Movie theaters in a handful of cities around the country will soon be checking for proof of vaccination — creating one more obstacle to the full return of moviegoing. In New York, the requirement goes into effect on Tuesday. Joe Masher, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners of New York, said he worried about the logistics of enforcing the rule.

Source: Movie Theaters in Some Cities Now Check for Vaccine Proof, Raising Fears About Release Delays

The rich kids on HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” continuation look a little different than they did in the original series: they take Ubers instead of private cars, they actually think Dumbo is cool and, as many have wrote about, are a lot more woke — a fact made even more clear by the characters’ reading choices

Source: What Do TV’s Richest Characters Read? Gladwell, Nietzsche and Sally Rooney, Apparently

When SpaceX launches its first all-civilian crew into space later this fall and takes a multi-day trip circling the Earth, humanity can follow along online thanks to an exclusive documentary deal Netflix sealed with Elon Musk’s private space company.

Source: Streaming space tourism is the new reality TV

Epic legal battles almost never get this massive. But on Thursday, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood sued the biggest entertainment company on the planet, sending shockwaves across an entertainment landscape already reeling from months of disruptions and shifting paradigms.

Source: ‘Black Widow’ Legal Battle: Inside the Fallout After Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney

Thanks to modern platforms like Twitch and Pluto TV, Ross has become a mainstay of the digital universe — particularly during the pandemic, when the popularity of a new Bob Ross channel skyrocketed as people trapped at home turned to their televisions for therapy.

Source: How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon (and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process)