New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week

New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week

Following therecord-breaking opening weekendfor "A Minecraft Movie" and the breakout success of Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," a new slate of blockbusters and indie films are hoping to drum up excitement in May about what the summer movie season has in store. Starting with memorial weekend's wide releases, Tom Cruise is giving Ethan Hunt a final send-off in "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning," which follows up "Dead Reckoning" as the fate of the world is thrust into Ethan's hands once again. Hayley Atwell, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames and Esai Morales return for the emotional finale and, to date, the film has a solid 79% on Rotten Tomatoes. More from Variety 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' Claims Top Spot at U.K. and Ireland Box Office as Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Looms Tom Cruise Says He 'Can't See' During 'Final Reckoning' Underwater Sequence Because of Intense Lighting and Had to Wear '125 Pound' Diving Suit: It Took 'Years of Development' Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' Rockets to No. 1 at Korea Box Office Disney has yet another live-action remake with "Lilo & Stitch," which takes a page from the beloved 2002 animated original. Helmed by "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On" director Dean Fleischer Camp, this new version follows a fugitive alien who causes chaos in Hawaii after getting adopted by a pair of sisters. But for movie-goers with an itch for something more original, the Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd R-rated dark comedy "Friendship," which is being distributed by A24, follows Craig's (Robinson) obsessive attempts to win over the new guy in the neighborhood, played by Rudd. The film expands wide following its limited run. Over in limited release, "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" follows a lonely bookseller (Camille Rutherford) in a new romantic comedychosen as aVarietycritic's pickby Peter Debruge, while the Cate Blanchett-led drama "The New Boy" comes to U.S. audiences nearly two years after its initial 2023 Cannes premiere. Check back each week to find the latest releases in theaters, from major wide releases to niche independent titles. Friday, May23 "Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning"Paramount Pictures (Wide) "Lilo & Stitch"Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Wide) "Friendship"A24 (Wide — Expansion) "The Last Rodeo"Angel Studios (Wide) "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life"Sony Pictures Classics (Limited) "The New Boy"Vertical (Limited) Best of Variety Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival What's Coming to Netflix in May 2025 Sign up forVariety's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us onFacebook,Twitter, andInstagram.

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New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week

New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Following therecord-breaking opening weekendfor "A Minecraft Movie" and the ...

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“Mormon Wives” Stars Mayci Neeley and Mikayla Matthews Reveal the Sex of Their Babies as They Have a Joint Baby Shower

"Mormon Wives" Stars Mayci Neeley and Mikayla Matthews Reveal the Sex of Their Babies as They Have a Joint Baby Shower

Mikayla Matthews/Instagram;Mayci J Neeley/Instagram Mikayla Matthews and her husband Jace Terry are parents to daughters Tommie, 3, and Haven, 5½, and son Beckham, 7½ Mayci Neeley and her husband Jacob Neeley share daughter Harlow, 4, and Mayci is also mom to son Hudson, 9 Both ofThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wivescouples announced their pregnancy news exclusively with PEOPLE in February 2025 Mikayla MatthewsandMayci Neeleyare both preparing for new additions to their families. Each of theSecret Lives of Mormon Wivesstars shared videos on Wednesday, May 21, revealing the sex of their babies on the way. Mikayla, 25, shared a video with her husbandJace Terry, opting for a quiet cake reveal between just the two of them, laughing together as they learned they have another little girl on the way. "I knew it!" Mikayla cheers in the clip. The video then shows how they shared the news with daughters Tommie, 3, and Haven, 5½, and son Beckham, 7½. The three kids sit together at the counter, each with a small cupcake in their hands. Mikayla instructs them to close their eyes, take a bite, then open them. None of the siblings react as they first notice their pink cupcakes. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "Mine's a girl," Tommie says, as Haven adds, "It's whatIwanted." Just moments prior, Mayci shared a black and white video, with her approaching husband Jacob Neeley, daughter Harlow, 4, and son Hudson, 9, holding bouquets of flowers. As she and Jacob hand the flowers to the kids, the color pops into the video, revealing that they too will welcome a baby girl. Viewers in the comments of each video shared their excitement for the two close friends to raise their little girls together. "Mayci and Mikayla both having girls is simply too iconic. congrats!!!!!," one wrote. Mikayla Matthews/Instagram "Omg you and Mayci are both having girls?? two besties having babies who will be lifelong besties 🥹💗💗," another wrote on Mikayla's page. The fun doesn't stop there! In an Instagram Stories post, Mikayla revealed she and Mayci are also celebrating a joint baby shower. Read the original article onPeople

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“Mormon Wives” Stars Mayci Neeley and Mikayla Matthews Reveal the Sex of Their Babies as They Have a Joint Baby Shower

"Mormon Wives" Stars Mayci Neeley and Mikayla Matthews Reveal the Sex of Their Babies as They Have a Joint Baby Shower Mikayla Mat...

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Elizabeth Banks Declares ‘You Can’t Pay’ Anyone in Hollywood to ‘Say a Bad Word’ About Jessica Biel (Exclusive)

Elizabeth Banks Declares 'You Can't Pay' Anyone in Hollywood to 'Say a Bad Word' About Jessica Biel (Exclusive)

Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Elizabeth Banks tells PEOPLE about her experience working alongside Jessica on their new Prime Video series,The Better Sister Banks also reveals that she "had only ever heard" good things about Biel prior to them working together "You can't pay someone in town to say a bad word about this lady," she says Jessica Bielhas a perfect reputation in Hollywood — andElizabeth Bankscan attest to it. The actresses star as estranged sisters in Prime Video'sThe Better Sister, but before working together, Biel and Banks had only met briefly and "did not know each other well," Banks tells PEOPLE. "So we really got to know each other through doing this together." Banks wasn't exactly nervous about what was to come from Biel, though, considering she "had only ever heard" good things. "You can't pay someone in town to say a bad word about this lady," she reveals. "So I had only ever heard the loveliest things." "I had reliable sourcing that this was going to be easy and it was," Banks, 51, says. "She completely lived up to that reputation of just being kind and generous and talented and beautiful and fun and easy, and it all worked out." Todd Williamson/January Images/Shutterstock Banks also says that the good things she'd heard about her costar were trustworthy because "Hollywood knows." "We root out the bad ones," she reveals. "You can't really hide." Biel, 43, agrees. "You can't hide from us," she says of how word travels in Hollywood. The7th Heavenalum also returns the compliment for her costar, telling PEOPLE that "there was nothing anyone ever said that was a negative comment about Elizabeth." "Just fun, smart, does everything, so beyond incredible, funny, all the things that everybody knows about her from her work, all is of course true," Biel says. Jojo Whilden/Prime But it was more than just that — the actresses also bonded over the "nuance-y things" that they didn't realize they had in common. Namely, that they're both moms of two boys. "We just mom vibed immediately," Biel says. "It was kind of just, oh, we could be friends — if we were at the same school, we would be friends." Biel sharessons Silas, 10, and Phineas, 4,with husbandJustin Timberlakeand Banks sharessons Felix, 14, and Magnus, 12, withhusband Max Handelman. Jojo Whilden/Prime The actresses also star as boy moms inThe Better Sister, which sees them play estranged sisters Chloe (Biel) and Nicky (Banks) who are drawn back together after Chloe's husband Adam (Corey Stoll) is brutally murdered — and the prime suspect is their teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan). The murder "sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death" in the eight-episode series based onAlafair Burke's 2019 book. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Better Sisterpremieres May 29 on Prime Video. Read the original article onPeople

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Elizabeth Banks Declares ‘You Can’t Pay’ Anyone in Hollywood to ‘Say a Bad Word’ About Jessica Biel (Exclusive)

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Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

NEW YORK (AP) — The recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional. The content distributor King Features says it has fired a writer who usedartificial intelligenceto produce a story on summer reading suggestions that contained books that didn't exist. The list appeared in "Heat Index: Your Guide to the Best of Summer," a special section distributed in Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer last week. More than half of the books listed were fake, according to the piece's author, Marco Buscaglia, who admitted to using AI for help in his research but didn't double-check what it produced. "A really stupid error on my part," Buscaglia wrote on his Facebook page. AI has bedeviled some news organizations It's the latest instance ofan AI shortcut backfiringand embarrassing news organizations. Sports Illustrated was caught in 2023 listing nonexistent authors for product reviews carried on its website. The Gannett news service had to pause an experiment using AI for sports stories after errors were discovered. "The Heat Index summer supplement was created by a freelance contract creator who used AI in its story development without disclosing the use of AI," the syndicators King Features said in a statement, noting it has a strict policy against using AI to create material. Only the Sun-Times and Inquirer have used the supplement, the organization said. The syndicators King Features distributes comics like "Blondie" and "Beetle Bailey," political columns from Amy Goodman and Rich Lowry, and advice features like "Hints From Heloise." Among the summer reading suggestions was "The Last Algorithm" by Andy Weir, described as "a science-driven thriller following a programmer who discovers an AI system has developed consciousness" and been secretly influencing world events. "Nightshade Market," by Min Jin Lee, was said to be a "riveting tale set in Seoul's underground economy." Both authors are real, but the books aren't. "I have not written and will not be writing a novel called 'Nightshade Market,'" Lee posted on X. The Sun-Times said it was investigating whether any other inaccurate information was included in the "Heat Index" supplement, and reviewing its relationships with other content partners. "We are in a moment of great transformation in journalism and technology, and at the same time our industry continues to be besieged by business challenges," the newspaper said. "This should be a learning moment for all journalism organizations: Our work is valued — and valuable — because of the humanity behind it." Both the Sun-Times and Inquirer said they have removed the supplement from its digital editions. The Inquirer special section was published on May 15. Syndicated features are common for newspapers The Inquirer has used King Features for comics, puzzles and other material for more than 40 years, said Lisa Hughes, its publisher and CEO. "The Inquirer newsroom is not involved in the production of these syndicated features, nor was it involved in creating Heat Index," she said. The blunder was first reported by the tech publication 404 Media. It was not clear who at King Features had responsibility for editing Bascaglia's material. The Chicago-based writer said on Facebook that "I am completely at fault here — just an awful oversight and a horrible mistake." "I'm not really sure I bounce back from this situation career-wise," he said. "I have a lot of stories left in me but I am fully accountable for what happened and will have to endure the effects, whatever they may be." ___ David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him athttp://x.com/dbauderandhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social.

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Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI

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Tim McGraw Says He Doesn't Feel 'Comfortable' Singing About 'Tailgates and Bikinis' at 58 Years Old

Tim McGraw Says He Doesn't Feel 'Comfortable' Singing About 'Tailgates and Bikinis' at 58 Years Old

Tracy Lawrence/YouTube Tim McGraw said on theTL's Road Housepodcast that he doesn't want to "sing about tailgates and bikinis" at age 58 McGraw said he prefers songs that teach him a lesson He also said he's passed along songs that "skewed too young" for him to his nephew, singer Timothy Wayne Tim McGrawhas long been known for releasing music with heart — and that's something he plans on sticking to at this stage in his career. The country star, 58, opened up about recording what he calls "fun songs," and explained that he's no longer keen on singing about stereotypical country tropes. "I try to do fun songs every now and again. It's harder the older you get to find a fun song and feel comfortable with it. You don't want to sing about tailgates and bikinis when you're 58 years old," he said on singer-songwriter Tracy Lawrence'sTL's Road Housepodcast on Wednesday, May 21. "Occasionally you do, if the song's right." Still, McGraw said he was more focused on recording songs that could teach him a lesson, something he's demonstrated in hits like "Live Like You Were Dying" and "Humble and Kind." "What song's gonna make me learn something about myself? And what song can I sing that I interpret that's believable? That's the hardest thing," he said. "Because look, I've experimented with stuff, I've tried different things." He shouted out his 2014 track "Lookin' for that Girl" in particular, calling it "different and weird," as it features hip hop-style production and Auto-Tune. "I'm not always trying to experiment. But I think I have a base sound, a sort of base attitude about the kind of songs that I want to do," he said. "I'll throw a fun ditty song in every now and then, I'll throw a fun love song in every now and then, I'll throw a fun cheating song in every now and then. But I'm always looking for a life-affirmation song." Kevin Mazur/Getty McGraw — who has been married to fellow country starFaith Hillsince 1996 — added that he recently handed off a number of tracks he felt "skewed too young" for him to hisnephew Timothy Wayne, who is an up-and-coming country singer. The "Something Like That" singer and Hill are parents to daughtersAudrey, 23,Gracie, 28, andMaggie, 26, and the pair recentlystepped out to supportGracie as she appeared onstage inThe Great War & The Great Gatsbyat Carnegie Hall in New York City in April. A source told PEOPLE that the superstars were very supportive, and gave their eldest daughter a rousing standing ovation at curtain call, with Hill even wiping away tears at one point. Audrey, too, has followed in her parents' famous footsteps (She has a role in the Paramount+ seriesLandman, and is joiningBrandi Carlileon tour). Read the original article onPeople

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Tim McGraw Says He Doesn't Feel 'Comfortable' Singing About 'Tailgates and Bikinis' at 58 Years Old

Tim McGraw Says He Doesn't Feel 'Comfortable' Singing About 'Tailgates and Bikinis' at 58 Years Old Tracy Lawrence/YouTu...

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