Summer movie highlights from the directors who made them

Megan Thee Stallion took to Twitter on June 7 to kick off the summer season with a series of sexy swimsuit pics. The 26-year-old rapper rapper reminded everyone why she’s the OG of the “Hot Girl Summer” by posing in a barely there blue bikini that perfectly showcased her curves.

It’s time to go to the movies and enjoy all the latest new movie releases out now in theatres!In a city as big and bountiful as Philly, there are so many local movie theaters near you to choose from that it can be hard to know where to start.

Forest Hills StadiumThe former site of the US Open tennis tournament will be hosting many players of a different kind — the musical one — this summer. Among the artists scheduled to take the stage in the pastoral setting nestled in the midst of Queens are Halsey (July 16 and 17), Bright Eyes (July 31) and Wilco (Aug.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor“Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan didn’t have to look far for role models when he decided to be a writer. His aunt was a journalist in his native Singapore at The Singapore Monitor.“At the time, it was a new newspaper.

The cast of Damien Chazelle’s Babylon movie is filling out.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAdam Levine, the popular Maroon 5 frontman and entertainment personality, will perform an original song for the coming animated feature film “Paw Patrol: the Movie,” backed by Spin Master Corp. and ViacomCBS’ Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures.The new song, “Good Mood,” was written by Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Oscar Görres and Adam Levine and is produced by Shellback from MXM Productions and Oscar Görres for Wolf Cousins Productions.

Journalist and filmmaker Geraldine Moriba is joining Allen Media Group’s The Grio as senior vice president of news and entertainment, focusing on development, brand sponsorships and editorial partnerships.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSavannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb are, for many, a morning habit. NBC hopes the “Today” pair will soon become an afternoon or evening one for a different kind of viewer.Starting June 8, the duo will take the network’s nearly seven-decade-old “Today” show into new territory.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen director David Leitch and Brad Pitt told Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch that they were keen to cast Aaron Taylor-Johnson for the ensemble thriller “Bullet Train,” Panitch wasn’t super-aware of the British actor.“It was a ‘I had to look him up’ kind of thing,” Panitch tells Variety.

If you’re in the United States, this is Memorial Day Weekend, and that means this is the unofficial start to the Summer Movie Season. Somewhat shockingly, considering a lot of theaters are still closed and studios are still apprehensive about releasing big blockbusters, it appears that 2021 will actually have a summer filled with big franchises, surprising indies, and original films.

Remember the summer movie season? It’s been a few years, so here’s a refresher: Lots of shiny big-budget spectacles and sunny gems specially designed to whisk you away from the real world for a few hours. (Read: No traces of a Nomadland.)

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentPresenting its plans for Latin America on Wednesday at an online pre-launch presentation, HBO Max may have just given an inkling of some of the guiding principles for its subsequent global roll out.Bowing on June 29 in 39 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean, the launch will mark the WarnerMedia’s streaming service’s first major international bow.Pricing in Latin America will be “aggressively” low when compared to the U.S., starting at

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAudiences are going to be confronted this weekend with something they haven’t seen in a long time: New movies they may actually want to watch in theaters.In the first box office battle in ages, Paramount’s “A Quiet Place Part II” and Disney’s “Cruella” are expected to heat up an ice-cold domestic box office and kick off a delayed summer movie season.The sequel to 2018’s “A Quiet Place,” starring Emily Blunt and directed by her husband John Krasinski, is

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDiscovery’s CEO feels a combination of WarnerMedia and his company will create a new media company that is “uniquely competitive with Netflix and Disney,” and articulated the need to have a global footprint in the future in order to compete in the entertainment industry’s streaming wars.Discovery last week stuck a pact with AT&T to take over WarnerMedia operations in a deal that executives hope will pass regulatory muster by mid 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Bondit Media Capital, which became an important funder for independent film and television during Covid, is partnering with Vancouver-based Arcana Studio to launch Bondit Canada Capital.

father-daughter spy adventure series that will bypass the big screen for an exclusive series run on Netflix.Wednesday’s event served almost as a one-day version of CinemaCon, the annual movie theater trade show in Las Vegas where studios show off their upcoming films to exhibitors.

A rundown of notable films coming out this summer:May 28“A Quiet Place Part II” (Theaters): In this sequel to John Krasinski’s 2018 hit, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) ventures away from their home while trying to survive the creatures that hunt by sound.“Cruella” (Theaters, Disney+ Premier): A live-action origin story for the “101 Dalmatians” villain Cruella de Vil, starring Emma Stone.“Moby Doc” (Theaters and on-demand): Moby narrates his own documentary, a

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe screenwriter of an upcoming film about Flamin’ Hot Cheetos defended the project on Tuesday, after a Los Angeles Times report challenged the central character’s claim to have invented the snack product.Lewis Colick argued that Richard Montañez, the hero of “Flamin’ Hot,” still has an inspiring story to tell of rising through the corporate ranks at Frito-Lay.“I think enough of the story is true,” Colick said.

Amazon's Summer Fashion Sale is offering huge discounts on clothes, including select styles from the J.Crew Mercantile collection.