Ryan Coogler says his ‘X-FILES’ series will have a similar structure as the original show “We intend on having both monsters of the week and also the overarching conspiracy” (Source: youtu.be/l0txrwxpGjw?...)

The Trump-Kennedy Center has reached out to Ryan Coogler to see if “that Irish folk band is available.”

Andrew and Suze Lopez welcomed their newborn son in Los Angeles on Aug. 18, against some of the highest medical odds that the couple’s doctors had ever seen. How the family's "miracle" happened: https://ow.ly/4hHX50XNu5V ✍️ Kevin Tidmarsh 📸 Courtesy Cedars-Sinai

When will British people learn to stay away from Mexican food? If they aren’t insulting it, they are bastardizing it. Please just stick with your soggy peas and leave us alone.

Breaking: The Oscars Are Leaving ABC For YouTube Starting in 2029

National Guard troops under Trump's command leave L.A before court's deadline

What I really need right now is a series of repertory screenings of Rob Reiner 80’s and 90’s classics, starting with The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally.

Wrote a celebration of Rob Reiner's features through tears this morning. I talked about how his movies taught a generation of film lovers how to feel while reminding us why life is worth living. It's free over at The Film Maven. thefilmmaven.com/rob-reiner-t...

The cover of this week’s Cartoons & Puzzles issue,“Inside Story,” by Luci Gutiérrez. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/D_ai1q

Two people were found dead Sunday at the home of Rob Reiner in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed to THR that firefighters responded at 3:38 p.m. to a call for medical aid at the home. The bodies have not been publicly identified.

Disney accuses Google of copyright infringement on a ‘massive scale’ following deal with OpenAI

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses Mickey Mouse to Sora AI platform

#JimmyKimmel will remain at ABC for a while longer. The late-night host has signed a one-year extension with the network that will take Jimmy Kimmel Live! through the end of the 2026-27 TV season. Kimmel’s current deal was set to end in May 2026. bit.ly/4iQtvBA

“Basically every elevator door you see in that show is fake, and I think the majority of my job on that show was elevator doors. I’m literally hiding in the walls, waiting for a cue, and figuring out the trick of making those mundane things seem mundane.”

did… did the dog write this recipe

Netflix announced on Friday that it planned to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in an $82.7 billion deal that could redefine Hollywood and the broader media landscape. Here’s what to know.

If it ain’t broke, don’t “fix” it

Mexican filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes featured in Interview Magazine on her most recent documentary, GOODBYE HORSES, about the mysterious Q Lazzarus

I guess us West Coast types are too feeble to care about journalistic ethics.

Duchess Meghan’s title was used in the Bazaar profile & they’re really mad about it www.celebitchy.com/951203/

After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com

Did a 90s rewatch double feature of Thelma & Louise and Devil in a Blue Dress. Both are spectacular star vehicles. And both have supporting performances from relative unknowns that made audiences ask, “Who in the world is THAT?”

Wow. Newsbreak keeps making up completely fictitious earthquakes. Pages of reporting on another earthquake that didn’t happen.

We here in Hollywood owe the world a huge apology.

First poster for the IMAX re-release of ‘SINNERS’ Returning to theaters for Halloween.

Royals are bellwethers

Netflix’s Frankenstein jolts the classic tale with del Toro’s signature flair

One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States. n.pr/43hVbbN

30 years later I clearly remember the impact of his debut album in my community, and my nerdy tween self reading the reviews of Brown Sugar in Rolling Stone.

To repeat: delete your post and get on with your day. You don’t have to die on EVERY hill you land on. You really, really, REALLY don’t. Just delete. And move on. I swear to you this is great advice. Good luck. 3/3

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

Inside the royal reporting factory

HBO’s third, and final, season of the Lisa Kudrow comedy The Comeback has filled out its guest starring castmembers.

Growing up primed in 90’s cultural snobbery, I can say it did sometimes go to far and was used as an excuse to bully. But it also at times simply encouraged people to uphold artistic and intellectual standards. Is there a way to embrace nuance?

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Maybe they caught hell. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...

Pub day, and @thebookmaven.bsky.social profiled me for the Los Angeles Times. (It's behind a paywall, but yahoo news and aol news have it.) tinyurl.com/ykph8xs7

Was his name Xibalba?

Obsessed with this sweater Carol Burnett wore in the original The Four Seasons (1981) movie

Nintendo announces 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,' so there's hope for more of that blue star

Rick Davies, Supertramp frontman and co-founder, dies aged 81

Honestly, a decent watch for us media literacy folks

West Point cancels ceremony to honor Tom Hanks as ‘outstanding US citizen’

Business Insider deletes dozens of articles after being conned by bogus “journalists” using AI www.thedailybeast.com//business-in...

Graham Greene, the Oscar-nominated actor from 'Dances with Wolves,' 'The Green Mile,' 'Reservation Dogs' and more, has died. He was 73 bit.ly/4m0oHcL

California’s new tax credit designed to bring back production seems to be working! I see firsthand how hard it is on families when one person has to be away for months at a time. While that will always be part of the biz, it will be nice to have more opportunities to work near home.

Say “Technicolor” and it likely conjures up a gauzy Wizard of Oz, Golden Age Hollywood glow — black-and-white turned rich, full spectrum picture created by the leap-forward color processing advances made nearly a century ago.

Mayor Karen Bass has appointed Steve Kang, President of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, as her Liaison to the Film and Television Industry.

Does buying a film digitally mean you actually own it? | J Oliver Conroy