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Ezra Miller pleads not guilty to burglary charges

Posted 4 years ago

Ezra Miller has quite a wrap sheet of alleged incidents. And while Miller hasn’t been charged with trying to get Susan Sarandon to bow at this weird altar (a story too crazy not to be real), the actor has been...

Movie News

Keke Palmer addresses Being Mortal shutdown

Posted 4 years ago

Bill Murray’s on-set behavior has crossed the streams, with numerous accounts of misconduct, both fresh and rehashed, popping up in the news cycle. And it’s not just co-workers that are allegedly falling victim: it’s entire productions, too. Notably, the Aziz...

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Freaky director blasts Halloween Ends day & date model

Posted 4 years ago

Halloween Ends has been a disappointment all around. Not only did it get lousy reviews, but it underperformed at the box office on opening weekend. Yes, it opened #1 with around $41 million and is a financial success for the...

TV News

Sacha Baron Cohen joining the MCU as Mephisto?

Posted 4 years ago

Wa wa wee wa! Reports have come in that Sacha Baron Cohen will be playing Mephisto in Disney+’s upcoming Ironheart series. While this has yet to be confirmed, sources are confident that the actor will be portraying the Marvel character...

Movie News

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio praised at world premiere

Posted 4 years ago

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio had its world premiere at this week’s London Film Festival and the debut was both a triumph for the movie and a unique experience on personal levels. Reviews coming out of the BFI London Film Festival...

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Dwayne Johnson was told to be more like Clooney and Depp when entering Hollywood

Posted 4 years ago

With DC’s Black Adam gearing up for its debut later this month, Dwayne Johnson is on the promotional circuit. On a recent trip to Good Morning America, Johnson revealed that he got some rather suspect advice if he wanted to...

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Russell Crowe denies bad Julia Roberts chemistry

Posted 4 years ago

Russell Crowe is hitting back at the rumors he once had a dreadful table read with Julia Roberts for My Best Friend’s Wedding, calling the entire scenario “pure imagination.” The story stems from the movie’s director, P.J. Hogan, who was...

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Oldboy’s Park Chan-wook would love to direct a Bond movie, idolizes Roger Moore

Posted 4 years ago

The word on the street is Bond (James Bond). With the movie franchise celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, it seems 007 chatter is all over. Now, an unlikely director has said it would be “fun” to helm a Bond...

Movie News

Rob Schneider: Bill Murray hated SNL’s ’90s-era “bad boys”

Posted 4 years ago

The Bad Boys of SNL, who were hired between 1990 and 1991 and brought some of the show’s most memorable sketches, ended up being some of the most successful post-Saturday Night Live players. But that doesn’t mean everyone loved them....

Movie News

R.I.P.: American Movie’s Mike Schank dies at 56

Posted 4 years ago

Mike Schank, the lovable sidekick to Mark Borchardt’s aspiring filmmaker in the 1999 cult classic documentary American Movie, has died. He was 56. As reported by the Milwaukee Record–Schank and Borchardt were both good ol’ Wisconsin boys–Mike Schank “passed away...

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