TikTok Fined $2.4M by U.K. Media Regulator Over Inaccurate Safety Data
Ofcom, the U.K.’s media regulator, has on Wednesday fined social media app TikTok £1.875 million ($2.4 million) for failing to accurately and swiftly respond to a request for information on the platform’s parental controls safety feature. Its investigation uncovered “a number” of failings in the video-sharing platform’s data governance process. TikTok, it said, had insufficient […]
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Marvel’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’: What the Critics Are Saying
Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters July 26, but the review embargo for the film broke on Tuesday, and the early reaction from critics has been largely positive. The third Deadpool movie, and first to be included in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe, stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as the titular characters and […]
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Backs Kamala Harris With $7M Donation
Reed Hastings has come out big for Kamala Harris, cutting the vice president’s 2024 election campaign a check for $7 million. The Netflix co-founder and executive chairman revealed the massive donation to the tech-focused site The Information on Tuesday. “After the depressing debate, we are in the game again,” Hastings told The Information. He added […]
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Matthew Macfadyen on Why He “Didn’t Really Enjoy” His Role as Mr. Darcy in ‘Pride & Prejudice’: “I’m Not Dishy Enough”
Matthew Macfadyen is opening up about why he “didn’t really enjoy” his role as Mr. Darcy in 2005’s Pride & Prejudice. The Emmy-winning actor looked back at the film where he starred opposite Keira Knightley during an interview with CBS Mornings Tuesday morning. “I didn’t really [enjoy it],” he admitted. “I feel bad saying that. […]
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Kevin Feige on Whether Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man Could Return After Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine: “It Can Be Done”
Kevin Feige is revealing if he thinks Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans could come back to the MCU as Iron Man and Captain America, respectively, following Hugh Jackman’s return as Wolverine for Deadpool & Wolverine. Thanks to the multiverse, which can have different iterations of the same characters, the Marvel Studios boss confirmed “it […]
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Conservative Media Voice Matt Walsh Goes Undercover as DEI Trainee in ‘Am I Racist?’ Doc
Conservative politico, podcaster, media personality and provocateur Matt Walsh is on a mission to answer a complicated question in the forthcoming documentary Am I Racist? The Justin Folk-directed film, described as a “social experiment,” comes from the Daily Wire and Digital Astronaut and will mark the company’s first theatrical launch for an in-house production with […]
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John Mayall, Tireless and Influential British Blues Pioneer, Dies at 90
John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on Mayall’s Instagram page announced his death Tuesday, saying the musician died Monday at his home in California. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring […]
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Max Docuseries ‘Teen Torture, Inc.’ Follows the Money in Abusive and Deadly Troubled Teen Industry
Socialite-turned-businesswoman Paris Hilton turned heads late in June when she bluntly testified to the House Ways and Means Committee about being sexually abused and “force-fed pills” after her parents shipped her off at 16 years old to the Provo School for so-called troubled teens. Of course, turning heads and grabbing headlines is the point for […]
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How YouTuber Chris Stuckmann Turned a Teenage Dream Into the Neon-Backed ‘Shelby Oaks’
Chris Stuckmann could have rested on his laurels. He could have coasted on his 2 million-plus YouTube subscribers and led a happy, fulfilling life as the internet’s premier movie buff. But teenage dreams don’t go away that easily, and as grateful as he is for the film community that’s formed around his eponymously named YouTube […]
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‘Time Bandits’ Review: Taika Waititi’s Apple TV+ Take on the Terry Gilliam Cult Classic Rewards Patience
Waititi, Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris have adapted the 1981 film into a 10-episode family comedy for Apple TV+, featuring Lisa Kudrow in its ensemble.
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Blackpink’s Lisa Is Louis Vuitton’s Newest House Ambassador
Lisa, a member of the global K-pop supergroup Blackpink, is Louis Vuitton’s newest house ambassador, the luxury fashion house announced Tuesday. The 27-year-old rapper and dancer was a guest at Louis Vuitton’s recent women’s Fall/Winter 2024 show in Paris. She joins previously named ambassadors such as Saoirse Ronan, Stray Kids’ Felix and BTS’ J-Hope. Lisa’s […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rely on Smirks and Sentiment in Overstuffed Team-Up
Emma Corrin plays a powerful adversary and Matthew Macfadyen a shady tech agent in Shawn Levy's adrenaline-charged superhero threequel.
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Judith Light, CCH Pounder Join AMC’s ‘The Terror’
The third season of AMC’s anthology The Terror has filled out is principal cast with some big names. Season three, subtitled Devil in Silver, will star Dan Stevens as a man who’s wrongly committed to a psychiatric hospital and finds himself fighting a supernatural force. The series has added a dozen actors to its cast, […]
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Digital Creator, Actress Yuri Lamasbella Signs With CAA (Exclusive)
Yuri Lamasbella, a digital creator and actress, has signed with CAA. She started out as a beauty and fashion influencer on YouTube. But Lamasbella went on to secure around 8 million followers on social media platforms, including TikTok, for her viral comedic parodies. Her biggest online viewership is for sketches of the Kardashian family. The […]
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Patton Oswalt Comic Book ‘Minor Threats’ Heading to Television at Netflix (Exclusive)
Minor Threats, the hit comic book co-created by actor and comedian Patton Oswalt and screenwriter Jordan Blum, is headed to television. Netflix is developing the live-action adaptation, with Oswalt and Blum to serve as writers, showrunners and executive producers. Scott Hepburn, the artist who drew and co-created the title, will also exec produce. The project […]
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Skybound Developing Unscripted Competition Series to Find the Next Big Animator (Exclusive)
Skybound, the comic book and media company founded by The Walking Dead co-creator Robert Kirkman, is on the lookout for the next Hayao Miyazaki. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the company is developing a reality competition series that will focus on the search for the next animation visionary. Think America’s Next Top Model or […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (and F-Bombs) to Jolt Superhero Genre Back to Life
Marvel and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is at last unfurling in cinemas, reuniting onscreen and offscreen BFFs Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, the latter of whom is the mastermind behind the irreverent series. Fellow BFF Shawn Levy directed. In addition to North America, the movie is also opening around the globe and is expected to […]
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Ike Perlmutter Sells Entire Stake in Disney After Proxy Fight
Ike Perlmutter has sold his entire stake in Disney after he and activist Nelson Peltz lost a proxy fight. Perlmutter, the former Marvel chairman, had banded with Peltz to try to win two seats on Disney’s board of directors. Peltz launched his activist campaign in January and nominated himself and Rasulo to be board members […]
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