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Moaning Myrtle Cast for HBO Harry Potter Series
Molly Hewitt-Richards has been cast as Moaning Myrtle in the second season of the upcoming Harry Potter series, according to Deadline. The season will adapt J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
HBO Boss Says NO New DCU Shows Are in Active Development Beyond Gorilla Grodd as James Gunn’s TV Slate Shrinks
The ambitious DC television slate James Gunn and Peter Safran unveiled after taking control of DC Studios continues to get smaller, and now HBO boss Casey Bloys says there are currently no additional DCU shows in active development beyond The People v. Gorilla Grodd....
Variety Laments White Actors Sweeping Major Emmys, Says Wins Came at a ‘Cost to the Diversity Ledger’
Variety is upset about the racial makeup of this year's major Emmys acting winners, going so far as to describe Matthew Rhys' historic victory over Oscar Isaac as coming at a "cost to the diversity ledger." That remarkable characterization raises a much larger...
ABC News Quietly Changes Fatal Tesla Crash Headline After Elon Musk Calls Out Misleading Coverage
ABC News appears to have learned the hard way that there is a very important difference between a Tesla crashing and a driver crashing a Tesla. The network initially framed a fatal September 9 crash in Midtown Manhattan with the headline, “Tesla crashes into...
Kevin Sorbo Claims Netflix Executives Admitted They Don’t Understand Why Audiences Want Faith-Based Movies
Kevin Sorbo claims Netflix executives once acknowledged there was an audience for his faith-based movies while admitting they could not understand why anyone wanted to watch them.
Sunny Hostin Says AI Will Beat Hollywood’s ‘Gatekeeping’ of Black and Brown Stories After Licensing Her Own Likeness to AI Company
Sunny Hostin has found an interesting solution to what she claims is Hollywood’s refusal to embrace Black and Brown creative content: artificial intelligence (AI). The View co-host defended the new technology during Friday’s episode of the ABC talk show, arguing that...
‘Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Accuses ‘Harry Potter’ Fans of “Supporting My Eradication”
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski has declared that anyone who continues supporting Harry Potter is helping fund “trans gen*cide,” prompting a blistering response from J.K. Rowling’s representative, who called the allegations “fabricated” and unsupported by...
Jimmy Kimmel Reportedly Faces Massive Budget Cut to Keep ABC Show Alive
Jimmy Kimmel may not be officially finished at ABC after all, but keeping Jimmy Kimmel Live! on television could apparently require a significant financial haircut. Just days after ABC publicly denied a report claiming Kimmel's long-running late-night program would...
Netflix Denies ‘Neck Injury’ Post Was a Charlie Kirk Joke After Massive Backlash — “Inaccurate and Ludicrous”
Netflix is pushing back against accusations that one of its official social media accounts made a veiled joke about Charlie Kirk’s assassination on the first anniversary of his death. The streaming giant has now issued multiple statements denying any connection...
Gorilla Grodd Set Photos and Videos Show a Truly Bizarre Next Installment for James Gunn’s DCU
Filming is underway on The People v. Gorilla Grodd, and the first photos and videos from the set reveal what may be the most bizarre installment in the new DCU yet.
South Park Says Its Changing Name to South America for Season 29 in Latest Volley at Trump
South Park is showing no signs of abandoning its increasingly Trump-focused satire when it returns for Season 29 next week.
Netflix Posts ‘Neck Injury’ Joke on Exact Anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s Assassination
Netflix is facing serious backlash over a social media post published on the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination after the company’s UK account joked that a character “Nearly did himself a neck injury.” On September 10, the official Netflix UK &...