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Packages of DVDs await shipment at the Netflix headquarters in San Jose, California, in 2002.

After 25 Years, Netflix Ends DVD Rentals

As users move to online streaming, the company will mail its last disc in September

Disney just announced that a live-action remake of its 2016 film Moana is in the works.

‘Moana’ Will Set Sail Again in Disney’s Live-Action Remake

Dwayne Johnson will co-produce the film—and reprise his role as the demigod Maui

Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid.

‘The Little Mermaid’ Has Been Subverting Expectations for Decades

The 1989 Disney movie musical may have saved the Disney corporation, but it also sent important messages about identity to its young audiences

Since its debut in 1974, Dungeons & Dragons has only grown in popularity. No longer a niche game, it’s been played by more than 50 million people to date.

14 Fun Facts About Dungeons & Dragons

Before watching the new movie adaptation, here’s what you need to know about the history of the fantasy role-playing game

The museum's curator Ryan Lintelman says the egg is emblematic of the cultural import of Weaver’s character Ellen Ripley, who battles the magnificently ugly "xenomorph."

The Stars Are Aligned at the National Museum of American History

Smithsonian Curator Reveals New Details on an Egg From Sigourney Weaver’s Iconic ‘Alien’ Franchise

Get the inside scoop on the iconic prop, now on view in the exhibition “Entertainment Nation”

Richard’s life has long sparked debate, with two competing views of the last Yorkist king emerging in the centuries after his reign ended in 1485.

Based on a True Story

‘The Lost King’ Dramatizes the Search for Richard III’s Remains. The Monarch’s Life Was Even More Sensational

A new film offers a sympathetic portrait of the 15th-century ruler, who seized the crown from his nephew before dying on the battlefield

Carrie Coon (left) as Jean Cole and Keira Knightley (right) as Loretta McLaughlin in the Boston Strangler movie

Women Who Shaped History

The Tenacious Women Reporters Who Helped Expose the Boston Strangler

A new film explores Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole’s efforts to unmask a serial killer believed to have murdered 13 women between 1962 and 1964

From left to right: actor Stephanie Hsu, director Daniel Kwan, actor Jamie Lee Curtis, director Daniel Scheinert, actor Michelle Yeoh, producer Jonathan Wang and actor Ke Huy Quan at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

The Science Behind the Multiverse in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

The movie that won Best Picture imagines a reality composed of an uncountable number of universes

Director Richard Linklater won a Golden Globe Award for directing Boyhood (2014), which he shot over the course of 12 years.

Fans Worry They Won’t Live Long Enough to See Richard Linklater’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

The director is shooting his adaptation of the Sondheim musical over 20 years

Adam Driver stars in the new movie 65.

What Earth Would Have Really Looked Like in Adam Driver’s ‘65’

If you were to travel back in time you’d find a mix of the familiar and strange on our planet

Keanu Reeves at a screening of "John Wick: Chapter 4" on March 6. Scientists named a fungus-killing compound after him because of they way his on-screen characters, like John Wick, can defeat their enemies.

Scientists Name New Fungus-Killing Compounds After Keanu Reeves

The bacteria are highly effective against a common plant pest and a pathogen that infects humans

Cherry Lane bills itself as the longest continually running off-Broadway theater.

Indie Film Studio A24 Buys Off-Broadway Theater

The studio made its first foray into live performance with the purchase of the Cherry Lane Theater

A googly-eyed rock is among the items up for grabs.

You Can Buy Hot Dog Fingers and Pet Rocks From ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

A24 is selling props and costumes from the Oscar-nominated film at an upcoming charity auction

Portholes on the wreck of the Titanic

Watch Rare New Footage of the Titanic Wreck

A team of oceanographers filmed the video in 1986 during the first detailed study of the sunken ship

Emma Mackey as Emily Brontë in Emily, a new film from Frances O'Connor

Based on a True Story

The Making of Emily Brontë

A new film imagines the events that inspired the notoriously private author to write “Wuthering Heights”

Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) in the 2016 hit La La Land

‘La La Land,’ an Homage to Hollywood, Is Coming to Broadway

A stage adaptation of the hit 2016 movie musical is officially in the works

Owen Wilson as Carl Nargle in Paint

Owen Wilson Brings Bob Ross Energy to ‘Paint’

The comedy follows a fictional TV painter who bears a striking resemblance to Ross

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Script Goes to Auction

Also for sale are gifts from Harper Lee, who remained close with the Peck family for years

AMC's announcement comes amid ongoing concerns about movie theaters' financial future.

AMC Theaters Will Start Charging Based on Where You Sit

Coveted spots in the middle of the theater will cost more than front-row seats

Acclaimed director Jafar Panahi was arrested after asking about the arrests of two fellow filmmakers.

Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Released From Prison After Declaring Hunger Strike

The renowned filmmaker had been arrested in July when authorities reactivated a 2010 sentence

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