At The Movies
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Five years post Jurassic World: Dominion, an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) leads a team of skilled operatives to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life saving benefits to mankind. As the top secret expedition becomes more and more risky, they soon make a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.
 

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Smoke (AppleTV+)
As the title suggests, Smoke shifts Lehane's focus to the world of arson, spinning a nine-episode yarn about an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a police detective (Jurnee Smollett) who pair up to catch a couple of firebugs in the Pacific Northwest. Taron Egerton give an amazingly layered performance. Easily the most nuanced character I've seen him play thus far. But to me the true stand out was Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine he was utterly terrifying at times. His work should land him high on all lists come awards season.

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Countdown (Prime Video)
Just released on Prime Video, Countdown is a new crime drama series that follows an elite, multi agency task force, led by FBI Special Agent Nathan Blythe (Eric Dane) and LAPD Detective Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles), as they hunt down the murderer of a Department of Homeland Security officer, only to uncover a vast, global conspiracy. The series, created by Derek Haas, explores a high stakes investigation that expands into a race against time to prevent a catastrophic event.

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Fast & Furious franchise star Vin Diesel has announced his long running movie series will cross the finish line in April 2027 with the help of the late Paul Walker’s Brian O’Conner character.

Nintendo Co. pulled its products from Amazon.com Inc.’s U.S. site after a disagreement over unauthorized sales, meaning the e-commerce company missed out on the recent debut of Nintendo’s Switch 2, the biggest game console launch of all time.

Eva Longoria was one of the famous friends that unfortunately wasn’t able to attend Lauren Sanchez‘s wedding. While many celebrities were in attendance, Eva, 50, was noticeably absent from the festivities. Eva had to skip the wedding because she’s busy filming the new season of her CNN series Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain.

Post Malone and Christy Lee are reportedly going their separate ways. The two were first linked back at the beginning of the year. Christy works as a stylist, and has done work for Bella Thorne and Charlotte McKinney.

The Bachelor, ABC’s smash hit reality dating competition TV show, has officially been renewed by the network…but a change is coming. Season 29 showrunners Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner are being replaced after toxic workplace allegations surfaced.

Aziza Scott is the latest actor to join Italianna, Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions’ upcoming romantic comedy starring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page.

Hilary Swank refused to take a bite out of Cobra Kai. The Oscar winning actress opted to not entertain the idea of returning to her roots with a cameo in the Netflix series. Swank previously starred in 1994’s The Next Karate Kid in the lead role.

Apple was certainly celebratory over the weekend, as the big budget F1 delivered the studio its first box office hit. The film, starring Brad Pitt as a has-been Formula One driver who gets coerced out of retirement, generated $57 million domestically and $146.3 million in its opening weekend.

Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo is next set to produce an adaptation of author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi action thriller Saturation Point at Universal.

Project Angel Food’s Lead with Love: LA Strong telethon Saturday raised nearly $722,000 for the meal delivery organization.

Eva Larue, who joined General Hospital in February 2024 as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez, will wrap up her run on the soap this week. Her exit storyline kicked into high gear on the June 30 episode, in which she shared emotional scenes with Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).