Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Michael Blackson‘s bummed the “Coming To America” sequel won’t premiere on the big screen this holiday season … but he thinks Amazon is making a savvy business move. We got the comedian outside Catch in WeHo and our camera guy asked about Amazon Studios cutting a $125 million deal to
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Facebook Appears In The Mueller Report And then there is the time Facebook appeared in special counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election. Similar to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Russia’s Internet Research Agency (IRA) reached millions of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter users in the United States leading up to
Refresh for latest…: Big news this weekend out of Japan where anime adaptation Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train shattered all-time opening records. The film, which opened on Friday October 16, as opposed to the usual Saturday/Sunday weekend, is estimated to have grossed upwards of $30M for the three-day. This number could rise above $40M,
Exclusive “The Hangover” star Rob Riggle got some sobering news to kick off his October … his wife of 21 years filed for divorce. Tiffany Riggle filed legal docs in Ventura County court to end her marriage to the comedian. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split … this according to legal
Sarah is so particular about getting it exactly right and honoring it to a T, which I’m really weird about too. So, on that one take with the tears, I thought I went too far and I was surprised that she used it. When she sent me the cut, I was like,’Oh, you used the
Finally, exhibition gets a break in the Empire State. During a press conference on Saturday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced movie theaters outside of New York City can reopen at 25 percent capacity or up to 50 people per screen on October 23rd. We also hear they can sell concessions. This is in effect
Tyler Perry‘s part of a massive campaign targeting 25 counties and 250k Black residents in Florida … in a push to get them to the polls. The entertainment mogul’s teamed up with a Black-led nonpartisan group called Equal Ground Education Fund on its half a million-dollar “Park & Praise” initiative. The campaign includes a series
Beyoncé was featured on Nicki Minaj’s 2015 song “Feeling Myself” after Minaj was previously featured on Queen Bey’s “Flawless Remix” on her self-titled album BEYONCE. The pair must be keeping in touch, and since Beyoncé has three children with Jay-Z, the singer and actress has been open about motherhood in her music.
DEREK WEBB SIGNS A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE DEAL Actor Derek Webb Epping N.H. /LA Hollywood Derek Webb Former Playgirl Magazine star & Fitness star had and as of on the date of 10/15/2020 signed on with Acid Bath Productions out of LA & Hollywood to a new film Production cameo Film Tiled “Hollywood Werewolf” featuring comedian
Open Road’s Liam Neeson action movie The Honest Thief posted a notable first night during the pandemic of $225K in previews. Neeson’s action movies outside of Taken typically see largely double that or more than triple that in a healthy marketplace, i.e. last year’s Cold Pursuit posted $540K on its Thursday preview, The Commuter did $700K, and Run All Night grossed
Oregon actor Erin Chambers was 20 years old when she landed the role of the super-smart Frances Bacon McCausland — who is tasked with defeating the Boogeyman with her real (and imaginary) friends — in the 1999 Disney Original Movie “Don’t Look Under The Bed.” Erin Chambers shared the small-screen for the children’s scary movie
The titles namedropped by Phylicia Rashad, Mamoudou Athie, Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Sarita Choudhury, Sunita Mani, and Omar Maskati are certainly eclectic, ranging from brilliant classics, to obscure ‘90s films, to modern hits. And we’ll even give honesty credit to The Lie stars Mireille Enos and Joey King for admitting that they aren’t the biggest
In another blow to the industry, the French government has ordered a curfew in several major cities across the country. From Saturday, residents of L’Ile de France (which includes Paris and its environs), Lyon, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Lille, Grenoble, Montpellier, Rouen, Toulouse and Saint-Etienne will be under a strict curfew from 9PM to 6AM. This will
Exclusive Details John Cena is a MARRIED MAN — tying the knot with his girlfriend Shay Shariatzadeh in Tampa, Florida … official records show. The couple began dating back in early 2019, following Cena’s high profile split with ex-fiancee Nikki Bella in 2018. Cena and Shariatzadeh got very serious very quickly — and were spotted
The last time there was a changing of the guards was in October 2005, when a then 37-year-old Daniel Craig was announced to be the sixth official James Bond. The news came three years after the release of Pierce Brosnan’s last outing in 2002’s Die Another Day. What happened then sounds exactly like how Barbara
EXCLUSIVE: Global cinema marketing data analytics and campaign management corporation Movio has named Sarah Lewthwaite to the post of Chief Client Officer. In her new position as Chief Client Office, Lewthwaite will oversee all of Movio’s exhibition and film studio and distributor relationships worldwide. Lewthwaite most recently was Managing Director & SVP for Europe, the
The house where Linda Barrett caught Brad Hamilton, uh, enjoying himself in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is now up for sale … but don’t f***ing knock if ya ain’t got a fat check. The San Fernando Valley crib with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms has hit the market for the first time in 20
Jennifer Garner was excited to share their big crop of the season, which the farm will use to recreate her Grandma Exie Mae’s sweet potato pie recipe, which will be on sale at their store in December. Farmer Jen was giddy on the farm, singing her own version of “Old McDonald Had A Farm” with
With Broadway’s shut down at least until June, some producers who had been hoping to open shows this spring are re-setting their sights on fall or even 2022, while others have announced no plans whatsoever. The latest to announce a new schedule is Lincoln Center Theater’s much anticipated production of Flying Over Sunset, a new
Dr. Ian Malcolm is back to grace our screens with a partially-open shirt almost 30 years after he made ‘Jurassic Park’ nice and steamy … and it’s all a way of encouraging folks to vote. We’re talking, of course, about Jeff Goldblum‘s character from the OG Spielberg dinosaur flick, who at one point was laid
The Movie’s Title Changed Multiple Times Way back when the movie was being made and we were following updates on the project, the adaptation went by the title All You Need is Kill, which — as mentioned — is the title of the book on which the film is based. However, in 2013, just before
Her Oscar winner Spike Jonze has boarded Sony Pictures Classics upcoming early 2021 release as an Executive Producer. Additionally, SPC has also acquired the rights in Asia, Israel, Turkey and the rest of Europe, making it a worldwide release for the label. The film will next be seen in the Hamptons Film Festival and AFI,
Breaking News Margaret Nolan — who served as the iconic golden-plated babe portrayed in the opening sequence of “Goldfinger” — has died. The legendary British artist and glamour model passed away last week, according to her son, Oscar Deeks. The news wasn’t broken, however, until Sunday when director Edgar Wright — who’d cast Margaret in
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (Tubi) For those who just cannot deal with movies that rely on the queasy-cam, I would recommend Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made, a quasi-found footage thriller of sorts framed as a long-lost copy of a movie no one has seen and lived to tell about, bookended by interviews
Refresh for latest…: China’s National Day holiday officially ended last Thursday, with takings for the October 1-8 period at an estimated RMB 3.95B ($589M) as the market continues to close the 2020 gap with domestic. This weekend saw continued play for the key titles, led by patriotic pic My People My Homeland which added another
Exclusive Tatum O’Neal was allegedly suicidal at a Los Angeles area home, so cops responded and she was placed on a psychiatric hold … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. We’re told police and fire responded last month to a call for a suicidal person, after Tatum allegedly threatened to jump off a balcony. Our sources
Because while most kids of a certain age found Joe Pesci to be funny as the short-tempered thief, Harry, in Home Alone, I always found him terrifying. For some reason, I thought he was either going to kill Kevin, or take him hostage and pump him full of drugs, which didn’t make any sense. Why
Regal Cinemas is taking it to the streets, with the marquee of its iconic and shuttered Times Square multiplex admonishing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for being just about the last pol in the country to reopen cinemas. “48 states have reopened theatres safely. Why not New York, Governor Cuomo?” blared from that strip of
The Weird Lady Billy Madison is a movie filled with amazing, quotable one-liners, and inarguably among the best of them is one that is delivered by actress Gladys O’Connor, who was 92 at the time: “If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.” Sadly O’Connor passed away in 2012 at the amazing age
Focus Features’ femme thriller Promising Young Woman, which made its world premiere at Sundance back in January, has returned to the theatrical release calendar for a Christmas Day release. The movie was originally set to open on April 17 before the pandemic pushed all titles. Out of the gate, the film notched a high Rotten Tomatoes