Jennifer Affleck and Ben Affleck stepped out to celebrate their son Samuel's 14th birthday after the actress opened up about co-parenting their three children. The exes were photographed walking together at Combat Paintball Park in Castaic, Calif., on Saturday afternoon. Garner kept her head down while Affleck looked straight ahead as they carried their gear. Samuel and two of his friends followed shortly behind. Garner and Affleck's joint outing comes after the “13 Going on 30” star got candid about raising their kids since their 2015 separation. By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The “Alias” alum explained there was “a little bit of a loss in that” but also “something gained,” saying, “You also just learn, it's made me let go and not focus so much on the bringing up.” Last March, they were spotted being affectionate and warmly holding hands during another paintball outing with Samuel. The following month, they came together to celebrate Easter with their kids. The “Daredevil” co-stars also appeared in good spirits while taking their youngest two kids, Samuel and Seraphina, to a Red Sox game that July and to the movies last September. The “Gone Girl” actor, who was last married to Jennifer Lopez from 2022 to 2025, is seemingly single, while Garner has been dating businessman John Miller since 2018.

But that's not at all as far as records go: It's the best horror opening ever for Paramount, besting Paranormal Activity 3‘s $52.5M and it's the best opening ever for a February horror movie, ahead of 2001's Hannibal ($58M). The success of Scream 7 is a confluence of both nostalgic fans and a new generation embracing the franchise. Getting Scream 7 booked in Imax was also a huge deal particularly as it coincided with the 30th celebration of Ghostface, all of this building toward the weekend we're seeing. Certainly that was out there online among a portion of fans, however, Paramount's marketing mission was to create enough desire, positivity surrounding the installment timed to the franchise's 30th anniversary and Neve Campbell's return. “This historic, franchise record-breaking box office performance is a testament to the enduring legacy created by our director Kevin Williamson 30 years ago, led by the incomparable Neve Campbell, breakout star Isabel May, legacy stalwart Courteney Cox and the entire cast. We applaud everyone at Paramount Pictures, especially Josh Greenstein and Dana Goldberg, who have been tremendously supportive since day one and were committed to making Scream 7 a priority tentpole for the studio, alongside Josh Goldstine who designed a bold marketing campaign and Shaun Barber who eventized the theatrical release with premium formats and a franchise-first, in IMAX. We are proud to celebrate the success of the seventh installment with our good friends and producing partners William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein at Project X. We are truly grateful to audiences around the world who enthusiastically showed up to theaters, ready for another thrilling Ghostface experience,” said Gary Barber, Chairman and CEO, Spyglass Media Group. As we told you Spyglass and Paramount co-financed the movie 50/50 for a net $45M production cost before P&A. While all premium and Imax screens delivered 40% of the domestic box office, Imax alone did $7.1M around the world for Scream 7, $5.5M stateside at 412 auditoriums and $1.6M abroad from 326 hubs. As we told you, it's the first time that a Scream franchise movie has played in Imax, hence great date, Paramount. It's the first time that any Scream film has broke over $30M offshore on opening weekend, a very big deal. There were some cool stunts which traveled around the world, read in Italy Ghostface was stomped in the snow, Ghostface artwork and trailers were projected on major landmarks around the world, and there was a Scream house in the UK. Global partners included Reese's chocolate with a “Scream for Reese's” Halloween campaign and a bespoke Uber France prank activation featuring Ghostface and leading influencers. 1 $5.3M at 596 sites, which was the biggest opening for the franchise, a Paramount horror movie, and a horror pic YTD, +28% over Scream VI. 2 at 431 theaters, however, it also repped the biggest horror opening YTD, +2% above Scream VI. 1s, and franchise best and horror 2026 debut highs included Australia ($2.5M at 291 theaters, +20% Over Scream VI), Germany ($2.4M plus previews at 494 sites, +30% above Scream VI), Brazil ($2.3M including previews from 775 sites, +19% from Scream 6 and the biggest opening of the year), Italy ($1.8M at 358 cinemas (+90% over Scream VI and the biggest Paramount horror opening ever), Spain ($1.4M at 304 sites, +61% above Scream VI), Netherlands ($600K at 99 sites, +12% above Scream VI), Belgium ($525K at 80 sites, +22% above Scream VI), Colombia ($517K at 226 sites, +80% above Scream VI and also the biggest opening of the year there), Argentina ($489K at 220 also the biggest opening of the year, +74% above Scream VI and biggest Paramount horror bow ever), Peru ($447K at 109 sites, +83% above Scream VI), Austria ($432K at 61 cinemas, +20% above Scream VI and also the biggest ever for a Paramount horror movie) and Greece ($359K at 85 sites, +49% above Scream VI). Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong release next week. There's a better run out for Scream 7 as opposed to Scream VI which in its third week came up against John Wick: Chapter 4. GOAT (Sony) 3,707 (-156) theaters, Fri $2.6M (-32%) Sat $5.5M Sun $3.7M, 3-day $12M (-29%), Total $73.9M/Wk 3 Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined – Live in Mexico City (Traf) 833 theaters, Fri $2.1M, Sat $1.2M Sun $301K 3-day $3.7M/Wk 1 EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (NEON) 1,903 (+1688) theaters, Fri $1.1M (-21%) Sat $1.3M Sun $1M, 3-day $3.5M (+9%), Total $7.8M/Wk 2Great hold here by the King, granted there was a big boost in screens. Crime 101 (AMZ) 2,607 (-554) theaters, Fri $934K Sat $1.5M Sun $938K , 3-day $3.4M (-38%), Total $30M/Wk 3 I Can Only Imagine 2 (LG) 3,105 theaters, Fri $900K (-76%) Sat $1.35M Sun $880K 3-day $3.1M (-60%), Total $13.2M/Wk 2 Send Help (20th) 2,500 (-300) theaters, Fri $758K (-38%) Sat $1.3M Sun $762K 3-day $2.82M (-36%), Total $59.9M/Wk 5 How to Make a Killing (A24) 1,726 (+101) theaters, Fri $452K Sat $645K Sun $464K 3-day $1.56M (-55%) Total $6.2M/Wk 2 10 Zootopia 2 (Dis) 1,350 (-470) theaters, Fri $277K (-43%) Sat $730K Sun $431K3-day $1.43M (-35%), Total $425.8M/Wk 14 SATURDAY AM: Paramount-Spyglass' Scream 7 is still shouting toward a $60M weekend in North America, maybe more if word of mouth can keep up. Definite recommend on PostTrak stands at 61% which is very good for any movie, but it's lower than the 74% of Scream VI which starred Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera. What's clear, the absence of that duo hasn't hurt ticket sales. Scream on its old guard of Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox prevails. In Screen Engine/Comscore PostTrak exits, 56% came to the movie because it's part of a franchise they love, 30% came for the cast. Rivals are predicting a mid-$60M opening, but that all depends on whether Saturday can withstand a -20% decline against that $28.8M. Presales were heavy with 53% of the audience buying their tickets within the last week or a week ago. Scream 7 is propelling the weekend to an estimated $110.3M for all titles, which is +103% over the same weekend a year ago. CinemaScore is a B-, which is lower than Scream VI‘s B+ and on par with 2011's Scream 4 (which was a low point for the franchise; that pic opening to $18.6M and finaling at $38.1M domestic, $97.2M WW). A B+ CinemaScore is the highest ever achieved by any Scream movie and that grade also went to the original 1996 movie, and its 1997 sequel, Scream 2. For Scream VI, it was the 18-24 crowd who were the biggest at 41% and this time it was 25-34 demo at 32%. Hispanic and Latino is slightly lighter this time around at 30% (but still strong) versus Scream VI‘s 38%. Caucasian was 39%, a much stronger turnout from Black moviegoers at 20% (compared to Scream VI‘s 12%), with Asian American at 3% (down from VI‘s 12%). iSpot shows only $6M being spent for Scream 7 spots in a very targeted campaign that included NFL, NBA, SportsCenter and Men's College Basketball. Also, remember Paramount booked that lucrative pre-game Super Bowl spot for Scream 7. Elsewhere in the top 10, Trafalgar has a Twenty-One Pilots concert movie, Twenty One Pilots: More Than We Ever Imagined – Live in Mexico City. Pic is playing some Imax screens and did an estimated $2.1M on Friday with an eye on $3.6M for the weekend in fourth place at 833 locations. Top performing markets include Salt Lake City, Philly, Phoenix, Orlando, Denver, Tampa, Detroit, Cleveland, Nashville and more. UPDATED FRIDAY MIDDAY: David Ellison can celebrate another win this weekend in addition to taking pole position with Warner Bros and that's that Scream 7 is heading to a franchise opening record of $59M after a $28M Friday that includes previews. Previous opening record was 2023's Scream VI with $44.4M domestic. And as an extra bonus today, the PSKY stock is up post following news of Warner Bros' realizing Paramount's superior offer with $13.51 at the time of this post, +21%. Given the big opening for Scream 7, the entire weekend looks to be well ahead of the same frame a year ago (Feb. finale/beginning of March) which did $54.4M per Box Office Mojo. RELATED: Where to Watch All The ‘Scream' Films: Streaming Guide UPDATED Friday AM after Thursday PM EXCLUSIVE: Scream 7 preview figures came in higher Friday with $7.8 million, which as we told you last night is a franchise record. The question now is how frontloaded will it be. The 2022 Spyglass/Paramount revival Scream did $13.3M in previews/first Friday, which was 44% of its three-day total ($30M) — granted that came during a four-day MLK weekend ($33.8M). According to RelishMix, prerelease social media universe stats on Scream 7 at 264.5 million are running 11% above horror-franchise norms across TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram combined. At the same time, they are behind Scream VI‘s 360.5M social media reach by 27%. Neve Campbell is active on social, bringing 672,000 fans, while Courteney Cox stands by in pre-activation mode with her 20.7M fans. Conversation is mixed-positive per RelishMix, the better word of mouth due to Campbell's return as the franchise's spine, rather than just a cameo. “Fans are cheering while also acknowledging Sidney's life is basically a permanent caller ID jump-scare. There's also genuine craft-appreciation for franchise iconography and the ‘back where it started' vibe, plus nerdy deep-cuts that compare it to Halloween style final-girl mythology. and ‘This trailer has absolutely sold me… I'm going opening night.' PREVIOUSLY, EXCLUSIVE: After becoming the lead bidder for Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount is capping off a great Thursday with $7.5 million in previews for the Spyglass co-production Scream 7, which would rep a franchise record. Scream VI previously posted franchise records for previews ($5.7M), ahead of a three-day domestic opening ($44.4M) and global debut ($66.4M). Paramount didn't return request for comment. All of Scream 7‘s money is from tonight, starting with a 6 p.m. fan preview on premium screens with extra content and tchotchkes followed by broader previews at 6:30 p.m. Scream 7 won't be playing in 3D like the 2023 title, but instead will be booked in Imax and ScreenX auditoriums for the first time in the horror franchise's history. The seventhquel is also playing D-Box and premium large-format screens. Critics are far more severe on Scream 7 than the recent Radio Silence reboots at 38% Rotten, and an audience score of 79%. The action has Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott back in Pine Grove with her daughter (Isabel May) in tow. Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) produce this time around after helming the 2022 reboot Scream and 2023's Scream VI. Courtney Cox's Gale Weathers is among other Scream dramatis personae are back for part seven. Scream 7 is the only wide major studio entry this weekend. The six previous Scream movies have grossed a combined worldwide total of $908.5M. Scream 7 is playing 52 offshore territories this weekend including Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and the UK. Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy. Scream 6 being so good is what got them these numbers. They need to thank Melissa/ Jenna and Radio silence for getting people interested in Scream again. Its excessive attempt to be meta felt forced and resulted in a complete letdown. Yet you already paid to see it lol Saying this when scream 3, 5, and 6 exist is wild. Good or bad, at least they have an actress in the lead this time who knows how to act Proves how dumb they were to ever stray away from Neve. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networks Send us a tip using our annonymous form. 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Pretty soon, public school students in Louisiana, from kindergarten up through college, will see the Ten Commandments displayed in every classroom — math, science, even gym. And if this Louisiana Ten Commandments case continues to make its way up to the highest court in the land, it could have a devastating impact on the separation of church and state. She says that the Ten Commandments going up in Louisiana schools is not only a win that shows how much power Christian nationalists are acquiring, it is also a step towards further shifting the country to the right by educating children on Christianity. “Within Christian nationalism they would see [the recent ruling] as a victory and a step toward changing public education to become Christian,” says Bjork-James. “Which they see as a moral imperative to make the country more in line with their vision of what God wants.” (These claims are often fervently challenged by constitutional and historical experts.) “You can see Christian right leaders making claims that we wouldn't have so many school shootings, there wouldn't be so much violence, there wouldn't be drug use, if there was more Christianity in schools,” says Bjork-James. “Evangelicals have produced a significant amount of content that tells the story of America as one that is blessed by God, has a divine relationship with God and centers Christianity,” she continues. And while most historians would refute this, they see [religion in school] as going back to the country's origins.” Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has publicly espoused these sorts of views. He also told a reporter that if the Ten Commandments had been displayed in Thomas Matthew Crooks' classroom, he may not have attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump in July 2024. “This is a significant shift, because it's normalizing a particular narrative that erodes the separation of Church and State,” says Bjork-James. How ICE Turned Immigration Into a Church-State Power Struggle Brett Kavanaugh Has a Clear Conflict in School-Prayer Case. Bjork-James ties this back to the decimation of abortion rights. “Dobbs was such a huge success for them that it freed up some political attention to expand and experiment with what else they can achieve.” While the term Christian nationalist was created by academics, and thus many people who share this worldview don't identify as such, PRRI asked Americans about their belief systems and found that one third of Americans hold views that would qualify as Christian nationalist. The organization also found that a majority of Republicans (56 percent) ascribe to Christian nationalism. Deckman says you can see its spillover effects in a lot of the state legislatures that are trying to break down the wall that separates church and state. “There's been a prolonged movement by conservative Christians to influence the curriculum of America's classrooms,” says Deckman, who has written extensively about public schools and the Christian right. “You had a Supreme Court that was far more likely to rule against what they saw as an encroachment of the state violating the establishment clause. Conservative Christians felt that the liberal court was removing God from classrooms.” TEXAS AND ARKANSAS ALSO HAVE TENCommandments laws on the books that are facing legal challenges. Attorney General Liz Murrill has provided examples of posters that she says comply with the law, including posters that incorporate Mean Girls' Regina George, Hamilton playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda, and quotes attributed to late SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which her granddaughter has told us was “misleading the public.” Under the Louisiana law, the Ten Commandments must be depicted “in a large, easily readable font,” and the poster can be no smaller than 11 by 14 inches. “My office has issued clear guidance to our public schools on how to comply with the law, and we have created multiple examples of posters demonstrating how it can be applied constitutionally. MAGA Reacts to Trump's Strikes on Iran: ‘Absolutely Disgusting and Evil' 'SNL' Weekend Update Uses Trump's Own Words Against Him on Iran War “Today's ruling is extremely disappointing and would unnecessarily force Louisiana's public school families into a game of constitutional whack-a-mole in every school district,” their joint statement says. “We will continue fighting for the religious freedom of Louisiana's families.” Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation.

Chet Hanks — the son of Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson — has revealed that he's found himself in an unexpected situation while enjoying a trip abroad. Taking to Instagram on Friday, February 27, he shared a video in which he starts by looking into the camera and saying, “Ya'll ready for story time?” Explaining that his American passport was close to expiring, he noted that “sometimes they don't let you in the country, even if it hasn't expired, but it's about to expire.” However, when he got to the airport for his international flight out of Medellin, he says, “They tell me that if I'm using a foreign passport, I need a green card to get back into America.” Chet says that he doesn't have a green card. He added, “Granted, there's worse places to be stuck, but I literally have no … idea what I'm gonna do, and the only embassy to get this … settled is in Bogota.” When Chet shared what was happening to him on Instagram, his social media followers left comments that included everything from advice to a quote from one of his dad's most memorable movies. Rapper Kreayshawn joked, “Time to start a family out there 😂” Someone else left a message with advice, saying, “Better call someone in your family to have them FedEx your passport to you ASAP.” Another person made an offer, writing, “I can fly out to you and bring your American passport.. where is it at. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

In the high-wire, PSA-style skit titled ‘Tourette's,' a host of celebrities, including J.K. Rowling, Mel Gibson, The Real Housewives of New York star Jill Zarin, Armie Hammer, Louis C.K., Bill Cosby and Ye claim they suffer from Tourette's, which would explain problematic comments or actions they have been involved in. 'Heated Rivalry' Star Hudson Williams Skates Onto Connor Storrie's 'SNL' Debut In Cameo Connor Storrie's Monologue Sets The Stage For U.S. Hockey Truce As Stars Say "It Was Gonna Be Just Us, But We Thought We'd Invite The Guys Too" For instance, Zarin, played by Sarah Sherman, whose recent video critique of Bad Bunny's Super Bowl half-time show led to her firing from the Real Housewives‘ revival series, revealed, “I suffer from severe longwinded monologue-style Tourette's, a condition that affects nine out of 10 people on Long Island.” Then there was actor Hammer, played by the episode's host Connor Storrie, “Not many people know this, but one of the most common side effects of Tourette's is cannibalism.” Added Rowling (Ashley Padilla), “Tourette's isn't just blurting out an offensive word. It can be years-long obsession with something like trans life and a deep anger that someone who was born with a wand in their pants would want that one removed and replaced with a Horcrux.” SNL veteran Kenan Thompson reprised his popular Cosby impersonation, with the disgraced comedian claiming that he suffers from “something called the drink Tourette's,” while Ye confessed to having “three different kinds of Tourette's.” Whether you find the sketch all in good fun or in bad taste, you can watch it above. Harkening back to the BAFTA controversy, SNL‘s mock Tourette's PSA was “brought to you by National Workforce of Rethinking Disabilities, or N.W.O.R.D.” At last weekend's BAFTA ceremony, Davidson shouted the N-word at presenters Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan, along with other expletives during the event. Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy. It seemed like they purposely tried using other cast members rather than relying on Padilla and Dismukes and it was felt. This sketch would've been the best of the episode had it aired and that Louis CK impression is phenomenal. Most Tourette's sufferers are suicidal, so thank god this didn't make it into the actual show. This is no different than a sketch mocking people with Down syndrome or extreme autism. It's a state of intense internal suffering I would never wish upon anyone. We would never laugh at someone fighting cancer or managing diabetes. People with Tourette's deserve that same compassion and respect. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networks Send us a tip using our annonymous form. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.

Is Saturday Night Live finally approaching a manageable cast size after years of flirting with (and sometimes surpassing) record numbers? With Bowen Yang gone (and not counting the sketch-light Weekend Update anchors, despite Colin Jost logging more sketch time this season), the show currently has seven main-cast performers and seven featured players. On this week's Connor Storrie-hosted episode, Chloe Fineman didn't appear to be there—she wasn't in any live sketches or the pre-tape segment, and I didn't catch her at the goodnights—and a few other cast members (Andrew Dismukes, Kenan Thompson, and Jane Wickline) didn't show up live until the last two sketches of the night. So for most of the episode, it felt like the show was suddenly leaner, if not especially meaner, drawing from a pool of ten performers for the first hour's worth of live material. From that group of ten, only Mikey Day is a long-timer, and the sketches seemed to be underlining the smaller crew's relatively youthful bent. Intentional or not (and it was probably not), this was weirdly noticeable: Host Connor Storrie is youngish, but at 26, and best-known for a TV show where he plays a professional hockey player, there's no particular reason he would need to play a teenager in multiple sketches. Yet twice he was cast as the hunky (well, obviously that's understandable) popular kid, with a third sketch premised on his character urging a bunch of co-workers to at least act like teenagers (or, depending on your point of view, characters on Severance). The real surprise of the episode was how little this small-cast, young-character energy actually paid off, especially in a deadly opening half-hour. The cold open is often a lost cause and the monologue isn't really meant to be a LOL highlight, but I've rarely felt quite so stone-faced, and then quite so anguished, as during the first proper sketch of the night, with Marcello Hernández as a… teacher who has an accent? Sometimes the show has done neat behind-the-scenes videos about sketches that score particularly well, like the Ashley Padilla haircut bit from a few episodes back. I'd actually love to see one of those for this sketch. How did it manage to be deeply strange as a piece of comedy writing yet not get a single laugh from its strangeness? (I think I have the beginnings of an answer to that: It was the rare strange comedy sketch that didn't actually seem to realize it was strange.) Granted, the audience seemed to like it pretty well, but didn't it just seem like they were laughing at the “funny” voice? I want a full-scale investigation of how that sketch happened. Storrie's other teenager-centric sketch fared only somewhat better. He played a jock won over by a nerd (Ben Marshall), who proceeds to lose the room all over again with an extremely off-putting thank-you song. As much as I didn't care for some of Please Don't Destroy's videos, his energy does read a bit better in pretapes than in a live setting. He did some dexterous physical comedy, punctuated by the varied reactions of the ladies played by Jane Wickline, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla, and Veronika Slowikowska. It felt like the exact right pitch for Storrie's oddball-heartthrob sensibility—only slightly marred by another form of youthful vigor. This time, it wasn't really the show's fault: The audience was so excited to see Storrie ripping off his clothes that their delighted shrieks stepped on some of the jokes. But you can't blame a shaky outing on the audience—or even on an inexperienced host, given how Storrie threw himself into most of these roles. Throughout the episode, a slightly pared-down cast seemed on the verge of gelling into something more substantial, only to ease up just enough to fall back apart. This episode had one great high concept, flawlessly executed by… not Ashley Padilla?! No, this week it was Veronika Slowikowska, doing her first Weekend Update desk piece as a maid of honor delivering extremely serious news of the week embedded in a toast. It was a funny idea on its own, but it was Slowikowska's pitch-perfect delivery that sold it: She absolutely nailed the style, cadence, and chummy stiffness of a cutesy wedding speech. The joke variety of the sketch where Storrie proposes an “office dance” was terrific, with Dismukes waxing fondly over Severance, Sherman not realizing the office has a women's bathroom, James Austin Johnson doing a primo nerd-take to the camera, and Storrie earnestly coaxing everyone to embrace their inner teenagers. Obviously not every pre-tape is going to be gold, but it's rare that one feels as conceptually emaciated as a bunch of guys saying “how dare you!” and slapping each other. Ryan Gosling's fourth time hosting combined with the presumed visual splendor of a first-time appearance from Gorillaz is exactly the kind of dream-team combination that seems likely to disappoint! Recommended for You1"Thousands of layoffs" anticipated under terms of $111 billion Warner Bros./Paramount deal2Where to watch the 2026 Oscar nominees3DTF St. Louis is really effing good4It's-a not you, it's-a me, Mario: Why Nintendo's heroes and princesses aren't going steady5Star-studded audio drama Bronzeville brought a "Black Metropolis" to life

Mumford & Sons returned to Studio 8H on Saturday night — and they didn't come alone. The folk-rock band made their fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live on February 28th, performing material from their new album Prizefighter, released February 20th. The set's standout moment came when Hozier walked out to join the band for a live performance of “Rubber Band Man,” their collaboration that has spent 10 weeks at No. Madonna Steals the Spotlight at Dolce & Gabbana's Milan Fashion Week Show How to Watch WWE Elimination Chamber 2026 Live Online for Free The episode was hosted by Connor Storrie, the 26-year-old Canadian actor best known for his role as Shane Hollander on HBO Max's Heated Rivalry, making his SNL debut. The night's other talking point came during a late-night sketch filmed on location at the Rink at Rockefeller Center, where Storrie's Heated Rivalry costar Hudson Williams made an unannounced cameo. Beyond “Rubber Band Man,” the band performed additional material from Prizefighter, which also features tracks including “The Banjo Song” and “Here.” A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry

Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update bashed Trump's efforts at regime change in Iran by reminding everyone what he said about Barack Obama 16 years ago. Trump announced early Saturday that the U.S. and Israel were striking Iran, and encouraged Iranian citizens to then “take over your government.” It was later confirmed that the U.S.-Israeli attacks had killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader since 1989. According to the Iranian rights group HRANA, 133 civilians had been killed and 200 others were injured as of late Saturday. “You guys, I'm starting to worry that President Trump might not win that peace prize,” Colin Jost began, as Trump has been angling for the the Nobel Peace Prize and trying to sell all the wars he has supposedly ended. So let's hear from someone who can explain why we might have done it,” Jost continued, playing a 2011 clip of Trump criticizing then-President Barack Obama. “Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate,” Trump says while sitting behind his desk at Trump Tower. “He did—Netanyahu said it was okay,” Che joked of the Israeli prime minister, who for decades has been claiming that Iran was close to developing nuclear weaponry. 'SNL' Weekend Update Uses Trump's Own Words Against Him on Iran War MAGA Reacts to Trump's Strikes on Iran: ‘Absolutely Disgusting and Evil' 'SNL' Cold Open: Trump Tells His 'America First' Voters Why They Shouldn't Feel Duped by Iran War Weekend Update also addressed Trump's record-length State of the Union address on Tuesday, which clocked in at nearly two hours, or as Jost put it, “almost two full diapers.” “During the State of the Union address, Trump said our nation is back, ‘bigger, better and stronger than ever before,'” Jost continued. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation.

Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter Connor Storrie has officially made his Saturday Night Live debut. “Now, some of you may have seen all of me on my show Heated Rivalry,” he joked to the audience. How to Livestream Connor Storrie's 'SNL' Hosting Debut Online 'Heated Rivalry' Season 2 Is Shooting This Summer, Expected to Air in Spring 2027 Storrie's Heated Rivalry co-star Hudson Williams made a surprise appearance during a sketch taking place on the 30 Rock skating rink. The actor also lated joined Storrie in announcing musical guest Mumford & Sons together. “I have one of my best friends for life right beside me through it all, which is already a luxury that a lot of actors don't get,” Williams previously told The Hollywood Reporter. SNL went all in on Storrie leading up to Saturday's show, which featured Mumford & Sons as the musical guest. The sketch comedy series released its typical two teasers — the first showing Storrie partaking in an “accent duel” and the second showing him “making out” with cast member Sarah Sherman and Mumford & Sons. Storrie's SNL debut comes just months after his breakout role in the queer hockey drama, Heated Rivalry. Letterkenny alum Jacob Tierney created, wrote and directed the series. Heated Rivalry focuses on two rival professional players — Canada-born Shane Hollander (Williams) of the fictitious Montreal Metros and Russia-born Ilya Rozanov (Storrie) of the fictitious Boston Raiders — as they navigate a near-decade-long situationship-turned-relationship. The show has made certified stars out of both Storrie and Williams. Storrie's seemingly already found his first post-Heated Rivalry role; he's in talks to join the ensemble cast of Molly Gordon and SNL writer Allie Levitan's A24 comedy Peaked. Williams has also found his next role, re-teaming with Crave for the Carrie-Anne Moss-led series, Yaga. HBO Max has confirmed it will continue to air the series. The show is slated to shoot the second season this summer — Tierney said it would shoot in August on a recent TV appearance. Reid announced earlier this year that she'll be publishing her seventh book in the Game Changers series, which Heated Rivalry and its sequel The Long Game belong to. Ryan Gosling will host next week's episode of SNL, where he'll be joined by musical guest Gorillaz. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Inside the business of TV with breaking news, expert analysis and showrunner interviews Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood Reporter Send us a tip using our anonymous form.

While introducing Producers Guild of America Milestone Award nominee Jason Blum at the PGA Awards on Saturday night, Barry Diller made digs at David Ellison, as well as the guild itself, for giving the honor to people like Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves in previous years. Current Paramount chairman and CEO Ellison, who has been in the news in recent days for the mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is a licensed pilot for helicopter aviation, aerobatics and more. 2026 NAACP Image Awards: 'Sinners' Dominates With 13 Wins, Including Best Motion Picture Diller, a longtime friend of Blum's, continued: “Cecil B. DeMille, Disney, and now Blum: Not the most obvious succession, but then you also gave this award to Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves. Diller continued his introduction by making quips at Blum's “cheapness.” Of course, Blum, the founder and CEO of Blumhouse (behind horror franchises like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Black Phone, The Purge), is well known for investing small amounts of money in films and giving directors their creative freedom. “DeMille made movies for $15,000 and so did Blum almost 100 years later. But because we've been friends since before he matriculated, if that's the right word to describe working for Harvey Weinstein. Blum served as an executive for Bob and Harvey Weinstein at their production company Miramax before becoming an independent producer at Paramount and founding Blumhouse Productions in 2000. Diller continued: “300 films made on the lowest pay scales in film history, but he also did something quite extraordinary in itself, and that's helping artists tell stories and helping them make a lot of money. Jason though stayed focused on scary and people betting on themselves … Jason is this odd something of a Renaissance man, a true embodiment of a man [who] can do all things if it is his will. “And he's changed my life is a lot of ways.” “We're living at this time where machines are very confident that they can pick what will work, that algorithms can tell us everything we've ever watched and what we should watch next, and AI can tell us what to stream in the mood we're in next Tuesday. But what machines can't do?” He then brought up the success of Heated Rivalry, noting, “If you would ask an algorithm a few months ago to predict a low-budget gay hockey romance with zero known stars, I promise you the algorithm would have been like, ‘Do not make that show.' It needed producers.” Blum added that he even invited the hit show's producers to be his guests at the show, but they were in New York to watch Connor Storrie host Saturday Night Live. For a full list of PGA winners, click here. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day

Dean took home four awards at the ceremony in Manchester. Olivia Dean appeared on the Co-op Live's stage four times during the ceremony to sweep her categories in spectacular fashion, but it also continued a seemingly unstoppable trend at the BRITs in recent years: one artist totally dominating. Go back a year further and it was Harry Styles grabbing four trophies in 2023, and Adele scooping three prizes in 2022. Should it feel like such a forgone conclusion that a star will arrive at the ceremony as a runaway favorite in each category and head home (or to the after-party) with an armful of trophies? There are fair arguments that this could be overshadowing the broadness and depth of the U.K. music scene as a whole. It meant that someone like Lily Allen went home empty-handed, despite three nominations in album, artist and pop act categories. Her 2025 LP West End Girl was a pop culture phenomenon and summed up what's great about British music: wit, honesty and superb songcraft. Acts like Lola Young (four nominations, one win), Wolf Alice (three nominations, one win) and Dave (three nominations, one win) had their moments, but were dwarfed in Dean's winning presence. Unless you are the chosen winner of the night (whether it be Dean, Charli, RAYE or whoever), it can be hard to compete. British music is rich and varied, with subtleties across genres, scenes and cities; one hopes that when the world watches the BRIT Awards, they notice these differences and variances and want to dive deeper into every artist nominated, not just be satisfied by the headline names. Dean's memorable 2026 ceremony means she now joins the upper echelons of British music, and cements herself as a capable, cheery new leader. This is, ultimately, what the U.K. music industry wants and needs: superstars like Dean can act as the rising tide that lifts all boats. Following her big moment on mainstream terrestrial television and on social media feeds, international fans may in turn discover Fender, the North Shields-born rocker who is growing beyond the U.K. and into international territories. It also proves that the U.K. music industry remains a global leader. It can still identify top talent and nurture them into global superstars even if that doesn't happen overnight. Look at Lola Young, an artist whose breakout moment, 2024's “Messy,” came in the middle of her second album campaign. Or Wolf Alice, a beloved indie-rock band that has gigged incredibly hard over the past decade and recently signed to Sony to kickstart an ambitious new chapter of their career. Skye Newman, a nominee for breakthrough artist, will hit the road with Styles later this year and clearly has the long game in mind. But perhaps they'll be able to take solace in the fact that just by virtue of being nominated they are a part of something bigger, and a scene that still has the talent and fight to make its mark on a global stage. As Abbey Road's Sally Davies suggested to Billboard U.K. in 2025: “The music we make here is world-moving. We can be wonderfully British and too modest and humble, but maybe we need to be a bit more celebratory.” In her final acceptance speech of the night, Dean was overwhelmed with emotion. It's the kind of star-making moment that people will remember her for, much like how RAYE juggling six prizes did the same in 2024 and Harry Styles' leap to megastardom was confirmed back at 2023's ceremony. A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry

Update 2/28/2026 at 9 p.m.: Well, that was quick: THR is reporting that LaBeouf has once again been arrested in New Orleans on Saturday, on one additional charge of simple battery. LaBeouf makes headlines for bad behavior—for instance, getting arrested on charges of battery stemming from a bar fight during Mardi Gras in New Orleans—and then, after a brief period, finds a fairly forgiving venue to tell everybody how sorry he is, before eventually doing it all over again. The major distinguishing feature of any given cycle, then, mostly come down to how ebullient LaBeouf is with his mea culpas and self reflections. In that light, his latest tour is a bit of a doozy, as LaBeouf appeared on the Channel 5 With Andrew Callaghan podcast this weekend to give an extremely digressive interview in which he diagnosed himself with a pesky case of “small man complex.” (Also a “good girl,” in LaBeouf's reckoning, who he's happy to co-parent with.) And especially his tenuous grasp on sobriety, which was apparently most recently shaken by being introduced to the non-alcoholic psychoactive substance kava. The latter touches on the whole “small man complex” diagnosis, with LaBeouf—who talks extensively about years of being in various programs—putting forward his belief that he doesn't actually need more rehab in his life, instead diagnosing his issues as bristling at situations in which “my masculinity” is “being challenged.” It is truly a bizarre conversation, as LaBeouf clearly wrestles with the things he knows he's supposed to be saying—including multiple apologies to the men he allegedly fought in New Orleans—versus making accusations that those same people were “clout chasers” who invaded his personal space and sexually harassed him. Or, in LaBeouf-speak: “Big gay people are scary to me. Then I'm that.” (Frequently referencing his Catholicism—including quoting G.K. Chesterton and professing his belief that Martin Luther is in hell—LaBeouf states at one point “I'm good with gay, be gay over there, though. Recommended for You1"Thousands of layoffs" anticipated under terms of $111 billion Warner Bros./Paramount deal2Where to watch the 2026 Oscar nominees3DTF St. Louis is really effing good4It's-a not you, it's-a me, Mario: Why Nintendo's heroes and princesses aren't going steady5Star-studded audio drama Bronzeville brought a "Black Metropolis" to life

Kim Kardashian was spotted fully blinged out on the set of her new movie this week. Earlier this month, she was seen shooting scenes with Nikki Glaser and Brenda Song, rocking a skin-tight black ensemble. Though she appeared to be channeling former rival Taylor Swift's “The Life of a Showgirl” aesthetic, she's actually simply blending into the Las Vegas-themed film, which is helmed by “Desperate Housewives” maven Eva Longoria. Kardashian, who is a producer on the film, co-stars alongside Glaser, Song, Will Ferrell, Fortune Feimster, Casey Wilson, and Jack Whitehall. “A group of best friends from high school attempt to reconnect during a weekend jaunt to Vegas,” reads an official synopsis from the movie. “When a hot outsider (Kardashian) crashes the weekend, they're forced to face their messy lives, bad decisions, and unraveling friendships.” The reality icon's latest job comes amid a string of high profile acting gigs. Last year, Kardashian starred alongside Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, and Niecy Nash in Ryan Murphy's critically panned legal series “All's Fair.” By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Additionally, insiders told Page Six earlier this week that Kardashian is in talks to appear in yet another Ryan Murphy series — this one centered around “Beauty Broker” Melinda Farina, known for matching high-profile clients with elite plastic surgeons.