In one of the most incredible Friday afternoon news dumps of all time, it sounds like Tom Cruise is finally starting to work on a “Days of Thunder” sequel. The story was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, which said Cruise is currently in talks with Paramount surrounding production of a sequel to the 1990 NASCAR … Read more
Despite recent push here in the U.S. to legalize it, using the marijuana plant as a recreational or even medicinal substance is still very much illegal around the world. One Volkswagen exec recently found that out the hard way when he was detained and later deported from China for failing a drug test, Reuters reports.… … Read more
Photo: Tesla / YouTube Elon Musk might find out in an expensive way that a company can’t just use an AI-generated copy of someone’s work when denied the right to use the original. Alcon Entertainment filed a lawsuit on Monday against Elon Musk, Tesla and Warner Bros. Discovery for allegedly using AI-produced imagery to represent … Read more
As the great poet Gordon Lightfoot told us: “Sometimes I think it’s a sin/When I feel like I’m winning, when I’m losing again.” Unfortunately, for Salem’s Lot, that’s a pretty accurate description of Gary Dauberman’s film. Finally released in 2024, the highly anticipated adaptation of Stephen King’s classic vampire novel had been long in the … Read more
In a city that is too often unjustly stereotyped as favouring the new, the Hollywood studio reminds us of how much history – and, specifically, pop-culture mythmaking – is rooted in and around Los Angeles. There in these spaces, you might see a spot where US actor James Dean once stood, roll past the house … Read more
Corus Entertainment Inc. has filed a complaint with Canada’s broadcasting regulator alleging Rogers Communications Inc. is “engaging in predatory behaviour” to suppress potential competition. In a July 26 letter to the CRTC, posted online in redacted form this week, Corus vice-president and associate general counsel Matt Thompson asked for regulatory intervention to prevent a “significant … Read more
Voice actor Rachael Lillis, famed for playing Misty and Jessie in various film, television and video game versions of the beloved Japanese animated series Pokémon, has died following a battle with breast cancer. She was 55. Co-star Veronica Taylor, who voices the role of Ash Ketchum, shared the news Monday morning in a post on X, formerly known … Read more
Hollywood’s video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections. The strike will begin at 12:01 a.m. PT Friday and comes after nearly two years of negotiations with gaming giants, … Read more
Entertainment giant Paramount will merge with production company Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape. It also signals the rise of a new power player, David Ellison, the founder of Skydance and … Read more
Rogers Communications and the NHL have reached an exclusive agreement with Amazon’s Prime Video to carry Monday regular-season games in Canada for the next two seasons. Rogers and the league said in a joint statement Thursday that “Prime Monday Night Hockey” will stream all national regular season Monday night NHL games in English for the … Read more
