ATLANTA — Sony is developing a film focused on Pepsi’s efforts to take down dominant Atlanta-based Coca-Cola in the 1980s with producers Judd Apatow and Steven Spielberg attached to the project, according to Deadline.com.

Dubbed “Cola Wars,” the film will feature everything from Michael Jackson’s 1984 Pepsi commercial accident that ...Read more

DENVER — Boulder has moved into the final round of cities being considered to host the Sundance Film Festival starting in 2027, along with Cincinnati and Salt Lake City.

“Boulder is the next natural home to the Sundance Film Festival,” said Gov. Jared Polis in a statement. “Here in Colorado we cherish our creative communities, the jobs ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Sundance Institute announced three finalist cities in the running to host the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027. Boulder, Colorado; Cincinnati; and the combined Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, are the three sites in the final round of consideration.

Being dropped from consideration are Atlanta; Louisville, ...Read more

Aubrey Plaza has revealed she was briefly paralyzed and unable to speak when she suffered an unexplainable stroke at age 20.

The “White Lotus” star, 40, spoke about the “wild” medical crisis during an appearance Wednesday on SiriusXM’s “Howard Stern Show,” per Delaware Online.

“It happened mid-sentence,” Plaza recalled of ...Read more

Singer Jon Bon Jovi is being hailed as a hero after he saved the life of a woman who was about to jump off a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee.

The New Jersey rocker was shooting a music video on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge around 6 p.m. Tuesday when he approached a woman who had climbed over the railing. She was standing on the edge ...Read more

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift gave fans a taste of her love story with Travis Kelce Wednesday when revealing he brings “happiness and fun and magic” to every situation.

While accepting the video of the year for “Fortnight (feat. Post Malone)” at the MTV Video Music Awards, the Grammy winner, 34, acknowledged the Kansas City Chiefs tight end...Read more

NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez is throwing her hat in the ring to purchase Los Angeles’ famed Azria Estate, less than a month after filing to divorce Ben Affleck.

The Bronx-born pop star, 55, bid on the 30,000-square-foot Holmby Hills property — previously home to late fashion designer and BCBG founder Max Azria — lowballing for $30 million ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock will buckle up for a "Speed" reunion while Al Pacino will say hello with a "Scarface" tribute at this year's Beyond Fest, returning to Los Angeles later this month and boasting 82 films in its star-studded program.

Running from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, Beyond Fest's 12th edition features its most ...Read more

Jon Bon Jovi is being praised for helping a woman safely come off the ledge of a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

The Metro Nashville Police Department tweeted footage of the rescue, which took place on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday, recognizing the "Livin' on a Prayer" rocker and his team for their heroics while ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I remember years ago seeing an old black-and-white war movie with a young Bob Newhart doing his telephone routine. Was this his first acting role? I don't remember the name of it. I think Steve McQueen was also in it.

A: The movie you remember is 1962's “Hell Is for Heroes,” with Steve McQueen...Read more

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“Transformers One” — in theaters Sept. 20 — is the first fully digitally animated “Transformers” film and the first animated feature in the enduring franchise about giant robots that convert into planes, trains, automobiles and the like in nearly four decades.

In the time since, we’ve been hit with a ...Read more

Director James Watkins’ pretty-good remake of “Speak No Evil,” a reminder to trust your suspicions about who’s inviting you for a weekend in the country, comes from the 2022 Danish thriller released in the U.S. (now streaming on Shudder) under the same title. It’s well-acted and carefully paced for simmering dread, and James McAvoy ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Emmys these last few years have been a model of all or almost nothing at all.

To follow the last ceremony, held in January after the writers' and actors' strikes postponed the event for a few months, you really needed to be aware of only three shows — "Succession," "The Bear" and "Beef." They won Emmys for series, writing ...Read more

In the new Hulu comedy “How to Die Alone,” creator and star Natasha Rothwell plays a 35-year-old woman working a dead-end job at the airport. She’s in a rut, but when an accident lands her briefly in the hospital, she’s inspired to make some incremental changes to her life, both professionally and personally.

Rothwell might be best ...Read more

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, who have an album upcoming in November, have each produced a plethora of highlights in their musical careers over the decades.

Here is a look back at some of our favorites. (We’ll skip Plant’s Led Zeppelin work, given that that would take a whole library’s worth of articles to properly cover.)

“Raising ...Read more

When most people think of "Matlock," they envision a burly, white-haired Andy Griffith as the titular character, a folksy but clever defense attorney with a Southern drawl who often sported a seersucker suit.

But this fall, Jennie Snyder Urman gives Matlock a makeover: Instead of a man, the character is now an older woman who is a superhero of ...Read more

I’m not here to talk about who won the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, or who should run the country after our regularly scheduled but hardly assured peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2025. Instead, let’s break down the debate in terms of lion taming, rules of debate order, ABC...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Presidential debates are remembered for the candidates' pithy one-liners. But in the chaotic political landscape of 2024, a simple statement of fact served as the showstopper on Tuesday's showdown between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

"There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill...Read more

Justin Timberlake is nearing a resolution in his driving while intoxicated case, months after he was arrested in the Hamptons in June.

The "Can't Stop the Feeling" and "Mirrors" pop star is expected to enter a plea during a Friday hearing where he is set to appear in-person at New York's Sag Harbour Court, the Suffolk County District Attorney's...Read more

Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, is dropping his defamation-of-character lawsuit against his ex Daphne Joy Narvaez.

In March, Narvaez, the mother of Jackson's second son, Sire Jackson, on social media accused the rapper of rape and physical abuse. Her allegations came after Jackson repeatedly trolled her for being named a "sex worker" in Lil Rod's...Read more