She liked what she was having. Meg Ryan honored former co-star Billy Crystal Sunday during the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors — by roasting him over their infamous “When Harry Met Sally…” orgasm scene. “The scene came really natural to me and I really have Billy to thank for that,” Ryan, 62, told the crowd, per … Read more
Florence Pugh was left shocked as she was hit in the face by an object thrown from the crowd during a “Dune: Part Two” panel at Comic-Con in São Paolo, Brazil, on Sunday. The incident took place when Pugh, 27, stood alongside her co-stars Timothée Chalamat, Austin Butler, Zendaya and more as they posed for … Read more
She’s the Queen Bey of the box office. “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” reigned supreme on its first night in theaters Friday, raking in $11.5 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The documentary concert film written, directed and produced by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, is expected to enjoy as much as a $24-million-dollar opening, according to Deadline. Variety … Read more
Lights, camera, feuds! Just because A-List actors are cast in a film together doesn’t always mean they’ll get along. Whether it’s an actor’s method of preparation or questionable commitment to a role, there’s a plethora of reasons co-stars could butt heads. In some instances, these experiences can be so bad that it means they’ll never … Read more
Bob Iger has no lost love for “The Marvels.” The Disney CEO spoke Thursday at the New York Times DealBook Summit, where he explained the disastrous performance of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest film. Iger, who returned to the top job at Disney in November 2022, partly blamed the debacle on a lack of “supervision.” … Read more
Hi, I’m Todd Haynes, and I’m the director of ‘May December.’ [DOOR OPENS & CLOSES]: “Now, this is silly.” “This is actually very serious business.” “If you say so.” So in this scene, Natalie Portman, who is playing an actor, Elizabeth Berry, who’s planning to portray the character that Julianne Moore plays, Gracie Atherton-Yoo, in … Read more
Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of December’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our Watching newsletter here.) New to Amazon Prime Video ‘Candy Cane Lane’Starts … Read more
Alissa Wilkinson Where Evil Lies This was the year of evil at the movies: gut-wrenching, bone-chilling, ordinary evil. It didn’t wear villainous capes, nor did it often arrive in the expected horror movie package. That’s why it was so terrifying. The movies this year posited that evil’s opposite isn’t goodness; it’s reality. Evil was something … Read more
He doesn’t love it, actually. Writer/director Richard Curtis admitted Wednesday that he now finds the “stalker scene” in his 2003 holiday romantic comedy, “Love Actually,” to be “a bit weird.” The iconic scene, which comes during the film’s climax, features the character Mark (played by Andrew Lincoln) arriving at the home of his best friend, … Read more
This is not fake news. Sebastian Stan had been cast as a younger Donald Trump in the upcoming film “The Apprentice” by Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi, Deadline reports. “‘The Apprentice’ is an exploration of power and ambition set in a world of corruption and deceit,” the film’s description reads. “It’s a mentor-protégé story that charts the … Read more
‘Gladiator’ (Dec. 31) Stream it here. Winner of Academy Awards for best picture and best actor (Russell Crowe), Ridley Scott’s action extravaganza from 2000 brought back the sword-and-sandal epic, one of the standbys of late ’50s and early ’60s cinema (particularly out of Italy), but with a modern sensibility and a comparatively gargantuan budget. Crowe … Read more
More like XXXmas. Jana Kramer’s upcoming Lifetime movie, “A Cowboy Christmas Romance,” is the network’s first Christmas movie with a sex scene. The “One Tree Hill” alum, who was pregnant with her and fiancé Allan Russell’s son Roman during filming, spoke about the milestone Monday on her “Whine Down” podcast. “It’s the first [Lifetime] Christmas movie … Read more
Somebody said Willem Dafoe’s name three times. In an interview, the “Shadow of the Vampire” actor revealed new details about his upcoming appearance in “Beetlejuice 2,” the long-awaited sequel to 1988’s “Beetlejuice.” “I haven’t seen any footage yet, but it was fun to do,” Dafoe, 68, told Variety of the movie, which wrapped production in … Read more
Bradley Cooper isn’t ruling out returning to comedy. In Friday’s episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Cooper, 48, was asked if he was putting his comedic past behind him to take more dramatic roles, as he’s getting Oscar buzz for his latest movie, “Maestro.” “Are you done with fun?” host David Remnick asked. “In … Read more
Nicolas Cage is in his dad era. The actor, who turns 60 on January 7, opened up about his priorities once he kicks off a new decade. “60 is coming up. I’d like to read a book a week, I wanna spend more time with my daughter,” he told Entertainment Tonight in a recent interview. … Read more
John Travolta’s latest work in “The Shepherd” brought him back to a near-fatal experience he had while piloting a plane with his entire family on board. The “Grease” actor, 69, recalled the moment while promoting his latest short at a London screening. The project, based on the 1975 novella by Frederick Forsyth, tells the story … Read more
Turns out, there may only be one “Barbie.” Margot Robbie, 33, doesn’t think there will be a sequel to the massive summer hit “Barbie.” “I think we put everything into this one,” Robbie recently told the Associated Press when asked about a potential follow-up. “We didn’t build it to be a trilogy or something.” “It … Read more
Filmmakers of the high-speed “Fast & Furious” franchise were ordered Friday to pay a $1 million fine after a stuntman broke his skull while filming the ninth installment. Joe Watts reported falling 25 feet head-first onto the concrete ground during a staged fight scene while filming “F9: The Fast Saga” in July 2019 at Warner … Read more
“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” stayed at No. 1 at the box office on Black Friday, retaining the top spot in its second week on the screens. The dystopian action film took in $11.4 million on a relatively slow night at the movies, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. Ridley Scott’s … Read more
Ghostface’s go-to creepy phone question is, “Do you like scary movies?” Increasingly our reply to Wes Craven’s masked serial killer is, “Yes! Unless, of course, it’s another ‘Scream’ sequel.” Oh, how tedious this once delectable film series has become. What started in 1996 as a clever and frightening send-up of the horror genre with appealing … Read more