Michaela Zee

Animated filmmaker John Musker — who directed such Disney films as “The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin” and “Hercules” — called out the Walt Disney Company for prioritizing political messaging over story in its recent films. “I think they need to do a course correction a bit in terms of putting the message secondary, behind entertainment and […]

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said in a recent New York Times interview that the 2023 blockbusters “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” would’ve “enjoyed just as big an audience” on the streamer as they did in theaters. While discussing what type of content isn’t right for Netflix, Sarandos said, “I don’t think that there’s a clean answer because […]

Theo James is set to star alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the heist thriller “Fuze.” Directed by David Mackenzie (“Hell or High Water,” “Outlaw King”) from a script penned by Ben Hopkins (“Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie,” “Simon Magus”), “Fuze” “opens on the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb in a London construction site […]

Dr. Michael Mosley, a British medical journalist and BBC presenter, was found dead on a Greek island on Sunday following a four-day search. He was 67. Mosley, who disappeared on the island of Symi on Wednesday afternoon, was spotted by Greek officials on a beach in Agia Marina, local mayor Eleftherios Papakalodoukas confirmed to the […]

Warner Bros. Discovery is set to name Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary to former President Barack Obama, as its new communications chief, Variety has confirmed. The company is expected to make the announcement official on Monday, and is believed to have already informed WBD chief David Zaslav’s direct reports with the news. Gibbs […]

Send out the Bat Signal, because Oz Cobb is terrorizing Gotham City once again. Warner Bros. Discovery has released a new trailer for “The Penguin,” the spinoff series focusing on Colin Farrell’s titular gangster from DC’s “The Batman.” Set immediately after the events of the 2022 blockbuster film, the eight-episode series charts the character once known […]

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl appeared to take a jab at Taylor Swift at the band’s concert on Saturday night at London Stadium. After mentioning that Swift’s Eras Tour was currently taking place at London’s Wembley Stadium, Grohl said on stage, “I tell you, man, you don’t want to suffer the wrath of Taylor Swift.” […]

Jeremy Allen White will soon be swapping his chef’s knife for a guitar pick. “The Bear” star is set to portray Bruce Springsteen in “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the 20th Century Studios movie about the making of the rock legend’s 1982 album, “Nebraska.” At the Season 3 red carpet premiere of “The Bear” on Tuesday […]

Jeremy Renner admitted in a recent “Smartless” podcast interview that he doesn’t “have the energy” to take on more demanding roles as he continues his recovery from his near-fatal snow plow accident. “I just don’t have the energy for it. I don’t have the fuel,” Renner said. “I have so much fuel to put into […]

Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington and more have paid tribute to Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer behind the “Avatar” movies and “Titanic,” who died of cancer July 5 at age 63. “Avatar” star Saldaña remembered Landau in an Instagram post, writing, “Words are hard to put together right now, your passing is hitting really hard. You […]