The judge presiding over the upcoming trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion suit against Fox News made several outspoken comments about the cable news giant during pre-trial hearings this week, including a snarky remark taking aim at Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis sanctioned the network and announced an investigation into Fox’s alleged […]
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Lance Reddick, the actor who broke out with a complex, powerful performance as Lt. Cedric Daniels in the seminal HBO show The Wire, has died. The actor’s body was discovered in his Studio City home on Friday, TMZ reported. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed on Friday that he died of natural causes. He was 60. Reddick had recently been […]
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Netflix has pulled the plug on Nancy Meyers’ $130 million ensemble comedy “Paris Paramount,” The Wrap has learned. Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson were previously in talks for roles in the film which centered on an above-the-line filmmaking duo who reunite on set after falling in and out of love with […]
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It turned out that “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was pretty much everything to every Oscar voter. Of its 11 nominations, it won seven, including the big one: Best Picture. The last Best Picture winner to win that many statuettes was “Gravity” in 2014. “EEAAO” started off strong when Ke Huy Quan won Best Supporting […]
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‘Everything Everywhere All’ at Once swept the Independent Spirit Awards Saturday, taking home wins in nearly every major category and solidifying its Oscar frontrunner status. The kinetic, multiverse-spanning, family opus won numerous awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Editing. Comedian Hasan Minhaj hosted the star-studded event live from Santa Monica Beach, California. The […]
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Everything Everywhere All at Once was the big winner at Sunday night’s 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis won best lead actress and best supporting actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once, respectively. And their co-star Ke Huy Quan also was a winner, noting that he is now the first Asian actor to […]
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The 34th annual Producers Guild Awards named A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once its best picture Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton, capping a week of nominees celebrations honoring the PGA’s best in motion pictures and TV. Everything Everywhere, the Oscar leader with 11 nominations, only added to its awards-season momentum by winning the PGA’s marquee Darryl F. Zanuck Award […]
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Raquel Welch, the almond-eyed sex symbol who turned a doeskin bikini into one of the most iconic cinematic images of the 1960s, has died. She was 82. Welch’s management company confirmed her death to The Hollywood Reporter. Her success in Hollywood was due partly to talent, partly to perseverance but mostly to hitting the genetic jackpot. […]
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Howard Bragman, one of Hollywood’s top crisis management experts whose clients included Sharon Osbourne, Monica Lewinsky, Stevie Wonder, Chaz Bono and many more, died peacefully in his sleep Saturday night after a private battle with acute monocytic leukemia. He was 66, just days shy of his 67th birthday. The PR vet was surrounded by his […]
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Academy Award-nominee and SAG Award-winner Amy Ryan is set to star alongside George Clooney and Brad Pitt in an Apple Original Films’ upcoming feature film written, directed and produced by Jon Watts. Hailing from Apple Studios, the thriller follows two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job. Clooney produces alongside Grant Heslov through Smokehouse Pictures. Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Dianne McGunigle also […]
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“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” a twisty sci-fi adventure, led the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards on Tuesday morning, picking up 11 nods. It was followed closely behind by “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a World War I epic, and “The Banshees of Inisherin,” a darkly comic look at friendship that unfolds against […]
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Ben Affleck’s next directorial effort “Air,” about the birth of the Air Jordan brand and the partnership between Nike and a rookie Michael Jordan, has set an April 5 global theatrical release date, before it heads to Prime Video. The film is the first project from Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity, in collaboration with Amazon Studios, […]
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A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Picture at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards, which were handed out tonight in Los Angeles. Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for A24’s The Whale, and Cate Blanchett took Best Actress for Focus Features’ Tár. Everything Everywhere came into the ceremony at the Fairmont Century Plaza with a leading 14 nominations and left leading all […]
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The Golden Globes were handed out Tuesday night, with The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin taking top honors on the film side and Abbott Elementary, House of the Dragon and The White Lotus among the big TV winners. Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Angela Bassett, Ke Huy Quan, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Coolidge, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Yeoh, Julia Garner, Zendaya, Guillermo del Toro, Cate Blanchett […]
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Sharon Osbourne has returned home after being hospitalized on Friday due to a medical emergency. Jack, her son, shared the news that she is now out of the hospital on his Instagram story Saturday, in a message that expressed appreciation for others’ sentiments of “love and support” for his mom. “She has been given the all […]
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Eddie Murphy is going to the Golden Globes. The legendary comedian, 61, has been confirmed to receive one of the night’s highest honors, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, given as a way to honor “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment,” per the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The selection is made by the HFPA’s board of directors. Murphy, […]
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Nicole Kidman has an important date on her calendar for 2023. The Oscar-winning actress and producer has been selected to receive the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award during a gala ceremony at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on June 10. In making the announcement, the American Film Institute noted that she becomes the first Australian actor to receive the honor. […]
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In a stunning turn of events, The Walt Disney Co. says that Bob Chapek will step down as CEO, with Bob Iger returning to lead the company. Disney’s board of directors announced the decision Sunday night. “We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career, including navigating the company through the unprecedented challenges of the […]
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Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” dominated the domestic box office in its debut, earning $180 million over the weekend and providing a much-needed lift to beleaguered cinemas. The sequel demolished the record for a November opening in North America, soaring past the previous high-water mark of $158 million set by 2013’s “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.” […]
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A New York jury has sided with Kevin Spacey in a $40 million civil lawsuit, finding that the Oscar-winning actor did not molest Anthony Rapp when he was a teenager and is not liable for battery. After roughly 80 minutes of deliberations, jurors reached a unanimous decision that Rapp’s lawyers had failed to prove that Spacey “touched […]
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Chelsea Handler will host the 2023 Critics Choice Awards, the Critics Choice Association said Thursday. The 28th annual awards show will take place Jan. 15, airing live on The CW from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Handler had a seven-year run as the host of E!’s Chelsea Lately, during which she was the only female late-night talk […]
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Angela Lansbury, one of the most beloved and acclaimed actors of stage, film and television, died at her Los Angeles home today in her sleep, just five days short of her 97th birthday. Her death was announced by her family. “The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully […]
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Oscar winners Alan Arkin and Kathy Bates, as well as Teyana Taylor have joined Casey Affleck in indie heist thriller The Smack. The trio join a growing cast that already includes Marisa Tomei, Isabel May and Yul Vázquez. David M. Rosenthal, who directed thrillers The Perfect Guy and the remake of Jacob’s Ladder, is helming the feature that starts shooting in L.A. later this fall. […]
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Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner will serve as executive producers of the 95th Oscars, which will take place in March 2023. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer announced the producing duo, both of White Cherry Entertainment, on Saturday morning. Along with producing, Weiss will serve as director for the ceremony for an eighth consecutive year. The 2023 […]
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Did you really think J.Lo and Ben Affleck were going to stop at a low-key wedding? In the month since they married in Vegas, this couple has been very busy; they went to Paris and Dunkin’ Donuts and apparently managed to plan a big wedding party in Georgia. That’s right: It’s finally time for Bennifer’s official wedding party, which is reportedly happening this weekend […]
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