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Disney Is Now Remaking Movies Your Kids Are Still Watching
Tracking for Disney's live-action Moana fell from a projected $105 million opening to as low as $45 million days before its July 10 debut, which arrived with a 35 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
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A month ago, tracking services had Disney's live-action Moana opening between $80 and $105 million domestic, on the way to at least $300 million for its run. On July 6, Global Box Office revised that opening down to $45 to…
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Emmy voters shut Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Abby Elliott out of the 78th Emmy nominations on July 8, even as The Bear held onto its Comedy Series slot.
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Nobody Believes Young Washington's $20 Million.
Angel Studios' founding-father drama opened to $20.8 million over the July 4th weekend, beating industry tracking by nearly $6 million while critics questioned both its numbers and its history.
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The Swift Wedding Was Private. The Bill Wasn't.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's thousand-guest Madison Square Garden wedding ran from a July 2 rehearsal dinner into the early hours of July 4, and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis wants the couple to reimburse the NYPD for security.
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Tom Hanks Turned 70 Without Ever Once Playing Cool
Tom Hanks turned 70 on July 9, 2026, holding two Academy Awards, seven Emmys, four Golden Globes, and the only back-to-back Best Actor wins since Spencer Tracy.
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Everyone's Fighting About Little House. Everyone's Misremembering It.
Netflix's eight-episode revival of Little House on the Prairie premiered July 9 to a rave from The Hollywood Reporter and a pan from Time, with a second season ordered before launch.
Books
Nobody Can Prove Jamir Nazir Wrote His Prize Winner, Including Jamir Nazir
Commonwealth Short Story Prize winner Jamir Nazir defended his flagged story in an interview with The Atlantic this week, and the doubts multiplied.
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Palworld Hits 1.0, Two Years After Everyone Moved In
Pocketpair's creature-survival hit leaves early access on July 10 with the Sky Islands region, new Pals, carried-over saves, and no price hike.
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Ella Langley Outlasted Taylor Swift
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Ubisoft's Best Game in 13 Years Is One It Already Made
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Six Headliners, One Friday. Guess Who Got Squeezed.
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Call It Brand Activism. The Books Are Still Banned.
The pop star's Service95 Book Club has opened the Manifesto Library, a permanent collection of nearly 100 banned and censored books inside Porto's Livraria Lello.
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Paul Won Everything. The New Dune Wants You to Feel How Badly.
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