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Twelve long legs and 10 countries later, The Amazing Race finally has a new set of champions!

Thursday’s finale saw the remaining teams land back in the States, as the season concluded in a very stormy Miami. But since Wednesday’s episode ended in a cliffhanger, which team was the last to arrive to the mat in Portugal? Despite Jonathan and Ana’s broken mosaic tile in Porto, they were still able to find Phil ahead of Josiah and Alyssa — a real bummer for the 52% of TVLine readers who thought the married nurses should win the season. But if there...

James Cameron is back. And he’ll make sure that it’s with a bang. Looks like one of Hollywood’s most decorated directors has chosen quite a novel topic for his next movie, apart from the Avatar sequels that is.

The Oscar winning film-maker has never been one to shy away from doing things that seem larger than life. And his next movie looks all set to do just that, as he attempts to bring alive on screen the life of a man who has done something which is seldom heard of by people – survive 2 nuclear bombings.

James Cameron is all set to make a movie about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings James Cameron has taken a plunge into an ambitious project || Image by Steve Jurvetson, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

James Cameron has a taste for doing what has never been done before. It was this...

Paramount’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie is the top US studio film in the worldwide market with an estimated $46.1m opening

Worldwide box office Sept 29-Oct 1 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l) Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Under The Light (various) $54.8m $61.9m $54.8m $61.9m 1 2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount) $46.1m $46.1m $23.1m $23.1m 46 3. Ex-Files 4: The Marriage Plan (various) $41.4m $53.9m $41.4m $53.9m 6 4. The Creator (Disney) $32.3m $32.3m $18.3m $18.3m 49 5. The Volunteers: To The War (various) $30.8m $34.5m $30.8m $34.5m 2 6. Saw X (various) $29.3m $29.3m $11.3m $11.3m 51 7. Moscow Mission (various) $22.9m $22.9m $22.9m $22.9m...

In a groundbreaking revelation, the latest Mississippi Today poll, carried out by Siena Research, has sent shockwaves through the political landscape. Former President Donald Trump continues to shine brightly in the Magnolia State, with an astonishing 61 percent of likely Republican primary voters voicing their unwavering support for the ex-commander-in-chief. The numbers are nothing short […]

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The Paley Center for Media today announced that it will pay tribute to the extraordinary Kerry Washington with the special program Celebrating Kerry Washington: Conversation & Exclusive Preview Screening of Little Fires Everywhere.

The program will take place on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 pm.

“I’m truly honored to be returning to the Paley Center stage for this look back at my work,” said Kerry Washington. “And I’m thrilled to be previewing Little Fires Everywhere, as part of this extraordinary evening.”

“We’re thrilled to welcome back Kerry Washington to the Paley Center,” said Maureen J. Reidy, the Paley Center President & CEO. “Ms. Washington is a tremendous talent and we look forward to celebrating her remarkable career and to hosting the exclusive New York premiere of Little Fires Everywhere.”

Kerry Washington is among the most respected and influential talents in television today. A New York native, this versatile talent has...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.) is set to appear as a guest on the upcoming season of Rupaul’s Drag Race after appearing in a promo video on Twitter.

Actor Anil Kapoor is one of Bollywood's favourite cops, thanks to his roles in movies such as "Ram Lakhan" and "Race". He has donned the khaki uniform once again for his upcoming film "Malang".

Bollywood has had many actors essaying the role of police officers. Asked what makes him a different cop in "Malang", Anil told Ians here: "My early memories of cop is 'Ardh Satya'. Om Puri gave one of his finest performances in it. I was really shaken up when I saw the film. I really loved the film. Om was terrific as a police officer.

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"Then of course, there was 'Zanjeer' which was a mainstream commercial film. After that I think it was 'Ram Lakhan' - a mainstream commercial film where I played a cop who just wanted to be rich, even if he had to go against the system.

Street Dancer 3D movie review is here. Directed by Remo D' Souza, the dance flick stars Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva and Nora Fatehi. Released today ? January 24, 2020, the movie has created a good buzz. Does it makes the audience dance to its tune?, let?s find out in the movie review of Street Dancer 3D.

Immediate reaction when the end credit rolls

Bezubaan ho gaya hum toh.. yeh kya tha.. Street Dancer 3D is everything ? spectacular dances, cricket, moral lectures but not a movie.. all this razzle - dazzle the entire razzmatazz is nothing but been there danced that.

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Inayat (Shraddha Kapoor) and Sahej (Varun Dhawan) are born dancers and lead of their respective dance groups Rule Breakers and Street Dancers. Inayat is a Pakistani and Sahej is an Nri Indian. What happens when their paths cross in the bid of winning the coveted dance championship in London?...

At one point in “Seberg,” the new film about actress/activist Jean Seberg, a journalist asks the young star why she thinks so many people became obsessed with her after seeing “Breathless.” For the film’s screenwriters, Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, it stemmed from that classic French New Wave film but it became an obsession upon learning of Seberg’s involvement with the Black Panther Party and her subsequent investigation by the FBI. As Waterhouse observes in an exclusive new interview with Gold Derby, Seberg was “so quintessentially American and yet she fits into that cool Parisian world as well. She’s just got this energy which is very, very difficult to define.” Watch the video interview with Shrapnel and Waterhouse above.

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The duo first thought about adapting Seberg’s story to the big screen 15 years ago,...

“Who is Jean Seberg?” a reporter asks the eponymous movie star midway through “Seberg,” attempting to close a puffy promotional interview for “Paint Your Wagon” with some semblance of personal insight. She doesn’t get to answer, as Seberg’s publicist swiftly calls time on the question: “Let’s just keep it about the movie,” he instructs. It’s one of many moments in Benedict Andrews’ slick, diverting portrait in which Seberg is shown to be treated as a product, a pawn or a patsy, handled by men in their own best interests rather than hers. And yet “Seberg” does something a little similar to that protective publicist: Every time it threatens to truly pierce the psyche of its subject, played with typically intriguing, elusory intelligence by Kristen Stewart, the more ordinary mechanics of the movie she’s serving get in the way.

In fairness, those mechanics are more movie-ish...

Netflix has rolled out the cast list for their upcoming film, Awake, a dystopian sci-fi film starring Gina Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt (Avengers: Infinity War), Frances Fisher (Titanic), Shamier Anderson (Race), Finn Jones (Game of Thrones), Lucius Hoyos (Heroes Reborn), Gil Bellows (Patriot), with Barry Pepper (Saving Private Ryan), and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight). Here’s a rundown for the film:

The film picks up after a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill (Rodriguez), an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind?

This sounds like a solid film. Netflix has done a pretty good job of making suspenseful thrillers that do well with the fans,...

Actress Sameera Reddy has shared her "imperfectly perfect" no make-up look and says she is not afraid of being judged anymore.

The actress took to social media on Wednesday where she?shared a video of her "real" self" and captioned it: "This is the real me! Almost ready to pop! I know I'll bounce back and im not afraid of being judged. I wanted to share how I looked without make-up and my morning face..."

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"And how it's important for me to celebrate it! Imperfectly perfect... Thank you Namrata Soni you've been amazing,"?Sameera Reddy said.

In an interview in April, the actress, who is expecting her second baby soon, said her first pregnancy left her feeling torn between the reality and pressure to portray an "unreal life" as a celebrity.

Sameera Reddy, whose last big screen outing...

Dutch actress and singer Carice van Houten is coming off almost a decade on HBO juggernaut Game of Thrones, in which she played mercurial Red Priestess Melisandre. Van Houten is also well known for movies including Race, Valkyrie, Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book and Repo Men. In her native Holland, the actress has won five prestigious Golden Calf awards at the Netherlands Film Festival.

We caught up with van Houten to talk about moving on from Game of Thrones, highlights from her time on the show, and what’s next (including a movie she says might be her best work yet). And yes, there are GoT spoilers below.

Deadline: After almost 10 years working on the cultural juggernaut that was Game of Thrones, how are you feeling now that it’s over?

Van Houten: For the first time, I’m feeling it. There was always a year between shoots so we were used to it,...

A dive into parenthood comes with its ups and downs. Actress Sameera Reddy, who is expecting her second baby soon, says her first pregnancy left her feeling torn between the reality and the pressure to portray an "unreal life" as a celebrity. Sameera, whose last big screen outing was in 2012 with the film Tezz, married businessman Akshai Varde in 2014. She delivered her first born, a son in 2015.?

"I got pregnant in just a couple of months after my marriage. The game plan was to have the pregnancy and bounce back and getting in the limelight again. But I have never experienced anything like that... It was just the opposite."

"It was the worst case scenario of what I could've imagined in terms of my body and the way I fell apart as a person because the pregnancy was very tough for me," Sameera told Ians over phone from Mumbai.

Just last month,...

Friday Midday: New Line/DC’s Shazam! is currently at this point in time looking at a $18.9M Friday, a 3-day of $49M and including previews a running total of $52.3M. Note late night business yesterday pushed its Thursday higher, so we might see the same again tonight, plus Saturday matinees, natch.

Paramount’s Pet Sematary is drawing in $9.5M today and a 3-day opening of $23.1M.

All Friday figures above include last night’s previews.

Disney’s Dumbo is looking at a $4.6M second Friday, -70% for a second weekend of $17M, -63%, steep for a family film. 10-day by Eod Sunday will be $75M.

Universal’s Us owns fourth with a third Friday of $4.75M, -53%, a third 3-day of $15.6M, -53% –a solid hold– and a running total of $154.1M.

Disney’s Captain Marvel takes 5th with $14.2M, -31% in weekend 5, for a running total by end of Sunday of $375.6M.

The Aftermath is released in UK cinemas today through Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film stars Academy Award®-nominee Keira Knightley, Emmy Award®-winner Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke, and is directed by James Kent (Testament of Youth) with a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Race), and Rhidian Brook, based on Brook’s novel of the same name. We have 5 fantastic merchandise bundles from The Aftermath to give away.

The Aftermath is set in post war Germany in 1946. Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision. They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower (Alexander Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter.

From the wreckage of Allied-bombed Hamburg comes the post-World War II romantic triangle “The Aftermath,” and suddenly the problems of three little people amount to a hill of blah in this handsomely mounted, but hopelessly machine-pressed game of who are sacrificing more to escape the rubble of shattered desire and lingering grief.

Director James Kent’s adaptation of Rhidian Brook’s 2014 novel — about a ghost-like Germany, a broken British marriage, and the healing powers of a passionate thaw — has the unfortunate quality of a hot-blooded soap grafted onto rather than merged with a historical-political drama. The result exhibits little feel for how each genre’s particular needs might interfere with the other’s, or how the film’s trio of capable actors might be properly utilized.

When one considers the cinematic legacy of post-war Germany sagas alive to the colorful simmer of one-time enemies in close quarters — Billy Wilder’s “A Foreign Affair,...

After being a part of hits such as "Ajnabee", "Raaz", "No Entry" and "Bachna Ae Haseeno", she has been away from the silver screen for almost four years. Actress Bipasha Basu, who is now set to make a comeback with the film "Aadat", says she fears losing relevance.

Asked if she ever feared losing stardom, Bipasha told Ians over phone from Mumbai: "I have never been a desperate person. I have been a lucky girl and I have always lived by my own rules and not the industry norms, because when I started off I was called a bohemian because of the way I was... Fearing losing stardom, I don't know, but yeah, fearing losing relevance definitely."

She said the fear exists because there is so much investment involved as a person into it, and not just as an actor.

"I would have that little fear of losing relevance, but losing stardom,...

Exclusive: Breakout actor Stephan James has just signed with CAA. James is currently starring in the Barry Jenkins-directed If Beale Street Could Talk, playing Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt, the young man whose incarceration for a crime he didn’t commit propels the narrative. He also stars in Sam Esmail’s Amazon Prime Video series Homecoming, and last week received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance opposite Julia Roberts. Beale Street has been nominated for three Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture — Drama.

James got that role after starring as 1936 Olympic gold medalist sprinter Jesse James in Race, and his past turns include Selma, the TV series Shots Fired, and first gaining notice for the teen series Degrassi: The Next Generation. He is next booked to star in the Stx action-thriller 17 Bridges.

I met James recently at Deadline’s New York Contenders event, and it was easy to walk away saying,...

Stephan James is campaigning for Best Actor Oscar honors for his breakthrough role in the upcoming drama “If Beale Street Could Talk.” That could be a challenge for an actor so young — he’ll only be 25-years-old on Oscar nominations morning, which would make him the seventh youngest nominee of all time. But if any voters are concerned about his experience, he has already been working for years, and they can also see him this fall in a second starring role in Amazon’s “Homecoming.”

The streaming series stars James as Walter Cruz, a soldier being treated for post traumatic stress disorder at a facility run by a possibly misguided therapist (Julia Roberts). The first season of the series premiered on November 2 and was acclaimed by critics, with James singled out for his “innate warmth,” “easy charisma” and seemingly “effortless” acting choices.

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Almost a decade after her Broadway debut, Kerry Washington has returned to the boards in an explosive new drama “American Son,” which opened at the Booth Theatre on November 4. Washington leads a quartet of actors that also includes Steven Pasquale, Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan (“Newsies”) and Eugene Lee.

Written by Broadway freshman Christopher Demos-Brown and directed by Tony-winner Kenny Leon, “American Son” unfolds in real time in a police station in Miami, Florida at 4:00am. Kendra (Washington) waits for any news about her missing 18 year-old son Jamal from Office Paul Larkin (Jordan), who seems reluctant to share any details without the Lieutenant (Lee) present, or until Kendra’s estranged husband Scott (Pasquale) arrives.

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Critics were divided on this searing exploration of race in contemporary American society. On the positive side, Jesse Green (New York Times) gives “American Son...

Stephan James, who appeared in “Selma” and “Race,” admits he’s been a “little bit busy” balancing Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” with a starring role in Amazon’s podcast-to-tv adaptation “Homecoming,” opposite Julia Roberts.

How did you get cast?

I got a script I thought was pretty phenomenal. So I listened to the “Homecoming” podcast, which is the first podcast I had ever listened to. I didn’t know what a podcast even was. But it was incredible! I put my audition on tape for Sam Esmail, the director, and he loved it — and the next thing you know, I was in a chemistry read with Julia Roberts.

How did that chemistry read go?

Everyone asked me if I was nervous. I don’t even know if I really took in what I was getting myself into. You get so caught up in memorizing your lines, you...

Fox Searchlight has released the first trailer for “The Aftermath,” a steamy post-wwii drama starring Keira Knightley in a love triangle with Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke. Based on the novel by Welsh writer Rhidian Brook (“Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle”), “The Aftermath” is directed by James Kent (“Testament of Youth”), from a screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, the writing team behind “Race” (2016) and “Frankie & Alice” (2010).

Per the official synopsis: “Set in postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan (Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision: They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower (Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere,...

Amazon Prime Video released the first official trailer for its upcoming psychological thriller “Homecoming.”

Starring Julia Roberts, the show follows case worker turned waitress Heidi Bergman (Roberts) as she struggles to remember her time working at a facility that treats soldiers returning from war. “Race” actor Stephen James costars in the series, which was created and directed by “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail.

The new trailer, which jumps between Heidi’s time at the facility and her life afterwards, reveals a dark, hospital-like setting, complete with a flurry of anxious interviews, fast paced walking and geometric shots. The camera work is also telling, switching between widescreen and vertical shots that seemingly accompany shifts in Heidi’s own mental state.

Other cast members include Bobby Cannavale (“The Station Agent”), Shea Wigham (“Take Shelter”), Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”), Alex Karpovsky (“Girls”) and Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”).

Podcast creators Eli Horowitz...

In celebration of what would have been author James Baldwin's 94th birthday, director Barry Jenkins unveiled the teaser trailer for his latest film, an adaptation of Baldwin's 1974 novel, If Beale Street Could Talk.

The Annapurna Pictures film adaptation, to be released this fall, is the writer-director's first film since his Oscar-winning Moonlight.

In Beale Street, Stephan James stars as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt, a black man living in 1970s Harlem falsely accused of rape. The Shots Fired actor previously portrayed Olympic medalist Jesse Owens in Race (2016).

Newcomer Kiki Layne stars opposite James as his pregnant fiancee, Clementine "...

In celebration of what would have been author James Baldwin's 94th birthday, director Barry Jenkins unveiled the teaser trailer for his latest film, an adaptation of Baldwin's 1974 novel, If Beale Street Could Talk.

The Annapurna Pictures film adaptation, to be released this fall, is the writer-director's first film since his Oscar-winning Moonlight.

In Beale Street, Stephan James stars as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt, a black man living in 1970s Harlem falsely accused of rape. The Shots Fired actor previously portrayed Olympic medalist Jesse Owens in Race (2016).

Newcomer Kiki Layne stars opposite James as his pregnant fiancee, Clementine "...

Kerry Washington will return to Broadway to star in “American Son.”

The “Scandal” star will be matched with Steven Pasquale, a stage veteran known for “The Bridges of Madison County,” and his small-screen work on “Rescue Me” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”

Washington recently wrapped up her run on “Scandal” as Olivia Pope, fixer extraordinaire, after a seven-season run that netted her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. She previously appeared on Broadway in 2009 as part of the cast of David Mamet’s “Race.”

“American Son” is written by Christopher Demos-Brown and will be directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (“A Raisin in the Sun”). The play examines race relations in America with a story of two parents in a Florida police station, following them as they grapple with a crisis involving their son. “American Son” was awarded the 2016 Laurents/Hatcher Award for best new...

“Scandal” star Kerry Washington returns to Broadway this fall, starring opposite Steven Pasquale (“Rescue Me”) in Christopher Demos-Brown’s new play “American Son.”

Tony winner Kenny Leon will direct the production, which begins performances at the Booth Theatre on October 6 ahead of an official opening on November 4.

Washington and Pasquale star as an estranged interracial couple who confront an unexpected crisis involving their missing teenage son, the Florida police and an abandoned car.

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Eugene Lee plays a police officer in the show; the rest of the cast is still to be announced. The production team includes Derek McLane (scenic design), Dede Ayite (costume design) and Peter Fitzgerald (sound design).

Demos-Brown won the 2016 Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play by an Emerging Playwright for “American Son,” which was first produced at Massachusetts’ Barrington Stage Company...

Scandal‘s Kerry Washington and Rescue Me‘s Steven Pasquale will team up for their Broadway returns next fall in American Son, a new play by Broadway newcomer Christopher Demos-Brown.

Directing will be Kenny Leon, who won a Tony Award for 2014’s A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington. Leon most recently directed the Broadway revival Children of a Lesser God.

The play is set in a Florida police station in the middle of the night, with a mother searching for her missing teenage son, and is described by the production as “a gripping tale of two parents caught in our national divide, with their worst fears hanging in the balance.”

Said Kerry Washington, “Christopher Demos-Brown has written a play that dives deep into the big questions of who we are as a nation, by exploring the intimate relationships within a family caught at the crossroads of love, loss,...

Grey's Anatomy star Giacomo Gianniotti has joined the indie comedy Baseballissimo, alongside Jay Baruchel, who also penned the script with writing partner Jesse Chabot.

Richie Mehta is already attached to direct the baseball comedy, in which Gianniotti plays a rival pitcher to a rising minor-league talent who gets detoured on the way to major-league stardom by pitching for the Peones, a team in Italy, to get back to his family roots.

Gianniotti, best known as Dr. Andrew DeLuca on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, has such film credits as the Jesse Owens biopic Race and the indie Acquainted, which he...

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Chicago – On September 9th, 2017, it seemed like the whole of The Second City theater on Wells Street in Chicago let out a collective cry of “Norm!” The favorite barfly of TV’s “Cheers,” George Wendt, came back to his old comedy stomping ground at The Second City to participate in “I Can’t Believe They Wendt There: The Roast of George Wendt.”

The roasters included the hottest current TV and movie stars, including Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), Keegan-Michael Key (“Key & Peele”) and Jason Sudeikis (“Saturday Night Live”), along with The Second City alumni and celebs Julia Sweeney, Betty Thomas and Joel Murray. The roast was a benefit for Gilda’s Club Chicago, the cancer support community named for the late comic legend, Gilda Radner.

In Part One of the Red Carpet interviews, honoree George Wendt does some reminiscing with Jason Sudeikis,...

It’s a strong group of limited releases for a July weekend: Kathryn Bigelow’s “Detroit,” “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” and the Yiddish-language “Menashe” all performed well, as did Sony Pictures Classics’ “Bigsby Bear.”

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Detroit (Annapurna) – Metacritic: 86

$365,455 in 20 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $18,273

Kathryn Bigelow’s first film since “Zero Dark Thirty” is the first released by Megan Ellison’s production company through its own distributor. With reviews nearly as strong as “Zero” and “The Hurt Locker” but shifting to the home front in this recounting of the Detroit riots exactly 50 years ago, this opened in 10 markets ahead of its wide release this Friday. This is a tough subject, however well received, and Annapurna and its team has a challenge opening this outside of the festival/awards season and finding a wide swath of African-American and other upscale audiences.

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Look for Matt Damon to turn up on the Lido this year on August 30. That’s because he stars in writer-director Alexander Payne’s comedy “Downsizing,” which will open the Venice International Film Festival, in competition. And Paramount is putting its money down that Payne’s latest will come out of the fall festival season as one of the top contenders in this year’s Oscars race. Payne also directed Oscar contenders “Sideways” and “Nebraska.”

Damon plays an ordinary suburbanite who convinces his wife (Kristen Wiig) to go small– and buy into a richer lifestyle. So they get shrunk. Laura Dern, Christoph Waltz and Jason Sudeikis costar.

Paramount may well decide to take Darren Aronofsky’s “Mother!” to Venice as well, if not Italy resident George Clooney’s “Suburbicon.” Venice is the first of the fall festivals to launch the official awards season, with Telluride and Toronto on its heels.

Earlier this month, while promoting his indie thriller The Wall, director Doug Liman teased that his highly-anticipated Edge of Tomorrow sequel will be called Live, Die, Repeat and Repeat, with both Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt confirmed to return. The filmmaker still didn't know when production may begin on this sequel, but he also teased in another interview that there will be a third character that will "steal the movie." Here's what he had to say below.

"I think what people tend to do with sequels is they just make them bigger. And I'm like, 'No, a sequel should be smaller.' You did the first film as sort of the ad campaign for the sequel, so now you don't need as much action, and in the case of Edge of Tomorrow, people obviously loved the comedy and they loved the situation. So we can do way more focused on...

Back in October, director Doug Liman teased that the follow-up to his hit action-thriller Edge of Tomorrow will serve as both a sequel and prequel to the original movie. While it still isn't known when this follow-up will get into production, the filmmaker teased during a recent interview that the movie is still happening, and that it will be called Live Die Repeat and Repeat, instead of Edge of Tomorrow 2. Here's what the filmmaker had to say during a recent interview, revealing the new title.

"We have an amazing story! It's incredible! Way better than the first film, and I obviously loved the first film. It will be called Live Die Repeat and Repeat. Tom Cruise is excited about it, and Emily Blunt is excited about it. The big question is just when we'll do it. But it's not an if, it's a when."

Tom Cruise revealed in July 2015 that...

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Brian De Palma action thriller Domino will see Game of Thrones stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Carice Van Houten opposite one another.

Legendary director Brian De Palma, who amongst other iconic efforts, directed the 1996 inaugural film in the lucrative-as-ever Mission: Impossible film franchise, returns to the action thriller table with Domino. The film is headlined by a duo Game of Thrones cast members whose characters we can't wait to see share the screen on the series before its imminent end, namely the Kingslayer himself, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and the Red Witch herself, Carice Van Houten.

De Palma’s directorial offering Domino – not to be confused with the late Tony Scott’s 2005 Keira Knightley-starring bounty hunter biopic – is being distributed in the U.S. by Saban Films.

Domino Trailer

Video of Domino Official Trailer (2019) - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Guy Pearce

The trailer for Domino showcases what appears to be a cat-and-mouse suspense thriller.

Fox Searchlight, BBC Films produced novel adaptation set in 1946 Germany.

The Aftermath, Fox Searchlight Pictures and BBC Films’ drama set in post-war Germany in 1946, has wrapped after shooting on location in Prague and Hamburg.

Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke lead the cast of the film, which follows a woman who is reunited with her husband in Hamburg, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city following the war.

James Kent (Testament Of Youth) directs from a script by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Race) and Rhidian Brook. The screenplay was adapted from Brook’s novel of the same name.

Additional cast includes Flora Thiemann, Fionn O’Shea, Kate Phillips, and Martin Compston.

Jack Arbuthnott and Malte Grunert produced and Ridley Scott and Carlo Dusi executive produced with Joe Oppenheimer and Beth Pattinson of BBC Films, who developed the project. It has support funding from Filmförderung Hamburg - Schleswig Holstein.

Crew included...

It's Only the End of the World and Operation Avalanche recognized among the 2017 Canadian Screen Award NominationsIt's Only the End of the World and Operation Avalanche recognized among the 2017 Canadian Screen Award NominationsAdriana Floridia1/17/2017 2:50:00 Pm

This morning the Canadian Screen Awards announced their 2017 nominations, recognizing the best of last year's Canadian films.

The awards are given out by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. This year's nominees boast a diverse line up of films that tell stories not just in English and French, but also Mandarin, Atikamekw and Inuktiut.

The most high-profile of the bunch would have to be Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, which is a likely contender at the Oscars this year in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It made the shortlist of nine films that will be considered at the Oscars, which also includes Germany's Toni Erdmann and Chile's Neruda.

The “Canadian Oscars” feature innovative nominees in both film and television.

On Tuesday morning, actors Maxim Roy, Amanda Brugel, and Simu Liu announced the nominees for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s 2017 Canadian Screen Awards. The awards honor outstanding works in film, television, and digital media productions. Both the film and television categories include innovative works made by young talent, and it is refreshing to see the unique work being done in the Canadian media industry.

French-Canadian director Xavier Dolan’s film, It’s Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde) leads the nominations in the film categories, scoring nine nods including Best Motion Picture. Dolan’s film won the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and has been submitted as Canada’s entry for the 2017 Academy Awards. Dolan did an incredible job adapting Jean-Luc Lagarce’s play of the same name, which was beautifully brought to life by stars...

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A total of 145 scores were recently announced as being eligible for this year’s Academy Award, with everything from perceived frontrunner “La La Land” (Justin Hurwitz) and “Jackie” (Mica Levi) to outliers like “Sausage Party” and “Elle.” The final five will be nominated on January 24. In the meantime, avail yourself of this Spotify playlist featuring selections from 110 of the eligible scores — as well as the full list of every eligible score.

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The Abolitionists,” Tim Jones, composer

“Absolutely Fabulous The Movie,” Jake Monaco, composer

“The Accountant,” Mark Isham, composer

“Alice through the Looking Glass,” Danny Elfman, composer

“Allied,” Alan Silvestri, composer

“Almost Christmas,” John Paesano, composer

“American Pastoral,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

“The Angry Birds Movie,” Heitor Pereira, composer

“Anthropoid,” Robin Foster, composer

“Armenia, My Love,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 145 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2016 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 89th Academy Awards.

The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:

“The Abolitionists,” Tim Jones, composer

“Absolutely Fabulous The Movie,” Jake Monaco, composer

“The Accountant,” Mark Isham, composer

“Alice through the Looking Glass,” Danny Elfman, composer

“Allied,” Alan Silvestri, composer

“Almost Christmas,” John Paesano, composer

“American Pastoral,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

“The Angry Birds Movie,” Heitor Pereira, composer

“Anthropoid,” Robin Foster, composer

“Armenia, My Love,” Silvia Leonetti, composer

“Assassin’s Creed,” Jed Kurzel, composer

“Autumn Lights,” Hugi Gudmundsson and Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson, composers

“The Bfg,” John Williams, composer

“Believe,” Michael Reola, composer

“Ben-Hur,” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, composers

“Bilal,” Atli Ӧrvarsson, composer

“Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has announced the 145 scores eligible in the Best Original Score category, includeing work from “Jackie” and “La La Land.” The latter film, a musical directed by “Whiplash” helmer Damien Chazelle, picked up the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s award for Best Music earlier this month; “Jackie” was the category’s runner-up. Notably absent, meanwhile, are “Arrival” (which just landed a Golden Globe nod), “Manchester by the Sea” and “Silence.”

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Justin Hurwitz composed and orchestrated the “La La Land” score, while “Jackie” marks “Under the Skin” composer Mica Levi’s second silver-screen effort. Decades after becoming one of the world’s most renowned film composers, Ennio Morricone won last year’s Oscar for his work on Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight.

Yes, Edge of Tomorrow 2 is happening, but will it be a prequel or a sequel? Well, according to director Doug Liman, it is going to be both. For any other franchise that might be confusing, but since Edge of Tomorrow had to do with time travel, that sort of kind of could make sense.

Doug Liman recently did an interview with Collider about his new scripted supernatural Vr series Invisible. The conversation eventually turned to Edge of Tomorrow 2 and the director had some interesting and fairly bold things to say about the upcoming sci-fi sequel. Here's how he explains it.

"That is the only sequel that I'm considering doing, and it's because first of all the story is so amazing-much better than the original film, and I loved and loved the original film-and second of all, it's a sequel that's a prequel."

There are a few things to note with that statement.

All You Need is Kill, Live.Die.Repeat, Edge of Tomorrow – however you choose to identify Doug Liman’s brainy sci-fi, the 2014 actioner proved to be a pleasant surprise when it stormed into theaters two years ago. Featuring two cracking performances from Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, a mixture of clever writing and the movie’s time travel mechanic ensured that Liman and Christopher McQuarrie’s thriller found an audience to call its own.

And though it’s taken some time to find its feet – no thanks to the fine line between production budget and box office returns – an Edge of Tomorrow 2 is officially on the way. Writers Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Race, Frankie & Alice) have been elected to pen the sequel’s screenplay, and though he stopped short of revealing too much, Liman told IGN that the action follow-up will “revolutionize” how the industry approaches sequels.

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Acting careers begin with the endless judgments of auditions, the “we’ll be in touch,” the doubt of wondering if it will all work out. But for an Oscar-buzzed actor, all that anxiety fades away, and is replaced by three words: Lead or Supporting?

For talent, picking the right Academy category can make or break whether you win, or even get nominated. There’s also the delicate matter of which movie to campaign for if you’re lucky enough to have more than one.

Agents, managers, distributors, and Oscar campaign strategists lobby and advise the talent on which way to go, but the decision lies with the one who, should they be so lucky, has to show up at the endless public appearances that will follow.

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Whenever a collection of classic games is released, I always find myself picking it up. Despite not usually having nostalgia for these retro packages (as my first console was the Genesis), I love learning more about the medium that I love, and it’s typically a good way to experience games that I missed out on. Typically this experience is hit-or-miss as for every one game I end up loving, there are usually a handful of titles that are only interesting to look at through a historical lens.

The latest retro video game collection comes in the form of Atari Flashback Classics Volume 2. This $20 package features 50 games in total, with 9 being arcade games, and 41 Atari 2600-era titles. Since the games are the main reason why anyone would pick this up, and there are way too many of them to touch on individually, here’s the full list of arcade titles: Asteroids,...

We’re in the middle of the waiting game. The next Best Picture ball to drop is Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and that highly anticipated drama will finally screen Friday night at the 54th New York Film Festival. After “Lynn” there will only be a handle of major contenders left that haven’t publicly (or privately by press or loose lipped personal reps) screened yet: Ben Affleck’s “Live by Night,” Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” Peter Berg’s “Patriot’s Day” and Theodore Melfi’s “Hidden Figures.” Let’s take a moment then to give some attention to a campaign that hasn’t gotten that much attention so far this season, the Best Actor race.

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The Hollywood community is in mourning once again, after another icon passed away, and although you may not know him by name, you'll most likely know what he created. Brock Yates, a legendary automotive journalist and writer who created the iconic Cannonball Run cross-country road race, died earlier today at the age of 82. The writer passed from complications due to Alzheimer's Disease.

Deadline reported on his death earlier today. Brock Yates was born October 21, 1933 in Buffalo, New York, the son of author Raymond F. Yates. He started writing about the automotive industry at the age of 16, when his first articles appeared in Science and Mechanics Magazine. After graduating from Hobart College and serving in the U.S. Navy, he started his career as a journalist with Car & Driver Magazine, where he held various editorial titles. He has also served as a TV commentator for Nascar's Winston Cup races, but he...

Pablo Larrain’s “Jackie” roused what’s been a sleepy market at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Natalie Portman as the former First Lady, the film covers a four-day period that begins just before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and Portman turns in an Oscar-worthy performance that received a standing ovation at the film’s screening Sunday.

Fox Searchlight has first and last look on the movie, but distributors also understood to be in the hunt include A24. EuropaCorp, French mogul Luc Besson’s U.S.-based upstart led by former Universal co-chairman Marc Shmuger, made initial inquiries but stopped short of a bid. CAA and Insiders are handling the sale.

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