21 December 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in James Cameron’s sprawling science-fiction epic, made a commanding return to theaters this weekend with a global opening that reminded the world why the franchise has endured for more than a decade and a half while simultaneously igniting fresh debate about the challenges and opportunities facing blockbuster cinema. According to studio estimates, the film grossed approximately $345 million worldwide in its first weekend,

17 December 2025 An Oscar statuette. Credit: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty In a move that has sent shockwaves through Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the Academy Awards ceremony, known universally as the Oscars, will shift from its long-standing home on broadcast television to exclusive global streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029. This historic decision marks the end of a more than fifty-year partnership with ABC that began in 1976, an

15 December 2025 Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Gaten Matarazzo in 'Stranger Things'. Courtesy of Netflix The thrills just keep coming for Stranger Things fans as Netflix dropped the official trailer for Volume 2 of the final season, offering a bone-chilling glimpse into the dramatic battles and dark revelations that await in Hawkins and beyond. Set to Diana Ross’s classic track Upside Down, the trailer makes it clear that as the series approaches its end, the st

13 December 2025 NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 01: Actor Peter Greene attend the "Keep Your Enemies Closer: Checkmate" screening at the School of Visual Arts Theater on October 1, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) Peter Greene, the American character actor whose career was marked by unforgettable villainous roles in some of Hollywood’s most beloved films, has died at the age of 60. Greene was found unresponsive on December 12, 2025 in his Lower East Side apart

11 December 2025 Wenne Alton Davis / courtesy Clear Talent Group The entertainment world is mourning the sudden loss of Wenne Alton Davis, the actor whose presence graced television screens in projects ranging from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to New Amsterdam, after they were struck and killed by a vehicle in Midtown Manhattan on the evening of December 8, 2025. Davis was 60 years old. The New York Police Department confirmed that a 61-year-old man driving a 2023 Cadillac XT6 s

10 December 2025 The Drama poster. A24 When the first glimpse of The Drama arrived this week, it dropped a bomb of anticipation and unease across Hollywood and beyond. The film, from indie studio A24, reunites Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a couple on the brink of marriage, but the trailer makes it shockingly clear that the road to “I do” is anything but smooth. In the teaser, we meet Emma Harwood and Charlie Thompson, Zendaya and Pattinson’s characters during a pre-wedding

08 December 2025 Jennifer Lopez in "Kiss of the Spider Woman"; Sydney Sweeney in "Christy"; Quinta Brunson in "Abbott Elementary". Credit : Jennifer Lopez/YouTube; Black Bear Pictures; Disney/Gilles Mingasson The 2026 Golden Globe Awards nominations dropped on December 8, and as expected the list stirred the entertainment world with its share of surprises, unexpected omissions, and frontrunners. The film One Battle After Another emerged as the early frontrunner with a command

5 December 2025 Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in 'Wuthering Heights'. Warner Bros. When Margot Robbie stepped into the storied role of Catherine Earnshaw for director Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights, she knew the backlash would come and now she is asking audiences to withhold judgement until they watch the film. Robbie acknowledged in a recent interview that some fans might feel uneasy about the casting, especially given the history of previous ada

27 November 2025 Finn Wolfhard and Gaten Matarazzo attend the fan event for the Netflix series 'Stranger Things' on Nov. 18, 2025. Credit: Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty For fans of Stranger Things the final season arrival on November 26, 2025 felt like both a long-awaited return and a bittersweet farewell. Behind the scenes, cast members have been opening up about what life was really like off-camera while filming the final episodes including some revelations that

25 November 2025 A fourth instalment of the once-beloved “Rush Hour” film series is officially in the works after years of stalled negotiations, reportedly following pressure from former President Donald Trump on the studio leadership at Paramount Skydance. The proposed sequel would again bring together the original stars ,Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker and return behind the camera would be Brett Ratner, who directed the first three “Rush Hour” films. This decision comes after

24 November 2025 Udo Kier at the premiere of the film 'The Painted Bird' at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival - 3 September 2019 AP Photo The world of film lost one of its most eccentric and enduring figures when Udo Kier passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 81, his partner Delbert McBride confirmed. His death was confirmed at a hospital in Palm Springs, California, following a career that spanned more than six decades and encompassed over 200 and by some co

18 November 2025 Ariana Grande at the 'Wicked: For Good' New York Premiere on Nov. 17, 2025. John Nacion/Variety/Getty Images Ariana Grande is stepping onto red carpets this season with the glow of someone who has discovered a fresh source of creative energy, and it is not the place most fans first met her. The multi Grammy winning singer, now 32, is in full movie star mode as she promotes Wicked: For Good, the second chapter of the blockbuster musical adaptation, and she is

13 November 2025 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures The 2025 Clio Entertainment Awards ceremony honoured the marketing and communications teams that turned films and television series into cultural moments rather than mere releases. At a gala held in Hollywood the evening brought together the industry’s most daring campaigns, announced multiple Grand Clio winners and signalled shifting norms in how entertainment is marketed in the streaming era. Te

11 November 2025 Sally Kirkland in 'Anna' (1988) and in 2019 The entertainment world bids farewell to Sally Kirkland, the fiercely independent actress whose career spanned over six decades and came to an end on November 11, 2025, at the age of 84. A two-day-old hospice patient in Palm Springs, California, Kirkland’s death follows a sustained period of ill health during which she battled dementia and complications from earlier injuries. Born in New York City on October 31, 194

10 November 2025 ‘I became a fighter’ … in Christy. Photograph: Black Bear When Sydney Sweeney signed on to play Christy Martin in the new biopic Christy, she knew the physical transformation would be intense. Yet nothing prepared her for the hits, bruises and mindset shift that came with stepping into the ring. In a wide-ranging interview with The Guardian, Sweeney spoke candidly about boxing full-contact, gaining over 30 pounds for the role and navigating the public percept

9 November 2025 Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in 'Wicked: For Good.'.Universal Pictures The fervor surrounding the movie adaptation of Wicked is reaching a crescendo with the announcement that the sequel, Wicked: For Good, will hit theatres on November 21, 2025, offering fans the dramatic conclusion to the two-part tale adapted from the Broadway sensation. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the film promises to dive into Act 2 of the stage musical and explore the complex evolution of

05 November 2025 Kim Kardashian and Naomi Watts on 'All's Fair'. Disney/Ser Baffo The newly launched legal drama All’s Fair on Hulu, starring Kim Kardashian, has been met with an onslaught of brutal reviews, including a rare zero-star rating from The Guardian, which described the show as “fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.” With a cast that boasts heavyweights such as Glenn Close, Naomi Watts and Sarah Paulson alongside Kardashian, the series failed to g

3 November 2025 Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. Credit: Araya Doheny/Variety via Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage After months of intense legal maneuvering, the star-director Justin Baldoni and his co-plaintiffs at Wayfarer Studios have officially seen their ambitious $400 million countersuit against actress Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds brought to an end by a federal judge’s ruling. On October 31 a final judgment was entered after Baldoni’s team failed to file

2 November 2025 Courtesy of Netflix As fans gear up for the much-anticipated finale of the Netflix phenomenon Stranger Things, the big question has lingered: who is returning for the showdown in Hawkins and who is not? With the fifth and final season of the sci-fi horror series unveiling its eight-episode arc across three drops beginning November 26, followed by December 25 and ending on December 31 the casting pages are now nearly flipped shut, and we’ve got mostly familiar

28 October 2025 The world of television comedy has lost one of its brightest stars. British actress Prunella Scales, best known for her role as the indomitable Sybil Fawlty in the beloved sitcom Fawlty Towers, has died peacefully at her home in London on October 27 2025 at the age of 93, her sons Samuel and Joseph West announced. Born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth on June 22 1932 in Surrey, England, Scales began her acting career at the Bristol Old Vic in 1951, eventua