Location Managers Guild Nominations Include ‘One Battle,’ ‘Pluribus’

Location Managers Guild Nominations Include ‘One Battle,’ ‘Pluribus’

“One Battle After Another,” “F1” and “Pluribus”  are among the movies and television shows nominated for the Location Managers Guild International awards. The 13th annual LMGI Awards, set for Aug. 22, and will be held at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The LMGI Awards received a record number of submissions from around the … Read more

Army general abruptly steps down as Hegseth’s Pentagon purge intensifies

Army general abruptly steps down as Hegseth’s Pentagon purge intensifies

Most Americans might not immediately recognize Army Gen. Chris “C.D.” Donahue’s name, but they’ve probably seen a memorable picture of him: When U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, Donahue was the last American servicemember to exit the country. In the years that followed, the general took on other high-profile duties, becoming the head of … Read more

Priyanka Chopra Jonas Says ‘Obsession’ Shows How Barriers Are Falling

Priyanka Chopra Jonas Says ‘Obsession’ Shows How Barriers Are Falling

Speaking at the Cannes Lions conference on Wednesday, Priyanka Chopra Jonas shared her thoughts on becoming a producer, her desire to expand her career in the U.S. and cited the low-budget horror smash hit “Obsession” as a marker of how barriers to entry for talent and filmmakers have fallen. “I feel like if you have an … Read more

My Family Loves Board Games—Here Are the 9 I’d Buy On Sale During Prime Day

My Family Loves Board Games—Here Are the 9 I’d Buy On Sale During Prime Day

A great game for larger groups, Herd Mentality is all about writing down the same answer as everyone else. If you agree with the majority of players on the best pizza topping, Disney movie, or the smallest animal that could carry your weight, you win a cow token. Eight tokens win you the game, but … Read more

‘King of the Hill’ Season 15 Wows Annecy, as Judge Accepts Award

‘King of the Hill’ Season 15 Wows Annecy, as Judge Accepts Award

Hank Hill (Mike Judge) may no longer be working for Strickland Propane, but he is still a firm believer in good old combustion engines and American machinery. So when he finds a strange electric truck parked right outside of his home, all hell breaks loose. This is the premise of an episode of Season 15 … Read more

Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly  Billion

Qualcomm will acquire the Silicon Valley chip startup Modular for nearly $4 billion. The companies announced the acquisition on Wednesday; Qualcomm said it expects to issue up to 19.2 million shares of common stock in the deal, which works out to just under $4 billion based on the company’s last closing share price. The deal, … Read more

Alex de la Iglesia to Direct ‘Ages of Madness,’ His Animation Debut

Alex de la Iglesia to Direct ‘Ages of Madness,’ His Animation Debut

Álex de la Iglesia, the renowned Spanish film-TV director (“Day of the Beast,” “The Last Circus,” “30 Coins”) is set to make this animation debut, helming the animated feature “Ages of Madness: The Howling of the Jinn.” Set up at the Canary Islands’ 3Doubles Producciones, behind Goya Award nominees “SuperKlaus” and “Norbert,” and Bizkaia-based Sumendi … Read more

New York Democratic primaries: 5 key takeaways

New York Democratic primaries: 5 key takeaways

The Democratic Socialists of America are on the march. New York experienced a political earthquake last night as a trio of progressive insurgents backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won House primaries, delivering what Politico calls “a massive sledge hammer to the Democratic establishment in New York and far beyond.” Here are those three races, in … Read more

A Young Magician Wanted to Build an Epic Magic Collection. Did He Go Too Far?

A Young Magician Wanted to Build an Epic Magic Collection. Did He Go Too Far?

T he trouble began with Harry Houdini’s beaver-skin top hat.  Tim Moore — known in Columbus, Ohio, as Dr. Magic Smile — was a dentist and magician, in one. He performed sleight of hand to settle his patients’ nerves, and he helped run Magi­Fest, a longtime Columbus magic convention. But Moore didn’t just love magic. … Read more

‘Invincible’: Jack Quaid Joins Voice Cast, Renewed for Season 6

‘Invincible’: Jack Quaid Joins Voice Cast, Renewed for Season 6

Big news for “Invincible” fans: Jack Quaid will be joining the voice cast in Season 5 and the show has already scored an early Season 6 renewal. During Prime Video’s first-ever panel at Annecy Animation Festival on Wednesday, executive producer and co-showrunner Robert Kirkman revealed that Quaid will play Gravitator/Chris and shared a first-look image … Read more