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A new CIA action thriller titled Amateur is leaping onto the docket at 20th Century Studios, and its already star-studded cast is about to grow even bigger. Per a report from Deadline, both Holt McCallany and Julianne Nicholson have officially come aboard the big budget project.

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Amateur, which is based on an original novel by Robert Littell, is set to be an action-packed, CIA spy thriller feature perfectly suited for the big screen. It's being helmed by James Hawes, who previously worked on AppleTV+ drama thriller Slow Horses, which starred the likes of Gary Oldman (Oppenheimer), Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), and Kristin Scott Thomas (Tomb Raider). Adapting the screenplay is Ken Nolan, with revisions done by Scott Frank and Gary Spinelli. Producers include Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson. The A-list cast so far...

Exclusive: Nick Meyer has just informed his staff that he’s exiting as eOne’s President of Film when his contract ends next month.

The news comes as Hasbro is expected to settle on a buyer of its eOne studio division, those jockeying being Lionsgate and Legendary, and distributor GoDigital Media Group as Deadline first reported.

Hasbro bought eOne in 2019 for $4 billion. The toymaker is looking to unload all scripted and unscripted TV production (except for the Family Brands division housing such IP as Peppa Pig and Pj Masks), all film production and related global distribution and a 6,500-plus title content library and Hasbro’s interest in eOne’s Canadian film and TV business.

Former Sierra/Affinity Boss Meyer has had quite a streak, with 17 Oscar wins from 62 nominations and 10 BAFTA wins from 51 nominations under that label. He also produced such titles as The Woman King, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Mrs.

Exclusive: Holt McCallany (Nightmare Alley) and Julianne Nicholson (Blonde) are the newest additions to the cast of Amateur, the CIA thriller that Rami Malek is leading for 20th Century Studios.

The actors join an ensemble that will also include Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Laurence Fishburne and Adrian Martinez, as previously announced.

Based on a novel by Robert Littell, Amateur tells the story of Charles Heller (Malek), a CIA cryptographer who, after his wife is tragically killed in a London terrorist attack, demands his bosses go after them. When it becomes clear they won’t act due to conflicting internal priorities, he blackmails the agency into training him and letting him go after them himself.

The film to be directed by Slow Horses‘ James Hawes had its screenplay adapted by Ken Nolan, with Scott Frank and Gary Spinelli handling revisions.

While sources tell Deadline that McCallany will play CIA Deputy Director Moore,...

2022 was a gangbuster year for the U.K.’s unscripted TV sector. Rates soared as productions struggled to find crew such as editors and producer-directors because of the sheer amount of work available. “You were fighting over staff,” said one producer with almost 20 years experience, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

This year, he says, is the complete opposite. WhatsApp and Facebook groups are awash with freelancers desperately searching for a gig. Some have been out of work for months and, in a few cases, since last year. They are terrified about how to pay their rent or mortgages. Many have applied for government welfare. Others have taken work outside television until things pick up. Those who haven’t left the industry already are considering it.

“For a lot of people, this is a dire situation,” says James Taylor, a series producer in factual entertainment and co-chair of the unscripted branch at Bectu,...

Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix has taken on his next lead role, and it sounds like it may be the most risqué film we've seen from the actor yet. The movie comes from director Todd Haynes, whose latest film, May December, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. While speaking with press at the event, Haynes told IndieWire that his next movie will star Phoenix, and along with describing the untitled film as a "gay love story," it was also revealed that it will be rated Nc-17. And that's because of the insistence of Phoenix, as Haynes was content to keep things on the R-rated level.

"The next film is a feature that’s an original script that I developed with Joaquin Phoenix based on some thoughts and ideas he brought to me," Haynes explained. "We basically wrote with him as a story writer. Me and Jon Raymond and Joaquin share the story credit.

What The Weeknd wants, The Weeknd gets in “The Idol,” a skintastic, dark-side-of-showbiz fable that perpetuates the myth that pop stars are corporate puppets with no say in their own image-making, even as it allows hit-maker The Weeknd to call the shots.

Picture “Blonde” as Joe Eszterhas might have written it, but with better music.

After making a toe-dip cameo as himself in A24’s “Uncut Gems,” the R&b phenom-turned-tv producer plunges head-first into acting here, teaming with “Euphoria” creator Sam Levinson to imagine a shady super-predator just looking to corrupt an unsuspecting young pop singer. The edgy, high-gloss HBO series, which premiered the first two of its five episodes at the Cannes Film Festival, demands a lot of star Lily-Rose Depp. She plays “rags-to-riches, trailers-to-mansions” Jocelyn, a mono-monikered Britney or Miley type who seems empowered one moment, impressionable the next.

Embracing scandal from the outset, “The Idol” opens with Jocelyn mid-photo shoot,...

Now that Britney is free and Pamela Anderson did Broadway, it’s time for Anna Nicole Smith’s day in court — and not the bankruptcy kind.

Six years after MeToo dragged all the musty old skeletons out of every industry’s closet, we seem to have finally arrived at the end of respectability politics for women. Gone are the days when a media outlet can report what a victim was wearing or if they were drinking. In interviews surrounding her successful sexual abuse lawsuit against Donald Trump, the writer E. Jean Carroll felt perfectly comfortable saying she once thought Trump was handsome. And a victim’s sexual history is no longer fair game — certainly not since Stormy Daniels may be the key to a potential Trump felony conviction.

As a secondary consequence of MeToo, there has been a major shift in the way we speak, write, and think about women’s bodies,...

Ron Howard has lined up an all-star cast for his next feature film, dubbed Origin of Species. Deadline reports that the survival thriller, written by Noah Pink (Tetris), will star Jude Law (Fantastic Beasts and the Secrets of Dumbledore), Ana De Armas (Blonde), Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), and Daniel Brühl (All Quiet on the Western Front). The project will be shopped at the upcoming Cannes market with plans to start filming in late 2023 in Queensland, Australia.

Origins of Species is said to be inspired by a true story, based on two different accounts of the same event. The filmmakers describe the movie as a "darkly comic tale of murder and survival, set around a group of eclectic characters who abandon civilization for the Galapagos. They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life.”

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Ron Howard’s latest movie has landed a studded and decorated cast, as Origin of Species will feature a quartet of Oscar and Golden Globe nominees. Today, it was announced that Ana de Armas, Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, and Daniel Brühl will be leading the cast.

As per Deadline, Origin of Species is described as as survival thriller that is “a darkly comic tale of murder and survival, set around a group of eclectic characters who abandon civilization for the Galapagos. They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life.”

Of the Origin of Species cast, Ana de Armas is the most recent Academy Award nominee, earning acclaim for playing Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. Jude Law has two Oscar nods to his name in The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, while Alicia Vikander snagged Best Supporting Actress for 2015’s The Danish Girl.

For cinephiles, the anticipation for Blonde, the 2022 biopic about Marilyn Monroe, was substantially high. Because of the previous track record of excellence from director Andrew Dominik. However, many were incredibly disappointed by the film. It was a major step backward for the director who once crafted one of the most elegant and profound post-modern Westerns. In 2007, when acclaimed directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Joel and Ethan Coen, and David Fincher were releasing some of their greatest artistic achievements, Dominik reinvigorated the Western genre with The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. In just his second feature film, the director vaulted into the great Western canon, with the likes of John Ford, Sergio Leone, and Clint Eastwood.

Andrew Dominik created one of the most controversial films in recent memory with the Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, which was based on the divisive novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates. While Blonde is intended to be a fictionalized version of real events, many viewers did not take kindly to the graphic depiction of sexual assault and the Nc-17 rating. While Ana de Armas’ performance was highly acclaimed and even honored with an Academy Award nomination, the film itself has been ridiculed. It recently took home the Razzie awards for Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay at the 2023 ceremony.

It should be noted that Blonde was not completely met with negative reactions, as Colin Farrell recently praised it, and initial reviews out of the Venice International Film Festival were much kinder than those that ran once the film was available on Netflix. However, Dominik’s later comments about not...

Pretty much every veteran actor will sometimes think about the "role that got away," and that's most often the case when the film in question goes on to become a huge success. Christina Applegate knows what this is like, as she can immediately think of the biggest role she turned down that has her questioning if she made the right decision. It's a revelation that came during a recent interview with Vanity Fair, as Applegate was reflecting upon her career. The trip down memory lane comes as Applegate says she'll likely never work on-camera again following her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

Asked about a role she wishes she hadn't turned down, Applegate named the legal comedy film Legally Blonde. Released in 2001, the movie starred Reese Witherspoon as a blonde-haired, pink-obsessed sorority girl who attends Harvard Law School hoping to prove wrong the stereotypes about the intelligence of blondes. The movie was...

Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher, Blonde), Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown, Tenet) and Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials, The Little Stranger) are teaming up for the romantic thriller Andorra, which legendary Oscar-winner James Ivory is set to exec produce.

Giuseppe Capotondi (The Burnt Orange Heresy) will direct the film from a script by Peter Cameron (What Happens at Night), adapted from his own acclaimed novel of the same name. Independent Entertainment, behind last year’s Harry Styles-starring, Toronto-bowing drama My Policeman, is set to launch sales on the prestige project in Cannes later this month.

Andorra follows an American named Alexander Fox (Cannavale) who begins an idyllic new life in the tiny sovereign state of Andorra after a personal tragedy, determined to reinvent himself. But as he becomes entangled in the lives of the mysterious locals, including the retired Australian Mrs. Dent (Debicki) and the matriarch’s daughter Miss Quay (Wilson...

The “small film with a giant heart” has forced the academy to change its Oscar campaign rules. On Monday, months after Andrea Riseborough landed a shock Best Actress nomination for the micro-indie “To Leslie” following a controversial awards campaign, the academy revealed new promotional rules for the 2024 Oscars and beyond.

“The campaign promotional regulations, which specify how motion picture companies and individuals directly associated with Oscars-eligible motion pictures may promote such motion pictures, achievements and performances to Academy members and how Academy members may promote Oscars-eligible motion pictures, achievements and performances, underwent the most significant overhaul since their inception in 1994,” the academy said in a statement.

Among the so-called “substantive updates and changes of note” included:

Clarification of rules regarding private events and gatherings. Clarification of rules regarding general and direct communications to Academy members. Clarification of rules regarding public communications, including on social media. Clarification of rules for “For Your Consideration” screenings,...

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are celebrating a huge marriage milestone today.

On Sunday, Wilson took to Instagram to share a special post in honour of their 35th wedding anniversary.

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“35 years of marriage. April 30, 1988. Love is everything,” wrote the actress.

The photo shows Hanks presenting his beloved wife with a cake decorated with the words “Happy Anniversary.”

The couple co-starred in the 1985 comedy “Volunteers” and ending up getting married in 1988.

Hanks and Wilson are parents to sons Chester, 30, and Truman, 25.

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Hanks is also a dad to Colin, 43, and Elizabeth, 38, from his previous marriage.

Ana De Armas has quashed reports that she is being lined up to become the new Wonder Woman.

The 34-year-old actor was asked if she was going to take over the superhero role, as Peter Safran and James Gunn envisage the future of the DC Universe.

“Well, I feel like Gal Gadot is doing a great job,” the Blonde star told Wired in an interview. “I think she should keep doing that.”

In December 2022, after Safran and Gunn took over the DC Universe, Wonder Woman 3 was cancelled.

Gadot had tweeted that she was so excited to share the “next chapter” of Wonder Woman with her fans two days before it was announced that the project wouldn’t be going ahead.

After the reports, Gunn also claimed that Gadot was not “booted” from her Wonder Woman role.

The director responded to a follower on a post in which he accused...

Chris Evans used his friendship with Ana de Armas to recruit her for their movie 'Ghosted' after Scarlett Johansson dropped out.Chris and Ana star in the new Apple TV Plus action movie but director Dexter Fletcher has revealed Scarlett had originally been cast to play the female lead partly because of her longtime friendship with the actor - and when she had scheduling issues, Chris had to bring in another of his female pals.Fletcher told The Hollywood Reporter: "I was lucky enough to get on well with Chris and meet him, and he was like: 'Look, Scarlett is a great friend. I’m just gonna ask Scarlett'. And obviously, I had no objections to that pairing, and for a while there, it seemed really positive and very good ... [Scarlett] was engaged, she was giving great notes on the script and the ideas were flowing during great meetings.

Frank Ocean’s Coachella performance last Sunday (April 16) was so bizarre, beginning with the fact that much of it took place backstage, that some critics assumed it had to be a deliberate, brilliant deconstruction of expectations for festival headliners. Or something. Then Ocean himself said it “wasn’t what I intended to show” and canceled his performance for Coachella’s second weekend, a move his reps claimed was made on doctor’s orders due to a leg injury. All in all, it wasn’t what anyone expected from his first...

Frank Ocean at Coachella should have been a triumphant comeback – a jewel in the crown of US hip-hop’s most enigmatic star. Fans had waited long enough, after all. First scheduled to appear at the festival back in 2020, Ocean was all set to mark his return to music after a lengthy hiatus. Delayed by the pandemic, as well as a family tragedy, he finally joined Puerto Rican reggaeton star Bad Bunny and K-pop princesses Blackpink at the top of the bill for 2023’s outing. Expectations were sky high.

From the die-hard supporters who journeyed to the California desert to the fans across the world tuning into the festival’s live-stream, a lot of people were ready and waiting for his Sunday night set. What a disappointment, then, when the reality fell far short of what was promised. With Ocean coming off as nonchalant and unprepared, and eager fans left frustrated,...

Watching Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in the new Apple Original Film "Ghosted," it's hard not to think about the power of truly brilliant screenwriting. Specifically, it's hard not to think about how difficult brilliant screenwriting must be, seeing as it's nowhere to be found here. We have seen Evans and de Armas separately prove themselves to be immensely charming and charismatic performers, and we have seen them bounce off each other with aplomb in the excellent murder mystery "Knives Out," which served as something of a larger breakout role for de Armas and as a reminder that Evans had a lot more depth as a performer than just playing Captain America. They have both been very good before, and they'll hopefully be very good again. As long as they have good scripts, that is, because "Ghosted" sadly ain't it.

Considering that it only takes 105 minutes before the end credits mercifully roll,...

When Frank Ocean’s headlining Coachella set came to an abrupt end on Sunday evening, the first wave of emotion to hit the thousands of people waiting in the audience was denial. For fans attending the festival to fans watching at home, the enigmatic singer’s weekend two cancellation following his controversial performance has left many bewildered and disappointed.

“I think the first thing I heard myself say in the video was just ‘No, there’s no way. I’m not gonna believe it until the lights are up,’” Morgan Lee,...

Ana de Armas "clicked" with Chris Evans when they met on the set of 'Knives Out'.The pair feature in their third movie together in 'Ghosted' and the 'Blonde' star finds it easy to maintain onscreen chemistry with her co-star as they have a genuine friendship.Ana told The Hollywood Reporter at the New York City premiere of 'Ghosted' on Tuesday (18.04.23): "We genuinely liked each other and we're just very easygoing people, both of us, and we're just very transparent."It's not a relationship that you have to work hard to maintain. The friendship is there. It's like chemistry onscreen, it's there or it's not."The pair feature as romantic interests in Dexter Fletcher's film and Ana suggested it was one of the main reasons she signed up for the Apple TV+ flick.The 34-year-old actress said: "That's why I also wanted to do this movie,...

Since her breakout roles in "Blade Runner 2049" and "Knives Out," Ana de Armas's star has ascended quickly. Over the years, she's played Bond girl Paloma in "No Time to Die" and Marilyn Monroe in the controversial movie "Blonde," a performance that garnered her a Best Actress nomination at the 2022 Oscars. She's also starring alongside Chris Evans in "Ghosted," a hybrid thriller-romance that hits Apple TV+ on April 21, 2023. Yet despite her high-profile persona, she's continued to remain low-key about her personal life over the years.

She has had one highly publicized relationship, though, with none other than Ben Affleck. The pair costarred in "Deep Water," an erotic thriller based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith, which premiered on Netflix in 2020. In the movie, she and Affleck play Vic and Melinda Van Allen, a husband and wife who resort to dangerous mind games to keep their marriage interesting.

Ghosted star Chris Evans reveals that his upcoming action-comedy costarring Ana de Armas will feature cameos from his former Marvel costars. Set to be released on Apple TV Plus later this week, Ghosted is directed by Dexter Fletcher and stars Evans as Cole, a love-struck man who discovers that the woman of his dreams, de Armas' Sadie, is actually a secret agent. Before taking on the role of Cole, however, Evans was best known for playing Captain America in the MCU.

During a recent interview on Good Morning America, Evans shares that audiences can expect Ghosted's cast of characters to include brief cameo appearances from his former MCU costars. While he doesn't reveal in the interview who exactly will be showing up for cameos in Ghosted, some of Evans' former Marvel costars who could appear include the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Scarlett Johanson, and Mark Ruffalo.

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Book lovers are in for a treat this year, with a jam-packed slate of upcoming movies and TV series based on bestselling books.

The most recent book set to be adapted to the screen is Bret Easton Ellis’s “The Shards,” which is currently in the works at HBO as a drama series. The novel is set in 1981 as a serial killer strikes across Los Angeles, drawing eerily close to a group of privileged high school friends at the exclusive Buckley prep school. Ellis will write the series, with Nick Hall and Brian Young attached as EPs.

“Being a child of the ‘70s, horror movies preoccupied me,” Ellis told Variety earlier this year. “I don’t know why, but there were a lot of them and I was drawn to them.

Frank Ocean hasn’t performed in six years, but the alternative R&b singer returned to the stage at Coachella on Sunday night. Ocean was scheduled to headline the festival in 2020 before the pandemic hit, and again last year before he postponed the performance to 2023.

Rumors spread beforehand about possible new music as Ocean hasn’t released a studio album since Blonde in 2016. It made Ocean’s set one of the most anticipated of Coachella.

Earlier that day, the festival announced that Ocean’s set wouldn’t be live-streamed on YouTube like every other performance. His show was scheduled to start at 10:05 p.m., but he didn’t show up after an hour, causing many to fear he had canceled.

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However, Ocean finally began playing after 11 p.m., opening with “Novacane.” The singer sat in...

Ana de Armas and Chris Evans in “Ghosted,” premiering April 21, 2023 on Apple TV+. Ana de Armas and Chris Evans have spent a lot of time working with each other over the past few years. After first meeting on the set of Knives Out, they starred together last year in a Netflix thriller called The Gray Man; now, they’re co-starring again in a spy thriller called Ghosted. For de Armas, whose star has been on the rise thanks to her Oscar nomination for Blonde, getting to act alongside Evans again has been a great experience for her because, as she told us, she’s learned a lot from watching the way he works. (Click on the media bar below to hear Ana de Armas) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Ana_de_ArmasChris_Evans__.mp3 Ghosted starts streaming Friday on Apple TV+.

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Frank Ocean broke all the rules in 2016. Marked by its heart-shattering vocals, "Blonde" was an intimate and expressive sophomore album met with critical acclaim and continued devotion from fans. From "Nikes" to "Godspeed," the sorrowful lyrics had us hooked, but before the static-laced notes of "Futura Free" trickled to a finish, he was gone. Now, seven years later, Ocean's hiatus may finally be coming to an end. During weekend one of Coachella, Ocean appeared as a headliner at the 2023 festival alongside Bad Bunny and Blackpink, where he addressed rumors that a new album is in the works.

"It's been so long. Everybody talks about how long its been," he told cheering fans, according to video footage shared on Twitter. "It's been so long but I have missed you. I want to talk about why I'm here because it's not because of the new album.

Ana De Armas has shared a sweet story about Robert DeNiro visiting her family in Cuba.

The Blonde star made her Saturday Night Live debut over the weekend.

During the episode, De Armas delivered a heartwarming monologue in which she recalled some of her early experiences in Hollywood.

The Cuban-Spanish actor, 34, began her career in Cuba before she moved to Spain at the age of 18. In her twenties, she moved to Los Angeles.

“This has been a magical year. Not only was I nominated for an Oscar, but in three weeks, I’m going to officially become an American citizen!” de Armas said. “I am proud to become a citizen because when I moved here, everyone was so welcoming.”

One person she gave a special shout out to was Robert DeNiro, whom she starred with in her first film in the US, the sports biopic Hands of Stone (2016).

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We're heading into the final stretch of "Saturday Night Live" season 48. There will probably at least a couple more episodes to close out the season in May, but before that, we've got Oscar nominee Ana de Armas taking on hosting duties for the first time. 

Not only is Ana de Armas fresh off her acclaimed performance in the controversial Marilyn Monroe centric drama "Blonde," she's also starring alongside Chris Evans (who won't go anywhere near "SNL") in the Apple TV+ action comedy "Ghosted." Before now, de Armas hasn't gotten much of a chance to be funny. Even in the comedic murder mystery "Knives Out," she wasn't the one bringing the laughs. But "Saturday Night Live" is exactly the kind of place that allows for dramatic stars to cut loose and have fun. Thankfully, de Armas was willing to do just that, and the result was a thoroughly entertaining and satisfying episode of "SNL.

Los Angeles, April 16 (Ians) Actress Ana de Armas paid homage to her Cuban roots during her ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosting debut.

As the ‘Blonde’ star emerged on stage for her monologue, she greeted the audience in Spanish, before opening up about her experience coming to the United States, reports Variety.

“I speak English,” De Armas continued.

“But I didn’t when I first got to the U.S. I was born in Cuba. I came to America when I was 26, and I learnt English the way everyone who comes to this country does: by watching ‘Friends.'”

“Who would have thought that the best English tutor would be Chandler Bing?” De Armas joked, proceeding to mimic the fan-favorite sitcom character. “I mean look at me now; could I be any better at English?”

De Armas went on to explain the hardships she faced coming to America with English as a second language.

Ana de Armas said Robert De Niro is to thank for one of the best surprises her father has received.

During her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, the Cuban-born actress recalled working with the Raging Bull actor one day on set while filming her first movie in the U.S., Hands of Stone.

“He told me, ‘I may be going to Cuba soon. If I do, I’ll say hello to your family,'” she said. “He even asked me for their phone number.”

The Blonde star said she actually completely forgot to give the GoodFellas actor the number, but “then one day, out of the blue, I get a phone call from my dad.”

She explained to the SNL audience that her father was “hysterical” and that she asked what was wrong, but his answer what not what she was expecting. de Armas said her father told her,...

Ana de Armas paid homage to her Cuban roots during her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on Saturday. As the “Blonde” star emerged on stage for her monologue, she greeted the audience in Spanish, before opening up about her experience coming to the United States.

“Gracias, gracias,” De Armas said in response to a roar of applause. “He tenido un año increíble y estoy muy feliz de estar aquí presentando el programa de esta noche.”

“I speak English,” De Armas continued, “But I didn’t when I first got to the U.S. I was born in Cuba. I came to America when I was 26, and I learned English the way everyone who comes to this country does: by watching ‘Friends.'”

“Who would have thought that the best English tutor would be Chandler Bing?” De Armas joked, proceeding to mimic the fan-favorite sitcom character. “I mean look at me...

Saturday Night Live monologues can run the gamut from cringeworthy and silly to movingly sincere. On Saturday night, host Ana de Armas’s debut SNL monologue fell into the latter category.

After telling the audience at Studio 8H that she learned English by watching Friends after immigrating to the U.S. from Cuba, and fell victim to a scam acting class, the actress — who was nominated for an Oscar for her turn as Marilyn Monroe in the divisive biopic Blonde, and whose new Apple TV+ film Ghosted, alongside Chris Evans,...

Saturday Night Live‘s Bowen Yang had to pull out his best elementary-level Spanish in the show’s promotional clip for the forthcoming April 15 episode, which features Ana de Armas and Karol G as host and musical guest, respectively. Attempting to keep up with not two but three Spanish speakers, with the addition of cast member Marcello Hernández, Yang threw together some nouns and verbs and hoped for the best.

After running through her usual introduction a few times — getting in a couple of takes of “Hi, I’m Ana de Armas,...

Blumhouse has hired Netflix publicist Christina Gizoni as the horror studio’s vice president of marketing and communications.

She will report to Blumhouse’s chief marketing officer Karen Barragan and handle marketing on the studio’s theatrical films and overall brand. Gizoni will work alongside Milady Flores, who handles marketing and communications for Blumhouse’s television department.

“Christina joins Blumhouse at a pivotal time in our expansion, and we’re so happy to welcome her to the team. Her intelligence, deep experience and creative point of view will be huge assets to the company as we build our games business, and continue to grow our film slate and brand,” Barragan said.

At Netflix, Gizoni worked as a publicist on films like “Glass Onion,” “Blonde” and “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” among other films. She previously worked on the publicity team at Sony Pictures, where she worked on films like “22 Jump Street...

In anticipation of Ana de Armas‘ first time hosting “Saturday Night Live,” cast member Chloe Fineman visits her dressing room to discuss what ideas she’s “cooking up this week.” What follows is a masterclass of comedy, as the two celebs hilariously brainstorm lines, sound effects and actions they should perform during Saturday’s show. At one point, de Armas even wraps her fingers around Fineman’s throat and screeches, “I’ll break your neck,” as she chokes the life out of her. Watch the must-see “SNL” video below.

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“Ana, oh my god, I’m so excited you’re here,” Fineman says at the start of the 66-second clip. This notably marks de Armas’ first time hosting NBC’s long-running sketch program.

Besides the choking moment, here are some of de Armas’ other suggestions for the show: “Please, please no!” “Who are youuu?...

Exclusive: Christina Gizoni has joined Blumhouse as VP, Marketing and Communications.

In this new role, she’ll be working to support Blumhouse’s theatrical film titles and the studio’s overall brand.

Gizoni reports to CMO Karen Barragan and is part of the department which includes Milady Flores, who oversees Marketing and Communications for the television department which produces scripted and unscripted series, documentaries and movies for television and streaming.

Gizoni joins Blumhouse from Netflix where she served as a publicist working on campaigns for films including Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Bad Trip, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Always Be My Maybe, and Velvet Buzzsaw. She also worked on release and awards campaigns for Blonde, Don’t Look Up, The Two Popes and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

Before Netflix, she was on the national film publicity team at Sony Pictures. During her time there, she worked on campaigns...

Ana de Armas offers some unlikely sketch pitches in the first promo for her Saturday Night Live hosting debut.

The actress, fresh off her Oscar nomination for portraying Marilyn Monroe in Netflix’s Blonde, is set to lead the April 15 installment of NBC’s long-running comedy series. Karol G is also making her SNL debut as the musical guest.

In a video released Wednesday, castmember Chloe Fineman pops in on de Armas at the show’s offices and asks if she has any ideas for the upcoming episode. De Armas responds, “Ok, so I was thinking something like, ‘Please, please no,’ mixed with, ‘Who are you?'”

After Fineman replies with a few nonsensical sketch suggestions of her own, de Armas comes back with, “I was thinking, ‘Shh,’ mixed with, ‘I’ll break your neck!'” This involves the Knives Out star grabbing Fineman’s throat in the process.

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In preparation for her upcoming Saturday Night Live hosting gig, Ana de Armas brainstorms crazy ideas with animal sounds. The Blonde and Knives Out star is set to take the famed Studio 8H stage as host of the long-running NBC variety show. De Armas can be seen next in the upcoming AppleTV+ romantic comedy action film Ghosted alongside Chris Evans as well as the lead in the John Wick spinoff Ballerina as the titular character.

In Saturday Night Live's recent promo video, De Armas prepares to be the host in a bizarre brainstorming session with cast member Chloe Fineman. Check out the video below:

De Armas and Fineman's idea increasingly become more esoteric with random phrases, animal sounds, and a violent twist when the No Time to Die star chokes her scene partner and screams, "I'll break your neck!"

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Oscar-nominated Blonde star Ana de Armas goes for the drama and the jugular in the latest Saturday Night Live promo, with cast member Chloe Fineman not all that impressed with either approach.

De Armas will make her hosting debut this weekend, just in time for the April 21 release of Ghosted, the Apple+ romantic comedy action-adventure film costarring Chris Evans.

Channeling some of that action-adventure spirit in the new SNL promo, de Armas brainstorms ideas with Fineman for what are supposed to be the week’s comedy sketches. Fineman tactfully tries to dial back the actor’s theatrics – if bird calls can be considered dialing back – with potentially dangerous results.

De Armas will be joined on the April 15 SNL by musical guest Karol G, who recently released the album Mañana Será Bonito.

Check out the promo for the NBC show above.

It appears that there is a reason why Chris Evans has yet to make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut.

During an Et Canada interview that published Tuesday with Evans and Ana de Armas discussing their upcoming action comedy Ghosted, the conversation turned to the fact that the Blonde actress will mark her first time leading SNL with its upcoming April 15 episode. When asked if he would be up for a cameo in the episode that features Karol G as the musical guest, Evans made it clear that a brief appearance would be far more appealing to him than actually hosting the NBC sketch comedy series.

“Well, now a cameo I can handle,” Evans replied. “I’ve avoided hosting SNL like the plague for years now just because I’m so scared. It’s terrifying to me.”

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Chris Evans has an idea in terms of how his character could maybe rejoin the “Knives Out” franchise.

The actor starred as Ransom Drysdale in the 2019 flick, alongside his “Ghosted” co-star Ana de Armas, who played Marta Cabrera.

Evans and de Armas recently sat down with Et Canada’s Carlos Bustamante, with them being questioned on what they’d say if director Rian Johnson called them up and asked whether they’d want to bring their characters back.

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Evans insisted, “Great!” adding: “Come on, that would be amazing!” as de Armas also agreed she’d do it.

The “Blonde” actress pointed out that her character does have money now, that she inherited in the first flick, while Ransom is in prison for his grandfather Harlan Thrombey’s (Christopher Plummer) murder.

Playing Beau Wassermann, the character who gives Ari Aster’s third feature its name, Joaquin Phoenix goes balls to the wall in a performance of astonishing intensity that holds nothing back. Beau lives next door to a peep show emporium called Ejectus Erectus, and at one point is informed by a medic that his abnormally distended testicles are cause for concern, which is just one of many indications that this guy badly needs to — how to put it delicately? — oh heck, shoot a load.

Three hours that definitely put the odd in odyssey, Beau Is Afraid could be said to suffer from the same bloat, wandering through bizarre detours of varying effectiveness before arriving at a wonderfully overripe operatic climax elevated by Patti LuPone as the Lydia Tár of single mothers. But even if its pacing is uneven, this is a movie of undeniably impressive big swings.

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Chris Evans and Ana de Armas reunite again in the cast of Ghosted, an Apple TV Plus original movie in which they play characters caught up in an international adventure together. The former Knives Out and The Gray Man co-stars now co-lead an all-star ensemble that also includes other actors they've worked with and/or shared franchises with before.

Directed by Rocketman helmer Dexter Fletcher, Ghosted follows the pairing of a secret agent and the regular Joe who has just fallen for her after their first date. The familiar premise, which sees a love interest unexpectedly involved in a spy plot, is made fresh thanks to the casting of such appealing actors, including those in the roles supporting Evans and de Armas in their trend-breaking collaboration. Here's a guide to the cast of Ghosted, which characters they play, and what else the actors are best known for.

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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ has surpassed $306 million worldwide. The fourth instalment of the Keanu Reeves-fronted action movie series has taken home a strong international box office performance despite competition from ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ and the ‘Dungeons + Dragons: Honour Among Thieves’. The Chad Stahelski-helmed flick made a significant portion of its revenue in the North American market with $147.06 million earnt there and getting the rest of the $159 million from overseas audiences. Currently, It is set to beat its predecessor ‘John Wick: Chapter 4 - Parabellum’ global total of $328.3 million as it is yet to be released in South Korea and the Middle East later this month. The ‘John Wick’ universe has been tipped to be growing with the new spin-off ‘Ballerina’, which will feature ‘Blonde’ star Ana De Armas in the lead role and has a planned June 2024 release. In addition, the lore will expand into the television sphere with the Peacock series,...

Ti West has locked in an all-star cast for his Mia Goth-led A24 horror pic MaXXXine, with Elizabeth Debicki (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3.), Moses Sumney (The Idol), Michelle Monaghan (Nanny), Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher), Lily Collins (Emily in Paris), Halsey (Americana), Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) and Kevin Bacon (City on a Hill) closing deals for roles.

MaXXXine is the third title in A24‘s first major horror franchise, on the heels of West’s films X and Pearl, both of which were released to much acclaim last year. The ’70s-set X had Goth pulling double duty as Maxine, who sees her pornography-shooting friends violently murdered in Texas, and one of their elderly assailants, Pearl. The latter film, set in 1918, meanwhile, served up an origin story for the latter villain character.

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Ana De Armas stars as assassin trained in ways of Ruska Roma.

A day after John Wick: Chapter 4 crossed $250m at the global box office, Lionsgate announced it has set a wide June 7 2024 release date for spin-off Ballerina starring Ana De Armas.

The Oscar-nominated actor plays an assassin out to avenge her family and is trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma, the group that appears in John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.

The Ballerina appeared in the third entry in the franchise and was portrayed by Unity Phelan.

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Ana de Armas is continuing her in-demand status with a slew of upcoming projects.

The 2023 Oscar nominee may have admitted that her provocative turn as Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” wasn’t meant to be enjoyed, but her filmography has spoken for itself. Since breaking out stateside in 2015 erotic thriller “Knock Knock” opposite Keanu Reeves, de Armas has become a Bond girl, transformed into an American icon, and cemented her A-list status as an Academy Award nominee. She went on to appear in “Blade Runner 2049” and “Knives Out,” while also making a trio of films with co-star Chris Evans, including upcoming action comedy “Ghosted.”

The “No Time to Die” actress previously said that there is “no need” for a female take on James Bond, and perhaps it’s because as a certified action star, de Armas already is a Bond in her own right.

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Chris Evans has nothing but praise for his Ghosted co-star Ana de Armas and her dedication to intense stunt work. Set to premiere on Apple TV+ later this month, Ghosted is a romantic action-comedy based on a story by Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Directed by Rocketman’s Dexter Fletcher, the film was originally intended to have Scarlett Johansson star opposite Evans, but scheduling conflicts forced her role to be recast with de Armas instead.

Speaking with ComicBook.com, Evans expresses his admiration for de Armas, with whom he had previously worked on Knives Out and The Gray Man. Suggesting that the quickly rising star “throws herself into everything completely,” he compared her stunt work to something akin to what audiences would see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Widow. Check out his comments below:

Plus getting to work with Ana again... she's fantastic. We've done a few things together now,...