USC's move to cancel commencement amid protests draws criticism from students, alumniThe University of Southern California's decision to cancel its main graduation ceremony has left students and alumni stunned as protests spread on campuses nationwide.
USC cancels graduation keynote by filmmaker amid controversy over decision to drop student's speechThe University of Southern California is further shaking up its commencement plans.
Universal Pictures teases โWickedโ and announces โFive Nights at Freddyโs 2โWith the dust settled from a big 2023, winning best picture and topping the box office, Universal Pictures is looking to the future.
'Beauty and the Beast' TV special fetes 30th anniversaryWalt Disneyโs โBeauty and the Beastโ captured audiences and critics when it first hit theaters in 1991.
Jimmy O. Yang's Crab Club feasts on Asian American storiesOne of the hottest clubs in Hollywood is run by โCrazy Rich Asiansโ actor Jimmy O.
Latinos with dark skin face more discrimination, study findsThe Pew Research Center has found that skin tone impacts the everyday lives and the long-term success of Latinos in the U.S. The nonpartisan organization released findings of a survey on Thursday.
New this week: Kaepernick, Sheeran and 'Star Trek' spin-offThis weekโs new entertainment releases include new albums from Ed Sheeran and The War on Drugs as well as โArmy of Thieves,โ a prequel to Zack Snyderโs โArmy of the Dead,โ which invites viewers to join a Europe-trotting heist.
โThe Hitmanโs Wifeโs Bodyguardโ hits top mark at box officeโThe Hitmanโs Wifeโs Bodyguardโ has hit the top box office target.
Jimmy Smits figured he could carry a tune 'In the Heights'He hadnโt been in a musical since high school, but when Jimmy Smits saw the opportunity to play Kevin Rosario in the film adaptation of โIn the Heights,โ he was happy to check that off his artistic bucket list.
'In the Heights' makes muted debut, edged by 'A Quiet Place'Just when a party was poised to break out in movie theaters, the below-expectation debut of โIn the Heightsโ dampened Hollywoodโs hopes of a swift or smooth recovery at the summer box office.
Curtain rises on the Tribeca Festival, and on New York, tooThe 20th Tribeca Festival is aiming to not just rebuild itself after a 2020 edition was largely scuttled by the pandemic, but to help revitalize its hometown.
โIn the Heightsโ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthroughThe hype for โIn the Heightsโ has brought great expectation to the Latino community in the United States, which has been historically underrepresented or stereotyped on the screen.
'For the culture': The moment arrives for 'In the Heights'A street-level song-and-dance spectacle to rival the MGM musicals of old, โIn the Heightsโ is an exuberant celebration of the Latino immigrant experience, of a neighborhood, of a teeming summertime New York, of life.
New this week: 'In the Heights,' 'Loki' and 'InfiniteโThis weekโs new entertainment releases include the much-anticipated debut of Lin-Manuel Mirandaโs โIn the Heights,โ a sweaty, vibrant musical about a close-knit Washington Heights neighborhood.
10 things to be excited about at the movies this summerAfter more than a year of uncertainty and ever-fluctuating release schedules, there will be a summer movie season.
'In the Heights' to open Tribeca Film Festival in JuneThe big-screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Mirandaโs โIn the Heightsโ will kick off the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, two days before the film opens in theaters and begins streaming.