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The closure of Pacific Theatres and ArcLight may have sounded alarm bells over the dire state of exhibition due to the coronavirus pandemic, but theater owners are especially frustrated, anxious and unnerved that a signature government lifeline so far has struggled to get up and running. The Shuttered Venues Operators Grant (SVOG), as the Small Business

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Miles Teller is nowhere close to predicting the end of the movie theater industry on the heels of ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theaters announcing they’re shutting their doors … he says theaters will still exist, but it would sure be nice if someone would come to the rescue. We got

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’s Brad Pitt has reportedly been cast in Lost City of D in some kind of cameo role, per The Hollywood Reporter. Sandra Bullock and Pitt recently worked together on the actor’s upcoming action movie Bullet Train, and the actress thought of him for an undisclosed role in her new

Ahead of the summer release of Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Moscow’s Dream Island Theme Park has officially opened its new “Hotel Transylvania” attraction. This comes as Transformania, the final chapter in the $1.3B franchise, is due for rollout beginning July 23 in North America and internationally from August 4. It is currently scheduled to hit Russia on

Here’s something to make ya feel old … Macaulay Culkin is now a proud parent!!! Macaulay, best known as Kevin McAllister in the insanely popular 1990s ‘Home Alone’ movies, just announced the birth of his first child with his partner, actress Brenda Song. Macaulay and Brenda welcomed their son, Dakota Song Culkin, into the world

Adding to that, Daisy Ridley said she’d been watching WandaVision and was really impressed with what Marvel Studios was able to achieve with its first Disney+ series. While Ridley isn’t officially attached to a Marvel role, she certainly sounds smitten with the idea if it did come her way. And this beautiful image of her

EXCLUSIVE: The Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal dramedy Here Today has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films and will open in theaters on May 7. Crystal directed the movie, repping his eighth time directing and his third on a feature film. Crystal co-wrote the screenplay with his fellow Saturday Night Live alum and

Harvey Weinstein‘s been indicted on sexual assault charges in L.A. and now faces extradition from New York, but he’s hoping to stay put because his health is failing… so claims his legal team. The disgraced movie producer appeared Monday for his extradition hearing via video conference along with his attorneys, Mark Werksman and Norman Effman,

The studio pushed the release, along with the next installments of Tom Cruise’s other major franchise with Paramount, Mission: Impossible 7 and 8, which are now coming out in May 27, 2022 and July 7, 2023, respectively, instead of November 2021 and November 2022. In Maverick’s place, G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes has now nabbed

Two of the country’s major theatrical venues announced reopening plans today, with the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. set to house Broadway productions in November and October, respectively. In Los Angeles, the Ahmanson’s 2021-22 season will start later than previously announced – instead of an August opening with

Sharon Tate would be upset by the handful of fraudulent items being sold in her name on eBay … this according to her sister, who insists they never belonged to her late sibling. Here’s the deal … there’s a handful of eBay listings for jewelry and dresses — including a ring with a $180,000 asking

Ok, let’s ignore the fact of how much time and effort went into printing out these “Ush-Bucks,” which don’t serve any purpose other than advertising Usher’s Las Vegas residency that begins this July. Let’s also push aside the weird decision go with a side profile of the musician for this nonlegal tender, even though none

(Interactive chart with estimates below) This week, Atlas Entertainment’s The Girl Who Believes in Miracles grew to 900 runs in 175 markets (up from 640 runs in 154 markets) as it tallies its weekend best at $604,000 with its cumulative box office total doubling to $1,326,000. In its second weekend, the Rich Correll-directed drama posts

Henry Cavill‘s got a new girlfriend!!! And he said so himself. The “Superman” stud introduced GF Natalie Viscuso to his followers, although a bunch of you probably know her already. She was featured on “Super Sweet 16” back in 2005. It’s a show about rich kids and their birthday parties. On the show, she somewhat

When it first came out in 1988, John Waters’ Hairspray marked a huge change in direction for the filmmaker – a PG movie made in the wake of notorious titles like Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Polyester. The movie stars Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad, a peppy, plus-sized teenager who finds herself with the opportunity

Here’s something nobody was expecting during the pandemic at the global box office: An event film which is bound to profit. Film finance sources have been telling us that as Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong hits $357.8M WW today, the pic is already set to bring cash back to Warner Bros. –an estimated $96.4M currently–even with the

Bill Maher obliterated the Oscars Friday night … musing that the choices the Academy is making for best films require a name change to the Debbies … as in Debbie Downer!!! The ‘Real Time’ host ticked off the nominees for Best Motion Pic, and viewing may require a serious dose of Prozac, ’cause they’re all

Dumbledore Vs. Gandalf Sure, the Harry Potter universe is leading up to Dumbledore vs. Grindelwald’s famed battle within the Fantastic Beasts series, but I’ll do you one better. How about Hollywood gets weird with it and imagines a time and place where Dumbledore and Gandalf were in the same place at the same time and

Warner Bros. pandemic hit Godzilla vs. Kong grossed $3.88M on Friday, which will yield an estimated $12.9M second weekend at 3,084 theaters (+20), -60%, on its way to $69M domestic by the end of tomorrow. In the Legendary title’s first week, the monster movie has grossed $60M, making it the top grossing pic stateside during the pandemic

T.C. Williams High School in Virginia — famously featured in the movie, “Remember The Titans” — is getting a complete makeover … in an attempt to distance itself from its racist history. But, don’t worry, they’re still the Titans!!! The school was originally named after former superintendent Thomas Chambliss Williams — a known racist who

Jeremy Renner said one of his fans found the headshot, and from his own memory, he believes he got the picture taken before he decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. The actor grew up in Modesto, California, which is a small agricultural town in Central California. In the early ‘90s, Renner left

EXCLUSIVE: We also learned today that Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins movie is moving up from its Oct. 22 release date to July 23. The G.I. Joe movies play younger and it only makes sense for the new standalone from EOne/Hasbro to play the summer. The first movie, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra also played the summer

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com LisaRaye McCoy is clarifying what she said about the Buffalo radio host who compared Black women to “toast,” saying she is NOT defending the guy — but simply pointing out … yeah, he can have an opinion on the subject. We got the actress Sunday at LAX and asked if

Following these rumors, there is still going to be a major factor at play: how Spiral does when it’s released. If Saw X is, in fact, in active development, it could just as easily be pulled from development if the Lionsgate film does not make a splash with audiences this May. But for the time

Universal Pictures has scheduled George Clooney and Julia Roberts’ next movie together, Ticket to Paradise, for Sept. 30, 2022. Uni already had the release date reserved for an event film on the theatrical release calendar. Ticket to Paradise currently follows the weekend after Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish sequel on Sept. 23 and ahead of

Play video content BACKGRID George Clooney stepped into the batter’s box in between takes on the set of his new movie, taking hacks while Ben Affleck tried shagging balls in the outfield … and for one of them, it didn’t go so smoothly. George took a break from directing “The Tender Bar” Wednesday in Boston

Back in March 2020, Armie Hammer was supposed to star in a play called The Minutes was supposed to open on Broadway, with Armie Hammer attached as one of the lead actors. Unfortunately, those plans were scrapped by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Broadway still hasn’t opened back up over a year later. As things stand

We first told you that Skydance sold the Chris Pratt sci-fi film The Tomorrow War to Amazon Studios for $200M, and now that deal has closed with the streamer setting a July 2 drop date in 240 countries and territories. It’s the second Paramount release that Amazon has picked up after Coming 2 America which

Paul Ritter — best known around the globe for playing Eldred Worple in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” — has died. A rep for the British actor says Paul died of a brain tumor Monday night. He died peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons — Frank and Noah — by his