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“When John Oliver publicly threw down the gauntlet and said he wanted to appear on a soap, we didn’t hesitate for a second,” General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini said in a statement. “He was everything you’d hope he’d be: pre…”
“The “Last Week Tonight” host will guest star on the long-running daytime soap opera “General Hospital” in a three-episode storyline, which will air July 2, 3 and 6.”
“Topping Billboard’s US Rhythmic Airplay chart, the song, built around a prominent sample of “That’s the Way (I Like It)” by KC and the Sunshine Band...”
“He later noted that he has received 41 nominations but has continuously lost.”
“I worked my ass off 20 years for this”
“He held the Padres to one run over five innings. He struck out five batters and yielded only two hits.”
“1978”
“Nearly 40 years later”
“landed poor reviews (56% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and a “B-” CinemaScore from audiences.”
“the third, and the final, season of "Maxton Hall" is slated to release in December 2026”
“He also said he didn’t want to play himself, but a character with a “ridiculous” name and that “I want to do something juicy, like murder, or slapping, or being slapped, or being someone’s long-lost something.””
“Oliver announced the casting on the June 28 episode of “Last Week Tonight””
“Rozay’s 2026 BET Awards performance marks his fifth time performing at the event, and his first in over a decade.”
““I wrote one joke about Trump and it took me about 18 months.”
“two league titles conquered in Venezuelan football”
“He gave up six runs in 3 ⅓ innings to the Orioles.”
“February 2026”
“a shoot that began in 1957 in Mexico and then stretched over the next three decades of his life”
“The first season, released in May 2024”
“after previously voicing his interest to star in the daytime drama back in March.”
“His last BET Awards performance was in 2012, when he took the stage alongside then-Maybach Music Group artists Meek Mill and Wale for a medley of collaborative and solo efforts.”
“he has received 41 nominations but has continuously lost”
“for the final time at 84 pitches”
“lost hundreds of artists, writers, musicians, photographers, and other cultural figures”
“from 1989 to 2016”
“reached No. 1 on Prime Video charts in more than 120 countries”
“He was everything you’d hope he’d be: prepared, professional, funny and genuinely kind to everyone on set”
“His last BET Award nomination, for Best Collaboration, came in 2015 via his work on Chris Brown’s hit single “New Flame” featuring Usher.”
“it took me about 18 months”
“In the Dodgers’ 4-2 win over the Padres”
“On June 27, the Ukrainian Museum hosted The Empty Chair: In Memory of Maksym Kryvtsov, an evening dedicated to the Ukrainian soldier, poet and photographer, who was killed two years ago at the age of 33 while defending Ukraine.”
“Over the remainder of 2026, the institutions involved will study and rework the original script, which runs to 2,000 pages, and digitise the material available: some 70,000 metres of film.”
““General Hospital” is on its 64th year, making it both the longest-running scripted American drama and longest-running American soap opera currently in production.”
“Released in August 2006, the album was a massive success, debuting at Number One on the Billboard 200 off the strength of the runaway smash “Hustlin,”...”
“I wrote one joke about Trump and it took me about 18 months.”
“He’d given up multiple runs in all but one of his first 14 starts.”
“In 2027 they will carry out a comparative analysis”
“The series has also earned the most Outstanding Daytime Drama award wins, receiving the Daytime Emmy Award 18 times.”
“Rick Ross’ BET Awards 2026 performance marks his latest sighting as he continues to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his debut album Port of Miami.”
“friend to Bill going back 20 years”
“He had two walks and a hit batter.”
“almost two decades to come together, with eight abortive production attempts and decidedly lukewarm reviews on its release in 2018.”
““’General Hospital’ was everything I hoped it would be. It’s a true honor to be a small stain on the history of this illustrious show,” Oliver said.”
“I have received 41 nominations but has continuously lost”
“They lost 1-0 to Mexico but still needed just a point against South Africa to move on to the round of 32.”
“From 1966 – the year the main shoot ended – until his death”
““Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” is currently on its 13th season”
“I lost one year to the Yule Log”
““Film directors are a bunch of wretches who devote themselves to doing something that is, technologically, almost obsolete,” Orson Welles declared in a 1985 interview, recorded by ‘Arte TV’ (source in Spanish), months before his death.”
“The HBO Original has earned 32 Emmys, three Peabody Awards, two GLAAD Media Awards, nine Writers Guild Awards and nine PGA Awards.”
“I wrote one joke about Trump and it took me about 18 months”
“nearly 40 years later, a project led by the Spanish Film Archive, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Française, Italy’s Cineteca Nazionale and Munich’s Filmmuseum, aims to gather the material scattered across these four countries in or…”
“The studio has built one of Bollywood’s most recognizable franchise operations through its YRF spy universe, which spans seven films and counts “Pathaan,” “War” and the “Tiger” series among its entries.”
“Clayface, premiering Oct. 23 in theaters”
“a shoot that began in 1957 in Mexico and then stretched over the next three decades of his life, without a final version ever seeing the light of day.”
“The next chapter, “Alpha” – a female-led entry starring Alia Bhatt and Sharvari, alongside Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol – is set for theatrical release on July 3.”
“Man of Tomorrow, which is set for July 9, 2027”
““We are not talking about a restoration,” clarifies Esteve Riambau, a historian specialising in Welles and former director of the Catalan Film Archive. “We’re talking about reconstructing a film whose ideas and materials kept changing, wit…”
“who also helmed YRF Entertainment’s debut Netflix miniseries “The Railway Men,” a four-part drama set against the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.”
“The Lanterns series is also expected to premiere on HBO in 2026”
“It was a very disappointing version because he mixed the material with a documentary by RAI [the Italian public broadcaster] and even smuggled in his own images as if they were original,” Riambau explains. The Spanish dubbing of the film i…”
“YRF Entertainment’s second Netflix series, “Mandala Murders,” a mythological crime thriller starring Vaani Kapoor, premiered on the platform last year.”
“Supergirl is currently looking at a $68M global opening weekend”
“Technically, this will be the second time the Spanish Film Archive has been involved in this cinematic feat: Franco’s adaptation was at the time overseen by José María Prado, the institution’s longstanding head from 1989 to 2016, a former …”
“He also has Guy Ritchie’s “Wife & Dog” and George Jacques’ “Sunny Dancer” in the pipeline.”
“taking $38M domestically”
“Over the remainder of 2026, the institutions involved will study and rework the original script, which runs to 2,000 pages, and digitise the material available: some 70,000 metres of film. In 2027 they will carry out a comparative analysis…”
“and was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale in 2011.”
“Only slightly surpassing Joker: Folie a Deux‘s $37.6M domestic opening”
“It was in 1957 that Welles set about bringing Don Quixote to the big screen. An undertaking apparently cursed for filmmakers... The cover documentary was titled ‘Viaggio nel paese di Don Chisciotte’, ‘Journey through the Country of Don Qui…”
“Mugan, who had about eight weeks to design outfits prior to production starting, describes how Sarnoski wanted to track Robin Hood in three parts...”
“far behind Arther Fleck’s $114.8M global opening for the 2024 Todd Phillips-directed sequel”
“Welles shot in Santa María de la Huerta and Calatañazor (Soria), Pedraza (Segovia), Brihuega (Guadalajara) and in the city of Valladolid.”
“Robin Hood’s clothes in the first half of the film, including a fur coat that weighed roughly 200 pounds, were made from materials his character would’ve found out in the wild during the time period.”
“with 51% of the gross coming from Imax”
“When asked in 1960 in which Spanish town he would like to live, the American did not hesitate. “Ávila. The climate is awful: very hot in summer; very cold in winter. It is a strange and tragic place. I don’t know why I feel something so sp…”
“which was shot on location in the middle of Ireland’s harsh winter over 30 days, and features extensive fight choreography, bloody deaths, fire and muddy landscapes.”
“($7.4M) and PLFs”
“The artist, born in Zagreb in the former Yugoslavia, retrieved some 50,000 metres of negative in 2017, whose digitisation will be carr”
“the hair department had three versions of the silver wig: one that was muddy and bloody, one that was kept clean, and one that was used for the photo double and stunt double...”
“against its reported $175M budget”
“Flanigan, who has worked with Jackman over the past several years, including on 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' 'Song Sung Blue' and 'The Sheep Detectives,' describes him as a 'collaborative' artist...”
“Love Island USA Aftersun has gained more attention this year with new hosts Ciara Miller and Tefi Pessoa. The revamped companion weekly talk show saw a 144% increase in audience from Season 7 at its debut, with viewers curious to see the n…”
“‘You got to take that call,’”
“We filmed this last episode from 3:30pm-9:45pm!”
“My wife and my 11-year-old son binged exactly like you did. They didn’t stop.”
“You guys need to fucking relax. We film for 6 hours.”
“There was a lot I couldn’t do because of my Disney ‘Avatar’ contract… They were like, ‘James Cameron won’t let you.’”
“Gabriel has now left the Villa and will not be returning,”
“By the time you get to Hayden killing his mom and killing a detective from another country, we know we’re in another genre.”
“Garland was 1 of 6 boys entering the villa to test the girls in their couples”
“while 6 new girls would also enter to test the boys’ loyalties to their couples.”
“The Love Island UK Season 13 Casa Amor twist starts on Sunday, June 28 at 9 p.m. BST on ITV2”
“Michael Jackson movie Michael continues to make history, becoming the highest grossing biopic ever with $977.4 million, ahead of Universal’s Oppenheimer.”
“Oppenheimer got to $975.8M off an Oscar season run... also a final territory boost from Japan which went very late on March 29, 2024”
“Michael made $9.2M at the global box office this past weekend ($905K domestic via Lionsgate, foreign juiced by Kino in Japan...”
“Running cume domestic is $370.2M and foreign stands at $607.2M from all territories (Universal tabulating $559.7M of that figure from their own markets).”
“Already, Michael is the highest grossing musical biopic ever, having surpassed producer Graham King’s own (he also produced Michael), Bohemian Rhapsody ($911M WW).”
“So it is better to have a shorter theatrical window before streaming? Films don’t want to make all they can in theatre before it doesn’t count at streaming? They better keep this film in theaters as long as possible so it can earn over a b…”
“It will hit 1 billion by mid July. Japan will keep it in theaters well into September, probably even October.”
