After 26 long years, Shrek and Co. will finally return to the big screen. DreamWorks animation announced Tuesday, July 9, that the fifth installment of the storied, memed-to-death franchise will hit theaters July 1, 2026, with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz all returning. The announcement was accompanied by …
Read More »'The Conjuring' Will Come to a Chilling End in Fall 2025
The work of famed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren is coming to a long, and no doubt, spine-tingling end on the big screen. New Line announced that the final, fourth film in the Conjuring horror franchise will arrive on Sept. 5, 2025, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Directed by Michael …
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet Remember 'Titanic' Producer Jon Landau
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and James Cameron are among those who have paid tribute to lauded producer Jon Landau, who died Friday at the age of 63. “Jon was an incredibly kind, wise, and empathetic soul, who wanted to create nothing but a positive impact on anyone or anything approached,” …
Read More »Sex, Violence, and Videotape: Ti West and Mia Goth on Their Game-Changing Slasher Trilogy
Once upon a time in 1970s Texas, a group of filmmakers traveled to a remote farmhouse to shoot what they hoped would be the Citizen Kane of porno flicks. Only one of them would leave that quaint rural residence alive. Cut to: that same “Final Girl” close to a decade …
Read More »Lady Gaga's Harley Quinn Is 'Going to Blow Your Mind,' Says 'Joker 2' Casting Director
Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn performance was “really surprising” to Joker: Folie à Deux’s casting director Francine Maisler, who said casting Gaga to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix was not her idea. “She’s so good in it, you guys. She’s going to blow your mind,” Maisler said during a recent conversation at …
Read More »Kathryn Hahn and Aubrey Plaza Conjure Chaos in 'Agatha All Along' Trailer
Kathryn Hahn‘s Agatha Harkness embarks on a journey to rediscover her powers, with help from a crazed coven, in the new trailer for WandaVision spinoff series Agatha All Along. “I miss the glory days,” Agatha says in the clip, which Marvel shared on Monday. “She took every bit of power …
Read More »Alec Baldwin Scores Key Rulings on Eve of 'Rust' Manslaughter Trial
Alec Baldwin appeared in a New Mexico courtroom Monday and scored potentially pivotal rulings on the evidence that will be allowed at his looming trial over the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the ill-fated Western movie Rust. In two of her biggest decisions a day …
Read More »What 'The Bear' Gets Right and Wrong About Toxic Kitchens
I’ve been through culinary school and worked in professional kitchens, and I know it’s easy to nitpick The Bear for certain unrealistic details (Carmy’s utter indifference to food costs being at the top of my list). However, the show also gets a lot of things absolutely right: the razor-thin profit …
Read More »Hasan Minhaj, Elizabeth Warren Talk Age vs. Policy Making, Government Thirst Traps in New Talk Show
Hasan Minhaj released a new online talk show Monday, close to a year after the comedian wasreportedly one of three finalists to host The Daily Show. The YouTube series Hasan Minhaj Doesn’t Know’s first episode features an interview with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. They discussed a wide range of topics, …
Read More »John Cena Announces Retirement From WWE, Final WrestleMania Appearance in 2025
Wrestling star-turned-actor John Cena revealed at the WWE’s Money in the Bank event Saturday that he plans on retiring from the wrestling in 2025, and that the upcoming WrestleMania 41 next year would be his last time participating in that event. “Tonight, I officially announce my retirement from the WWE,” …
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