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| Rockefeller Christmas Tree lit, announcing start of 2025 holiday season | The iconic New York City Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was lit Wednesday night, officially announcing the start of the 2025 holiday season in the Big Apple. Thousands packed Rockefeller Plaza to be on hand when the 50,000 LED lights that were wrapped around the 75-foot Norway spruce blinked to life shortly before 10 p.m. EST. during the 93rd annual event. The 11-ton tree hails from East Greenbush, N.Y., and was donated by the Russ family, on whose land was the tree grew for more than 60 of its 75 years, according to Rockefeller Center. |
| Jonas Brothers leave hand and foot prints at TCL Chinese Theater | The Jonas Brothers were honored Wednesday for their 20 years of success in the entertainment business with a hand- and footprint ceremony at the fabled TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. The three Jonas Brothers -- Kevin, Joe and Nick -- were 18, 16 and 13 the first time they visited the city, taking meetings to launch their now decades-long career, with the Chinese Theater topping their list of places to visit. "We were listening to Weezer's album" while their manager drove them around town, Joe Jonas said. "We were singing [Weezer's] 'Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be. We were like, 'We're going to do this. We're going to be out here, we're going to make it out here. |
| 'Train Dreams,' 'Twinless,' 'One of Them Days' lead Spirit noms | Film Independent announced the nominees for the 2026 Spirit Awards on Wednesday. The awards will be announced Feb. 15 in Los Angeles. The Best Feature nominees are Sorry, Baby, Train Dreams, Peter Hujar's Day, The Plague and Twinless. Best First Features include Kate Beecroft's East of Wall, Alex Russell's Lurker, Constance Tsang's Blue Sun Palace, the comedy One of Them Days and Bryan Fuller's upcoming Dust Bunny. Sorry, Baby also earned nominations for Eva Victor both as writer and director, and Naomie Ackie's performance. Train Dreams was also nominated for Clint Bentley's direction, Joel Edgerton's performance and Adolpho Veloso's cinematography. |
| Josh Hutcherson attends 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' premiere | Josh Hutcherson was among the cast members to attend the premiere of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Tuesday. Hutcherson, who wore a suit to the premiere, plays Mike, who goes looking for his missing sister Abby (Piper Rubio) at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The restaurant is filled with possessed animatronics and horror ensues. Stars Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard, McKenna Grace, Theodus Crane, Kellen Goff and Rubio were also in attendance. Skeet Ulrich, Freddy Carter and Megan Fox are among the film's other cast members. The first film arrived in 2023. The series is based on the horror video game franchise. |
| Fiennes seeks to treat zombies in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' | Ralph Fiennes' character in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple suggests he can treat the infection that creates zombies in a trailer for the film released Wednesday by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The second trailer for the fourth film in the zombie apocalypse franchise finds Fiennes' Dr. Ian Kelson encountering an infected person played by Chi Lewis-Parry, who appears to be somewhat more docile than other zombies. He's seen injecting the man with a drug as he Fiennes, in voiceover, talks about the spread of the disease and collapse of society. "I remember details, events and people," he says. "The world had an order. The foundations, they seemed unshakeable. "When the infected attack, what do they see? |