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In a turnabout, China is handing out release dates for Hollywood movies at a clip these days — and with a fair bit of notice. Yesterday, we learned that Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will go day-and-date on March 31, and today comes news that Universal/Blumhouse/Atomic Monster’s hit M3GAN has been granted a

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Janet Yang told assembled nominees at the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon on Monday that the organization’s response to the Will Smith slap during last year’s Oscars was inadequate. Yang made the comments during opening remarks at the event, being held this afternoon at the Beverly Hilton. “I’m

‘Call The Midwife’ Renewed For Seasons 14 & 15 By BBC Hit drama Call The Midwife will remain on the BBC for at least another three years following its latest double series order. Ratings for the Sunday night hit have continued to be strong throughout its lengthy run and an eight-part 14th and 15th have

Utopia opened Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas’ slacker comedy The Civil Dead, the feature debut from the lifelong friends from Gulf Shores, Alabama who have been making projects together — from skateboarding videos to an HBO special — since grade school. It’s grossed $17k so far on 27 screens including a sneak-preview Q&A tour at Alamo

Jonathan Majors enters the MCU as the next major villain portraying Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Looking ahead at Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, Majors recently revealed he would like to share the big screen with Robert Downey Jr. reprising his role of Iron Man. “So Kang Dynasty – I can’t even think about

When Peter Mayhew died in 2019, the actor best known for his “Chewbacca” role in several installments of the Star Wars series left behind an attic full of memorabilia. The items included an original Star Wars script and a call sheet. Health problems prevented Mayhew from retrieving them from his attic when he moved, so

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. The gold season is in full swing as awards are being handed out on just about a nightly basis. The full report on Thursday night’s lively American Cinematheque Tribute to the Crafts as well as Friday’s Advanced Imaging Society Lumiere Awards is below, but first….

Diverse festival notables from Hannah Ha Ha to The Blue Caftan join a spattering of specialty horror titles led by Consecration, and the U.S. theatrical debut of Gaspar Noé’s controversial Irréversible: Straight Cut. The last is presented by Altered Innocence, whose owner Frank Jaffe who spoke with Deadline about why he wanted to give Noe’s

“If it was so easy it would have been done before,” Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh said of the Andrea Riseborough Oscar controversy this morning. Questioned on the last minute campaign that saw Riseborough nominated for $27,000-grosser To Lesie, Yeoh downplayed any notion that this had bent Academy rules. “The Academy has

Disney shares slid into red numbers Thursday after jumping 5% earlier in the day on the news that activist investor Nelson Peltz has ended his proxy fight with the company. The stock finished at $110.22 on more than triple its normal trading volume. Disney shares have nevertheless risen 24% in 2023 to date, reflecting continued

Paul Mescal has said that his Oscar nomination for Aftersun has been an “absurd” moment in his life, but it has provided welcome relief for his family as they go through a difficult time. In his first interview since being nominated for Best Lead Actor, the Irish star told BBC Radio 4’s Today show that

As Disney reported better-than-expected financials for the fiscal first quarter, CEO Bob Iger said the company is “embarking on a significant transformation” that will reshape the company he rejoined last November. The company showed improvement across a range of financial categories during the quarter ending December 31, compared with the dismal showing last November just

In a first-time first-person account of her life and career, legendary singer, actress, director and producer Barbra Streisand will publish her memoir, My Name is Barbra, on November 7, 2023 via Penguin Random House imprint Viking. The Penguin Group made it official on Tuesday, calling the tome “engrossing and delightful.” There have been dozens of

Six-time Tony winner, Audra McDonald, and Best Actor in a Musical, Myles Frost, have joined the cast of Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay’s latest film inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. The two join previously announced cast Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis in the lead role, alongside Niecy Nash, Vera Farmiga, Nick

Production has begun on Netflix’s Scoop, the feature project that provides an inside account of the road to BBC Newsnight’s bombshell 2019 interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gillian Anderson has joined the investigative drama as Emily Maitlis, the former lead presenter of Newsnight who conducted the now

Lionsgate said Monday that its upcoming comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Crazy Rich Asians scribe Adele Lim will be called Joy Ride. The studio also unveiled the first still from the film, which you can view below. The film due for release June 23 stars Ashley Park (Emily in Paris), Sherry Cola (Good Trouble),

The Sacklers of OxyContin infamy have become indelibly tied to the opioid crisis in America. But the truth is they were far from the only contributors to a drug epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in recent years.  Take Chris and Jeff George, for instance. The steroid-jacked twin brothers opened their first

K-Pop legend BTS may be on hiatus but fans are decidedly not. Concert film BTS: Yet To Come hit no. 5 at the North American Box office this weekend with $5.1 million on 1,100+ screens, for a cume topping $7.8 million from the first showing Feb. 1. The group announced last year it was planning

British costume designer Sandy Powell will be honoured at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards with a Fellowship – the arts charity’s highest honour, and the first time it has gone to a costume designer.  Powell – who has three Oscars to her name for Shakespeare in Love, The Aviator and The Young Victoria – will

Liam Neeson was recently asked about the UFC. His answer should be read in his voice from the film Taken. “UFC, I can’t stand,” Neeson said in a recent interview with Men’s Health. “That, to me, is like a bar fight. And I know practitioners are always like, ‘No, you’re wrong! The amount of training