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Ben Affleck‘s been having a rough go at the movies lately — especially with his latest flick completely bombing in theaters … whereas his wife is thriving in the streaming world. The actor’s latest offering, ‘Hypnotic,’ flailed miserably at the box office this weekend … raking in just $2.3 million from the 2,100 or so

UPDATED: Kate Winslet and Ben Whishaw scooped the top acting prizes at the BAFTA TV Awards in London this afternoon. The pair won in the Leading Actress and Actor categories for I Am Ruth and This is Going to Hurt respectively, with I Am Ruth also winning in the Single Drama category. Adam Kay’s Whishaw-starring

In a rare weekend with fewer new studio wide releases, IFC Films had a one-two punch at the box office with Matt Johnson’s film BlackBerry grossing $473k nationwide in 450 theaters, for a U.S. per theater average of $1.05k and cracking the top ten on Friday. It will gross an estimated $740k in North America this weekend,

Amid fickle Riviera skies and the looming potential that the WGA strike and France’s own heightened tensions over pension reforms could simmer to a boil here, the red carpet is partially rolled out and technicians have been milling up and down the Croisette today as preparations continue for the start of the Cannes Film Festival

Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin are once again looking to unload their Hidden Hills property … they just put it back on the market, only 3 months after pulling the original listing. Real estate sources tell TMZ … the famous couple’s estate is now listed for $21.3 million, which is a $1.2 million price reduction.

The three titles for the upcoming Doctor Who specials celebrating yet another transition in the series have been revealed by the BBC. Doctor Who returns in November 2023 with three special episodes with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor, coinciding with the long-running series’ 60th anniversary. Ncuti Gatwa’s first episode as the Fifteenth Doctor will then

The sequel to the Oscar winning animated hit is looking at an opening between $70M to $80M per two tracking agencies as it heads into its June 2-4 opening. Spider-Man: Across the Universe, while it has its fanboy fandom, doesn’t necessarily comp to a live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe title per distribution sources, despite the audience

Sweden has won the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, marking a historic double for its victorious artist Loreen.  The Swedish star had previously won in 2012 with ‘Euphoria’, and she repeated the feat on Saturday evening with ‘Tattoo,’ which earned 583 points. An estimated global audience of close to 180million watched as she collected the prize

Jonathan Majors is still in the throes of a tricky legal situation, but he’s been able to find some time for love … TMZ has learned the actor recently started dating Meagan Good. Sources with direct knowledge tell us, over the course of the last several weeks, Jonathan and Meagan have gotten close, and the

France’s Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the world’s biggest festival devoted to short films, is protesting an unexpected funding cut, amid claims by politicians that the move is politically motivated. The festival learned on Friday that Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council had voted to cut its funding by half to $121,000 (€111,000 euros), during a meeting allotting

A beloved ballplayer and an iconic consumer device join a Hollywood satire by Charlie Day, an Emanuele Crialese film with Penelope Cruz and debuts from Sundance and Venice in a potentially strong specialty weekend that will test the appetite for indie film with no new franchise wide releases. Sony Pictures Classics opens Sean Mullin’s Yogi

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is a part of “Fast & Furious” franchise once again … despite previously claiming he’s permanently put the brakes on when it comes to Vin Diesel‘s flicks. Spoiler alert, folks — but according to TheWrap, Dwayne makes an appearance in a post-credit scene for the latest installment, “Fast X,” which hits

EXCLUSIVE: Luther and Hobbs & Shaw star Idris Elba is set to star in, produce and direct action-thriller Infernus, which Millennium Media will also produce and shop at next week’s Cannes market. Elba will play Donovan Kamara, a U.N. human rights activist sent to investigate reports of refugees being illegally detained inside a U.S. black

Refresh for updates...The box office and the industry is in need of counterprogramming working after several non-tentpoles were squashed by Super Mario Bros Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and hopefully that will be Focus Features’ Book Club: The Next Chapter. With $500K in Thursday previews, the movie is looking at a $7M-$10M

FRAMELINE, the arts nonprofit that hosts San Francisco’s International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, announced a new partnership with the Colin Higgins Foundation entitled the Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grant, a new initiative centered on providing young LGBTQ+ filmmakers with financial support to continue their work.  Eligible applicants must identify as LGBTQ+ filmmakers, be under the age

Shakira fans freaking out about her potentially dating Tom Cruise can all breathe a sigh of relief … we’ve learned they’re NOT a couple, and things were never heading that way. Sources close to Shakira tell us she’s very much single, and only happened to be around Cruise at the F1 Miami Grand Prix because

Ukraine was unable to host the 67th Eurovision Song Contest due to the war taking place inside the country. Now President Zelensky has been banned by event owners from addressing the huge audience at the event.  The Times reports that the Ukrainian president had asked to make an appearance during the Grand Final on Saturday

Students at Boston University will have to cross a Writers Guild picket line to attend their May 21 graduation ceremony, where Warner Bros. Discovery President & CEO David Zaslav, an alumnus of the school, will be making the commencement address. The guild previously had warned the school that its members would picket there if he

John Travolta (Grease) and Katherine Heigl (Firefly Lane) have boarded the rom-com That’s Amore!, written and to be directed by two-time Academy Award winner Nick Vallelonga (Green Book), with Christopher Walken (Severance) also in talks to star. The film heading into production in August follows Nick Venere (Travolta), who is a modern-day ‘Marty’ – he’s

Play video content DragIsntDangerous.com Charlize Theron is sending a crystal clear message to anyone bashing drag queens for being themselves … saying she’ll “f*** up” whoever accuses them of being a danger to kids. The actress joined dozens of celebs in the recent “Drag Isn’t Dangerous” telethon, and while she offered up plenty of kind

EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse’s Jeff Wadlow-directed horror movie Imaginary will be released by Lionsgate on February 2. It’s the first time in quite some time that the two studios have teamed up. In the movie, which Wadlow co-wrote with Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, a young woman returns to her childhood home only to discover that the

EXCLUSIVE: Australian indie Red Empire has launched a podcast version of its upcoming sci-fi TV series Interface. Interface: The Creator’s Champion follows Wyatt, a tech genius abducted and coerced into competing in the illicit Circuit Games for a clandestine team led by the fierce and beautiful Frey alongside Jasper, a man dangerously trained in military combat

Play video content In Depth with Graham Bensinger Dolph Lundgren says he’s locked in an eight-year battle with cancer … revealing his diagnosis for the first time. The Swedish actor opens up about his cancer battle on the nationally syndicated interview series, “In Depth With Graham Bensinger,” revealing he was first diagnosed with lung cancer

EXCLUSIVE: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Stones and Brian Jones, a documentary about the “lost creative genius” who launched – and named – The Rolling Stones. Acclaimed filmmaker Nick Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love) directed the documentary, which Magnolia plans to release in theaters later this

Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has rocketed past the $300M mark globally through Monday. At the same time, it will propel The Walt Disney Company across $2B worldwide for 2023 to date with today’s numbers included. Weekend actuals on the James Gunn-directed threequel came in higher with a full opening frame of $289.3M

Jonathan Majors‘ big day in court turned out to be not so momentous after all — because the charges he’s facing remain in place … something his attorney’s not too happy about. As you may have heard, the actor was due to appear before a judge Tuesday in what amounted to his first real chance

The 67th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with a bang on Tuesday night in the UK with the first of two semi-finals.  The city of Liverpool in northern England is playing host to the event this year, on behalf of last year’s winners Ukraine – whose culture was visible throughout proceedings, as it will be

Perhaps last week’s Tony Award nominations started paying off at the box office quicker than expected, at least for a few productions: Figures for last week, while down overall, indicate a nice bump upwards for Some Like It Hot, Shucked, Summer, 1976 and Good Night, Oscar. Some Like It Hot, the musical adaptation of the

Guillaume Esmiol is gearing up for his first edition flying solo as the executive director of the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film, which kicks off in less than a week to run from May 16 to 24. “We’re in the thick of it right now. There’s still a lot to tie up,” says Esmiol,

Chris Pratt is showing off his pinky toenail, even though nobody asked to see it … and a famous foot surgeon is diagnosing him with toenail fungus!!! The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ star posted a photo of his toenail on social media, calling it his “Met Gala Look,” and folks were quick to point out