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Florence Pugh Says ‘I Was Never Scared’ of Publicly Supporting Palestine and ‘I Don’t Know Why It Took So Long’ for Hollywood to ‘Start Talking’
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Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter Join Tom Holland in Fred Astaire Biopic as Adele Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Tom Holland has found his dance partners for Sony’s yet-to-be-titled Fred Astaire biopic: Margaret Qualley and Sabrina Carpenter. As previously announced, Holland will play the debonair dancer in the upcoming Sony film, directed by Paul King, with Amy Pascal producing. Qualley will star as Adele Astaire and Carpenter will portray as Ginger Rogers. Fred and […]
Variety
Bryce Dallas Howard on the Declining Statistics for Female Directors in Hollywood: ‘Whatever Is Currently Being Done is Not Enough’
Bryce Dallas Howard is calling on Hollywood to make a change. While at Variety’s L.A. Power of Women event on Wednesday in Beverly Hills, the actress and filmmaker reflected on the declining statistics for women directors in Hollywood. A 2025 study described the year as a “Great Recession” for female filmmakers, with just nine women […]
Rolling Stone
Leon Bridges Shakes Up His Sound Once Again
Like a roots music Drake, the singer-songwriter has a knack for collaborating with up and coming tastemakers
PC Gamer
This 78-year-old grandmother has an insatiable lust for violence (in Fortnite)
The Guinness World Recordholder for oldest female Fortnite streamer says her one goal is "to go in and eliminate folk."
PC Gamer
World of Warcraft: Forever dev has 'no sympathy' for players kicked from the beta for offensive names: 'If you're genuinely confused, remember that it's our database, we can see every character you've created'
Blizzard devs are having to manually go through a list to flag the names that aren't allowed.
Variety
Ari Emanuel Details Hollywood Rise in New Memoir: Harvey Weinstein Feuds, Signing Martin Scorsese and a Tense Evening With Larry David and Elon Musk
Ari Emanuel has spent more than three decades making deals, building companies and occasionally screaming his way through Hollywood. Now, the superagent-turned-media mogul is telling his own story. In a new memoir Roll the Calls, released Sept. 22, Emanuel chronicles his rise from the CAA mailroom to one of the most powerful positions in entertainment […]