Category: Entertainment

Prime Video Cancels Emmy-Nominated “Spider-Noir” After Just One Season Prime Video has canceled “Spider-Noir,” the Nicolas Cage-led series built on Sony’s Spider-Man Universe characters, after a single eight-episode season. The show, starring Cage as Ben Reilly, a down-and-out 1930s New York private investigator forced to confront his past as a masked vigilante called The Spider,…

Sony Fires “Wheel of Fortune” Announcer Jim Thornton Over Airplane Chat Room Photos Sony Pictures Television has fired Jim Thornton, the longtime announcer of “Wheel of Fortune,” three days after suspending him over photographs showing him accessing an online chat room during a commercial flight. TMZ published the images on September 3, appearing to show…

Amelia Dimoldenberg Kills ‘Chicken Shop Date’ at Its Peak, and the Whole Press Tour Ecosystem Has to Scramble Amelia Dimoldenberg announced on Thursday, September 3, that “Chicken Shop Date,” the YouTube interview series she started at age 17, will end after a 12-year run. She revealed the news across her social platforms with an image…

Fox News Dumps Maria Bartiromo Without Explanation, Right as a $2.7 Billion Defamation Case Looms Over Her Fox News Media announced Thursday, September 3, that “effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with Fox News Media,” ending a 12-and-a-half-year run with no reason given for the abrupt split. The announcement came just hours after Fox…

George Clooney Turns His Venice Golden Lion Speech Into a Kakistocracy Takedown George Clooney accepted the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, using both his press conference and acceptance speech to address U.S. politics. Asked about the direction of the country under President Trump, Clooney said “we’re at…

Venice’s Palestinian Flag Fight Leaves the Festival No-Win on Opening Day The activist collective Venice4Palestine renewed its demand that the Venice Film Festival fly the Palestinian flag alongside other nations’ banners at the Lido, given that two Palestinian-directed films — Ahmed Hassouna’s “Citizen Osama” and Muayad Alayan’s “Conversation with the Sea” — are in this…

Venice Film Festival Opens With Gaza on Screen — and a Press Conference It Tried to Cancel The 83rd Venice International Film Festival opened Wednesday on the Lido with Danny Boyle’s “Ink,” a drama about Rupert Murdoch’s 1969 takeover of British tabloid The Sun, and a lifetime achievement award for George Clooney. Artistic director Alberto…

Kim Soo-hyun Lands on Asia Artist Awards Lineup — and the Internet Wants Him Gone The organizing committee behind the Asia Artist Awards announced Tuesday that Kim Soo-hyun will join the actor lineup for AAA 2026, a two-day ceremony set for Dec. 5-6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan, alongside actors Michieda Shunsuke, Park Ji-hwan,…

The Met Cancels John Galliano’s Comeback Exhibit After Jewish Community Backlash Fashion designer John Galliano withdrew on Monday, August 31, from “John Galliano: Horizons,” a Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition planned in his honor that was set to anchor the 2027 Met Gala. In a statement, Galliano said “I remain fully accountable for…

Kanye West Wants Insanity Defense in Discrimination Case — His Own Accuser Says No Benjamin Provo, a former security guard at Kanye West’s now-defunct Donda Academy, filed court papers seeking to block West from arguing he was of “unsound mind” during the conduct at issue in Provo’s employment discrimination lawsuit. Provo’s filing argues West is…