Entertainment
Celebrity Deaths and Industry Updates
Peter Cullen, the voice actor known for voicing Optimus Prime in Transformers, passed away at 85. Samuel Monroe Jr., an actor from Menace II Society, also died recently after battling severe health issues. Meanwhile, industry updates include a new trailer for The Smell of Apples and a list of influential creators.
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Deadline
The techie titans who grabbed our attention and our Oscars in The Social Network 25 years ago are ready to capture our screens again. Their forays are omniscient as well as ominous. In upcoming movies like The Social Reckoning and Artificial or in myriad books and TV shows, the Odysseus-li
2026-07-16 19:30 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has announced that Liz Hannah, co-creator and co-showrunner of Netflix’s The God of the Woods, will direct on the show alongside Cory Finley, Meera Menon and Quyen Tran. Each will tackle two episodes of the eight-episode drama, based on the New York Times bestselling novel f
2026-07-16 19:30 UTC
Variety
Kris Jenner’s mother Mary Jo Shannon has died, Jenner shared on Instagram. She was 91. “Today, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ,” Jenner wrote on Instagram on Thursday. “There are no words that could ever capture what she has meant to me or the heartbreak of having to
2026-07-16 19:36 UTC
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Samuel Monroe Jr., who made his acting debut in 1993’s Menace II Society and went on to appear in Tales from the Hood, The Players Club and various TV roles, died Wednesday, August 26, months after first battling a severe case of meningitis and MRSA pneumonia. He was 52. His mother Joyce Patto
2026-08-27 14:56 UTC
Rolling Stone
From breakout comedians and beauty experts to fashion newcomers and political stars, here are some of the biggest voices shaping the internet in 2026
2026-08-27 15:00 UTC
Rolling Stone
“When Brady told me he wanted to shoot our show in 70 millimeter (70 millimeter!) I didn't realize what a difference it would make," singer says of upcoming documentary
2026-08-27 15:01 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Cercamon has acquired international sales rights to South African director and writer John Trengove’s Apartheid era drama The Smell of Apples and released a first trailer ahead of its world premiere in Toronto. Based on Mark Behr’s eponymous 1993 Booker Prize-nominated novel, the film fol
2026-08-27 15:04 UTC
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Peter Cullen, veteran Canadian voice actor who voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series and later returned to the franchise reprising the role in films and TV, and also voiced Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, among many others, has died. He was 85. His family t
2026-08-27 15:04 UTC