On September 22, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open in Los Angeles. Founded by George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, the museum is taking shape in Exposition Park after a long and complicated journey: initially envisioned for San Francisco and later Chicago, the project has taken more than sixteen years to come to fruition, with a total investment estimated at around $1 billion. Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects, with Stantec serving as executive architect, the [...]

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards kicked off the week of the 78th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles with two ceremonies, held September 5 and 6 at the Peacock Theater, primarily honoring the technical and creative categories that shape American television, from cinematography and visual effects to editing and production design, as well as selected performance categories. The major awards for actors and series will be presented during the September 14 ceremony, airing live on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The [...]

Meta has reached an agreement with a bipartisan coalition of U.S. attorneys general to resolve one of the most consequential legal disputes over child and teen safety on social media. Approved by a federal judge on August 27, the settlement provides for payments of up to approximately $18 billion over ten years and, more significantly, substantial changes to how Instagram and Facebook operate for minors. Meta did not admit wrongdoing. The lawsuits alleged, among other claims, that Meta designed features [...]

Martin Scorsese has been officially appointed Honorary President of the Accademia del Cinema Italiano, the institution behind the David di Donatello Awards, Italy’s most prestigious film honors. The appointment, formally approved by the Academy’s Board of Directors on September 1, follows a proposal made by Italy’s Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli in agreement with the Academy’s founding members and its President, Silvia Calandrelli. For Scorsese, an Italian American, the appointment carries particular personal significance. His relationship with Italy is deeply [...]

The Dog Stars, Ridley Scott's new post-apocalyptic feature starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley, has arrived simultaneously on two sides of the Atlantic, bringing to the U.S. and Italian box offices a major Hollywood production largely shot in Italy. In the United States, the 20th Century Studios release opened on August 28 with approximately $8 million at the domestic box office, placing fifth over the weekend. The result came in a crowded late-summer marketplace led for a fifth [...]

There are summers that simply perform well, and there are summers that change the way an industry talks about itself. 2026 belongs firmly to the second category. Across North America and Italy, the theatrical business was carried by two very different kinds of event: The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's original, filmmaker-driven adaptation, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the newest entry in one of the most dependable franchises Sony and Marvel have ever built. One proved that audiences will still turn out [...]