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Editor's Note: T.J. Newman is the New York Times bestselling author of Falling, and Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421. Both were named Best Books of the Year by Amazon and each is moving forward as a movie at Universal and Warner Bros, respectively. Her new novel Worst Case Scenario is on sale now. Perha…

The Dog Days of summer—vaguely from mid-July through mid-August, depending on who does the counting—may not seem like much of an Oscar crucible. You'd think most Academy voters would be sipping Margaritas in Malibu, or Limoncello Martinis somewhere on the Mediterranean. But as often as not in the…

Jenna Ortega has opened up about what happened with Scream 7. During an interview with Vanity Fair, Ortega was asked about her support of Palestine amid the Gaza conflict. Her Scream co-star Melissa Barrera was fired for sharing comments on the subject, and Ortega later exited the film, citing…

On the 10th anniversary of Robin Williams death, friends and colleagues of the late star spoke to Vanity Fair about how he would try to make anyone laugh. However, there was another side of Williams, whose incredible empathy helped his Mrs. Doubtfire costar Sally Field when she experienced tragedy…

Taylor Swift once wrote that her biggest fear was a terrorist attack at one of her shows. Swift has canceled her Vienna shows in Austria after learning there was a terrorist plot that would have targeted the Eras Tour. Swift was set to perform at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion on Thursday, Friday, and…

The truth is out there. On social media, that is. In 1997, Gillian Anderson won an Emmy for her role in The X-Files. She immediately celebrated by leaning in for a kiss with David Duchovny as her boyfriend looked on. Only after did she lean to her side to kiss her boyfriend, Rodney Rowland…

Lo, the enduring miracle of the film awards year. Just when things begin to look hopeless—and it was looking pretty bleak a month ago—intriguing, maybe even watchable, prospects suddenly sprout. The movies are like Osiris, that old Egyptian resurrection god: You just can't keep 'em down. As August…

Vince Vaughn made his Hollywood bones in R-rated comedies like Wedding Crashers, Old School and Swingers. He had a hot take on why they’re no longer making them like that on the Hot Ones podcast. "They just overthink it," Vaughn told host Sean Evans "And it's like, it's crazy, you get these…

Deadpool is coming to the rescue of Jamie Lee Curtis, who kicked the hornets’ nest of Marvel fans with comments to MTV. Curtis mocked Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which she compared unfavorably to her film, the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. She claimed Doctor St…

Jamie Lee Curtis has already scored a few social media points by mocking Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which she compared unfavorably to her film, the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once. She claimed Doctor Strange was missing “a dynamite dildo fight scene as well as a…

I took a long walk around the neighborhood this week. Those unnerving 'Dark Brandon' campaign signs—the ones with fiery, X-ray vision eyes on a big Biden head—were gone. But the Harris for President signs hadn't shown up yet. Any day now, of course, they will. A quick online check showed a full array…

Editor's note: This is the latest in a series of Deadline reports looking at how the current upheaval in the media & entertainment industry is impacting mental health. Here, General Hospital actress Tabyana Ali, who has played Trina Robinson on the ABC sudser since 2022, speaks out for the first time about…