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Female Olympians Slam Sydney Sweeney's Nude Betting Ad
Four-time Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus and gymnast Gracie Kramer led a wave of criticism after Sweeney posed for Novig covered only by sports equipment.
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Dakota Johnson And Machine Gun Kelly Fuel Dating Rumours In NYC
Dakota Johnson and Machine Gun Kelly were spotted leaving Taylor Swift's New York apartment together on Friday night, sparking dating speculation just weeks after both ended other relationships.
14 Sept 20261 min
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Dead City Showrunner Says A Season 4 Isn't Confirmed Yet
The Walking Dead: Dead City closed Season 3 with an alternate-reality episode and a sitcom cold open. Showrunner Seth Hoffman and star Jeffrey Dean Morgan tell Collider why they took the risk, and what could come next.
14 Sept 20262 min
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Gargoyles Reboot Collapses As Original Series Spikes On Streaming
Disney's live-action Gargoyles reboot, once set up with James Wan's Atomic Monster and showrunner Gary Dauberman, has been shelved. The 1994 original is meanwhile riding a fresh streaming surge on Disney+ and Apple.
14 Sept 20262 min
Breaking Hype
Tom Holland Now Hollywood's Highest-Grossing Actor Ever
Tom Holland has overtaken Zoe Saldana as the highest-grossing actor in box office history, his films now totalling $15.5 billion, powered by Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey's continuing runs.
14 Sept 20262 min
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Alexander Zverev Beats Ben Shelton To Win US Open Title
Alexander Zverev beat American Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in the US Open final to win his first title in New York and his second major of 2026, following his French Open triumph earlier this year.
14 Sept 20262 min
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Chrissie Hynde Won't Watch The Pretenders Documentary She Just Made
Chrissie Hynde's Pretenders documentary, directed by Joss Crowley, premiered at TIFF with interviews from Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello and Johnny Marr. Hynde told TheWrap she'll never watch the finished film.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Practical Magic 2 Limps To $46 Million Worldwide, Warner Bros Sweats
Practical Magic 2 opened at No. 1 with $30 million domestic and $16 million overseas for a $46 million global start, falling short of Warner Bros' international projections and its own $75 million price tag.
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Netflix's Live-Action Scooby-Doo Series Wraps Filming In Atlanta
Netflix's live-action Scooby-Doo: Origins has finished shooting in Atlanta, with a real Great Dane playing the iconic pup for the first time. McKenna Grace, Tanner Hagen and Abby Ryder Fortson lead a teen cast headed for a 2027 global release.
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Jay Baruchel's Stunt Driver Biopic Can't Beat Its Own Documentary
Jay Baruchel plays daredevil Ken Carter in Michael Dowse's new period comedy about a botched rocket-car jump over the St. Lawrence River. Variety's review calls it slower and less funny than the 1981 documentary it's based on.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Anthony Ippolito's Stallone Turn Splits Critics At Toronto
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, starring Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone fighting to get his script made his way, premiered at TIFF to sharply divided reviews from Variety and TheWrap.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Roshan Sethi Splits Time Between Hospital Wards And Film Sets
Director Roshan Sethi, who still practices as a radiation oncologist part of the year, has made a genre-mashing thriller with Michelle Yeoh that critics are already tipping for a sequel.
13 Sept 20262 min
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HBO Confirms House Of The Dragon Season 4 Will Close Out In 2028
HBO has locked in 2028 for House of the Dragon's fourth and final season, with cameras rolling in 2027, while a theatrical Aegon's Conquest film and Rings of Power Season 3 keep the Thrones universe expanding on every front.
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Pierce Brosnan Bets Next Bond Will Be A Total Unknown
Pierce Brosnan tells The Times the next James Bond might not be any of the actors currently rumoured for Denis Villeneuve's reboot, calling the field wide open with plenty of good hats in the ring.
13 Sept 20262 min
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Céline Dion Returns To The Stage After Six Years Away
Céline Dion kicked off a 16-date residency outside Paris on Saturday, her first full concert in six years. The singer, visibly emotional, opened with the French track On ne change pas before an estimated 30,000-strong crowd.
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Sam Gamgee's Osgiliath Speech Still Tops Fantasy Quote Rankings
Sean Astin's Sam delivering his 'even darkness must pass' speech to Elijah Wood's Frodo in The Two Towers remains one of fantasy film's most quoted moments, outlets note, decades after release.
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Rylee Arnold Opens Up On Long-Distance Love With BYU's Walker Lyons
Rylee Arnold, gearing up for a new season of Dancing with the Stars, says she is grateful for the long-distance stretch ahead with boyfriend Walker Lyons, a BYU tight end, calling it a test that strengthens the relationship.
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Woman Unknown Wins Golden Lion, Venice Jury Splits Critics
The 83rd Venice Film Festival closed with Woman Unknown taking the Golden Lion over festival favourite Possible Love, a decision Maggie Gyllenhaal's jury defended even as critics called it the wrong pick.
12 Sept 20262 min
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ABC Shelves High Potential, Hands Tuesday Nights To R.J. Decker
ABC is swapping its Tuesday night anchor. High Potential, its streaming-record procedural, steps aside for R.J. Decker, a new PI drama based on Carl Hiaasen's novel Double Whammy, premiering September 15.
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Zack Snyder Shot His New Film Himself, No Studio Money Involved
Zack Snyder made an independent film called The Last Photograph, shooting parts of it himself in Colombia while sick with COVID, and it premieres at TIFF this weekend with no studio or streamer attached.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Alan Ritchson's Runner Opens Soft But Solid In North America
Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson's cartel-chase thriller Runner opened to $2.5 million on Friday across over 2,500 North American theatres, with an A- CinemaScore suggesting word of mouth could carry it further despite a modest start.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Anna Biller Returns To TIFF With Medieval Ghost Story
Anna Biller's first film in ten years, The Face of Horror, premiered at TIFF's Midnight Madness section, reworking the Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan into a medieval revenge tale starring Kristine Frøseth and Jonah Hauer-King.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Alita: Battle Angel Resurfaces On Streaming Seven Years Later
Alita: Battle Angel, the $405 million cyberpunk blockbuster James Cameron developed before Robert Rodriguez directed it, is getting a second life on digital platforms years after its muted critical reception at release.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Obsession Producer Says $500 Million Horror Hit Still Feels Surreal
Speaking at TIFF, Obsession co-producer Haley Nicole Johnson said the film's rise from a $15 million Focus Features sale to a $500 million hit has been overwhelming, as fellow horror producers debated what comes next for the genre.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Cody Lightning's Indigenous Hockey Dramedy Premieres At TIFF
Cody Lightning's TIFF premiere Smudge the Blades flips the underdog hockey movie formula, casting actual young hockey players and centring the racism Indigenous athletes face on and off the ice in Canada.
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Zach Cregger's Barbarian Exits HBO Max This Month
Barbarian, the 2022 thriller that made an Airbnb basement genuinely terrifying, is leaving HBO Max on September 30. Director Zach Cregger follows it up with Resident Evil on September 18.
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Eknath Shinde's London Street Vada Pav Video Goes Viral
Eknath Shinde's vada pav break on a London street has gone viral, capping a UK visit where he pitched Maharashtra to investors, met Virat Kohli and picked up several honours.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Gary Oldman Says HBO's Harry Potter Series Will Outdo The Films
Gary Oldman, who played Sirius Black across the film franchise, says HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series will feel more satisfying than the movies because it keeps far more of the books intact.
12 Sept 20262 min
Breaking Hype
Storm-Damaged Beach Forces Santa Monica To Cancel Ocean Way Festival
Goldenvoice's inaugural Ocean Way Festival on the Santa Monica beach, headlined by The Killers, Olivia Dean and Jack White, has been called off after storm erosion left too little usable sand to host it safely.
12 Sept 20262 min
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Lady Gaga And Michael Polansky Step Out With Their Newborn
Lady Gaga and fiancé Michael Polansky were photographed walking with their newborn in Northern California, the first sighting since reports surfaced that the couple had quietly become parents.
12 Sept 20262 min