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EXCLUSIVE: “The Voice” Season 30 hit 7.8 million viewers in its first seven days of availability. This marks the biggest opening audience for the series since Season 27 in the spring of 2025.

The Gaza documentary “NAZA” earned a massive 24.5-minute #VeniceFilmFestival# ovation as the crowd cheered and waved Palestinian flags. This marks the longest-ever standing ovation at Venice, beating the 22-minute ovation for “The Voice of Hind Rajab” last year, and perhaps the longest at any film festival, period. The new documentary was shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv and shows “in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” per an official synopsis. Abraham and Szor interviewed 24 Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers — all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity — who were involved in the surveillance or remote killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Their appearance and voices were digitally altered to disguise their identities.

YouTube ad sales grew to $11.06B in Q2, up 12.6% year over year: • The results topped Wall Street expectations of $10.8B in ad revenue • That doesn’t include YouTube’s subscription business, which helped drive more than $60B in total revenue in 2025

Tom Cruise gives an inspirational speech while opening the FIFA #WorldCup# final: "So as we gather for one final chapter, let us celebrate a tournament that brought the world together. Let us celebrate each other. This is football. This is unity. This is greatness." (via FOX)

The series finale of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” drew 6.74M viewers on Thursday night, making it the most-watched weeknight episode in the show’s history. • The finale was up sharply from the show’s 2026 Q1 average of 2.69M viewers • It’s also above “The Late Show” series premiere on Sept. 8, 2015, which averaged 6.55M viewers • The most-watched episode remains Colbert’s post-Super Bowl broadcast on Feb. 7, 2016, which drew 20.55M viewers

EXCLUSIVE: "My Name Is Earl" star Jaime Pressly is joining OnlyFans: “I’ve always believed in evolving with the times. This is another way for me to connect directly with my audience, on my own terms, with creativity and intention. I’ve loved meeting fans at various Comic Cons, and the excitement of having those real face to face moments made me want to seek options like OnlyFans." Pressly is the latest Hollywood star to make the jump to OnlyFans. Last month, "American Pie" actor Shannon Elizabeth launched an OnlyFans profile and earned more than $1.2 million in seven days.

Emily Blunt tells Anne Hathaway during their 2023 "Actors on Actors" conversation that she’s “the glue” of "The Devil Wears Prada" and “holds the whole thing together.”

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Anne Hathaway tells Emily Blunt during their 2023 “Actors on Actors” conversation that her “when I am hungry, I eat a cube of cheese” line in “The Devil Wears Prada” is one of “the most iconic lines in cinema history.”

Anne Hathaway tells Emily Blunt during their 2023 Actors on Actors conversation that they are already in the “Devil Wears Prada” club together and have now entered the “Christopher Nolan” club.

Anne Hathaway tells Emily Blunt during their 2023 Actors on Actors conversation that her first impression of Blunt on “The Devil Wears Prada” was: “What a movie star… I just kept thinking to myself, Emily Blunt is going to be the biggest deal.”