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Danny Masterson had 2 of his “That ’70s Show” costars in his corner ahead of his sentencing … Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis wrote letters of support for the actor. The letters, obtained by Tony Ortega, were sent to Judge Olmedo before Masterson received his 30-year to life sentence in L.A. — and both outlined

UPDATED with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicks off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that includes world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix’s Pain Hustlers, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Kristin Scott Thomas’ Scarlett Johansson

Shah Rukh Khan has outdone himself. After a record-breaking run with Pathaan in January, the Indian superstar has hit new milestones with his latest, Jawan, which scored the biggest ever opening day worldwide for a Hindi film on Thursday at 129.6 crore ($15.5M).  The Thursday debut was also the best ever in India for a

Al Pacino and Noor Alfallah have called it quits after more than a year of dating … and now they’re in court trying to iron out child custody issues. Alfallah got the ball rolling, filing a petition in L.A. Superior Court in which she asks a judge for full physical custody of their 3-month-old son,

UPDATED with latest: The Venice Film Festival began August 30 with opening-night movie Comandante, an Italian World War II drama, kicking off a lineup for the venerable fest’s 80th edition that includes world premieres of Michael Mann’s Ferrari, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, David Fincher’s The Killer, Ava DuVernay’s Origins, and

Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will star on Broadway this spring in a world premiere production of Paula Vogel’s new Mother Play, to be directed by Tina Landau. The Second Stage Theater production will begin a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater on Tuesday, April 2, with an official opening on Thursday,

Ask buyers and sellers at Toronto what they expect for the festival acquisitions marketplace that opens today, and they’ll say either boom or bust. Even though there are almost 50 available titles here. The uncertainty that twin strikes has wrought brings uncertainty to what, on paper, should be the most robust Toronto in a long

Play video content TMZ.com Lil Rel Howery says an ill-timed trip to the men’s room almost spoiled his marriage proposal during Beyoncé‘s concert … and he’s thanking her for stalling long enough for him to pop the question. The comedian joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live” and told us all about how his engagement went

UPDATED: Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, which is making its TIFF world premiere this weeekend at the fest, is still on course for a three-step platform on Sept 15 -LA & NYC, and Sept. 22, but will now widebreak on Sept. 29 instead of Oct. 6. The comedy also sidesteps Universal’s The Exorcist: The Believer. PREVIOUS

Ava DuVernay touched down at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday evening with her new film Origin, which world premiered in Competition and received a more than eight-minute ovation in its debut screening. DuVernay was visibly overjoyed by the audience’s warm response to the film. The director was making history as the first female African

Woody Allen says he doesn’t consider himself “canceled” after allegations of sexual abuse made by his adoptive daughter — but he does say he might hang it up in the movie biz. The famed, controversial filmmaker is at the Venice Film Festival, where he’s debuting his latest project — “Coup de chance” — and while

Imax CEO Rich Gelfond turned a media conference Q&A back on the host today, grilling a Goldman Sachs analyst about the firm’s two-year ‘sell’ rating on the stock when, he said, much of the Street has a ‘buy’.   The two were discussing Gelfond’s $1.1 billion box office projection for Imax, made earlier this year,

Lea Michele treated the final-night audience of Broadway’s Funny Girl to an extra song Sunday, performing “My Man,” popularized by Fanny Brice in 1921 but not included in the musical’s original score. Michele performed the song – omitting, as did Barbra Streisand in the 1968 film version, the infamous “he beats me too” introductory verse

Drew Barrymore‘s alleged stalker, a man named Chad Michael Busto, now has a warrant out for his arrest after failing to show up to get a GPS monitor from authorities. Southampton Town Justice Court Clerk Heather Drapal tells TMZ … a judge has issued a bench warrant for Busto in connection with last month’s case

Gayle Hunnicutt, whose best-known work came as Vanessa Beaumont, the mother of J.R. Ewing’s illegitimate son, in the final three seasons of Dallas, has died per multiple U.K. reports. Hunnicutt died last Thursday at a hospital in London, according to her ex-husband Simon Jenkins. She was 80 years old. That Hunnicutt would find fame playing

Sound of Freedom director Alejandro Monteverde is reteaming with Angel Studios again who’ll release his next movie, Cabrini on March 8, 2024. Angels Studios and Monteverde had monumental success this past summer as the anti-child trafficking movie, Sound of Freedom, racked up $180M at the domestic B.O. The pic is rolling out overseas. Deadline first

Sam Esmail’s Leave the World Behind will open the 37th AFI Fest next month. The apocalyptic thriller starring Academy Award winners Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali, four-time Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke and Industry‘s Myha’la will make its world premiere October 25 with a red carpet gala at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The pic

Within the course of a week some six years ago, aspiring genre filmmaker Michael Chaves’ life changed forever. Bloody Disgusting had posted his haunted house horror short The Maiden, which stylistically in its sneaky shots, steely hues and earth tones is oh-so-close to the gist of The Conjuring franchise. Off of that, Chaves, a Pasadena

Play video content TMZ.com Gary Busey was chased down by a woman who claims he rear-ended her car in Malibu and then just beat it … and she’s got some hardcore receipts in the form of video. The woman tells TMZ … she was driving down PCH Wednesday and Busey whipped out of a shopping

Woody Allen’s Coup de Chance premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Monday. The film, which was directed and written by Allen himself, received a five-minute ovation from the audience. Coup de Chance centers around Fanny and Jean who look like the ideal married couple—they’re both professionally accomplished, they live in a gorgeous apartment in an

In its second weekend in theaters, MGM and director Emma Seligman’s teen comedy Bottoms broke into the top ten films for the weekend (no. 7) on 715 screens, a major North America expansion from a 10-theater opening last week. An estimated $3 million gross for the three days, and $3.6 million for the four-day Labor Day

The world premiere of Priscilla, the latest film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, took place this evening at the Venice Film Festival. The movie stars Cailee Spaeny in the titular role as Priscilla Presley, with Jacob Elordi portraying Elvis Presley and Dagmara Dominczyk also featuring in the cast. Coppola secured a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement

Smash Mouth’s lead singer, Steve Harwell, has died … TMZ has learned. The rock band’s longtime frontman — who was one of the original founding members dating back to 1994 — passed away Monday morning at his home in Boise, Idaho as a result of liver failure — this according to his manager. We’re told

Though Labor Day is upon us domestically — and its somewhat equivalents in many overseas markets to mark the end of summer — the hits keep coming as holds this session were strong on the season’s leaders while a new entry surprised. To wit, and starting with the latter: Sony/Escape Artists’ The Equalizer 3 blazed

EXCLUSIVE: It’s a scorching 90 degrees in Rome at the end of July, but producer Lorenzo Mieli isn’t breaking a sweat. In the course of three days, he’s fully booked, first working into the night with Luca Guadagnino on the filmmaker’s new Daniel Craig movie, Queer, which wrapped shooting in June at Rome’s Cinecittà. Then

Emma Stone is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for a new movie of hers — where she’s in some balls-to-the-wall sex scenes, baring it all … even though her character’s technically a child. This one’s a little dicey, but it’s being talked about a ton this weekend among attendees at both the Telluride Film

EXCLUSIVE: Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera is appreciated by many in the film and media industries not only for having cemented Venice as a must-attend blue-ribbon festival, but also for his candour. As we do every year, Deadline sat down with Barbera at the festival’s mid-point to discuss a lineup that has already wowed

Antoine Fuqua’s The Equalizer 3 will not let this summer go out quietly in what’s expected to be a $30M-$40M 4-day opening weekend; poised to be the second-best ever for the holiday after Shang-Chi ($94.6M). Last night from showtimes that began at 3PM, the Sony threequel clocked $3.8M at 3,241 locations. While 76% with critics

Bradley Cooper‘s portrayal of Leonard Bernstein has drawn a lot of criticism — but in Italy this weekend … it drew more applause than outrage, especially from the latter’s children. Netflix’s new film, “Maestro,” received a standing ovation Saturday at the Venice Film Festival … where it was screened in front of a select audience,