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Sylvester Stallone Says ‘Rocky’ Couldn’t Have Been Accomplished Without Carl Weathers: “A Horrible Loss”
Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone, took a moment to pay tribute to his co-star Carl Weathers, who died Thursday in his sleep at 76. The actors fought it out in the ring for the first two films of the famous boxing franchise, and they remained friends in the decades following the final installment, 1985’s Rocky […]
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Westwood’s Fox Village Theater Being Sold to Investment Group Led by Filmmaker Jason Reitman
One of Westwood’s historic movie theaters will soon have new ownership. Filmmaker Jason Reitman is leading an unnamed group of investors in purchasing the art deco Fox Village Theater, located at 945 Broxton Ave. The news, first reported by The Ankler’s Peter Kiefer, was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. Per the initial report, Reitman and […]
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‘Happy Gilmore’ Director Recalls Carl Weathers’ Unlikely Path to the Film: “He Was So Chubbs”
Carl Weathers, who died Thursday at age 76, made his name as the formidable boxing adversary Apollo Creed in the Rocky films. But it was his career pivot with the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore that made him newly relevant to a younger generation. As it turns out, his road to landing in the […]
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Don Murray, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘Bus Stop,’ Dies at 94
Don Murray, the venturesome actor who earned an Oscar nomination for playing a rodeo cowboy smitten by Marilyn Monroe in Bus Stop, then spurned Hollywood’s attempts to mold him, died Friday in his home near Santa Barbara. He was 94. Murray’s son Christopher announced his dad’s death to The New York Times. The actor was […]
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Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim to Star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Latest Movie (Exclusive)
Paul Thomas Anderson has rounded out the cast of his latest feature. Alana Haim, who made her acting debut in Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, and A Thousand and One breakout Teyana Taylor have been added to the cast, along with Wood Harris and Shayna McHayle. Newcomer Chase Infiniti has also joined the untitled feature, which is currently in […]
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Amazon Prime Video’s New Releases Coming in February 2024
Amazon originals like Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Upgraded are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video in January. Features like Annie Hall, Eat Pray Love, Get Out, I Am Not Your Negro, Hot Fuzz, Just Friends, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scream I and […]
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Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed in the Rocky Films, Dies at 76
Carl Weathers, the former NFL player who made his mark in Hollywood as the boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and with appearances in such other projects as Predator, Happy Gilmore and The Mandalorian, has died. He was 76. Weathers died Thursday in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, his […]
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Tim Robinson, Paul Rudd, Kate Mara Starring in Indie Comedy ‘Friendship’
Tim Robinson, the comedian behind sketch series I Think You Should Leave, is starring in Friendship, along with Paul Rudd and Kate Mara. The indie comedy is marking the feature directorial debut of Andrew DeYoung, the helmer known for his work on such series as Our Flag Means Death and PEN15. J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael […]
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Mark Gustafson, Stop-Motion Veteran and Oscar Winner for ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ Dies at 63
Mark Gustafson, the stop-motion specialist who won an Oscar this year for his work on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, died Thursday. He was 63. Del Toro announced the news Friday on social media, posting: “I admired Mark Gustafson, even before I met him. A pillar of stop motion animation — a true artist. A compassionate, […]
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Box Office: Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Argylle’ Starts Off With $1.7M in Previews
Matthew Vaughn’s action spy-comedy Argylle hopes to be an agent of change at the box office this weekend, but it could be a tough mission to complete. The pic, whose star-packed ensemble cast is led by Henry Cavill and Bryce Dallas Howard, started off its box office tour with a subdued $1.7 million in Thursday […]
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Watch the First Trailer for Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’
The Amy Winehouse biopic is almost here. On Friday, Focus Features dropped the first official trailer for Back to Black, the drama based on the short, stratospheric life of the British soul music legend. Up-and-coming British actress Marisa Abela (Industry) plays Winehouse in the feature from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, 50 Shades of Grey). […]
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Delta, African American Film Critics Association Team for Curated In-Flight Film Collection Celebrating Black History Month
The African American Film Critics Association revealed on Thursday that it has teamed up with Delta Air Lines to curate a collection of films celebrating Black History Month. The movies in the collection include If Beale Street Could Talk, The Five Heartbeats, Dreamgirls, Shaft, The Best Man, School Daze, Friday, Dear White People, Crooklyn, The […]
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Denis Villeneuve Will Only Make Three ‘Dune’ Films, Despite There Being Six Books
Denis Villeneuve knows his limits. The director will not go beyond three Dune films, he told Time this week, despite there being six books in Frank Herbert’s famed sci-fi series. “Dune Messiah should be the last Dune movie for me,” Villeneuve said. The director, currently on the cusp of the release of Dune: Part Two, […]
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Denise Richards, NeNe Leakes to Star in Lifetime Movie ‘Hunting Housewives’
Denise Richards and NeNe Leakes are taking aim at their status as alums of Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise with their new Lifetime movie, Hunting Housewives. Lifetime announced Thursday that Richards and Leakes will star in the channel’s thriller that is set to air March 9. Kym Johnson Herjavec and Melyssa Ford co-star with them in […]
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Brad Pitt Circling Role in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Movie Critic’
Brad Pitt is looking to reunite with Quentin Tarantino for The Movie Critic, his 10th and apparently final film, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The duo previously collaborated on Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which landed Pitt a best supporting actor Oscar for the role of stuntman Cliff Booth. […]
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Tim Burton to Direct ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman’ Remake from Gillian Flynn
The classic B-movie title Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is getting a remake from Tim Burton and Gillian Flynn. Burton is attached to direct the movie from a script by the Gone Girl scribe. Warner Bros. is behind the project, which will be a re-imagining of the 1950s genre film. The succinct logline for […]
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