Gracie Cochrane wonβt be enrolling in Hogwarts this fall. HBO announced that Cochrane will depart the upcoming βHarry Potterβ series ahead of Season 2. Cochrane played Ron Weasleyβs (Alastair Stout) younger sister, Ginny, in βHarry Potter and the Philosopherβs Stone.β Cochrane and her family attributed the βchallenging decisionβ to βunforeseen circumstances.β βHer time as part…
Disasters are real β also, these days, frighteningly common, be they epic confluences of nature and negligence or the murderous and preventable kind. And when it comes to disaster movies, itβs hard to know what the acceptable level of exploitation is. Of course, director Paul Greengrass could never be confused with the unseriousness of producer…
Four of five starters scored in double digits as the UCLA womenβs basketball team dominated crosstown rival USC 80-46 Saturday at Pauley Pavilion in the first of two meetings between the crosstown rivals. Center Lauren Betts paced the fourth-ranked Bruins (14-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten) with 18 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks. Gianna Kneepkens…
Thereβs precisely one surprising moment in Scarlett Johanssonβs feature directorial debut βEleanor the Great,β written by Tory Kamen. Itβs the impetus for the entire drama that unfolds in this film, and it feels genuinely risky β a taboo that will be hard for this film to resolve. Yet, everything that unfolds around this moment is…
If history has taught us anything, itβs that no one is truly safe. That gathering dread fueled some great β70s paranoid thrillers, such as βThe Parallax Viewβ and βThe Conversation,β but itβs been difficult to replicate that eeriness in todayβs extremely online world, when our devices explain and obfuscate with abandon, conspiracies are lifeblood and…
If April is the cruelest month, per T.S. Eliot, the Oscars surely must be the cruelest (and longest) season. Other awards shows push their way into the queue for moments of borrowed red carpet glory, but the Academy Awards are what the buildup is all about and the one people remember. Thankfully, the countdown can…
The text was every parentβs worst nightmare: A 17-year-old said he had been abducted, shot and wounded by a group of men on a Florida highway. Law enforcement scrambled to the scene. A statewide alert went out to locate the boy. After it became known that the teen had said his abductors were βHispanic,β an…
Barnes & Noble was turning a page on the chainβs history of declining sales, but recent comments have stirred bad blood for the bookseller. James Daunt, the chief executive credited with breathing new life into the retailer, is clarifying the storeβs stance on stocking its shelves with AI-generated books, saying its not true that heβs…
Near the conclusion of the news conference to address his contract extension with the Lakers, Luka Doncic detailed the training program that contributed to his striking weight loss. When he was finished talking about how he lifted weight and refrained from playing basketball for a month, general manager Rob Pelinka made it a point to…
Ten days after a Russian man was mysteriously killed among a crowd of tens of thousands at Burning Man, Russian media is reporting that the manβs father has asked President Trump to have the FBI investigate. Vadim Kruglov, 37, had been living in Washington state and, according to friendsβ Instagram accounts, was making his first…