A River of News

Culture headlines, Saturday, October 3, 2026

65 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 5

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    Lawrence Rothman on Their New Album, ‘Here Lives Love/Sawdust to Stardust,’ a Growing Legacy Producing Other Artists, and the Talk with Bowie That Changed Everything Variety by Chris Willman
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    Jeremy Strong Says He Cares What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks About ‘The Social Reckoning’ Deadline by Lynette Rice story
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    Trump now claiming he can ban CNN from the White House on grounds of "professionalism" The A.V. Club by William Hughes story
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    Paul Rudd Says He Stopped Bringing His Phone to Film Sets Because He’s ‘Addicted Like Everybody Else’: ‘They’re Facilitating Our Own Destruction’ Variety by Antonio Ferme story
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    Jeremy Strong Defends Method Acting, Says He Doesn’t Feel the Need to ‘Apologize’ to Co-Stars Who May Think ‘I’m Taking It Too Seriously’ Variety by Payton Turkeltaub story

22:00 UTC 1

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    Florence Pugh on How Zoe Kazan ‘East of Eden’ Collaboration Helped Boost Her Confidence The Hollywood Reporter by Hilary Lewis story

21:00 UTC 4

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    ‘Digger’ Star Tom Cruise Says He’s “So Proud Of What We Created” Despite Soft Open At Theaters Deadline by Lynette Rice story
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    Annabelle Wallis on the Defining Question of ‘Unabomber,’ a Potential James Wan Reunion and ‘Peaky Blinders’ What-Ifs The Hollywood Reporter by Brian Davids
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    Damn, Aaron Sorkin really gave Jesse Eisenberg the hard sell to come back as Mark Zuckerberg The A.V. Club by William Hughes story
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    ‘RuneScape’-Inspired Animation Series in the Works From Lyrical Animation and Jagex Variety by Payton Turkeltaub

20:00 UTC 2

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    Aaron Sorkin Says “It Never Occurred To Me” That Jesse Eisenberg Wouldn’t Want To Return For ‘The Social Reckoning’ Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    Punkie Johnson and Roy Wood Jr. prop up the teaser for Prime Video's new Barbershop show The A.V. Club by William Hughes story

19:00 UTC 5

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    Guillermo Del Toro Defends ‘Digger,’ Calls the Film ‘Daring, Bold and Cinematically Complex’ Variety by Tanya Fedak story
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    Tom Cruise Stands Up for ‘Digger’ Amid Tough Box Office: “I’m So Proud of What We Created” The Hollywood Reporter by Ryan Gajewski story
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    ‘X-Men’s Christopher Abbott Admits He “Hasn’t Read Anything” Yet But “Can’t Wait” To Play Professor X Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    Tony Gilroy Says Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Will ‘Destroy’ a ‘Healthy and Beautiful Business’ in ‘The Name of Venture Capital’: ‘It’s Tragic’ Variety by Antonio Ferme story
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    Pierre Le Gall’s Passionate Love Story ‘Flesh and Fuel’ Named Best Film at Zurich Film Festival Variety by Leo Barraclough

18:00 UTC 5

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    Lee Child says he killed Tom Cruise's Reacher movies for the fans The A.V. Club by William Hughes story
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    ‘Verity’ Cast Reveals Their Go-To Book Recommendations on Heels of Novel’s Big-Screen Adaptation (Exclusive) Variety by Tim Chan story
  3. culture
    Brilliance Of The Who’s Leader Shines In ‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes,’ Screening At Hamptons & Mill Valley Deadline by Matthew Carey
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    Jerry Golod, Producer of ‘Tales From the Darkside’ And Former CBS And NBC Executive, Dies at 87 Variety by Tanya Fedak story
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    ‘Coven Academy’ Creator Breaks Down Briar’s Family Tree, Dark Magic as an Addiction Metaphor, ‘Misogyny’ Against Witches — and a Deleted Kiss Scene Variety by Selome Hailu

17:00 UTC 7

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    ‘Barbershop’ Teaser: Jermaine Fowler Struggles To Win Over Calvin’s New Barbers In Prime Video Series Adaptation Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    Asghar Farhadi Says Films Like ‘Argo’ Perpetuate American White Savior Myth: ‘Who Asked You To Come and Save Us?’ Variety by Rafa Sales Ross story
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    Guillermo del Toro is not digging some reviews for Digger The A.V. Club by Jarrod Jones story
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    ‘Behemoth!’: Why Tony Gilroy Needed Nine Composers to Score His Latest Film, and a Guide to Who Did What in the Film (EXCLUSIVE) Variety by Jazztangcay story
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    Aaron Sorkin Says It ‘Never Occurred’ to Him That Jesse Eisenberg Wouldn’t Play Mark Zuckerberg in ‘The Social Reckoning,’ Claims the Paycheck Was a ‘Disincentive’ Variety by Payton Turkeltaub story
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    Jerry Golod Dies: ‘Tales from the Darkside’ EP Was 87 Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    UFC 332 Livestream: Here’s How to Watch Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong Online for Free Variety by Rudie Obias story

16:00 UTC 3

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    Zach Bryan Wears ‘Free Palestine’ Shirt While Headlining Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium; Drummer Honors Slain Palestinian Girl Variety by Chris Willman story
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    Guillermo Del Toro Buries ‘Digger’ In Praise, Slams “Petty” Review: “Decidedly A Theatrical Experience” Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Plunging at Box Office With Less Than $10M as ‘Verity’ Leads The Hollywood Reporter by Ryan Gajewski story

15:00 UTC 7

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    Jerry Golod, ‘Tales From the Darkside’ Producer, Dies at 87 The Hollywood Reporter by Mike Barnes story
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    Universal reportedly wants J.A. Bayona to direct another Jurassic World sequel The A.V. Club by Jarrod Jones story
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    Box Office: ‘Digger’ Nosediving With $3.4 Million on Opening Day, ‘Verity’ Lands at No. 1 With $15.1 Million on Friday Variety by Payton Turkeltaub story
  4. culture
    Ohio State vs. Iowa: Where to Watch the 2026 College Football Game Online The Hollywood Reporter by Erin Lassner
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    Zach Bryan Wears ‘Free Palestine’ Shirt During Concert at Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium: “Some Things Are Bigger Than Music, Fame and Public Approval” The Hollywood Reporter by Lexy Perez story
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    Spoiler Space: Digger isn't a musical, but something far more cynical The A.V. Club by Matt Schimkowitz story
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    Ben Whittaker vs. Conor Wallace: Here’s Where to Watch the Title Eliminator Boxing Match Live Online Variety by Rudie Obias story

14:00 UTC 2

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    Tyra Banks was promised Josh Hartnett's career if she took a role in Halloween: Resurrection The A.V. Club by Jarrod Jones
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    Denver Film Festival Unveils Lineup and Honorees The Hollywood Reporter by Chris Gardner

13:00 UTC 4

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    Will ‘The Shards’ Return? FX Show Tests Ryan Murphy’s Sway In Disney Empire The Hollywood Reporter by Erik Hayden
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    Projeto Paradiso Founder Olga Rabinovich to Receive Inaugural Encounters Award at the São Paulo Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE) Variety by Rafa Sales Ross
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    Middle Eastern voices become crystal clear in two riveting new documentaries The A.V. Club by Monica Castillo
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    Skydance Blasts Off: Can David Ellison Make Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Fly? Variety by Todd Spangler story

12:00 UTC 1

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    How a 100-Year-Old Indie Movie Theater Stays In Business The Hollywood Reporter by Etan Vlessing

11:00 UTC 1

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    AVQ&A: What TV show do you quote more than any other? The A.V. Club by The A.V. Club

08:00 UTC 1

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    ‘April X’ Review: Connor Storrie Bides His Time in a Generic Sci-Fi Clone Variety by Guy Lodge

04:00 UTC 2

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    DOJ Argues CNN & Other Outlets Can Be Banned From White House If Trump Determines They Didn’t Meet “Minimum Requirements Of Professionalism” Deadline by Ted Johnson story
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    Will ‘Behemoth!’ Push Pedro Pascal Into Oscar Contention? IndieWire by Anne Thompson story

03:00 UTC 2

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    Zach Bryan Dons “Free Palestine” Shirt For Concert At Robert Kraft’s Gillette Stadium Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    New York’s Inaugural Muslim Film Festival Aims to Move Past Counter-Narratives, Unveils Lineup, Jury (EXCLUSIVE) Variety by Naman Ramachandran story

02:00 UTC 2

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    Pedro Pascal Was Surprised Tony Gilroy Made ‘Behemoth!’ “So Intimate And Healing”: “I Thought You Were Gonna Be Mean” Deadline by Glenn Garner story
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    ‘Real Time’: Bill Maher Tells New Skydance Bosses “Don’t Believe What Trump Is Tweeting About Me” Deadline by Glenn Garner story

01:00 UTC 5

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    Great Job, Internet!: Let former Steelers coach Mike Tomlin walk you through his 12-years-and-running Minecraft city The A.V. Club by William Hughes story
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    ‘Josephine’ Director Beth De Araújo Delivers Powerful Speech Condemning Cornell Rape Case IndieWire by Marcus Jones
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    “Good Heavens”: Kathleen Turner Reacts to Michael Douglas’ Memoir Bombshell About Their Secret Romance During ‘Romancing the Stone’ Filming The Hollywood Reporter by McKinley Franklin story
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    "Skydance" to jangle keyring labeled "Barbie 2" in front of audiences to distract from all the chaos The A.V. Club by William Hughes story
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    George Cheeks May Level Up in David Ellison’s TV Empire The Hollywood Reporter by Erik Hayden story

00:00 UTC 6

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    Post-Merger Skydance Keeping Both HBO Max & Paramount+ Streaming Brands Deadline by Nellie Andreeva story
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    Robert Pattinson happily declares Michael Bay's Transformers "the definitive movie of the 2000s" The A.V. Club by William Hughes
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    ‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Plays a Wayward Cellist in Tony Gilroy’s Movingly Atonal Character Study About How People Conduct Themselves IndieWire by David Ehrlich story
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    ‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Is a Classical Cellist Skating Through a Midlife Crisis in Tony Gilroy’s Elevated Bauble of a Music Drama Variety by Owen Gleiberman story
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    ‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hits All The Right Notes In Tony Gilroy’s Lyrical Love Letter To The Music Of The Movies – New York Film Festival Deadline by Pete Hammond story
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    ‘Behemoth!’ Review: Pedro Pascal Hints at Soulful Depths, but the Drama Keeps Stalling in Tony Gilroy’s Wan Character Study of a Virtuoso Cellist The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney story