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Though his career in film was extensive and long-ranging, Ned Beatty wasn’t a stranger to television. Following his debut in deliverance, Beatty had guest roles in major television shows ranging from MASH to Hawaii Five-O. Decades later, Beatty would have a steady run on television in Homicide: Life On The Street, and as Ed, the

SATURDAY UPDATE: Refresh for updates While it appeared that the summer box office was dusting itself off from the pandemic over the last two weeks, both newcomers Warner Bros. highly anticipated Jon M. Chu directed Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway are currently filing less than spectacular results respectively with a No.

Ben Affleck was a man on a mission Friday, as he beelined it for his girlfriend’s house. Ben was wrapped up tight in a helmet and leather jacket as he steered his trusty chopper due East to Lopez’s L.A. home. As you know by now, Ben and Jen have been inseparable since hooking up after

With a new poster and release date set, the stage is now set for Rocky IV fans to see the sports classic in theaters once more. It’s nice to know that Sylvester Stallone and fans’ patience paid off and that the film is now officially on the way. We’ll see what Stallone has in store

If you didn’t Meet The Blacks in 2016, they’re back this weekend in Deon Taylor’s second horror-comedy installment. The first film was a send-up of The Purge. This one – The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2 — goes gothic. Star Mike Epps returns as Carl Black, about to face off with a neighbor

Play video content Chicago Cubs This is a beautiful, beautiful sight. The Chicago Cubs welcomed a FULL CAPACITY crowd to Wrigley Field Friday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic… and none other than Bill Murray was present to give a majestic rendition of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame!!!” Of course, it’s tradition

If that wasn’t enough of a star-crossed love story, it becomes even more complicated when you consider the nature of their on-screen characters. Kimberly J. Brown played the lead role in the franchise, the good witch Marnie Piper, who pretty much always saves the supernatural world of Halloweentown from ultimate doom. Daniel Kountz, though, plays

Longtime Bruce Springsteen fans are well-practiced in the art of waiting in line for tickets, a skill that could come in handy today with reports of virtual wait times for the recently announced Springsteen on Broadway revival clocking in at two hours and counting. And the price per ticket? Six hundred bucks seems to be

California native Donovan McCrary was only 12 years old when he played the young athletic version of Ricky — who’s college football dreamz are cut short after being murdered by gang members his senior year of high school — in the 1991 drama “Boyz n the Hood.” DM shared the big screen with some A-list

Reynolds: The movie’s got a lot of, like we said, soft focus background. There’s always something pretty amazing happening. I think the movie, for those that do love easter eggs, I don’t think easter eggs are a storytelling pillar, but I do think that easter eggs, especially in 2019 or in this case 2020 when

Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill a Mockingbird will return to Broadway on Tuesday, October 5, at the Shubert Theatre, with Jeff Daniels will reprise his originating role as ‘Atticus Finch’ and Celia Keenan-Bolger returning in her Tony Award-winning performance as ‘Scout Finch.’ The announcement was made today by producer Barry Diller. Scott Rudin is no longer

Play video content TMZ.com Work is separating Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez for the time being, but he’s still making time to have some fun on his own … he’s in Las Vegas, hitting the tables and directing a project. Check out this video we got — Ben was at the Wynn Resort and Casino

After all, if Disney wanted Star Wars fans to forget Solo: A Star Wars Story altogether, they’d bury it and all its lore deeper than the Star Wars Holiday Special (which I personally believe still needs to see the light of day). Qi’ra’s return, along with the idea that Donald Glover might be leading that

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures UK and TriStar Pictures have set a December 2, 2022 theatrical release for Matilda in the UK and Ireland, just in time for the holidays. TriStar is co-producing the adaptation of the beloved West End musical with Netflix and retains rights in the UK. This will not be a day-and-date release with

Armie Hammer‘s checked himself into an in-patient facility in Florida to get treatment for several addiction issues … amid several months of sexual abuse allegations against the actor. Hammer checked himself in at a rehab facility outside of Orlando on May 31 and has been getting treatment since then. According to Vanity Fair, which first

So in the movie, there’s a sequence where one of the characters talks about the fact that maybe this whole adventure that they’re on, they’re caught in some infinite loop of fighting and dying and fighting and dying. And, um, it might be true. Who knows? There’s a lot of clues in the movie that

Imax announced Monday that Marvel Studios’ Black Widow — set for released by Disney July 9, will debut with 22 minutes of select scenes in expanded aspect ratio exclusively in Imax. The Scarlett Johansson-starrer is the first new movie in “Phase Four” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first new Marvel Studios theatrical release

Play video content TMZ.com Paul Walker‘s brother says Vin Diesel and the rest of the ‘Fast and the Furious’ family made the right move letting his character ride off into the sunset … and he thinks Paul would get a kick out of where the franchise is these days. We got Cody Walker at Sancho’s

Coincidentally, it was thanks to the 41st anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back that Hamill was even given another opportunity to raise the subject. Fellow Star Wars alum Stephen Stanton celebrated the day himself, thanks to a post that showed off a rather rare trailer for the second film in the classic trilogy. As the

With more theaters reopening and film-goers slowly returning, life is being resuscitated into the specialty box office. This week we see a faith-based movie premiere banking serious dinero. Witnesses is a film recounting the early days of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and the translation of the Book of Mormon. The movie is directed and

Clarence Williams III — famous for roles in “The Mod Squad,” “Half Baked” and several other movies and shows — has died. The veteran actor’s management team confirmed the sad news Sunday, saying Clarence had actually passed away Friday in L.A. due to colon cancer. CWIII had a long history with his craft … dating

Per THR, this includes Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, who wrote scripts for Black Adam and for Emergency Contact. It also obviously includes the Dwayne Johnson connection via his 7 Bucks Productions being involved in the upcoming film. But that’s not all, as Emergency Contact will also be produced by Beau Flynn, who also produced

Saturday AM: Refresh for updates New Line’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is beating Paramount’s second weekend of A Quiet Place Part II, with an estimated $23.5M+ to $22M but there shouldn’t be any doubts: It’s a solid weekend at the box office, especially as the pandemic calms. Even No. 3 title, Disney’s Cruella is doing well,

Lisa Banes was almost killed by someone who mowed her down with a scooter and fled the scene out in New York City … TMZ has confirmed. Law enforcement sources tell us … the “Cocktail” actress was struck late Friday evening on the Upper West Side near the Lincoln Center — where she was reportedly

Since late April, rumors have been swirling about the return of Bennifer and, for the time being, it seems like the stars are really enjoying their time together. Since they were first spotted together, they have shared a vacation in Montana, Affleck has flown out to Miami and, this past week, Jennifer Lopez got cozy

Paramount has just put an untitled A Quiet Place movie on the calendar for March 31, 2023. This is the one that Jeff Nichols is writing and directing which Deadline first told you about. It’s not a threequel. It’s based on an idea from John Krasinski. Pic is very early in development and simply being billed

Play video content TMZ.com Peter Berg‘s pumped about movie theaters finally making a pandemic comeback even though he’s in business with Netflix, because as he explains … it’s good for the entire film biz. The producer/director was heading to Gold’s Gym in Venice when we got his response to the Memorial Day box office rebound

The last thing that we actually shot was the Darth Vader moment. That was something that was not in the original shoot. And, that was something that one of the [filmmakers] thought, ‘Oh, why don’t we tie in Darth Vader somehow?’ And it just kind of all fell into place. And that was the last

The Lehman Trilogy, Stefano Massini’s acclaimed play adapted by Ben Power, will begin post-shutdown performances at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 25, with an opening night set for Thursday, Oct. 14. The reopening announcement was made by producers National Theatre and Neal Street Productions, a team that apparently no longer includes Scott Rudin or

Miles Teller brought a bunch of mementos from his vacation in Hawaii back to the mainland with him … including a black eye. The “Top Gun: Maverick” star was spotted Wednesday in Los Angeles walking around with a hat from a famous resort on Maui and a shiner … from the punch to the face