As promised, Kermit the Frog served as the commencement speaker for the University of Maryland’s 2025 graduation ceremony, with “the World’s Most Famous Frog” dispensing wisdom and jokes at late Muppets creator Jim Henson’s alma mater. “As I look out at you students, I can tell you all worked your …
Read More »Mia Threapleton Idolized Wes Anderson. Then She Became the Breakout Star of His New Movie
If Mia Threapleton had to pick an avatar for her creative awakening as a kid, she might choose a fox. She could have gone with a lion, the animal she’d pretended to be during summer camps and after-school “acting clubs” with her friends, and which gave her an early peek …
Read More »Antoine Fuqua's Delayed Michael Jackson Biopic May Be Split Into Two Films
Lionsgate confirmed that highly-anticipated Michael Jackson biopicMichael may end up being two separate films. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the movie stars Jackson’s nephew and Jermaine Jackson’s son Jaafar Jackson in the title role. “At the end, when you look at the music library, when you look at what Michael Jackson …
Read More »Marvel Studios Delays 'Avengers: Doomsday,' 'Avengers: Secret Wars'
Marvel fans will have to wait a few extra months to see the upcoming onscreen assembly of superheroes. Marvel Studios and Disney have announced they are pushing back the release dates of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Avengers: Doomsday has been moved back from May 1, 2026, to Dec. …
Read More »Sydney Sweeney Promises 'Euphoria' Season 3 Is 'Unhinged'
As if you weren’t expecting it already, Sydney Sweeney promised that the long-delayed third season of Euphoria would be “unhinged.” In a new interview with Empire magazine, the actress gave a light tease of the show’s return while discussing her deep attachment to her character, Cassie, as well as working …
Read More »Seth Rogen Really Wants Daniel Day-Lewis on 'The Studio': 'Please Consider a Zoom With Us'
The star-studded first season of Seth Rogen‘s sitcom-as-Hollywood-love-letter The Studio included appearances by Olivia Wilde, Bryan Cranston, Charlize Theron, and Steve Buscemi, among countless others. So it’s no surprise that he knows exactly who he wants for the second season, and he’s aiming big: Daniel Day-Lewis. “He’s the greatest living …
Read More »Does 'Friendship' Hold the Cure for Male Loneliness?
Friendship, the new comedy starring Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson, begins its descent into skin-crawling derangement with a song, then a punch. Rudd’s Austin, a local news weatherman and consummate cool guy, has invited Robinson’s Craig, his new neighbor and the exact opposite, to hang with the fellas. They drink …
Read More »'Sirens' Is Batshit Crazy — But at Least It's Trying
This post contains spoilers for the limited series Sirens, now streaming on Netflix. Maybe I should have known that Sirens was going to be confusing when its main character licked a stranger’s neck. The licking happens late in the first of five episodes, created by Molly Smith Metzler, based on …
Read More »'Titan': See Trailer for Netflix Doc That Dives Deep Into OceanGate Disaster
The ill-fated journey of the Titan submersible — and the disastrous missteps of OceanGate’s billionaire CEO — is the focus of an upcoming Netflix documentary. The disappearance of the Titan submersible on its way to the Titanic’s undersea ruins grabbed headlines for weeks in June 2023, but the story behind …
Read More »Kelsey Grammer Pays Tribute to 'Extraordinary' 'Cheers' Co-Star George Wendt
Kelsey Grammer paid tribute to his former Cheers co-star George Wendt, who died earlier this week at age 76. He died peacefully in his sleep. Grammer called in to Gayle King’s SiriusXM show to speak about his former co-star’s legacy. “It was a bit of a surprise,” he said of …
Read More »