Wilson Webb(NEW YORK) — It’s been a busy holiday week at the box office, with three movies — Little Women, Spies in Disguise and Uncut Gems — all enjoying strong debuts. After delivering $6.4 million on Wednesday, Little Women is on a pace to generate upwards of $22 million by Sunday, well ahead of expectations. The animated feature Spies in Disguise and Uncut Gems — the …
Dwayne Johnson hilariously calls out friend who saw Cats twice
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — If you scored the leading role in the latest Hollywood box office smash, you’d probably want all your family and friends to see it as often as possible. That seems to be the case with Dwayne Johnson, who stars in the recently released Jumanji: The Next Level. Devan Coggan, a friend of The …
President Donald Trump teases Canada for editing out his Home Alone 2 cameo
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(WASHINGTON D.C.) — President Donald Trump is not pleased with Canada right now for a seemingly peculiar reason. The Canadian broadcasting channel CBC aired Home Alone 2: Lost in New York without the president’s famous cameo. For a refresher, President Trump’s brief cameo happens early on in the 1992 movie, when MaCaulay Culkin’s character, Kevin, gets turned around in the …
Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx joining Kobe Bryant’s ‘Just Mercy’ screening in LA
ABC/Image Group LA(LOS ANGELES) — Basketball legend Kobe Bryant is teaming with Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx to promote their new courtroom drama, Just Mercy. The former Los Angeles Lakers star will host a private film industry screening of the film on January 6 in Los Angeles, according to Deadline. Jordan and Foxx, who star in Just Mercy, will introduce the movie …
Sorry, FinnRey shippers: JJ Abrams reveals what Finn *really* wanted to tell Rey in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
L-R: John Boyega and Oscar Isaac in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”; Lucasfilm/Disney (LOS ANGELES) — (SPOILERS AHEAD) If you’ve seen Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, you may have come away from the film with a question: What did Finn want to tell Rey that he never ended up telling her? When Finn, …
Billie Lourd posts honest message about grief during the holidays
Kevin Mazur/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — The daughter of the late Carrie Fisher penned an honest message about grief during the holidays to her 1.3 million Instagram followers. Billie Lourd, who lost her mother and her maternal grandmother, actress Debbie Reynolds, three years ago on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28, respectively, wrote that sometimes the holiday season …
Tall drink of water: Henry Cavill describes dehydration regimen for ‘The Witcher’ shirtless scenes
Netflix/Katalin Vermes(LONDON) — If you spotted hunky Henry Cavill on the set of The Witcher and offered to buy him a drink, you might have had a good shot of him taking you up on it. That’s because at one point, he was starving himself of liquids. In order to make his heroic physique pop, …
Martin Scorsese’s daughter trolls Marvel movie-hating dad with superhero wrapping paper
Netflix/Eric Charbonneau (LOS ANGELES) — Martin Scorsese famously made Hollywood hay by shading Marvel movies as “not cinema,” so his daughter Francesca trolled her in the best way for Christmas: she wrapped all his gifts with Marvel wrapping paper. On Christmas Eve, she showed off her handiwork in a story on her Instagram feed. Scorsese’s controversial …
Universal scratches ‘CATS’ from its “for your consideration” website pitch
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Me-owch. CATS is no longer a major awards contender, at least according to Universal Pictures. The studio, still licking its wounds after a brutal critical roasting over the big-budget, all-star adaptation’s effects led to a dismal box office opening, has deleted it from Universal’s “For Your Consideration” splash page on its …
Lin-Manuel Miranda lays out his ambitious goal for 2020
Disney Channel/Todd Wawrychuk(NEW YORK) — With the ability to see what’s going on in the world around you at any moment, it’s no wonder why some people find Twitter absolutely addicting. One celebrity, however, says he’s putting the brakes on the app. Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to accomplish something very specific in 2020 and, in order to do …