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 Issue Date: 12/17/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
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Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Appears In Court On 2 Counts Of Murder In Killing Of His Parents
Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents. The 32-year-old did not enter a plea as he appeared from behind the glass wall of a custody area. He was in shackles and wearing a jail suicide prevention
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Billy Crystal, Larry David and Other Close Friends Of Rob and Michele Reiner Pay Tribute
Some of Rob and Michele Reiner’s closest friends, including actors Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks, Martin Short and Larry David, have released a statement mourning the couple and praising their love of film and country. “Absorbing all he had learned from his father Carl and his mentor Norman Lear, Rob Reiner not only was a great
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Warner Bros. Asks Investors To Reject Hostile Takeover Bid By Paramount Skydance
Warner Bros. Discovery is recommending its shareholders reject an unsolicited buyout offer from Paramount Skydance in favor of a rival bid from Netflix it said will better serve their interests and the entertainment company’s audiences. The Warner board said in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that Paramount’s “inferior” offer carried “significant risks and costs,”
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The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC
In a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC will continue to broadcast the annual ceremony through 2028. That year will mark the 100th Oscars. But starting in 2029,
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MPSE To Present Kathleen Kennedy With Filmmaker Award and Mark Mangini With Career Achievement Honor
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) will present Kathleen Kennedy with the 2026 MPSE Filmmaker Award, given annually to a filmmaker of distinction, and supervising sound editor Mark Mangini will receive the Career Achievement Award. Both awards will be presented during MPSE’s 73rd Annual Golden Reel Awards Gala on March 8, 2026 at the Ebell Theatre
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Ludwig Göransson For “Sinners” and Stephen Schwartz for “Wicked: For Good” Top SCL Award Nominations
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has unveiled the nominations for the 2026 Annual SCL Awards®, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media. Award-winning actor/musician Kevin Bacon and Emmy-winning composer Michael Bacon (aka The Bacon Brothers) will host the 7th Annual SCL Awards at Skirball Cultural Center on February 6, 2026,
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Make-up artist Michael Johnston to receive the Vanguard Award at the 13th Annual MUAHS Awards
The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced that Emmy®-nominated make-up artist Michael Johnston will receive the Vanguard Award at the 13th Annual MUAHS Awards. The gala event will take place on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2026, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Johnston is a pioneering force
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Review: Director Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Thing On?”
A pair of mini-toothbrushes. A set of kids’ socks, fresh from the dryer. It’s often the tiniest things in the debris field of a failed relationship that trigger the most pain. Bradley Cooper clearly believes this, and repeatedly goes for the smaller-scale choice in “Is This Thing On?,” his third feature as director — a
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Review: Writer-Director Craig Brewer’s “Song Sung Blue”
The story of Mike and Claire Sardina — a struggling husband-and-wife Neil Diamond tribute act from Milwaukee — was never the stuff of Hollywood movies. Unfortunately, it’s been made into one. Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are slumming to play the slightly batty couple in the big-hearted but misguided “Song Sung Blue,” a baffling adaptation
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Review: Director Paul Feig’s “The Housemaid”
Santa left us a present this holiday season and it is exactly what we didn’t know we needed: A twisty, psychological horror-thriller with nudity that’s all wrapped up in an empowerment message. “The Housemaid” is Paul Feig’s delicious, satirical look at the secret depravity of the ultra-rich, but it’s so well constructed that’s it’s not
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