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As France struggles with a rise in Covid variant cases, the country will enter a third nationwide lockdown beginning April 3, President Emmanuel Macron announced this evening in a televised address. This is currently expected to last until May 2. Some 19 départements (similar to counties) were already under a third lockdown that began on
Demi Lovato says she should have died weeks before her near-fatal overdose, because she was using a frightening list of hard drugs when she relapsed in 2018. Demi reveals the night she ended 6 years of sobriety, she began experimenting with drugs she’d never tried before … including meth, and she mixed it with molly,
Update: Screen Gems and Constantin’s Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City is going to Wednesday Nov. 24, leaving its Labor Day weekend release. The move comes after Disney plopped Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings on Labor Day weekend this year — which is unbelievable given how the box office truly ratchets down over that weekend (unless
Alexandra Daddario has been an active presence on numerous social media platforms, including Instagram and YouTube, over the past 12 months. She’s also a big proponent of mask-wearing and has certainly been open about her experiences when she’s had to quarantine for work-related projects. If you haven’t been keeping tabs on the Songbird and Baywatch
Unlike Easter last year, we’re actually going to be able to go to the movies this weekend. With drive-ins solely operating a year ago in the U.S. and Canada as the main means of moviegoing, Universal released their DreamWorks Animation title Trolls World Tour into homes on PVOD for the rental price of $19.99 (over 48
Venom: Let There Be Carnage will now hit theaters a week later than previously announced, on September 24. The Venom sequel will have the full suite of 3D, IMAX and premium large format screens. It will open opposite Paramount’s Antoine Fuqua actioner Infinite, Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Stephen Chbosky’s
Pittsburgh born producer Shane Black is a big name in the movie industry as a writer and director with a long list of action movie credits … but Black’s on-screen role that he’s best known for as the young glasses-wearing cadet Hawkins — who is quickly killed by the unknown alien creature — in the
New Line’s Mortal Kombat is opening on April 23 now, not April 16. Last minute decision comes as Warner Bros. is about to sop up $20M-$30M over the next five days from the opening of Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong which will rep the biggest domestic B.O. opening during the pandemic. Also, given the heat on Mortal Kombat –the pic’s
Theme park fans got very excited earlier this month when the state of California finally announced that theme parks could begin limited reopening beginning April 1. However, even after all this time being closed, many parks were in something less than a hurry to get open. Disneyland Resort announced it would open at the end
UPDATED: Warner Bros. has pushed up the release date for Hugh Jackman-starrer Reminiscence. Previously set to hit theaters and HBO Max on September 3, the film will now debut a week earlier, on August 27. The move takes the film out of Labor Day competition, with Paramount’s Jackass 4, Screen Gems/Constantin’s reboot of Resident Evil starring Kaya Scoldelario, and Marvel’s
After Disney plopped its Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy from 20th Century Studios on August 13, a week before Lionsgate’s sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard which also stars Reynolds, it stood to reason the latter would move. The new date for the Reynolds-Samuel L. Jackson sequel, which also stars Salma Hayek, is June 16.
Here it is … Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley in the same place at the same time, for the first time since they got engaged — which might be what they were celebrating down in Mexico. The happy couple was on the tarmac Monday in Costa Careyes … moments before boarding a private jet. The
If nothing else, this shows that while Disneyland might be reopening, it’s still going to be some time before things are back to normal. This 15-minute rule covers all of California’s various tiers of infection rate, so it will seem to be in effect until all pandemic restrictions are lifted and capacity can return to
The Justin P. Lange-directed exorcism horror pic The Seventh Day possessed the specialty box office this weekend. Released by Vertical Entertainment on March 26 in select theaters and on digital platforms, the movie stars Guy Pearce, Vadhir Derbez and Stephen Lang, and scared up an estimated three-day gross of $67K on the specialty box office front.
This afternoon during the NCAA game, Dwayne Johnson in a short spot unveiled the release date for his New Line/DC superhero movie Black Adam: July 29, 2022. Johnson also posted on Instagram too, see below. “The Hierarchy of Power in the DC Universe is about to Change,” declared Dwayne Johnson in the short spot on TNT. Black
Houston Tumlin — the kid who played Ricky Bobby’s son in ‘Talladega Nights’ — grew up to proudly serve his country, but sadly suffered from PTSD and depression as a result, which led to his suicide … his mother tells TMZ. Michelle Tumlin tells us … her son honorably served in the U.S. Army for
Refresh for top 10 chart and more analysis: Universal’s action genre defying feature Nobody starring Bob Odenkirk took the top box office spot with $6.7M in a theatrical marketplace which is in the throes of trying to come back. The good news is that Los Angeles is maintaining its stamina as the No. 1 box office
Unfortunately for both Dwayne Johnson and Larry David, neither of them even made the Top 5 when it came to sexy famous bald men. Instead, the Top Five was rounded out by some other actors and sports stars. Along with Prince William in the #1 slot, famous boxer and bald man Mike Tyson was #2.
More films with Eddie Izzard and Judi Dench is something that the world needs. They starred together in Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul in 2017 and now they reunite in the Andy Goddard-directed Six Minutes To Midnight which will be released by IFC Films in theaters and on demand starting today. Written by Izzard, Goddard and
Prince William is the hottest bald guy on this planet — so concludes a new study that ranked where he lands on Google searches … but the internet doesn’t seem to be buying it. A cosmetic surgery company named Longevita apparently did this “research” — basically checking to see how many times certain bald male
Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla Vs Kong thrashed off to an estimated $21.5M (RMB 140M) start in China today, good for the best opening day of a Hollywood title in the market since Covid began and portending a weekend in the high $60Ms. The film positively dominated the Middle Kingdom with an 88% share and played
The love story between Akeem and Lisa McDowell is one of the things fans love most about the original film. As with any film, it’s a romance filled with ups and downs, which makes it that much sweeter when viewers see the two end up together. One has to imagine that seeing them on screen
Amanda Kozlowski has been elevated to the position of EVP, Head of Data Strategy & Innovation for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. She previously served as SVP of Digital Marketing. Kozlowski will report to Jen Hollingsworth, Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group COO. Hollingsworth’s Strategy and Innovation group is looking to further data- and measurement-based decision making
Focus Features said Friday that it will release its thriller Stillwater, directed by Spotlight Oscar winner Tom McCarthy and starring Matt Damon, in domestic theaters on July 30, 2021. The pic, from Participant and DreamWorks, centers on an American oil-rig roughneck (Damon) from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter (Abigail Breslin),
There’s a great axiom when it comes to success in Hollywood; a saying which remains true through good times and bad, even at a moment when streaming is stepping on theatrical’s feet, and that is “Talent rules.” Such talent is Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller whose Universal action movie Nobody literally turns the genre on its head.
Exclusive Tiffany Haddish has ZERO art experience but that’s entirely the point of partnering up with an org that’ll auction off her painting … with proceeds going to a great cause. The comedian’s hooking up with Painting with the Stars … which raises money to help gain awareness and support for nonprofits that provide underprivileged
More good news for the arthouse scene, Laemmle Theatres is reopening six of its eight Los Angeles-based cinemas on April 9. This includes the long-awaited brand new seven-plex in Old Town Newhall up in Santa Clarita, CA. Longtime general managers are being rehired with new and returning staff members being trained. In compliance with the
There are threads that connect The Suicide Squad to the existing DCEU. Margot Robbie, in particular, reprises her role from David Ayer’s movie, as does Jai Courtney and Joel Kinnamen. Outside of that, this is a whole new mission (still run by Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller) with a full slate of new characters ready to
Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger said today that the No. 2 global exhibitor is “actively negotiating terms and structures of evolving theatrical windows with our studio partners.” He made the comment on an earnings call after Cineworld reported 2020 results which included its first-ever annual operating loss ($2.26B) as the industry has been greatly impacted by