House of Dynamite screenwriter Noah Oppenheim has answered the Pentagon after it contended his Netflix thriller, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, inaccurately portrays how U.S. defense systems react to an incoming nuclear missile attack. We respectfully disagree, Oppenheim told MSNBCs The Weekend program after the Pentagon in an Oct. 16 internal memo argued U.S. missile interceptors have displayed a 100 percent...

The murders will continue, but in a different building (sort of). Hulu has renewed Only Murders in the Building for a sixth season, with a big change in locale. After five seasons of solving cases in New York (with a trip to California in season four), the show will film in London for season six. The renewal comes hours after...

The Chad Powers season one finale will sneak up on you. The Glen Powell sitcom, an adaptation of a viral Eli Manning short, is just six episodes long. It ends pretty suddenly, midway through the titular characters first season with the fictitious South Georgia Catfish just as they are about to take on the very real and very scary Georgia...

Lilah Kojoori, vp communications at Nickelodeon and Paramount+ kids and family, is exiting her role after 20 years at the company. Kojoori joined Nickelodeon in 2006 and went on to oversee publicity for some of the networks most biggest franchises, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Victorious, Big Time Rush, Henry Danger, Tyler Perrys Young Dylan, The Thundermans and Avatar: The Last Airbender....

How ubiquitous is anime? Its now being used to treat lazy eye in children. Anime giant Crunchyroll has partnered with Luminopia, a digital health company that devises new treatments for significant neuro-visual disorders, for a new VR treatment for kids with lazy eye (amblyopia). This isnt just some random press release PR stunt: the therapy is FDA-approved and doctor-prescribed. Technically,...

A Sunday Night Football worker fell 50 feet from a scoreboard on Saturday night while doing setup for the following evenings Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers primetime NFL game. The man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The fall occurred at about 10 p.m., according to information shared by Pittsburgh Public Safety. Pittsburgh EMS, fire and police...

The Doctors next adventures will be looking for a new home on much of the planet. Disney+ has exited its Doctor Who partnership with the BBC , which made the streamer the worldwide home of the sci-fi series outside the U.K. and Ireland. The BBC, however, says its committed to continuing the show; the next installment will be a 2026...

Tribeca Festival Lisboa programmer Fabio Martins sees originality and emotional truth going further to help Portuguese filmmakers reach international audiences than imitating popular trends in global cinema. Today, audiences everywhere are drawn to authenticity, to voices that dont conform, to aesthetics that feel honest. Portuguese cinema has that in its DNA, Martins, head of Portuguese content programming at Tribeca Festival...

The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) on Tuesday announced this years honorees for its annual ABFF Honors awards ceremony, recognizing excellence in the motion picture and television industry. This year, the organization will celebrate the creative team behind Sinners, including writer-director-producer Ryan Coogler, producer Zinzi Coogler and producer Sev Ohanian. Starring Michael B. Jordan, the films team also includes cinematographer...

Prunella Scales, who starred with John Cleese as the squabbling married co-owners of a quaint seaside hotel on the beloved British sitcomFawlty Towers, has died. She was 93. Scales diedpeacefully at home in London, her sons, Samuel and Joseph, said in a statement provided to The Hollywood Reporter.She had battled dementia in recent years and was was watching Fawlty Towers...

Paramount is expanding its media rights deal with UFC, months before it even officially streams one of its fights. The David Ellison-led company said Tuesday that it had inked an expanded deal with UFC to include streaming rights for Paramount+ in Latin America and Australia beginning next year. In August, Paramount inked a seven year, $7.7 billion deal with Paramount...

New fans of Dancing With the Stars may not know Cheryl Burkes name, but theyre about to become well accustomed with her when she hits the judges panel for Tuesdays night Halloween-themed episode. Burke is a two-time mirrorball champion herself, following in the long line of former professional dancers turned temporary, one-night only judges. Shes embedded in the DWTS history...

Armie Hammer, William H. Macy and Thomas Jane lead the trailer for the forthcoming Western feature Frontier Crucible. Well Go USA Entertainment is set to release director Travis Mills period thriller movie Dec. 5. Myles Clohessy, Mary Stickley, Eli Brown, Ryan Masson, Zane Holtz and Eddie Spears round out the cast. Frontier Crucible centers on Merrick Beckford, who finds himself...