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The Beach Boys Pull the Plug on Summer Tour as Mike Love, 85, “Struggles” Through Health Crisis The Beach Boys announced on Thursday, July 23 that they are postponing or canceling every remaining date on their Endless Summer Gold Tour between July 23 and September 3, roughly 30 shows across six weeks, including stops at…

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Johnny Depp Resurfaces as Scrooge at Comic-Con, and Hollywood’s Comeback Machine Grinds Back Into Gear Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance in full Ebenezer Scrooge costume at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 23, as part of a Paramount Pictures stunt that transformed a stretch of the Gaslamp Quarter into a faux 1880s British Christmas…

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Disney’s Third Layoff Wave of 2026 Guts Pixar, ESPN and National Geographic The Walt Disney Company on July 21 notified employees across Pixar Animation Studios, National Geographic, ESPN and ABC News that hundreds of positions were being eliminated, marking the company’s third major layoff round of 2026 under CEO Josh D’Amaro, following a January marketing…

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FCC Chairman Ties ABC’s License Renewal to Its Refusal to Air Trump’s Speech President Donald Trump delivered a White House address on election security on July 16, during which he declassified intelligence he said showed Chinese interference in U.S. elections. ABC, NBC and CNN did not air the speech live on their main broadcast channels;…

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Hollywood’s Union Crew “Purge”: Thousands Flagged for Removal From Key Job-Priority List Contract Services, the nonprofit that administers Hollywood’s Industry Experience Roster, has notified a few thousand IATSE-affiliated crew members that they are flagged for removal from the list because they have not logged a single union workday between April 1, 2023, and March 31,…

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Judge Freezes $110 Billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Hours Before It Could Close U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California granted a 14-day temporary restraining order on July 21, halting Paramount Skydance’s roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery just before a contractual deadline that would have allowed the deal to…

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‘The Odyssey’ Just Had the Best Monday of the Year — Unless You’re a Fan Paying $10,000 for a Movie Ticket Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” pulled in more than $17 million domestically on Monday, July 20, marking the best Monday box office performance of 2026 so far and beating Toy Story 5’s Memorial Day-adjacent Monday…

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Judge Halts $110 Billion Paramount-Warner Merger — Everyone Says It’s a Win, Except the People Losing Their Jobs Either Way A federal judge paused Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Monday, July 20, granting a temporary restraining order requested by a coalition of 12 state attorneys general. U.S. District Judge…

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Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Smashes Box Office Records — And Not Everyone’s Cheering Christopher Nolan’s R-rated epic “The Odyssey,” starring Matt Damon as Homer’s wandering king, opened to an estimated $120.5 million domestically over its first three days, the best live-action opening of 2026 and the biggest domestic launch of Nolan’s career, according to studio estimates…

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Awards Season Meltdown: Hollywood Guilds Revolt as Emmys Banish Five Categories From TV The Television Academy’s Board of Governors has voted to move five categories out of the main Primetime Emmy Awards telecast airing Sept. 14 on NBC and into the earlier, untelevised Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies held Sept. 5 and 6. The affected categories…

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