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For as long as there have been famous people, there have been celebrity couples. The public has a penchant for obsessing over these pairs, and perhaps there’s no bigger example than Jennnifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. The A-listers broke the internet by reuniting, with Bennifer 2.0 eventually getting married in Vegas. But an insider drops

Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed a lot of personal information about her relationship with Will Smith over the last several days. It certainly has to be tough for the couple to have to deal with the response from the public, but one has to believe that it is even tougher for people close to them

The Barbie movie hit the 2023 movie release schedule in July, and thanks to Margot Robbie’s fearless vision and determination, the child’s plaything turned live-action flick was a billion-dollar success. In a recent interview, the Australian actor, producer, and Hollywood powerhouse shared the fascinating journey behind bringing the beloved plastic icon to the big screen.

Timothée Chalamet reteamed with Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino for the cannibalistic romance film Bones and All. The plot of the movie was uncanny as it came out after allegations against Armie Hammer surfaced about disturbing leaked messages he allegedly sent. As the said messages alluded to cannibalism, the Bones and All

Martin Scorsese is the embodiment of film history. Ever since his directorial debut with 1967’s Who’s That Knocking at My Door, Scorsese’s best movies have been held in high esteem by audiences, critics, and the National Film Registry. You would think that being 80 years old would be a reason to retire. However, that’s clearly

Concert film BTS: Yet to Come has been set to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories starting November 9. The K-pop superstars’ concert originally took place in October last year at the Asiad Main Stadium in Busan, South Korea as part of the city’s World Expo 2030 bid.  Produced

The Buckingham Murders, directed by Hansal Mehta and starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, has been set as the opening film of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Produced by Ektaa R Kapoor and co-produced by Kapoor Khan, the film recently had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. It follows the story of a cop

Africa is one of the fastest growing continents on the planet so it’s no wonder that global streamers have viewed the vast territory as the last frontier of growth in recent years. A young population coupled with a growing middle class and increasing internet connectivity (albeit the latter very slowly) has seen companies like Netflix,

Principal photography has begun on the thriller 40 Acres starring Danielle Deadwyler in one of her first feature roles following 2022’s Till.  The pic is currently shooting on location in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The independent pic also stars Kataem O’Connor (The Way Home), Michael Greyeyes (1923), Milcania Diaz-Rojas (The Bold Type) and Leenah Robinson (1923). 

EbonyLife CEO Mo Abudu has called out TV’s gatekeepers, saying they must stop the excuses and begin to order African show with global budgets. In a keynote interview at Mipcom Cannes this morning, Abudu argued commissioners needed to order more programs with Black or African narratives, and that their budgets need to begin to mirror

EXCLUSIVE: Global sales agent Palisades Park Pictures has signed an agreement with VIP Medienfonds to represent all available media rights to its catalog, including the Media 8 film library.  The slate includes rights to 14 films released between 2002-2013. The library includes titles such as Patty Jenkins’ Monster, starring Charlize Theron; Upside of Anger, starring

Updated Tuesday, October 16: Police in Belgium have killed a man who shot dead two Swedish soccer fans and seriously injured a third person in a gun attack in central Brussels on Monday evening. “The perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Brussels has been identified and has died,” Belgian Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden announced in

IMAX is continuing its expansion in Malaysia and its partnership with Golden Screen Cinemas, pacting for six state-of-the-art IMAX with Laser systems. The agreement will cover five new locations including the Aurum TRX in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, and one upgrade to the Southkey Megamall location in IOI City Mall. With the new deal,

Banijay has forged a “global accelerator program” to encourage more women to get into unscripted formats. Unveiled at a swanky breakfast at Mipcom Cannes attended by press and producers, Banijay Launch is being helmed by Endemol Shine North America CEO Sharon Levy and Chief Content Officer, Development James Townley. The program from the Big Brother

Queen Elizabeth II may have popularized the phrase “annus horribilis” decades ago, but the Latin term feels more relevant than ever when thinking about the state of the U.S. TV sector in the last year.  Midway through 2022, the industry was rocked by an unanticipated Netflix subscriber slide that sent shockwaves through Wall Street. Since

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