Marvel Studios has big plans (and an even bigger star) for the newest phase of its cinematic universe — and embattled actor Jonathan Majors has some thoughts. Majors, whose Kang the Conqueror was poised to be the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next big bad, after appearances in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and “Loki,” revealed in […]
Don Buchwald, who founded bicoastal talent agency Buchwald and notably represented Howard Stern in industry-altering negotiations with Sirius XM, died July 22 in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, an agency publicist confirmed. He was 88. Buchwald died peacefully at home surrounded by his immediate family. “Don was a true industry trailblazer,” daughter Julia Buchwald, president of
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As early as the end of 2020, a wave of films began to speak to the COVID-19 pandemic, either explicitly or unintentionally via the limits of their production. Some movies addressed the quarantine and lockdown and the way that our lives had changed. Others simply told stories with just a few people in a single
Former “Top Chef” contestant Shirley Chung is pausing operations at her Culver City restaurant, Ms. Chi Cafe, while she undergoes treatment for Stage 4 tongue cancer. The Beijing-born celebrity chef, 47, revealed her diagnosis Friday on Instagram, sharing a video of her shaving her head in preparation for chemotherapy. In the clip, she jokes about
Walt Disney Co.’s television division is laying off about 2% of its workforce, or 140 people, as the Burbank media and entertainment giant continues a company-wide cost-cutting plan. The cuts at Disney Entertainment Television will primarily affect National Geographic, Freeform and local-owned television stations, as well as marketing and publicity teams, according to a person
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Iván Cornejo knew at an early age that he’d find his future in music. Precocious as a child and an autodidact, the U.S.-born música Mexicana star taught himself to play guitar at age 8 by watching YouTube tutorials. Pretty soon, his hobby would become a calling. “I saw it for myself. I thought, ‘This is
There’s a new old Batman in town. “Batman: Caped Crusader,” a cartoon series premiering Thursday on Prime Video, is not the first attempt to take the character back to his pulpy roots. But it’s unusual in that it also takes the setting back in time, to what I reckon is about a decade after his
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Huw Edwards, a former top BBC presenter who was suspended from his duties last year, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of making indecent images of children, London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed to The Times. Edwards, who served the news organization for 40 years before his July 2023 suspension and resignation in April, appeared at Westminster
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Sony Corp.-owned video game company Bungie said Wednesday it would lay off 17% of its workforce — or 220 people — amid economic difficulties in the gaming industry. The Bellevue, Wash., firm said the layoffs will affect every level of the company, including executives and senior leadership. The company said it will offer severance, bonus
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Several days into the competition in Paris, sporting glory isn’t the only theme that’s dominated NBC’s wall-to-wall coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Celebrity, in the form of famous faces watching from the stands, reporting from the sidelines and beaming in from the studio, has achieved the status of Olympic obsession for the network. Tracy
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