Sony Pictures Classics(NEW YORK) — On the last Friday of 2018, here’s a look at what opened in theaters this week, and what’s opening today. Opening in limited release Friday: * Stan & Ollie — This biographical dramedy follows legendary comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy — played by Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, respectively …
Marvel Studios could begin developing Fox-owned Marvel characters “the first six months” of 2019
(L-R) Marvel President Kevin Feige, “Captain Marvel” star Brie Larson: Marvel – 2017(LOS ANGELES) — In an interview with Variety’s Playback Podcast, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige made news sure to excite hardcore Marvel stans. The much talked about integration of Fox-owned Marvel properties into Marvel Studios cinematic universe (MCU) — most notably the X-Men, …
Cosby, Roseanne & more — 2018’s biggest entertainment scandals
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — 2018 might become known as the year Twitter became a career killer. Every year has its share of old-fashioned, off-line scandals — like when years-old sex crime accusations against formerly beloved TV dad Bill Cosby ended with his September sentence of 10 years in prison. But 2018 saw major …
Billie Lourd remembers mom Carrie Fisher, two years after her death
Araya Diaz/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Hard to believe perhaps, but it’s been two years since we lost Carrie Fisher. And Fisher’s daughter, actress Billie Lourd, marked the anniversary with a sweet, musical post on Instagram to honor her late mother and Star Wars icon. “It has been two years since my Momby’s death and I still …
From now on, please call him Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin
ABC/Image Group LA(NEW YORK) — Henceforth, Macaulay Culkin shall be known as Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin. Allow us to explain. Earlier this year, the Home Alone star posted a contest on his Bunny Ears website, essentially saying he didn’t like his given middle name — it’s Carson, by the way. So he invited readers to …
Superheroes and dinosaurs fuel a record year at the box office
Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — 2018 was a blockbuster year at the box office — even without a year-end Star Wars movie for the first time in four years. By mid-December, the domestic box office racked up a whopping $11 billion, putting it on track to beat the current record of $11.4 billion set in 2016 …
First look: ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ movie arrives Friday
Netflix(NEW YORK) — Here’s a late holiday present for Black Mirror fans. Netflix is dropping a stand-alone Black Mirror film tomorrow — and we’ve got the trailer for it now. Titled Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, the movie’s set at a computer video game company in the 1980s. Dunkirk star Fionn Whitehead is Stefan, a young coder …
Cher, Reba McEntire, Lin-Manuel Miranda receive Kennedy Center Honors
L-R, standing: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire. LR, sitting: Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, and Philip Glass; Michele Crowe/CBS(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The event itself took place earlier this month, but last night a televised special featuring highlights from the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors aired on CBS. Singer and Oscar-winning actress …
Ben Stiller responds to being called a liar by jailed ex-prison worker
David M. Benett/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ben Stiller’s new Showtime series, Escape At Dannemora, has received a ton of praise, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Television Limited Series. But the series, based on the true events of a prison break, has one vocal detractor. One of the shows real life subjects, Joyce “Tillie” Mitchell, …
‘Wonder Woman 1984’: That’s a wrap
Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) — We’re one step closer to seeing Wonder Woman 1984. Star Gal Gadot marked the end of filming on the Wonder Woman sequel with a series of Instagram photos from the set. “We did it. Again!!” Gadot wrote. “And as much as the first time shooting Wonder Woman was amazing, this time …