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Spider-Man: Brand New Day breaks box office records.
MARVELOUS

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Smashes Opening Day Record

Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ previously held the record.

Sarah-Jane Collins

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SPIDEY SENSES

Sony Boss Reveals Real Reason China Banned ‘Spiderman’

The Sony CEO revealed the conversation he had with the China Film Administration about its proposed changes.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 09: (L-R) Natsuki Hanae, Channing Tatum and Aleks Le attend the Los Angeles English Dub Premiere of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle" at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on September 09, 2025 in Hollywood, California.
DEMON SUCCESS

'Demon Slayer’ Crushes Box Office Records for Anime Film

The company that produced ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ continued their streak of record-breaking animations with its newest anime.

Annie Bang

Bo Bragason.
SEARCH IS OVER

‘Legend of Zelda’ Live-Action Has Found its Zelda and Link

Game creator Shigeru Miyamoto announced who will be playing two of the most iconic characters in the video game series.

Jasmine Venet

Pat Sajak and Vanna White.
SWITCHOVER

CBS Loses Distribution Rights to Two Key Game Shows

A tentative court ruling has seen the network losing its distribution rights to the two beloved game shows to Sony.

Yasmeen Hamadeh

Venom in Venom: The Last Dance
PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ

Venom Eats Heads and Sings ‘Dancing Queen’ in Bonkers Sequel

In “Venom: The Last Dance,” Tom Hardy alternates his cranium chomping choreographed song-and-dance numbers. If that’s not an endorsement, we don’t know what is.

Nick Schager

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The band Pink Floyd in Japan in 1971.
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Pink Floyd Sells Music Catalog for Nine-Figure Payday

The band got a whopping $400 million for their catalog.

Clay Walker

Photo illustration of Dakota Johnson from the Madame Web press tour in front of a retro Pepsi ad with spiderwebs in the background
PRODUCT PLACEMENT

‘Madame Web’ Is the Worst Pepsi Commercial of All Time

The soda company clearly cut a fat check to producers of the maligned film, and it shows. It also—and this is a high bar—just may be the silliest aspect of the movie.

Allegra Frank

Dakota Johnson poses during the red carpet for the movie Madame Web at Cinemex Antara Polanco on February 13, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico.
‘DRASTIC’

Dakota Johnson: ‘Madame Web’ Script Totally Changed

Johnson said she can’t even remember what the story was when she signed up for the project.

Edith Olmsted

A woman wears Sony's new headset
VIRTUAL VISION

Sony’s VR Device Lets You Make 3D Designs in Real Life

CEO Kenichiro Yoshida told reporters at a Monday press conference that the device is a “new solution for spatial content creation."

Tony Ho Tran

A photo illustration of various animated movies from 2023.
PURE MAGIC

2023’s Animated Movies Were Unlike Anything We’d Ever Seen

From fantastic hits like “Across the Spider-Verse” and “Boy and the Heron,” to gorgeous, inventive works from around the world, animation’s boundaries exploded this year.

Barry Levitt

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