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Hollywood, K-drama, global streaming and festival news — the outside stories India is actually talking about.
The Friday the 13th prequel drops all eight episodes October 15, with a Toronto festival slot and a New York Comic Con premiere already locked in.
Reality TV patriarch Steven McBee Sr., star of Bravo's McBee Dynasty, is back home in Gallatin, Missouri after an early release from federal prison over a crop insurance fraud case.
Dr Kamlesh Kumar Dubey of Uttar Pradesh's state forensic science institute has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence for 2026-27, heading to Livingstone College in North Carolina to teach data analytics, AI and cyber security.
Mahershala Ali's Marvel Blade film never got made, but the sword work found a home anyway. His new film with director Bassam Tariq premiered at TIFF ahead of a September 25 release.
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, chronicling how Sylvester Stallone forced Hollywood to let him star in his own script, premiered at TIFF to standing ovations and early Oscar talk for lead Anthony Ippolito.
Courteney Cox's directorial feature Evil Genius, based on the notorious 2003 pizza bomber case, premiered at TIFF with Patricia Arquette as mastermind Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and David Harbour as her accomplice.
Stephen King has published more than fifty novels, but a handful keep resurfacing as the recommended starting point for newcomers, thanks largely to the films built on them, from The Shining to Misery.
Michelle Yeoh's first lead role since her Everything Everywhere Oscar win premiered at TIFF as The Surgeon, a bloody thriller about a doctor forced to operate on a crime boss at gunpoint.
Halloween: The Game pulled in over 500,000 players across PC and consoles within hours of release, and a fresh patch has smoothed out the bugs that soured early reactions to the asymmetrical horror title.
Brian 'Nashville' Duckworth, longtime vocalist of West Virginia's Taylor Made Band, has died at 56. His family has not disclosed a cause of death. Burial is set for September 14.
Kai Cenat's ex-girlfriend Gabrielle 'Gigi' Alayah showed up front row at his VIVET fashion show in New York, and a mid-runway kiss blown her way has fans convinced the two are back together.
Japanese adult film star Hana Kuraki died by suicide on September 12 at 25, according to reports citing an abusive relationship with her boyfriend, who allegedly took her earnings and controlled her movements. Police have not confirmed details.
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, directed by Steve Cox and Matthew Walker, hits theatres on September 18 with a horror-tinged plot and an early rave review calling it a future Halloween classic.
Sally Field won the Emmy for lead actress in a limited series or TV movie for Remarkably Bright Creatures, becoming the oldest winner in the category at 79, and used her speech to criticise the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
After a video showed Boosie walking into a building with an unidentified woman post-show in Kansas, he denied any physical contact online, then shared LSU game-day photos with fiancée Rajel Nelson and their daughter.
Netflix is rolling out Lee Chang-dong's back catalogue globally after Possible Love won the Silver Lion at Venice, with Secret Sunshine, Oasis, Poetry and more joining the platform across markets through the autumn.
Kate O'Flynn won her first Emmy for playing Patricia in Apple TV's Widow's Bay, beating Hacks stars Hannah Einbinder and Meg Stalter along with co-star Dale Dickey at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards.
The Emmys paused Monday night for Dolly Parton, who died last month at 80. Sally Field spoke about their friendship from 'Steel Magnolias' and Reba McEntire sang 'Appalachian Memories' in tribute.
Matthew Rhys swept both lead acting categories at the 2026 Emmys, becoming the first man to win in comedy, limited series and drama, eight years after his Americans win.
A woman identified as Icelyn has posted new videos detailing her alleged encounter with rapper Boosie, days after fan footage showed them together at a hotel. Boosie denies touching her.
Mariska Hargitay opened the 2026 Emmys with jokes about TV screens, penis punchlines and a Nicole Kidman AMC-ad parody, prompting LA Times columnists to call it TV's oddest opening monologue in years, even as they praised her over last year's widely mocked host.
Zach Hickerson, brother of Brian Hickerson, was arrested after a bar fight in Greenville, South Carolina, days after Hayden Panettiere's death. He says online rumors are fueling the hostility.
Tom Pelphrey took his first Emmy for playing Robbie Prendergast on HBO's Task, using his speech to credit sobriety, praise Mark Ruffalo and dote on fiancée Kaley Cuoco and daughter Matilda.
Gina Rodriguez will direct her first theatrical feature, a boxing drama called House of Guerrero, with former Jane the Virgin co-star Justin Baldoni producing through his Wayfarer Studios.
Breaking Bad has surged back onto global streaming charts more than a decade after its finale, hitting the top spot in North America on iTunes, per FlixPatrol data, as Bryan Cranston lines up new projects.
Long after their original runs, Band of Brothers and The Pacific keep getting cited as the gold standard for war miniseries, built on shifting perspective rather than suspense over who wins.
Israel's Culture Minister Miki Zohar says he will move to revoke the citizenship of NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their Gaza documentary won a Special Jury Prize at Venice.
The Pitt topped Emmy nominations with 25 nods heading into Monday's ceremony, Hacks set a new comedy record with 24, and Mariska Hargitay hosted the Peacock Theater show for the first time.
The 78th Emmy Awards kicked off at LA's Peacock Theatre with The Pitt and Apple's Pluribus battling for drama, Jean Smart eyeing history, and a broadcast controversy simmering over cut categories.
Macaulay Culkin, Annie Murphy and Dan Levy paid tribute to the late Catherine O'Hara at the 2026 Emmys, calling her their onscreen mother and recalling her generosity, humour and instinct for the unexpected.