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American actor Thomas Jane was in his early 30s when he played Peter Donahue — the handsome fella who is unsure he wants to marry his fianceé — in the comedy/romance film “The Sweetest Thing” back in 2002. Jane shared the big screen with Cameron Diaz who’s all about having fun … not looking for
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Taiwan’s government has suspended its Taiwan International Co-funding Program (TICP) in a move that appears to signal a change in direction towards more mainstream projects.  The decision has prompted concern among Taiwan’s production community, as the fund was being accessed to set up a wide range of international co-production projects, many of which have secured
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Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer expressed an optimistic view of the movie business – at least the way it is approached by his cost-conscious executive team. During a conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss the forthcoming split of the company’s film and TV operations from Starz, Feltheimer said the key is to avoid “crazy
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Margot Robbie is famously Australian but you wouldn’t know it from her filmography: across some of the best Margot Robbie movies like The Wolf of Wall Street, I, Tonya, or this year’s billion-dollar blockbuster Barbie, you haven’t heard the actress’s natural Aussie accent ever the big screen. But there is one dialect that Margot keeps
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For the better part of a decade, Disney stood tallest and presumably proudest as the highest earning studio in Hollywood, and kept that financially impressive streak going from 2016 through 2022. Now that the final box office tallies have been logged for 2023, however, it looks like no amount of Marvel superheroes, fabled princesses, or
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EXCLUSIVE: New York-based cultural institution Villa Albertine and Unifrance have announced the selection of French features due to be showcased in the 9th edition of their joint Young French Cinema program. The initiative aimed at promoting films in the U.S. by emerging French filmmakers without domestic distribution will showcase 11 titles this year. They include
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B. Riley analyst Eric Wold, who has stayed generally bullish on the movie theater business despite its recent trials, is now warning investors that the arrival of a “down box office year” has made him “increasingly cautious.” In a note to clients about his 2024 outlook, Wold wrote that he expects the stock performance of
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There are cool threads that tie together the careers of Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista. Individually they are known for their on-screen charisma and massive muscles, but they were also both part of the ensemble in Dune: Part 1, co-starred in the second season of the Apple TV+ series See, and they were each considered
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Blake Lively has had some epic fashion moments over the past 12 months — often in social media posts punctuated with her signature humor — and whether she’s rocking head-to-toe Barbiecore or donning multiple bikinis just months after giving birth, we’ll take as many looks as she’s willing to give. As the actress looks back
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British pop star Dua Lipa has binned a music video despite spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on production, after deciding it was too “insensitive” to release amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.  The Sun newspaper that the UK hit-maker filmed the video, including scenes of fighting crowds, to support the release of her third
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Christmas week rang in an estimated $281.4M, +14% from the Dec. 23-29 period a year ago ($246.4M), indicating that moviegoing remains healthy post-pandemic for a family-heavy, yet diversified lineup of movies — this despite the lack of one big five-quad tentpole on marquees. Warner Bros./DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom won the week with $58.3M,
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