Latest: Sean Bailey, Disney’s live-action film boss, is leaving the company

Latest: Sean Bailey, Disney’s live-action film boss, is leaving the company

Sean Bailey, the longtime Walt Disney Co. executive who oversaw the studio’s live-action movies, is stepping down, the Burbank-based entertainment giant announced Monday. David Greenbaum has been appointed to the newly created role of president of Disney live action and 20th Century Studios, and will oversee film projects for both units spanning theatrical and streaming … Read more

Latest: Two African Migrants’ Fantastical, Harrowing Odyssey in “Io Capitano”

Latest: Two African Migrants’ Fantastical, Harrowing Odyssey in “Io Capitano”

At one point in “Io Capitano,” a deeply moving drama about an odyssey through unknown lands, the Italian director Matteo Garrone undermines his own realism, to startlingly lyrical effect. Seydou (Seydou Sarr), a sixteen-year-old from Senegal, is one of several African migrants who have been walking for hours across a great stretch of the Sahara … Read more

Latest: ‘Mean Girls’ Cuts ‘Fire Crotch’ Joke From Digital Release After Lindsay Lohan Was ‘Hurt and Disappointed’

Latest: ‘Mean Girls’ Cuts ‘Fire Crotch’ Joke From Digital Release After Lindsay Lohan Was ‘Hurt and Disappointed’

A joke referencing the term “fire crotch” has been removed from the digital version of 2024’s “Mean Girls” after Lindsay Lohan publicly took issue with it. “Fire crotch” was infamously associated with Lohan after socialite Brandon Davis made crude comments about the actor’s body in a 2006 paparazzi video that also featured Paris Hilton. Lohan, … Read more

Latest: 6 Podcasts for Food Lovers

Latest: 6 Podcasts for Food Lovers

Starter episode: “Jon Kung’s Recipe for Spaghetti and Lion’s Head Meatballs” ‘Lecker’ Recorded primarily in home kitchens, this convivial podcast has an intimate feel that sets it apart from most interview shows. Lucy Dearlove, a radio producer, hosts conversations with chefs, cookbook authors and other foodies, incorporating the sounds of their cookery — paper bags … Read more

Latest: Video: New Carrier USS Kennedy Launches Cars Into the Water

Latest: Video: New Carrier USS Kennedy Launches Cars Into the Water

Huntington Ingalls’ Newport News Shipbuilding has begun testing the catapults aboard the carrier USS John F. Kennedy, the second Ford-class ship.  The carrier is built around a set of electromagnetically-powered launch catapults, which are fundamentally different from the steam-powered systems found aboard all previous CATOBAR carrier designs. The commissioning and testing of these brand new … Read more