Play video content TMZ.com The world is down one more musician, philanthropist, and humanitarian with the death of Harry Belafonte, and Chuck D perfectly outlined the tremendous loss. TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Public Enemy front man Tuesday at LAX, and he refused to accept the notion today’s youth don’t know Harry’s contributions
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AMC Entertainment chief executive Adam Aron said a booming box office and sharp pivot to theatrical by studios and streamers makes him “as relaxed and confident about AMC future as I possibly can be.” Speaking with Deadline at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aron indicated the icing on the cake would be a judge’s
Warner Bros. has no worries in The Flash. The studio knew they had the goods on the DC multiverse movie which brings together Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s Batman, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Michael Shannon’s General Zod and a new Supergirl in Sasha Calle, and boldly premiered the movie here at CinemaCon Las Vegas to
Kevin Wilson has officially been named the Head of Theatrical Distribution for Amazon Studios and MGM as the parent company combines both labels into one theatrical distribution group. The news comes in the wake of the passing of Amazon-MGM previous theatrical distribution boss, Erik Lomis, who was given a heartfelt remembrance today at CinemaCon by
Sydney Sweeney is still with her fiancé Jonathan Davino and is NOT dating Glen Powell, multiple sources with knowledge tell TMZ … this coming on the heels of a swarm of rumors pinning them together. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Sydney is still living with Jonathan and all is well between them —
Producer Jason Reitman appeared via video sans footage with the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel cast of McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon in what was the first look of the movie. Reitman confirmed that the new sequel, due out on December 20, returns the franchise back to New York City where the first
Sony Motion Pictures Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman introduced a sequence from Ridley Scott’s Apple TV+ movie, Napoleon at CinemaCon tonight. Apple’s continued foray into theatrical was a big get for Sony, which is distributing the movie. “It will be released at Thanksgiving with a robust theatrical window and robust marketing campaign before moving to
“I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Denzel Washington told a Colosseum-full of exhibition executives at CinemaCon. The star of The Equalizer 3 — first trailer dropping tomorrow — received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by director Antoine Fuqua during Sony’s presentation, which kicked off the annual four day-event in Las Vegas. “We
Play video content TMZ.com Pete Davidson‘s New York Knicks took home a big win, but one fan might wanna take a lesson in personal space … cuz he got wayyy too far into Pete’s zone. Check out the video, Pete was posing for pics and high-fiving a bunch of his fellow Knick fans as he
Digital and social media marketing chiefs of major studios said today they’re really hoping the threat of a U.S. government ban on Tiktok never materializes, so crucial has the platform become to launching films. They’d also like Elon Musk-owned Twitter to get itself together, since that’s also a key platform for Hollywood. “I don’t personally
An oft-heard lament on the part of international distribution is that Italy is impossible to program in the summer. In 2019, there was an effort on the part of the studios and the local industry to steer the season in a different direction resulting in record results, but the pandemic halted momentum. At the end
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has promoted its Chief Experience Officer Michael Kustermann to the newly created post of president, taking on a larger role in supporting and accelerating the growing chain’s organization and strategic vision. The exec’s key initiatives have included Alamo Season Pass, Rolling RoadShow, Fantastic Fest, a new Silent Service ordering platform and work
Pete Davidson‘s late-night car crash didn’t result in serious injury, but that doesn’t mean the comedian is gonna get off scot-free … because we’ve learned he’s now facing possible criminal charges as a result of the incident. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the Beverly Hills Police Department recently wrapped its investigation, and sent the
Three years after brutal Covid shutdowns, spring is in the air for cinemas with the box office blossoming and the economics of streaming looking muddy. Traditional studios are re-committing to theatrical, with Apple and Amazon on board. That’s the view from the perch of John Fithian, longtime president and CEO of the National Association of
Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid did decent business in its second week, expanding from four screens to well over 900 for a gross of $2.7+ million and a cume of $3.14 million. The A24 film starring Joaquin Phoenix has a $2.8k per screen average and no. 9 spot. It’s a weekend with a wide range
In a week when distributors and exhibitors are reconvening for their annual Las Vegas meet-up, CinemaCon, and celebrating the post-pandemic resurge of the box office, the motion picture industry is bracing for a potential WGA strike. With production and deal-making slowing down, especially with 98% of WGA West and WGA East authorizing a strike if
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are still in the middle of a nasty custody battle, but you’d never know it watching the two cheer on their kiddo like the best of friends. Both Olivia and Jason attended one of their kid’s soccer games Saturday where they not only exchanged pleasantries, but also stood together chat
The first photos of Alec Baldwin on the new “Rust” movie set have trickled out … and one showed him handling a shotgun. Baldwin was shooting scenes for the film in Pray, Montana, Friday when the images were snapped — the actor was spotted passing the prop gun, handle first, to another crew member. Another
James Cameron climbs the ladder to cut the net for winning Deadline’s 2022 Most Valuable Blockbuster Movie Tournament after Avatar: The Way of Water cleared over a half-billion dollars in profit after all ancillaries. Given the sleeper nature of this sequel, and given the overall boom expected from this year’s global box office to $32
Alec Baldwin continues to embarrass Santa Fe New Mexico authorities who charged him with involuntary manslaughter … because he may have been right all along when he insisted he never pulled the trigger on the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The prop gun Baldwin used back in 2021 had been modified, this according to
EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Warner Bros Discovery CEO and President, David Zaslav, will be teeing off Warner Bros studio presentation at CinemaCon on Tuesday AM, April 25. While it’s standard for the heads of motion picture studio divisions, read Sony’s Tom Rothman, Universal’s Donna Langley, and former Warner Bros chief Toby Emmerich to share
New Line and Warner Bros’ Evil Dead Rise freaked out $2.5M last night from previews that began at 7PM at 3,000 locations. The Sam Raimi executive produced R-rated horror movie directed by Irish director Lee Cronin is eyeing a start between $15M-$20M+ as Illumination/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie swats any newcomers away from No. 1
After posting giant per screen numbers at four theaters last weekend, A24’s Beau Is Afraid jumps to 926 for the distributor’s third outing with Ari Aster. It’s a very different film from his horror favorites Hereditary and Midsommar but one the distributor hopes will cement the director’s place as a modern auteur. According to one
Koko Da Doll, one of the memorable subjects from the recent documentary “Kokomo City,” is dead … and the film’s director says she was shot and killed as a result of trans violence. D. Smith — director of the moving, award-winning doc featured this year at Sundance — shared the sad news Friday, saying Koko,
Alec Baldwin has been vindicated in the “Rust” shooting case … at least criminally, because the New Mexico prosecutors will drop the involuntary manslaughter case against him … sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ. We’re told Baldwin has been informed the case against him is over. Attorneys Alex Spiro and Luke Nikas were expected to
Play video content TMZ.com Suge Knight‘s name is a constant topic on hip hop podcasts these days, but the incarcerated ex-music mogul is about to tell his life story his way, and says it’ll be nothing but raw, uncut facts!!! TMZ Hip Hop spoke to the Death Row Records founder from the CA state penitentiary
Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studios’ respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that brink, the studios have largely returned to their theatrical release models and the downstream
Exhibition cries for a supply of films at the box office, but a flood of titles means nothing if there isn’t any marketing money put behind it. Last weekend there were five wide releases going up against Illumination/Universal’s beast Super Mario Bros Movie. Did it even make a difference? Was a proper amount spent to
Lindsay Lohan got to see her entire family for the first time in a long time — and, ironically, it’s also gonna be the last time she sees them for a bit before she pops … TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell us the actress was in The Big Apple last week for
Jonathan Majors reportedly had the door closed behind him by his management team … getting dropped after last month’s arrest for allegedly assaulting a woman. According to Deadline, Majors’ talent management company Entertainment 360 gave him the boot — and the PR firm The Lede Company also pulled the plug on working with the actor.
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