What do you get when you cross a documentary with the world of pornography? Well, Austrian writer-director Rosa Friedrich (Wander) has done it, and the hybrid doc result is called My Friend the Porn Star. If you are scratching your head in confusion now, let me back up and explain. My Friend the Porn Star,…
Can Ghostbusters pull off a Lucas/Filoni? In the early 2000s, in the wake of the commercially successful but critically divisive Star Wars prequels, George Lucas shifted the franchise’s center of gravity away from features and toward animation. Working with Dave Filoni, he helped build a slate of animated series — including The Clone Wars, Star…
The planned merger of Lotte Cinema and Megabox, South Korea’s second- and third-largest multiplex chains, has collapsed, ending a 14-month attempt to combine the two companies into the country’s biggest theatrical exhibitor. Lotte Shopping, the retail conglomerate that controls Lotte Cinema operator Lotte Cultureworks, disclosed in a regulatory filing that its memorandum of understanding with…
The family had a tough few weeks after Steven graduated, but the University of South Wales supported him to start his therapy business. He initially found it difficult to ask for help, but said it was important to “re-frame” feelings of shame or failure about visiting food banks. Steven said the experience of visiting the…
But experts say the platforms cannot hide behind software glitches. “I blame StubHub 100%,” said Scott Friedman, co-founder of the Ticket Talk Network, who has already compiled more than 600 consumer complaints from this tournament alone. “Fifa is no angel. Their ticket tech is absolutely terrible. It’s like software out of 1999,” he added. While…
She said she and 31-year-old Ana Luz were extremely close and would talk every day on video calls. Her sister always had Kleiber by her side. “Wherever she went, her son went too. Whatever Kleiber wanted, she would please him. If she didn’t have money, she would call me: ‘Kleiber wants this’ or ‘he’s missing…
Tom Hanks‘ forthcoming baseball film is ready to hit the ground running. Sony Pictures announced Wednesday that it is set to release The Comebacker theatrically on July 30, 2027. Hanks stars in the movie that Marielle Heller helms from her own script, which adapts Dave Eggers’ 2024 short story of the same name. The Comebacker…
The three notes sent to media outlets involving Nancy Guthrie‘s abduction were phony and not connected to the disappearance of Today host Savannah Guthrie’s octogenarian mother, federal investigators told Reuters this week. Two notes were sent to local media outlets and to TMZ in the days after Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her Tucson-area…
If anyone knows Curry Barker‘s success wasn’t built overnight, it’s Anthony Pavone. Years before Obsession became one of 2026’s biggest success stories, the 29-year-old actor was collaborating with writer-director Barker and his creative partner, Cooper Tomlinson. While Barker and Tomlinson were best known as the duo behind the sketch comedy YouTube channel That’s a Bad…
