Spider-Man: No Way Home actress Mary Rivera has died at age 82. Rivera is best known for playing Ned Leeds’ (Jacob Batalon) grandmother in a memorable scene featuring the returns of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s respective versions of Spider-Man in the 2021 blockbuster. According to an online obituary, Rivera “passed away peacefully” in Honolulu,
Month: August 2026
Critic’s Rating: 5 / 5.0 5 Wow, is this ever Jeremy Swift’s week to shine! Probably best known as Leslie Higgins on Apple TV’s Ted Lasso (returning Aug 5), Swift guest stars on The Librarians: The Next Chapter Season 2 Episode 2, “And the Tethered Wish,” and it is FAB-U-LOUS! As a freed genie, he’s
The latest AI scandal has killed a $2.4 million book deal and a potential movie adaptation, which has major implications for future book adaptations. Six and seven-figure book advances are exceptionally rare. However, debut author Jerry Falade managed to land a $2.4 million offer from Minotaur, an imprint of Macmillan US, for the exciting
Out former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an interview published Monday that he is “more inclined than not” to run for president again in 2028, furthering long-held suspicions that he may do so. “I think I’m more inclined than not, but there’s so much we don’t know,” Buttigieg told British business podcaster Steven Bartlett
You really didn’t think we were going to make it through Lollapalooza without a urine story, did you? As we’ve learned from Olivia Rodrigo (who joined Billy Corgan as a surprise guest during The Smashing Pumpkins’ Friday night headlining set), there is a type of festival attendee who will camp at the rail no matter
Even in a historically slow publishing month—which August tends to be—there are still more new books than any reader can possibly make time for. Goodreads has combined early reviews and data about titles users are adding to their “Want to Read” shelves to identify some of the most-anticipated books of the month. Where the algorithm
Some films ask to be watched;Love Me Tender asks to be felt. Anna Cazenave Cambet’s quietly devastating adaptation of Constance Debré’s 2020 novel unfolds like along exhale, exploring the fragile space where love, identity and motherhood collide. Vicky Krieps delivers another captivating performance as Clémence, aformer lawyer whose decision to leave her marriage after embracing
View gallery Image Credit: Penske Media via Getty Images Ariana Grande is stepping back from the spotlight after she completes her Eternal Sunshine tour. The news came amid fans’ concern over the 33-year-old singer’s appearance. Viewers have pointed out Grande’s apparent weight loss throughout her tour and in her latest “Petal” music video, which was
Thousands of mourners filed through Dublin’s Irish Museum of Modern Art today (Aug. 3) to pay their final respects to Glen Hansard during a public wake for the beloved Irish singer/songwriter, who died July 29 at age 56 following a motorcycle crash. Hansard lay in repose in a wicker coffin inside the Baroque Chapel at
Chris McNally is known for his work on When Calls the Heart. However, he’s also got another project lined up, and the long-running show is even helping to get the word out. That said, he’s not the only series star with news to share. A Few When Calls The HeartStars Have Stories To Share After
This film is aimed at avery specific niche of Tove Jansson fandom – it’s for an elite tier who aren’t interested in her as creator of those lovable moppets, The Moomins, but as an author of soft-edged, new-agey autofiction. It sees young Sophie (Emily Matthews) and her introverted, work-addled father (Anders Danielsen Lie) heading to
Influencer Jen Hamilton has responded to fans hoping to see her star in a new season of The Bachelorette. “They do not want me and this is why,” Jen, 35, began in a hilarious Instagram video shared on Sunday, August 2, that responded to a fan advocating for her to be featured in the reality
The first time we see Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire inBackrooms, the furniture store owner squints his eyes at the front window as abright red, spray-painted “RIP OFF” glares back at him. As he enters, generic signs reading “ENTIRE STORE ON SALE!” and “EVERYTHING MUST GO!” decorate the ceiling. It’s abundantly clear that this is not
Source: @louqueernaval on Instagram. Where does your mind go when you hear “French Riviera”? The Cannes Film Festival? Saint-Tropez and its famous celebrity parties? It’s likely conjuring a luxurious image. And you’re not wrong. From the pensioners of Cagnes-sur-Mer to the wistful art-lovers of Antibes, the southern coast of France is bubbling over with lovers
Stonewall uprising veteran Stormé DeLarverie and her wife Diana met in 1943 at Smalls’ Paradise, a 24-hour nightclub in Harlem. Stormé — a “stone butch gay woman” in the words of their “gay daughter,” trans singer Christy Henderson Jenkins — went on to be the “male impersonator” emcee for the Jewel Box Revue, a racially
Could the replacement nominee be the unraveling of The Toolshed? Please, let it be so! We need some good news on Big Brother Season 28. Unfortunately, not about the target, but some splintering of the majority alliance. (CBS ©2026 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.) As our TV Fanatics reported, Head of Household Haley made
Phil Collins has revealed that he was close to death during an April 2024 hospitalization, when organ failure left his family facing the possibility that doctors might take him off life support. Speaking in a new interview with The Sunday Times, the 75-year-old Genesis musician said he was unconscious in a Swiss hospital after his
Khloe Kardashian has been transparent regarding the surgical procedures she has undergone. She admitted she had a nose job, as well as Botox and Sculptra. Additionally, she had a malignant melanoma tumor removed from her face and has had to work hard to make it look like nothing was done. However, she has always mentioned
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Brand New Day!Marvel Studios’ X-Men movie has received a great deal of setup thanks to Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Ever since Disney acquired 20th Century in 2019, there has been great anticipation for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to put its spin on the X-Men franchise. Marvel and Kevin Feige did
The 1980s were arguably the decade that solidified the modern sitcom. While the ’70s pushed boundaries with socially conscious comedies, sitcoms in the ’80s refined the format into something warmer, more character-driven, and more commercially successful. Sitcom ensemble casts, like Cheers and The Golden Girls, became more popular than singular star-driven vehicles. Found families, like


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Brooklyn Beckham reconnected with his godfathers, Elton John and David Furnish, amid his family feud with the rest of the Beckhams. On Saturday, August 1, Brooklyn, 27, and his wife, Nicola Peltz, were photographed vacationing on John, 79, and his husband Furnish’s yacht near Nice, France, per People. (John and Furnish, 63, were named as
Critic’s Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 3.5 I had my suspicions when Prime’s Batman: Caped Crusader Season 1 dropped in 2024, but now, I’m certain. Batman: Caped Crusader is more about everyone around Batman than Batman himself. The series paints a cityscape of Gotham — a mural of characters, relationships, and social networks — on the
Vincent Pastore, best known for his iconic role as Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero in HBO’s The Sopranos, has died at age 80. According to Deadline, the actor was found dead at his Bronx residence on Saturday, August 1st, by a neighbor after not being heard from for the past three days. An investigation has launched
If you know, you know. That was the case with Casa Susanna, a guesthouse in New York’s Catskill Mountains, which in the 1950s and 60s catered to a particular subset of the LGBTQ+ community, a group trans author and journalist Sandy Ernest Allen described as “transfeminine cross-dressers.” Related Some even brought their wives for weekends
Kim Kardashian may not be an official lawyer, but she found herself in legal trouble after making a now-deleted post online. However, the story has taken an interesting turn. Keep reading to find out what she posted and why she is now owed $167k. Kim Kardashian Makes A Mistake Kim Kardashian is very passionate about
Tom Holland as Peter Parker looking astonished in a web-covered room in Spider-Man Brand New Day Published Aug 1, 2026, 8:43 AM EDT Rianna is the Movie News Editor for ScreenRant. After earning her BA in Film Studies, she began her career as an entertainment writer, contributing to several publications before joining ScreenRant. Her dissertation on
Every month, the Unusual Suspects newsletter has a roundup of the best mystery, thriller, and true crime books out that month. But not every mystery reader is a thriller fan, and vice versa. Now that we’re halfway through the year, I’ve combined all of the mystery books on those lists into a collection: The Best
Yes, this entire season has been building towards events you could see coming from a mile away, which has limited the tension overall. But do I care? No. Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 5 Episode 7 finally pulled the trigger on their biggest death yet, and even though it was inevitable, my goodness was
John Cusack became a bona fide movie star as a teen, but over the years he has opted to live a quieter life. Cusack made his film debut in 1983’s Class. One year later, he appeared in Sixteen Candles alongside Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling and Anthony Michael Hall. His performance led to him starring in