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John Legend on Thursday addressed Donald Trump‘s attack on Haitian immigrants in the singer’s hometown Springfield, Ohio. During the presidential debate on Tuesday, the former president suggested that Haitian immigrants in Springfield taking over the city. “They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there,” he

(L to R) Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen star in Netflix’s ‘His Three Daughters’. Opening in theaters on September 6th before premiering on Netflix September 20th is the new drama ‘His Three Daughters’, which was written and directed by Azazel Jacobs (‘French Exit’) and stars Natasha Lyonne (‘Poker Face’), Carrie Coon (‘Ghostbusters: Frozen

His job is tables chairs. HBO has placed a series order for The Chair Company, a comedy series co-created by and starring Tim Robinson of Netflix’s Emmy-winning sketch show I Think You Should Leave. Zach Kanin, a long-time collaborator of Robinson’s on ITYSL, Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central’s Detroiters, co-created the show with Robinson;

(Left) Michael B. Jordan as John Kelly in Prime Video’s ‘Without Remorse.’ (Right) Steve McQueen in 1969’s ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’. Photo: United Artists. Preview: Michael B. Jordan is directing and starring in ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’ It’ll mark his second time directing following ‘Creed III.’ Amazon MGM Studios will release the movie worldwide. Cast

Flavor Flav surprised Olympian Jordan Chiles with a touching gesture at the 2024 MTV Music Video Awards. While onstage with Chiles to present the award for best collaboration, which went to Taylor Swift and Post Malone for “Fortnight,” the rapper addressed the controversial decision that caused the gymnast to have her bronze medal revoked. “I

James McAvoy stars in ‘Speak No Evil’. Opening in theaters on September 13th is the new psychological thriller ‘Speak No Evil’, which was directed by James Watkins (‘The Woman in Black’) and is a remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name. The movie stars James McAvoy (‘X-Men: First Class’ and ‘Split’), Mackenzie

Oprah Winfrey‘s imprimatur has made many an author’s career. Now she’s wielding her literary star power to helo anoint a new bookstore, co-founded by former WME literary agent Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, who previously led Winfrey’s “The Life You Want” arena tour in 2014. After a decades-long career of working with some of the world’s bestselling

Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’. Photo: Marvel Studios. Preview: ‘Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton is in talks for ‘Spider-Man 4’. Tom Holland is back as the title character. Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers will once more write the script. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ proved that even as the film industry recovered from the pandemic,

The first, and perhaps only, presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris was carried on every major network and cable news channel. It should really have been broadcast on ESPN. That’s because the evening seemed less a debate than an enthralling boxing match, the best since the Thrilla in Manila. And no points for

Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy, ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Parisa Taghizadeh. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Preview: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ opened huge at the US box office. It made $ $145.4 million globally. Elsewhere, the box office was quiet. Audiences flocking to

John Cassaday, the artist who co-created the influential turn-of-the-century comic Planetary and then drew an award-winning X-Men comic written by Joss Whedon for Marvel, has died. He was 52. His sister Robin Cassaday announced his death Monday on Facebook. She previously wrote that he had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mount Sinai

James Earl Jones in ‘Coming to America.’ Photo: Paramount Pictures. Preview: Legendary actor James Earl Jones passes away at 93 He was best known for his role as the voice of Darth Vader Jones is one of the few actors who have won the EGOT Distinguished actor James Earl Jones passed away this Monday in

I spent my first decade in New York working at Variety’s former offices on Park Ave. South and more than once found myself sharing an elevator with James Earl Jones while he was on his way to or from Verizon to shoot commercials. The giant of an actor, who died today at age 93, never

Opening in theaters on September 6th is the new Western ‘The Thicket’, which is based on the novel of the same name by author Joe R. Lansdale. The film was directed by Elliot Lester (‘Blitz’) and stars Peter Dinklage (‘Game of Thrones’), Juliette Lewis (‘Cape Fear’), Leslie Grace (‘In the Heights’), Levon Hawke (‘Blink Twice’),

Sydney Freeland in the long journey to complete her Netflix basketball-focused feature film, produced by LeBron James, had as a key goal to show real native lives on screen. But finding Indigenous basketball players was easier said than done, or at least at first, Freeland told a Toronto Film Festival audience on Monday. “Netflix bought the

Gary Oldman in ‘Slow Horses’ season 4 now streaming on Apple TV+. Returning for its fourth season with one episode on September 4th, ‘Slow Horses’ continues to prove itself as one of the best series on offer via the Apple TV+ service. In fact, Apple has clearly been so happy with the viewership of the

The second night of the 2024 Creative Arts Emmys has crowned its winners. The annual two-day event, which takes place the weekend before the Primetime Emmys, saw 99 TV awards handed out to mostly below-the-line categories, as well as recognition for guest actor and actress roles. Awards announced on Sunday included honors for comedy, drama

Opening in theaters on August 30th is the new war drama ‘Across the River and into the Trees’, which is based on the 1950 novel by Ernest Hemingway. Directed by Paula Ortiz (‘Teresa’), the film stars Liev Schreiber (‘Ray Donovan’ and ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’), Matilda De Angelis (‘Coco’), Josh Hutcherson (‘The Beekeeper’), Laura Morante (‘Man