign policies, saying “If Kamala Harris was in charge right now, Iran would have a nuclear device and the border would be wide open.”

Actor Ben Stiller is being mocked on social media over his soda brand, Stiller Soda, with one X user noting the brand’s account has few followers on the platform, despite the Tropic Thunder star pushing the soda “hard” for a year. “I’d be scared to catch TDS drinking that shit,” another commented.

Prolific actor Val Kilmer, who died last year at the age of 65, has reportedly been resurrected by artificial intelligence (AI) to star in a new film called “As Deep as the Grave.”

A transgender person wearing an outfit made iconic in the 1980 hit comedy The Blues Brothers is in jail and is a suspect in the death of 92-year-old millionaire developer Demetrius Doukoullos, who was found deceased in his Hermosa Beach home after a seven-hour standoff with the Hawthorne/Hermosa Beach Police SWAT team.

Jon Stewart is worried that there are too many Democrats in the race for California Governor and the crowded field will allow the GOP to win

Zachary Levi is warning that advanced artificial intelligence is going to be a disaster for Hollywood’s human workforce as the studios react.

On Wednesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Joy Behar said President Donald Trump did not care about human suffering because he was a “shell of a human being.”

Rock band Pearl Jam encouraged its fans to call their senators and urge them to vote against the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

Nearly six years into their multi-million dollar deal with Netflix, the streamer’s attitude toward the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is “We’re done.”

Only twice before in recorded history have the Oscars attracted fewer viewers. In 2021, only 10.4 million tuned in. Then in 2022, only 16.6 million tuned in.
On Sunday, only 17.9 million tuned in.

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says President Donald Trump did not attempt to exert any influence over his proposed purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery before the streamer decided to back out of the deal.

Cometh the hour, cometh the payout. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) Chief Executive David Zaslav stands to pocket $800 million in severance and other payments after rival Paramount PSKY acquires the media company, Warner said in a securities filing.

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” guest co-host Carly Fiorina said President Donald Trump is “callous, cruel and careless” for publicly discussing the health issues of a congressman.