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Encanto , House of Gucci Open Strong
Encanto Wins
Weak Holiday
Weekend
box office
Nov 28, 2021 2:29 PM CST

Encanto Wins Weak Holiday Weekend

'House of Gucci' debuts in third place

(Newser) - Thanksgiving weekend moviegoing was still far from the feast it normally is, but Disney's Encanto and the Lady Gaga-led House of Gucci both gave a lift to two genres that have been particularly battered by the pandemic: family movies and adult dramas. Encanto led the box office with $27...

Ridley Scott Blames Bomb on Millennials and Their Phones
Ridley Scott Blames Flop on
Millennials and Their Phones
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Nov 27, 2021 5:45 PM CST

Ridley Scott Blames Flop on Millennials and Their Phones

Director thought script, marketing strategy for Last Duel were fine

(Newser) - Millennials take the fall for everything from the decline of American cheese and breakfast cereal to shifts in marriage trends . Ridley Scott thinks they’re responsible for his latest movie tanking, too. The Gladiator director stopped by Marc Maron’s garage for an episode of the WTF podcast and blamed...

Eddie Redmayne Regrets Role in The Danish Girl

There was opposition at the time to not having a transgender actor play Lili Elbe

(Newser) - If Eddie Redmayne—who played a transgender character in The Danish Girl—had to do it all over again, he wouldn't. "I wouldn't take it on now," the actor told the Sunday Times . There was criticism at the time that the role should've gone to...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Overwhelms King Richard
Ghostbusters Appears
to Find an Audience
box office
Nov 21, 2021 2:30 PM CST

Ghostbusters Appears to Find an Audience

Like other dramas, King Richard opens modestly

(Newser) - Busting ghosts is still a fairly lucrative business after almost 40 years. Heading into Thanksgiving weekend, the latest attempt to revive Ghostbusters drew a sizable audience to theaters, while the awards darling King Richard, like most dramas in the pandemic era, is struggling. Featuring a reverence for nostalgia and a...

Pam & Tommy Teaser Is Out, With Doppelganger Stars

Lily James, Sebastian Stan take on Pamela Anderson-Tommy Lee sex tape scandal for Hulu

(Newser) - It was "America's first big sex tape," footage captured during Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's honeymoon just a week or so after they first met in 1995, then stolen from their home and leaked online. A new eight-episode Hulu series coming this winter will detail the...

Eternals Plunges but Hangs On
Eternals
Survives
Plunge
box office
Nov 14, 2021 12:25 PM CST

Eternals Survives Plunge

Clifford joins blockbusters in the weekend's top five

(Newser) - Disney and Marvel's Eternals took a steep drop in its second weekend in theaters, but it's still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like Clifford the Big Red Dog. Eternals added $27.5 million over the weekend, bringing its domestic total to $118.8 million, according...

Eternals Draws Customers, Whether They Like It or Not

Audience ratings come in lower than previous Marvel films

(Newser) - Eternals, one of Marvel's most ambitious efforts to expand its superhero universe, arrived in theaters with about $71 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates. By most studios' box-office standards, the opening was enviable. Only three other films have debuted better during the pandemic, the...

Report: Emilio Estevez, Mighty Ducks Part Ways Over Vax

Actor reportedly won't be back for Disney+ show after not complying with vaccine mandate

(Newser) - If you're eagerly awaiting the next season of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, recently renewed for a second installation on Disney+, be aware there's apparently one big casting cut. Yahoo Entertainment reports that Emilio Estevez won't be reprising his role as coach Gordon Bombay, which he also...

Memoir: Kirk Douglas Assaulted Teen Natalie Wood

Wood's younger sister writes that an old Hollywood rumor is true

(Newser) - When Kirk Douglas died last year , the name Natalie Wood began trending on Twitter, notes the AP . The reason? An ugly Hollywood rumor. Now, however, a new memoir by Wood's younger sister asserts that the rumor was, in fact, true: Douglas sexually assaulted Wood when he was in his...

On a Slow Weekend, Dune Stays on Top
Dune Tops
Weak Weekend
box office
Oct 31, 2021 1:40 PM CDT

Dune Tops Weak Weekend

'Last Night in Soho,' 'Antlers' finish well back, while 'The French Dispatch' does well on a few screens

(Newser) - After a record-breaking start, October's box office closed out quietly this weekend with Dune repeating at No. 1 and two prominent genre newcomers, Last Night in Soho and Antlers, stumbling. Whether it's due to Halloween falling on a Sunday, too many new options, or simply a lack of...

Will Ferrell Walked Away From a $29M Elf Payday

Star reveals he turned down sequel because it just wasn't that good

(Newser) - Elf has become somewhat of a holiday cult classic, and hopes by fans of a sequel for the 2003 movie have been percolating for years, but its star, Will Ferrell, is now finally revealing why that sequel never came to be. The 54-year-old SNL alum tells The Hollywood Reporter...

Ice Cube Makes Choice on Vaccination for Film Role


Ice Cube
Quits Film
Over Vaccine
Oct 29, 2021 5:00 PM CDT

Ice Cube Quits Film Over Vaccine

Production co-starring Jack Black was to shoot in Hawaii this winter

(Newser) - Ice Cube is leaving a film project, and a $9 million salary, rather than be vaccinated for the coronavirus. He had signed on in June to partner and co-star with Jack Black on Oh Hell No, a comedy that was to film in Hawaii over the winter, per the Hollywood ...

Brandon Lee's Fiancee: 'There's No Such Thing as a Prop Gun'

Lee, son of Bruce Lee, was killed on movie set in 1993, in similar way as Halyna Hutchins

(Newser) - The family of Brandon Lee, the actor who died in 1993 in a freak gun accident while filming The Crow, knows too well the feelings that the family of Halyna Hutchins is going through. After the 42-year-old cinematographer was killed last week in New Mexico when a gun being handled...

Rust Gaffer Blames Death On 'Unprofessionalism'

Serge Svetnoy doesn't name names but says armorer was negligent

(Newser) - The chief electrician—the gaffer—on the set of Rust has some strong words about the lack of professionalism that he says led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins . Echoing other crew members' comments that gun safety wasn’t being taken seriously on the production, Serge Svetnoy wrote a...

Dune Shines On Big Screen Despite Hybrid Release

Long-awaited sci-fi update sold $40.1M in tickets

(Newser) - Denis Villeneuve's Dune debuted with $40.1 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in North America, drawing a large number of moviegoers to see the thundering sci-fi epic on the big screen despite it also being available to stream in homes. Warner Bros. launched the Legendary Entertainment...

Last-Minute Deal Keeps Hollywood Working

Entertainment workers were poised to strike

(Newser) - An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have seen some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers walk off their jobs and would have frozen productions in Hollywood and across the U.S. After days of marathon negotiations, representatives from the International Alliance of...

100 Years Ago, the Nation Got Its First Celebrity Scandal

Film star Fatty Arbuckle was charged with murder after a wild party

(Newser) - Almost exactly a century ago, a 26-year-old actress/model/designer named Virginia Rappe attended a wild party in a San Francisco hotel and at one point ended up in a bedroom with comedic film star Fatty Arbuckle. What followed led to what is widely considered to be the nation's first celebrity...

Halloween Kills Has a Healthy Opening
Halloween Kills Looks
Like a Survivor
box office
Oct 17, 2021 12:30 PM CDT

Halloween Kills Looks Like a Survivor

New installment of horror series tops industry expectations

(Newser) - Halloween Kills may be available to watch at home, but the latest installment in the Michael Myers saga is making a killing at the North American box office in its first weekend in theaters. Universal's David Gordon Green-directed film scared up $50.4 million from 3,705 locations, according...

Latest Bond Film Hits Its Mark
Latest Bond Film
Hits Its Mark
box office
Oct 10, 2021 11:55 AM CDT

Latest Bond Film Hits Its Mark

'No Time to Die' sets no records but posts fourth-best opening in franchise history

(Newser) - After over 18 months of pandemic delays, No Time to Die opened on target. The final James Bond film of the Daniel Craig era grossed $56 million from 4,407 North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday, to easily take the first-place spot. It didn't break any...

Film, TV Workers Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of Strike

Productions will halt if progress isn't made in IATSE's contract talks

(Newser) - Film and TV production in Hollywood and beyond could soon be grinding to an indefinite halt. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action Monday, Deadline reports. The union says the strike, the first in its 128-year history, was approved by a near unanimous...

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