AI concept illustration pairing Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's adapted portrait with an imagined misty town and shadowy figures; not official series art.

Afterlife With Archie Finds the Director for Riverdale’s Zombie Apocalypse

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon will direct the first two episodes of Disney+’s Afterlife with Archie, where one attempt to reverse a loss unleashes Riverdale’s undead.

Director Taika Waititi attending the 2026 Venice Film Festival

Taika Waititi Says His Star Wars Movie Is “Very Iced”—But His Creative Partnership Survives

Taika Waititi says his long-developing Star Wars movie is now “very iced,” while he and Tony McNamara pursue a different secret project.

Euclid telescope image of a star-and-galaxy field with an enlarged inset marking comet C/2026 S1 as a bright streak surrounded by a fuzzy cloud.

Euclid Was Mapping Distant Galaxies When a New Comet Photobombed the View

Euclid was mapping distant galaxies when a moving streak revealed its first previously unknown comet. ESA’s real telescope image shows the giveaway.

Tom Hiddleston smiling in his Loki costume at San Diego Comic-Con in 2013

Loki’s ‘Tell Me!’ Outburst in Thor Started With a Direction to Speak Quietly

Tom Hiddleston recalls the quiet direction that led to Loki’s explosive confrontation with Odin, and why that scene still anchors his performance.

Austin Abrams as Jay Gardiner, wearing scuba gear on a beach in Whalefall.

Austin Abrams Spent 40 Filming Days Inside Whalefall’s Practical Whale Sets

Whalefall built its whale interiors around Austin Abrams. New interviews reveal the cramped sets, tiny usable shots and unexpected scene partner behind the thriller.

Black-and-white frame from the 1897 Georges Méliès film showing the Pierrot automaton beside its workshop sign; photographed from the recovered 35mm print.

An 1897 Georges Méliès Film of a Magician Fighting an Automaton Turned Up in Old Reels

A fragile 45-second Georges Méliès short survived in a family collection of old reels. The Library of Congress identified it, restored it, and made the film viewable in 4K.

Paul Bettany wearing glasses and a dark jacket, speaking into a microphone at Los Angeles Comic Con 2025.

Paul Bettany Was Told His Career Was Over—Then Joss Whedon Called About Vision

Paul Bettany says a producer told him his career was over. He walked onto Sunset Boulevard, wondered if it was true—and then got a call asking him to play Vision.

Hugh Grant greets fans at the Heretic premiere in Paris in November 2024.

Hugh Grant Turned Down $750,000 an Episode to Replace Charlie Sheen, Chuck Lorre Says

Chuck Lorre says Hugh Grant came close to replacing Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, with a reported $750,000-per-episode offer and one major concern: the live studio audience.

Actor Joe Manganiello speaks onstage at a True Blood panel at Comic-Con International in 2010.

Ben Affleck’s Canceled Batman Movie Had Deathstroke Kill Gordon and Take Alfred Hostage, Joe Manganiello Says

Joe Manganiello’s memoir describes Ben Affleck’s unmade Batman film as a revenge thriller: Deathstroke would target Gordon, abduct Alfred and nearly kill Batman and Batgirl.

Rosalind Franklin looking through a microscope in a 1955 archival photograph.

Rosalind Franklin Saw DNA’s Helical Pattern in Photo 49—Then Made Photo 51 a Better-Framed Repeat

A new history-of-science study says Franklin had already calculated key features of DNA’s helical pattern from Photo 49. Photo 51 was her planned, clearer repeat—not a sudden clue she failed to understand.

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