ABC/AMPASThe 96th annual Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 10, and with that in mind, the financial wonks at WalletHub took a dive into the numbers behind Hollywood’s biggest night.For example, according to the site, the ceremony will reportedly cost $56.9 million.Thirty-three percent of this year’s nominees are women, the site’s analysts say, noting that’s…… Read More…
HBO/John P. JohnsonCurb Your Enthusiasm stars Larry David and Cheryl Hines are remembering Richard Lewis, who died Tuesday, February 28, from a heart attack. He was 76.Lewis, who is known for his role on the HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm and more, was remembered by his Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star, Larry David, who called Lewis…… Read More…
Paramount is finally moving forward with its long-planned Naked Gun reboot with Liam Neeson in the lead role, ABC Audio has confirmed. The new movie is based on the Naked Gun film franchise and the TV series Police Squad! by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. The new project, from Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue…… Read More…
Apple TV+The fifth episode of Apple TV+’s star-studded drama The New Look dropped on Wednesday. The series explores what life was like in Paris during the Nazi occupation, and especially what choices designers like Coco Chanel and Christian Dior made at the time. Chanel cast her lot with the Nazi high command and had personal relationships…… Read More…
Prime Video/Laura RadfordA little more than a month after Road House remake director Doug Liman said he “signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM” only to have it instead head exclusively to streaming on Prime Video, the movie’s star, Jake Gyllenhaal, is weighing in.Liman stated in an editorial to Deadline he was…… Read More…
HBO/John P. JohnsonStand-up comedian and actor Richard Lewis has died, ABC Audio has confirmed.Lewis, a fixture on the stand-up comedy scene in the ’70s and ’80s, who also appeared in comedies like Robin Hood: Men in Tights and dramas including the Oscar-winning Leaving Las Vegas, was 76. On Wednesday, Lewis’ publicist Jeff Abraham said the comedian…… Read More…
Courtesy Paramount+ – Photo: Daniel SmithOn Wednesday Paramount+, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios jointly announced that Guy Ritchie will direct and executive produce The Donovans, a gangster drama “loosely based” on one of Showtime’s biggest hits, Ray Donovan.The producers tease, “With the most powerful clients in Europe, The Donovans will see family fortunes and…… Read More…
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty ImagesIn a chat on the podcast Reign with Josh Smith, Mission: Impossible franchise veteran Rebecca Ferguson had listeners guessing as to whom she was referring when speaking about an “absolute idiot” of an abusive A-list movie co-star.And Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, her co-star in 2014’s Hercules, says he wants answers.The actress allowed…… Read More…
LionsgateThe first images of a long-gestating reimagining of the 1994 hit The Crow have been revealed.Vanity Fair just published a feature on Lionsgate’s forthcoming big-screen adaptation of James O’Barr’s classic graphic novel starring It’s Bill Skarsgård and actress-singer FKA Twigs.As in the comic and the original film, The Crow centers on musician Eric Draven, who…… Read More…
AMPASThe forthcoming 96th annual Oscars will reportedly take a page from the telecast some 15 years ago, having groups of past Oscar winners in a particular category welcome the newest member of their tribe.This news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which pointed out the popularity of that element from the 2009 telecast.Traditionally, the previous year’s…… Read More…