Today, a special Batman Day edition of the Hero Nation Index, our weekly report on news from Hollywood’s sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and superhero sectors. Today is the fifth annual Batman Day, and this year also marks the 80th anniversary of the Caped Crusader’s first appearance in the pages of DC Comics back in 1939…

The Saturday focus for President Donald Trump’s Tweetstorm was Ukraine – as in, you have to crane to see any wrongdoing, according to the Commander-in-Tweet. Reports that President Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, were…

REPOSTED From September 11: The Emmy Awards party field, which had expanded dramatically over the past decade as new cable networks and streaming platforms entered the winners’ circle, is undergoing a major contraction this year. As we reported last month, following the WGA-ATA breakup that triggered the firing of…

3rd Update, Saturday AM: w/chart You would think that in this day and age that the best place for a feature movie based on a popular TV series would be on a streaming service, right? But no, this weekend’s $31M opening of Focus Features and Carnival Films’ Downton Abbey continues to underscore the power of the big…

The deflected pass that Pittsburgh Steeler running back Franco Harris miraculously caught for a touchdown and the first playoff victory in his team’s existence has been voted the greatest play in National Football League history. A nationwide panel of 68 media members gave that 1972 play by Harris 3,270 points and 39…

President Donald Trump got in bed with Moscow to get elected and now he’s “invited Ukraine in for a three-way” for another round of political dirty-tricks and international infidelity, according to Bill Maher. The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher ripped the Commander-in-Chief for taking the low road by…

The actor accused of sexual misconduct by former The Rookie star Afton Williamson has spoken out personally three days after being cleared in an investigation by producers eOne. Westworld alum Demetrius Grosse took to social media tonight in his first direct public statement since being implicated with harassment by…

A form hosted tonight by advocacy and media monitoring group GLAAD in Cedar Rapids, Iowa saw some tough questions posed to 10 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. The panel was the first to discuss LGBTQ issues among the 2020 candidates, who focused elsewhere during their prior debates. Former VP Jo…

A South Korean serial killer who inspired a film by Palme D’or-winning director Bong Joon-ho has been identified 30 years after his murder spree. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency says a suspect has been identified as the previously unknown "Korean Zodiac Killer.”  The man, Lee Chun-jae, allegedly raped…

This marks the first Primetime Emmy Awards for the newly independent Fox Entertainment, and the network is looking to put its stamp on the ceremony with several tweaks. The biggest, of course, is going host-less for only the fourth time in Emmy history and for the first time since 2003, also on Fox. The network also…