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Even though Tom Cruise inked a non-exclusive pact at Warner Bros earlier this week, it looks like he’ll continue to be busy with Paramount for some time. Reports tonight are that Top Gun 3 is in development at Paramount with Top Gun:Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger currently writing a draft. The word is that the project

It was only a matter of time before Willem Dafoe worked with Yorgos Lanthimos, and the result is everything you might expect and more. In Poor Things, the actor plays Dr. Godwin Baxter, a Scottish scientist given to sewing dog’s heads onto chickens, and we meet him after completing the most important experiment of his

Kate Beckinsale attended the Golden Globes as a presenter, then hit the Netflix party. But she ended her night in a hospital, where her stepfather, TV director Roy Battersby, is recovering from a stroke. The British actress has been caring for her mother and stepfather as they struggle with serious illnesses. Beckinsale shared red carpet

In department head interviews for her satirical thriller Saltburn, Emerald Fennell heard a lot about beauty. This, of course, made sense, given the film’s setting within high-society England of the mid-2000s, a stunning world of entirely unrelatable luxury. But it wasn’t until Fennell spoke with Academy Award nominee Suzie Davies that she knew she’d found

After being delayed due to the strikes, the 14th Annual Governors Awards took place in LA to hand out the honorary Oscars. Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, and Carol Littleton received honorary Oscars, while Michelle Satter was honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The gala at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood was attended

Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav and the Motion Picture Group’s co-chairs and CEOs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy have hammered out a new strategic partnership deal with Tom Cruise that takes effect this year. The $13 billion-grossing star and producer will develop and produce original and franchise theatrical titles which he’ll star in. Cruise and his production company

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney won five awards at the Creative Arts Emmys for Welcome to Wrexham, the FX series that follows the duo buying the third oldest professional soccer club in the world. In an acceptance speech Reynolds shared on social media, he appears dressed as Deadpool, holding Hugh Jackman’s broken Emmy. “Wow, an

Golden Globes Weekend is already underway with a slew of parties celebrating nominees ahead of Sunday’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. Companies from Apple to Netflix and W Magazine to the Globes themselves hosted pre- and post-Globes events across L.A. in the first major Hollywood party weekend not just of 2024 but of an extra-busy

A lot less boozy than the Golden Globes at its traditional best, the return of the once flatlining ceremony to broadcast TV tonight proves what every 12-step program participant knows: You got to start somewhere some day, but don’t get on Taylor Swift’s bad side. Shifting to CBS after decades on NBC, and up against

Donald E. Wildmon, whose American Family Association led boycotts over sexuality and gay themes in American TV shows and in the arts, died on Dec. 28 in Tupelo, Miss. He was 85. The cause was Lewy body dementia, according to a statement posted by the American Family Association. Wildmon-led groups ran full-page advertisements denouncing the 1990s police

Taraji P. Henson is opening up about her time filming The Color Purple and is criticizing that production had the cast drive themselves to the set. In a new interview, the Empire alum revealed that producers of the film gave the cast rental cars to take themselves to the set of the production. However, Henson

In a nine-minute video posted to social media, Ice Cube has responded to Katt Williams’ viral Club Shay Shay YouTube show interview, in which he attacked Kevin Hart, Cedric the Entertainer, and discussed a potential bathroom rape scene in the Ice Cube film, Friday After Next, among other topics. Hart has already responded, calling the

Peloton instructor Jenn Sherman is trying to make amends for dissing Christopher Nolan’s film, Tenet, in a workout video that he was attending. Sherman is now inviting Nolan to take one of her classes “insult-free.” The cyclist posted a video on Instagram in response to finding out that Nolan took her class from December 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set a January 29 streaming premiere date for The Greatest Night in Pop, a feature doc just announced as world premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on the 19th of this month. Directed by award winner Bao Nguyen (Be Water), the film takes viewers back to January 25, 1985, when dozens of

Don’t X him out of the picture just yet. In a new interview with Happy Sad Confused host Josh Horowitz, Stewart hinted that Professor X is “still around,” and he has “every confidence” in that fact. The good Professor has been killed off a few times in the Marvel films, but always seems to return

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has taken exclusive worldwide rights to Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy adventure movies Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as part of a new multi-year distribution alliance with The Jim Henson Company, Deadline has learned. Under the pact, which went into effect on January 1st, Shout! holds rights to the titles in the arenas

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios has taken exclusive worldwide rights to Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy adventure movies Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as part of a new multi-year distribution alliance with The Jim Henson Company, Deadline has learned. Under the pact, which went into effect on January 1st, Shout! holds rights to the titles in the arenas

We remember the Alamo. Now, the Alamo Drafthouse is going to remember for you. The movie chain is undertaking a year-long “Time Capsules” program, featuring curated films from 1974 to 1999. Alamo Time Capsules is “a yearlong trek back through time that revisits both beloved blockbusters and forgotten favorites spanning six landmark cinema years —

EXCLUSIVE: Carly Hoogendyk has joined Omnipop Talent Group, the New York-headquartered management and production company known for its work with comedic multi-hyphenates, as a talent manager. She’ll be based out of the company’s West Coast office, there joining partners Bruce Smith and Zack Freedman. Hoogendyk established her knack for identifying rising comedic talent as the

The list of feature documentaries still in contention for the Oscars has been cut to 15 finalists, a brutal culling from a contingent of 167 qualifiers. The annual shortlist announcement leaves a handful of filmmakers celebrating, many more disappointed, and documentary watchers with much to debate.  from Oscar winners Davis Guggenheim and Roger Ross Williams,