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11 hours ago
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Everything new on Max in June 2025 – catch season 3 of The Gilded Age and over 60 new movies
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Max is about to go through another big change, and I'm not talking about its rebrand back to HBO Max. Now that all the new Max movies and shows have been announced for June 2025, another library reshuffle is on the way. After being renewed for a new installment right off the back of season two, HBO original show The Gilded Age season three premieres on June 22 with the return of stars Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon. This will be shortly followed by two new original documentary features Enigma and My Mom Jayne on June 24 and 27 respectively. But it wouldn't be a classic Max list without a flurry of new movies and, in true Max style, it's packed with titles going back as far as Hollywood's Golden Age as well as modern favorites like Fight Club (1999) and Best Picture winner Parasite (2019), which packs a punch with each watch. With that said, we'd better start making some room in our list of best Max movies for the new arrivals. Arriving on June 1 A Hologram for the King (movie)A Nightmare on Elm Street (movie)A Perfect Getaway (movie)Backtrack (movie)Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (movie)Black Patch (movie)Blues in the Night (movie)Casino (movie)Fight Club (movie)Gentleman Jim (movie)Hellboy (movie)I Am Not Your Negro (movie)Igor (movie)Illegal (movie)In the Good Old Summertime (movie)Invasion of the Body Snatchers (movie)Kid Glove Killer (movie)Meet Me in St. Louis (movie)My Scientology Movie (movie)Numbered Men (movie)One Foot in Heaven (movie)Parasite (movie)Presenting Lily Mars (movie)Pride & Prejudice (movie)Public Enemies (movie)Reign of the Supermen (movie) Serenade (movie)Silver River (movie)Spaceballs (movie)Split (movie)Strike Up the Band (movie) Summer Stock (movie)Superman: Man of Tomorrow (movie)Superman: Red Son (movie)Superman: Unbound (movie)Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (movie) Thank Your Lucky Stars (movie)The Death of Superman (movie)The Fighting 69th (movie)The Harvey Girls (movie)The Hunger Games (movie)The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (movie)The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (movie)The Man Who Invented Christmas (movie)The Match King (movie)The Mayor of Hell (movie)The Mortician (movie)The Nitwits (movie)The Prince and the Pauper (movie)The Sea Chase (movie)The Sea Hawk (movie)The Sunlit Night (movie)The Verdict (movie)They Made Me a Criminal (movie)This Side of the Law (movie)Three Faces East (movie)Three Strangers (movie)Total Drama Island season 2 (TV show)Wagons West (movie)Words and Music (movie)You'll Find Out (movie)Ziegfeld Follies (movie)Arriving on June 2 BBQ Brawl season 6 (TV show)Arriving on June 3 Bullet Train (movie)Ugliest House in America season 6 (TV show)Arriving on June 4 1000-lb Roomies season 1 (TV show)Fatal Destination season 1 (TV show)Arriving on June 5 Bea's Block season 1 (TV show)Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose season 1 (TV show)Arriving on June 6 House Hunters International volume 9 season 201 (TV show)Parthenope (movie)Arriving on June 10 Virgins season 1 (TV show)Arriving on June 11 Guy's Grocery Games season 38 (TV show)Arriving on June 12 Bitchin' Rides season 11 (TV show)Mini Beat Power Rockers: A Superheroic Night (TV show)Arriving on June 13 Cleaner (movie)House Hunters volume 10 season 240 (TV show)Maine Cabin Masters season 10 (TV show)Super Sara (TV show)Toad & Friends season 1 (TV show)Arriving on June 16 Hero Ball season 3 (TV show)Arriving on June 17 Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Animal Pharm (TV show)Super Mega Cakes season 1 (TV show)Arriving on June 19 Expedition Unknown season 15 (TV show)Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch season 5 (TV show)Arriving on June 20 House Hunters volume 10 season 241 (TV show)Lu & The Bally Bunch season 1 (TV show)Now or Never: FC Montfermeil (TV show)Teen Titans Go! season 9 (TV show)Arriving on June 21 The Kitchen season 38 (TV show)The Never Ever Mets season 2 (TV show)Arriving on June 22 The Gilded Age season 3 (TV show)Arriving on June 23 Match Me Abroad season 2 (TV show)Arriving on June 24 Enigma (documentary)Mean Girl Murders season 3 (TV show)The Invitation (movie)Arriving on June 25 Rehab Addict season 10 (TV show)Arriving on June 27 House Hunters volume 10 season 242 (TV show)My Mom Jayne (documentary)Pati seasons 1 & 2 (TV show)The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (movie)Arriving on June 29 #Somebody's Son season 1 (TV show)Family or Fiancé season 4 (TV show)Arriving on June 30 90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk season 11 (TV show)Truck U season 21 (TV show) HBO Max's highly anticipated IT prequel series Welcome to Derry finally has a trailer, and it's delightfully creepy 5 of the biggest streaming announcements from Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront 2025, from HBO Max shows to the new Superman trailer Peacemaker season 2 finally has a teaser trailer – here are 3 things you need to know about the hit Max show's return
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21 hours ago
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Does Donald Trump want to carve up the world — or keep it all for himself?
Foreign policy experts have struggled to make sense of the second Trump administration's incoherent and contradictory approach to world affairs — which in itself ought to serve as a clue. First of all, it suggests that the Trump team is operating without a recognizable or familiar playbook, driven partly by the Great Leader's famous whims and fancies and partly by competing streams of ideology. Secondly, it illustrates that the generations of think-tankers churned out by the graduate programs of elite Anglo-American institutions are completely at sea in this bizarre historical moment, whether in foreign policy or any other supposed discipline of governance. We've already worked through the theory that Donald Trump is reviving the expansionist foreign policy of Gilded Age America and William McKinley, who isn't just a deeply inappropriate presidential role model for the 2020s but also an inexplicably strange one. (What schoolbook or outdated world map or old-school history teacher of Trump's 1950s childhood is responsible for his McKinley love affair?) That seems partly true, or at least serves to explain Trump's self-destructive fascination with tariffs, along with his obsessive interest in retaking the Panama Canal, purchasing or seizing Greenland and, um, 'annexing' Canada (or something like that). We have to assume that someone or other, quite likely Stephen Miller — whose title is deputy chief of staff, but by some accounts is making all the policy decisions normally associated with, you know, being president — has gently informed Trump that the Panama and Greenland things would be major international incidents that might derail his otherwise glorious reign, while the Canada thing simply isn't happening at all. So these topics have gradually receded toward the back burner, along with his genuinely horrifying brainstorm about turning Gaza into a beach resort, without disappearing entirely. It's important to recognize that in world affairs, as in the pettiest of personal concerns, none of Trump's idées fixes ever completely go away. He forced Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to sit through a jovial, not-quite-joking discussion of the Great White North as the 51st state. (Which, I'm sorry, not to be that guy, but that isn't even right. Canada has 10 provinces and three federal territories; aren't we talking about the 51st through 60th states, plus or minus?) He still wants someone to prove that a deceased Venezuelan president, Italian satellites and the deep-state libs of the FBI stole the 2020 election. (I may not up on the latest theories; my apologies.) He, or more plausibly some eager-to-please groveling toady, actually wants school children to study the so-called evidence of that enormous history-shaping crime, which may involve the contents of Hunter Biden's laptop. I guarantee he's still mad about the Sharpie-hurricane incident. So let's not pretend that McKinleyist neo-imperialism is gone forever, but for a while there it seemed superseded by an overtly ideological program of right-wing global conquest, which to this point has gone remarkably poorly. This feels more like Elon Musk and JD Vance's collective genius at work than Trump's. Sure, he's flattered by obvious right-wing analogues and imitators like Viktor Orbán in Hungary and Javier Milei in Argentina, but he thinks of his relationships with other leaders almost entirely in individual and transactional terms. Ideology, for Trump, is nothing more than the sales pitch, or the decoration on top of the cake; it's not the 'deal,' by which he means a bunch of pomp and circumstance, ending with someone else's obsequious surrender and shameless flattery. He was over the moon about meeting Kim Jong-un during his first term, and no doubt still thinks that went well. He transparently believes he'd have gotten along smashingly with Hitler and Stalin, and it's a shame he wasn't around to help defuse World War II and the Cold War. Of course Trump would have happily taken credit for supporting the far-right AfD in Germany or the right-wing parties and candidates in Canada, Australia, Romania and Poland — if any of them had won. (To be clear, Poland's presidential election still hangs in the balance, with the final round of voting this weekend.) But at least so far, exported Trumpism has encountered high electoral tariffs across the liberal-democratic zone, delivering an unexpected and arguably unmerited booster shot to mainstream 'centrist' parties — with the solitary and instructive exception (as I recently observed) of Britain, where the political climate has gone from pretty bad to a whole lot worse. Electoral democracy isn't really Trump's bag anyway, given the unacceptably high risk of losing. (I recognize the potentially terrifying subtext of that sentence.) He leaves that stuff to the nerds, which brings us to his recent tour through plutocratic oil states of the Middle East and his well-attested preference for leaders who don't need to worry about that nonsense. In Saudi Arabia, now run by the youthful modernizer (and journalist-dismemberer) Mohammad bin Salman, Trump delivered a speech proclaiming that under his aegis the U.S. was no longer interested in looking 'into the souls of foreign leaders' and dispensing justice based on their perceived morality. That Teleprompter-ready rhetoric doesn't remotely resemble anything our president would say in a more natural context, but never mind. The point was taken: We're done pretending to care about human rights and democracy and all that airy-fairy woke stuff from the Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution! We're here to do some blatantly underhanded business deals and take an outdated gas-guzzling 747 off your hands. With this, we saw the launch of a new theory-balloon within the foreign-policy establishment: Trump is bringing back 'spheres of influence' as a guiding principle in world affairs, and those who bend the knee to America — or to him, which is the same thing — get to run their own s**thole countries however they like. As with the McKinley business, my verdict is: Sure, sort of. It's certainly conceivable that Trump has encountered some nostalgic-heroic retelling of the 'Great Game' of the 19th century, when the British and French empires sought to carve up the underdeveloped nations between them, and then Germany, Belgium, Italy, Russia and Austria-Hungary got into the act. (McKinley's clumsy territorial grabs can be understood as America getting into the poker game a few sessions late.) He clearly would neither know nor care that, considered as a whole, that diabolical contest probably produced the greatest set of crimes in human history, or that the migrant 'crisis' now afflicting every major Western-style democracy amounts to its long-tail karmic has a distinct fondness for exotic and fanciful narratives, and God knows the colonial-imperial period offered plenty of those. No doubt he'd find a hypothetical Second Great Game thrilling, on the level of pure fantasy: He may imagine Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and himself meeting over brandy and cigars at (let's say) the Schönbrunn Palace and congratulating each other for being great men of history who get to make great-man decisions about who owns what. Except that Trump doesn't take brandy or cigars — which ruins the whole fantasy, honestly — and Putin and Xi know better, at this point, than to take Trump seriously. There are a number of potentially fatal problems with this dusted-off 19th-century throwback, as studiously laid out by Sarang Shidore of the Quincy Institute in a lengthy essay for Foreign Policy. I would summarize them this way: LOL this is Trump we're talking about; never in a million years. Yet it's also true that the 'spheres of influence' model has a perverse appeal that goes well beyond aspiring dictators into various quarters on the left: It recognizes that we live in a multipolar world, and strikes many international observers as less hypocritical than the 'rules-based order' so piously advocated by former Secretary of State Tony Blinken, which amounted to old-school U.S. hegemony dressed up in contemporary drag. Although the Biden administration 'occasionally gave a rhetorical nod to multipolarity,' Shidore writes, its policies on the ground were to maintain U.S. domination globally and in all dimensions of power: military, economic, and institutional. The new administration's clearer acknowledgement of multipolarity is a promising beginning to reforming U.S. foreign policy. In the first weeks of Trump's second term, you could see the vague outlines of a 'spheres of influence' policy shaping up: He'd let Russia keep as much Ukrainian territory as it could conquer, and was manifestly unbothered by the prospect of China invading Taiwan. All he wanted in return was Canada! One can almost imagine a more clear-headed and ruthless version of Trump who sticks to that kind of hardcore realpolitik and gets away with it. I said 'almost.' Trump's iron grip on the Republican Party is a function of his irrationality, his limitless egotism and his mercurial whims. Those same ingredients make him utterly ineffectual as a world leader. His efforts to extort some kind of 'peace deal' from Putin — which Trump repeatedly claimed he could accomplish in 24 hours — have descended to online pouting and whining. ("Vladimir, STOP!" is not exactly Great Game material.) His exhausting trade war with China has accomplished nothing, except to convince Xi's unappetizing but highly rational regime that negotiating with this dude is pointless. For the moment, Trump has been shoved halfway back into the arms of Republican chickenhawks, the enfeebled tools of the military-industrial complex who no doubt suspected this would happen all along. I honestly can't tell you whether that's better or worse: Pick your poison. Thing is, if you want to carve up the world into competing zones controlled by 'great powers,' you need other great powers who want to carve it up with you, and you need a world full of smaller countries who are willing to go along or too weak to resist. Those things do not exist in 2025, and thank Christ for small mercies. Oh, and by the way: You also need to be a great power. I suppose the U.S. still technically qualifies, but not for much longer.
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5 days ago
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‘Harry Potter' Series Is ‘Not Secretly Being Infused' With J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Beliefs, Says HBO Boss: ‘If You Want to Debate Her, You Can Go on Twitter'
HBO's chief content officer Casey Bloys recently appeared on 'The Town' podcast and stressed to 'Harry Potter' fans that the network's upcoming TV adaptation of J.K. Rowling's literary franchise will not be 'infused' with the author's controversial views on the transgender community. Both the network and the new 'Harry Potter' cast have received backlash for getting into business with Rowling, who continues to post what many believe are transphobic comments on X. She also uses social media to regularly troll her critics and take aim at public figures (such as slamming John Oliver's comments on trans athletes). 'The decision to be in business with J.K. Rowling is not new for us. We've been in business for 25 years,' Bloys said, nodding to the mega-successful 'Harry Potter' film franchise that spawned eight movies, grossed $7.7 billion worldwide and launched spinoffs, video games and more. More from Variety Josh Hutcherson Joins Rachel Sennott HBO Comedy Series 'Gilded Age' Sets Season 3 Release Date, HBO Drops First Teaser John Lithgow Says He 'Absolutely' Didn't Expect Any J.K. Rowling Backlash After Joining HBO's 'Harry Potter' Series: 'Why Is This a Factor?' Bloys was asked if Rowling's views on the trans community made him worried for the show, to which he continued: 'We already have a show on HBO from her called 'C.B. Strike' that we do with the BBC. It's pretty clear that those are her personal, political views. She's entitled to them. 'Harry Potter' is not secretly being infused with anything. And if you want to debate her, you can go on Twitter.' At a press event last year, Bloys told reporters that Rowling was 'very, very involved in the process selecting' showrunner Francesca Gardiner and director Mark Mylod to lead the charge on the 'Harry Potter' TV series. He added that Rowling's anti-trans statements 'haven't affected the casting or hiring of writers or productions staff' for the show. A spokesperson for the network added in a statement to Variety at the time that Rowling's 'contribution' to the larger Warner Bros. Discovery company 'has been invaluable.' 'We are proud to once again tell the story of Harry Potter — the heartwarming books that speak to power of friendship, resolve and acceptance,' the statement continued. 'J.K. Rowling has a right to express her personal views. We will remain focused on the development of the new series, which will only benefit from her involvement.' HBO confirmed last month the first round of cast members for the new 'Harry Potter' series, including John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. Lithgow told The Times of London afterwards that he was surprised by the backlash that followed. A friend of the actor's sent him an open letter asking him to walk away from the show due to Rowling's involvement. 'I thought, 'Why is this a factor at all?' I wonder how J.K. Rowling has absorbed it,' Lithgow said. 'I suppose at a certain point I'll meet her, and I'm curious to talk to her.' When asked if the backlash has made him reconsider the role, Lithgow said, 'Oh, heavens no.' Best of Variety Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week What's Coming to Netflix in May 2025
New York Post
6 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Gilded Age apartment carved from Joseph Pulitzer's ballroom to list for $6M — and it has a rare 2-story bathroom
A rare piece of Gilded Age glamour is returning to market. A grand Upper East Side apartment fashioned from the former ballroom of Joseph Pulitzer's palatial Manhattan home is set to hit the market for $6 million. Located on East 73rd Street between Fifth and Madison avenues, the opulent residence occupies the second floor of Pulitzer's former mansion, designed by architect Stanford White in the style of a 17th-century Venetian palace. 7 An apartment carved from the former grand ballroom of Joseph Pulitzer's Gilded Age mansion on East 73rd Street has hit the market for $6 million. Douglas Elliman 7 Once home to the pioneering journalist, the Stanford White-designed mansion was outfitted with cutting-edge features for its time, including ball bearings under the floors and triple-pane windows to block out city noise. ASSOCIATED PRESS Pulitzer, the trailblazing newspaper publisher and namesake of journalism's Pulitzer Prize, who at one point owned the largest circulation newspaper in the world, lived in the home for the final eight years of his life. Commissioned with durability and peace in mind after a fire destroyed his previous home, the mansion was constructed with then-cutting-edge soundproofing features — including triple-pane windows, thick walls and even ball bearings beneath the floors to muffle the clatter of passing carriages, according to a press release. The building was converted into 17 individual residences in the 1930s and restructured as a co-op in the 1950s. 7 The building was divided into 17 units in the 1930s and became a co-op in the 1950s. Douglas Elliman 7 The seller, an 84-year-old former Tiffany & Co. accessory designer, is downsizing after spending her retirement in the apartment with her dog. Douglas Elliman This particular apartment, coming to market for the first time in 20 years, is being sold by an 84-year-old former Tiffany & Co. accessory designer who has spent much of her retirement living there with her dog, listing agent Natalie Rakowski of Douglas Elliman said in the release, first cited by Mansion Global. The two-bedroom unit retains many of its original details, including deep oak millwork that was carefully removed and reinstalled during the conversion. The main living area features oversize windows, a fireplace and soaring 19-foot ceilings — some of which are duplexed. 7 This particular two-bedroom residence — boasting 19-foot ceilings, deep oak millwork, a dramatic stone-column stairwell and even a two-story bathroom — hasn't changed hands in two decades. Douglas Elliman 7 A bedroom. Douglas Elliman 7 A den. Douglas Elliman A grand stone-column stairwell punctuates the center of the home, while one of the more eccentric features is a two-story bathroom with a staircase leading to a sunken soaking tub. A terrace runs the length of the apartment and overlooks 73rd Street. For buyers seeking even more grandeur, the building's penthouse — complete with its own squash court — is also currently for sale, listed by longtime Sotheby's auctioneer David Redden.
New York Post
6 days ago
- Business
- New York Post
Stanford White's 973 Fifth Ave. has sold for $46M
One of the few remaining single-family mansions designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White has just found a new owner — at a steep discount from its original list price. The limestone townhouse at 973 Fifth Ave., overlooking Central Park, has sold for $46 million after years of price cuts and market stops, according to city records filed last week. The 16,000-square-foot Beaux-Arts residence — built in the early 1900s and restored with painstaking attention to detail — was most recently listed for $49.9 million. Advertisement At its peak, it sought as much as $80 million when it first came to market in 2021. 13 After years on and off the market and $30 million in price cuts, one of New York City's last remaining single-family townhouses by Gilded Age architect Stanford White has sold for $46 million. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 13 Located at 973 Fifth Ave., the mansion occupies 16,000 square feet. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran Advertisement The buyer, operating under the limited liability company 'Bliss on 5th LLC,' officially closed on the property on May 21. The new owner could not immediately be further identified by press time. The seller, an entity tied to former Goldman Sachs partner David Leuschen, purchased the mansion in 2012 for $42 million. In the years since, the owner invested heavily in a full-scale renovation aimed at preserving the home's architectural integrity while integrating modern luxuries. 'Everything was fully either restored or put in brand new,' Corcoran's Andres Perea-Garzon, who co-listed the property with Carrie Chiang and Lesley Schulhof, previously told The Post. 'It's an homage to Stanford White.' 13 The six-story limestone mansion once asked $80 million and finally entered contract in February before closing May 21, per city records. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran Advertisement 13 The buyer is listed as 'Bliss on 5th LLC.' Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 13 The previous owner, an LLC tied to former Goldman Sachs partner David Leuschen, purchased the property for $42 million in 2012 and invested millions more into a meticulous restoration. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran The six-story home is one of just two remaining townhouses in Manhattan that remain true to White's original single-family design. White — whose architectural credits include the Washington Square Arch and the Players Club — was one-third of the famed firm McKim, Mead & White. Most of his residential works have long been repurposed into institutional or commercial uses. Advertisement '973 Fifth Avenue is not just an address — it's a statement of timeless elegance and ambition,' Chiang previously said in a statement. 13 The mansion features nine woodburning fireplaces, stained-glass windows, and amenities such as a rooftop terrace, wine cellar, steam room and vaults. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 13 Built directly across from Central Park, the Beaux-Arts home is one of only two Manhattan townhouses still intact as White originally designed, making it a rare architectural survivor. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 13 While its historic craftsmanship remains, the home has modern upgrades including five kitchens, a new elevator and advanced air systems. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 'Every corner, every detail tells a story of unparalleled luxury, where history and modernity intertwine. It creates an unforgettable experience for those who are fortunate enough to call it home.' Indeed, the mansion combines Old World grandeur with 21st-century comforts. Among its period features: nine woodburning fireplaces, elaborately carved woodwork, stained-glass windows and soaring ceilings. 13 Architect Stanford White. Bettmann Archive Advertisement 13 A second level hallway. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 13 The rooftop terrace overlooks Central Park and Manhattan skyline. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran Updates include five kitchens, a new elevator, a rooftop terrace with sweeping city views, a steam room finished in Venetian plaster, a silver vault and a climate-controlled wine cellar. Though much of the architectural flair has been preserved, some original details have evolved. Advertisement 'Some of the interiors may have been Stanford White,' the architect's great-grandson, architect Samuel White, previously told The Post. 'But I suspect that the owners over the years have changed the interiors around.' 13 The property features 11 bedrooms. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran 13 A second bedroom. Will Ellis/DDReps for Corcoran White's legacy is not without controversy. Advertisement In 1906, the architect was fatally shot by millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw in a dramatic, high-profile murder atop the original Madison Square Garden, which White designed. The killing, motivated by Thaw's jealousy over White's relationship with the showgirl Evelyn Nesbit, remains one of New York's most sensational scandals. The sale of 973 Fifth may not have shattered records, but its historical significance and architectural pedigree still made it a coveted gem in a crowded market. As Perea-Garzon put it: 'This is unbelievably rare.'
