Entertainment

AMC's Kips Bay 15, One of Manhattan's Few IMAX Screens, Will Close

AMC says its 15-screen Kips Bay multiplex, home to one of the last IMAX auditoriums in Manhattan, will shut by the end of 2026 after the landlord exercised an early lease termination, with a state lawmaker vowing to fight for its survival.

Tim Curry, Star of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' Dies at 80

The English character actor behind Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Pennywise and five decades of stage and screen villains died this week at his Los Angeles home, his manager confirmed.

Kate Winslet and Maxine Peake to star in Netflix thriller from Adolescence writer Jack Thorne

Netflix unveiled "The Unheard," a five-episode series about two sisters on the run after an act of vengeance goes wrong, as part of a wider slate of British commissions announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Lil Durk murder-for-hire trial turns on GPS records and a pair of branded sweatpants

Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers gave a Los Angeles jury dueling accounts this week of who orchestrated a 2022 shooting that killed a bystander in an alleged revenge plot against a rival rapper, as forensic testimony took center stage in Lil Durk's murder-for-hire trial.

Warner Bros. Animation president Sam Register to depart after 18 years

Sam Register is leaving Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network Studios and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe when his contract expires next week, ending an 18-year run as the parent company works through a split into two separate public companies.

Dolly Parton, Country Music's Defining Voice, Dies at 80

The singer-songwriter, who sold more than 100 million records and built the Dollywood theme park and a global literacy charity, died Tuesday at her Nashville home after a difficult year following her husband's death.

Venice Film Festival opens with Danny Boyle's Rupert Murdoch drama Ink

The 83rd Venice Biennale kicks off September 2 with Guy Pearce playing Rupert Murdoch, a jury led by Maggie Gyllenhaal, and a competition lineup built around veteran auteurs.

Streamer sues Twitch and Amazon over AI training on a decade of livestreams

A Connecticut broadcaster's class-action lawsuit accuses Twitch and its owner, Amazon, of copying years of his streams and chat logs to train generative AI without consent. The suit follows Twitch's introduction, days earlier, of an opt-out setting that had already enrolled every creator by default.

California scraps settlement talks with Paramount over Warner Bros. Discovery merger

Attorney General Rob Bonta accused Paramount Skydance of leaking and misrepresenting confidential settlement talks, canceling a planned Monday meeting in the states' antitrust fight over the company's $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' closes in on 'Avengers: Endgame' for second place all-time

Tom Holland's fourth solo outing as Peter Parker topped the domestic box office for a fourth straight weekend, pushing its total past $854 million and putting it on pace to challenge the all-time North American record.

'The Odyssey' becomes the highest-grossing R-rated film in box-office history

Christopher Nolan's $250 million adaptation of Homer's epic overtook "Deadpool & Wolverine" worldwide, capping a record summer at the box office for Universal Pictures.

ABC sues FCC, alleging retaliatory campaign over broadcast license reviews

ABC and parent company Disney filed suit in federal court accusing the FCC of using an unusually early review of the network's broadcast licenses to punish it over news and entertainment programming, deepening a monthslong standoff with the Trump administration.

Hayden Panettiere, star of 'Heroes' and 'Nashville,' dies at 36

The actress was found in cardiac arrest at a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment; the coroner's office says an autopsy found no signs of trauma, with a cause of death pending toxicology results.