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In brief: ‘Mortal Kombat II’ gets streaming date and more

Sydney Sweeney is headed to Sleepy Hollow. Deadline reports the actress will star in Hollow, a new retelling of the Sleepy Hollow story, for Sony Pictures. The film will be based on Lindsey Anderson Beer’s debut novel. It will be directed, produced and adapted by Beer …

Mortal Kombat II is headed to streaming. The New Line Cinema film will make its global streaming debut on HBO Max on July 24. It will debut on HBO linear on July 25. The film stars Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Tati Gabrielle and Lewis Tan. It follows the fan-favorite champions and Johnny Cage pitted against each other in a battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn …

Brett Gelman, Rob Morgan and Kevin Nealon are set to star in Mini War. Deadline reports the actors have joined the comedy film also starring Luke Wilson, Vanessa Hudgens and Nick Swardson. The movie follows a likable stoner who inherits a mini golf course from his late uncle. Swardson and Allen Covert wrote the script while Joel David Moore is directing …

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Short pants: The long and the short of it

▶ Watch Video: Short pants: The long and the short of it The summer of 1936 wasn't just hot; it was dangerously hot. At least 5,000 people ended up dying from heat-related causes. "New York City, Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky, Minneapolis – I mean, cities were hammered," said Geoff Williams, the author of "The Summer of Death," about that great heat wave. "For weeks, some cities were 100° or over. There were records that were hit, and still have not been broken."Since air conditioning wasn't in most homes, many people resorted to sleeping in movie theaters, or even outdoors. "All day, you're suffering, and then you can't sleep," Williams said. "And this would go on day after day after day."This was the kind of heat that changed the way people lived – and during an otherwise buttoned-up time in America, it changed the way they dressed.Grownups wearing short pants in the summer. No big deal, right? But in some places around the country, you were flirting with the law. In Yonkers, New York, where Mike Spano is currently mayor, wearing shorts wasn't once just taboo; it was illegal.Mo Rocca, sporting jorts (a cross between jeans and shorts), with Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.  CBS News
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