A foster care community backed by actor Christian Bale has opened in Palmdale, California. The foster care village aims to keep siblings together. Together California held its ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 11, 2026. Bale attended the event with project leaders,...
The post-finale damage control tour for Stranger Things continues — and somehow The Duffer Brothers keep making it worse.
In the latest attempt to explain away the backlash surrounding the show’s controversial ending, Matt Duffer has now admitted he regrets answering questions about the finale at all, while simultaneously asking frustrated viewers to cut him “some slack.” The problem? That plea lands about as well as the finale itself did for a large portion of the audience.
If you thought the 2025 domestic box office had outperformed the 2024 box office (as had I originally), think again. Only a gluttony of extra films managed to make that picture look like reality. But the truth is a much harsher mistress for cinemas and movie lovers....
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie won’t arrive in theaters until April 3, but merchandise for the film is already hinting at a minor redesign for Toad. For the last few months, the voice of Toad, Keegan-Michael Key, has been dropping hints that the character would be “finding his light” in the new movie. Now it’s clear what he meant. Licensed images spotted by The Direct show the addition of a headlamp, suggesting the look that Toad sported in Super Mario Galaxy and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker games.
For a show that once prided itself on emotional stakes, clear consequences, and a willingness to put its characters through the wringer, the Stranger Things ending lands with a dull thud. Not because it was quiet. Not because it was sentimental. But because it refused—again and again—to actually commit.
At the end of a rough year for the company, Disney had a historic win. Zootopia 2 has become Walt Disney Animation’s highest-grossing movie ever, with $1.46 billion at the global box office. Previously, the record was held by 2019’s Frozen II, with $1.45 billion. While many of the company’s 2025 releases, like Snow White and Captain America: Brave New World, faltered at the box office, Zootopia 2 could provide a template for projects in other franchises.
Remember when Disney was steeped in Americana? Being welcomed to Disneyland by hearing “Walkin’ right down the middle of Main Street, USA” sung with glee by The Dapper Dans felt as American as baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie! Well, in what seems like for the first time in forever, Disney is bringing back that Americana with their entry in this year’s Tournament of Roses Parade: a brand new, grand float to be called “Disney Celebrates America”.
George Clooney recently sat down with Variety while promoting his latest film. He offered some sharp criticism of how Paramount’s new CEO, David Ellison, is reshaping CBS News with the installation of Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief. “Bari Weiss is dismantling CBS News as we speak,” Clooney said. Now, Weiss has invited him to visit the newsroom for himself.
Will Smith has been accused of sexual harassment and retaliation in a newly filed lawsuit brought by male professional violinist Brian King Joseph, marking the first public legal action of its kind against the actor and musician.
As Netflix edges closer to absorbing one of Hollywood’s last legacy studios, alarm bells are ringing across the theatrical exhibition business — and for good reason. The streamer’s carefully worded assurances about theatrical releases are colliding head-on with insider reports from Deadline that the actual planned Netflix theatrical window for WB films may be as short as 17 days.
Netflix announced via X on Christmas Eve that KPop Demon Hunters has officially surpassed 500 million total views on its platform since its June 20th release.
Hollywood entered 2025 with modest hopes for theatrical box office recovery — and still came up short.
According to year-end domestic ticket sales data reported by Variety, the 2025 box office closed at $8.87 billion, narrowly missing the already-reduced $9 billion projection that analysts had framed as a realistic benchmark. While the industry has attempted to spin the result as progress, the numbers tell a far less flattering story.
The Duffer brothers are speaking out to defend the controversial Stranger Things scene where Will Byers comes out as gay. But coverage of these comments has become less about what the show’s creators actually said — and more about how entertainment media chose to frame it.