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Olivia Rodrigo Reveals New Album Has Duet With the Cure’s Robert Smith Via Surprise Premiere for ‘What’s Wrong With Me’ at Primavera Sound
One of pop’s best-kept secrets of 2026 out, as the news is out that Olivia Rodrigo and the Cure’s Robert Smith have a full-on duet on her forthcoming album, which is less than a week away from release. The reveal came in the form of Rodrigo bringing Smith out at the Primavera Sound festival partway…
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‘Love Island USA’ Season 8 Is Peacock’s Most-Watched TV Debut Ever, With 23% of Viewership on Phones and Tablets
Season 8 of “Love Island USA” has achieved the most-watched debut for an original season of television ever on Peacock. The season, which premiered on June 2 and has released three episodes so far, has reached a total of 824 million minutes watched, according to first-party data from NBCUniversal. That’s a 74% increase compared to…
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Don’t Ask Sean Penn for a Selfie — Even If You’re a Holocaust Survivor
Sean Penn hates selfies and will not, under any circumstances, go to a public gathering with more than eight people — which is why he was noticeably absent from the recent 98th Academy Awards, where he won Best Supporting Actor (his third Oscar). The revelations came during a conversation between Penn and CNN anchor Kaitlin…
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‘Dutton Ranch’ Episode 5: Rip Agrees to Run Beulah’s Ranch, [SPOILER] Gets Shot to Death by the Cops and Rob-Will Returns to Cause Mayhem
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the fifth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Peaceful Find Peace,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. After last week’s dreary, cattle-slaughterin’ episode, it’s nice to have a soft reboot of the show, as Rip (Cole Hauser) offers to get the 10 Petal Ranch into shape for Beulah (Annette Bening). It’s…
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‘Among Us’ Surprise: Animated TV Show Drops on Paramount+
Emergency meeting! The animated “Among Us” TV show has suddenly dropped on Paramount+, with all 10 episodes now available to stream in full. Series stars Yvette Nicole Brown and Liv Hewson made the surprise announcement Friday afternoon at the Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles. The announcement comes as a, well, surprise because there had…
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‘Final Fantasy VII: Revelation’ Set to Conclude Remake Game Trilogy in 2027, First Trailer Revealed
“Final Fantasy VII: Revelation” has been revealed as the third and final title in Square Enix’s “Final Fantasy VII” remake trilogy. The game will launch in Spring 2027 across PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X and S and PC in connection with the 30th anniversary of the original game. Watch the trailer for…
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Amazon, Vice Studios Hit With Defamation Suit Over ‘Hollywood Hustler’ Documentary
A producer sued Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and director Rebecca Chaiklin on Thursday, alleging that he was falsely portrayed as an accomplice of convicted fraudster Zach Horwitz in the recent documentary series “Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam.” The producer, Julio Hallivis, contends that his reputation has been ruined by the false implication that he acted…
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‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Monster’ Directors and More Unpack Storytelling Techniques and Embracing ‘Weird Ideas’
The directors behind some of Netflix’s biggest hits of the year came together to speak to their creative processes and storytelling techniques in conversations moderated by Variety in partnership with Netflix. Antonio Campos, who directed “The Beast In Me”; Max Winkler from “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”; and Alexandria Stapleton, director of “Sean Combs: The…
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Trump Makes It Official: The ‘Freedom 250’ Concerts Are Canceled — to Be Replaced With ‘the Greatest Rally EVER!,’ Starring Him and (Surprise) Lee Greenwood
Sorry, Vanilla Ice. The “Freedom 250” concerts scheduled for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. have been officially canceled by President Donald J. Trump, after almost all of the artists bailed. The shows will be replaced, as he previously suggested, with a rally featuring one of his own speeches as the principal attraction. The event…
