A River of News

Culture headlines, Friday, October 9, 2026

14 items. Times are UTC.

02:00 UTC 3

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    ‘Social Reckoning’ Faces Box Office Challenge With ‘Other Mommy’ Set to Scare Away Competition The Hollywood Reporter by Ryan Gajewski story
  2. culture
    Anne Hathaway Gives Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ a Perfect Score: “Brilliant Movie” The Hollywood Reporter by Carly Thomas story
  3. culture
    ‘Freddy vs. Jason’s Monica Keena Recalls Killing Freddy Krueger Was “Really Cathartic” After ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ “Traumatized Me” Deadline by Glenn Garner

01:00 UTC 4

  1. culture
    ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Season 28 Premiere Recap: A Gang Rape Echoing the Cornell 7 Case Variety by Marlow Stern
  2. culture
    Charlie Cox Shouts Out “Save ‘Daredevil'” Campaign At NYCC After Disney+ Cancels ‘Born Again’ Deadline by Glenn Garner
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    Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner’s Widow, Urges Jessica Biel to Reconsider Playing His Wife in ‘Playmates’: “I Experienced Sexual, Emotional and Physical Abuse” The Hollywood Reporter by McKinley Franklin story
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    Submit Your Short to This Italian Film Festival and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Jury, and MUBI Could Distribute It IndieWire by Ryan Lattanzio story

00:00 UTC 7

  1. culture
    Michael Ovitz Ordered to Complete Deposition in Julia Ormond Case After Storming Out Over Jeffrey Epstein Questions Variety by Gmaddaus
  2. culture
    Universal Studios Hollywood Is Already Making Holiday Plans With The Grinch, Minions & Warm Butterbeer Deadline by Tomt
  3. culture
    Diddy Loses Two Months of Freedom as Federal Prison Perks Unravel The Hollywood Reporter by Kevin Dolak story
  4. culture
    ‘Other Mommy’ Review: Jessica Chastain Commits Admirably to an Otherwise Flimsy Supernatural Chiller The Hollywood Reporter by Richard Lawson story
  5. culture
    Hugh Hefner’s Widow Crystal Harris Asks Jessica Biel to ‘Please Reconsider’ Playing His Wife: ‘I Experienced Sexual, Emotional…Physical Abuse’ Variety by Pat Saperstein story
  6. culture
    Natasha Rothwell Joins V’s ‘This Is Crazy!’ NAMI Benefit Performance In LA Deadline by Glenn Garner
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    Newport Beach Film Fest: ‘Social Reckoning’ Filmmaker Aaron Sorkin Set for Maverick Award, Live Episode of ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast The Hollywood Reporter by Scott Feinberg story