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Forget the 2024 election, the Final Four, and every other major event. A breathless Drew Barrymore has got the REAL news. In a preview clip from Friday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the daytime TV host broke some major Adam Sandler news – he has a screenplay written for Happy Gilmore 2. “I want

I am not sure the world asked for yet another take on 20th Century Fox’s Omen franchise, the constantly regurgitated series with Damien (who made the numbers 666 iconic) and company. Since the 1976 original, when Damien first appeared in the movie with Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, we have had Damien: Omen II, The

Apparently, fans don’t want JLo now. So her tour producers are hoping they’ll want JLo then. The struggling North American “This Is Me…Now” tour – Jennifer Lopez‘s first in five years — is transforming into “This Is Me…Live/The Greatest Hits.” It’s apparently hoped that the promise of familiar material will goose ticket sales, which already

Cinereach has announced a new direction for the organization under the leadership of new CEO Jennifer Strachan. Cinereach will primarily operate as a media incubator focused on narrative research and strategy development, with the goal of advancing stories that spark greater curiosity, understanding, empathy, and agency. Cinereach’s production work will also expand beyond film, to

Lady Gaga is set to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux, Todd Phillips’ musical follow-up to his 2019 DC film. The singer joins the sequel as Harley Quinn, and an audio preview of the star as the character has been unveiled. “You can do anything you want… you’re Joker,” Gaga as Harley

Fack Ju Göhte spinoff Chantal in Fairyland (Chantal im Märchenland) capitalized on its strong start in Germany last Thursday, turning in a weekend performance for the record books. With $6.2M through Sunday, the time travel adventure from Constantin Film scored the best Easter opening frame ever for a German movie in the home market, as

EXCLUSIVE: Decker Sadowski (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Shane West (ER, The Dirty South) are set to star in Katherine Dudas’ horror comedy Theater Is Dead. The film is also written by Dudas (Waking Up Worried), Sadowski, Olivia Blue (This Game’s Called Murder) and Madison Lawlor (Casa Grande). Production for the film recently wrapped on Vashon Island,

All due respect to Godzilla, but the first quarter of this year was a bust for Hollywood. There’s no getting around it. The news read like an April Fool’s joke without a punchline. Disney gave up its fight with Florida, better to face its battle with investor Nelson Peltz (which reminds the ancient among us

As the co-chair of DC Studios, James Gunn has the key to the DC Universe as he and Peter Safran prepare for the next generation of superhero storytelling. One film that excites fans is The Authority, a movie about a team of anti-heroes known as the anti-Justice League. Gunn recently updated fans on the film’s

Rebel Wilson has made more claims regarding Sacha Baron Cohen’s treatment of her, saying in an interview to promote her new memoir, that he set out to humiliate her when they worked together. Wilson’s forthcoming memoir Rebel Rising includes her claims that the British actor sexually harassed her on the set of their 2016 film

Tim McGovern, the visual effects artist and Oscar winner for his work on the 1990 film Total Recall, has died. He was 68. McGovern’s wife, Reena NeGandhi, shared news of her husband on social media. “Today is the saddest day of my life. My Husband Tim McGovern, an Oscar winner for the VFX in 1990’s

The feud between Rebel Wilson and her former co-star Sacha Baron Cohen has escalated, with both actors accusing the other of making false claims. Wilson previously named the Borat star as the actor whom she accuses in her forthcoming memoir of behaving like “an a**hole” on a movie set. The pair appeared together in the

EXCLUSIVE: More details are emerging about the restructuring in the film division of Fifth Season earlier this week. Along with the change at the top of the unit, with Alexis Garcia stepping down to launch a new venture Fifth Season’s backing and Christopher Slager being promoted to replace him as Head of Film, there were

Louis Gossett Jr., who won an Emmy for his role in the groundbreaking TV miniseries Roots and an Oscar for An Officer and a Gentleman, died last night in Santa Monica. He was 87. His death was reported by his nephew to the Associated Press. No cause of death was given. The first Black actor

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is coming off a successful — and at times turbulent — 26th edition, wrapping “amidst an explosive ambiance with episodes of violence and intolerance.” In a post-festival report, TiDF says 66,000 spectators and visitors participated in the event this year, an increase of 16 percent over 2023. The festival ran

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has announced the 49th Annual Gracie Awards winners. This year’s winners include Michelle Obama, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Glennon Doyle, Rachel Brosnahan, Maria Shriver, Gayle King, Angela Yee, and Nicole Kidman, among many others. Some of the shows honored include Yellowjackets and Only Murders in the Building, Queen Charlotte:

Kristen Stewart‘s Bella is never ever getting back together with Edward Cullen. On a recent episode of the Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, Stewart said she’s over Edward, but still has lover for Bella. “Let’s talk about Bella for a second,” podcast host Amanda Hirsch asked. “Do we not like her in retrospect?” “Do

Proxy advisor Egan-Jones on Wednesday became the second independent firm to support activist Nelson Peltz‘s effort to secure seats on the Disney board. The endorsement follows that of ISS earlier this month, which was a notable win for Peltz’s Trian Fund Management as it is the biggest advisory firm and highly influential. While ISS backed

Another former James Bond star is giving his seal of approval to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who is rumored to be the next 007 agent. Pierce Brosnan got his turn as James Bond through the 1990s and the beginning of the aughts across four films. As rumors heat up about the next spy agent to take on

Wellington Love has started the w/Love production company, and already has an inaugural slate of projects lined up. After more than three decades working in various film business capacities — including distribution, festival direction, and publicity — Love made the leap into producing as co-producer of Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021), for which