Harrison Ford Admits ‘Crystal Skull’ Wasn’t the Ending Indiana Jones Deserved: ‘Ended in Kind of a Suspended Animation’ (Video)

San Diego Union-Tribune has been acquired by an affiliate of Alden Global Capital’s MediaNews Group in a sale by the Los Angeles Times. Chris Argentieri, president and chief operating officer of the L.A. Times, confirmed the sale in a statement distributed to staff members and obtained by Variety on Monday. The message included words from owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who purchased both the Times and Union-Tribune from Tribune Publishing in 2018. “The Union-Tribune is a great news organization with a long, distinguished history that I hope will continue to serve the San Diego community for generations to come,” said Soon-Shiong. “Our intention now is to focus on the ongoing work of transforming the L.A. Times into a self-sustaining institution. Our hometown of Los Angeles and the state of California – really, the West Coast – needs a strong, independent news organization. We believe in the L.A. Times and are committed to its future.”

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Emmy-winning writer/producer/director Manny Coto, whose credits include “24” and its sequels “24: Live Another Day” and “24: Legacy,” as well as “American Horror Story,” “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Dexter,” died Sunday in Pasadena. He was 62. News of Coto’s death was confirmed by a family representative. Coto died after a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer, and passed away at his home, surrounded by family. Born in Havana, Cuba, Manuel Hector Coto was one of primetime’s most prominent Latino writers and showrunners. He shared the outstanding drama series Emmy in 2005 for Season 5 of “24,” and co-created “24: Legacy.” Coto also spend four seasons as exec producer of “American Horror Story,” and also exec produced two seasons of “American Horror Stories,” directing the 2021 episode “Feral.”

President Joe Biden and King Charles III met on Monday, but the royal family kept it casual. The king didn't give Biden the "full Royal treatment" because it wasn't an official state visit, royal commentators and experts explained to Fox News Digital. Biden stopped by the United Kingdom for a quick meeting ahead of his appearance at the NATO summit.

An aspiring actor who accused Kevin Spacey of drugging and assaulting him admitted he joked to his friends about potentially sleeping with Spacey if he couldn't find jobs. "It became a running joke, and that’s me running with the joke," he said of the mockery he made of the incident for a "sense of catharsis." On Monday, the man – who has remained anonymous – admitted that he turned to humor to cope with the traumatic event. He testified that he fell asleep at Spacey's apartment before he woke up to Spacey performing oral sex on him.

A devastated mum has been given a terminal diagnosis just months after telling her children that she was cancer free.

McDonald's has shaken up its rewards scheme and now, customers have more chances to get their hands on free food.

told the Associated Press, per ABC. “This was before people were that aware.

demanding the FDA investigate.The energy drink has a whopping 200 mg of caffeine per 12 ounce can — an 8.4 ounce can of Red Bull has 80 mg. Schumer said: “Buyer and parents beware, because it’s a serious health concern for the kids it so feverishly targets.”Temple was shocked when the other kids made a big deal out of her son’s prized beverage.“It made him seem cool,” she told The Post.

Madonna has officially postponed her 40th-anniversary ‘Celebration’ tour following her intensive care hospitalisation.The pop icon’s manager Guy Osears previously confirmed she had been hospitalised on June 24: “Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which lead to a several-day stay in the ICU,” a statement read. “Her health is improving, however, she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.”On July 10, Madonna announced all her North American dates are being postponed as her current focus is on her “health and getting stronger.”“Thank you for your positive energy, prayers and words of healing and encouragement.

Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash makes an appearance on the Barbie soundtrack.At the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Sunday (July 9), Mark Ronson, who co-wrote the track ‘I’m Just Ken’ with Andrew Wyatt for the soundtrack, confirmed Slash plays guitar on the song.Speaking to Variety, Ronson described Slash as his “all-time hero”, adding: “I sent him the song and he was like, ‘This is a good song… cool, I’ll play on it.’ He kills it, he plays the solo at the end and the rhythm parts. It’s wonderful.”You can check out a clip of the track, sung by Ryan Gosling’s Ken, below.Ronson also described the process of working with Gosling, who he said was “psyched and satisfied” with the final product.“We hadn’t met before, we just went into the studio and talked about music,” Ronson said.

Wiz Khalifa is hitting the road!

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Raven-Symoné joked that her and wife Miranda Maday’s new podcast is “not a safe space” when it comes to sharing their thoughts with fans — and each other.

Season 13 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has already wrapped, but Andy Cohen hinted that Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky‘s separation could still be a topic of conversation.

Margot Robbie was the blondest she’s ever been at the Barbie premiere in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 9.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Saoirse Ronan revealed last September to People magazine that she tried and failed to film a cameo in the upcoming “Barbie” movie, which is directed by her “Lady Bird” and “Little Women” filmmaker Greta Gerwig. It turns out Gerwig eyed even more “Barbie” cameos, including one that would’ve reunited her and Ronan with Timothée Chalamet. The Oscar nominee also appeared in “Lady Bird” and “Little Women.” “Well, it was always going to have to be like a sort of smaller thing because she was actually producing at the time, which I am so proud of her for,” Gerwig said of having to scrap Ronan’s cameo. “And of course, it’s brilliant. But it was going to be a specialty cameo. I was also going to do a specialty cameo with Timmy, and both of them couldn’t do it, and I was so annoyed. But I love them so much. But it felt like doing something without my children. I mean, I’m not their mom, but I sort of feel like their mom.”

In a departure from the first season of The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix just dropped five episodes of the drama that’s based on the bestselling novels by Michael Connelly, with plans to stream the remaining five on Aug. 3.

Comedy doesn’t always have the easiest time being taken seriously come Oscar season. Movies based on established toy brands don’t either. But, based on reaction to Sunday night’s huge world premiere at the Shrine in Downtown Los Angeles, as well as my own feelings watching it with the packed (6000+) crowd of first nighters, Barbie just may have the stuff to not only become a smash boxoffice hit this summer (I would now guarantee it) but also a surprising genuine awards contender for Warner Bros and Mattel (I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence).

EXCLUSIVE: Production has begun on Cada Minuto Cuenta, a new Prime Video drama series set against the backdrop of Mexico’s catastrophic earthquake in 1985 that claimed the lives of at least 5k people. Osvaldo Benavides, Maya Zapata, Jesús Zavala and Antonio de la Vega will star in the production set to premiere in 2024.

Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino is throwing a little shade at Threads after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his platform had crossed 100 million signups in less than a week.

Andrea Evans, the two-time Daytime Emmy nominated actor who rose to fame in the 1970s and ’80s as the troublemaking teen Tina Lord on the ABC soap One Life To Live, died Sunday of cancer. She was 66.

Reneé Rapp is reflecting on The Sex Lives of College Girls as she prepares to bid farewell to the series, which was her television debut.

EXCLUSIVE: Production on the Showdown Productions thriller In Flight has wrapped. Upon completion of post-production, the project will be shopped to distribution partners.

EXCLUSIVE: Javier Bardem has rounded the cast of Apple Studios’ untitled F1 pic starring Brad Pitt. The cast also includes Damson Idris, Kerry Condon and Tobias Menzies. Joseph Kosinski is set to direct.

Ain’t No Mo star and playwright Jordan E. Cooper, KPOP composer Helen Park, and Ojibwe and Oneida performance artist Ty Defoe are among the new members of the Tony Award nominating committee.

Facing the worst reviews ever for an Indiana Jones movie, the Lucasfilm franchise finale, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, is hoping to gain traction with audiences and best its $60M-$65M domestic start, $140M global opening.

It looks like everyone isn’t entirely thrilled to see Hugh Jackman suit up as Wolverine again for Deadpool 3.

Harrison Ford has suited up for the latest premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny!

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” This latest — and last — turn for Harrison Ford’s famed archaeologist gave Mangold many features to pull inspiration from, starting with 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” as directed by Steven Spielberg.“When we talk about the ‘Raiders’ film, and even Steven’s work in general, which has always been a big influence on me, you have to kind of understand that Steven himself is highly influenced and inspired by the classical, Golden Age, Hollywood style,” Mangold told TheWrap. “So you’re talking about a compendium of influences.”But when it came to crafting the character of Helena, played by “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mangold went back to the 1940s screwball world of director Preston Sturges.

The stars of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny took over the 2023 Taormina Film Festival for the latest film premiere!

Max Friday. “When it’s helpful, I’m happy to have it, and when it’s not, I’m disappointed that we’ve chosen to use it,” Ford said. “I think it’s not a question of the technology, it’s how you use it,” he continued. “I mean, we have the capacity to generate more enemies than anyone would ever face before. More airplanes in the sky than anyone would ever see.

whether TCM — which shows predominately studio era films from the 1960s and earlier — will exist by the end of the year.By coincidence, last week TheWrap spoke to “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” director James Mangold who, during a discussion of his appreciation of old cinema, spoke warmly about TCM and it’s place as a repository of knowledge and history for films as a medium“Part of the joy of loving these movies is that they feel a little bit like they’re just ours and not everybody [elses],” Mangold told TheWrap. “The reality is that there is all sorts of great art that doesn’t necessarily reach a mass audience; it doesn’t have the support of mass marketing; it doesn’t have contemporary stars, with both gossip and press pieces floating through the blogosphere; it doesn’t have anything in support of that that’s going to make it topical and a must see in the moment,” Mangold said.

Harrison Ford is ready to say goodbye to Indiana Jones — but first, one last adventure!«That music follows me everywhere I go,» Ford joked of composer John Williams' iconic theme music for the beloved franchise. «They were playing it over speakers in the operating room when I did my last colonoscopy!»Ford and director James Mangold sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner this week to discuss the fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones franchise, For Mangold, taking over the franchise from legendary director Steven Spielberg was intimidating, not only as a fan of Ford's, but also as a filmmaker who grew up being inspired by Spielberg and George Lucas, who created the beloved films and franchises that the actor is best known for.«To find myself, not only being lucky enough to be a movie director, but to be a movie director who's collaborating with his heroes on a personal level, yes, feels like an honor,» he marveled.

final installment of the long-running franchise to include Ford, 80, is titled “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and is set to be released on June 30.The star explained to Digital Spy in a recent interview why there is a 15-year gap between the fourth and fifth films.He noted that the studio wasn’t clamoring to release another flick so soon after “Crystal Skull” debuted.“Well, it wasn’t as though we sat around for 10 years waiting to come up with an idea,” Ford said.  “When we finished the last film, I don’t think anybody thought about going and doing another film for some time,” he added.The length of time between the last two movies could also be attributed to “Crystal Skull’s” not-so-good reviews.While it was regarded as 2008’s second highest-grossing film and took in about $790 million, it holds a 53% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.Critics’ reviews were mixed, with one person even calling it “the most lifeless of the series” and “simply [not] a very good motion picture.”Ford continued to tell the entertainment news outlet that “there were some interesting ideas that were floated” for a fifth movie over the last few years, however, producers weren’t too keen about them.“And then we found an idea, and a script, and a strong story that we wanted to tell,” he gushed about “Dial of Destiny.” “Dial of Destiny” takes place in the mid-1960s with Indiana joining his goddaughter Helena Shaw (played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge) as they go on a quest to find a dial that can change history.“The Wolverine” director James Mangold is helming the feature and it also stars the talents of Antonio Banderas, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, Ethann Isidore and Mads Mikkelsen.Ford was also digitally de-aged for the flick, as the new story

James Mangold’s life, Harrison Ford told him he was worried Indy was looking too old.  It was the fall of 2019, and Mangold had joined the team working on the film adaptation of “The Call of the Wild,” in which Ford plays a rugged frontiersman, to help with reshoots. In their downtime, Ford began confiding in Mangold about the fifth “Indiana Jones” movie, which had been bouncing around in development for the better part of three years. Steven Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp had conceived a roughly five-minute opening sequence set during World War II, in which Ford would be digitally de-aged. Ford wasn’t sure it was a good idea.