Robbie Coltrane, the actor who brought to life the lovable gamekeeper Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died on Friday, according to his agent, Scott Henderson. He was 72.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" has ended its first season, with plans for several more to come. Yet the real battle for Amazon could be convincing everyone that its very expensive -- and mostly underwhelming -- gamble on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth saga has been a rousing success.
Nicki Minaj has a message for the Recording Academy after they moved her song "Super Freaky Girl" from a rap category to a pop category for award consideration.
Tapping into the twin markets of A) lovers of rom-coms and B) recovering English majors, "Rosaline" promotes a fleetingly mentioned "Romeo and Juliet" character front and center, then builds a very clever and breezy movie around her. The result is a welcome starring showcase for Kaitlyn Dever more likely to prosper in the hamlet of Hulu than it would have fared in the province of theaters.
Getting the delicate balance of the story mostly right, "Till" captures how Mamie Till Mobley turned the inconsolable grief over the murder of her son, Emmett, into resolve and activism. Anchored by Danielle Deadwyler's towering performance, it's a wrenching portrayal of reluctant heroism under the most horrific of parental circumstances.
"She-Hulk: Attorney at Law" revealed both its superpower and Achilles heel in the season finale: It's a TV show for people who watch too much TV in general and too much of Marvel's output in particular.
Forty-four years, 13 movies and innumerable corpses later, it sounds naïve to think "Halloween Ends" will really mark the end of anything, but like the holiday for which it's named, it's fun to pretend. The producers do seek to bring finality to this latest trilogy featuring Jamie Lee Curtis, although that turns out to be the only original idea they conjure in an odd, tedious film.
Cuba Gooding Jr. will not face any jail time and will not have a criminal record after complying with the terms of a plea agreement in a forcible touching case, according to Emily Tuttle, spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's office.