Three months after the death of its longtime CEO Brian Goldner, Hasbro has named his successor. Chris Cocks, who served as president and COO of the company’s Wizards of the Coast and digital gaming division, has been promoted to chief executive officer. Cocks, who joined Hasbro in 2016, will take over from interim CEO Rich
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Nicolas Cage has been ingrained in Hollywood for decades given his illustrious career and family connections. Like many actors in the film industry, Cage has experienced triumphs and failures over his five-decade career. Unfortunately, his failures seemingly left a bad taste in Hollywood’s mouth. The Oscar winner reflected on how being marginalized by his Hollywood
Arizona-born child actor Mika Boorem was barely a teenager when she was cast as the braid-wearing baby sister Penny Chadwick — who tags along with her ocean-loving big sister and her North Shore surf friends — in the 2002 wave-riding movie masterpiece “Blue Crush.” The surf film’s line-up was filled with other ripping stars including
The local government in Hong Kong is putting in place stricter Covid measures, including closing all theme parks and restricting flights, due to fears over a fresh outbreak of the virus. As a result, Disney is shuttering its Hong Kong Disneyland park from January 7 to January 20, according to Reuters. The move means the
Aaron Sorkin tells Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to go to Hell after she uses the iconic quote from his 1992 legal drama, A Few Good Men. Greene, having recently been permanently banned from Twitter, has attracted notoriety in her time as a representative for the state of Georgia for promoting conspiracy theories and misinformation, particularly relating to
Jon Stewart has a bone to pick with the Harry Potter series. On The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast, he didn’t hold back on his feelings about the anti-semitic tropes present in Harry Potter. With the most recent episode, Stewart addresses author J.K Rowling’s use of anti-semitic caricatures in her books. The reference for his
Broadway box office receipts rebounded by a significant margin last week, climbing to $26 million from Christmas Week’s grim, Covid-decimated $14 million estimate. That’s an overall, week-to-week increase of 87%, and reflects a tally largely in keeping with recent pre-Christmas Week figures. Still, compared to the $43 million b.o. from the same week in a
Before the pandemic, if there was something studio executives rubbed their hands about, it was the near total eclipse of the theatrical window. In 2021, for some studios that dream came true, and as far as 2022 goes, hopefully they’ve learned their lesson from this nightmare that, in Deadline’s annual survey, shows largely diluted box
That major third-act cameo in Ghostbusters: Afterlife wasn’t just an example of reverent fan service. It also played a pivotal role in the defeat of Gozer and helped protagonist Phoebe Spengler get some closure with her grandfather. But just how did that legendary moment come to pass? Director Jason Reitman has given fans a peek
eOne Strikes Mega Content Deal With NENT Group Entertainment One (eOne) has struck its largest ever deal with NENT Group to bring 700 hours of content to the major Nordic player including The Newsreader, Family Law and Moonshine (pictured). NENT’s services in the Baltics, Poland and the Netherlands will have access to the wealth of content, which also
Los Angeles local Penelope Ann Miller has had an impressive stretch of almost 40 years in the entertainment biz but it was her cute (and crazy) role of the egg salad sammy making girlfriend Winnie — who gets dumped for the Italian carny who’s passing through town — that stands out in the iconic 1988
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was convicted today on four of 11 charges related to her company’s failed blood-testing technology. A San Jose jury deliberated for nearly 50 hours over seven days before finding the disgraced former CEO guilty on three counts of fraud and one of conspiracy. Holmes was acquitted on four other charges, and
The mid-aughts were an amazing time for reality TV, and Rock of Love was one of the most glorious and dramatic reality TV shows that VH1 had to offer. Longtime reality TV viewers may think they know everything about Rock of Love. However, there’s a lot that went on behind the scenes that might surprise fans.
Refresh for latest…: Happy New Year, Peter Parker! In its third weekend, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home has lifted its global cume to $1.37B, becoming the 12th highest-grossing film of all time worldwide. Slinging up another $78.3M in 61 international box office markets this session, Spider-Man: No Way Home now has an offshore cume of
Film lovers roll up. Here’s our annual list of movies that could have festivals drooling in 2022. Our list kicked off last year with Power Of The Dog and Macbeth, and also included the likes of Belfast, Benedetta, The Hand Of God and A Hero. Fair to say those films all hit their mark in 2021. With
The end of any year always signals plenty of retrospectives in Hollywood. We talk about the best and worst of just about everything, who had stand-out years, and the most unforgettable moments. Leave it to the always-busy Kevin Hart to do his own retrospective of 2021. From his Netflix domination to that viral awkward moment
United Artists Releasing likely won’t expand Licorice Pizza until next month and Sony Pictures Entertainment is going to take things slow with Jockey as the Omicron variant delays the return of the elusive older demo to cinemas. Jockey— one of the weekend’s few new releases — reported an estimated opening of $4,161 in three locations for
David Koechner might not be too different from the guys he plays in movies — because the dude spent New Year’s Eve in a cell for drinking and driving … this according to cops. The ‘Anchorman’ and ‘Office’ star was busted for suspected DUI and hit and run Friday in Simi Valley, CA — where
A retro Spider-Man playset has emerged on social media, and despite the attention its garnered, most fans will never be able to get their own. As one of Marvel’s biggest heroes, the Web-Head has had his image emblazoned on all sorts of merchandise over the years. But some of Spider-Man’s more unique playthings were lost to time,
It’s been just about a year since news came that award-winning period gangster saga Peaky Blinders would end with its sixth season. Today, the series’ rabid global fanbase got a New Year’s treat with the BBC dropping the first trailer for Season 6 (watch it above). An air date has not yet been announced, although
SATURDAY AM UPDATE: The first weekend of 2022 for all movies is looking at $100.6M, an amount that’s 700% ahead of New Year’s weekend 2021 when most theaters where closed due to Covid, but behind 29% two years ago in 2020 when Covid didn’t seem to be a threat stateside. A handful of adult-skewing and
Numbers, those longtime pillars of the entertainment business, determiners of pay scale and quantifiers of the hot and the not, are vanishing from public view. Streaming’s inexorable takeover of the industry has altered the once-straightforward process of measuring the performance of TV programs and movies. Of course, there has been grumbling for decades about Nielsen’s
Over the course of his career, Nicolas Cage has become one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors. The Academy Award-winning star has turned in some great performances, whether it be for his comedic work as H.I. McDunnough in Raising Arizona or his wild turn as Castor Troy in his and John Travolta’s Face/Off. With such a
Maybe the biggest celebrity house sale of the year is going down in Bev Hills, because TMZ has learned Adele is about to become the owner of Sylvester Stallone‘s awesome estate, and she’s getting it for a steal. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Adele is in escrow for Sly’s massive home, tucked away
Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson, the producer/caretakers of the James Bond movie franchise including this year’s No Time to Die, and its star Daniel Craig were among the entertainment and media figures recognized Friday on the UK’s New Year’s Honours List. Other British arts and media figures named today included Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave and
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Molina was the first star from the Andrew Garfield and Toby Maguire Spider-Man movies to confirm his appearance in No Way Home, despite rumors of returning characters from Spider-Man‘s past circling long before Molina’s involvement was established. Of course, many of the rumors turned out to be true, as No Way Home boasted
Covid, neither gone nor forgotten in 2021, batted investors and markets for another year as attempts at business as usual were stymied by cycles of angst and rebound. Defensive stocks, growth stocks, value stocks, stay-at-home stocks were in one day, out the next. After a volatile year of ups and downs, broader markets ended on
FRIDAY AM UPDATE:Thursday box office figures Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home now ranks No. 11 on the list of highest grossing movies at the domestic box office with $557.19M collected during its first two weeks in release. The MCU title outpegs Jon Favreau’s 2019 version of The Lion King with $543.6M. The 14-day gross for No Way
Keanu Reeves has turned into quite the action star. With having two huge, current action franchises at the moment, The Matrix Resurrection lead is dominating the genre right now. The John Wick franchise has some major pull for fans of the genre, and now the franchise cinematographer Dan Laustsen has revealed why Reeves’ action scenes
Asian media giant CJ made one of the entertainment industry’s biggest plays in 2021. CJ ENM’s acquisition of 80% of Endeavor Content’s scripted business valued the firm’s drama offering at almost $1BN. Focus now shifts to the mega deal’s next steps, as Parasite distributor CJ ENM takes control of a portfolio featuring Once Upon a Time…