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The number of people hospitalized in Los Angeles County with Covid-19 rose to its highest level since late February today, continuing an upward trend that has seen hospitalizations increase by more than 700% since the majority of coronavirus restrictions were lifted statewide in mid-June. According to state figures, there were 1,648 people hospitalized in the

Joel Kinnaman is being investigated by Swedish authorities for allegedly raping a woman — a probe that’s in its early stages — but Kinnaman insists there’s no truth to it. The actor is now the subject of a criminal investigation … prosecutors in Sweden announced Wednesday they were looking into a claim of rape that

Yoimiya is a 5-star playable character introduced in Genshin Impact‘s Version 2.0 update. Owner of the Naganohara Fireworks and beloved by the people in Inazuma City, she first appeared during Archon Quest Chapter 2, Act 1. Despite worshiping the Raidan Shogun, Baal, Yoimiya does not support the Vision Hunt Decree, often helping Vision users from the

EXCLUSIVE: Blood Red Sky is now officially Netflix’s most successful German content to date, film or TV, having been watched by more than 50 million households around the world in its first 28 days on the platform. That surpasses the historical series Barbarians, which previously held the record. The numbers are even more remarkable when

Disney/Pixar’s sea monster story Luca has been granted an August 20 release date in China, signaling that the end of the giant market’s latest unofficial blackout period may be afoot. While Luca will take a prime slot amid a series of local holdovers and is the first Hollywood studio title to release since June, its

Is it a fake or is it real? That is just one of the intriguing questions posed in The Lost Leonardo, a fascinating and riveting new documentary that tells the tale of the painting known as the Salvator Mundi (The Savior of the World), commissioned circa 1500 and reputedly painted by da Vinci. It first

With 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog having been met with a solid amount of positive critical reception and becoming the highest-grossing video game movie of tall time domestically, it’s no surprise that Paramount Pictures ordered a sequel. Now we’re a little over half a year away from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 racing into theaters, and today

Paul Walker‘s only child, Meadow, is now engaged nearly 8 years after his death. The 22-year-old model made the announcement not-so-subtly on IG Monday with a quick, fun video of her in a pool somewhere in the desert. She flashes the giant rock on that finger … and flirtatiously floats away from the cameraman, presumably

Venice Adds Ennio Morricone Film By Giuseppe Tornatore The Venice Film Festival is adding an Out of Competition screening of Ennio Morricone documentary Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso). The film is described as a comprehensive portrait of the late great composer, who was the winner of two Oscars and responsible for more than 500

NASA has started accepting applications for its next Mars analog mission that will have participants live in a simulated atmosphere that is similar to that of the red planet, helping study the physical, emotional, and mental effects of such a habitat. Now, the space agency is no stranger to the concept of an analog test,

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron sees two things protecting the circuit in the face of surging Covid cases trigered by the Delta variant – its own Safe & Clean protocols, and vaccinations. “To our knowledge there has not been a single transmission of Covid by an AMC guest over the past year,” he said. “Most

The revival of West Side Story will not return when Broadway repoens its doors in September, producer Kate Horton said on Monday. The iconic musical was one of only a handful of major titles that had not made an official announcement about its return plans after New York declared back in May that theatres could

Hyperion Metro Man – Brad Pitt’s aforementioned character from the 2010 movie Megamind – was, essentially, an animated parody of the DC movies’ Superman. By voicing this boisterous, virtually unstoppable superhero, the actor is already primed to bring the character often referred to as the Man of Steel of the Marvel Universe to the big

Refresh for latest…: After debuting to $6.7M from five overseas markets last weekend, Warner Bros/DC’s The Suicide Squad moved into wide offshore release this session, taking $35M from 69 total international box office markets. This is a touch below the like-for-like opening of 2020’s disappointing Birds Of Prey ($36.6M at today’s rates) and under the

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck aren’t shying away from their love here in La La Land — as if their big date night on Saturday wasn’t enough … here’s more evidence from the day after. Check out these photos TMZ obtained of Bennifer holding hands for a romantic stroll on the beach late Sunday afternoon

Robert “Bob” Ringwald, jazz musician and father of actress Molly Ringwald, died on Aug. 2 at the age of 80. Ringwald shared the news via Instagram on Saturday with a selection of photos. No cause of death has been revealed. “It’s with a heavy heart that my family says goodbye to my father,” the Pretty

Monica has had some bad relationships in Friends, but one deleted scene makes her weirdest romance even worse. Before Chandler (Matthew Perry), Monica’s (Courteney Cox) most stable boyfriend in Friends was Richard Burke (Tom Selleck). Richard first appears in Friends season 2. He’s around two decades older than Monica and her parents’ friend, so their relationship has some snags early on; however,

Warner Bros. fired up James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad last night, the studio’s first Thursday preview in a long time arguably since pre-pandemic; the DC R-rated ensemble seeing $4.1M off showtimes that began at 7PM; the biggest for a R-rated movie during the pandemic. Previously, Universal/Blumhouse’s R-rated The Forever Purge made $1.3M on its Thursday night.

Organizers of the Beijing International Film Festival have postponed the event due to increasing Covid cases in China. A brief statement was posted on the festival’s WeChat page stating the fest would move off its planned August 14-21 dates. No updated dates were provided. “The organizing committee will pay close attention to the progress of

The Characters Dawn of the Dead’s Characters A normal group of everyday people, from couples to normal people, all trying to survive. Ty Burrell, Jake Weber, Sarah Polley, and more lead this cast. Army of the Dead’s Characters A group with individualized skills, such as lock-picking, weaponry, and more, come together to open a high-tech

Modern Family actress Julie Bowen helped rescue a woman who fainted on an August 2nd hike in Utah’s Arches National Park. The New Jersey woman, Minnie John, was hiking on a park trail with her husband and son, as ABC 7 New York first reported. Around 7 p.m. MDT, she began feeling lightheaded, telling her

Bob Odenkirk has found a silver lining in a major medical scare he suffered last week … he feels like a real-life Jimmy Stewart character from “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Bob is on the mend after collapsing on the New Mexico set of “Better Call Saul.” It was extremely serious at first, with a very

A new fan poster imagines The Suicide Squad characters uniting with the Guardians of the Galaxy in a James Gunn crossover movie. As an independent filmmaker turned blockbuster extraordinaire, writer/director Gunn has made a name for himself bringing eccentric and often-overlooked comic book characters to the big screen amid jukebox soundtracks. He famously championed Star-Lord’s Walkman in Marvel’s Guardians of

EXCLUSIVE: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is pleading for information on his father, Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa, who has been missing for 10 days in Nicaragua and is believed to be in the custody of the government there. The elder Aguirre-Sacasa, 76, served as the Nicaraguan ambassador to the United States from 1997-2000 and later as foreign minister of the Central

Sony Pictures Classics has set a Nov. 19 New York and Los Angeles theatrical release for their British romantic drama Mothering Sunday. SPC picked up the movie in September and gave it a world premiere at Cannes last month. The pic will further expand to other U.S. markets after its initial late fall release. Starring Odessa

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris on Friday weighed in on behalf of the actors union on Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit alleging that Disney violated her contract for her role in Black Widow. Johansson filed the lawsuit last week claiming that the studio breached her contract by releasing the Marvel movie Black Widow on Disney+ at the same

Ryan Reynolds says Taylor Swift asked, and he and Blake Lively said yes because they trust her and they know her very well. And thus, the song revealed the name of the couple’s youngest child. The song tells a teenage love story, and the characters named throughout it are Reynolds’ daughters. Ryan Reynolds jokingly says

LeBron James is back on the movie scene — this time, it’s behind the camera … producing a new flick about Native American basketball!! SpringHill Company — LBJ and Maverick Carter‘s production business — will be teaming up with director Sydney Freeland to make the sports drama for Netflix called ‘Rez Ball.’ The movie is

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken remaining worldwide territories including in the U.S. on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard and Paul Mescal, the drama is set to world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival next month. The deal was negotiated by Endeavor Content and

Kristen Schaal said that she was fired from the South Park writer’s room after one month. The adult animated sitcom has been a huge hit for Comedy Central, which originally started in 1997. The show was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It follows four young boys named Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick.