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Entertainment - Thursday, May 14, 2026

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Entertainment headlines for Thursday, May 14, 2026

Summary of this day news

Entertainment headlines for 2026-05-14 focused on 3 major developments:

Mayor; ‘AKA Charlie Sheen’ Producer Behind New Show (Deadline)

  • 1) ‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama (Variety)
  • 2) Spencer Pratt Literally Running A Reality TV Bid For L.A.
  • 1) Frank Stack, Painter Who Secretly Drew ‘The Adventures of Jesus,’ Dies at 88 (NYT Arts) Across these stories, coverage emphasized high-impact updates, policy shifts, and events with broad audience relevance.

Together they provide a representative view of the day in entertainment news before diving into each full report.

Why it matters: This snapshot shows where entertainment attention concentrated on 2026-05-14, highlighting the themes, entities, and geographies that dominated publisher coverage. Because ranking blends freshness, engagement, and source diversity, it helps separate signal from noise. Use it as a quick daily briefing and then open the top stories for fuller context.

Key Points

3 highlights

  1. ‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama

    Sources: #1 Variety

  2. Spencer Pratt Literally Running A Reality TV Bid For L.A. Mayor; ‘AKA Charlie Sheen’ Producer Behind New Show

    Sources: #2 Deadline

  3. Frank Stack, Painter Who Secretly Drew ‘The Adventures of Jesus,’ Dies at 88

    Sources: #3 NYT Arts

Top 10 Stories

Ranked by daily score
  1. ‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama
    #1 Score 80
    ‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama

    Bound by a common language and torrid history, 21-year-old Mexican nanny Lucila (Anna Diaz) bristles against her surroundings in Madrid, where she and her younger brother followed their mother from their Mexican hometown. “Ashes” shares these broad strokes with the novel on which it’s based — Brenda Navarro’s evocatively titled “Ceniza en la boca,” or […]

    Variety 78 days ago
  2. Spencer Pratt Literally Running A Reality TV Bid For L.A. Mayor; ‘AKA Charlie Sheen’ Producer Behind New Show
    #2 Score 80
    Spencer Pratt Literally Running A Reality TV Bid For L.A. Mayor; ‘AKA Charlie Sheen’ Producer Behind New Show

    You can take the villain out of the reality TV show, but looks like Spencer Pratt will always return to his The Hills roots one way or another. To the surprise of absolutely no one, Pratt has signed up for an unscripted series following his bid to be the 44th Mayor of Los Angeles. Deadline […]

    Deadline 78 days ago
  3. Frank Stack, Painter Who Secretly Drew ‘The Adventures of Jesus,’ Dies at 88
    #3 Score 73
    Frank Stack, Painter Who Secretly Drew ‘The Adventures of Jesus,’ Dies at 88

    For 20 years, he hid his identity behind the nom de plume Foolbert Sturgeon as he chronicled Christ’s encounters with modern-day hypocrites in comic-book form.

    NYT Arts 78 days ago
  4. The Ups & Downs Of Upfronts 2026: Disney And Netflix Sizzle, NBCUniversal Fizzles In Blessedly Streamlined Edition
    #4 Score 72
    The Ups & Downs Of Upfronts 2026: Disney And Netflix Sizzle, NBCUniversal Fizzles In Blessedly Streamlined Edition

    Another compressed upfronts “week” is in the books, a three-day bender in New York with media and tech companies pitching their wares to advertisers. As with the NFL Draft or a venture capitalist’s early-stage bets, winners and losers can’t be determined overnight. But there always are initial takeaways and impressions, along with the dawning awareness […]

    Deadline 78 days ago
  5. Our Lady J Says Revealing She’s Converted to Judaism Has Been a Lot ‘Harder Than Coming Out as Trans’
    #5 Score 72
    Our Lady J Says Revealing She’s Converted to Judaism Has Been a Lot ‘Harder Than Coming Out as Trans’

    Yona Speidel, the Emmy nominated writer and producer formerly known as Our Lady J, recently experienced grief as a Jew for the first time. Just six weeks after converting to Judaism in March and officially changing her name, Speidel marked her late brother’s Yahrzeit (the anniversary of one’s death) by lighting a candle and reciting […]

    Variety 78 days ago
  6. In Venice, the Passion of Life and the Ghost of Art
    #6 Score 66
    In Venice, the Passion of Life and the Ghost of Art

    The 2026 edition of the world’s oldest art exhibition is a celebration of vitality — for better and indeed for worse.

    NYT Arts 78 days ago
  7. ‘The Batman Part II’ Casts Brian Tyree Henry, Sebastian Koch; Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson Roles Confirmed
    #7 Score 65
    ‘The Batman Part II’ Casts Brian Tyree Henry, Sebastian Koch; Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson Roles Confirmed

    Gotham City is welcoming a few new faces as production on The Batman: Part II gets underway. After Deadline reported that Sebastian Stan was in talks to join the sequel as Harvey Dent (aka Two-Face) and Scarlett Johansson was also eyeing a role, writer and director Matt Reeves confirmed his casting on social media with […]

    Deadline 78 days ago
  8. ‘The Batman: Part 2′: Matt Reeves Confirms Bryan Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Charles Dance and More Cast Additions
    #8 Score 64
    ‘The Batman: Part 2′: Matt Reeves Confirms Bryan Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Charles Dance and More Cast Additions

    ‘The Batman: Part 2″ director Matt Reeves has been rolling out posts on X introducing a number of additions confirmed to be joining Robert Pattinson in the cast of the upcoming sequel. Among the now-confirmed new faces, Reeves announced that Scarlett Johansson has joined the film, posting a photo of her in the 2013 film “Under […]

    Variety 78 days ago
  9. ‘The Book Of Mormon’ Expected To Resume Broadway Performances May 21 After “Tremendous Progress” In Fire Damage Repair
    #9 Score 60
    ‘The Book Of Mormon’ Expected To Resume Broadway Performances May 21 After “Tremendous Progress” In Fire Damage Repair

    UDPATE: The Book of Mormon producers now expect performances at Broadway’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre to resume on Thursday, May 21, assuming progress on the fire-damaged venue continues apace. In a statement today, the producers, along with venue owner ATG Entertainment, said the venue’s recently closed box office will reopen to the public tomorrow, May 15, […]

    Deadline 78 days ago
  10. Clarence Carter, Singer of Lust-Filled Soul Hits, Dies at 90
    #10 Score 58
    Clarence Carter, Singer of Lust-Filled Soul Hits, Dies at 90

    In songs like “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa,” he performed with the fervor of a backwoods preacher and the bawdy humor of a juke joint.

    NYT Arts 78 days ago

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