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Carl Erik Rinsch, the director of 47 Ronin, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison for defrauding Netflix out of $11 million that was supposed to help finish an unreleased science fiction series. A Manhattan jury convicted Rinsch in December of wire fraud, money laundering, and five counts... Read More »
A California appeals court upheld Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape and sexual assault conviction Friday, but ordered a new sentencing hearing because the trial judge relied in part on New York convictions that were later overturned. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal... Read More »
Apple TV has set a September premiere date for Brothers, a new eight-episode comedy that reunites Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as fictionalized versions of themselves, playing lifelong friends whose bond is thrown into chaos when they learn they might actually be brothers. The series begins with a family disruption.... Read More »
The U.S. Justice Department has cleared Paramount Skydance Corporation’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, concluding that the roughly $110 billion media merger is unlikely to harm competition or American consumers. The Antitrust Division announced the decision Friday after an eight-month investigation and did not require Paramount to sell assets,... Read More »
On May 28, John Travolta brought one of his most personal projects to the Directors Guild of America for the Los Angeles premiere of Propeller One-Way Night Coach, an aviation film shaped by his lifelong fascination with flying. Before the screening, his older sister, Ellen Travolta, took the stage and... Read More »
Netflix offered Los Angeles audiences an early look at The Boroughs on May 20, screening the supernatural drama’s first episode at the Egyptian Theatre one day before the full series arrived on the streaming service. The sneak preview was followed by a conversation with series creators Jeffrey Addiss and Will... Read More »
Netflix has won a copyright dispute over footage used in its 2020 documentary series Tiger King, with a federal appeals court finding the company’s use of a cameraman’s video qualifies as fair use. In a decision issued April 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld a... Read More »
A sweeping set of rule changes approved by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will reshape the 99th Oscars, redefining how performances are nominated, how international films qualify, and how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence are treated within the awards process. The updates will apply to films released... Read More »
Scrubs has been renewed by ABC for the 2026–27 television season, extending the return of the long-running medical comedy with what will count as its second season on the network. The pickup follows a strong debut cycle that turned early curiosity into sustained audience traction. The series opened as the... Read More »
Cast members of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds took the stage at CCXP Mexico, where they confirmed a July 23 premiere and debuted the first teaser for season four on Paramount+. Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, and Paul Wesley led the panel across the convention’s main stages, previewing... Read More »
“Ted Lasso” is set to return for a fourth season, with Jason Sudeikis reprising his role as the American coach at the center of the Apple TV series. The new installment brings back key cast members, including Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, and Jeremy Swift. The new... Read More »
Apple TV has set an official date for the premiere of the third season of Silo, continuing its adaptation of Hugh Howey’s bestselling dystopian novels with a new chapter that expands both forward and backward in time. The 10-episode season will debut with a single episode, followed by weekly releases... Read More »
A former senior employee of the company behind MrBeast has filed a federal lawsuit alleging she was demoted and later fired after reporting workplace misconduct and taking maternity leave, citing violations of federal family leave law and wrongful termination under North Carolina law. The complaint, filed April 21, 2026, in... Read More »
Rocky, the alien at the center of “Project Hail Mary,” has quickly become one of the film’s most talked-about characters, and the performance behind it is now entering the Oscars race, with puppeteer and performer James Ortiz eligible for consideration in the supporting actor category. In the film, Rocky operates... Read More »
Netflix has started production on The Night Marta Disappeared, a six-episode miniseries based on the 2009 disappearance and murder of 17-year-old Marta del Castillo, a case that became one of the most closely followed criminal investigations in Spain and remains unresolved in key ways. The project is produced by Netflix... Read More »