The deadly spread of coronavirus may be taking a harsh toll on nations around the globe, but the creative outlets that people are finding to alleviate the boredom of isolation is providing some more uplifting news to report. Italy has been one of the places most decimated by the virus. Last week, its death toll
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Of course, there is one big question that would need to be sufficiently answered: if mutants descended from the Eternals in one form or another, then how come they haven’t been seen or heard from yet? Assuming the MCU’s Celestials ran their experiments millions of years ago like in the comics, then that means by
Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in prison. Just days after being transferred to the Wende Correctional Facility from NYC’s Rikers Island, the Oscar winning producer and convicted rapist is now in medical isolation, an Empire State law enforcement official confirms to Deadline. Under the policy that they “cannot comment on an
Exclusive Idris Elba contracting the coronavirus meant several members of his movie crew had to quarantine like he did, but they’re pissed about how producers handled the crisis. As we reported, Idris revealed Monday he tested positive for COVID-19, but actually went into isolation on March 13 when he discovered he’d been in contact with
The first two bosses of Nioh 2 aren’t exactly easy but can be beaten relatively quickly by players who understand the game’s mechanics. Understanding those mechanics is absolutely critical to progressing through Nioh 2’s various enemies. However, there are some enemies in the game that require a little more than understanding the game to beat.
More than 240 UK workers who were let go this week by exhibition giant Cineworld have written to group CEO Mooky Greidinger calling for the exhibitor to rethink this week’s mass redundancies in response to the coronavirus. Scroll down for the letter in full. The workers “condemn” Cineworld’s decision to cut a vast number of
This was inevitable given last night’s news that Disney was suspending global box office reporting for the time being: Comscore, the B.O. reporting agency and data cross-ways for exhibitors and distributors, is no longer issuing a North American Top 10, Global chart or commentary in the weekends ahead while theaters are shutdown. Essentially, if one
Singer-songwriter Jewel hosted what she billed as the “Live From San Quarantine: A Livestream” concert via her social media pages on March 21. The concert featured music and conversation about rising above adversity. The event was organized to raise money for Jewel’s Never Broken program powered by the Inspiring Children Foundation, which was due to
While talking about their first times for Buzzfeed, the actresses revealed that they first met many years ago at a script reading at Leonardo DiCaprio’s house for a movie neither they or Leo ended up starring in. Sometime in between, they might have passed each other in the halls auditioning for Clueless, too? How crazy.
Exclusive Details Hollywood’s movie theater and valet workers are in major crisis mode now that their job opportunities have completely dried up. We’re told it’s been especially devastating to valet companies that have contracts with high-end restaurants because with restaurants closed for in-seating service … that means valet attendants have no cars to park. Those
EXCLUSIVE: Cineworld has responded to yesterday’s letter from fired staff calling for the company to reconsider the mass redundancies it made this week due to the impact of the coronavirus. As we revealed yesterday, more than 240 UK workers who were let go by the exhibition giant wrote to group CEO Mooky Greidinger calling for
Through some incredibly creative fan art, Star Wars fans can catch a glimpse of what Rosario Dawson could look like as Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian season 2. It was recently announced that the actress would portray a live-action version of Ahsoka in the upcoming season of the popular Disney+ series. Dawson is known for many roles, including her time on Daredevil and the animated film Wonder
Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Nix was supposed to board a flight to Copenhagen today, en route to the CPH:DOX festival to pitch her latest project. But the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced that event to shift online only, one of countless ways the coronavirus emergency is impacting the documentary space. Nix tells Deadline, “I was working
EXCLUSIVE: We understand that this has been in the works for a while, but the Media Rights Capital/Paramount comedy The Lovebirds is heading over to Netflix. The movie was originally expected to open April 3 theatrically, but like several other titles, was pulled from the release schedule due to the exhibition coronavirus shutdown. A streaming date for the
YouTube commentator Jim Sterling has said that in any internet argument there are, at minimum, three phases that you can be sure will happen. First, you have the initial response to a thing. A majority, or at least a vocal subset, will form around a particular opinion. Then, you have the backlash, where a second
TCB Media Rights, the profitable British distributor entangled in the collapse of Kew Media Group, has financed a documentary about supercars built under the Nazi regime, as part of a brace of new factual projects. TCB has given a greenlight to Hitler’s Supercars, a 60-minute film made by UK production company Wiser Films, which reveals
Breaking News Arnold Schwarzenegger is teaming with TikTok to make sure grade school students don’t go hungry while schools close amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s the deal … TikTok is donating $3 million to help provide meals to needy families across the country, and it’s working with Arnold’s After-School All-Stars programs to make it happen.
The WGA is in discussions with management’s AMPTP about how or whether to go forward with their upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract, which are scheduled to begin on Monday amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. “Everyone is understandably anxious to know how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact our MBA negotiations, since our
Monse, Cesar, Jamal, and Ruby make up the core friends in On My Block, but season 3 revealed that the group is no longer. There are a number of reasons why the group could have separated during On My Block‘s ending time jump. It’s also safe to assume the group will reunite if Netflix decides
As China looks to re-open its cinemas, possibly by the end of this month, Warner Bros today announced on its official Weibo account that Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone is to return to the market, though no date has been set. This follows our report yesterday that Hollywood studios have been approached to bring
Pirates, the debut feature from British TV presenter and writer Reggie Yates, is one the first BBC Films productions to be halted by coronavirus. The Hillbilly Films production, about three friends who drive across London on New Year’s Eve in 1999 in search of party tickets, has been filming in the British capital for three
National Treasure also has an incredible cast including Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel and Christopher Plummer. It was a massive hit back in 2004, becoming the tenth highest grossing film domestically and racking up a worldwide total of $347 million worldwide. Check it out on Disney+ starting April 30. You
The Astaire building on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City will reopen Thursday after being closed “out of an abundance of caution” when the studio learned that a person who visited there two weeks ago tested positive for coronavirus. A memo was circulated to all employees Wednesday saying that a person who attended a
Breaking News TMZ.com Linda Fairstein, the woman who helped prosecute the now-vindicated Central Park 5, is suing Netflix and director Ava DuVernay over her portrayal in “When They See Us.” Fairstein filed the federal suit Wednesday, saying she fired off a warning to DuVernay before her series was released. Fairstein says she was concerned she
Stephen King‘s work has been adapted into many feature films, but sometimes his stories become TV miniseries, and here’s how those stack up. As long as there have been Stephen King books, there have been Stephen King adaptations, and it’s likely there will continue to be long after the legendary author himself is no longer
Amid concerns over the coronavirus spread, and along with the cancellation of the Sydney Film Festival, there have been some cinema closures in Australia, while iconic TV soap Neighbours has temporarily shut down production. In the case of the former, Melbourne-based exhibition chain Palace Cinemas has said it will shutter all of its locations from
Includes charts of the 2020 domestic box office standings to date, as well as final charts for the weekend of March 13-15 and Monday “For all intents and purposes, the industry is shut down” screamed one studio boss tonight about the state of exhibition, “What’s left that’s open?” With Cinemark shutting down tomorrow, the last
UPDATE: Responding to skeptics who wondered whether celebrity status enabled him to jump the line for coronavirus testing, Idris Elba said, “My job made me test immediately.” Many in the US have complained that getting a test is difficult. “I’m on location, about to start a film, and the news breaks that this person who
Breaking that sort of ground, both on an individual and a pop culture level, is something that feels absolutely spectacular. Also, as a member of the Lakota nation of Native Americans, Blu Hunt’s big reaction during her New Mutants screening is understandable. Rather than just be relegated to the sidelines in the name of token
Oklahoma-born actor Ryan Merriman was still a teenager when he landed the role of the basketball-loving leprechaun, Kyle Johnson — who has to hunt down his lucky gold coin to restore order to his Irish family — in the 2001 Disney channel original movie, “The Luck Of The Irish.” Merriman was cast alongside other notable