Thank God — with hits like Dune: Part Two, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and Kung Fu Panda 4, the domestic box office may finally be shaking off the ashes from the double strikes, now counting close to $1.8 billion, with moviegoing gaining momentum. We told you quite early – at last year’s CinemaCon […]
Sony Pictures Classics’ Wicked Little Letters grossed an estimated $1.5+ million in a big second week expansion for the R-rated British period comedy to 1,000 screens from five. The Thea Sharrock-directed film starring Olivia Colman (also a producer) and Jessie Buckley, no. 8 at the domestic weekend box office, has a $1.6+ million cume. Colman […]
Refresh for latest…: A busy holdover weekend for wide studio releases was led by the trio of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Dune: Part Two. And, in a soaring performance, Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar winner The Boy and the Heron swooped into China helping the market set a new Qingming […]
Tonight, live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, singer Kelsea Ballerini hosts the CMT Music Awards for the fourth consecutive year. “I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my fourth year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas,” Ballerini said in a statement. “Hosting an […]
Morgan Wallen defended Taylor Swift after getting an unexpected reaction to a comment he made Friday night during his show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The moment came after he told the crowd that they had set an attendance record for his two-night stadium stand. He then quipped that he would likely hold the […]
Bradley Cooper almost quit The Place Beyond the Pines. During Indiewire’s Screen Talk live at the New Directors/New Films festival, writer/director Derek Cianfrance — who co-wrote the feature with future Sound of Metal director Darius Marder — said Cooper didn’t like what he read after receiving an updated script. That’s because Marder and Cianfrance rewrote “every […]
Following a slightly stronger than projected first quarter at the international box office, and with some titles added to the release calendar later in the year, Gower Street Analytics has increased its global box office projection for 2024 to $32.3B. This is a 2.5% hike from the London-based firm’s previous 2024 estimate of $31.5B, but remains a […]
Oliver Stark has called out the online trolls objecting to his 9-1-1 storyline regarding his character’s bisexuality. “If you are one of the smaller group of people commenting on my posts about how this has ruined the show, I would like you to know that I truly don’t care,” the actor wrote on his Instagram stories on […]
CBS Sports sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson is 5-foot-2. Center Zach Edey of Purdue is 7-foot-4. That presents an interviewing problem. Wolfson learned a lesson, and conducted her later postgame interviews while perched on a ladder. “That is right, Ian [Eagle], you said I needed a ladder, I got myself a ladder,” Wolfson said after to […]
I’m not overly fond of politics. Given a choice, I’d rather talk food, or faraway places. But I do have a weakness for political films—or, more precisely, films about political campaigns. The best of them have been sharp, often witty, and self-aware to the point of cynicism. Bulworth. The Campaign. Wag the Dog. Primary Colors. […]
Networks are planning special reports Monday for coverage of the total solar eclipse, a celestial phenomenon when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. The eclipse will move across Texas to Maine, temporarily shrouding those areas in darkness, while other parts of the country will notice dimming and twilight. Here’s a rundown of […]
Storied docs producer Dawn Porter has said private funding in the documentary space could help plug financial gaps that have opened up in today’s challenging market. The Gotham Award-winner’s latest project, revealed by Deadline in February, is a documentary about Nelson and Willie Mandela that is part-funded by the Schultz Family Foundation. Speaking at MIP […]
Daniel Brühl has recalled the time he swerved a Karl Lagerfeld photo shoot two decades before playing him in the eponymous Disney+ series that airs out of competition at tonight’s Canneseries. The BAFTA-nominated Rush star met the fashion icon in the early noughties but it has had a long lasting effect on him, and he […]
Jeremy Clarkson says he is bowed, but not beaten, by the local government bureaucracy he encounters as a farmer, but is inspired to fight by Kevin Costner’s character in Yellowstone. The former Grand Tour presenter, whose hit Amazon Video show Clarkson’s Farm will return for a third series on May 3, told The Times newspaper […]
ABBA fans the world over yesterday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Swedish supergroup’s Eurovision victory in 1974, and one crowd were treated to a surprise appearance by band member Bjorn Ulvaeus. It was the group’s Eurovision triumph 50 years ago with their song Waterloo that kickstarted their phenomenal success, an event marked by ABBA […]
Tom Holland’s above-the-title appearance in Romeo & Juliet will transfer to Broadway, according to an insider quoted in the UK press. The Spider-man star’s return to London’s West End stage (where he starred in Billy Elliot The Musical as a boy) has seen tickets for the show at the Duke of York’s Theatre all sell […]
Molly Ringwald, star of 1980s hit The Breakfast Club, has revealed she only rewatched the movie recently, and was jarred by some of the themes that were glossed over at the time. Ringwald played Claire Standish, nicknamed “Princess,” one of five disparate school students grouped together during a weekend detention period, in the movie, written […]
Aunt Linda returned for some new movie reviews. Kristen Wiig’s angry, middle-aged film critic was back on SNL’s Weekend Update to give her hot take on Barbie and Oppenheimer. Wiig has appeared as Aunt Linda three times before tonight including twice in 2006 and once in 2010, while she was a cast member of the […]
Colin Jost and Michael Che had a field day on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update,” mocking the earthquake that rattled NYC and the latest news on Donald Trump. “Well, yesterday, everyone in New York pretended they felt an earthquake,” Jost said. “Just admit it, you thought it was wind.” He continued, “This earthquake was the […]
Ahead of starring in SNL 1975, Jason Reitman’s period comedy feature, Kaia Gerber is getting a feel for Studio 8H. Gerber joined her Palm Royale co-star Kristen Wiig in a sketch on this evening’s SNL. Wiig, celebrating her fifth time hosting the long-running NBC show, played a psychotic instructor in a movie trailer skit for […]
Kristen Wiig returned to Saturday Night Live to host the show for the fifth time, which meant she would be inducted into the five-timers club. “I am so happy to be back, and I am so excited because it is my fifth time hosting, so I am officially in the five-timers club,” Wiig said at […]
The Saturday Night Live cold open took a break from politics to riff on March Madness — more specifically how the women’s tournament has been a lot more exciting than the men’s competition. The set up was TBS’s post-game coverage, with co-host Kenny Smith (Devon Walker) noting that 14 million people watched the the Iowa-Connecticut […]
Lewis Hamilton is producing a Formula 1 movie with Joseph Kosinski starring Brad Pitt. The British racing star could have worked with the filmmaker on Top Gun: Maverick had it not been for his conflicting work schedule. In a new interview, Hamilton revealed he lobbied Tom Cruise to star in a possible Top Gun sequel […]
Drake Bell revealed on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that Brian Peck, a former Nickelodeon dialogue coach, abused him. In the trial, Peck presented numerous letters of support from people who had worked with him in the past, including Rider Strong. Bell shared an update after conversing with the Boy Meets […]
Rachel McAdams is making her Broadway debut with Mary Jane while The Notebook musical continues to perform to sold-out audiences. The star of the 2004 romantic drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes thinks it’s quite a funny coincidence that she’s performing on Broadway for the first time, as the musical adaptation of the film she […]