“Peacemaker” star John Cena tweeted amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine that he wished his HBO Max alter ego was a reality. “If I could somehow summon the powers of a real life #Peacemaker I think this would be a great time to do so,” the WWE champion wrote. After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 23, Ukrainian filmmakers and Russian directors have called for peace, while American actors and filmmakers like David Lynch, Angelina Jolie, AnnaLynne McCord, and now Cena have taken to social media to weigh in....

“When Barrett is confirmed, a president who lost the popular vote will have picked a quarter of the federal judiciary and a third of the Supreme Court and his choices will have been rubber-stamped by a Senate Republican majority representing 15 million fewer than the Democratic minority,” Oliver said. Oliver offered a series of quick examples of the sort of major cases that were swung by just a single vote in the court, including upholding the Affordable Cart Act, preserving Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, and striking down a restrictive abortion law in Louisiana....

But nearly three decades later, as the two stars geared up to reprise their iconic roles in Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World: Dominion,” they began to see that romance in a different light. The world has changed a lot since 1993, and what seemed normal at the time now seems strange to them. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Dern and Neill reflected on their original onscreen romance and questioned whether it was the right choice....

Soon after the movie premiered on HBO Max on June 10 and in theaters on June 11, some social media users and critics began to point out the dominance of light-skinned Latino actors featured throughout the movie, with critics observing that Black Latinx actors were primarily cast as background players in large-scale musical sequences. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the 2008 Broadway stage production on which Jon M....

“I wanted to show the uncomfortable truth that oppressed folks can also be oppressors,” Green wrote in response to a fan asking her about the portrayal of Yahima. “But I didn’t examine or unpack the moment/portrayal of Yahima as thoroughly as I should have. It’s a story point worth making, but I failed in the way I chose to make it.” Yahima debuted in the series’ fourth episode, “A History of Violence....

As reported by Variety, Hoult recalled filming one challenging fight scene alongside Theron inside of a tractor. “I knew I really arrived as an actor when there was a scene when you spat in my face,” Hoult told Theron. “I think I asked politely, ‘Do you mind if I spit back?’” Talk about a spit take! That kind of intense camaraderie on the set was also evident in an on-set feuding between Theron and co-star Tom Hardy....

“A Marriage on Trial: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and Truth in the Age of Social Media” will premiere July 13 at 10:30 p.m. ET on NBC News Now platform and be available for streaming on demand on NBCNews.com and Peacock. The 30-minute doc will focus on the “two distinct reactions — those who couldn’t get enough and those who received more than they wanted” to the Depp v. Heard defamation trial, which ultimately resulted in Depp being awarded $15 million in damages....