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Sunday at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival turned into Edinbranagh, with a morning screening of the four-hour epic “Hamlet” followed by a wide-ranging onstage conversation with Kenneth Branagh, which began with him receiving the inaugural EIFF Outstanding Contribution to Cinema …

Mariska Hargitay told Variety at the HBO Max Emmy Nominee Celebration that New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson is “definitely” getting a role in “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.” “It’s definitely happening,” Hargitay said. “He’s kind of magnificent that …

Alex Cooper seems intent on unraveling some of the current relationships that have helped underpin her production company, Unwell. The star podcaster and media entrepreneur is poised to drop her current talent agency, UTA, according to three people familiar with …

Stray Kids have scored their biggest sales week yet as their latest, “This & That,” becomes their ninth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The group bows atop the chart with 369,000 equivalent album units, with traditional album sales accounting …

“The Challenge” two-time winner Tyler Duckworth died Tuesday in North Dakota, and his fellow contestants are remembering him as a “joy to be around” with “vibrant energy.” Johnny “Bananas” Devenanzio posted a video tribute to Duckworth on Instagram on Sunday. …

DETROIT — The White Sox’ trade for center fielder Brenton Doyle on Aug. 3 had the potential to create tension in the team’s utopian clubhouse. Incumbent center fielder Tristan Peters had a first half that put him in the All-Star …

If you saw him before Sunday’s game and didn’t know better, you’d think David Ross was just another journalist working at Wrigley Field. Wearing a pale blue shirt, a credential around his neck and carrying a notebook, Ross chatted with …

Free agent defensive end Marcus Davenport, a former first-round draft pick, visited the Bears. For a team that added no relevant pass rushers this offseason, Davenport represents a big name. Still, he has just four sacks in the past four …

Ozzy Trapilo is back. The left tackle whom the Bears feared would miss most, if not all of the 2026 season with a torn patellar tendon, was activated off the Physically Unable to Perform list shortly before Sunday’s practice. When …

One of the Cubs’ most durable players might have gotten injured. Shortstop Dansby Swanson left Sunday’s game against the Cardinals in the bottom of the third inning after swinging through a 0-0 Hunter Dobbins pitch. Swanson immediately grimaced in pain …

When Ben Johnson first was asked about the possibility the Bears could trade backup quarterback Tyson Bagent, he pretended to go into a coughing fit during the NFL Scouting Combine. He put his right hand to his mouth and let …

DETROIT — Colson Montgomery showed signs of life Saturday, capping a nine-pitch at-bat with a tiebreaking, two-run double in the third inning of the White Sox’ 4-3 victory against the Tigers. Other than that, he struck out twice and flew …

Bears coach Ben Johnson expects to have starting defensive end Montez Sweat and left tackle Braxton Jones within days. Nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon, meanwhile, is another story. When asked how soon Sweat, who got hurt Aug. 6, would be back, …

Cubs ace left-hander Matthew Boyd came into Saturday’s game against St. Louis on a roll. Cardinals left fielder Joshua Báez, making his major-league debut, slammed the brakes on it in – in historic fashion. Báez homered in his first three …

Slipknot is officially parting ways with Sid Wilson, who had been part of the group for nearly 30 years. “Effective immediately, Slipknot will no longer be associated with Sid Wilson,” the band posted on its Instagram account in a post …

As part of James Gunn and Peter Safran’s newly expanded DCU, a more grounded take on the “Green Lantern” comics may surprise audiences who associate the character with the Ryan Reynolds film that received poor reviews back in 2011. But …

Would “Trainspotting” get financed today? Could Lynne Ramsay survive the jump from shorts to a first feature? And might “The Wicker Man,” once treated as a problem child, now look like exactly the kind of genre package buyers chase? That …

Selena Gomez and her legal team have released a fiery statement after the “Only Murders in the Building” star was accused of defrauding investors in her mental health startup, Wondermind, in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. “The allegations that Selena …

After defending her undisputed women’s heavyweight title against Franchon Crews-Dezurn back in February, American boxer Claressa Shields drops in weight class to middleweight to challenge WBA and WBC champion Australian Kaye Scott. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds. On …

For “Sacred Creatures” director Frieda Luk, belief can be comforting, ridiculous, exhilarating and hard to explain. “I’m really fascinated by when people believe in something,” she tells Variety. “One person believes in something, and then a group of people, and …