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Original title: Telluride Awards Analysis: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Join ‘Sinners’ Atop List of Oscar Frontrunners The 52nd Telluride Film Festival is now in the books. Margot Robbie, Ryan Coogler, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Rian Johnson, Janet Yang, Kathy Kennedy and Frank Marshall were among those who came just to watch movies. Screenings were introduced with a group meditation (Chloé Zhao), a song (Jesse Plemons) and a wave (man of few words Bruce Springsteen). Adam Sandler and Emma Stone posed for photos in the streets with ecstatic local schoolkids. And the Oscar race came into clearer focus. Below, you can read my biggest awards-related takeaways from the fest. Four high-profile films that already have U.S. distribution had their world premieres in Telluride: Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix), Bugonia (Focus), Hamnet (Focus) and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (20th Century). How did they go over? Focus has plenty of cause for celebration, as both Bugonia and Hamnet played like gangbusters and look almost certain to land Oscar noms for best picture and plenty else. Zhao’s Hamnet, an ...

Original title: StockX and Walmart Released Sold-Out Labubus — Here’s What’s Still Available to Shop If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Over the past couple of years, the bag charm hype has undoubtedly endured, but it has also evolved. What started as an obsession with $500+ accessories from the likes of Loewe, Gucci and Prada has turned into an adoration for fuzzy little characters with expressive facials: Pop Mart’s Labubu. And though the product drops get more and more competitive by the day, StockX and Walmart teamed up to give fans access to authenticated, sold-out favorites for a limited time. From Aug. 15 through 22, daily Labubu stock drops went live on walmart.com, with each collectible verified by StockX, the trusted online resale marketplace, for authenticity. The assortment includes both multi-pack sealed cases and individual sealed cases, otherwise known as blind boxes, as well as pre-revealed plush pendants. And while the daily drops have run their course, ...

Original title: ‘Alien: Earth’ Creator on That Wild Stand-Alone Movie Episode and Elon Musk-Inspired Twist [This story contains spoilers from Alien: Earth‘s fifth episode, “In Space, No One…”] Alien: Earth gave franchise fans an unexpected treat with its fifth episode: A mini-Alien movie that feels like the FX drama took Ridley Scott‘s 1979 original film and re-imagined its core elements as a unique one-hour story. Aptly titled “In Space, No One…” (playing off the original film’s famous marketing tagline, “In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream”), the flashback episode showed what happened aboard the ill-fated USCSS Maginot that caused its dangerous creatures to escape and the ship to crash into Earth. With the ship’s interior sets as a near replica of those from the first film’s ship, Nostromo, the action played like an alternate universe version of the decades-old film that we’d never seen before. The sequence also contained a twist that upended many of the audience’s assumptions about the previous episodes and was inspired by the antics of a certain tech billionaire. “This allowed me — in ...

Original title: Jimmy Kimmel Heads Back to Brooklyn for Week of Shows (Exclusive) Jimmy Kimmel is heading back to Brooklyn in the fall. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is taping five shows in front of a live studio audience from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House in New York, the host announced during Tuesday night’s show in his return from summer hiatus. The tapings will run from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, and one of the guests will be none other than Stephen Colbert, as the latter late night host prepares for his nine-month final season of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert following its shocking cancellation earlier this summer by CBS. This marks the seventh time that Kimmel’s ABC’s late night show has traveled to Brooklyn to broadcast from BAM. More guests for the week will be announced at a later date. Previous guests of Kimmel’s in Brooklyn have included Cardi B, Eminem, Jason Bateman, Wu-Tang Clan, Jon Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael J. Fox, Alicia Keys, John Krasinski, David Letterman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Senator Ber ...

Original title: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar On His Bruce Lee-Inspired Adidas Collab, Taking On More Acting Gigs and His New Graphic Novel If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is stepping back into one of his most iconic off-court roles — and perhaps one of Hollywood’s most famed onscreen height differences — with his latest Adidas collab. The six-time NBA MVP, New York Times bestselling author and scorer of 38,387 points has re-teamed with the sportswear company on the Jabbar Lo x Bruce Lee collection ($40 to $100), which pays tribute to the Hall of Famer and his friendship with his Game of Death co-star in the form of yellow suede sneakers — nodding to Lee’s infamous jumpsuit that inspired Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill costumes — and graphic tees with scenes of the classic martial arts film. (For the record, Abdul-Jabbar was 18 inches taller than his five-foot-eight pal.) The bright yellow kicks are finished with Abdul-Jabbar’s trademark skyhook silhouette and Lee’s “kick” motif (both in ...

Original title: Rosé Reimagines Puma Classics in First Collab — Here’s What’s Still in Stock If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Puma’s partnership roster — spanning Hello Kitty, Squishmallows, A$AP Rocky and Fenty by Rihanna — has a brand-new addition: fashion-forward pop superstar Rosé. The capsule is shoppable in limited quantities on puma.com, with select styles also available at nordstrom.com, urbanoutfitters.com, footlocker.com, champssports.com and journeys.com. In 2024, the Blackpink member released her debut solo studio album, Rosie, and that same year, she officially joined the Puma family as global brand ambassador. Cut to 2025: Puma x Rosé marks the first-ever co-designed capsule by the German and sportswear manufacturer and the K-pop icon. The collection spans clothing, footwear and accessories, including a micro bag ($80), duffel bag ($55) and baseball cap ($45). The full lineup takes on a black and white color scheme and is rooted in the singer’s d ...

Original title: Fox, Skip Bayless Settle Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit From Hairstylist A lawsuit against Fox Sports from a hairstylist accusing longtime talk show host Skip Bayless and network executive Charlie Dixon of making unwanted sexual advances has settled. Noushin Faraji moved on Thursday to dismiss claims for sexual battery, hostile work environment and retaliation, among others, with her lawyers proceeding with the prospective class action over failure to pay minimum wage on behalf of other workers. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. “We are pleased that this matter has been resolved,” said Fox in a statement. “There will be no further comment.” Earlier this year, Faraji accused Bayless of offering her $1.5 million for sex and Dixon of groping her at a 2017 birthday party for Joy Taylor. She alleged Fox terminated her at Dixon’s direction for disclosing information about his sexual relationships with network employees. The lawsuit pointed to a “toxic culture at Fox, marked by bad faith promises and repeated failures to address a poisonous and entrenched ...

Original title: Robin Wright Reflects on Leaving the U.S. to Live in the U.K.: “America Is a Sh**show” Robin Wright is getting candid about her life living in the U.K. In a Saturday profile with The Times U.K., The Girlfriend star reflected on the contrasts between America and England, as she’s been working and living in the latter country for the past few years. Wright considered the lifestyle differences between the two, noting that “a freedom of self here” in England as opposed to the United States, where “everything’s rush, competition and speed.” “America is a shitshow. … I love being in this country. There’s a freedom of self here. People are so kind,” she said. “They’re living. They’re not in the car in traffic, panicked on a phone call, eating a sandwich. That’s most of America. Everything’s rush, competition and speed.” Of what she’s noticed during her time living in the U.K., the Forrest Gump actress admitted she’s still learning to grapple with England’s “obsession with class,” as The Times put it. “It’s very evident when you’re in a room and you feel the judgment or the prai ...

Original title: As Apple TV+ Raises Prices, Soccer Fans Score Big With Nearly 70 Percent Off Apple’s MLS Season Pass If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Fresh off LAFC star Son “Sunny” Heung-min’s home game debut and the Seattle Sounders’ first-ever Leagues Cup win, Apple TV is offering one of its best streaming deals for Major League Soccer superfans. For a limited time, the tech giant is dropping the price of the MLS Season Pass to just $25 for Apple TV+ subscribers for the rest of the season, while non-subscribers can sign up for only $29 — a savings of nearly 70 percent. The 2025 season ends with the MLS Cup on Saturday, Oct. 18. MLS Season Pass is available for those on Apple and Android devices (such as smart TVs, tablets, gaming consoles and smartphones) and includes access to every match, subscription sharing with up to five family members, MLS 360 highlights and live-look-ins in English and Spanish, pre- and post-match coverage, replays, exclusive interviews and more. Related: ...

Original title: Broadway Box Office: ‘Purpose’ Ends Run On $1 Million High Purpose played its final Broadway last week and brought in just over $1 million, marking the highest gross of its run. With that gross, the play, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, also broke a house Hayes Theater, besting the tally brought in by Appropriate, another Jacobs-Jenkins play, last season. Purpose played to 100 percent capacity last week and had an average ticket price of $219.52 last week, the highest of its run. The play, about a prominent Black family contending with their political legacy, opened March 17 and won the Tony Award for best play, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Art, starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, started previews Aug. 28 and brought in a strong $668,504 across three performances at the Music Box Theatre. The play had an average ticket price of $223, which tied for the highest in the industry last week alongside Just In Time. Mamma Mia! continues to rise, bringing in $1.79 million at the Winter Garden Theatre last wee ...