Open Thread

Deadline reports: Harry Styles was hit in the eye by a thrown object while performing Saturday night in Vienna, Austria. Styles became the latest victim of a trend in which concertgoers throw objects at performers, hoping to create a moment that can be captured on social media and increase clout. The singer was hit as he was walking across the …

ESPN reports: United States forward Megan Rapinoe announced Saturday that she will retire from professional soccer at the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season. The 11-year league veteran and U.S. women’s national team standout will play her final regular-season match at Seattle’s Lumen Field on Oct. 6 against the Washington Spirit. Rapinoe, 38, is preparing to compete …

Deadline Hollywood reports: One day after Britney Spears accused NBA star Victor Wembanyama’s security guard of hitting her as she attempted to say hello the Spurs No. 1 overall pick, Las Vegas police say it was Spears own hand that struck her face as the security guard attempted to slap her hand off of Wembanyama’s shoulder. No charges will be …

Billboard Magazine reports: Count Tracy Chapman as just as surprised as everyone else that her 1988 classic, “Fast Car,” has not only found a new life 35 years later, but that it has become a country chart-topper. Luke Combs’ faithful version is No. 1 on this week’s Billboard’s Country Airplay chart (dated July 8.) “I never expected to find myself …

Deadline reports: Back To The Future: The Musical landed on Broadway last week in overdrive: The stage adaptation starring Casey Likes and Roger Bart scored a dizzying $1,035,256 with just four sold-out preview performances at the Winter Garden. The musical, which opens August 3, features a book by Bob Gale and new music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen …

Variety reports: Don’t mess with Adele. During a recent “Weekends With Adele” show, the pop singer cheekily called out the disturbing trend of people throwing objects at artists on stage. “Have you noticed how people are like, forgetting fucking show etiquette at the moment? People just throwing shit on stage, have you seen them?” Adele asked the crowd at her …

Variety reports: One of Kevin Spacey’s alleged victims compared the actor to the serial killer he played in David Fincher’s feature “Se7en” in a U.K. court on Monday. The man, who cannot be identified under British law, detailed the allegations against Spacey in a pre-recorded police interview, which was played to the jury at Southwark Crown Court in London. He …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is off to a disappointing start with a $130M global opening. Of that, $70M is from 52 international box office markets as the the fifth installment in the beloved 42-year-old franchise came in below projections. Europe is overall performing well, though France has been affected by early cinema closures …

The Birmingham Herald reports: The Supreme Court’s ruling declaring race can no longer be used as a criterion for college admissions was a “shot across the bow, man,” says Charles Barkley. Upon hearing the news on Thursday, the NBA Hall of Famer was moved to do something to support future Black students attending Auburn, his alma mater. Something significant. “In …

Variety reports: Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Variety has confirmed. He was 89. Arkin, who was known for projecting a characteristically dry wit but could play tragedy with equal efficacy, won his Oscar …

Deadline Hollywood reports: The Writers Guild of America strike continued Thursday with a demonstration at Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles that featured appearances by Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, as well as a slew of Dolly Parton drag queens on the picket lines. The event, put on by the WGA’s LGBTQ+ writers committee, was titled “Striking 9-5 Picket — A …

Vulture reports: Foolish network executives — you think you can cancel Futurama? No, no. All you can do is postpone its inevitable return. Futurama is coming back for a second time, ten years after its second cancellation. The show first aired in 1999 on Fox, was canceled in 2003, then was brought back by Comedy Central in 2008, before getting …

Variety reports: Julian Sands, the British actor who pivoted from the romantic lead in “A Room With a View” to playing sinister characters in films like “Warlock,” was confirmed dead Tuesday after being reported missing near Mt. Baldy in Southern California on Jan. 13. He was 65. On Saturday morning, hikers found human remains in the Mt. Baldy wilderness and …

Variety reports: Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards. The four statuettes will be presented at the 14th annual ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los …

Deadline reports: Veteran producer Arnon Milchan testified on Sunday in the long-running corruption trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, involving three separate charges of breach of trust and fraud. Milchan gave his evidence via video-link to the Jerusalem District Court from a room in The Old Ship Hotel in the UK seaside resort of Brighton, close to his current …

Deadline reports: A British TV presenter has revealed that, like Discovery+ explorer Josh Gates, he considered making a show in which he travelled to the wreck of the Titanic in an OceanGate sub – before rejecting the plan as “unsafe.” The Sun reports that Ross Kemp – a veteran of daredevil documentary-making over the last two decades – had planned …

Variety reports: Chris Hemsworth dangles from skyscrapers, dodges a fiery helicopter and survives several bludgeons to the head as former black ops mercenary Tyler Rake in Netflix’s blockbuster sequel “Extraction 2.” Now, onlookers can feel (literally!) the sweat that drips from Hemsworth’s chiseled face during those unrelenting, death-defying sequences through interactive billboards in New York City and Los Angeles. It’s …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Titanic filmmaker James Cameron spoke out Thursday about the loss of the Titan submarine that had dived to explore the historic shipwreck. “Many people in the [deep-submergence engineering] community were very concerned about this sub, and a number of you know of the top players in the community even wrote letters to the company, saying that what …

Billboard Magazine reports: This isn’t just another pre-show soiree: it’s a special gathering organized by AEG’s chairman/CEO Jay Marciano to celebrate some historic chart milestones that Elton and his band have recently set. The first is that the Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour has grossed more than $887 million and sold 5.7 million tickets, with over 300 shows in 20 …

Deadline reports: Reddit communities including some of its biggest, clicked into private mode June 12, meaning they’re not accessible to the broader public or even in some cases to members. The unrest, sparked by new app-developer fees, continue. But there’s been a twist, as images of John Oliver now populate the platform. A number of big message boards including giant …