Disney announces ‘Lilo & Stitch 2’ in development

DisneyYou can bring your Ohana to see even more Stitch in theaters sometime soon.Disney has announced plans for a second live-action Lilo & Stitch film.The reveal was made on Thursday, June 26, also known as Stitch Day. June is the sixth month of the year, making the date 6/26, similar to the lovable blue alien's experiment number of 626.Disney made the sequel announcement in a video shared to Instagram.The video finds the live-action Stitch puppet driving a tiny pink convertible […]

June 26, 2025

Entertainment

Emma Stone stars in teaser trailer for new Yorgos Lanthimos film ‘Bugonia’

Atsushi Nishijima/Focus FeaturesThe teaser trailer for Emma Stone's latest film collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos has arrived.Focus Features released the first trailer for Lanthimos' film Bugonia on Thursday.The movie, which arrives in theaters this fall, follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who "kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth," according to its official synopsis. You know, that old chestnut.Stone plays Michelle, the high-powered CEO who gets kidnapped. Jesse Plemons stars […]

June 26, 2025

Music

All at Once: Whitney Houston gets slew of new Platinum awards

L Busacca/Michael Ochs Archives/GettySince the world lost Whitney Houston, streaming has become the main way fans consume music, so it was time to take a look at how that's impacted her impressive catalog of hit songs and albums. The result? Tons of new Platinum certifications for the late diva.Whitney's estate announced that her album The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack album has been RIAA certified 19-times Platinum, extending its record as the bestselling soundtrack of all time. Her signature song from that […]

June 26, 2025

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Zak Starkey offers advice to Barry Keoghan on playing his dad Ringo Starr: ‘Get a big rubber nose’

Photo credit Keoghan: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Photo Credit Starr: Disney/Randy HolmesBarry Keoghan is set to play Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics, and Ringo’s son, drummer Zak Starkey, has some thoughts about the casting.When asked by NME if he had any advice on how to play Ringo, Starkey shared, "Get a big rubber nose. I don’t know what else to say. He doesn’t look anything like my dad, does he? You can fix anything, can’t you? You can certainly give […]

June 26, 2025

Music

On This Day, June 26, 2021: ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ reopens on the Great White Way after the pandemic

On This Day, June 26, 2021 ...After a 471-day closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway theaters finally reopened in New York.The first official show was a performance of Bruce Springsteen’s critically acclaimed Tony-winning show, Springsteen on Broadway, at the St. James Theatre. It featured The Boss telling his life story through his songs, sharing incidents featured in his 2016 autobiography, Born to Run.This was the second Broadway run of Springsteen on Broadway. It initially opened at the Walter Kerr […]

June 26, 2025

Music

Watch the trailer for the Grateful Dead’s next Meet-Up at the Movies

Rhino Entertainment and Trafalgar ReleasingThe Grateful Dead recently announced their next Meet-Up at the Movies will be screenings of The Grateful Dead Movie on Aug. 14, and now they are sharing a trailer for the experience.The clip features performance footage from the film, which is a recording of their five-night stand at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in October 1974, which at the time was believed to be their final run of shows. The trailer features a peek at performances of “Sugar Magnolia," […]

June 26, 2025

Entertainment

Next James Bond film taps Denis Villeneuve to direct

Mathew Tsang/WireImageThe next James Bond movie has found its director.Amazon MGM Studios has tapped Dune director Denis Villeneuve to helm the project.“Some of my earliest movie-going memories are connected to 007,” Villeneuve says in a statement. “I grew up watching James Bond films with my father, ever since Dr. No with Sean Connery. I'm a die-hard Bond fan. To me, he’s sacred territory. I intend to honor the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come.”He calls the project a “massive responsibility,” but also “incredibly […]

June 26, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: Jake Gyllenhaal to star in ‘Collision’ adaptation and more

Jake Gyllenhaal will star in and produce a project based on Don Winslow's novel Collision. Deadline reports that Amazon bought the rights to Collision in a highly competitive deal with multiple bidders. The novel tells the story of a husband and father who makes a mistake that sends him to prison, where he then learns how to survive ...Ben Foster, Gabriel Basso and Rudy Pankow are set to star in the upcoming film Cowboy. Variety reports that the film will […]

June 26, 2025

Entertainment

Michael Cera turned down ‘Harry Potter’ spinoff role over fears he would get too famous

Jamie McCarthy/WireImage via Getty ImagesMichael Cera turned down the chance to join the wizarding world of Harry Potter over fears he would become too famous.The actor explained why he passed on the role of Jacob Kowalski in the 2016 spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in a recent appearance on The Louis Theroux Podcast.Cera says he did not entertain the idea of accepting the role when he was being considered for the part."I did, sort of, make […]

June 26, 2025

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