Kit Harington defends role in ‘Harry Potter’ series amid backlash
Kit Harington has faced backlash since joining HBO’s “Harry Potter” series amid ongoing calls to boycott author J.K.…
Microsoft’s Xbox to shift Obsidian studio to new ‘Fallout’ video game
Obsidian Entertainment, a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox, has canceled multiple projects and will begin working on a…
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Box Office Flashback: 25 Years Ago, A $7 Billion Action Franchise Was Born
25 years ago, on June 22, 2001, The Fast and the Furious was released into an unsuspecting world.…
30 years and $3 billion later, ‘Toy Story’ still Disney’s surest bet
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie will be back at the box office this weekend, delivering what could be…
This Teenager Isn’t Waiting for Adults to Fix the Youth Mental-Health Crisis
Today, Mind4Youth is a global organization with 170 chapters and more than 25,000 volunteers across 71 countries; its…
‘Masters of the Universe’ debuts to soft opening as superhero genre struggles continue
Amazon MGM Studios’ “Masters of the Universe” became the latest example of superhero fatigue at the box office,…
Auditions have officially started to find the next James Bond
Diamonds are forever — but an actor’s James Bond tenure never is. Amazon MGM Studios announced that its…
2026 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Waystar is betting that agentic AI can take billions of dollars of friction—and plenty of patient frustration—out of…
2026 TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Pichai says that “all of us, including the government, are aligned on humans in the loop, and the…
Lisa Rinna shares what it would take to return to ‘Real Housewives’
Los Angeles — Lisa Rinna said she would return to the “Real Housewives” franchise, but to get her husband Harry…
Tarique Rahman Is on the 2026 TIME100 List
Rewind just a few months and Tarique Rahman was living a carefree life of exile in leafy southwest…