Warber Bros. Pictures Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga revved up $3.5 million in Thursday night preview screenings, Deadline is reporting. The trade is projecting the George Miller film’s take to be $40 million when the checkered flag is waved at the end of the Memorial Day weekend. Both the sneaks and the projection are slightly behind …
Jeffrey Wright reprising ‘The Last of Us’ video game role in HBO’s series
Photo: Sandro Baelber Oscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright has joined HBO’s The Last of Us in a role he’s already quite familiar with. Wright played Isaac, a former Marine who became a leader in the Washington Liberation Front resistance group in the sequel to the post-apocalyptic video game on which the hit show is …
Zendaya attends ‘Romeo & Juliet’ opening night performance in support of boyfriend Tom Holland
ABC News The opening night performance of Romeo & Juliet, starring Tom Holland, took place Thursday night, with Zendaya in attendance as his real-life romantic interest. She arrived at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre wearing a sparkling black Vivienne Westwood gown, her hair in a bun, and was captured leaving with Tom after the show, which received a standing ovation. The new iteration …
George Lucas on equality and female heroes in his ‘Star Wars’ films
Taylor Hill/FilmMagic George Lucas is at the Cannes Film Festival to receive an honorary Palme d’Or on Saturday, and at a press event a day prior, he answered some criticisms about his six Star Wars films. “They would say, ‘It’s all white men,’” the 80-year-old said, according to Variety. “Most of the people are aliens!” …
Reality Roundup: Colton Underwood expecting first child, Kourtney Kardashian talks surgery and more
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week: The Bachelor (ABC)Former Bachelor Colton Underwood is expecting his first child with his husband, Jordan C. Brown. The couple will welcome their baby via surrogate in early October. “It’s been such an incredible …
Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig announce ‘Knives Out’ threequel title
Netflix/Eric Charbonneau In a new post on social platform X narrated in character by Daniel Craig‘s Benoit Blanc, director Rian Johnson announced the title of his third Knives Out mystery: Wake Up Dead Man. In the animated spot, the tease for the follow-up to 2019’s Knives Out and 2022’s Glass Onion has Craig drawling, “In the beginning, …
Kabosu, the famous meme dog, has died
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Pour one out Friday for Kabosu, arguably the most famous dog on the Internet. The “doge” has died at 18. The rescued Shiba Inu not only became a meme star thanks to her suspicious expression, but a meme unto herself when the former shelter dog became the face of the …
In Brief: Christian Slater jumps aboard ‘Dexter’ prequel series, and more
Paramount+ has tapped Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater and Molly Brown to lead its Dexter prequel series, Dexter: Original Sin, which tells the origin story of Michael C. Hall’s serial killer. Gibson will play Dexter Morgan. Slater and Brown will play Harry Morgan, Dexter’s adoptive father, and Debra Morgan, Dexter’s sister, respectively. Dexter: Original Sin is …
Scoreboard roundup — 5/23/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Colorado 9, Oakland 10Texas 2, Philadelphia 5 AMERICAN LEAGUEToronto 9, Detroit 1Seattle 0, NY Yankees 5Baltimore 8, Chicago White Sox 6 NATIONAL LEAGUECincinnati 4, San Diego 6 Chicago Cubs 0, …
Robert Downey Jr. shares ‘Avengers’ co-stars’ comments at Chris Hemsworth’s Walk of Fame ceremony
Warner Bros. Chris Hemsworth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, and Robert Downey Jr. was on hand to represent their Avengers co-stars, whom he asked for a three-word response to the question, “What is Chris Hemsworth,” according to Variety. Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel films, joked, “Absurdly, …