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Bootsy Collins Is About to Reveal All in Upcoming Memoir
"If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'," bassist says of new book Funked Around, Found Out out next spring…
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Secret Nudes, 10 Pairs of Cowboy Boots and a Pig in the Kitchen: What’s Inside the Biggest Book on Schwarzenegger Ever
After spending 11 years on Taschen's 10-pound 'Arnold,' editor Dian Hanson reveals what she unearthed about the star — including his favorite movie, his compulsive collecting and his uncanny impression of someone eating potato chips.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Hollywood Reporter
Rolling Stone
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‘Wicked’ Will Get the Orchestra Treatment on Live-to-Film Concert Tour
For now, the scheduled events (which don’t include the film cast) account for screenings of Wicked: Part One only, while separate showings will be hosted for Wicked: For Good…
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Rolling Stone
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Julien Baker Announces Surprise Show at Nashville’s Third Man Records
Baker's last solo album, Little Oblivions , arrived in 2021…
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WorldPingDeadline
‘The View’s Whoopi Goldberg Shuts Down Audience Boos At Ted Cruz Mention: “We Don’t Gel With Them Always, But We Are Respectful”
Whoopi Goldberg shut down dissent from the audience at The View after audible boos were heard following a mention of Republican Senator Ted Cruz.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
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Peacock Sets ‘Disclosure Day’ Exclusive Streaming Debut Date
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day will begin streaming exclusively on Peacock October 9, the streamer announced today.
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WorldPingVariety
‘Call My Agent! The Movie’ Premieres in Paris as Ted Sarandos Touts Netflix’s ‘Vital’ Role in France Amid Regulatory Fight
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos used the Paris premiere of “Call My Agent! The Movie” to underscore the streamer’s importance to France’s entertainment industry amid a regulatory battle over the country’s investment obligations and release window.
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Netflix Searches For ‘Love At First Sight’ With Latest Dating Show From Velvet Hammer
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is doubling down on dating. The streamer has ordered Love At First Sight, which comes from Age of Attraction producer Velvet Hammer Media, its latest move in the popular dating genre.
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Fox Says DOJ Requests More Documents in Review of $22 Billion Roku Deal ‘as Expected’
Fox Corp.’s bid for streaming platform Roku is undergoing review by the Justice Department, with the U.S. agency requesting additional documents related to the proposed deal. On Tuesday, Sept.
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Rolling Stone
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After Surviving the ‘Hurricane’ of Eurovision, Eden Golan Is Still Standing
On Imperfections , the Israeli singer is reclaiming her voice — one vulnerable pop song at a time…
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Hollywood Reporter
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Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter Vivian Wilson Goes Anti-AI Fronting Desigual Fashion Campaign
"Some things aren’t meant to be fixed,” the transgender model and activist says in the "Born to Disobey" campaign from the Spanish label that critiques artificial intelligence.
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Rosalía In Early Talks To Join Alma Har’el’s Stacked Family Drama ‘Wet’, Would Be Singer’s Biggest Film Role To Date — The Dish
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one. Spanish Grammy winner Rosalía is in early talks to join Alma Har’el’s buzzy family-drama Wet, we can reveal.
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Rolling Stone
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Neurosis Plan Short Tour In Support of ‘An Undying Love for a Burning World’
Band also releases short film with the songs "We Are Torn Wide Open" and "Mirror Deep" featuring Blackfeet Nation members…
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Hollywood Reporter
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Scripps, PWHL Ink Media Rights Deal for 2026-27
The agreement is the first season-long TV deal for the women's hockey league.
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WorldPingVariety
Beehiiv Expands Roster of Creators With Dana Harris-Bridson, David Covucci and Peter Greenberg
Beehiiv, the creator platform that has gained traction through associations with independent journalists such as Oliver Darcy and Joanna Stern, unveiled an expansion of its Media Collective, a roster of journalists who have turned to the company to h…
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Jeff Goldblum on Being Honored by Oceana and Hosting ‘SNL U.K.’ Season 2 Premiere: ‘I’m a Big Anglophile’ (EXCLUSIVE)
It’s just a couple of days before Jeff Goldblum is getting ready to head to London to host the Season 2 premiere of “SNL U.K.” on Sept. 12. “I’m a big Anglophile,” he tells me on a Zoom from Italy, where he and his wife Emilie are enjoying a summer vacation.
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Rolling Stone
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There Are Now Four Kinds of Bugs Named After Taylor Swift
The Swiftiephylus species are found in Australia — but that shouldn’t stop them from getting global fans, just like their namesake…
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Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon Resigns, Warns AI Industry Is “Gambling With Our Lives”
A researcher at Anthropic who trained new AI models has resigned his position, issuing a dire warning that has gone viral.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
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‘Rivals’ Sets Season 2 Part 2 Release Date; First-Look Photos & Teaser
Hulu has set a fall premiere date for the remaining six episodes of Season 2 of Rivals, starring David Tennant, Alex Hassell and Aidan Turner. Part 2 of Jilly Cooper’s adaptation from her Rutshire Chronicles, will premiere with three episodes on Nov.
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Hollywood Reporter
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Martin Herlihy of Please Don’t Destroy Exits ‘SNL’
The son of Tim Herlihy follows the son of Steve Higgins out the Studio 8H door after five seasons.
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Ginevra Elkann’s ‘The Roses of Marrakesh,’ Starring Fanny Ardant, Boarded by True Colours (EXCLUSIVE)
Rome-based sales company True Colours has boarded Italian director Ginevra Elkann’s new feature “The Roses of Marrakesh” (“Le Rose di Marrakech”) starring Fanny Aradant as an aged matron named Madame Isabelle who lives in a luxurious estate in the Pa…
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Martin Herlihy Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’ After 5 Years
Martin Herlihy is departing NBC’s Saturday Night Live after a five-season stint as a writer and performer. Herlihy joined SNL in 2021 as part of the Please Don’t Destroy comedy troupe alongside fellow members Ben Marshall and John Higgins.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Deadline
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MS NOW Streamer Sets Original Series With Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, More
MS Now’s new streaming platform, MS Now Membership, has set a slate of five original series toplined by Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Ali Velshi, Claire McCaskill and Andrew Weissmann. The service launches today.
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Rolling Stone
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2026 NFL Preview: Darius Rucker, Patrick Carney, Cage the Elephant and More Size Up the Season
Football superfans from Alice Cooper and Melissa Etheridge to Breland and Bret Michaels predict how their favorite teams will fare…
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WorldPingVariety
Halloween Film Festival Launched by Ripcord; Indie Platform Aims to Connect Filmmakers With Genre Fans (EXCLUSIVE)
Ripcord, a new independent film platform that aims to directly connect genre filmmakers with fans, has announced a spooky new film festival.
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Hollywood Reporter
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Alan Cumming’s ‘Tip Toe,’ About Surging Homophobia, Was a U.K. Smash. Will Americans Accept It?
The searing drama, premiering next month on Starz, was made entirely with British money — and Cumming says it couldn't have gone any other way: "I doubt anything like this will be made in America for some time, sadly."…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter
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Hollywood Puts Four Tech Moguls on Trial in October Movie Pileup
Silicon Valley founders and CEOs are the next wave of big screen villains in buzzy projects tackling Zuckerberg, Musk, Holmes and Altman.
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WorldPingDeadline
‘Maxton Hall’ Uses Amazon AI Technology To Sync Actors’ Lips With Human-Dubbed Audio
Amazon Prime Video series Maxton Hall is the first programming on the streaming platform to feature new AI technology synchronizing actors’ lip movements with human-dubbed audio.
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‘Disclosure Day’ Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date
Steven Spielberg’s latest sci-fi adventure, “Disclosure Day,” will stream on Peacock starting Oct. 9 Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor star as a meteorologist and whistleblower who discover an unexpected connection with alien life.
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Venice Film Festival 2026: Read All Of Deadline’s Reviews
The 2026 Venice Film Festival got underway on Wednesday, September 2, with Oscar-winning English director Danny Boyle’s Ink — starring Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy — kicking off an 83rd edition that includes films starring the likes of R…
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Megan Lawless Joined By Fivel Stewart, Savanah Moss, Liv Morgan & Carter Jenkins In ‘Ping’; Ultimate Media Group & CAA Launch TIFF Market Sales
EXCLUSIVE: Production is underway in Mississippi on psychological thriller Ping, starring Obsession actress Megan Lawless.
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Most Networks Take Wait-And-See Approach To Coverage Of Donald Trump’s Midterm Convention
C-SPAN will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the 2026 Republican Convention starting on Wednesday in Dallas, while Fox News and NewsNation are planning special programming.
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Box Office: ‘Practical Magic 2’ Aims to Dethrone ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ With $40 Million Debut
After a summer for the record books, movie theater operators are hoping to keep the vibes high with some midnight margaritas.
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Hollywood Reporter
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The Investor Who’s Convinced That Pokémon Cards Will Be Currency After an Apocalypse
A chat with Peter Levin, founder of venture firm Griffin Gaming Partners, on Hollywood's forays into the trading card business and how he curates his own 500,000-plus card collection.
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Rolling Stone
WorldPingRolling Stone
Halloween 2026’s Hottest Buys Aren’t Costumes — They’re Advent Calendars
Forget decorations and costumes: People are lining up to shop Halloween countdown calendars from retailers like Williams Sonoma, Etsy, and more…
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Forget vinyl v digital debates, this kind of musical ‘authenticity’ brings real rewards
Period instruments are miles away from retro affectation, and as two Proms this week will show, can actually bring historical music up to the moment Nostalgia. What a kick. And what a commercial boon for the music industry.
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Martin Herlihy Exits ‘SNL’ After Five Seasons
Martin Herlihy is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after five seasons, a source confirms to Variety. The comedian served on the writing staff for Season 51 after spending four seasons on screen as a member of the sketch trio Please Don’t Destroy.
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WorldPingVariety
Sydney Sweeney Goes Nude in Provocative Ad for Novig Sports Trading App
Sydney Sweeney stripped down for a steamy new ad for Novig, the latest sports trading app and prediction marketing for fans of football, baseball, soccer, tennis and more.
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Streaming from the cloud was meant to change games forever – what happened?
Once hailed as the future, even the likes of Google, Sony and Microsoft have struggled to make streaming games fun, fast or affordable • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox?
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Rolling Stone
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Nate Amos Is an Acclaimed Songwriter. He’s Not Sure How That Happened, Either
With a new album out as This Is Lorelei, he’s making sense of his newfound position as someone who gets covered by MJ Lenderman and Cameron Winter…
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Rolling Stone
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Julia Wolf Leans Even Deeper in Her ‘Twilight’ Obsession in ‘Lamb’ Video
The singer-songwriter talks about her breakout year, new music, and working with Sleeping With Sirens’ Kellin Quinn on “Lamb”…
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Hollywood Reporter
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Mariska Hargitay Reveals Her Emmy Hosting Plan – And It May Involve a Knick
The 'Law & Order: SVU' star, Knicks superfan and, soon, Emmy host dishes about the speeches, the jokes and the prep for TV’s biggest night.
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Hollywood Reporter
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‘DAU’ Review: A Towering and Immersive Cinematic Epic That Recreates the Dark Ages of Soviet Oppression
Director Ilya Khrzhanovsky's biopic of Russian physicist Lev Lendau has been 20 years in the making, with over a dozen related features and other projects created in what’s been dubbed the 'Stalinist Truman Show.'…
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‘I thought a devil was about to appear from the smoke’: Jerry Hsu’s best photograph
‘The black cloud emerged from a grate in the street. I guess something underground was on fire.
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Hollywood Reporter
WorldPingHollywood Reporter
Fox Says DOJ Taking Closer Look at Roku Megadeal
The company says the U.S. government requested more information about the deal Tuesday.
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WorldPingBBC Culture
Actor Noel Clarke charged with sexual offences
Clarke has been charged with offences including sexual assault. BBC News has asked him for a comment.
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WorldPingBBC Culture
Channel 4 to cut 340 jobs by the end of the year in major shake-up
It comes after the network conducted a review amid a "rapidly changing media landscape".
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WorldPingThe Guardian
You’re So Special review – painfully funny tragedy of a stardom seeker
Soho theatre, London A dance teacher for toddlers dreams of bigger things in Julia Grogan’s frantic one-woman show The mind of a performer, hungry for her big break, is cracked open in Julia Grogan’s one-woman follow-up to her drama Playfight.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian