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Mattel Celebrates 25 Years of ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ With New Collectible Dolls
Mattel has launched a new range of collectible fashion dolls to mark the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the 2001 film that began the Harry Potter movie franchise. The collection recreates the film’s original Golden Trio—Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger—in their Hogwarts uniforms, offering fans a nostalgic tie-in to…
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4 Terrific No. 2 Hits From the Bicentennial Year of 1976
This American Songwriter feature revisits 1976, the US bicentennial year, to highlight four notable songs that reached No. 2 on the pop charts without ever claiming the top spot. The piece argues that chart position alone doesn’t reflect lasting quality, noting that each of these tracks has since achieved classic status despite falling just short…
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Guns N’ Roses’ 2026 North American Tour: How to Get Last-Minute Tickets
Guns N’ Roses are launching an 18-date North American leg of their world tour, running from 23rd July in Raleigh, North Carolina, through to 19th September in Atlanta. The band’s current line-up features founding members Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and Dizzy Reed, alongside guitarist Richard Fortus and drummer Isaac Carpenter, following confirmation that keyboardist…
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Andy Burnham is Prime Minister. Now what?
Andy Burnham has become prime minister and unveiled his first cabinet, prompting scrutiny of what his top team and early moves reveal about the kind of government he intends to run. The appointments and his first speech outside Downing Street are being examined for signs of who holds real power in his administration, who has…
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After 139 Million Views, It’s Officially the End of an Era for Ryan Gosling’s Action Thriller
The Gray Man, Netflix’s Ryan Gosling-led action thriller, has dropped out of the streamer’s official Top 10 most popular English-language films of all time after nearly four years in the ranking. It has been overtaken by Swapped, a lower-profile title that Netflix says became one of its biggest-ever films within less than a year of…
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Clipping Comes to the Movies: How Micro-Influencer Agency SGG Media Helps the Ground Game for Hollywood Marketing
SGG Media, a Los Angeles-based agency founded by 28-year-old Troy Paul, has become an increasingly influential player in Hollywood marketing by coordinating a network of roughly 3,000 “micro-influencer” social media accounts, many focused on sports and lifestyle content, to amplify studio promotional material. Rather than relying on costly paid advertising or hoping content goes viral…
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Sony Pictures in talks to revive Cinerama Dome and Arclight
Sony Pictures held talks with the Robertson Property Group to reopen Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome and adjoining Arclight multiplex, which have stood empty since closing in 2020, with Sony’s dine-in chain Alamo Drafthouse expected to help run the revived venue. The plan mattered for the wider industry given the Arclight’s former role as a key launch…
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Disney Announces Major Layoffs Across Pixar, National Geographic, ESPN and ABC News
Disney is cutting hundreds of jobs in a significant workforce reduction spanning multiple divisions, with animation studio Pixar, National Geographic, ESPN, and ABC News all impacted. The layoffs disproportionately affec
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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Racks Up $16.5 Million in Advance Ticket Sales After First Day (EXCLUSIVE)
“Avengers: Doomsday” has taken $16.5 million in advance ticket sales during its first day of availability, a strong early signal for what is already tipped to be one of the biggest film openings of the year. Disney’s Marvel Studios opened sales alongside a new trailer showing the Avengers and X-Men uniting against Doctor Doom, and…
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Bravo’s White Hot Reality TV Summer Continues With Ratings Wins Across ‘Below Deck Mediterranean,’ ‘In The City’ & More
Bravo has posted its strongest ratings performance in more than a year, with the network’s primetime lineup topping linear cable entertainment among the key 18-49 demographic in Q2 2026 for the first time in over a year. The success carried over to streaming, with Bravo recording its most-watched quarter ever on Peacock, up 27% year-on-year,…