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The Broadway box office report won’t register the impact of this morning’s Tony Award nominations for a week or two, but today’s news certainly comes as welcome and promising signs for Shucked, Kimberly Akimbo, Fat Ham and other well-reviewed productions doing their best to compete against blockbusters like Sweeney Todd and Parade. Shucked in particular

Adam Brace, the British playwright and director who was set to make his Broadway debut this summer with longtime collaborator Alex Edelman, died Saturday following a short illness. He was 43. The news comes less than a month after the announcement that Brace and Obie Award-winning writer and performer Edelman would bring the award-winning solo

Police knocked on Keanu Reeves‘ front door after getting a call for a welfare check on a  woman … but when the actor answered, they discovered it was apparently all a mix-up or a prank. Law enforcement tells TMZ … cops recently responded to Keanu’s L.A.-area home after someone called police, worried about a 27-year-old

Writers Guild of America leaders are saying Monday night that the guild was forced to go on strike at midnight PT because their proposals to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on core contract issues “fell on deaf ears.” Money is a big issue — the guild is seeking a new contract that

Global audiences have been gaga for Baba Yaga with Lionsgate/Thunder Road Films/87 Eleven’s John Wick: Chapter 4 now having passed the $400M mark worldwide. The Keanu Reeves-starrer jumped out of the gate in late March, scoring a $137.5M global debut in a best-ever for the franchise. JW4 in mid-April then became the top-grossing film in

Legendary’s Dune might have been crimped by a theatrical day-and-date release on HBO Max due to Covid, but the sequel the 2021 Denis Villeneuve feature is apt to be on fire this fall in an exclusive big-screen release. Dune: Part Two, also based on Frank Herbert’s novel, created a sandstorm here at CinemaCon in Las

The Super Bowl of fashion is here … celebs are flocking to the Met Gala, each making a grand entrance draped in some of the world’s most luxurious designers. The annual event is going down right now in NYC at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where Penelope Cruz, Dua Lipa, Roger Federer and Michaela Coel

EXCLUSIVE: As the West End production of Mamma Mia! enters its 25th year on stage, Judy Craymer, its creator and driving force, is expanding the MM! universe with ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream talent show. Set on an idyllic Greek island, it’s aimed at finding MM! stars of the future. There’s definitely a desire to see MM!

At a time when theatrical is looking to distinguish itself with more prolific fare than the factory conveyor belt of humdrum product coming from streaming, it’s with great upset to hear that Lionsgate’s feature adaptation of Judy Blume’s pinnacle 1970 novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret fell greatly short at the box office

Harrison Ford says he believes the forthcoming Indiana Jones film Dial of Destiny will be the last ever time the celebrated archaeologist appears in a film.  In an interview with Total Film, the 80-year-old star confirmed Disney’s previous announcement that this will be Indy’s last big screen outing.  Ford said:  “This is the final film

Mario just joined an exclusive club that started forming in 2020, when the pandemic started — one that includes 10 figures at the box office … which a rare feat in this day and age. Indeed … the ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ crossed a major milestone over the weekend — having now racked up over

Teeing off a half hour of DC material in a two hour Warner Bros presetation at CinemaCon was the first ever trailer to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Filmmaker James Wan couldn’t be here at CinemaCon, nor star Jason Momoa, but both appeared by video. Wan said Aquaman 2 visits “beautiful strange new worlds” where

Sideshow/Janus Films is estimating a $36k gross or $18k per theater average for The Eight Mountains on two NYC screens, the strongest opening weekend to date for the team behind Drive My Car and EO. The Cannes co-Jury Prize-winning film by Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeesch follows the profound friendship over decades of Pietro

While mystery still surrounds the identity of the next James Bond – or exactly how producers will get round the necessary change of narrative required after 007’s last outing – fans are now convinced they have uncovered which actor will be scooping up the licence to kill.  With Daniel Craig hanging up the tux after

Play video content TMZ.com While AI is sparking intellectual property debates, funnyman Bill Bellamy‘s making it clear … he’s not down with the tech using his jokes — and the fact is, he’s still feeling some kinda way about a different financial loss. We linked with Bill out in NYC and tackled the ongoing discussion

Matthew Lawrence is opening up about a horrible experience from that involved an Oscar-winning film director. During the latest episode of his Brotherly Love podcast, Lawrence recalled being offered a role at a Marvel production but only if he stripped. “There’s been many times in my life where I’ve been propositioned to get a huge

AMC Entertainment chief executive Adam Aron saw compensation last year totaling $23.7 million, up 25% from $18.9 million in 2021, according to an SEC filing Friday. That included a base salary of $1.5 million, a $6 million cash bonus, and stock awards valued at $16.2 million. “Despite challenging industry and economic conditions, as has been

Never give up, because good things may be just around the corner. Case in point: Chris Pratt. The star of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday that he failed to get a Marvel role so often that he vowed never to audition again. “I auditioned for Thor, but not even

Sydney Sweeney and fiancé Jonathan Davino are still engaged — at least publicly — but after her costar’s relationship just imploded, there’s a growing mystery over when another shoe might drop. Jonathan Davino was photographed earlier this week leaving their home. Not a big deal, but he had bags packed as he left the house.

Refresh for latest…: It was just a matter of time. With estimates through Sunday, Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie is expected to cross $1B global tomorrow, becoming the first release of 2023 to the milestone, and the fifth of the pandemic era. It is getting there in 26 days. Wahoo! The Aaron Horvath/Michael Jelenic-directed

Focus Features’ Sundance-premiering Polite Society opens on 927 screens, the feature debut of writer/director Nida Manzoor, creator of We Are Lady Parts, the Peacock comedy about the eponymous British punk rock band. This comedic mash-up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, where martial artist-in-training Ria Khan tryies to save her older sister from

Hollywood has been a union town for close to 100 years. In that time, there have been a little over a dozen major labor strikes, the last being the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America work stoppage, which lasted 14 weeks and had a profound impact on the industry. The current looming strike by the WGA

Play video content Twitter / @MariaCuso Add Bruce Springsteen backup singer to Michelle Obama‘s list of milestones completed … cuz she just hit the stage with The Boss overseas during one of his shows. Check out the video, taken Friday night at Bruce’s concert in Barcelona. You see Michelle and actress Kate Capshaw join Bruce’s

Damon Lindelof has admitted he was told to stay far, far away from the Star Wars universe. The creator of “Lost” and “The Leftovers” told Esquire’s “Explain This” that he did not leave the Star Wars project that he was working on by choice. Lindelof was cowriting a Star Wars film when things came to

In her relatively young career Bel Powley has accomplished a lot. Starting with her breakthrough film role in 2015’s Diary Of A Teenage Girl for which she won several awards, and continuing with significant roles in such films as White Boy Rick, Royal Night Out, and King Of Staten Island opposite Pete Davidson, she also

British filmmaker Dexter Fletcher is fresh off the release of his Apple TV+ crime caper Ghosted, and during a recent interview, Fletcher highlighted what he described as the “comprises” required when developing a project for a streamer. “You can’t make a film for streaming the same way you do for theatrical,” Fletcher told Alex Zane’s

Jonathan Majors has just been ordered to keep away from the ex-girlfriend he allegedly assaulted, TMZ has learned … but his team still denies he attacked her. A rep for the Manhattan D.A.’s office tells TMZ … a judge granted a full temporary order of protection Thursday for the alleged victim, at her request. We’re

CinemaCon 2023 officially drew to a close this evening in Las Vegas, with NATO handing out its Big Screen Achievement Awards to such recipients as Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Zendaya, Chris Meledandri and Melissa McCarthy. The evening’s sentiment continued the running theme of the four-day conference: celebrating and preserving the theatrical experience. Nolan and Thomas

The latest Hunger Games, set decades before the original, is grittier and “more authentic” in some ways but doesn’t waver from existential questions, as relevant now as they were when the first films came out, said the director and producer of Ballads of Songbirds And Snakes. “Are we worthy of freedom? Are we unable to

Refresh for updates….Disney will keep it relatively short this AM in their presentation of their creme de la creme this year on the big screen versus Warner Bros’ two hour, yet robust, session yesterday. In a first CinemaCon appearance, Alan Bergman, co Chairman of Disney Entertainment fired off the session after a new splashy Disney