Choosing the perfect actor for a movie role is already a delicate process, but it becomes even more difficult when an actor leaves a production, which can happen for any number of reasons. Directors and casting professionals can be left scrambling to replace their departing stars. Here are some of the craziest last-minute replacements we’ve […]
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As Disney prepares to release several live-action remakes of animated classics, Aladdin is no exception. Following the success of recent adaptations such as The Jungle Book (2016) and Beauty and the Beast (2017), Disney fans will experience a “whole new world” as the love story of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine comes to life once again. The 2019 reimagining, based on the story […]
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Ed Schultz, former MSNBC talk show host, died on Thursday. He was 64. Schultz died of natural causes at his home in Washington D.C., according to RT America, his most recent employer. A prominent television and radio broadcaster in the upper Midwest region, Schultz began his career as a sports broadcaster for Fargo-Moorhead television stations before working as […]
Read moreSometimes the actors we see on the screen aren’t really what they seem! Advancements in CG technology has not only changed the way action, aliens, and digital effects are created, but CG is now used for a lot of subtle moments in our favorite movies. No longer does an actor need to go through a […]
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Scarlett Johansson faced a storm of criticism this week after it was reported that she would play a transgender man in a movie, a year after she drew scrutiny for taking on a role that was originally Japanese. The newly announced film, “Rub & Tug,” is based on the real-life story of Dante “Tex” Gill, […]
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Idris Elba will play the villain in the Fast and Furiousspinoff, Hobbs and Shaw. Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham will star in the feature, playing their Fast characters Luke Hobbs, the Diplomatic Security Service agent, and Deckard Shaw, one of the franchise’s primary bad guys. The Crown actor Vanessa Kirby will also star. The Fast franchise’s veteran scribe Chris Morgan is writing the script, with Deadpool 2 director […]
Read moreIn an interview with HITs Daily Double published on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, Lambert opened up about how she coped following her split from Shelton in 2015. After working through her emotions on her 2016 record The Weight of These Wings, the country singer had told Sony Music Nashville chief Randy Goodman and her manager […]
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Sacha Baron Cohen has posted a 4th of July tease for a new project that appears to take on the comedian’s old foe, Donald Trump. “He’s back,” the trailer promises, “as you’ve never seen him before.” The words are interspersed with a “Happy Fourth of July” message from Trump and footage of the President saying “Sacha Baron […]
Read moreHugh Jackman is the top-selling singer of 2018 so far, outselling performers like Taylor Swift and rapper Kanye West, whose latest album, “Ye,” has been burning up the charts. Despite 2018 seeing some of the biggest artists in music releasing new albums, including Cardi B and Taylor Swift, the best selling album of the year […]
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Britney Spears has been working hard all year. And now it appears as if the 36-year-old beauty is ready for the lazy days of summer because on Tuesday she posted an image to Instagram – taken by her pal Frances Iacuzzi – where he looked ready for a barbecue. The Toxic singer showed off her toned […]
Read moreHollywood runs on hype — from a project’s earliest conception to its world premiere and beyond, the entire movie industry depends on getting audiences as pumped as possible for their blockbuster product while threading the needle between overlooked gems and overhyped films. In fact, there’s an industry within the industry, filled with people whose jobs […]
Read moreThe Oscar-winner channeled royalty in her stylish ensemble while attending the Service of Commemoration and Dedication of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on Thursday, June 28. The 43-year-old stunned in a custom Ralph & Russo pale gray dress with a cowl neck and matching […]
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We’re six months into 2018, which means it’s time to take stock of everything we’ve seen so far this year—and determine which films released between January 1 and July 1 stand out most among the crowd. Below, are Vanity Fair’s picks for the best 2018 has to offer, so far, presented in alphabetical order. (We’re […]
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Actor Ben Stiller has been named global goodwill ambassador to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR. The agency announced the appointment on Monday after Stiller concluded a trip with UNHCR to Guatemala, where he met refugees who fled from their homes in Central America to escape violence from organized criminal groups and gangs. In recent years a growing number of […]
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For every mega-expensive blockbuster that gets butts in seats and grosses a billion dollars worldwide, there’s at least one equally mega-expensive box office flop that’s greeted by the moviegoing public with all the enthusiasm of Tax Day. In an era when seemingly every major studio film costs a hundred million dollars to produce, it’s inevitable […]
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Netflix has picked up “Quantico” creator Joshua Safran’s musical drama “Mixtape” for 10 episodes, after Fox passed on the pilot for its 2018-19 Fall slate, a person with knowledge of the deal tells TheWrap. “Mixtape” stars Jenna Dewan, “Revenge” alum Madeline Stowe and “La La Land” actress Callie Hernandez. Here is the official logline for the series: We […]
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Matt Damon will star as fugitive billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich in “The King of Oil” at Universal Pictures with John Krasinski producing through his Sunday Night Productions. The project, which is in the early stages, is being developed as a starring vehicle for Damon. It’s based on “The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich,” […]
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Mila Kunis has no problem blocking out the tabloid noise that gets written about her and her family. “I don’t read anything about myself,” Kunis told Cosmopolitan. “I genuinely don’t know what’s written about me … other than I know that I’m pregnant about once a year and my husband and I are getting a divorce once […]
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Comedian Andy Dick has been charged with sexual battery on allegations that he groped a woman in April. The Los Angeles city attorney filed two misdemeanor charges against the actor and is seeking an arrest warrant for him, The Times has confirmed. The charges, filed on June 27, include misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor simple battery stemming […]
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A new half-hour comedy from Fred Armisen and “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels has been ordered to series at HBO. And it’s in Spanish. According to the logline, “Los Espookys” (working title) is set in a strange and dreamy version of present-day Mexico City and follows a group of friends turning their love for […]
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Don’t call it her swan song, but Sheryl Crow plans to release her final album in 2019. The singer, 56, revealed that her next album will be filled with a bevy of star-studded collaborations, but after that, she’ll focus on a different way of releasing music. “Albums as an art form are a little bit […]
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President Donald Trump will likely be pleased to learn that longtime investigative reporter Brian Ross is leaving ABC News, along with his producer, Rhonda Schwartz. Trump publicly attacked Ross on Twitter in December, after the veteran reporter received a four-week suspension from the network for botching a story on the investigation into potential collusion between Trump’s […]
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Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Saturday, Tim Robbins expressed outrage and shame at U.S. immigration policies and the Supreme Court’s new ruling allowing President Trump’s travel ban on some predominantly Muslim countries to stand. “That Supreme Court decision will be remembered as a disgrace,” he told journalists, building on comments at the fest opening that had galvanized […]
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Yesterday was a pretty big day for Kaley Cuoco. The Big Bang Theory star officially tied the knot with her fiancé, equestrian Karl Cook, in San Diego. Cuoco herself confirmed the news on Instagram with two stunning snaps. “Legally KCSQUARED 6-30-18 ,” she captioned the first one, which shows Cuoco in her wedding dress and kissing Cook, flower […]
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Get ready to go back to Orchard House one more time. Rumor has it that Greta Gerwig is in talks to helm a Little Women reboot which might star (deep breath here) Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, and Timothee Chalamet. This is quite possibly the best ensemble cast I’ve seen in a long time, and I don’t […]
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