France banned alcohol in red-alert areas Sunday, Spain and Germany cancelled sports events and Britain warned of “tropical nights” as Europe sweltered through a heatwave threatening to break June temperature records. Less than a month after a May heatwave that set records in several European countries, the continent is facing a new bout of extreme weather, … Read more
Several of the buyers who screened Luca Guadagnino’s hotly anticipated “Artificial” in the days after Amazon MGM Studios abruptly dropped the film have passed on acquiring it, sources tell Variety. Focus Features, Warner Bros.’ Clockwork, A24 and Netflix have all stepped away, according to those sources. But the Sam Altman drama, which is nearly completed, … Read more
Aubrey Plaza took to Instagram Saturday afternoon to announce that Amazon canceled her animated comedy series “Kevin” after just one season. “Amazon Prime is not picking up ‘Kevin’ for another season,” wrote Plaza. “Very disappointing since we were just getting going. I want to say thank you to all the fans that watched our show … Read more
A week after wearing a “Taylor Swift Is a CIA Psyop” shirt, guitarist plunges into crowd during band’s Dublin concert Metallica’s Kirk Hammett suffered a bit of “Karma” Friday as the guitarist slipped off-stage mid-concert, days after wearing a shirt that inflamed Taylor Swift fans. At Metallica’s June 13 concert in Budapest, Hammett donned a … Read more
The uber-plush Burgenstock resort perched high above Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne — the dramatic setting for Sunday’s US-Iran talks — is well-accustomed to hosting world leaders, movie icons and peace negotiations. The luxurious hotel complex was proposed by Washington and Tehran, and their Pakistani and Qatari mediators, for the negotiations aimed at fleshing out their preliminary … Read more
Kids these days might prefer tech to toys, but Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie still got it. “Toy Story 5” ruled over the box office with $160 million from 4,425 North America theaters, landing on the higher end of expectations while securing the biggest domestic debut of the year over Universal’s “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” … Read more
“Diamonds,” with the late “Rhinestone Cowboy” on guitar, is the title track of the latest in a series of posthumous Waylon albums Shooter Jennings is continuing the rollout of previously unheard Waylon Jennings recordings. On Sunday — Father’s Day — Jennings announced the release of the new LP Diamonds during an appearance on CBS Sunday … Read more
The Bentonville Film Foundation, in collaboration with founding partner, Walmart, and presenting sponsor, Coca-Cola, announced the winners of the 12th edition of the Bentonville Film Festival June 20 at a high-energy awards gala. Walter Thompson-Hernández’s “If I Go Will They Miss Me” took the best narrative award while Judd Ehrlich’s “Jane Elliott Against the World” … Read more
British actor Kit Harington spent years on the set of some of the biggest films and TV shows of the last decade, from his breakthrough role as Jon Snow in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” to Sir Henry Muck in BBC’s “Industry” and his introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dane Whitman in Chloe Zhao’s … Read more
“We are deeply saddened and heartbroken to learn of the tragic event that occurred at tonight’s show,” jam band says after 51-year-old man fell to death at sold-out show A 51-year-old man fell to their death Saturday during jam band Goose’s concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The concertgoer, who was not identified at … Read more