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Aliens may have embraced Elio, but earthbound audiences did not, marking the lowest opening weekend ever for a Pixar film and highlighting the challenges for original animated movies. "Elio"…
MINNEAPOLIS " Scott Olson, the Minnesota native who made a significant contribution to one of the hottest trends of the '80s, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The co-founder of Rollerblad…
LOS ANGELES " Mick Ralphs, the guitarist and co-founder of stylish '70s rockers Mott the Hoople and the supergroup Bad Company, has died. He was 81. Ralphs' death was confirmed in a statemen…
PHILADELPHIA " We're finally going to see what happened on the other side of the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' and "Abbott Elementary" crossover. When the South Philly gang volunteered…
Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change: JUNE 24: A Minecraft Movie 24: Snow White 24: The Monkey 24: Novocaine 24: Doctor Who: Season On…
ATLANTA " Doraville was a modest agricultural town off a major rail line that hit the big time in 1947 when General Motors opened an assembly plant there that defined its existence for decad…
ATLANTA " Imagine a futuristic world. In this world when you want to bathe, you do not step into a shower. Instead, a helicopter appears in the sky above you and releases a vortex of water t…
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powere…
LOS ANGELES " Diego Luna revealed his personal experiences with Latinx typecasting in Hollywood prior to taking on the Empire in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." During an installment of the …
ATLANTA " Atlanta native Stephen Wong graduated Georgia Tech in 2001 with a computer science degree but had an itch to get into movies. So he moved to San Francisco and got a degree focused …
LOS ANGELES " Jason Segel and Kayla Radomski are taking their love to a new level: engagement. "Shrinking" star Segel, 45, popped the question to girlfriend and "So You Think You Can Dance" …
That old Pixar magic, once one of the most bankable commodities in Hollywood, is in short supply in "Elio," a run-of-the-mill animated tale about overcoming loneliness and alienation, even i…
MINNEAPOLIS " Ahead of its biggest hometown show ever and a cool batch of other summer gigs, one of the Twin Cities' most popular rock bands of the 21st century has announced the release of …
LOS ANGELES " The musical "Real Women Have Curves" will close its run on Broadway on June 29. News of this cancellation comes less than two months after the official show debuted on April 27…
LOS ANGELES " "Spaceballs 2" is incoming, director Mel Brooks confirmed Thursday on social media, 38 years after the original "Spaceballs" crashed onto the space-opera scene. Hey, what's a f…
LOS ANGELES " John Stamos was by Beach Boys founding member Mike Love's side when news of bandmate Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday was made public. The "Full House" star was also the messe…
ATLANTA " Husband-and-wife world champion martial artists Justin Ortiz, 32, and Jewelianna Ramos-Ortiz, 26, laugh when they recount the story of their first audition in 2018 as stunt perform…
DALLAS " Comedian Cristela Alonzo was once a young girl in Hidalgo County, living in abject poverty. Her family squatted for years in an abandoned diner. In the early aughts, as a 20-somethi…
LOS ANGELES " Brian Wilson's death on Wednesday at the age of 82 heralds an end to one idea of Southern California " as the temperate paradise of ascendant Americana. Exuberance and dreamine…
Only a few weeks ago, we were somewhat lamenting that another animated film had been adapted into such a faithful live-action version " even while liking the box office hit that is "Lilo &am…
The return of long-running TV show about a group of nurse midwives tops the DVD releases for the week of June 17. "Call the Midwife: Season Fourteen": The BBC drama, airing on PBS in the Sta…
LOS ANGELES " Sly Stone's hit-making era lasted all of six years " from the end of 1967 to the end of 1973 " but the music he made over that half-decade helped map the future. The singer, so…
Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay Comcast Corp. an additional $438.7 million to finalize the Mouse House purchase of streaming service Hulu. Disney in December 2023 initially paid Comcast $8…
Well, perhaps Wes Anderson was overdue for a flop. The writer/director known for quirky visuals and charmingly self-conscious whimsy has had a long run of movies that were enchanting ("Fanta…
LOS ANGELES " For more than a quarter century, director Kevin Smith has tried to resurrect "Dogma," his religious satire about two fallen angels looking to get back into heaven. Recently, hi…