GODZILLA DECLAWS ‘CAT IN THE HAT’

November 9 2026: Variety reports Natalia Dyer — yes, Nancy Wheeler herself — will lead the 1408 sequel, with Elijah Wood in a supporting role. Original director Mikael Håfström is back behind the camera, co-writing with Mark Verheiden… John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson are in talks to return, but in secondary roles this time — the room has a new tenant. Plot details are under wraps (of course they are), and shooting is reportedly slated for the first quarter of 2027. No release date yet.. but there is plenty of excitement about this project..

November 9 2026: Disgraced actor Russell Brand was sentenced Monday to 10 and a half years in prison for raping a woman in 2009 and sexually assaulting three others…

Before the sentence was announced, Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter KC said his client was a "fundamentally different person today" compared to when the rape took place 17 years ago. He called the rape a "momentary total failure to respect [the woman's] consent."..

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Godzilla Minus Zero is stomping records. $13.5 million on Friday, including $6.7 million in previews, across 3,254 theaters — and it’s now tracking $30–33 million for the weekend. If that holds, it’s the biggest opening ever for a live-action foreign-language film in North America, nearly doubling the record Hero set back in 2002 ($17.8M). And audiences love it: an A CinemaScore, matching Minus One, which is almost unheard of for a subtitled release. 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, worldwide opening tipped around $60 million

This one is a relic! Salon, one of the early internet’s most influential websites that featured sharp voices and political and cultural journalism with a liberal sensibility, announced Thursday it would shut down after 31 years of publication. “It has been an extraordinary privilege,” the outlet said in a farewell note..