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And so it begins. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has signaled the beginning of the race for the 97th annual Academy Awards, which will take place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. The Academy Screening Room made its first titles available Friday to membership, with Thelma from Magnolia Pictures; Shirley, Hit Man and

Ticket sales and fan excitement around It Ends With Us are really starting to swell. The movie took in more than $8M last night, roughly the same amount as Fifty Shades Of Grey during its Thursday night previews, and Hollywood insiders are starting to predict it’ll easily surpass its entire production budget in the first

Wesley Snipes recalls how the idea of reprising his superhero role as Blade in Deadpool and Wolverine came about. Snipes opened up about a call he got from Ryan Reynolds and how he questioned if it would ever happen. “It started with a text from Ryan Reynolds,” Snipes told Entertainment Weekly. Snipes joked that when he saw the text

Blake Lively is living the no-bra life across the pond … showing some serious side boob under her unbuttoned suit jacket. The actress was oh so close to freeing the nipple Thursday in London, where she’s promoting her new movie “It Ends With Us.” Blake’s looking pretty damn braless under her floral suit, and left

Taylor Swift fans are swallowing their disappointment and turning the streets of Vienna into a Swifties fan fest in the wake of her shows being cancelled by fears of terrorism. The pop star was set to play three shows at the Ernst Happel Stadium from Aug. 8-10. Now, fans gathering in the city and singing

Chris Aronson, Paramount Pictures’ president of domestic distribution, will be presented with the Career Achievement Award by Variety the Children’s Charity of Southern California for “his exemplary work in supporting and championing children, youth, adults, and families in need.”  “Chris is an admired and highly esteemed member in the motion picture industry whose steadfast leadership,

Cate Blanchett set the record straight on her pay for filming The Lord of the Rings. The star of the Peter Jackson-directed trilogy cleared up the misconception that it was a high-paying job. While appearing on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Blanchett played “Plead the Fifth,” in which host Andy Cohen asks his guest three hard

As a film fan and patron of the internet, I love to follow random Reddit boards that come up in my key areas of interest. Sure enough, in this year of 2024 movies that have used large format to some exciting degrees, the thread of IMAX fans keeping track of the brand’s goings on is

An investigation into a sex trafficking ring at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con Convention has led to 14 arrests and 10 victims “recovered,”  California’s Attorney General said Wednesday. “Unfortunately, sex traffickers capitalize on large scale events such as Comic-Con to exploit their victims for profit,” Rob Bonta said toady, announcing the sting at the just-concluded convention. Along

Blake Lively didn’t have to break the bank for her Britney Spears tribute … because TMZ found out how much she paid for a Versace dress the singer famously wore back in the day. Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … Blake spent a little more than $10,000 for Britney’s iconic outfit from the

“We did 11 hours to Munich, two hours to Milan, and then a two-hour drive,” veteran producer Stacey Sher explained this afternoon as she sat weary-eyed in a glass hotel suite at the Locarno Film Festival.  There are no direct flights from Los Angeles to the quaint Swiss town where Sher will be the guest

Deadpool & Wolverine is nearing the $900 million global box office mark as it enters its third week of worldwide play. With Tuesday’s grosses included, the current total on the Shawn Levy-directed smash is $879.2M, of which $421M comes from domestic and $458.2M from the international box office. When today’s figures are tallied, the global

Ahead of its exclusive streaming premiere on Paramount+ planned for this fall, the documentary We Will Dance Again examining Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel has been slated for a two-day theatrical run nationwide in partnership with Iconic Events Releasing. The film will first open at Laemmle Encino in Los Angeles for a week-long

Right as Christopher Meloni was starting his work on Law and Order: SVU as Detective Elliot Stabler, the actor had another big acting gig in front of him. Meloni was cast as Julia Roberts’ fiancé in 1999’s Runaway Bride. This movie was a huge deal for many reasons. Not only was Roberts the queen of

Colin Farrell is starring in the HBO Original series The Penguin based on the DC Comics character. and the showrunner is comparing it to Scarface. Lauren LeFranc said in a recent interview that the spinoff from Matt Reeves’s The Batman focused on the villain Oswald Cobblepot is similar to the 1983 crime drama film directed

Here’s Blake Lively channeling Britney Spears at her movie premiere … with a nod to one of the singer’s most iconic looks. Blake turned heads Tuesday at the “It Ends With Us” premiere in New York … wearing a one-strap Versace dress once worn by Britney herself. The homage to Britney comes on the heels

As debate continues to rage around whether a scene featuring drag queens in the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, speculation is now mounting over details of the closing ceremony on August 11. Artistic director Thomas Jolly – who has received death threats amid claims the scene was

EXCLUSIVE: Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has picked up the North American rights to the twisty sci-fi thriller Things Will Be Different which made its world premiere in the Midnight section at SXSW. An Oct. 4 theatrical day-and-date release has been set. The feature directorial debut of Michael Felker, which he also

Alamo Drafthouse has added five new auditoriums to its Downtown Brooklyn cinema in a major upgrade of the chain’s first NYC location and highest grossing theater since opening in 2016. The eat-in, art house, first run and repertory chain, acquired by Sony in June, has also just purchased six theaters in Dallas-Forth Worth and Woodbury,

Will J.D. Vance give CatVideoFest a surprise bump this year? “There’s a reason why any mention of cats or cat ladies or anything like that kind of takes off. Because it’s this sort of hidden army online. Until you tick them off,” says Will Braden, founder and curator of the annual compilation that hits theaters

Some minor tweaks on the Disney release schedule this AM. First off, the studio has taken off a Marvel Studios movie that was dated for July 24, 2026. Also, the limited release of the Jesse Eisenberg directed and starring Kieran Culkin movie, A Real Pain, shifts from Oct. 18 to Nov. 1. You’ll remember Searchlight

‘Kneecap’, the name of the Irish hip hop group, and the music biopic about — and starring — the groundbreaking trio, opens today on 700+ screens, following up a U.S. tour last fall and leading into another one.   The hybrid documentary, which was a buzzy Sundance title when Sony Pictures Classics nabbed it, recently

Here’s how Thursday went down at the box office: Deadpool & Wolverine grossed an awesome $18M, easily a R-rated record for a non-preview Thursday. M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap earned $2.2M, the best previews the director has had post Covid besting Old ($1.5M) and Knock at the Cabin ($1.45M), while Sony’s Harold and the Purple Crayon,

The boys are at it again, with yet another milestone crossed. Including Thursday’s numbers, Deadpool & Wolverine has licked the six-century global box office milestone, now counting $630.4M worldwide. Is it bittersweet that this means D&W has overtaken the lifetime of Hugh Jackman-starrer Logan’s $619M global (likewise an R-rated movie and one which is heavily referenced

The indie/arthouse market is showing some breadth as Kneecap has a great debut, CatVidoFest as well, and holdovers like Didi and Sing Sing are kind of raking it in considering how few screens they’re on. As more wide releases and tentpoles show up and take flight a rising tide may be raising indie boats –

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown will hit theaters on December 25. The movie, which stars Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, follows the singer’s rise from Minnesota to West Village balladeer to revolutionary folk singer. As he forms his most intimate relationships during his rise to fame, he grows restless with the folk movement

UPDATED with more reactions: A lot of Hollywood power players may have be voting for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to be Kamala Harris‘ running mate, but now that Harris has chosen Tim Walz to be her VP, one of the Democrats’ biggest donor bases has a lot of good things to say about the Minnesota governor.

EXCLUSIVE: Kestrin Pantera (Pretty Problems) is set to direct and star in an untitled indie featuring a cast of top comedic performers. Among them are “Weird Al” Yankovic (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), Tia Carrere (Wayne’s World), Jackie Tohn (GLOW), David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) and The Sklar Brothers (What We Do in the

EXCLUSIVE: After Kenneth Branagh set Jodie Comer to star in his next director outing The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde, the Oscar winner has rounded out the rest of his ensemble. Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, Kristina Tonteri-Young and Karla Crome have joined a cast that also includes Aiysha Hart

Who is the most successful entrepreneur in the commercial space sector? Most people would say Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, a company whose valuation exceeded $200 billion as of late June, per Forbes. But New Zealand native Peter Beck belongs in the conversation. Rocket Lab, the company he founded and runs, celebrated its 50th commercial