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There’s a riot going on in Questlove’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning concert doc Summer of Soul, not least in the wardrobe department. Blazing a trail for the funkadelic/glam rock ’70s with metallic, tasseled jumpsuits that often literally tied themselves up with a bow in the middle, Sly Stone is long overdue for a film about
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In writer, director and actor James Sweeney‘s sophomore feature, he navigates loneliness, anxiety, depression and other common millennial pastimes through an equally comedic and heartfelt arc… complete with a few “WTF” moments. Twinless stars Dylan O’Brien as Roman, a young man grieving the loss of his late twin brother Rocky. At a twin bereavement support
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As devastating fires haunt Los Angeles, Earth Lounge, a new day-long climate event taking place during the Sundance Film Festival, added programming and included an optional donation tab on for wildfire relief on its registration form Over 800 have signed up for the first full day collaboration of the Hollywood Climate Summit, the Redford Center,
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Naomi Watts remembers David Lynch and how “instrumental” he was in her Hollywood career. In a new interview, the Mulholland Drive star revealed how the filmmaker kept her from quitting acting. “[Lynch] was very instrumental to me even being in America,” Watts said on Live with Kelly and Mark. “I wouldn’t have stayed had I
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Original Harry Potter helmer Chris Columbus is praising HBO‘s forthcoming television reboot, calling it a “spectacular idea” that will allow for the exploration of previously uncharted Hogwarts hallways. “There’s a certain restriction when you’re making a film,” the Nosferatu producer told People. The Oscar-nominated multi-hyphenate — who oversaw 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and
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Refresh for latest…: With this weekend’s business, Disney’s Moana 2 has topped $1B in global box office, becoming the third release of 2024 to reach the mark. This new milestone means Disney scored a hat trick of $1B worldwide grossers from 2024; the only studio with movies released during the year that crossed the coveted
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EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Katt Williams is boarding Adam Rifkin’s trippy road-trip comedy Toad opposite James Paxton (Twisters) and Oliver Wyman (Feeling Randy). The pic follows two dudes who are hired by terrifying crime boss, Charles (Craig Robinson), to transport a box of contraband psychedelic toads from L.A. to Vegas. When the soaring desert temperatures cause the toads to suffer
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UPDATED, 5:41 p.m.: This year’s AFI Awards luncheon will now take place on Thursday, February 6, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale announced on Friday evening. Like many award shows around town, they’d been delayed by the L.A. wildfires, which continue to approach containment. The luncheon had previously been dated for Friday, January 10. “With
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One of Them Days is the kind of comedy Hollywood used to make regularly. The film keeps the premise simple and trusts the characters to react in funny ways. Even though it is more of a rarity in today’s IP landscape, One of Them Days proves that comedy especially need not be overthought. Dreux (Keke
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Jeannot Szwarc, the French director known for Jaws 2, Supergirl and The Rockford Files, has died. He was 85. Jane Seymour, who starred alongside the late Christopher Reeve in Szwarc’s 1980 film Somewhere in Time, announced the director’s death Wednesday with a heartfelt statement on social media. “Today, we say goodbye to a true visionary,”
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EXCLUSIVE: Creature feature The Yeti has set cast with Brittany Allen (Dexter: Original Sin), Eric Nelsen (1883), Corbin Bernsen (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) and William Sadler (Iron Man 3) joining Jim Cummings (Thunder Road). Production will begin later this month in Buffalo, New York, on the horror film from recently launched Torfoot Entertainment Group. As we previously revealed, Radiant Films launched sales at last
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Deadline’s Virtual Screening Series welcomed MGM-Orion-Plan B’s acclaimed awards contender Nickel Boys, with director/co-writer RaMell Ross and cinematographer Jomo Fray joining me for a screening followed by a Q&A. The film, which debuted at the Telluride Film Festival, is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Colson Whitehead novel about two young boys who endure hardship, racism
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Two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou revealed he still struggles to “make a living” in Hollywood despite receiving critical acclaim and awards attention for films big and small. In a recent interview on CNN’s African Voices Changemakers, the Beninese-born actor — whose most-known performances include Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, Blood Diamond opposite Jennifer Connelly
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Hong Kong moviegoers continued to prove their willingness to turn out for local productions in 2024, pushing Anselm Chan’s funeral drama The Last Dance to become the most successful local film of all time at the Hong Kong box office with over $18M.  The success of The Last Dance followed Soi Cheang’s nostalgia-fueled martial arts
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Robert Laemmle, the owner and former president of California’s arthouse chain Laemmle Theaters, has died. He was 89. Deadline confirms that Robert died on Thursday at Berkley East Healthcare Center in Santa Monica. A cause of death was not immediately known. Robert’s son Greg Laemmle, who took over as Laemmle Theatres president in 2004, told
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