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The producers of the Tony-winning Come From Away said Wednesday that the long-running Broadway musical will play its final show in October at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It will end a run that will have lasted 1,670 performances and 25 previews after it first opened in February 2017. The news makes Come From Away the

Star Trek 4 has been shrouded in mystery since it was officially announced that Chris Pine and the Kelvin timeline gang are returning. It hasn’t been any better for the cast, as they are in the dark about the sequel. There have been few updates on the film, including what the story will be about

Ezra Miller is not only a bad influence, they’re a danger to the well-being of an 18-year-old woman … at least according to her parents, who are asking a court to step in and keep the actor away from her. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Tokata Iron Eyes met a then-23-year-old Miller

Broadway took a pre-Tony Awards early-summer dip at the box office last week, slipping 11% from the previous week to gross a total $29,555,352 for 31 productions. Attendance was off about 10% to 230,894. While most of the shows reported drops, the overall figure also reflects four fewer productions than the previous week’s roster, with Birthday

Top Gun: Maverick is an even bigger movie than most people thought it would be. The film is an absolute smash due to its incredible practical action sequences with fighter jets, and also due to its surprisingly emotional story, but I feel like there’s one thing about Top Gun: Maverick that not enough people are

Harvey Weinstein is blaming Chrysler for being relegated to a walker in recent years … going after the vehicle manufacturer for what he says was a shoddy braking system in a new lawsuit. The disgraced movie producer just filed suit against the car manufacturer, claiming that in August 2019 … he was involved in a

Refresh for latest…: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick, as projected yesterday, has flown past $500M worldwide, with $548.6M through its first two frames. The offshore weekend is estimated at $81.7M, an incredible hold of -20%, to lift the international box office cume to $257M in 64 markets. This does not include big Tom Cruise hub Korea

After a little over a week in theaters, Top Gun: Maverick has cemented itself as one of 2022’s biggest theatrical successes. Having made over $548 million worldwide at the time of this writing, the Tom Cruise-led currently stands as the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year. However, in the midst of box office triumph and

Tom Cruise never would’ve been flying high in ‘Top Gun’ or its sequel if it wasn’t for a story that the films are based on, the rights to which have lapsed … this per a new lawsuit. Die-hard fans might already be aware of this — but the original ‘Top Gun’ from ’86 is based

Chloe Okuno’s feature debut Watcher recorded the biggest opening weekend grosses ever for IFC Films and its IFC Midnight/Shudder label on 764 U.S. screens — also one of the distributor’s widest ever releases. The genre thriller that world premiered at Sundance then SXSW reported an estimated weekend gross of $815,000 and a PSA of $1,067.

Things certainly are moving forward for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on their second go-round at romance. The Way Back actor got down on one knee while his love was mid-bubble bath and put a ring on it just one year after the couple reunited (and 20 years after he proposed the first time). A

Johnny Depp was in Beatles territory Saturday night — both in geography and reception — as fans mobbed him in Manchester following his latest concert. Johnny performed again with Jeff Beck at the Manchester 02 Apollo. Of course, fans inside went wild, cheering their approval over his stunning courtroom victory against Amber Heard. Outside the

Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has grossed $185M at the international box office through Thursday. This puts it on course to cross $200M today in offshore play. Couple that with domestic’s equally supersonic performance and Maverick will reach $400M+ global in less than two full frames of play. On Thursday, Tom Cruise’s return to the cockpit

Kathy Griffin is taking low-blow shots at Johnny Depp — beyond believing Amber Heard … she thinks he’s far from the dream boat he once was, focusing on his looks. The comedian went on the offensive this week — shortly after the pro-Depp verdict came down in Virginia — during an appearance on “Just Ask

Moviegoers aren’t losing that loving feeling for Top Gun: Maverick this weekend as the movie is destined to become Tom Cruise’s top-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office with $273.6M. The 3x Oscar nominee’s previous high earning title was Steven Spielberg’s 2005 sci-fi title War of the Worlds at $234M. Top Gun 2 is expected to beat War of

Top Gun: Maverick has been playing in theaters for a week now, and its box office performance is already shining in several ways. In addition to overtaking Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End to have the most financially successful Memorial Day weekend opening, Tom Cruise’s return to the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has

Play video content SplashNews.com This should erase any doubts Johnny Depp‘s lawyer Camille Vasquez is now a legal rock star — after the big victory, she and her BF are getting selfie and interview requests just like the celebs she represents. Camille and her beau Edward Owen were heading to the airport Thursday from their

Universal/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion stormed into Mexico on Wednesday with $3M worth of previews. That’s the best opening preview performance in the rebooted franchise, overtaking 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by 53% and 2015’s Jurassic World by 81%. Both of the earlier films had sneaks on a holiday. As we noted yesterday, the Colin Trevorrow-directed Dominion is putting

If you thought that Hollywood had a busy year in 2021, you would certainly be correct, but, you should still hear about the dizzying amount of exciting new 2022 movies coming to theaters, or on streaming, or both. As per usual, there are plenty of upcoming Marvel movies to look forward to and even more

Play video content Instagram / @trainwithquan A fitness trainer tried to do his best LeBron James impression at the King’s “Hustle” movie premiere on Wednesday — attempting to throw down a sweet dunk — but he came up just short on the landing, and broke his tooth on the hoop’s stanchion! Quan Bailey was on

The Cinemark Movie Club has surpassed 1 million active members with more than 3,000 members per theater across its U.S. circuit. The nation’s third largest cinema chain, based in Plano, Texas, said Movie Club, launched in December of 2017, was the first North American exhibitor-developed paid monthly membership program and is the first to hit

Former actress Cameron Diaz has a whole new lease on herself and her new life away from the cameras. Ever since her retirement from acting in 2018, she’s been promoting her new wine brand and being a loving mother to her daughter. Having been known as a sex symbol in Hollywood, Cameron Diaz opened up

Johnny Depp has a new lease on life after being awarded more than $10 million in his defamation case against Amber Heard … telling the world he’s “truly humbled” by the jury’s decision. In a lengthy statement following his win Wednesday, Depp says, “Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives

AMC Theatres announced its first newly-built theater of 2022 – the AMC Dine-In Topanga 12 in Canoga Park — will open June 2 as the pandemic-rattled exhibition business reshuffles. The launch will follow by a day the close of operations at nearby AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills as the exhibitors continue to fine tune

Billie Eilish has had a very public past year, between touring her Happier Than Ever record, having her original James Bond theme play in No Time To Die and then winning an Oscar for it, writing Turning Red’s boy band jams and headlining Coachella. With her professional life propelling her even higher into stardom, she

We’re officially one full day into deliberations for Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard, and so far — the jury has already asked for clarification on one issue … and it has to do with Amber. The jury came back wanting some guidance on how to handle Johnny’s defamation claims.  You’ll recall he’s suing over three

The bomber jacket of Top Gun‘s Maverick is looking a bit more familiar in international trailers these days, according to a report in Fortune. Two flag patches on the back of the jacket – representing Taiwan and Japan – appear to have been returned to their original spots. The flags were missing, or obscured, in

Arnold Schwarzenegger was basically the picture of fitness in the ‘80s and ‘90s – OK, he still kind of is. The action hero has seemingly passed down his love for lifting and staying fit to his youngest son Joseph Baena, as the weight lifter and actor recently shared a shirtless video of himself doing some

Bo Hopkins — famous from “American Graffiti” and other ’70s cult classic films — has died. His wife, Sian, shared the sad news with THR Saturday … saying BH had passed away a few weeks ago at a hospital in Van Nuys, CA after suffering a heart attack. Hopkins had some legendary roles throughout his

Two premiere screenings of rock documentary Freakscene: The Story Of Dinosaur JR grossed over $19K this weekend with a single Saturday show at iconic music venue The Opera House in Williamsburg, Brooklyn taking in north of $17K. Independent distributor Utopia worked with Murmrr, which produces live music events, and art shingle Mondo, which created a