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“Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski started dreaming up a movie about Formula One racing while watching “Drive to Survive.”.
In 1993, up-and-coming Hollywood director Michael Bay created a formative piece of '90s pop culture: the very first "Got Milk?" television commercial.
Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Hollywood’s never-ending awards season can make it easy to get a little lost in the run-of-the-mill “best” categories.
Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could help clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields.
Hollywood’s awards season has all but come to a rare halt as the wildfires continue to disrupt life and work in the Los Angeles area.
Two Publix stores are set to open their doors to customers on Thursday, adding to the grocery chain’s growing list of locations.
Two Publix stores are set to open their doors to customers on Thursday, adding to the grocery chain’s growing list of locations.
A historic ocean liner that ferried immigrants, Hollywood stars and heads of state may soon find its final resting place at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars are getting ready to descend on the Venice Film Festival this week, from George Clooney and Angelina Jolie to Lady Gaga, Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and Joaquin Phoenix.
U.S. Coast Guard crews worked to unload some $96 million in interdicted drugs at a South Florida port as a trio of suspected smugglers await trial in federal court.
Fans of Marilyn Monroe have won a battle to preserve her mark on Los Angeles and are a step closer to seeing a towering statue of the silver screen icon remain in Palm Springs.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed the state’s response to flooding in South Florida caused by intense rainfall from a tropical disturbance.
It can sometimes be difficult for child actors to shed public conceptions of them as a kid on screen, hindering these stars from being taken seriously in Hollywood as adults.
Prominent members of the #MeToo movement are speaking out about the court ruling overturning Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction.
Novels that tell complex and surprising stories of migration are among six finalists for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Opponents of online sports betting in Florida have lost their latest fight against a Seminole Tribe agreement with the state that permits the gambling.
Police in South Florida say they've arrested a woman believed to be the mother of an infant found dead in a trash bin earlier this year, and the man who helped her dispose of the body.
“Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowed best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.
In Florida, residents ages 21 and over can place bets through Hard Rock Bet, which is the state’s sole online sportsbook managed by the Tribe.
The Mushroom Kingdom at Universal Studios Hollywood continues to drive big business for Universal’s theme parks, according to a new earnings report from the parks’ parent company Comcast.
A new survey of the entertainment industry finds that the culture of Hollywood has shifted in the years since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the launch of the #MeToo movement, but many still don’t trust that sexual harassers will be held accountable.
Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names.
A Manhattan jury will soon decide if Jonathan Majors is guilty of assaulting his girlfriend following two weeks of clashing narratives about whether the rising Hollywood star was the aggressor or victim during a chaotic struggle in the back seat of a car.
Hollywood jumped into planning mode Thursday at the news of a tentative agreement between striking actors and the major entertainment companies.
The Seminole Tribe is ready to roll the dice on in-person sports betting in Florida, even as legal challenges continue in the federal and state court systems.
Hollywood writers have voted almost unanimously to approve the contract agreement reached by their union leaders that ended a strike after nearly five months.
The streaming service expects to wait until the ongoing actor strikes end before going ahead with those increases, according to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal.
A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday.
Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters have spent a second full day in talks that could potentially put an end to the nearly five-month dispute that has brought many film and television productions to a halt.
“The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery.
According to studio estimates, the third installment in the Denzel Washington-led “Equalizer” franchise has topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million.
Two spinoffs of “The Walking Dead” and the next season of “Interview With the Vampire” will be resuming production despite the Hollywood strikes after reaching a deal with the actors' union.
The cast of “Breaking Bad” has reunited to call upon Hollywood studios to resume negotiations with striking screen actors.
The 75th Emmy Awards have been postponed due the the ongoing actors and writers strikes that essentially shut down Hollywood.
In the massive movie weekend of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” there were many winners.
Striking screenwriters and actors are holding rallies in Philadelphia and Chicago Thursday as the labor dispute that has halted Hollywood spreads to more cities.
Three years after the pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill, the film and TV industry has again ground to a halt.
More than a third of Americans are under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings as a blistering heatwave continues across the Southwest and California.
Two stunt performers from Walt Disney World got the chance to attend the Hollywood red carpet premiere and meet with Harrison Ford.
Fifty days into a strike, and about 1,000 Hollywood writers and their supporters have marched across Los Angeles for a new contract with studios that includes payment guarantees and job security.
A representative for Al Pacino confirms the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah have welcomed a baby, Pacino's fourth.
Oscar-winning director-producer Ed Zwick is working on a memoir, with all the highs and the lows and in-betweens.
Rumors about the "Bad Boys" Will Smith and Martin Lawrence filming the action series’ fourth installment at the Orlando Gatorland attraction swirled early June, but the amusement park's CEO says it's not true.
Federal investigators say there are no signs of survivors after a plane registered in Melbourne, Florida entered restricted airspace over Washington DC and crashed in Virginia.
Police in Florida have arrested one man and announced arrest warrants for two others believed to be the gunmen who opened fire along a crowded beachside promenade on Memorial Day.
The FBI is looking for any photos and videos that could help identify suspects in a Memorial Day shooting at a popular Florida beach promenade in which nine people were wounded, including a 1-year-old child.
The streaming service Max may only be hours into its rollout, but it’s already under fire by Hollywood’s top guilds for the way it credits writers and directors.
Scores of Boston University students turned their backs on the head of one of Hollywood’s biggest studios as he gave the school’s commencement address in a stadium where protesters supporting the Hollywood writers’ strike picketed outside.
Appearing at the Cannes Film Festival the day after premiering his first film in three years, Johnny Depp said Wednesday that he has “no further need” for Hollywood.
The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike this week after negotiations with Hollywood studios that began in March failed to result in an agreement.
Authorities are investigating swatting incidents that occurred Tuesday morning at both Florida International University’s main campus in west Miami-Dade and City College in Hollywood, according to News 6 partner WPLG-TV.
A police sergeant with the Golden Beach Police Department was shot overnight Saturday during a pursuit of two suspects in a stolen vehicle, authorities said.
After South Florida was hit by heavy flooding last week, state officials announced they are deploying over 500,000 gallons of fuel to the area to help those impacted.
As Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years of incremental progress, according to a new study by UCLA researchers.
