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Morgan Freeman recently told The New York Times that he’s okay signing on for a movie with a mediocre script as long as the pay is good enough. “If somebody offers you a job, it’s very nice if they’re offering …

Peter Katsis, a co-founder of the management companies the Firm and Prospect Park who over the course of a 35-year career managed an unusually wide wide variety of artists including Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Jane’s Addiction Morrissey, …

Shamone! Record-breaking biopic “Michael” helped Lionsgate’s movie division turn in a profit of $105 million — its best-ever result for a June quarter. Lionsgate’s Motion Picture segment revenue of $587.3 million more than doubled from the prior-year quarter. The segment …

The U.K.’s decision to clear Paramount Skydance’s $111 ⁠billion proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery has been broadly welcomed by European industry players. U.K. exhibitors, media executives and analysts have argued the deal reflects a wider shift in regulatory thinking …

Lionsgate is working on the sequel to “Michael” and hopes to start rolling the cameras soon on the second biopic about Michael Jackson. The studio hopes to begin production in late 2026 or early 2027, Lionsgate’s motion picture chief Adam …

Un hombre a caballo en un corral cabalga frenéticamente junto a un toro que huye, alcanzando la cola del animal y envolviéndola rápida pero hábilmente alrededor de su bota derecha, manteniéndola agarrada. Como se pretendía, la maniobra hace que el …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Long before he entered the political arena, Donald Trump’s hair was the stuff of legend. Like your Aunt Gladys before him, the man picked one outrageous style in the ’70s and stuck with it through the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate committee voted along party lines Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting up a referral …

En Illinois se han confirmado 995 casos de la enfermedad que causa diarrea, ciclosporiasis, confirmó el martes el Departamento de Salud Pública del estado. La ciclosporiasis no se considera mortal y es en casos raros, una molestia que puede presentar …

Last season was arguably the best Bears running back D’Andre Swift has run in his career, though he doesn’t believe it’s the best he’ll ever run. For as good of a career as he’s already had with the Bears, Eagles …

A DuPage County judge Thursday ordered a man held in custody after he allegedly broke into a Darien home and fled with the injured homeowner’s cellphone, sparking a high-speed police chase and a standoff that ended with his arrest in …

“Jurassic World Rebirth” director Gareth Edwards is leaving the dinosaurs behind. The filmmaker was expected to return for Universal’s sequel to 2025’s “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which rebooted the sci-fi series and generated $870 million globally. However, Edwards has departed the …

With the start of the NFL preseason, the pro football league gears up for Enshrinement Week to induct the class of 2026 (former players Drew Brees, Roger Craig, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri) into the Pro Football Hall …

Disney+ has ordered a pilot for a “Spaceship Earth” TV series inspired by the EPCOT ride of the same name. Jason Fuchs is attached to serve as showrunner and executive producer via Five Ten Productions, with Michael Waldon also executive …

Can you win an Emmy by yourself? When the nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards landed July 8, most of the focus went to the giants — “The Pitt” and “Hacks,” which both led the field. But scattered across …

Audience-measurement giant Nielsen said it would acquire the digital-media monitor DoubleVerify in an all-cash transaction that takes place as more media companies and advertisers are putting the company under new scrutiny as they seek to unify tabulation of linear and …

American coming-of-age comedies rarely beat with such uncomfortable verisimilitude. In the bilingual “Mustache” — the first feature from writer-director Imran J. Khan — 13-year-old Pakistani American high schooler Ilyas (Atharv Verma) undergoes an awkward adjustment from a private Islamic institution …

The people have spoken at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. Nicky Murphy’s vampire mockumentary “I Love Paris” took home best international feature honors at the audience awards, while Masanao Kawajiri’s “Cherry and Virgin” was honored with best animated feature. …

A man on horseback in a corral rides feverishly alongside a fleeing steer while reaching for the animal’s tail, which he quickly but skillfully wraps around his right cowboy boot while maintaining a grip on the appendage. As intended, the …

A 31-year-old man arrested over the weekend allegedly toting more than half a dozen Molotov cocktails in his backpack was possibly planning on threatening an Orland Park mosque, police said. It was about 2:55 a.m. Saturday when Mokena police officers …

A Naperville woman was sentenced to 38 years in prison this week for fatally shooting her husband during an argument in 2020, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office. Rosa Lagrone, 40, was found guilty of first-degree murder in …

Bella Thorne revealed on the latest episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she was aggressively pitted against her “Shake It Off” co-star Zendaya amid the height of their Disney stardom. The two actors became household names among Disney …

Theater Laura Benanti’s “Nobody Cares” is a one-woman comedy about motherhood, pleasing people and the joys of aging. Avery Brunkus Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti’s “Nobody Cares” is a one-woman comedy about motherhood, pleasing people and the joys of aging. It …

Daniel Palencia is nearing a return from the injured list. But that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be stepping right back into his role as the Cubs’ closer. Righty Jacob Webb has been terrific as the team’s closer/go-to reliever in games’ …

The Bears have seen worse — way worse — from their offense than this, so it’s not cause for alarm. But it is mildly concerning that quarterback Caleb Williams and his group backslid after a strong start to training camp. …

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday penned letters to the U.S. CEOs of seven major oil companies, accusing them of “profiteering” from the war in Iran and imploring them to return windfall profits to Illinois consumers, among other demands. It’s …

Paranoid his girlfriend was betraying him to a rival gang, Anthony Nunnally allegedly shot and killed her in an East Side alley last October, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Just over a year before that, he allegedly killed another girlfriend …

Reading Time: 2 minutes As we previously reported, Perez Hilton was hospitalized amid what appeared to be a mental health crisis on Tuesday. The circumstances that led to Hilton’s apparent act of self-harm — which was documented on a TikTok …

Molly Ringwald’s experience starring in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” was tarnished by one bad apple on set. The veteran actress was a guest on the Aug. 4 episode of Andy Cohen’s Bravo talk show “Watch What Happens …

Sarah Parchem se quedó sin aliento cuando el domingo se topó con una publicación en Facebook que mostraba un contenedor lleno de libros y útiles escolares fuera de la Escuela Primaria Fuentes, en el vecindario de Avondale. Como madre de …

“Love Island USA” is officially the series of the summer. According to Peacock, Season 8 of the reality dating series has reached nearly 19 billion minutes watched to date, spanning 35 episodes released between June 2 and July 13 — …

2018’s “Super Troopers 2” wasn’t so much fan service as fan self-service. Kickstarted with nearly $5 million of crowdfunding after studios doubted the public appetite for a tardy sequel to the 2001 indie sleeper “Super Troopers,” it gave the people …

Alicia Keys has signed with CAA in all areas, the company announced earlier this week. Among her many achievements, the singer-songwriter has sold an estimated 65 million records since the release of her 2001 debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” …

Billed as a spun-off third entry in the “M3GAN” franchise, “Soulm8te” is to “Fatal Attraction” as M3GAN’s vehicles were to “Orphan” and “The Bad Seed” — a robotic replay of very familiar genre tropes. Here, a grieving widower working in …

The Cleveland Browns could be parting ways with a rookie ahead of the 2026 NFL season. Cleveland selected tight end Joe Royer in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft out of Cincinnati. Royer was expected to be a …

El fiscal general de Indiana demanda a una comunidad del noroeste del estado por oponerse a un posible centro de detención de inmigrantes. El fiscal general republicano, Todd Rokita, firme partidario del presidente Donald Trump, presentó la demanda estatal la …

Naomi Watts has taken to Instagram to celebrate her secret role in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” Sony and Marvel Studios’ record-breaking superhero movie. The Oscar nominee voices Peter Parker’s artificial intelligence assistant E.V. in the movie. Watts celebrated the film’s …

While the Trump administration has ignited diversity, equity and inclusion policy rollbacks across corporations, philanthropic foundations and higher education institutions, one Chicago-based foundation has strengthened its commitment to racial justice. Grand Victoria Foundation launched a rebrand Tuesday — changing its …

A free three-day AI bootcamp for high school students held in cities around the country since 2019 is expanding to Chicago this fall. The Mark Cuban Foundation and the nonprofit group Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. announced Tuesday that online registration …

I was about 15 minutes into Google’s AI short-film screening when I realized I had nearly finished my popcorn. Granted, the bag was small. But the rapid munching was a natural consequence of my piqued intrigue late last month as …