It’s officially November 1st. And while Mariah Carey’s Christmas powers are growing, some of us are still recovering from all the spooky fun of Halloween. This includes celebrities, many of whom have gone viral for their costumes. Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are currently in hot water over their priest/nun costumes, shortly after dressing
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It’s been seven months since the winners of the 94th Academy Awards were presented on ABC, and yet rather than any of the recipients of those golden trophies still regularly entering conversations, the most popular topic concerning that night continues to be when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage. Now that surprising moment has reached
Imax missed Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings projections due to what it called “a temporary slowdown in the Hollywood pipeline,” but edged revenue estimates thanks to a string of local-language blockbusters. The company’s net loss of 5 cents a share, reported Monday, marked an improvement from 8 cents in the year-ago period, but was worse than
Robert Downey Jr. isn’t afraid to take a chance with becoming the characters he takes on; his roles in Chaplin and Tropic Thunder proved that. As Downey Jr. prepared for his next role, the Avengers actor decided to let his kids get in on the act. They took part in RDJ’s physical transformation by shaving
While fans of the Fantastic Beasts franchise may know Eddie Redmayne best for his performance as the bumbling and shy –yet capable — Magizoologist Newt Scamander, the actor has an impressive and diverse body of work. From playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything to his most recent performance as a real-life serial killer
Few new horror movie releases have had quite the buzz surrounding them like Paramount’s Smile. The spooky season offering dominated the box office during its opening weekend, and the horror film was well-received critically, too. Fright master Stephen King even took notice of the jaw-clenching movie, and though he praised the movie’s twisted scares, he
Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/New Line DC’s Black Adam in its second offshore frame saw a strong hold, down just 45%. It added $39M from 76 offshore markets to take the running international box office total to $139M for a global cume through Sunday of $250M. While superhero movies are typically frontloaded, there were a
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost two decades since Billy the puppet wheeled his tricycle-loving self onto the big screen and into horror fans’ hearts. The original Saw just celebrated its 18th anniversary. What some might forget, thanks partly to the deluge of inferior sequels with ever more convoluted plots, is just how
As Julia Roberts celebrated her 55th birthday yesterday, a video surfaced on Twitter from an event a month ago where the actress opened up about a surprising couple that was involved in her birth. The couple involved was Martin Luther King Jr., that’s right the civil rights leader, and his wife Coretta Scott King. The
As Henry Cavill announced at the top of the week, he’s back as Superman and his recent cameo during the end credits of Black Adam was but a “small taste of things to come.” It’s exciting news for the future of DC Movies, but while we wait for movement on the next appearance of the
David Gordon Green has wrapped his Blumhouse-produced Halloween trilogy with the release of Halloween Ends. Though Ends was divisive, one thing is for sure; the film is a loving nod to the series’ original creator, John Carpenter’s entire filmography. Green will next tackle another classic horror franchise — The Exorcist. Considering how involved Carpenter has
EXCLUSIVE: Timothy Scott Bogart’s movie Spinning Gold, about his music-producer father Neil Bogart and the iconic label Casablanca Records that he built, will hit theaters on March 31, 2023. The release and distribution will be handled by Hero Partners in partnership with Howling Wolf Films, with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment distributing across transactional home entertainment. Neil
Kanye West has been getting a lot of in the media lately over his various controversies, with the rapper having particularly garnered a lot of backlash over his anti-Semitic remarks, as well as being at the center of a $250 million lawsuit after making false statements about George Floyd. Additionally, West said earlier this week
New Line/DC’s Black Adam ends its first week at the domestic box office with $83.4 million, which is slightly ahead of what Dwayne Johnson’s Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw did in its first week at $83.1M. That’s impressive considering Black Adam is a deeper-universe DC character, while the other was connected to a
One of Anne Hathaway’s best movies is The Devil Wears Prada where aspiring writer Andy decides to work as an assistant under Miranda Priestly, one of the toughest fashion magazine editors in the business. However, as the working relationship between Andy and Miranda strengthens, her romantic relationship with her boyfriend, Nate, deteriorates. Years after The
Three films opening this weekend highlight women’s rights, class and racism — nothing ripped from today’s headlines exactly, but features with a distinctive moment and point of view that appear particularly relevant today. Call Jane, Holy Spider and Armageddon Time join Tár, Till, The Banshees of Inisherin and others already in theaters as it gets
The promotion of films is often as important as the films themselves and that usually includes a very specific schedule for when new information is going to be released. While rumors or other leaks revealing information that a production would rather keep secret are always a risk, it’s rare, though certainly not impossible for things
After over a decade, Avatar: The Way of Water is finally hitting theaters at the end of this year. The primary cast that includes Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña are all returning to Pandora to continue the story that became a global phenomenon. To much of the surprise of fans, Sigourney Weaver is also returning
UPDATE: Last season’s Tony-winning Broadway production of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out proved so popular that producers made the unusual decision to bring the show back, its cast largely in tact, for some extra innings. Take Me Out begins a 14-week Broadway run today, playing through January 29, 2023. The original cast remains except for
Getting the opportunity to star in a James Bond movie is pretty huge, no matter the role. For Spectre actor Andrew Scott, that chance came through the antagonistic role of Max Denbigh, head of the Joint Security Service – though you may know him better as “C.” A thorn in the side of Daniel Craig’s
Katie Holmes has been set to star in The Wanderers, a new Off Broadway play from the Roundabout Theatre Company. The New York debut of Anna Ziegler’s latest will begin preview performances January 26, 2023 head of a February 16 opening at the Laura Pels Theater in New York. The limited engagement will run through
Dwayne Johnson’s Hollywood success reached a new high this past weekend when he debuted his first superhero role in the DCEU with Black Adam. Coming off the movie’s box office debut and impressive audience reaction, the actor is taking a break from touting the blockbuster to honor his mother, Ata Johnson, who just turned 74
Hot fantasy actioner The Legend of Maula Jatt has hit a historic milestone, becoming the highest-grossing Pakistani film ever worldwide in only its second week of release, and the first to cross PKR 100cr ($4.5M) globally. Through Tuesday, it had taken PKR 115cr ($5.2M). Of that, PKR 33cr ($1.5M) is from the home country and
Over 16 years ago, Reese Witherspoon took to the Academy Awards stage to accept her Oscar for playing June Carter Cash in Walk The Line alongside Joaquin Phoenix’s Johnny Cash. While looking back at her career thus far recently, the actress shared that ahead of being showered with accolades for the biopic, she wasn’t convinced
Universal/Working Title’s Ticket to Paradise has winged past the $100 million mark globally. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the Julia Roberts–George Clooney rom-com’s split is $20.6M domestic and $81.9M from the international box office for a worldwide total of $102.5M so far. Having released early overseas, Ticket to Paradise, directed by Ol Parker, just went out
No Time to Die might’ve been the last time audiences will get to see Ralph Fiennes as MI-6 head M. The film served as Daniel Craig’s swan song after playing James Bond for two decades. The franchise wanted to make sure Craig would never return by killing him off in an explosion. Months after Bond
The young OG cast of Hocus Pocus is all grown up now in their forties! As the sequel to the iconic Halloween movie just hit Disney+, this brings so much more attention to the ’90s throwback movie‘s behind-the-scenes secrets. An OG Hocus Pocus actor revealed that he got high during the filming of the movie,
Broadway box office held steady last week, with impressive attendance for recent arrivals Almost Famous and Kimberly Akimbo, and Leopoldstadt again setting a house record at the Longacre with receipts of $1,158,051. In all, the 28 Broadway productions grossed $28,585,160 for the week ending Oct. 23, just about dead-even with the previous week. Total attendance
Zoe Saldaña has the rare bragging rights of being a star in the two highest grossing movies of all time: Avatar and Avengers: Endgame. But before the actress was a blockbuster queen, her first taste of being on a massive movie’s call sheet wasn’t a great experience for her. That movie was 2003’s Pirates of
National CineMedia is suing Regal Cinemas, one of its founding partners, for hiding behind Chapter 11 to cancel a longstanding and legally binding contract – a twist in the bankruptcy saga of Regal parent Cineworld. Regal created National CineMedia with AMC and Cinemark in 2007 to provide in-theater advertising in and it still owns a