Christy Pina

Jan 20, 2025 | hollywoodreporter.com | Christy Pina

[This story contains spoilers from Wizards Beyond Waverly Place season one, episode 11, “Potions Eleven.”]Wizards Beyond Waverly Place fans finally got an answer to what actually happened during the “Unicorn Accident” at WizTech. In the pilot episode of the Wizards of Waverly Place sequel series, it was revealed that David Henrie‘s Justin Russo was fired as the headmaster at the wizarding school due to the mysterious accident, which is no longer a mystery.

Jan 4, 2025 | hollywoodreporter.com | Christy Pina

The National Society of Film Critics took to its Bluesky account on Saturday to begin voting for the best in film over the last year. In 2024, Past Lives received the top prize, with May December and The Zone of Interest each receiving two awards. The organization was founded in 1966 and is made up of more than 60 critics from outlets across the country.

Jan 4, 2025 | hollywoodreporter.com | Christy Pina

Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested again for domestic violence, this time in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Home Improvement star was charged with domestic violence in the second degree, according to a representative for the Myrtle Beach Police Department. He was booked into the county facility and released on Friday after paying $10,000.

Jan 4, 2025 | hollywoodreporter.com | Christy Pina

Jeff Baena, an indie film director and writer and Aubrey Plaza‘s husband, has died. He was 47. The filmmaker died on Friday in his Los Angeles home, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Law enforcement sources told TMZ Baena died by suicide, but no official cause of death has been shared. Baena was known for writing and directing films Spin Me Round, Horse Girl, The Little Hours and Life After Beth, as well as television show Cinema Toast. He also wrote I Heart Huckabees.

Jan 3, 2025 | hollywoodreporter.com | Christy Pina

In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump‘s sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — a little over a week before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn’t be jailed. The development nevertheless leaves Trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes. Judge Juan M.