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Hailee Steinfeld at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Gilbert Flores/Variety Hailee Steinfeld has recorded a cover of The Cars’ “Magic” for Disney’s animated feature Hexed, in which she also leads the voice cast. The song was released Friday (Oct....
The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned that 20th Century Studios is developing a new feature-length Alien film. The horror project will be produced by Ridley Scott, who launched the franchise. Aaron Guzikowski, known for Prisoners and the series Raised by Wolves, has been tapped as lead writer. Plot details remain under wraps. The director has...
Noel Gallagher joked that he has no time for vegetarians and vegans while appearing on the Chicken Shop Date episode posted Friday (Oct. 23). Host Amelia Dimoldenberg opened by asking whether he liked chicken nuggets. The Oasis co-founder replied, “Who doesn’t?” Dimoldenberg pointed out that vegetarians, by definition, aren’t fans. Gallagher said gravely, “F— those...
Publisher Pullup Entertainment said Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy launched below expectations. Revenue from the first two games in the series still grew 164% during the quarter. The company made the statement while presenting its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026/2027. It did not disclose exact sales of the new game...
There was a time when horror movies didn’t mind getting weird. The 1980s produced the surreal nightmares of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the gooey, creature-filled chaos of The Blob. Filmmakers of that era could combine practical-effects gore, unsettling monsters and a healthy dose of absurdity without worrying about fitting a single genre. One...
Happy weekend. Movie theaters are having a moment. Last week, You Can See Everything premiered with one of the best box office debuts ever for a documentary. Street Fighter is also in theaters. It’s doing well at the box office but not so well with critics. A new batch of releases arrives this weekend, from...
Rockstar Games has brought the GTA 6 marketing campaign to Los Angeles, with a mural on Hollywood Boulevard and a banner and billboard on Sunset Boulevard. Miami is at the center of the campaign, but other major cities are also part of it. Los Angeles is the largest city on the US West Coast. It...
Sony has stopped selling the UBP-X700/K, its last standalone Ultra HD Blu-ray player in Japan. The only Sony device there that can now play these discs is the PS5 with a disc drive. The move continues Sony’s gradual reduction of its physical media hardware lineup. The UBP-X700/K was introduced in May 2025. According to the...
Happy weekend. It’s a slow week for TV releases. Over the past month, Carrie, Crystal Lake and VisionQuest all dropped and kept many viewers busy. Things pick up soon, though. The coming months bring the final season of Yellowjackets, the third season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and more. Until...
Mass Effect fans have launched a petition asking Electronic Arts to reconsider its decision to cancel a new game and to protect the future of the sci-fi series after the closure of BioWare. Players do not want to accept the disappearance of one of the best-known RPG franchises. The petition aims to preserve a universe...
