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Film, streaming, music, and sport as an industry and an art form, minus the outrage cycle.
Sam Neill’s death at 78 marks the loss of a New Zealand screen figure whose career connected antipodean cinema, Hollywood blockbusters, prestige drama and the streaming era.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
Disney’s live-action Moana is leading the weekend box office but tracking far below expectations, exposing the limits of remake urgency even for one of the company’s strongest modern franchises.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
Jay-Z’s three-night Yankee Stadium anniversary run shows how hip-hop legacy, scarce stadium access and social-video attention now converge in live entertainment.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
The Oasis reunion and superstar summer gigs are driving record UK music tourism and an £11 billion economic surge, reshaping live entertainment and audience travel patterns.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
The 2026 Emmy nominations put The Pitt and Hacks out front while exposing how prestige TV now doubles as platform strategy, labor leverage and audience-retention proof.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
The 2026 Emmy nominations gave HBO Max the day’s biggest platform win, while The Pitt, Hacks, Apple TV and creator-era formats revealed where television’s prestige economy is moving.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
Christopher Nolan’s IMAX-shot The Odyssey is becoming the summer’s key entertainment test of whether ancient myth, star power and theatrical scale can still make a true blockbuster event.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
Microsoft’s 4,800 job cuts and Xbox studio divestments show how AI-era cost pressure is reshaping gaming’s creative labor and platform ambitions.
Zuri Okafor · · 4 min read
Sky has agreed to acquire ITV’s television and streaming business in a deal worth up to $2.1 billion, a proposed merger that would combine two major U.K. media brands while leaving ITV Studios independent.
Delphine Rosa Castellanos · · 4 min read
The United States faces Belgium in Seattle tonight with a World Cup quarterfinal spot, Folarin Balogun available, and a chance to turn a home-tournament run into a true American soccer milestone.
Brandy Celeste Reyes · · 4 min read
Arthur Fery gave Wimbledon exactly what Wimbledon spends the first week begging for: a home player in danger, a court packed tight enough to feel conspiratorial, and a finish that
Franceska Lucia Bellini · · 4 min read
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Photo: Thank You (21 Millions+) views/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. The World Cup’s first knockout week now has the matchup it wanted…
Peta Laurel McKenna · · 4 min read
Spain’s answer finally arrived: a 3-0 Round of 32 win over Austria, verified against FIFA’s official match data, moves La Roja out of the one-question…
Peta Laurel McKenna · · 4 min read
The Hornets didn't just move Miles Bridges. They moved the conversation about what rebuilding actually looks like when you already have a young core and a…
Peta Laurel McKenna · · 4 min read