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It’s a “Village of the Damned” meets “Weapons” meets the opening scene of “Halloween” situation. But those movies all tower over “Ice Cream Man,” a hyped-up one-joke kiddie zombie splatter film.VarietyRead More

Ariana Grande has spoken out about her upcoming break from her professional career after a representative said that she will step out of the public eye following the conclusion of her “Eternal Sunshine” tour in early September. During her first of three performances at Chicago’s United Center on Monday night, Grande paused at the front…

News broke on Friday that Dermot Mulroney will leave NBC’s “Chicago Fire” in its upcoming 15th season. During a recent appearance at Flash Weekend Chicago Horror Convention (via People), Mulroney opened up about his exit. “Loved every minute of it. Became friends with this incredible crew of people,” Mulroney said. He later noted that the…

Mary Rivera, who played the grandmother of Jacob Batalon’s Ned in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” has died. She was 82. According to her obituary, Rivera was born on June 2, 1943, in Iloilo, Philippines, and died on April 15 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A family member told TMZ that Rivera suffered a stroke and had to…

Critics have said their piece about Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” and now he is saying his piece about them. While on “The Odyssey” press tour, the director spoke with podcaster Zhong Shu about “a fundamental flaw of film criticism” he sees with amateur critics. “The criticism that’s often leveled at movies in general is, ‘Oh,…

Phil Collins recently told The Times of London that he almost died in 2024 from health complications stemming from alcohol abuse. The Genesis frontman explained that he was initially admitted to a Swiss hospital for alcohol addiction in late 2023. He was discharged at first, but was brought back in shortly after and placed into…

A new report from the Wall Street Journal, published Saturday night, brings to light several possible errors by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department during its search for Nancy Guthrie, which has seen little progress since it began in February. The WSJ, citing personal files and interviews with current and former federal officers and individuals close…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 7 of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. Gayle Rankin’s Alys Rivers has dealt with an Oedipus complex before during her time at Harrenhal, but this week’s “House of the Dragon” marked the first time Alys was directly dragged into the Targaryens’ incestuous…

“If not me, who?” said actor Billy Porter in a 2024 Guardian interview, explaining the rationale for his plan to direct and star in a biopic of Black queer author and activist James Baldwin. “Who’s going to tell it better than the Black gay man who embodies that in today’s age?” Porter was right that…

In a title bout for the championship, American Lamont Roach, Jr. takes on Mexican boxer William Zepeda in a 12-round match. What’s on the line? The vacant WBC Lightweight title belt. At the end of the match, one of these fighters will have the title — or it will end with a draw. On Saturday,…