News

The cultural reassessment of Pamela Anderson that has been brewing with the fictionalized Pam & Tommy and the documentary Pamela: A Love Story culminates in The Last Showgirl teaser. Gia Coppola's latest film—which opens in theaters on December 13—premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and since...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

At one point, Will Smith was the biggest movie star in the world. While he had a bit of a PR snafu (to put it lightly) a couple of years ago when he slapped Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars, he's recovered well in the eyes of the public, given the success of this year's "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" at the box office. Margot Robbie, meanwhile, is about as big as modern stars get, with her rise to stardom culminating in last year's mega-hit "Barbie." So, what happens when you put these two big stars in a movie together? You get a number one hit on Netflix. It just so happens that the movie in question was made nearly a decade ago.

2015's "Focus," directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, recently made its way to Netflix and...

Here’s why Margot Robbie isn’t doing a Harrley Quinn spinoff (Photo Credit – Amazon Prime Video)

As the Dceu wraps up, Margot Robbie hints at passing the Harley Quinn torch to new actresses after three iconic films. It’s time for fresh interpretations of the beloved character!

Robbie expressed her vision, saying, “I always wanted Harley to be a character that would get passed on to other actresses to play, the way there are so many iconic male characters.” Her perspective is refreshing. Instead of clinging to the role, she opened the door for others to explore Harley’s chaotic charm. She added, “Harley’s so fun and can go in many directions. You put her in someone else’s hands, and it’s like, ‘What are they going to do with her?’ The options are endless.” This wasn’t a typical “I quit!” moment but a heartfelt farewell.

Leonardo DiCaprio is at a museum, discussing the origin of his name with his mother (Photo Credit – Koimoi)

Leonardo DiCaprio is synonymous with Hollywood stardom, but the story of how he came by it is charming and unique. In a 2014 NPR interview, DiCaprio revealed the delightful origins of his name: “My father tells me that they were on their honeymoon at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence… they were looking at a da Vinci painting, and allegedly I started kicking furiously while my mother was pregnant. My dad, being the artist that he is, said, ‘That’s our boy’s name.'” Talk about a divine sign!

The surname DiCaprio adds another layer to this intriguing tale. Leonardo’s father, George DiCaprio, was a half-Italian comic book artist and distributor, which hints at the artistic bloodline running through the family. Yet, Leonardo’s ancestry is a mixed bag, with German and Russian roots.

Stranger Things gave us an early glimpse of 2nd season’s ending?(Photo Credit – YouTube)

Stranger Things Season 2 came to a jaw-dropping end. Eleven’s mind-bending showdown, shutting the door to the Upside Down, was nothing short of epic. But what if this intense finale had been teased in Season 1? In true Duffer Brothers fashion, it seems they’d sprinkled clues about the climactic ending long before we saw it. This isn’t just a case of clever foreshadowing; it’s a nod to some of pop culture’s most iconic story arcs.

Now, rewind a bit. When Stranger Things was first pitched to Netflix, the plan was to go anthology style. But Netflix, seeing a goldmine in Hawkins and its quirky cast of characters, persuaded the creators to stretch the story instead of hitting restart with every season. Lucky for us, the Duffer Brothers took that advice and began...

Does Mark Wahlberg have a third nipple? (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Ahan, that’s right. Mark Wahlberg – Hollywood heavyweight, fitness mogul, and action hero – has a third nipple. And he’s not alone! Turns out, extra nipples are more common than you’d think, with stars like Snowpiercer’s Tilda Swinton, pop singer Lily Allen, and the late Bill Paxton all joining him in the third-nipple club.

So, how common is this unique body quirk? The condition – scientifically called “polythelia” – affects an estimated one in every 500 people or about 0.2% of the population. But not all extra nipples are created equal! Researchers in the early 1900s set up a whole classification system for them. There’s category six, which is just an extra nipple without an areola, and the far rarer category one, known as “polymastia,” where the extra nipple comes with entire breast tissue. And Wahlberg? He falls in that classic category six,...

Did Margot Robbie assault Sebastian Stan in I, Tonya? (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Margot Robbie’s career took off with her breakout role in The Wolf of the Wall Street. She starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, and her portrayal of Naomi Lapaglia was the turning point that launched her into Hollywood’s A-list actors. However, I, Tonya, showcased her range and versatility as an actress.

In the biological dark comedy, Robbie played the role of Tonya Harding, displaying her complex, troubled life and the media frenzy surrounding her. Her role even earned her critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination. Despite that, it took a toll on her, leading her to punch a Marvel actor.

In a throwback interview with the Independent, the Barbie star revealed that she had to undergo weekly Mri scans due to a herniated disc in her neck. She admitted that she felt like she had “lost her mind.

Throughout her already prolific career, producer/actor Margot Robbie has proven herself to have a taste that's as discerning as it is eclectic. Most actors attempt to demonstrate their ability to take on as large of a range of projects as possible, yet the demands of the business and marketing sides of the film industry usually see them typecast in some form, usually in a genre if not a specific type of role. This is why Robbie's career is worth pointing out for how diverse it is; she's been able to find a niche for herself that has allowed her to easily move between action films, dramas, period pieces like "Mary Queen Of Scots," comedies, genre flicks, and prestige pics, all while growing her A-list status and not being relegated to either an awards-bait character actor or a paycheck-bait comic book movie star. As a producer, she's demonstrated a steady...

The Diplomat season 2 is coming to Netflix very soon!

In October 2024, Netflix also just shared the full trailer for the new season, and it looks like it's going to be another amazing series for the political thriller.

We shared everything we know about The Diplomat season 2 so far!

The Diplomat season 2 release date and time

On Aug. 8, 2024, Netflix announced The Diplomat season 2 will debut on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. You can start watching the new episodes at 12:00 a.m. Pt /3 a.m. Et on Halloween and be done with the whole season well before the trick or treating starts. I call that a win in my book!

There are 6 episodes in The Diplomat season 2

The Diplomat season 2 is a bit shorter than the first season of the series, which consisted of eight episodes.

There will only be six episodes in The Diplomat season 2. It's going to go quick, but you can...

‘A Different Man’ (2024) stands as one of the most emotionally gripping films of the year, pushing the boundaries of character transformation and identity with a visceral and unapologetic approach. Directed by Aaron Schimberg, known for his previous explorations of disfigurement and otherness, the film continues to explore the alienation of individuals who society deems "different." This time, Schimberg tackles a narrative that feels both personal and universal, underscored by the powerful performances of its lead actors. 'A Different Man' not only manages to provoke conversations about the body, identity, and societal judgment, but it also delves into how our perceptions of ourselves shift over time. The film follows Edward, played by Sebastian Stan, a man with neurofibromatosis who undergoes reconstructive surgery in an effort to escape his disfigured past and begin a new life. After his surgery, Edward becomes obsessed with an actor, Oswald (Adam Pearson), who portrays...

"Barbie" star Margot Robbie, is the new ‘face’ of France’s Chanel No. 5 perfume, photographed by Karim Sadli:

After working in commercials and small indie films, Robbie got her first break on the TV series "Neighbours" (2008–2011), followed by "Pan Am" (2011–2012).Her breakthrough role came in 2013 with Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street".

She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as 'Jane Porter' in "The Legend of Tarzan" (2016) and as 'Harley Quinn' in the DC superhero films "Suicide Squad" (2016), "Birds of Prey" (2020) and "The Suicide Squad" (2021).

She also received an Academy Award 'Best Actress' nomination for her portrayal of figure skater 'Tonya Harding' in the biopic "I, Tonya" (2017). This was followed by roles in the period drama "Mary Queen of Scots" (2018), Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood".

Robbie and husband Tom Ackerley are co-founders of LuckyChap Entertainment, producing "Promising Young Woman...

Being in the movie industry comes with a risk of being overthrown by other actors who star in bigger projects, and there is a slight fear that Chris Evans might be wasting his potential on films that barely help him showcase what he’s capable of. Evans, who turned 43 earlier this year hasn’t had too many of his recent movies get much recognition, specifically, the ones done outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. in Captain America: Civil War | Credits: Marvel Studios

Before things get worse, the Avengers: Endgame superstar needs to start taking on roles that will bring his name back to relevance. Even if the movie roles don’t come his way, Evans could possibly take up an opportunity that his dear friend, Sebastian Stan has offered.

Chris Evans should consider Sebastian Stan’s offer to star alongside him in plays Chris...

Although Sebastian Stan has taken on the role of a lifetime with The Apprentice, he still holds a light for some of the roles he didn’t get.

The Golden Globe nominee, who portrays Donald Trump in the Ali Abbasi-helmed film, recently revealed that he was up for starring roles in Star Trek (2009) and Green Lantern (2011) years before playing the twice-impeached president.

“There were a couple of things I didn’t get that I really desperately wanted,” he said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “But Captain Kirk for J.J. Abrams; that was one of the first I got very close to. I remember I was really, really close, and I remember I had a screen test with [Abrams] at Paramount, and my manager had me do a separate photo shoot where I would try and replicate all these William Shatner pictures just to send to him, see how much I looked like him,...

Sebastian Stan is crediting Christian Bale for inspiring his unconventional roles.

Stan told GQ UK that fellow MCU star Bale was a guiding light early in his career.

“Watching Christian Bale do ‘The Fighter’ and watching him do ‘Batman’ and ‘Vice’ and ‘The Machinist’… He was a guy that, to me, could have made very conventional choices because he’s very good at any of it,” Stan said. “But then he’s trying these things.”

Stan has appeared in TV series such as “Gossip Girl” before making his indie debut with films like “I, Tonya,” “Fresh,” and “A Different Man.” The actor has also had a decade-long role in Marvel films with the “Captain America” franchise.

Stan also credited the versatility of Robert Downey Jr., who will return to the MCU as Doctor Doom after playing Iron Man, for carving out yet another aspirational career path.

“After ‘Tropic Thunder,’ is...

Sebastian Stan didn’t want his “Gossip Girl” stint to make him to mainstream for the indie film world.

The actor told GQ UK that 12 years after first landing the part of Carter Baizen in the iconic original “Gossip Girl” series, he was fearful of being labeled as the “CW guy” when trying out for Neon’s 2017 Oscar winner “I, Tonya.” Stan was ultimately cast as Tonya Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly alongside Margot Robbie as the titular Olympian.

“I’m like, ‘I’m going to walk into that room and they’re going to see the taller guy, The CW guy.’ I felt like I was going to be immediately judged,” Stan admitted of the audition process for “I, Tonya.”

And even after landing the role, he was anxious about doing the tale justice.

“The amount of fear I had was almost traumatizing,” Stan said. “I worked so hard for that movie,...

DC Studios has found its “Supergirl” villain in Matthias Schoenaerts, who will play antagonist Krem of the Yellow Hills in the upcoming movie.

“I, Tonya” and “Cruella” filmmaker Craig Gillespie is set to direct. Playwright and screenwriter Ana Nogueira wrote the script.

Production on the film is set to begin in late 2024/early 2025 after DC Studios co-ceo and creative head James Gunn finishes shooting his “Superman” film, which is set for release in summer 2025. “House of the Dragon” star Milly Alcock will play the superheroine of Krypton in a story that will be adapted from Tom King’s 2022 DC comic series “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.”

In King’s graphic novel, Krem of the Yellow Hills triggers Supergirl’s pursuit after shooting her dog, which echoes the plot of the first “John Wick” movie.

In a press conference last year laying out his plans for his DC universe, Gunn teased that...

Exclusive: In what is gearing up to be an A-list pairing for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights movie, MRC is tapping Oscar-nominated actress and producer Margot Robbie and BAFTA-nominated actor Jacob Elordi to star in the adaptation of the classic novel.

LuckyChap also will produce Fennell’s upcoming feature film adaptation based on the iconic romance novel by Emily Brontë. Besides being the studio on the project, MRC also will finance the pic.

This marks LuckyChap and Fennell’s third collaboration together, having also produced her most recent pic Saltburn and Promising Young Woman, which won Fennell an Oscar for original screenplay.

Robbie is set to star as Catherine Earnshaw, and Elordi will play Heathcliff. Fennell is set to write, direct and produce. The film is in pre-production gearing up for a UK shoot in 2025.

The original novel by Brontë is considered by many to be one of the great...

Sebastian Stan, a best actor contender this awards season for two performances that have brought him widespread acclaim — he plays a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice and a man with neurofibromatosis who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery in A Different Man — will receive the Precious Gem Award at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival Gems event, the fest announced on Monday.

Stan, 42, will be celebrated at an event that will kick off on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 5pm Est, at Mdc Wolfson Auditorium in downtown Miami. To begin with, he will sit down with yours truly for a career-retrospective conversation that will be recorded for subsequent posting as an episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. Then, the fest will present him with his award.

The Precious Gem Award is the festival’s signature award, reserved for “one-of-a-kind artists whose contributions to cinema are lasting and unforgettable.

It started with the most famous voice on the planet, the one that just won’t shut up.

Sebastian Stan, in real life, sounds very little like Donald Trump, whom he’s playing in the new film “The Apprentice.” Sure, they share a tristate accent — Stan has lived in the city for years and attended Rutgers University before launching his career — but he speaks with none of Trump’s emphasis on his own greatness. Trump dwells, Stan skitters. Trump attempts to draw topics together over lengthy stem-winders (what he recently called “the weave”), while Stan has a certain unwillingness to be pinned down, a desire to keep moving. It takes some coaxing to bring Stan, a man with the upright bearing and square jaw of a matinee idol, to speak about his own process — how hard he worked to conjure a sense Trump, and how he sought to bring out...

Paramount Pictures has announced plans to adapt the 2019 bestseller, Colleen Hoover’s Regretting You. Josh Boone is set to direct and Allison Williams is set to star in the film. It’s believed the studio wants to replicate the success of It Ends with Us.

Hoover’s Work Has Already Proved Successful At The Movies

Regretting You revolves around the fallout of a tragedy. Morgan Grant wants her daughter Clara to avoid the mistakes she made in life while her husband Chris plays peacemaker. Things take a turn, however, when Chris gets involved in an accident, leaving Morgan and Clara to rebuild.

Allison Williams – YouTube

Hoover’s work has already proven to be a potential hit maker. Her 2016 book It Ends with Us saw a film adaptation in 2024, which proved to be a sleeper hit. The film also notably featured Blake Lively, Brandon Sklenar, and Justin Baldoni, who also served as a director.

The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival was a success on many fronts, launching many titles into the marketplace looking for buyers, and others into the fall season, including the usual spate of Oscar contenders. But the festival continues to contract, with empty seats in the largest houses.

Many sales titles weren’t scooped up quickly. According to buyers, many were demanding too much money, which should eventually shake out. David Gordon Green’s opening night family movie “Nutcrackers,” starring Ben Stiller, found a home at Hulu, and Paramount just picked up Munich Olympic Games thriller “September 5” for November release, promising an Oscar campaign.

Surprisingly, “The Life of Chuck,” without a distributor, won the People’s Choice Award that usually leads to a Best Picture Oscar nomination and occasionally an actual win. The likelihood that the film will instantly become an Oscar contender the way “American Fiction” did last year remains slim.

With his sophomore outing, “The Luckiest Man in America,” Colombian filmmaker Samir Oliveros asks a simple question: How far would you go to make a better life for yourself and those around you? The way he chooses to answer it, however, turns out to be far more complex, made all the more intriguing by virtue of the fact that this contemporary tall tale is largely based in truth. Set in 1984 and taking place almost entirely within the confines of CBS‘s Television City studios, this biographical thriller follows the story of Michael Larson, an unemployed ice cream truck driver who manages to earn a spot on the game show “Press Your Luck” and beats the odds to receive the biggest payout ever. How he did so is what makes this stranger-than-fiction narrative so compelling. This and, of course, the very talented cast bringing this legendary episode of television back to life.

Exclusive: Black Box Management has signed Nick August-Perna, the filmmaker behind the buzzy true crime doc Tell Them You Love Me, which topped Netflix’s film charts in its February debut.

Hitting #1 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies, the film tells the true story of Anna Stubblefield, an esteemed professor involved in a controversial affair with Derrick Johnson, a non-verbal man with cerebral palsy. Their relationship eventually led to a criminal trial challenging perceptions of disability and nature of consent.

Black Box and August-Perna are teaming to produce a scripted remake of the film, the hope being to replica the success of much-discussed true-crime projects like I, Tonya, The Act, and The Girl from Plainville.

In a statement to Deadline, Black Box’s founding partners Mike Dill and Lowell Shapiro shared, “When we first saw Nick’s incredible film Tell Them You Love Me, we knew that he was someone we had to represent.

Over three months before the 20th edition of The Black List hits inboxes all over town, the Franklin Leonard founded platform is broadening its horizon into novels.

“The Black List’s core mission has always been discovering, supporting, and amplifying exceptional writing–providing it with the platform and visibility that it deserves based on its merit,” said Leonard today of the move into fiction with manuscript submissions and connections to the world of adaptation for TV and film. “Expanding into fiction is a natural progression.

“Right now, there are brilliant writers around the world who don’t have access to high-quality, accountable feedback, and whose work goes unseen for reasons entirely unrelated to how good it is,” the Black List CEO adds. “That’s a massive market failure, and it changes today. I have no doubt that The Black List will find exceptional manuscripts that will become enormously popular published...

The Donald Trump biopic "The Apprentice" is going to open in theaters this fall, just in time for an awards season run. This, despite the fact that the film has caused a fair amount of controversy following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The film stars Sebastian Stan as the former president of the United States. Controversy or no controversy, it appears Stan is going to be in the Oscar race after all.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the rights to "The Apprentice," which will hit theaters in the U.S. on October 11, 2024. That's rather important is it means it will arrive before the presidential election takes place, with Trump seeking a second term as the nominee for the Republican party. He is running against current Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. Harris' ascension to the top of the Democratic Party...

The recently released film adaption of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel “It End with Us” was a lot of things and has certainly gotten a lot of people talking. It’s unfortunate, however, that the most important subjects at its center — that of domestic violence and emotional abuse — have not been top-of-mind for most conversations regarding the film, but rather alleged personal riffs between star Blake Lively and director/co-star Justin Baldoni. When domestic violence and abuse have been discussed in reference to the film, it has typically been with criticism over how the film and its rollout have avoided more thoughtfully grappling with these themes, rarely reaching for a narrative that goes any deeper than a casual beach read.

In speaking on adapting Hoover’s novel for the screen in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Baldoni acknowledged his interest in focusing on how Lively’s character, Lily Bloom, overcomes her circumstances,...

“The Deb” has finally made its debut. Sort of.

The coming-of-age musical, which has been caught in the middle of a bare-knuckled brawl between director Rebel Wilson and a trio of producers, screened for a select group of industry figures at WME’s offices in Beverly Hills on Monday afternoon.

Wilson was in attendance for the screening, which was described as an “intimate private” event in an invitation. Before the screening, the “Pitch Perfect” star made a quick speech thanking everyone for showing up and urged guests “to laugh and cry and feel anything they wanted.” After the credits rolled, Wilson reemerged and teared up, apparently moved by the crowd’s enthusiastic response, according to an attendee. Among the guests were fellow Aussie directors Phillip Noyce and Sophia Banks as well as reps from Netflix and Universal. The two studios have longstanding deep ties with Wilson via “Isn’t It Romantic...

Margot Robbie is one of the most dedicated actresses today in the sense that she always delivers, even if it means she has to endure pain or injury. Her movie roles usually involve physical activities, and when she starred in 2017’s I, Tonya, she proved that she deserved her Oscar nomination.

Credits: Margot Robbie in I, Tonya / 30West

Filming for sports drama usually entails rigorous training that comes with a price. Robbie had an injury while ice skating, but she did not let it get in the way of finishing the movie within the deadline.

Margot Robbie Prioritized Filming I, Tonya Despite Serious Neck Injury

The award-winning I, Tonya movie not only propelled Margot Robbie’s career to new heights but also earned her the respect of her colleagues. For someone who grew up skating on hockey skates, the actress had to adjust and learn to figure skate using longer blades.

Sally Field is in talks to star in “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” a film adaptation of the novel by Shelby Van Pelt.

Netflix has acquired the project, which is in early stages of development. Olivia Newman, the filmmaker of last summer’s sleeper hit “Where the Crawdads Sing,” is directing the movie. “Where the Crawdads Sing,” starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, was based on the best-selling novel by Delia Owens and grossed $144 million at the global box office. Newman is also co-writing the screenplay with John Whittington.

Netflix declined to comment.

“Remarkably Bright Creatures,” Van Pelt’s debut novel, was released in 2022 and became a best-seller. The story follows a lonely widow’s unlikely friendship with a giant octopus. After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she begins working the night shift as a janitor at a local aquarium. At work, she becomes acquainted with an eight-tentacled animal named Marcellus, who helps Tova uncover...

Bobby Cannavale will appear in a guest star role in the upcoming “Man on Fire” series adaptation at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.

The eight-episode series is based on the A.J. Quinnell novel of the same name, which was the first of Quinnell’s novels to feature the character Marcus Creasy.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will star in the series as Creasy, “once a high-functioning and skilled Special Forces Mercenary, known for surviving even the most desolate of situations, Creasy is now plagued with intense Ptsd,” per the official logline. “Determined to overcome his personal demons, he sets out on a path to redemption. But, before he can adjust to this new life, he finds himself back in the fire, fighting harder than ever.”

Billie Boullet is also set to appear in the series.

Cannavale will play Paul Rayburn, described as an “ex-Special Forces soldier who possesses a unique ability to read people.

Though she is facing a defamation suit, Rebel Wilson isn’t backing down.

The “Pitch Perfect” actress fired back at the producers of her directorial debut “The Deb” after they filed an amended complaint on Monday evening. In an Instagram story, Wilson took aim at Len Blavatnik, the billionaire whose AI Film financed the coming-of-age musical.

“Len Blavatnik, please stop funding and protecting Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden,” Wilson wrote. “Clearly these recent press articles and constant retaliations against me for speaking the truth on my small Australian movie are False. All I did was tell the truth about these absolute fuckwits’ – now they launch a bogus defamation suit and bogus articles to inflict further harm.”

Blavatnik declined comment. Wilson declined further comment.

In their amended complaint, “The Deb” producers Ghost and Cameron and executive producer Holden claimed that Wilson defamed them in a previous Instagram post in...

Exclusive: LuckyChap has promoted Bronte Payne to the role of Senior Vice President of Film. Payne has been with the company since 2018 and has been an intergral part in developing and shepherding such projects as My Old Ass, Oceans prequel and Boston Strangler.

As SVP, Payne will oversee and cultivate LuckyChap’s film slate with a focus on new and exciting voices.

“Bronte has been instrumental in LuckyChap’s growth since she joined the company in 2018,”said LuckyChap Principals in a statement. “Her promotion to SVP is well-deserved and recognizes the vital role that she has played and will continue to play finding new voices and developing and producing meaningful projects.”

Payne has served on the Denver Film Festival Jury; and she has been selected as a mentor for the Women in Film Fellowship Program this year. Payne attended the Student Symposium at Telluride Film Festival and later studied at AFI,...

When Margot Robbie Revealed Not Knowing The Definition Of S*xual Harassment(Photo Credit – Instagram)

Women face sexual harassment almost daily, and this is common everywhere. However, some people do not know which things or activities could be labeled as sexual harassment. As a result, some predators get away. Barbie star Margot Robbie once admitted that she was unaware of what it meant until she did this Oscar-winning movie.

Robbie is an excellent actress and one of the highest-paid ones, too. In 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Last year, she was the highest-paid actress because of her cultural phenomenon of a movie, Barbie. It was one of last year’s biggest films, earning over $1.4 billion globally, and it completed a year yesterday. It was released on the same day as Oppenheimer, and the phenomenon was collectively termed as Barbenheimer.

Margot Robbie has...

It is not an exaggeration to say that Neon's buzzy horror flick "Longlegs" has instantly become one of the biggest box office surprises of the year. It simply cannot be overstated just how shocking it is that this particular movie did what it did in its first weekend in theaters. For a studio that has only ever had five movies make more than $10 million domestically at the box office during the entirety of their theatrical runs, a debut north of $20 million on opening weekend is downright staggering. Yet, that's precisely what happened.

Hailing from director Oz Perkins, "Longlegs" pulled in $22.6 million this past weekend domestically, absolutely obliterating even the most optimistic projections. It even blew past Apple and Sony's much flashier "Fly Me to the Moon," which opened to $10 million against a $100 million budget. To be perfectly clear, even if "Longlegs" had made one third of what it made,...

This weekend was projected to be a breather in between massive openings for “Despicable Me 4” (Universal) and “Twisters” (Universal)/“Deadpool and Wolverine” (Disney) the following two weeks. It sort of worked out that way, but not the way it was expected.

“Longlegs” (Neon) and “Fly Me to the Moon” (Sony) were projected to come in second and third this weekend with a combined $30 million-$35 million. That part happened. But Apple’s rom-com with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum was expected to take second, perhaps at least $15 million (earlier projections higher), while Oz Perkins’ distinctive horror-thriller starring Nicolas Cage was felt to be $10 million or more.

Instead, “Longlegs” took second with $22.6 million, while “Fly” is initially placed at $10 million (others have it lower), and only in fifth place. Both are striking results.

With a budget including marketing under $10 million, “Longlegs” has grossed more in only one weekend than all but...

Women like Mary Pickford walked so that stars like Margot Robbie could run.

The lamentable pitfall of pay disparity remains perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of Hollywood even today. Admittedly, the film industry has made giant leaps by shedding its old, orthodox ways and transforming into a more rejuvenated version of itself. But there’s still much ground to cover when it comes to gender pay parity and sundry other such important issues.

Margot Robbie | Photo by Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Despite the tide of change yet to wash over showbiz, it’s thanks to pioneers like Pickford and Alice Guy-Blaché (the first woman to take over the director’s chair), that the industry has come this close in bridging the gap between the unjust treatment of male and female actors and filmmakers.

How Mary Pickford Transfigured the Blueprint of Hollywood

When films...

Despite a tumultuous Paramount-Skydance merger, some box office blunders and a painful presidential debate, the summer of 2024 may go down as the summer of Paul Walter Hauser.

Hauser began his career as a journeyman actor, playing supporting roles in popular films such as “Cruella,” “I, Tonya,” “BlacKkKlansman” and “Da 5 Bloods.” In 2019, he landed his first major leading role in Clint Eastwood’s drama “Richard Jewell,” and four years later, Hauser scored an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance as Larry Hall in the Apple TV+ series “Blackbird.”

But starting in March 2024, a flurry of projects starring Hauser were unveiled. In a matter of weeks, it was announced that Hauser would star in Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” an untitled Chris Farley biopic, a “Naked Gun” reboot, “Press Your Luck,” the Mark Wahlberg action-comedy “Balls Up” and the Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere.” He also voiced Embarrassment in “Inside Out 2,...

Margot Robbie, the star of Barbie and an Academy Award-nominated actress, is expecting her first child with her husband, film producer Tom Ackerley, as confirmed by several media reports. Speculation about her pregnancy began after photos from her vacation in Italy went viral.

In the pictures, taken during a boat ride on Lake Como, Margot Robbie was seen wearing a white crop top, black low-rise pants, and an oversized blazer that revealed a baby bump. Tom Ackerley opted for a casual look with a beige shirt and brown pants.

A user named Daily Leo DiCaprio shared the photos on X and captioned, “Congrats to Margot & her husband if the rumours are true about her being pregnant with her first child”

Margot Robbie met Tom Ackerley in 2013 on the set of the movie Suite Française. The couple got married in 2016 in an intimate ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia. Beyond acting, Robbie...

The first half of 2024 was not as kind to horror at the box office as it has been in recent years. In the pandemic era, horror had been arguably the most reliable genre around, particularly in 2022 and 2023. It wasn't until the blockbuster opening barely posted by "A Quiet Place: Day One" that a genre flick truly broke out this year. The question is, can Neon keep the hot streak alive when director Oz Perkins' "Longlegs" hits theaters? Hailed as one of the scariest movies of the year with near-universal praise from critics, it is certainly well positioned to do so, but it is going to be all about managing expectations.

It's important to understand that this was never going to be the kind of movie to make $20 million on opening weekend. It's a small movie hoping to do well for itself against a small budget, most likely in the $10 million range.

She’s played a sexually harassed Fox News anchor, a feisty, determined and ill-fated figure skater, a comic book misfit, an aspiring con artist, a wildly ambitious 1920s sexpot, a hardcore Wall Street wife, Queen Elizabeth I – and actress Sharon Tate. Whatever the role calls for, Margot Robbie has risen to the challenge, stealing scenes and hearts and growing into a bonafide movie star while working alongside, and for, some of Hollywood’s finest actors and filmmakers. Born July 2, 1990 in Dalby, Queensland, Australia, Robbie has steadily built her resume’ over the course of 15 years, rising from TV series guest spots to feature starring roles that put her alongside the likes of Christian Bale and Brad Pitt in two movies released in 2022, “Amsterdam” and “Babylon,” respectively. And “Barbie” became one of the biggest movies of 2023.

Robbie has already earned a pair of Oscar nominations, and she could well add a third...

A year before Will Smith and Margot Robbie co-starred in "Suicide Squad," they teamed up for a crime caper that fared a lot better critically than David Ayer's ill-fated supervillain team-up. These days, Robbie is riding high after "Barbie" became the highest-grossing movie of 2023. The Aussie star will soon follow up that success with a starring role opposite Colin Farrell in Kogonada's "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey," not to mention the slew of films her production company, LuckyChap, has lined up.

Smith, meanwhile, hasn't been in the public eye as much in recent years, following what was a disastrous 2022 for the actor. His upcoming role alongside Martin Lawrence in "Bad Boys: Ride of Die" — the trailer for which looks like it will please longtime franchise fans — will be a real test for the actor, and should give a good indication on how the general public are feeling about Smith...

Margot Robbie has conquered the film industry, and now she has her eyes set on the lucrative gin market, with the launch of her own tipple.

Along with her husband and business partner Tom Ackerley, as well as three other friends, Robbie has launched Papa Salt, and she says selling gin is easier than selling a movie.

The star and producer of Barbie, which brought in $1.4billion told The Times of London she found the process of creating and marketing her gin “refreshing,” explaining:

“Movies are a crazy business where you are selling something that isn’t tangible, it’s an idea. You have no idea how much it’s going to make, who’s going to see it, if they’ll see it or how it will be received.

“This feels a lot more straightforward, it’s easier to predict things. You can lay this out on a spreadsheet...

For teenage tennis prodigy Julie, discipline isn’t merely a virtue but a survival strategy. Repressing adolescent urges and emotional swings has long been part of her routine at the high-level youth tennis academy where she’s currently the star student: Years of concentrating all her time and attention on her game — all work and all play, as it were — look likely to reward her with the pro career she dreams of. Yet as whispers build of inappropriate behavior by her coach, Julie’s deliberate tunnel vision seems less a rigorous regimen than a fragile defense against interior collapse. A tense, taut, artfully hushed debut feature by Belgian writer-director Leonardo van Dijl, “Julie Keeps Quiet” also knows the value of control — though its own calm is fraught with anxiety and anger.

A standout of this year’s Critics’ Week programme at Cannes — where it won the Sacd Award and scored sales including a U.

Hits from the weekend

Streaming movies and shows made up the majority of the top five titles this past weekend, based on traffic to their IMDb pages. That’s thanks to a trio of Netflix titles and the new Star Wars series, “The Acolyte.” In theaters, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s fourth installment in the Bad Boys franchise delivered Hollywood a much-needed box office win, while ‘The Watchers’—the mystery-horror film starring Dakota Fanning—drew enough interest to land in the top 10.

By the time ‘Hit Man’ dropped on Netflix, movie fans were probably well aware of who Glen Powell was, but the popularity of the comedic action film brought more IMDb users’ attention to co-star Adria Arjona and director Richard Linklater. If Arjona looked familiar to viewers, it’s likely from several supporting roles in other streaming hits like “Good Omens,” “Andor,” and ‘6 Underground’ with Ryan Reynolds.

It’s not often that directors crack the top five (or even top 10) names on IMDb, but viewers were clearly interested to know more about Richard Linklater, the versatile and irreverent director of indie films like ‘Slacker’ and ‘Dazed and Confused,’ who also found mainstream recognition with ‘School of Rock.’

Also big on Netflix were the French killer shark movie ‘Under Paris’ and the Benedict Cumberbatch miniseries “Eric,” which released all six episodes two weeks ago. Elsewhere in streaming, “The Acolyte” has had no trouble finding its audience on Disney+. According to Disney, the show drew 4.8 million viewers on its first day, making it the streamer’s biggest hit of 2024 to date. Amandla Stenberg and Dafne Keen were in the top five names on IMDb, and both will likely remain popular through the show’s first season, which ends on July 16.

What’s in store for the coming week?

Expect next weekend to be all about “The Boys,” the raunchy comic book adaptation from showrunner Eric Kripke. The first three episodes of Season 4 arrive Thursday (6/13) on Prime Video, with new episodes dropping weekly. Returning cast members Karl Urban, Antony Starr, and Erin Moriarty will likely climb IMDb’s STARmeter, but a few new supes on the scene could put some breakouts in the spotlight, such as Valorie Curry (playing Firecracker) or Susan Heyward (as Sister Sage).

In theaters, Disney and Pixar’s animated ‘Inside Out 2’ is a shoo-in to win next weekend’s box office, though it may not have the same interest on IMDb as the streaming releases. The original voice cast of emotions are returning, but it’s more likely one of the newcomers will spike in popularity, like Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things”) as Anxiety, Ayo Edibiri (“The Bear”) as Envy, or Paul Walter Houser (‘I, Tonya,’ ‘Richard Jewell’) as Embarrassment.

Pixar has been one of the premiere names in animation ever since the first "Toy Story" released in 1995, changing the game forever. Disney's beloved animation company was also one of the true Hollywood box office titans, with pretty much everything Pixar touched turning to gold, though "The Good Dinosaur" serves as a rare exception to the rule. Unfortunately, the pandemic changed all of that, and Pixar has had a rough time recovering, with "Lightyear" bombing badly after several of the studio's originals went straight to Disney+. "Inside Out 2" aims to change the narrative next weekend and bring the studio back to its dominant place at the top of the box office charts.

Director Kelsey Mann's sequel is currently eyeing an opening weekend in the $75 to $94 million range, per Box Office Theory. Even on the low end, that would be an exceptional start for the film. Nine years ago,...

Life’s a (permanent) beach for Pedro Pascal in a new Corona commercial titled “La Vida Más Fina (The Finest Life),” a play on the beer’s tagline “La Cerveza Más Fina.”

“I, Tonya” filmmaker Craig Gillespie directs the outrageous short film that captures Pascal wandering through bars, restaurants, and town centers as sand, flora, and fauna beckon him back to the beach. It’s very much a fantasy sequence considering the busy actor has no actual time to vacation.

Pascal will appear in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” and soon make his Marvel debut in the new “Fantastic Four.” Plus, he’s back for “The Last of Us” Season 2 — find a first look here. Oh, and did we mention that Pascal also is teaming up with Dakota Johnson for Celine Song’s romance drama “Materialists”?

He’s cheers-ing to that one. Pascal told GQ that...

Of all the various actors who've made their mark on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sebastian Stan might be the one who's chosen the most interesting career path upon stepping outside of the superhero limelight. Stan hasn't exactly shied away from some of the more challenging and, occasionally, downright controversial roles out there, arguably beginning this little streak of sorts with director Craig Gillespie's "I, Tonya" in 2017. He followed this up with a supporting turn in Karyn Kusama's brutal "Destroyer," the bizarre horror/comedy "Fresh" (let's just say that movie packs a bite), and, of course, his Emmy-nominated performance as Tommy Lee in "Pam & Tommy," the Pamela Anderson-centric Hulu miniseries that stirred up no headlines whatsoever.

Not content to rest on his laurels, Stan promptly went and attached himself to a role that likely gave his agent no shortage of heart palpitations: a movie about Donald Trump's rise to infamy.

Following reports that James Gunn is eyeing the Emmy-nominated filmmaker Craig Gillespie for one of the highly anticipated films in the new DC Universe, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, recent updates have confirmed Gillespie’s official signing onto the project. Additionally, the studio has also announced a release date for the film, starring Milly Alcock in the titular role.

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow | Credit: DC

However, despite the filmmaker having a track record of significant female-led hits, some of the fans have raised concern over a male filmmaker leading the project, arguing that a female director would have potentially been more suitable to bring Kara Zor-el’s adventures to life on screen.

James Gunn’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Gets Exciting Updates

DC Studios has recently shared some exciting updates regarding Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, from its release date to its director and filming schedule. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Craig...

Warner Bros. Discovery and DC Films may currently be in production on the first of the studio’s rebooted and reimagined superhero franchise pictures, but that doesn’t mean executives can’t make announcements about the second one.

“Supergirl: World of Tomorrow” will hit theaters (and IMAX) on June 26, 2026, as per reports. Milly Alcock, the 24-year-old Australian actress, will play Supergirl, also known as Kara Zor-El, also known as Kara Danvers, the cousin of Kal-El, the Last Son of Krypton, also known as Kal-El, also known as Clark Kent, also known as Superman. Kara Zor-El, by the way, should not be confused with Kara Zor-l, also known as Karen Starr, also known as Power Girl, who is also Superman’s cousin, but, like, from a different universe. It’s complicated. Alcock is best known for the part of Young Rhaenyra Targaryen in “House of the Dragon.”

The film, directed by...

The rising superstar and highly demanded actress Sydney Sweeney, coming off the hit HBO series Euphoria and popular rom-com Anyone But You, is shifting gears as she prepares to appear in a new biopic. Playing the role of trailblazing boxer Christy Martin in David Michôd-helmed untitled project, Sweeney aims to conquer Hollywood.

Sydney Sweeney as Cassie Howard in Euphoria

Meanwhile, her constant change in cinematic genre seemingly hints at her aim to break her “eye-candy” typecast. After the report of Sydney Sweeney’s next project hit social media, fans seemed to point out how the actress is having a career trajectory like Margot Robbie, where she is deliberately pushing to break out of her Hollywood typecast.

Sydney Sweeney Prepares to Play a Boxer in Upcoming Biopic

Rising to fame with her role as Cassie Howard in HBO’s hit series Euphoria, alongside Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney ventured into mainstream Hollywood...