Friday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said President Donald Trump has turned into a “very strange Twilight Zone character” while discussing his comments about Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-OH) appearance. Co-host Ana Navarro said, “He can’t talk about gas
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A list of Hollywood celebrities and other well-known figures are pouring money into the coffers of radical Democrat socialists running for office in Michigan, including Barbra Streisand, Danny DeVito, rapper Macklemore, and Susan Sarandon.
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The Disney Grooming Syndicate’s newest Star Wars movie is already shaping up to be the most expensive ever, which means it could be the biggest box office bomb ever.
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Musician Linda Perry was feeling healthy when doctors discovered her body was plagued with an "angry" cancer.
On a recent episode of the "Off The Record" podcast with Lisa Konicki, Perry said "guardian angels" brought her breast cancer diagnosis to the surface.
"That was just angels, you know, guardians, because I never do any of that stuff – mammograms. Nothing. No, I'm like I'm not going down that way. And if that's where I go, then take me down. But I can't stand the medical. … I'm not a fan. I don't buy it," Perry began.
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The 4 Non Blondes singer explained she considered herself "healthy" at the time of her diagnosis, noting that she doesn't smoke, drink alcohol or ingest caffeine.
Perry also explained that she wanted a breast reduction "for years" but never booked the surgery because she is afraid of being under anesthesia. Eventually, she decided it was time and arranged for the procedure.
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"So, I go do the appointment," she began. "We go to the recovery. You know, I stay at this place overnight. Totally, everything was fine. And then the doctor comes by, and she's like, 'Everything went great, you know, but ... you have triple negative cancer, and we found it in your biopsy. It's very early, but it's there.'"
Perry said the doctor told her the cancer she had was a "very, very fast" and "angry" cancer.
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She said the doctor laid out her options: begin radiation and chemotherapy or do a double mastectomy.
"I was like, 'No brainer. I'm halfway there. Take them.' I didn't even think about it. I was just like, 'Pop them off. I'm good. When can we go?'" Perry said on the podcast.
Perry had her double mastectomy in January 2022, and since then, she's been healthy.
On the podcast, Perry talked about her mother, Marluce Martins Perry, who was sick at the time of her diagnosis and surgery. She told Konicki she would never have thought her symptoms were due to a serious illness and would have assumed they were caused by the stress from her mother's condition.
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Therefore, she would never have gotten her breasts checked.
"So, angels, angels all around me. My whole life," she said of how she was able to catch her cancer so early.
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Author J.K. Rowling reaffirmed her stance on sex and gender issues Wednesday, writing in a new essay that she would not back down from her advocacy despite facing what she described as a relentless "avalanche of death, rape and torture threats."
The British author, best known for writing the "Harry Potter" series, published the piece six years after her June 2020 essay sparked widespread debate over transgender rights and women's single-sex spaces.
Rowling wrote that her views "haven’t changed" since 2020, but that "the landscape certainly has, and my own involvement in the issue has become practical as well as theoretical, so I thought it was time for an update."
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Her original essay drew criticism from LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations and transgender rights activists, along with calls to boycott her work.
In the new essay, Rowling defended her opposition to policies allowing transgender women into certain female-only spaces, arguing that they undermine protections for women. She also characterized modern transgender activism as "elitist to its core."
"It’s true, of course, that trans activism doesn’t impact all women negatively. In fact, the more privileged you are, the less it tends to affect you, and the more it might benefit you. Aside from an avalanche of death, rape and torture threats, it hasn’t noticeably affected my life," Rowling wrote.
Rowling has rejected accusations that her views are "anti-trans," maintaining that her advocacy centers on women's safety and privacy.
"Should trans people be discriminated against when it comes to housing or employment? Of course not," Rowling wrote. "Should trans people be stripped of their human rights, or denied personal safety? Again: of course not."
Earlier this month, transgender rights activists protested a gala performance of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" in London. A demonstrator wore a T-shirt reading, "Rowling money kills," and security personnel eventually removed the protesters from the red carpet.
In response to Rowling’s earlier 2020 comments on sex and gender, LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD criticized the author, writing on social media that "JK Rowling continues to align herself with an ideology which willfully distorts facts about gender identity and people who are trans. In 2020, there is no excuse for targeting trans people."
Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who starred as Harry Potter in the film adaptations, also publicly criticized Rowling's comments in 2020, issuing a statement through The Trevor Project.
"Transgender women are women," Radcliffe wrote. "Any statement to the contrary erases the identity and dignity of transgender people and goes against all advice given by professional health care associations who have far more expertise on this subject matter than either Jo or I."
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May Mailman, director of the Independent Women's Law Center, told Fox News Digital that she agrees with Rowling's criticism of wealthy supporters of transgender activism, arguing that working-class women are more likely to be affected by policies governing single-sex spaces.
"For people in the United States who have real problems to deal with, they need to figure out how they're [going to] put food on the table," Mailman said. "They're not worried about pronouns. They're worried about improving their families and improving themselves. And so, there is this elitism that's like when you run out of problems, you start inventing them."
Rowling has also supported the campaign group For Women Scotland, which challenged the interpretation of "woman" under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010. On April 16, 2025, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that the terms "woman" and "sex" refer to biological sex for the purposes of the law. The court also affirmed that transgender people remain protected against discrimination under the law's gender reassignment provisions.
Mailman welcomed the British court decision but warned that she believes free speech in the country is increasingly under threat.
"I think the status of free speech in Great Britain is much more under attack than it is in the U.S.," Mailman said, adding, "I think we should treat it as a warning sign, because I think people look to Britain as where the United States could and often does head."
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Jeremiah Igunnubole, U.K. legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom International, a Christian legal advocacy group, also welcomed Rowling’s essay in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"We welcome JK Rowling doubling down on her determination to challenge gender ideology and defend the importance of biological reality. Truth matters, and we should not be afraid to uphold it simply because doing so is controversial," Igunnubole said.
He added that Alliance Defending Freedom International would "continue to defend these principles and the protections that flow from them robustly, including through litigation in the UK where necessary."
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A representative for Rowling declined to provide additional comment to Fox News Digital.
On-location shooting of film and TV projects has fallen yet again in the Los Angeles area with a drop of another 4.8 percent in the third quarter despite the California legislature's desperate attempts to stop the bleeding with tax incentives.
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As Eric Dane faced the final moments of his life, his family fought to hold on to every precious moment.
Rebecca Gayheart, who remained close to Dane after they separated in 2018, opened up about his final months battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the toll it took on their two daughters and how she's keeping his memory alive.
Dane died Feb. 19, less than a year after publicly revealing his ALS diagnosis.
"We tried to be present through all of our fear and frustration and uncertainty," Gayheart told People of the family's last months together. "It was truly an exhausting and heartbreaking experience, but it also showed us his extraordinary strength every day, and that was really wonderful for the girls and myself to witness."
While Gayheart tried to remain strong for Dane as they searched for answers about his worsening symptoms ahead of his diagnosis, she admitted nothing could have prepared her for the news that he had ALS.
"I went into my closet and closed the door," she told the outlet. "I was always telling him, ‘You’re going to be okay, we’re going to figure this out.’ But that day was like a punch in the gut. It took my breath away."
As Gayheart and Dane struggled to come to terms with the diagnosis themselves, they faced another challenge: explaining the news to their two young daughters.
"They had so many questions, it still felt like it wasn’t real," she said. "And their father let them know that he wanted to try to spend as much time as possible with them."
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Dane began seeing symptoms of ALS in early 2024.
"I’m eating sushi with my kids, and suddenly I can’t work the chopsticks with my right hand," he wrote in his memoir, according to People. "My hand tingles, and then my fingers feel numb. Some kind of weird nerve thing, I think. I shake it off. I’m probably texting too much. Three weeks later, it happens again, only worse. I can’t grip the chopsticks at all."
The emotional impact of Dane's diagnosis was something the actor also addressed in his own words.
"[Rebecca and I] were married for 14 years, grew apart, filed for divorce, but never got around to signing the papers. We’ve since stayed close, co-parenting, going on vacations as a family, spending time together, and now we talk every day," Dane wrote. "I say to Rebecca on the phone, ‘It’s what we feared.’"
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"I don’t remember a single word I said after that," he recalled. "I remember only feeling a violent impact, like getting the wind knocked out of me, and Rebecca wailing on the other end of the phone, and then I really lose it, and my sobs make my body shudder, and I hear her words pouring out amid her tears, ‘I’m here, we’ll fight this together, I’m not going anywhere.’"
Gayheart and Dane married in Las Vegas on Oct. 29, 2004, and welcomed two daughters, Billie, born in March 2010, and Georgia, born in December 2011. The two shared a love story that lasted more than two decades, despite years of separation.
After his death, Gayheart revealed the moments she misses the most now that Dane is gone.
"After the kids downloaded me on their day, I’d call him and be like, ‘Oh my God, there’s a boy that likes Georgia.’ Or when Billie got her driver’s license, I wanted to call him so badly because that was something he was really excited about," she told People.
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If she could talk to him now, Gayheart said she would want Dane to know how much his strength meant to their family and how deeply he was loved.
"I’d say that I’m proud of him, that we all love him so much, and I hope he really felt that," the "Urban Legend" star said.
As she and their daughters navigate life without Dane, Gayheart said she's determined to honor his legacy by protecting their girls and ensuring their father's memory remains a constant presence in their lives.
"I’m going to look after these girls and protect them with everything in my body and soul. And we’re not going to let people forget him."
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Selma Blair is revisiting a terrifying encounter with a Hollywood director who she says threatened her into silence after allegedly pressuring her to undress early on in her career.
During an appearance on "The Jenny McCarthy Show," the "Cruel Intentions" actress — who filmed the podcast episode prior to her arrest this month — opened up about her alleged experience with filmmaker James Toback, recalling how the Oscar-nominated screenwriter left her fearful for her life.
"He really put the fear of God in me in my early 20s," Blair told McCarthy, describing Toback as "really, really scary."
Blair recalled an alleged encounter in which Toback pressured her to remove her clothes while performing a monologue, presenting the request as part of her acting development.
"I took my clothes off," Blair recalled. "It was horrifying."
She said Toback instructed her to "do the monologue naked," despite her discomfort.
"I was really uncomfortable," Blair said. "It was really traumatic."
Blair explained that she initially believed the director was trying to improve her acting abilities, rather than making a sexual advance.
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"I was scared, and I was a people pleaser," she admitted.
The actress said Toback later made disparaging remarks about her appearance, including comments about her hips.
"How dare you? Like, how are you going to make someone feel bad?" Blair recalled thinking.
She also described an alleged threat that she said prevented her from speaking publicly about the experience for years.
"He said, 'You know, if you ever tell a soul, I'll gouge your eyes out with a Bic pen.' And I believed it and I kept quiet."
Blair's allegations were among those examined in a 2017 Los Angeles Times investigation by reporter Glenn Whipp, which initially detailed sexual harassment accusations from 38 women against Toback.
The women described encounters in which the filmmaker allegedly used promises of acting opportunities to initiate sexually inappropriate interactions.
Blair was initially an anonymous source in the investigation. As additional women came forward, the number of accusers grew to more than 300, according to subsequent reporting by the Los Angeles Times.
Blair said she ultimately decided to publicly identify herself after learning that Toback had disputed the women's accounts.
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"When I found out he called all these women liars ... I was like, oh no, I can't stand for that," Blair told McCarthy.
"I will no longer be anonymous because he's not going to do that."
In October 2017, Blair and fellow actress Rachel McAdams publicly detailed their allegations against Toback in a Vanity Fair interview.
Toback denied the sexual misconduct allegations reported by the Los Angeles Times at the time, saying he either had not met the women or did not recall their encounters.
Reflecting on the experience years later, Blair expressed anger about the treatment she said she endured.
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"It was all awful. It was so upsetting and awful," she said.
Blair also offered a message to other women who might face similar pressure in the entertainment industry: "You don't have to do it. You don't have to do it."
Earlier this month, Blair — who revealed publicly in 2018 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — was arrested and arraigned on two counts of second-degree assault stemming from accusations that she assaulted a nurse and a police officer after an incident involving crew members aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to New York City. Blair pleaded not guilty.
The judge set bail at $20,000 cash/$60,000 bond/$60,000 partially secured bond. She's expected in court in January 2027.
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Miley Cyrus is oozing star power.
Sporting an electric guitar and the perfect smoky eye in a recent promo video, she strums in the stance of a rock star, putting one leg up on a step and whipping her hair to the music. The clip is black-and-white, with the backdrop completely blank, suggesting Cyrus — who now goes mononymously by Miley — is magnetic all on her own.
The 33-second video, simply titled "MILEY," was designed to tease her big comeback shows at the Hollywood Bowl in October. It worked: Cyrus' two-night run sold out in minutes after 1.5 million hopefuls joined the presale ticket queue. Clearly, people were itching to see Cyrus in the flesh.
That demand, however, lately hasn't translated to people purchasing her music. Cyrus' new album, "Bass Persuades," sold only 61,000 units in its first week. For comparison, Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore," the deluxe version of a year-old album, sold 173,000 units the very next week. Earlier this year, Ariana Grande's new album "Petal" sold 295,000 units in the same timeframe. Aside from Cyrus' titular lead single, which peaked at No. 35, only one more song from "Bass Persuades" cracked the Billboard Hot 100: "Let's Get Married" sneaked in at No. 99.
While Cyrus did sell enough to secure a No. 1 chart debut in a non-competitive release week, "Bass Persuades" also earned a less-flattering distinction when it plummeted to No. 157 on the Billboard 200 the following week: the biggest single-week drop for an album ever recorded.
Yet, somehow, when Cyrus appeared onstage at the Hollywood Bowl, numbers and technicalities melted away. Clad in understated, monochromatic looks with no backup dancers or flashy set pieces to speak of, she proved that her name alone is still a powerful draw.
In the last decade or so, Cyrus has become a celebrity whose creative output is tangential to her status, like a vestigial organ she's evolved to no longer need. Sure, Cyrus still makes and releases music, but she rarely engages with the typical cycle of promotion and performance. She hasn't staged an arena tour since 2014, and, with the sole exception of her Grammy-winning song "Flowers," her music over the past decade has struggled to capture the zeitgeist. (Perhaps if her 2020 rock opus "Plastic Hearts" hadn't been released during the pandemic, it could've broken that curse, but I digress.)
But as her sold-out Hollywood Bowl stint proves, Cyrus has a legion of supporters at her fingertips, whether her recent music is resonating or not. Even when Cyrus drew criticism for not singing every word of some of her songs — especially nostalgic hits like "Party in the USA," "The Climb," "We Can't Stop," and "Wrecking Ball" — the backlash underlined just how little she needs to do to keep her A-list position secure.
"I've learned now through the queue that my calculations are correct and people will come to me," she previously told Apple Music's Zane Lowe of the mini-residency. "I don't need to drive to you."
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Even as Cyrus' music since her last No. 1 album, 2013's "Bangerz," has failed to achieve widespread relevance and popularity, as a name, she remains as relevant and popular as ever.
Part of this is thanks to her longevity. Cyrus has been famous since she was the tween star of "Hannah Montana," a role that led to her being named the youngest-ever Disney Legend in 2024. Earlier this year, Cyrus celebrated the show's 20th anniversary with a Disney+ special, in which Chappell Roan told her, "You literally walked so I could run."
Cyrus and her blonde alter ego have also been cited as major influences by artists like Sabrina Carpenter and this year's breakout star Adéla, whose viral hits like "Ain't in LA" and "Nicole Kidman" have drawn comparisons to "Bangerz."
"Watching 'Hannah Montana' was my introduction to pop stardom," Adéla told Dazed.
As members of pop's new guard look to Cyrus' early work for inspiration, Cyrus remains positioned as a tastemaker and a reference point. The success of her newer albums is a secondary concern.
In recent years, Cyrus has deliberately been out of touch — both figuratively, from trends, and literally, from her audience. Despite fans clamoring for more live performances, Cyrus has declined to satisfy the demand, telling British Vogue that she doesn't want to live her life for "anyone else's pleasure or fulfillment." Cyrus has also been open about her "unhealthy" relationship to touring; she experienced job burnout at a young age and never quite recovered. As a result, she seems wholly unconcerned with chart positions or sales figures. She is more interested in building a legacy that will endure than in instant gratification.
"My life is so beautiful. It never feels like I'm swimming upstream anymore," Cyrus told Variety in March. "I like the way people see me. And when I first left 'Hannah' and put out 'Bangerz,' I did not feel that way."
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Videos from the Hollywood Bowl show the crowd singing every word to Cyrus' decade-old favorites. For newer songs like "Orbit" and "Something Beautiful," Cyrus did most of the singing herself.
The gap between her past and present impact has never been more glaring. Cyrus may not have liked her public image as a teenager and young adult, but fans were gratified — and future phenoms were taking notes.
At 33, Cyrus has become a premature legacy act. The way she's navigating her career today resembles that of long-established divas like Cher, who remains a cultural touchstone but hasn't scored a hit in decades, or Madonna, whose most recent album is a callback to her earlier career heights. "Confessions II," the sequel to 2005's dance-pop blockbuster "Confessions on a Dance Floor," has thus far failed to spawn a top-40 hit. Still, Madonna's devoted fan base is ready to swarm a concert venue at a moment's notice.
Leaning on legacy and nostalgia is not necessarily a sign of failure. In fact, for Cyrus, it may be the goal.
With "Bass Persuades," her 10th studio album, Cyrus has dropped her surname in marketing materials. As her dad pointed out, this is a time-honored tradition in the music industry.
"I told @miley yesterday I felt good about her going with her first name," Billy Ray Cyrus wrote on X. "I mentioned Dolly and Cher. Thinkin about it more and more … Elvis .. Prince …and so on. It's a natural progression for an iconic superstar legend."
Like her forebears, Miley is in a league of her own — neither in the lower nor upper echelons of the music industry, but a secret third space, detached from standard markers of success.
In the end, a mononym is less a branding choice than a vote of confidence: the audience already knows exactly who you are.
Taylor Sheridan's empire continues to grow.
Sheridan is known for being the visionary responsible for the "Yellowstone" universe. The Paramount Network series starring Kevin Costner dominated TV for five seasons, and resulted in multiple prequels and spinoffs.
However, Sheridan's success isn't drilled down to just the neo-Western drama. His other monster hits include "Sicario," "Wind River," "Lioness," "Landman" and several other projects.
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He's also the owner of the 6666 ranch in Texas, and is now linking it up with Sin City.
There aren't many things on this planet I enjoy more than visiting Las Vegas and watching Sheridan's work. Well, the two worlds are now smashing together.
The MGM Grand in Las Vegas announced on Thursday that it's opening the Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse at the resort in 2027.
The restaurant will feature "signature cuts sourced directly from Four Sixes Ranch and bold flavors rooted in authentic Texas cuisine," according to the release.
Sheridan's 6666 ranch is roughly 260,000 acres and raises Angus cattle.
The release also states that the restaurant will have "digital walls showcasing custom footage from Sheridan, bringing the landscapes and spirit of the American West."
Sounds like the people rolling it out know the exact kind of customer they're looking to attract. This also isn't Sheridan's first rodeo (no pun intended) in Las Vegas. He previously had a popup restaurant at the Wynn in Las Vegas.
More than anything, this move by Sheridan goes to show how his influence far expands past just entertainment. He's the most powerful and influential person in the industry by orders of magnitude at the moment, and that's why his NBCUniversal deal is reportedly worth more than $1 billion.
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Maybe he'll spend some of that cash to expand his land empire, which is already among the biggest in the world.
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The Disney Grooming Syndicate has filed for an AI patent that could kill the job of every character actor in its theme parks.
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If you want to know why Hollywood and Democrats are lobbying so hard and so dishonestly against AI, look no further than the fact that YouTube has completely conquered TV.
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Nicko McBrain, long-time drummer for heavy metal icons Iron Maiden, likes to play golf - just not 18 holes with U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Florida resident he claims “should be put in jail.”
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BEIJING, China -- China's first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday in what promises to be a tough box-office test for the country's booming tech industry as advance ticket sales lag.
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Any booklover knows that news of an adaptation can be complicated: Can we trust the directors, screenwriters, and actors to bring our favorite stories to life?
This year's movie slate is filled with books that are near and dear to thousands of readers, including classics that are decades (or centuries) old, like "Pride and Prejudice, "A Christmas Carol," and "Dune Messiah."
There are also some new classics set to be adapted this year, including "Klara and the Sun" and "Sunrise on the Reaping."
We've compiled a list of 13 must-read books that you should crack open before they're adapted this year.
MTV Books
Release date: October 16 in theaters
Daniel Kraus published "Whalefall" in 2023. It's a pretty self-contained, if wild, story: What would happen if you got swallowed by a whale? And not in a biblical, Jonah sense — in a literal, swallowed-while-scuba-diving sense.
The film stars Austin Abrams as Jay (get it? J as in Jonah?) and Josh Brolin as Mitt, Jay's deceased father, from whom he was estranged. That's the whole reason he dives in the first place; he's diving to find his father's remains.
Storytide
Release date: October 23 in theaters
Stop-motion studio LAIKA's latest film, "Wildwood," is based on the 2011 novel of the same name, written by Colin Meloy and illustrated by Carson Ellis.
Both the film and the book follow Prue, a teenager, whose baby brother, Mac, is stolen by a pack of birds and taken into a mystical forest. She, along with her classmate Curtis, ventures into the woods to rescue Mac and perhaps save this magical land.
Prue is voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Curtis is voiced by Jacob Tremblay. Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Jake Johnson, Angela Bassett, Charlie Day, and Amandla Stenberg also star.
Alfred A. Knopf
Release date: October 23 in theaters
Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 novel "Klara and the Sun" was longlisted for the Booker Prize upon its publication.
The book takes place in a not-too-distant dystopian future where rich children can be gifted "Artificial Friends" to help them socialize, since now all schooling is done at home, online. Klara, the narrator, is purchased for a sick girl named Josie.
In the film, which was cowritten and directed by Taika Waititi, Klara will be played by Jenna Ortega, Josie will be played by Mia Tharia, and Josie's mom, Chrissie, will be played by Amy Adams.
William Morrow
Release date: November 12 on Peacock
Karin Slaughter's "The Good Daughter" is a bestselling thriller that was published in 2017.
It follows two sisters, Charlotte and Samantha, whose lives were shattered as kids when their mother was murdered and their father was traumatized. Now, as adults, Charlotte has followed in her dad's footsteps and tried to be the perfect daughter. Samantha chose to deal with her grief in a, shall we say, different way.
In the Peacock series, Rose Byrne plays Samantha and Meghann Fahy plays Charlotte.
Beacon Press
Release date: November 13 on Apple TV+
Director Siân Heder's follow-up to best picture winner "CODA" is "Being Heumann," a biopic about Judith Heumann, who is known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement." It's based on her 2020 memoir of the same name.
The film stars Ruth Madeley as Judith, Mark Ruffalo as United States Health and Human Services Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr., and Dylan O'Brien as a reporter who covers Judith's protests.
Liveright
Release date: November 13 in theaters
"Victorian Psycho" was written by Virginia Feito and published in 2025.
The story follows Winifred Notty, a governess sent to Ensor House (a gothic dream), who seems more like Patrick Bateman than Maria von Trapp.
Maika Monroe will play Winifred.
Aladdin
Release date: November 13 in theaters
Yet another adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," originally published in 1843, is hitting theaters this year.
This time it's called "Ebenezer" and stars Johnny Depp as Scrooge. He'll be joined by Rupert Grint as Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's long-suffering employee, Andrea Riseborough as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Tramell Tillman as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Ian McKellen as Scrooge's dead business partner Marley, Sam Claflin as Scrooge's nephew Fred, and Daisy Ridley as Fred's wife Clara.
This version of the story will be helmed by director Ti West, so it might be a more horror-forward version of the classic.
Griffin
Release date: November 18 on Netflix
Netflix first announced that Katherine Center's novel "The Bodyguard," published in 2022, will be adapted for the streamer in September 2025.
The story follows Jack Stapleton, a famous actor with a stalker, who hires bodyguard Hannah Brooks to protect him. But since he doesn't want to worry his sick mother, the two instead pretend to date.
The catch with this adaptation? Since there's already a quite famous film called "The Bodyguard," Netflix, along with stars Leighton Meester (Hannah) and Jared Padalecki (Jack), asked fans to come up with a new name for the film, and they landed on "Guarding Stars."
Scholastic Press
Release date: November 20 in theaters
For years, fans begged "Hunger Games" author Suzanne Collins to tell the story of Haymitch Abernathy's games. In March 2025, she obliged, publishing "Sunrise on the Reaping," a "Hunger Games" prequel that takes place 24 years before the first novel.
It tells the story of the 25th Hunger Games, which Haymitch, the future tribute mentor for District 12, won. As with all "Hunger Games" books, it's devastating.
"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" boasts an all-star cast of Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Billy Porter, Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Whitney Peak, and newcomer Joseph Zada as Haymitch.
Puffin Books
Release date: November 20 on Disney+
Season three of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" is set to premiere on November 20. This season consists of eight episodes and concludes on December 11.
This season is based on the third installment in Rick Riordan's books: "The Titan's Curse." It sees Percy (Walker Scobell) go on a mission to rescue his friend, Annabeth (Leah Sava Jeffries), and the goddess Artemis (Dafne Keen) after they're kidnapped by mysterious forces.
Pocket Books
Release date: December 2 on Netflix
Romance powerhouse duo Christina Lauren published their first holiday romance in 2020, called "In a Holidaze."
This is a classic time-loop story that follows Mae (Maddie Ziegler) as she returns home for Christmas, determined to tell her longtime crush Andrew (Graham Phillips) how she really feels. But when everything goes wrong, instead of dealing with the fallout, she relives the same day over and over.
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Release date: December 3 on Netflix
"Sense and Sensibility" wasn't the only Jane Austen novel getting adapted this year — over 20 years after Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen played Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, there's a new duo in town that's ready to play these iconic yearners.
In this Netflix miniseries, adapted by Dolly Alderton, Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden will play the two. They'll be joined by Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell, Daryl McCormack, Louis Patridge, Jamie Demetriou, Fiona Shaw (who was also in "Sense and Sensibility" this year), and Freya Mavor.
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Release date: December 18 in theaters
After the two-part adaptation of "Dune," the third film in the series is set to adapt Frank Herbert's second novel, "Dune Messiah," published in 1969.
Picking up after the events of "Dune: Part Two," "Dune: Part Three" will follow Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) as he struggles to control the galaxy, prevent the death of millions, avenge his father, and juggle relationships with Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh) and his love Chani (Zendaya).
Editor's Note: This story was first published in December 2025 and was last updated in October 2026.
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I've been photographing weddings for over a decade, so I've witnessed countless ceremonies and receptions — some disastrous, others impeccable.
Throughout the years, I've also watched couples make the same mistakes over and over. Here are a few I wish they'd avoid.
Couples have to find time for the ceremony, photos, eating and drinking, dancing, talking to the people they invited, and connecting with each other.
When you try to fit too many things into the day, no one — especially the married couple — has time to breathe and relish the moments. The day can feel rushed and more focused on activities than the celebration of love.
A packed schedule often leaves couples stressed, with no time to eat because they've been pushed from one 15-minute window to the next.
However, your wedding day shouldn't be a blur. You should have time to soak in every moment. When you map out your day, prioritize traditions you love and estimate how long each will take … then add buffers.
I also recommend working with a wedding planner or coordinator to plan your timeline, or consulting with your photographer and other vendors when arranging your schedule. They've experienced countless weddings and know firsthand how much time each activity usually takes.
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One of the things I always tell my couples right before their wedding day is that something will go wrong.
I don't say this to scare them or make them worry, but mostly to adjust their expectations. No matter how much planning you do, people are imperfect, the weather can be unpredictable, and life happens.
By the time the day comes, couples have done all they can to make sure it's how they pictured it. All that matters after that is that they enjoy their wedding.
Missing flowers or a cake that's the wrong flavor can throw off your day — but these unexpected mishaps shouldn't be so consuming that they're all you remember from your wedding.
I don't want to witness any more miserable couples desperately trying to fix details that will never be exactly right. Please try to roll with the punches on your wedding day.
I may be a bit biased, but I strongly believe having important memories properly documented in photo and video form is priceless.
I've also heard from countless married couples who regret booking a subpar photographer or skipping a videographer.
When hiring any vendors — especially these — choose carefully. You're paying someone to use their physical and creative energy to tell the story of your wedding.
Ask a ton of questions and make sure you love their style by viewing their portfolios and websites. It can also help to hop on a phone call or video meeting — couples should esnsure they vibe with their photo and video team on a personal level because they'll be spending a lot of time with them on the big day.
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Weddings are for the couple, so they should do what they want.
I see so many of them spend thousands of dollars and devote countless hours to planning, only to celebrate their love the way they think they're supposed to — not how they'd actually like.
Your wedding should be unique to you, and it doesn't need to look like everyone else's. If you wish to elope in the forest or plan a ball inspired by "Bridgerton" in a mansion, go for it.
The couple is at the core of the celebration, so why shouldn't everything be based on who they are and what matters most to them?
Consider this my official public service announcement: Your wedding can — and should — be fun, unique, and meaningful to you.
This story was originally published in June 2021 and most recently updated on October 23, 2026.
Kristin Cavallari cut her father out of her life after he crossed an unforgivable line with her children and revealed he never made a single attempt to repair their fractured relationship.
The former reality star opened up about the bitter family fallout on her podcast, "Let's Be Honest with Kristin Cavallari."
"I cut my dad out of my life because he crossed a major line — a major line — and it involved my kids, and you don't get to do that actually, you know? And that's another boundary and really obviously pissed him off, and he's never once tried to get back into my life, which I think is pretty telling," she said.
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While Cavallari doesn't speak to her dad, she said she doesn't hold a grudge either.
"I would never wanna carry that around of like, ‘F--- my dad,’ you know? I think what he did to my kids was pretty bad," she explained. "But also my kids and I have talked about it a million times, and we've worked through it, but [it] like really affected them and will probably have affected them for the rest of their lives and, and none of us, my kids included, are carrying around anger towards him."
"And actually, my dad will text my kids periodically and that's fine. I'm not stopping that."
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But Cavallari wasn't about to let her bitter family feud dictate her children's relationship with their grandfather. Despite cutting her father out of her own life, the former reality star insisted she wouldn't force her kids to follow in her footsteps.
"If they wanna have a relationship with him, I want my kids to," Cavallari explained. "That's their choice."
The "Laguna Beach" star has never shared details of the incident that went down between her father and her children.
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Cavallari shares three kids with former NFL star Jay Cutler. The two are parents to daughter Saylor and sons Jaxon and Camden. Cutler and Cavallari announced their divorce in 2020.
The reality TV star first opened up about cutting her father out of her life on her own podcast in 2023.
Cavallari later compared her marriage with Cutler to her relationship with her father.
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"I was repeating a pattern with my dad," she told Bunnie XO on her podcast, "Dumb Blonde."
"I hadn't done the work on my relationship with my dad. That's what you do. I ended up marrying my dad," she said. "And so it really forced me to then work through my s---, which is what I did. So when we got a divorce for the last five years, quite honestly, I've really taken the time to get my s--- together so that I don't then make the same mistake."
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