Hidden Picasso Sketch Found Under One of His Most Famous Paintings

A secretPablo Picassosketch has been discovered underneath his abstract painting Still Life. The piece of art is one of Picasso’s most well-known, but nobody ever knew about the hidden sketch until just now. A team from the Art Institute of Chicago were doing some in-depth analysis of the painting, looking at layers of paint and examining some perceived wrinkles. This led them to use X-ray and infrared imaging, which is how the hidden sketch was found....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Emily Wallace

How Chloe Sevigny Became a Preternatural Acting Talent

Chloë Sevignywas always more than a trendy, diaeresis-sporting, Manhattanite “itgirl” — despite the fact that her presence on the New York City nightlife scene has been a near-constant since even before her acting career began. Regardless ofher NYC association, Sevigny actually hails from nearby Darien, Connecticut — a tony enclave vastly different from the Downtown Manhattan she launched into as a teen model and actress in the ’90s. After some spotwork in music videos for Sonic Youth and The Lemonheads, Sevigny was cast in the groundbreaking and controversial indieKidsby first-time director Larry Clark in 1995, gaining her instant notice when the film made a splash that year at the Cannes Film Festival....

August 9, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Brandon Collier

Is Ben Affleck's Batman Movie Based on These DC Comic Books?

We don’t know a whole lot of firm details about the upcoming soloBatmanmovie directed by Ben Affleck, but some of the pieces are starting to come together. We do know thatJoe Manganiellois the playing the main villain Deathstroke in the movie and that he is already hard at work researching the character. It is the actor’s recent research that may give us some clues as to what the movie may actually be about or what other surprises are coming in the DC Extended Universe....

August 9, 2025 · 4 min · 748 words · William Myers

Jim Carrey's Girlfriend, Cathriona White, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide

Jim Carrey’s longtime girlfriendCathriona Whitehas been found dead in what authorities are calling a suspected suicide. The woman, who was 30 years old, was found with pills near her body, confirms the L.A. County Coroner’s office.Cathriona Whitewas pronounced dead at 8:40 pm on Monday from her home on Briarwood Dr. in Sherman Oaks, CA. Assistant Chief in the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, Ed Winter, toldThe Starthe following. “She was found and there were pills located near her along with a suicide note....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Mary Mendez

Joan Weldon Dies, Star of Sci-Fi Creature Classic Them! Was 90

In sad news,Joan Weldon, the stage and television actress best known for her performance in the iconic sci-fi monster movieThem!, has passed away. Though Weldon died on Feb. 11, her family had just recently announced the news. She was 90 years old. “With profound sadness, we announce the passing of Joan Louise Weldon Podell, a loving and devoted mother, wife, grandmother and dear friend, on February 11 th , 2021,” the family stated in Weldon’s obituary....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 510 words · Kimberly Mccall

Late Mythbusters Host Grant Imahara Honored with New Foundation

Months after belovedMythBustershost Grant Imahara passed away, the late television star’s friends and family have formed a new educational foundation in his name. Known as the Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation, the name of the nonprofit was unveiled on Friday, the day that would have been Imahara’s 50th birthday. The goal of the foundation is to “inspire and empower underserved youth to become active in science, technology, engineering, art and math.”...

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · Nicholas Gonzalez

LeBron James' Space Jam 2 Fails to Lock Down Any NBA All-Stars?

LeBron James is reportedly having a hard time trying to find other NBA stars forSpace Jam 2. James famously moved out to California to get into the entertainment business and started playing with the Los Angeles Lakers. Landing theSpace Jamsequel is a huge opportunity, but apparently some of the bigger NBA stars don’t feel that way. Michael Jordan starred in the first installment and he was able to get Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Larry Johnson, and Patrick Ewing....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Brandon Lester

Maggots Trailer Is Here to Feast on Your Guts [Exclusive]

We have the exclusive trailer for Neil Meschino’s upcomingMaggots. The movie features giant, mutant maggots that end up terrorizing a group of college kids. These college students are on their way to uncover evidence of these sick and twisted mutations caused by pollution from a nearby mysterious fracking site in the mountains of upstate New York. From the looks of the trailer, we’re all in for some campy horror-comedy fun with some pretty impressive special effects....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Albert Keller

Marvel's Ironheart Gets Her Own Comic Series, Is a Movie Next?

Marvel has announced that the characterIronheartis getting her very own comic book series. The character first debuted in the pages ofInvincible Iron Manand eventually took over as the lead in that book. Now, the young genius Riri Williams is going to be the subject of her own ongoing series. Does that mean Marvel is planning on giving the character her own movie next? The newIronhearttitle will be written by Eve Ewing....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Sarah Duncan

Mockingjay Part 2 Beats Batman v Superman in Comic-Con Twitter Wars

Before heading intoComic-Con2015, fans had already seentwo trailersand a number of posters and photos forThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. So it’s voice on the Internet might not have roared as loud asBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,Deadpool,Suicide SquadandStar Wars: The Force Awakens, all of whom came packing with new footage that ripped the roof off the convention center. But trending topics onTwittertell a different story. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 actually beat Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the greatComic-Con Twitter Warsof 2015....

August 9, 2025 · 4 min · 698 words · Edwin Cox

New 'Star Trek' Movies in the Works Following Paramount Merger

Trekkies have every reason to celebrate following last week’s merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global. The $8.4-billion deal resulted in the formation of Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, which, on the surface, might not sound like the most exciting news to fans of creatorGene Roddenberry’s nearly 60-year-old science fiction franchise. However, it’s finally been announced that newJ.J. Abrams-producedStar Trekfilms are in the works, and more importantly, one of the movies will feature Captain Kirk and Mr....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 556 words · Luis Vargas

New Study Shows Rotten Tomatoes Doesn't Impact Box Office

It has been a pretty rough year at the box office. Specifically, a lot of big studio movies bombed over the summer, leading to the worst summer season at the box office in more than a decade. Some have pointed toreview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes when it comes to assessing blame, as it has become an increasingly popular tool among moviegoers. However, a new study finds that Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t have any impact on the box office, positively or negatively....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 519 words · James Reynolds

New Thriller The Hunt Teams Blumhouse with Lost Co-Creator

Universal Pictures is teaming withJason Blumand his Blumhouse Productions, writer Damon Lindelof (Lost,The Leftovers) and director Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah) for new action-thrillerThe Hunt. Damon Lindelof co-wrote the script with Nick Cuse, the son of Damon Lindelof’sLostco-creator Carlton Cuse, with the script spawning a competitive bidding war that was won by Universal and Blumhouse. No production details have been released at this time and there is no indication if a release schedule is being planned quite yet....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Brian Alvarez