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  • ‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ First Look: Netflix Series Reveals Mystery Inc. Crew, Including Mckenna Grace as Daphne

    ‘Scooby-Doo: Origins’ First Look: Netflix Series Reveals Mystery Inc. Crew, Including Mckenna Grace as Daphne

    Who left the dog out?

    The first look from Netflix‘s upcoming live-action series “Scooby-Doo: Origins” has been revealed, introducing the famed Mystery Inc. gang but with one notable absentee: Scoob himself.

    Instead, with cameras now rolling on the show in Atlanta (and the famed cowardly, snack-loving dog probably being put together and animated by a VFX team), the production has unveiled the first glimpse of the crime-solving team of Daphne (played by Mckenna Grace), Shaggy (Tanner Hagen), Velma (Abby Ryder Fortson) and Fred (Maxwell Jenkins).

    Billed as a “modern reimagining” of the iconic world of Scooby-Doo — more than 50 years old and spanning more than a dozen animated series, nearly 40 animated home entertainment movies and three theatrical films — the eight-part series goes back to the very first case that started it all.

    “During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder,” the logline reads. “Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets.”

    Paul Walter Hauser also stars as Scooby-Doo’s owner, while Frank Welker will voice the dog.

    Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg serve as writers and showrunners on “Scooby-Doo: Origins” and will also executive produce along with André Nemec, Jeff Pinkner and Adrienne Erickson for Midnight Radio. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman will executive produce via Berlanti productions. Toby Haynes executive produces and directs. Warner Bros. Television will produce. Berlanti Productions is currently under an overall deal at WBTV, with the studio controlling the rights to the Hanna-Barbera characters.

  • Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and ‘Michael’ Critics Lost

    Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and ‘Michael’ Critics Lost

    WON: Sydney Sweeney: Sure, her cameo was cut from The Devil Wears Prada 2. Yes, she has many media and social media scolds in a tizzy over her racy scenes in Euphoria, which is hot garbage this season. Also, nobody can stop talking about her in the HBO show — even though she co-stars with Zendaya, arguably the hottest actress on the planet right now. And she’s back as the face of American Eagle, in a far more clearly non-racist jeans campaign this time, after boosting their sales last year. Oh, and Christy — her boxing biopic that was mocked by Sweeney’s detractors for bombing at the box office — just hit No. 1 on HBO Max.

    LOST: David Zaslav: How is this remotely fair? Warner Bros. shareholders approved the Paramount merger that Zaslav worked tirelessly to put together for so many months, yet 82 percent voted against rewarding the man most responsible with some modest compensation for his efforts. He was only expecting upward of $886 million, one of the largest golden parachutes in history. What more does Zaslav have to do to prove himself? Go to the office of every Warner shareholder and lay them off, too? Do you have any understanding of the costs, crew salaries, and maintenance of your average super yacht?

    WON: Curry Barker: You may not have heard of him — yet. But Barker is a 25-year-old TikTok sketch comedy guy who has suddenly become a highly sought-after writer-director — even though his first theatrical release, Obsession, doesn’t come out until next month. Just in the last few days, he landed A24’s reimagining of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and another film he just wrapped for Jason Blum, Anything But Ghosts, sold to Focus Features (Barker also gets to star in that one). Sorry industry veterans reduced to lugging lumber at Home Depot: If AI doesn’t replace us, Gen Z surely will.

    LOST: Michael Critics: Critics have been very tough on Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic about a singer who definitely did not molest young boys despite admitting to letting them sleep in his bed as a 40-year-old man. He was just a delicate and sensitive artist, OK? It’s your fault that you don’t understand a powerful pop star’s need to spoon other people’s 10-year-olds. With only 38 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, many reviewers claim that — aside from various omissions about Jackson’s legacy — the film is a boring, paint-by-numbers effort (a few critics, like ours, were much more positive).

    Taj Jackson has pushed back online, writing, “Sorry media, u don’t get to control the narrative anymore of who Michael Jackson truly was. The public gets to watch this movie … they will decide for themselves.” If the Jackson family really wanted to let fans decide for themselves about the singer’s legacy, the estate wouldn’t have pushed HBO to de-platform its documentary about Jackson’s alleged sins, Leaving Neverland, on a legal technicality. Speaking to THR, the documentary’s director wearily claimed that fans going to see the feel-good Michael, “don’t care that he was a child molester.”

    “Don’t care” indeed: Michael is tracking to earn at least $80 million for a potential record-opening weekend for a music biopic. Its CinemaScore is an A-. This fawning film is going to be huge and critics — and the parts of Jackson’s story that his fans don’t want to think about — can’t stop it.

  • ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County’ Cast: Meet SoCal’s MomTok

    The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County cast was unveiled on Wednesday, leaving the internet with two burning questions about the women: Are any of them Mormon, and do they even live in Orange County? 

    Hulu confirmed the first spinoff of the Emmy-nominated series at their second Get Real House event, where eight women were introduced to the world as official members of the SoCal-based #MomTok. News of the extension to the Mormon Wives franchise was not surprising to most as People previously reported that the series was in the works on March 23, with many of the names of the now-confirmed cast expected to join the show’s slate.

    Aspyn Ovard, Avery Woods, Salomé Andrea, McCall DaPron, Chandler Higginson, Ashleigh Pease and Madison Bontempo were listed as the main cast of SLOMW: OC in a release sent to press, though podcaster Bobbi Althoff was notably also present at Hulu’s Wednesday night event. 

    Most of the women are influencers; some have more limited showings on social media, whereas others have been revolving the digital landscape for years. But a key piece of the show’s name (specifically the “Mormon” and “Orange County” descriptors in Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County) has left the internet with questions for the cast. 

    “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County except none of them are Mormon and half of them don’t even live in Orange County,” an Instagram user commented on the series made after the cast debuted on Wednesday. (The Hollywood Reporter confirmed with Hulu The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County is not a working title.) 

    “But they aren’t Mormon??? Someone explain, I don’t understand,” another user commented. A separate user added, “I feel like none of these people are actually Mormon?!” 

    “I just don’t understand this?? Not Mormon, don’t live in OC. And most of them aren’t friends,” one fan wrote. “The reason SLOMW worked is because they were friends BEFORE the show filmed… this is just scrambling a bunch of influencers together.” 

    So who are The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County? And more importantly (to the internet, at least), are they actually Mormons that live in Orange County? 

  • Daniss Jenkins, Marcus Sasser see their dream come true as Pistons teammates

    Daniss Jenkins, Marcus Sasser see their dream come true as Pistons teammates

    Daniss Jenkins (left) and Marcus Sasser are key rotation players for Detroit this season.

    DETROIT — The dreamers and believers, they think anything is possible even in the face of astronomical odds.

    Detroit Pistons guards Marcus Sasser and Daniss Jenkins, they are dreamers and believers.

    Growing up together in Dallas, they dreamed they’d be in the NBA. They believed they could.

    And they are also doers. You have to do the work to make dreams a reality.

    Sasser and Jenkins gave the required effort, and now the childhood friends/competitors are NBA teammates. They navigated different trails to the same mountaintop – Sasser’s more direct, Jenkins’ more winding through three universities and one junior college.

    “It’s definitely a dream come true because we wanted to go to the same high school, but it did not end up happening,” Sasser said. “And then we wanted to go to the same college. He was going to transfer to Houston, but it couldn’t happen. Now it’s crazy that we were able to finally get it at the highest level where everyone could see it.”

    This season, Sasser, a third-year guard who was the No. 25 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, averaged 5.2 points and 2 assists per game while shooting 41.5% on 3-pointers. Jenkins, undrafted coming out of St. John’s in 2024, had a breakout season at 9.3 ppg, 3.9 apg and 2.3 rpg while shooting 37.4% on 3-pointers.

    Jenkins gave the Pistons a productive backup to All-Star Cade Cunningham, and when Cunningham missed games due to injuries, Jenkins started 19 games. During that stretch, he posted 17.2 ppg, 7.4 apg and 3.6 rpg on 43.9% shooting overall 35.6% on 3-pointers.

    Daniss Jenkins recorded a career-high 30 points in a win over the Lakers this season.

    The Pistons rewarded Jenkins in February, converting his two-way contract to a standard contract through the 2026-27 season.

    “It just wasn’t an easy path for him from high school to college to junior college, back to college, college, you know what I mean?” Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “At any point in time, he could have been discouraged, but he wasn’t. And he just continued to work and continued to get better.

    “And also, it didn’t jade him. If you’re around him every day, he’s a beautiful spirit. A lot of times when people get told ‘no’ and ‘you’re not good enough,’ it changes your personality, but he’s a joy to be around every day.”

    Jenkins started his college career at Pacific, where he played two seasons. He played one season at Odessa College (junior college), played one season at Iona for Rick Pitino. When Pitino left Iona for St. John’s, Jenkins followed him for his final season of college ball.

    Looking at a tattoo on his left thigh that reads, “I JUST DIDN’T QUIT,” Jenkins reflected on his journey.

    “My end goal never changed. Never changed,” Jenkins told NBA.com after a recent practice. “And I never wavered on the game. And my faith in God. I always tell people, if you put your faith and trust in God and you live your life the right way, and you put the work in, there’s some reward. Good things happen to good people. I’m a firm believer in that.

    “And at the end of the day, I have this tattoo because that’s a testament to my life. I didn’t give up. I never stopped.”

    Sasser, Jenkins ‘stacking moments’ as NBA teammates

    Sasser and Jenkins were childhood competitors on the court for different elementary and middle school teams in Dallas. Then they began working out together. They attended different high schools but remained friends and workout partners, dreaming about playing in the NBA.

    The Dallas-Fort Worth area is well represented on the Pistons’ roster. Cade Cunningham is from Arlington, Texas, and Ron Holland II is from Duncanville, Texas.

    Sasser’s dad, Marcus Sr., whose two brothers — Jason and Jeryl — had brief NBA careers, used to run Marcus and Jenkins through drills before and after school at a local rec center.

    “He would put us through a lot of hard workouts,” Sasser said. “He was there, rebounding and motivating us.”

    But let’s be realistic. The chance of any one kid making it to the NBA is small. The chance that two friends from childhood make it to the NBA and end up on the same team is even smaller.

    That didn’t stop their belief in themselves and in each other.

    “I knew how his mindset was, and I knew how hard he always worked,” Sasser said of Jenkins. “I just knew he wasn’t going to let nothing hold him back. I knew he was going to find a way to make it. And just watching his last year at St. John’s, I knew he was an NBA-caliber player.”

    Jenkins returned the praise.

    “Watching him flourish and become a star in college basketball, he just motivated me because I knew how hard we worked,” Jenkins said. “Just to see him doing the same exact stuff that we used to work on every single day and apply it, it just gave me a sense that it can be done.”

    After Jenkins’ final season at St. John’s, he began preparing for the draft and had pre-Draft workouts scheduled. The Pistons showed interest and invited him to Detroit for a workout.

    Daniss Jenkins had multiple stints with Detroit’s NBA G League team before realizing his NBA dream.

    Just like the old days, Sasser and Jenkins found a gym. Not a rec center like when they were kids, but the Pistons’ practice facility, where Sasser had access since he was on the team.

    Sasser rebounded and Jenkins got up shots.

    “I was just giving him words of encouragement, and he went out there and killed it the next day,” Sasser said. “We were just going to do what we did in high school – in the gym all day, work our tails off.”

    No team drafted Jenkins, but the Pistons called after the second round and reached a deal with him on a two-way contract.

    “One of the first people I called was Marcus just to let him know, ‘Man, would you believe that they signed me?’ ” Jenkins said. “It was just everything I really dreamed of. This is just playing basketball. This is me playing with one of my childhood friends.”

    Jenkins still had to prove he belonged in the NBA, and he did that through NBA Summer League, training camp, practices, NBA G League and regular-season opportunities with the Pistons.

    “My impact was loud,” Jenkins said. “I never knew how loud it was going to be, but I knew the impact I would have on the team once I finally got an opportunity. I didn’t know how loud and how crazy and great it would be. So that’s the biggest thing for me. It’s not so much a moment. It was just stacking moments.”

    * * *

    Jeff Zillgitt has covered the NBA since 2008. You can email him at jzillgitt@nba.com, find his archive here and follow him on X.

  • 3 things to watch in Trail Blazers-Spurs Game 3

    3 things to watch in Trail Blazers-Spurs Game 3

    Victor Wembanyama’s health status and Jrue Holiday’s overall play are among the factors to watch as Game 3 nears.

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    San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama’s availability after sustaining a concussion in Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers is the biggest storyline heading into Game 3 of their first-round Western Conference series. 

    If he plays, it means he has met the return-to-participation conditions listed in the NBA concussion policy summary, which includes no concussion-related symptoms at rest, clearance by a team physician, completion of an exertion process and confirmation from the league’s director of the concussion program. 

    “It’s pretty straightforward,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “Obviously, we hope he’ll be back at some point. But we’ll allow the protocol to play out. And again, there’s nothing more important than his health.” 

    As the 1-1 series moves to Portland, here are three things to watch in Game 3 on Friday (10: 30 p.m. ET, Prime Video)

    If Wembanyama plays vs. if he doesn’t

    Wembanyama was stellar in Game 1, setting a franchise record for points in a playoff debut with 35 in the Spurs’ victory. In Portland’s Game 2 victory, Wembanyama left the game with 8:57 remaining in the second quarter when he stumbled and hit his face and head on the court. 

    The numbers are stark for the Spurs when Wembanyama is on the court vs. when he is not – it’s nearly a 17-point difference per 100 possessions. If Wembanyama can’t play, center Luke Kornet will get more minutes, and he had 10 points and nine rebounds in Game 2.

    Though they’re not centers, veteran Harrison Barnes and rookie Carter Bryant could receive more playing time in smaller lineups, and Johnson also has veterans Bismack Biyombo and Kelly Olynyk on his bench. 

    The Trail Blazers had success with Robert Williams III on the court in Wembanyama’s absence. Williams had 11 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks and was plus-13 in 23 minutes in Game 2. The Blazers also have more defensive versatility with Williams and Toumani Camara when Wembanyama is not in the game. 

    Can Blazers’ guards have repeat performance?

    Twenty-year-old Scoot Henderson delivered 31 points on 11-for-17 shooting and Jrue Holiday, a two-time NBA champion, generated 16 points, nine assists, five rebounds and two blocks in Game 2. A similar performance from that backcourt will put Portland in an advantageous position.  

    High-scoring guard Shaedon Sharpe is playing limited minutes since returning late in the season from a left fibula injury, and he is capable of an efficient performance. He had nine points on five shots in 13 minutes in Game 2.  

    Fox’s production will be key

    Of San Antonio’s regular starters, guard De’Aaron Fox is the oldest and the only one with playoff experience before this season. Even though it was just one series when Fox was with Sacramento, he produced against Golden State in 2023, scoring 38 points twice in the seven-game series. He had at least 24 points in four other games and at least nine assists in four games against the Warriors. 

    San Antonio needs that version of Fox even if Wembanyama is available and especially if he’s not. The Spurs acquired Fox at the 2025 trade deadline to provide backcourt experience for these moments. 

    * * *

    Jeff Zillgitt has covered the NBA since 2008. You can email him at jzillgitt@nba.com, find his archive here and follow him on X. 

  • Gianni Amelio’s ‘No Pain,’ New Works by Martone, Vicari, Kossakovsky, Topline RAI Cinema International Cannes Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

    Gianni Amelio’s ‘No Pain,’ New Works by Martone, Vicari, Kossakovsky, Topline RAI Cinema International Cannes Market Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

    RAI Cinema International Distribution is heading to the Cannes market with a promising slate headlined by new works from prominent Italian auteurs and Cannes and Venice aficionados including Gianni Amelio, Mario Martone, Daniele Vicari and Berlin-based Russian helmer Victor Kossakovsky. 

    Amelio, who is best-known for his Oscar-nominated “Open Doors” (1990) and also “Stolen Children,” which won the 1992 Cannes Grand Prix – and, more recently helmed the 2024 drama “Battleground” that bowed in Venice – is now in post on “No Pain” toplining Valeria Golino and Alessandro Borghi (“The Eight Mountains”) (see first-look image above). In “No Pain,” which is tipped for Venice, Borghi plays a quiet man named Davide devastated by a tragic event for which he bears an unwitting responsibility. He finds some peace of mind through his emotional bond with a woman named Elsa, played by Golino.

    Martone, who was in Cannes last year with “Fuori,” is putting the finishing touches on his Naples-set drama “Trick” starring Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”) that is also likely to launch from the Lido.

    Vicari, who was in Venice last year with “Tired of Killing. Autobiography of an Assassin” is completing “Bianco” in which Borghi plays legendary Italian mountaineer’s tragic attempt to climb Mont Blanc in 1961.

    Oscar-nominated Kossakovsky, known for “Gunda,” “Aquarela,” and “Trillion,” has made a new ecology-themed doc titled “Greenworld,” in collaboration with Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso, a pioneer in the plant neurobiology movement who has written several best-selling books including “Tree Stories.” This piece is described as “an invitation to radically reimagine the plant kingdom from a new, ground-breaking perspective.”

    Roughly two years after its launch, Italian state broadcaster RAI’s sales unit will be at Cannes, this time with a robust slate being presented to buyers with promo reels unveiled during two sessions of private screenings during the Cannes Marché du Film. 

    Variety speaks to RAI Cinema head of international sales Fulvio Firrito about the expanding Italian sales company’s raison d’être and his mission and hopes for a Cannes breakthrough.

    What is RAI Cinema International Distribution’s raison d’être and how are you going about growing the company?

    Our mission, simply put, is to make Italian cinema more visible abroad. RAI Cinema contributes to the production of roughly 60 Italian films a year. We can handle sales on roughly ten of those, maybe a few more. Besides that, ahead of the recent Berlin Film Festival, we picked up global distribution of Belgian director Manon Coubia’s “Forest High,” that won a prize. In positioning ourselves on the market we want to also have some foreign films on our slate which helps us to be more recognisable abroad and also helps Italian films get into more sales slots.

    How has it been going?

    Well, we’ve been able to sell Margherita Vicario’s musical comedy “Gloria!” (2024) to over 80 territories. And we sold Trudy Styler’s documentary “Posso Entrare? An Ode to Naples” to Hulu in the U.S. – which is a first for an Italian sales company – and to Disney Plus for U.K., plus to 70 territories. We also also sold Gianni Amelio’s last finished film “Battleground” (2024) to more than 20 territories. So the work is relentless, but we’re confident we can achieve good results, despite a very competitive market.

    “Gloria” is a first work, while Amelio is a veteran auteur. Is this mix typical of your lineup?

    Standout first and second works are very much a part of our mission. Case in point is “Idda” by Irene Dionisio. But there are others.

    Below are other standout fresh titles in RAI Cinema International Distribution slate:

    – “Idda,” the sophomore feature from Irene Dionisio, whose debut “Pawn Streets” launched from Venice’s Critics’ Week. Starring Italy’s two top rising female star Tecla Insolia (“Art of Joy”) and Romana Maggiora Vergano (“There’s Still Tomorrow”), it’s about two childhood friends, now in their thirties, who find themselves during a hike up Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano. 

    – “The Sound of Something New,” a new work by Paolo Genovese (“Perfect Strangers”) who latest concept comedy “Madly” pulled $21 million locally and sold widely via RAI Cinema International. “Six lives intersect in the chaos of everyday life in Milan. Each person is seeking for their own “perfect noise,” something to follow rather than surrender to emotional numbness,” says the synopsis.

    – “Things We Don’t Say,” the latest feature by Gabriele Muccino, whose Hollywood credits include Will Smith-starrer “The Pursuit of Happyness.” It’s an adaptation of Delia Ephron’s novel “Siracusa.” The film follows two couples who go on vacation in Morocco and become entangled in various types of betrayals. It scored more than $8 million locally.

    –– “Christmas Song,” a doc by Roberta Torre (“Tano to Die For”) about female inmates in a Milan penitentiary who are preparing to perform Christmas carols behind bars and provides several backstories of why they are in jail.

  • Bitcoin Exchange Binance Announces Delisting of Two Altcoin Pairs from its Futures Trading Platform! Here Are the Details

    Bitcoin Exchange Binance Announces Delisting of Two Altcoin Pairs from its Futures Trading Platform! Here Are the Details

    Binance Futures, a leading platform in the cryptocurrency derivatives market, has announced its decision to delist certain futures contracts. According to the announcement, the USDⓈ-M margin VINEUSDT and AIUSDT perpetual contracts will be terminated on April 28, 2026, at 13:00.

    The exchange announced that all open positions will be closed and an automated settlement process will be carried out on the specified date. Following the completion of this process, the relevant contracts will be completely removed from the platform. Users are advised to close their positions or make adjustments in advance to avoid potential risks.

    Binance Futures emphasized that it regularly reviews listing and delisting decisions based on specific criteria. These criteria include factors such as trading volume and liquidity levels, network security and stability, regulatory requirements, changes in the token economy, and the activity level of project teams. Furthermore, the level of transparency of projects and their responses to periodic review requests also play a significant role in the evaluation process.

    Experts state that such delisting decisions are made to protect market health and shield users from potential risks. Removing projects with low liquidity or insufficient development from the derivatives market aims to improve overall market quality.

    *This is not investment advice.

  • Cryptocurrency Exchanges Upbit and Bithumb Announce They Will Delisting This Altcoin! Here Are the Details

    South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, Upbit and Bithumb, have announced their decision to delist the Resolv (RESOLV) token. According to the announcement, the delisting will take effect on May 26th at 09:00.

    According to information shared by the exchanges, one of the main reasons for this decision was the project team’s inadequate response to the previous investment warning. Furthermore, a comprehensive review revealed that the project did not meet the listing criteria regarding the timely disclosure of important information and transparency of processes.

    Authorities emphasized that such decisions are made meticulously to protect investors. Cryptocurrency exchanges regularly evaluate the assets listed, and projects that do not meet established standards may be removed from the platform. Key criteria in this process include the level of communication within project teams, transparency policies, and technical development activities.

    Analysts note that the delisting of RESOLV could put short-term pressure on the token price. However, it is stated that such steps are aimed at increasing overall market security and providing investors with access to a healthier trading environment.

    This decision by Upbit and Bithumb once again demonstrates the increasing importance of transparency and accountability standards in the cryptocurrency sector.

    *This is not investment advice.

  • Man stabs neighbors in clash over dog peeing on his lawn

    Man stabs neighbors in clash over dog peeing on his lawn

    Urine trouble.

    A Queens man apparently upset over a dog peeing on his lawn Thursday stabbed the couple walking the French bulldog during a brawl on the street, even slashing his own father as he tried to calm him down, police sources said.

    The showdown unfolded as the stabber stormed up to the dog walker and her boyfriend, both 39, after he saw the pair’s pooch relieve itself on his lawn on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Laurelton about 11 a.m., sources said.

    As the argument continued, the man and a friend urinated on his neighbor’s yard in apparent retaliation for the dog’s actions, shocking video obtained by the Daily News shows.

    Blood is pictured on the ground after a man, allegedly enraged over a dog peeing on his lawn, stabbed multiple people on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Queens on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
    Blood on the ground after a man enraged over a dog peeing on his lawn allegedly stabbed multiple people on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Queens on Thursday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) 

    A brawl broke out shortly after that, with one man whipping out a blade and plunging it into the dog walker’s back. The girlfriend suffered a wound to her left hand.

    When the stabber’s 62-year-old father attempted to intervene, he too was cut in the left hand by his son, according to cops.

    Video obtained by the Daily News shows the dog-walking couple arguing with two men at the scene. The video shows the men sauntering down the block, reaching into their trousers and urinating in apparent retaliation on the front yard of another home.

    The footage then shows the woman pulling out her phone to record the lewd act as the two men approach her boyfriend a second time and a fight breaks out. It’s unclear in the video at what point the victims are stabbed in the wild fracas, which lasts for nearly a minute. During the brawl, another man can be seen dashing into the fray in an apparent bid to break up the fight.

    Responding officers took 34-year-old Akeem Alexander into custody. He is charged with assault, cops said.

    “It’s totally shocking,” a relative of the Alexander’s, who refused to give her name, told The News near the scene. “I just want to emphasize that they’re a good family and solid citizens.”

    After a dog peed on a neighbor's lawn (top, circled), two men responded by urinating on the dog owner's lawn (2nd from top). That led to a bloody brawl that left three people stabbed on Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Queens, New York. (Obtained by Daily News)
    After a dog peed on a neighbor’s lawn (top, circled), two men responded by urinating on the dog owner’s lawn (2nd from top). That led to a bloody brawl that left three people stabbed on Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Queens, New York. (Obtained by Daily News) 

    A neighbor witnessed the stabbing’s bloody aftermath.

    “They brought the older gentleman out on a stretcher,” said Jimmy White, 74, a retired Air Force veteran who lives nearby. “There were five ambulances and about seven police cars.”

    “The fight was over the dog. But for them to come out and start stabbing, this couldn’t have been the first time,” he said. “Something had to lead up to this. Now they have to risk Rikers and jail.”

    The dog walker, her boyfriend and the stabber’s father were all taken to Jamaica Hospital, where they are expected to recover.

    Dog feces could be seen lying within a dried pool of blood outside Alexander’s 229th St. home.

    Another neighbor told The News the victims had been called out before for letting their dog relieve itself on other people’s property.

    “(The fight) was over the dog that poops on everybody’s lawn,” said the neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous. “They never pick up.”

    The fight was similar to a clash in Brooklyn where a 75-year-old woman was attacked for complaining that a dog walker was not cleaning up the pooch’s poop.

    Blood is pictured after a man, allegedly enraged over a dog peeing on his lawn, stabbed multiple people on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Queens on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
    Blood on the ground after a man enraged over a dog peeing on his lawn allegedly stabbed multiple people on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Queens on Thursday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) 

    Cops have yet to make an arrest in the April 6 clash on President St. near Troy Ave. in Crown Heights.

    Linda Scott was outside her home about 9 a.m. when she got into an argument with two women with two unleashed dogs.

    Blood is pictured on the ground after a man, allegedly enraged over a dog peeing on his lawn, stabbed multiple people on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Queens on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
    Blood on the ground after a man enraged over a dog peeing on his lawn allegedly stabbed multiple people on 229th St. near 141st Ave. in Queens on Thursday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News) 

    The Brooklyn grandmother was upset that the women were allowing their dogs to defecate in an empty lot next to her property, her son told the Daily News at the time.

    Video obtained by The News shows the victim arguing with the dog owner when the woman in red storms up and starts swinging. The attacker repeatedly punches the elderly victim until she collapses on her front lawn, then kicks her and stomps on her face, the video shows.

  • Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and ‘Michael’ Critics Lost

    Hollywood Winners & Losers: Why Sydney Sweeney Won and ‘Michael’ Critics Lost

    WON: Sydney Sweeney: Sure, her cameo was cut from The Devil Wears Prada 2. Yes, she has many media and social media scolds in a tizzy over her racy scenes in Euphoria, which is hot garbage this season. Also, nobody can stop talking about her in the HBO show — even though she co-stars with Zendaya, arguably the hottest actress on the planet right now. And she’s back as the face of American Eagle, in a far more clearly non-racist jeans campaign this time, after boosting their sales last year. Oh, and Christy — her boxing biopic that was mocked by Sweeney’s detractors for bombing at the box office — just hit No. 1 on HBO Max.

    LOST: David Zaslav: How is this remotely fair? Warner Bros. shareholders approved the Paramount merger that Zaslav worked tirelessly to put together for so many months, yet 82 percent voted against rewarding the man most responsible with some modest compensation for his efforts. He was only expecting upward of $886 million, one of the largest golden parachutes in history. What more does Zaslav have to do to prove himself? Go to the office of every Warner shareholder and lay them off, too? Do you have any understanding of the costs, crew salaries, and maintenance of your average super yacht?

    WON: Curry Barker: You may not have heard of him — yet. But Barker is a 25-year-old TikTok sketch comedy guy who has suddenly become a highly sought-after writer-director — even though his first theatrical release, Obsession, doesn’t come out until next month. Just in the last few days, he landed A24’s reimagining of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and another film he just wrapped for Jason Blum, Anything But Ghosts, sold to Focus Features (Barker also gets to star in that one). Sorry industry veterans reduced to lugging lumber at Home Depot: If AI doesn’t replace us, Gen Z surely will.

    LOST: Michael Critics: Critics have been very tough on Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic about a singer who definitely did not molest young boys despite admitting to letting them sleep in his bed as a 40-year-old man. He was just a delicate and sensitive artist, OK? It’s your fault that you don’t understand a powerful pop star’s need to spoon other people’s 10-year-olds. With only 38 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, many reviewers claim that — aside from various omissions about Jackson’s legacy — the film is a boring, paint-by-numbers effort (a few critics, like ours, were much more positive).

    Taj Jackson has pushed back online, writing, “Sorry media, u don’t get to control the narrative anymore of who Michael Jackson truly was. The public gets to watch this movie … they will decide for themselves.” If the Jackson family really wanted to let fans decide for themselves about the singer’s legacy, the estate wouldn’t have pushed HBO to de-platform its documentary about Jackson’s alleged sins, Leaving Neverland, on a legal technicality. Speaking to THR, the documentary’s director wearily claimed that fans going to see the feel-good Michael, “don’t care that he was a child molester.”

    “Don’t care” indeed: Michael is tracking to earn at least $80 million for a potential record-opening weekend for a music biopic. Its CinemaScore is an A-. This fawning film is going to be huge and critics — and the parts of Jackson’s story that his fans don’t want to think about — can’t stop it.