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Burt Young, best known for his Oscar-nominated role as Paulie in Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky films, has died at age 83, Variety reported. His daughter Anne Morea Steinieser confirmed the news to the New York Times. Young was a prolific actor who was in a variety of movies such as Chinatown, Convoy, Back to School, The […]

Taylor Swift just released the live and remixed versions of her hit song Cruel Summer, People reported. The song’s new versions were released just ahead of her fourth re-recorded album 1989 (Taylor’s Version), available on October 27th. Cruel Summer, from Swift’s 2019 album Lover, is her longest-running No. 1 song on Billboard. The pop superstar […]

In a recent essay, Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik discussed her “undeniably Jewish” nose and how an SNL sketch from 1994 led to feelings of being “ashamed.” The actress-host reflected on a questionable Saturday Night Live sketch that used a prosthetic nose to mock hers in an essay for Variety. The SNL sketch that Mayim Bialik […]

Turns out there was more to 1993’s Hocus Pocus and the Sanderson Sisters than you were aware. There was a comedic child-stealing scene was deleted from the original film, according to director Kenny Ortega. “We honored the writing, and then we had a party, and some of that party had to be left behind because […]

Snow White leads the live-action remakes abound for a slew of Disney animated movies, The DisInsider revealed. First up is the live-action remake of Snow White, based on Disney’s first animated film in 1937. The film stars Rachel Zegler as the title character. Gal Gadot will play the Evil Queen.  There have been negative talks […]

The new animated film Spellbound, starring Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, and Javier Bardem, was set to be launched on Apple TV+, but that will no longer happen. Apple has parted ways with Skydance Animation, which is responsible for Spellbound, according to Deadline. The multi-year deal is done, and Apple is focused on other films. No […]

Pixar’s CCO, Pete Docter, recently discussed why Elemental struggled at the box office early and how he blamed Disney+. When Elemental landed in theaters in June, it did so with a flop. The animated feature was the worst-performing opening in the studio’s history, according to Cartoon Brew. Docter mentioned that a streaming-focused release plan at […]

The highly anticipated first full trailer for Neon’s “Ferrari” has finally arrived, providing a glimpse into the tumultuous life of Italian automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari. Directed by the acclaimed Michael Mann, the film features the talented Adam Driver in the lead role as the ex-Formula 1 racer turned business magnate, Indiewire reports. Set against the […]

Disney has been doing live-action remakes of their animated classics for years. But it looks like the Frozen series could be getting one despite the first film only coming out a decade ago. Disney’s upcoming live-action remakes A new report from The DisInsider claims that Disney is looking to remake Frozen in live-action form. However, […]

Some new photos of the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians series headed to Disney+ have surfaced. Photos of the guest stars of Percy Jackson and the Olympians recently came to light and are featured in IGN. Additionally, there are more photos from the upcoming series, as Variety revealed. And going a bit further into the […]

Wes Anderson has gotten brutally honest about how his debut film, Bottle Rocket, changed him as a director. Advice for young filmmakers During an appearance at the Lumière Film Festival (via Variety), Anderson was asked for advice for an aspiring director. That led him to discuss his first film, Bottle Rocket. “I had an idea […]

The Daily Wire looked itself in the magic mirror and asked “who is the fairest (and balanced-est) of them all?” and much like the Evil Queen, didn’t like the response it got. The conservative news firebrand apparently feels there’s not enough division and too much inclusivity in the world at present — so they’re making […]

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour — the AMC-distributed concert film — may start “Bad Blood” between the singer and Martin Scorsese. Box office projections Deadline is reporting that Swift’s “Eras” tour concert film is projecting for a 60%-70% drop in its second weekend, meaning it could make between $27-$37 million this weekend. Last weekend, the […]

It sounds like Kelly Clarkson, one of the judges on The Voice, won’t be spinning her chair around on the show anymore. The American Idol winner recently moved to New York City, where she’ll host her daytime program, according to Deadline. Kelly Clarkson’s move to NYC She moved to the Big Apple for various reasons, […]

The upcoming Disney+ series, Percy Jackson and The Olympians, has gotten an eye-opening Star Wars comparison for its budget. The reported budget In Variety’s new cover story, it was revealed that each episode of Percy Jackson and The Olympians costs between $12-$15 million per episode. That’s on-par with another Disney+ series, The Mandalorian. The first […]

The Percy Jackson books are about to be adapted in a Disney+ series. Prior to that, the first two books were adapted into feature films that had Logan Lerman and Alexandra Daddario in the lead roles. But the films flopped, and screenwriter Craig Titley has a good idea why. The movies Percy Jackson & The […]

Ridley Scott, the director of the original 1979 Alien movie, has become an early admirer of Fede Álvarez’s upcoming sci-fi horror film, ‘Alien: Romulus,’ set to release next year. But Álvarez is also an accomplished director himself, having directed ‘Don’t Breathe.’ He, then, shared the positive feedback he received from the director. This is during […]

Rick Riordan, creator and author of the Percy Jackson book series, is making sure the Disney+ series goes right. After some failed film adaptations of his books, he’s ensuring that the second swing goes better. The failed movies Two live-action Percy Jackson films were made: The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. Despite featuring stars […]

Fans waiting for the Stranger Things update can now feel at ease after producer/director Shawn Levy has shared details on the filming progress. The final season of the immensely popular Netflix series faced substantial delays due to the dual strikes by writers’ and actors’ unions. The good news is that the Writers Guild of America […]

The latest episode of Snake Oil is stacked. In a new clip brought to you exclusively by ClutchPoints, host David Spade introduces this week’s celebrity advisors: Will Arnett and Brad Paisley. Looks great in a boat Firs up, Spade introduces Paisley. He introduces him as someone who has won “three Grammys, 10 CMA Awards” and […]

Killers of the Flower Moon is three-and-a-half hours long, but it was nearly longer. Martin Scorsese recently revealed the length of an earlier script. The original length of the script In a BFI Sights and Sound interview, Scorsese said that an earlier draft of the Killers of the Flower Moon script was “over two hundred […]

During the first gig on Paul McCartney’s 2023 leg of the “Got Back” tour, he played a surprise Beatles deep cut. “She’s a Woman” In a surprise, McCartney and his band played “She’s a Woman.”  He played it between one of his Wings songs, “Letting Go,” and another Beatles tune, “Got To Get You Into […]

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes star Tom Blyth has co-star Rachel Zegler’s back. The Instagram comment In an Instagram post, Blyth can be seen defending Zegler and her upcoming Snow White project. FilmUpdates on X (formerly Twitter) captured the exchange but doesn’t detail which post this was. “Can you deliver a […]

The Al Pacino-led JFK film has enlisted an Oscar-winning director. Who is directing the JFK film?  Barry Levinson, known for his Oscar-winning 1997 film Rain Man, will helm the JFK film, per Deadline. The film will be written by David Mamet, who was original set to direct the film. The story follows Sam Giancana, a […]

Rumors of a reboot of The Office have been rampant. Creator of the US adaptation, Greg Daniels, has tackled these rumors. Greg Daniels on The Office reboot Speaking to Collider, Daniels clarified Puck News’ initial report. He did reveal that he’s spoken to NBC executives about rebooting The Office, but nothing is set in stone. […]

Achtung, y’all — U2 has extended their residency at the MSG Sphere. More dates The New York Post is reporting that 12 additional dates have been added for the “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere” residency. Initially, the residency was set to conclude on December 16. Overwhelming demand caused this extension. This comes soon after […]

USWNT superstar Alex Morgan has extended a warm invitation to global pop sensation Taylor Swift to attend an NWSL match after the singer was spotted at NFL games supporting the Kansas City Chiefs, reported by GOAL. Morgan, who plays for San Diego Wave FC, made the offer just days after her team clinched the NWSL […]

Elon Musk just announced that he will start to charge X (formerly Twitter) users $1 a year to post on the social network, Variety reported citing a Fortune article. According to a post on the website, as of October 17th, the company has started testing Not A Bot. This is a new subscription tier for […]

BTS: Yet to Come is set to stream on Prime Video on November 9th, Deadline reported. The K-Pop supergroup’s concert film will be streamed in over 240 countries and territories next month. The concert at the Asiad Main Stadium was originally part of Busan, South Korea’s World Expo 2030 bid. The concert film was produced […]

Amazon Prime’s Red, White and Royal Blue just released its newest deleted scene. The three-minute-long scene dubbed ‘Prince Henry and Alex’s Fireside Chat’ is the longest deleted scene Amazon released for the movie. In the video, Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez) asks Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine) a question referencing their conversation in Paris. The full […]

SNL is back, and soon, we’ll have Nate Bargatze as host and Foo Fighters as musical guest on Oct 28. This will be Bargatze’s debut as host, and this will be the ninth time the Foo Fighters will be rocking 30 Rock, according to CNN Entertainment. “A dream come true,” the comedian wrote Tuesday on […]

Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron’s distributor Gkids has announced the voice cast for the English dub of the film, Deadline reported. Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh lent their voices to the legendary director’s first film in a decade. The Studio Ghibli […]

The Boys’ Karl Urban will be Johnny Cage in the upcoming Mortal Kombat 2, Screenrant reported. Joel McHale, Community star and the voice of Johnny Cage in two Mortal Kombat animated movies, said he’s excited for Urban’s casting. Johnny Cage is a movie star/martial artist who becomes an Earthrealm defender in the sequel to the […]

According to an Osage consultant, feelings are a bit complicated regarding Killers of the Flower Moon by director Martin Scorsese. The new film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Lily Gladstone, had Osage consultants and many Osage members to help with the film. However, one of the film’s consultants stated that after watching […]

Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series is coming to Netflix, and the streamer released a glimpse of what’s to come. The Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, and Air Nomads are the four nations that are the focal points of the new series, according to Tudum by Netflix. “Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action, I feel […]

Today, the MCU fans are paying tribute to Tony Stark, who died on Oct. 17. 2023. RIP, Tony. Fans took to social media to pay their respects to Robert Downy Jr.’s Stark, according to CBR. This stems from 2008 when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was launched with the original Iron Man. Sequels followed, along with […]

Showtime Sports, which has been a significant network for boxing and MMA, is shutting down at the end of 2023, according to a letter sent by Paramount president/CEO Chris McCarthy to employees on Tuesday. .@ParamountCo is confirming today that it’s shutting down @Showtime Sports + @ShowtimeBoxing by the end of 2023, as CBS exits boxing […]

Lost in the shuffle of Taylor Swift’s celebrity friends she invited to attend the Kansas City Chiefs versus New York Jets game a few weeks back was A-list Hollywood director Shawn Levy, whose next big project to complete production (assuming the SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike is ever resolved) is Deadpool 3. That explains why he’d be […]

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, stars of Good Burger, made a surprise reunion during New York Comic Con; however, did they break the SAF-AFTRA strike rules? Turns out that Good Burger 2 was produced by Uptown Productions, which has a separate agreement with SAG-AFTRA and is not part of the ongoing strike. The stars appeared […]