It’s for the best that “Animals,” actor Ben Affleck‘s sixth outing behind the camera, is being released directly to Netflix — not that this slick, pacy serving of all-star pulp couldn’t or wouldn’t hold one’s attention in the multiplex. But ever since Affleck’s rousing, enjoyable political drama “Argo” won a Best Picture Oscar that it perhaps didn’t entirely need, his subsequent efforts have been burdened with the weighty expectations of a prestige filmmaker — the noirish, overbaked flop “Live by Night” certainly didn’t benefit from those, and while the fleet-footed crowdpleaser “Air” rallied nicely, it wasn’t a major work either. Affleck is, at heart, an audience-minded journeyman: Screwy and silly when it doesn’t sporadically hit you with a stray hard truth, “Animals” is disposable pulp, but it benefits from its director-star’s unassuming professionalism.
The Watsons are just one family who have experience of this. Ryan and his wife knew there was something different with their son Atlas when he was around 12 to 18 months old and missing development milestones.
Smile 2 star Kyle Gallner is making it known that he’s ready and willing to play V in Paramount’s live-action film adaptation of Cyberpunk 2077.
Cyberpunk 2077 has come a long way from its roots as a tabletop RPG. Thanks to CD Projekt Red’s video game and its standout expansion, as well as the critically-acclaimed Edgerunners spinoff anime from Studio Trigger, fans of the gritty sci-fi series are eating well.
A worker installs fencing at the SpaceX facility in Hawthorne on the day of the company's IPO, in Hawthorne, California, June 12, 2026.
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SpaceX announced an agreement on Thursday to purchase a nationwide spectrum portfolio as it pushes its Starlink service deeper into the U.S. telecommunications market. Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile tumbled in extended trading.
Firmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australia’s biggest company listing in decades after investor demand for its much-hyped AI datacentre business failed to materialise.
A Firmus spokesperson said the board decided that proceeding with the offer was no longer in the best interests of the company and its shareholders.
The Russian and Iranian presidents met in Turkmenistan ahead of regional summit.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that Russia will “do everything” to help end the United States-led war on Iran, Russian news agencies reported.
By 4am on Thursday, the sky still pitch black, 19-year-old Pvt Grayden Monroe and his mom had already arrived to the naval base in San Diego, California. As the very first military family members to get there, they huddled on a set of metal bleachers overlooking the dark water. The duo were waiting for Monroe’s 21-year-old sister to step off the USS Abraham Lincoln, the embattled aircraft carrier that’s been at sea for the better part of a year.
Six-time French champions Bordeaux, the club where Zinedine Zidane made his name, to play in sixth tier after sanctions.
Six-time French champions Bordeaux, sanctioned in the summer for financial irregularities, will play in the sixth tier of French football this season, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine league confirmed on Thursday.
Pixar’s Toy Story 5 debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s streaming charts in its first week of release, beating out strong showings for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and Neagley.