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  • Sydney Sweeney did something with bras, this time it may be a crime

    Sydney Sweeney did something with bras, this time it may be a crime

    Sydney Sweeney is known for a few things. Movies, jeans, cultural flashpoints, and becoming a lightning rod for conversations she didn’t necessarily ask to headline. And a few other things people point out now and then .. But now, she may have earned herself something new… a potential record.


    After already sparking backlash months ago over her controversial American Eagle campaign, Sydney Sweeney has once again found herself in hot water—this time quite literally climbing higher than most actors ever do. During a nighttime shoot in Los Angeles, Sweeney was filmed scaling the iconic Hollywood sign and stringing a clothesline of bras from her upcoming lingerie line across the massive letters.

    Tmz, as usual, got the scoop in the video to prove it.


    According to reports, she did secure a permit from Film LA to shoot at the site. What she didn’t reportedly get was approval from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to actually touch or climb the sign itself. That distinction matters. If the chamber chooses to pursue it, the incident could lead to charges ranging from criminal trespassing to vandalism.


    The irony here is hard to ignore. In an era where celebrity branding increasingly relies on shock, spectacle, and viral moments, Sweeney’s marketing seems to be pushing the limits of where promotion ends and provocation begins. Whether this turns into legal trouble or simply another headline in the ongoing reinvention of her public image remains to be seen.


    Either way, Sydney Sweeney continues to prove that in 2026, fame isn’t just about being seen—it’s about how far you’re willing to climb to stay there.

  • Netflix promises not to destroy movie theater

    Netflix promises not to destroy movie theater

    At least not outright..

    In a new interview with The New York Times, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said that, should the WBD acquisition go through, the streamer will commit to 45-day theatrical release windows for the legacy studio’s upcoming releases.

    Sarandos insisted that Netflix has no intentions of disrupting “a theatrical distribution engine that is phenomenal and produces billions of dollars,” and that he believes there is value in the movie theater experience.

    “I’m giving you a hard number,” Sarandos said. “If we’re going to be in the theatrical business, and we are, we’re competitive people — we want to win. I want to win opening weekend. I want to win box office.”

    “I mean, like the town that Sinners is supposed to be set in does not have a movie theater there,” Sarandos reasoned. “For those folks, it’s certainly outmoded. You’re not going to get in the car and go to the next town to go see a movie.”

  • Matthew McConaughey fights AI

    Matthew McConaughey fights AI

    Matthew McConaughey may have figured out a potential way to fight AI using his image..

    The Wall Street Journal reports that McConaughey has filed eight trademark applications to the US Patent and Trademark Office that featured videos and audio clips of him “staring, smiling and talking.”..

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    All 8 have been approved..

    “My team and I want to know that when my voice or likeness is ever used, it’s because I approved and signed off on it,” McConaughey told the newspaper in an email. “We want to create a clear perimeter around ownership with consent and attribution the norm in an AI world.”

    The goal is to pave the way for litigation in case a company or individual were to attempt to profit from the actor’s likeness with the help of AI.

    “In a world where we’re watching everybody scramble to figure out what to do about AI misuse, we have a tool now to stop someone in their tracks or take them to federal court,” one of McConaughey’s attorneys, Jonathan Pollack, told the newspaper.

    No more frailty in Hollywood as this may lead the way for more such trademarks..

  • Busfield surrenders

    Busfield surrenders

    Flash

    Timothy Busfield, the actor and director, turned himself in to the authorities in New Mexico on Tuesday and was booked on charges of child sex abuse, the Albuquerque police said. The case involves two boys who were appearing on a television drama that he was producing in New Mexico.

    This is developing,,

    The actor also released a video tape today denying accusations and saying he will fight the charges.

  • Sydney Sweeney mocked after telling a ghost story from her childhood

    Sydney Sweeney mocked after telling a ghost story from her childhood

    The HOUSEMAID star is getting the last laugh as her film continues strong at the box office, but the mocked Sweeney was slammed for her good jeans in ’25.. and now being laughed at about sharing a ghost story in ’26..

    She was interviewed in W Magazine about her career journey and upcoming projects.

    Sweeney was asked a light personal question. She was asked whether she believes in ghosts. In response, she shared a memory from her early childhood.

    She explained that when she was in preschool, she had an imaginary friend. The childlike figure would appear on the playground. She often talked about him with her mother. Later, her mother learned that the person matched someone who had died before Sweeney was born. The story, she said, unsettled her family at the time.

    The anecdote was shared casually and without drama. However, sources told Spanish outlet Marca that some studio executives reacted poorly. According to an anonymous insider, the story was mocked in private conversations.

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    “I think I’ve seen a ghost,” Sweeney said. “When I was little, I used to have an imaginary friend. He would be on the playground at preschool. I would tell my mom about him. It turns out that he was someone who passed away before I was born. It creeped my mom out.”..

    The result has been headlines such as “SYDNEY SWEENEY befriended a ghost”..

    I think we agree… she probably doesn’t care much about any mockery she is getting … 🙂

  • Ny POST: Paramount eyes massive round of job cuts in early November

    Ny POST: Paramount eyes massive round of job cuts in early November

    It will be a turkey of a Thanksgiving for thousands of Paramount employees.

    The media giant is targeting early November for what one insider called an epic “bloodbath” — a massive round of layoffs following its merger with Hollywood studio Skydance Media, The Post has learned.

    Jeff Shell — the former NBCUniversal boss tapped by Skydance as Paramount’s new president — has told managers at the home to Paramount Pictures, CBS, MTV and Showtime to start compiling “kill lists,” a source with knowledge said.

    Read the full story..

    Developing..

  • Rumors abound in the upside down: Will the Duffers leave Netflix?

    Rumors abound in the upside down: Will the Duffers leave Netflix?

    Just as Stranger Things season 5 will conclude on the streaming platform Netflix, there are rumors being confirmed by the Hollywood Reporter that the makers are in talks to fly the coup to Paramount..

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    The move would reunite them with Cindy Holland, who championed Stranger Things during her time at Netflix and is now oversees streaming at Paramount, but the deal would also include theatrical feature films.

    Arguably, Netflix is not where it would be today without Stranger Things..
    But the spinoff shows? The plans for more? The new series from the Duffers being made?

    …busine$$is busine$$…

  • Candace scores Harvey!

    Candace scores Harvey!

    Candace Owens was able to get access to Harvey Weinstein from prison..

    The Hollywood mogul, now behind bars, spoke about a number of topics..

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    “I learned my lesson the hardest way possible,” he said. “I was a good father throughout. The one thing I can say that people do say about me was that I was a good father. But I would be a better father—a lot better father.”

    “We have a tablet, we get movies, normally six months later,” Weinstein explained. “And my son said to me, ‘Hey dad, I don’t believe that Captain America [Brave New World] is gonna be a good movie.’ And I say, ‘No. no, it looks good, I’ve heard it’s good go see it.’”

    “He went and saw it and he said, ‘Dad, it was terrible,’” Weinstein recalled. “And then I finally saw and I had to call him on the phone and said, ‘You know what, you’re right, it was terrible.’”

     “You don’t get your shirts, you don’t get your socks, you don’t get your underwear. The food is rancid. I mean it is really awful.”

  • The death of celebrity news on TV

    The death of celebrity news on TV

    There is plenty of scandal still around.. but the stalwarts of celeb reporting are slowly vanishing.. The latest is E! NEWS.. the bold exclamation point and the series of gossip stories about the rich and famous.. It is now a bygone era. It will end and air its final broadcast on September 25..

    Seth Abromovich from The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER sarcastic laments the demise of E!..

    Launched in 1991, its innovation was that it took showbiz as seriously as CNN took politics and crime. In doing so, E! News helped popularize the modern fixation on a side of Hollywood once meant for industry eyes only — everything from celebrity bad behavior to box office grosses.

    E! anchor told the REPORTER:

    “There was that time, like 2008 to 2012 — the Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears era, going to Kitson on Robertson,” Kennedy reminisces. “It’s almost like an untouchable time in entertainment news, and I was just lucky to be a part of it.”

    Some of his most memorable stories involved celebrity deaths. “I think we did 48 hours of live coverage for Michael Jackson,” Kennedy recalls of the pop titan’s fatal propofol overdose in 2009, during which he worked for E! News as a correspondent. “I’ll never forget arriving at the scene at UCLA Medical Center after he died. Thousands of people showed up.”

  • Newsom saves Hollywood?

    Newsom saves Hollywood?

    Here’s a reporting from the Hollywood Reporter:

    Los Angeles is going through a rough patch right now — well, for a few years actually — but there’s a silver lining ahead, at least for some film and television productions that can secure subsidies in California’s newly expanded tax credit program.

    That was the gist of the blue skies mood in Burbank at The Ranch Lot Studios where a group of state and local officials, union leaders and Hollywood notables gathered to take a victory lap over the passage of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal, which lifts incentives for film and TV projects from $330 million to $750 million annually, in the legislature.

    Read thr full story here ..