July 2026

Alicia Keys lit up her Instagram on Thursday with a heartfelt tribute to JAY-Z, calling their shared night in New York City “a night we will remember forever.” The post was short and electric. Keys announced that “New York City is alive” with a burst of explosion emojis. Then she turned her energy straight toward…

Scott Bryce, who starred as Craig Montgomery on As the World Turns in the 1980s, returned to the CBS soap in ensuing years, was a regular on The WB dramedy Popular and guested on dozen of shows during a 35-year screen career, has died. He was 68. His son Jackson confirmed the news on social…

Warner Bros. has released footage from the set of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. In it, we follow the director/star as he transforms back into the titular character. The video begins as Serkis makes his way onto the set in a motion-capture suit. Ostensibly, it’s the first day of shooting. Serkis…

For much of her adult life, poet Mary Oliver pursued her métier in relative obscurity, publishing well respected if modestly selling volumes of her work. Then, in 1984, she won the Pulitzer Prize, and that changed everything. Oliver in her last three decades became a rare celebrity poet – beloved of cultural icons like Oprah…

Score one for Marvel’s real superhero. The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation said Tuesday that longtime Marvel Studios President and Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige will receive its highest honor: the Pioneer of the Year Award. The architect of the multibillion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe will be feted during a ceremony on September 30 at…

EXCLUSIVE: A year after selling out 70MM Imax showtimes, Universal’s second Christopher Nolan movie after his multi-Oscar-winning Oppenheimer, The Odyssey, finally arrives. While we had a puffy projection last week for Disney’s Moana of $130M in worldwide box office fueled by lofty tracking, few sources see the feature take of Homer’s epic poem getting sidelined…