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Kamaru Usman is going from passionate Black Panther fan to acting in one of the blockbuster franchise’s films — ’cause the UFC welterweight champ has landed a role in “Wakanda Forever!!!” 35-year-old Usman is a huge fan of the comic book superhero … and dating back to 2018, has shown interest in being a part

Lena Dunham is back. Sharp Stick — the writer-director-actor’s follow-up to the HBO series Girls and her first film since Tiny Furniture (2010) – opens in LA at Landmark’s renovated single-screen NuArt Theatre and at the Quad Cinema in NYC. It expands to 40-50 screens next weekend, heading to about 100 thereafter — a mix

After nearly two years of dating, Sharna Burgess of Dancing with the Stars fame and actor Brian Austin Green welcomed their first child together on June 28. It’s a boy, which technically makes for a fifth son for Green, who already shares three young children with ex-wife Megan Fox, and a 19-year-old with his former

Play video content Will Smith has spoken out on camera for the first time over slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, and he clearly feels a lot of shame and remorse. Smith posted his mea culpa on Facebook, answering questions from fans about the moment that shocked millions of people. Smith says he didn’t go

3rd Update, Sunday AM: Nope, despite its B CinemaScore and 79% PostTrak, did not exactly fall apart between Friday and Saturday. If you back out those $6.4M previews out of Friday’s $19.59M, that means the Jordan Peele pic’s first day was $13.19M, and with Saturday at $13.95M, that’s a 6% rise. All of this results in a

For the talk show hosts who get to interview celebrities on a daily basis about their latest projects, some of the best parts of the job must be finding out the little Easter eggs or behind-the-scenes factoids you don’t get from just watching the movie. It’s even more fun if the host is a fan

Well this sucks … the world’s funniest vacation is over, but good pals Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Sean Hayes are all looking like they had a blast on their island getaway. The A-list group returned to L.A. Wednesday from the Bahamas … everyone got in their goodbye hugs after getting off their

Families weren’t scared to return to the box office during the pandemic and have shelled out $300.9M to date on Illumination Entertainment and Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, making it the first animated movie to cross the three century mark stateside during Covid, and since Frozen 2 opened back in November 2019. Rise of Gru, through 25

I think it’s safe to say that after Chris Rock’s joke at this year’s Academy Awards, just about everyone and their mother is familiar with G.I. Jane. But it’s possible that not many have actually seen the 1997 film, in which Demi Moore famously played a Navy SEAL who sports a shaved head. It was

Play video content BACKGRID Jamie Foxx really knows how to bring down the house, even when he’s on a break from show biz … because he got an Italian restaurant to join him in a rowdy singalong. The Oscar and Grammy (that’s key here) winner was enjoying a night out with friends in Capri when

Broadway box office held steady last week, with most productions keeping pace, for better or worse, with their recent trends. In all, the 25 shows took in a total $29,531,601 for the week ending July 24, up about 2% from the previous week. Total attendance was 224,884, not much difference from the previous week. Some

Top Gun: Maverick is the definition of a summer blockbuster. While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the amount of moviegoers going to their beloved cinemas, clearly a lot of people can’t help but want to see this long-awaited sequel on the big screen. Here are recent figures that prove that Top Gun: Maverick can’t and

Comedian and actress Hana Mae Lee was 23 years old when she was cast as Lilly Onakuramara — the beatboxing Bella who barely speaks in her college acapella group — in the 2012 rom-com ‘Pitch Perfect.’ Hana shared the Pitch Perfect trilogy stage with fellow Barden Bellas Anna Kendrick as the rebellious and talented Bella,

UPDATE, writethru: Hollywood movies had another solid holdover session at the international box office this weekend, with slight drops essentially across the board — and some new or near milestones as audiences continue to flock to cinemas for varied fare (it helps that the mercury mercifully let up in certain areas). There were no new

Actor Simon Pegg and filmmaker J.J. Abrams go way back, with the latter having recruited the former onto Mission: Impossible III to play Benji Dunn, a role Pegg continues to play. Abrams also cast Pegg to play Scotty in 2009’s Star Trek, and these two worked together again within this sci-fi franchise on 2013’s Star

Ben Affleck seems to be getting super emotional during his honeymoon with Jennifer Lopez — but it’s still all love between them. The couple enjoyed a romantic sit-down Sunday in Paris … they’d stopped off for dinner at a place called La Girafe in front of the Eiffel —  on Jen’s 53rd birthday, no less.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris grossed $1.35 million in its second week with a mix of arthouse and commercial theaters among top 10 locations and a nice hold from its opening weekend (-31%). Cume to date is $4.65 million for the film starring Leslie Manville as a British housekeeper who dreams of owning a Christian

Daniel Radcliffe recently celebrated his 33rd trip around the sun, and it’s a little jarring when you think of how far we have come from his days of flying around on a broomstick as Harry Potter. “The Boy Who Lived” might be the one turning another year older, but it sounds like if anybody’s feeling

Play video content TMZSports.com Mark Wahlberg is still pulling for his guy, Baker Mayfield … telling TMZ Sports the new Carolina Panthers quarterback has a “bright future ahead of him” — even if it’s not in Foxborough. Remember, Wahlberg previously told us TWICE he saw #6 as Tom Brady‘s successor with the New England Patriots

Those Marvel fans who’d been missing an in-person Comic-Con for the last three years got spoiled Saturday. Not only did Kevin Feige tubthump the MCU’s Phase 4, and define its Phase 5, during the studio’s big Hall H presentation, but went so far to reveal that Phase 6 would kick off with the reboot of

Darkness is usually the best backdrop for a horror movie, as one doesn’t know what’s lurking in the corners they can’t see. When it comes to the new movie release Nope, that statement still applies to parts of the narrative but, according to star Daniel Kaluuya, writer, director and producer Jordan Peele has done something

Legendary actor James Caan died from a combination of serious heart problems … according to his death certificate. The document, obtained by TMZ, says James died from a heart attack and coronary artery disease — the most common heart disease in the U.S. The certificate says James also suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, also

The last time Deadpool director Tim Miller was here at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, he was promoting his R-rated revival of the Terminator series, Terminator: Dark Fate.  There was a lot of hope around the film, and Miller was set to right the wrongs of previous installments. Per James Cameron’s suggestion, he returned the sequel to a hardcore rating.

Starring in multiple movies has forged a friendship between Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson over the years. They’ve gotten to know each other personally from their family lives to business moves. So, their Hollywood BFF status was going to be evaluated eventually. In proving the off-camera friendship,  Hart got quizzed on how well he knows

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez certainly aren’t slowing down on their PDA, especially after tying the knot … and their kids got a front-row seat to the love fest. Ben and Jen grubbed at Le Matignon Thursday with 13-year-old Seraphina, 16-year-old Violet, and 14-year-old Emme as the combined families spent some time in Paris. The

A24’s highest grossing movie ever, the martial arts fantasy Everything Everywhere All at Once, is going wide again in cinemas on July 29. The latest cut from Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, which took off like a rocket ship from its SXSW world premiere, will include a new introduction from the filmmakers and eight minutes of

Top Gun: Maverick is a massive hit of a movie that shows that when people spent decades asking for a Top Gun sequel, they weren’t messing around. The movie has made over $1 billion at the box office, made Tom Cruise the biggest movie star in the world again, and seen Miles Teller go viral.

Quidditch is making a switch — the real-life sport inspired by the Harry Potter series has changed its name to Quadball … in an effort to distance itself from author J.K. Rowling‘s “anti-trans positions.” Months after Major League Quidditch and U.S. Quidditch announced their plans to rebrand … the move was made official in a

The A Quiet Place spinoff being directed by Michael Sarnoski now has a title and firm release date. Paramount Pictures has set A Quiet Place: Day One to hit theaters March 8, 2024. No cast has been announced yet for the pic, which is based on an original idea by John Krasinski. The Platinum Dunes/Sunday Night Production

Daniel Craig is officially done as James Bond, and that means that at some point the world will need a new James Bond at the movies. In recent years there has been an increased call to diversify the character, by potentially casting a person of color as the next Bond, or possibly a woman. Many