The scariest part of “Scream VI” isn’t some gory slashing, or a breathy anonymous phone call — it’s when a normal guy taps a woman’s shoulder on a New York City subway platform. Who cares if it’s Ghostface or not? Is this lunatic gonna push her onto the tracks? It’s a fleeting, ripped-from-the-headlines thrill in what’s … Read more
The Oscars 2023 team is prepared for a crisis after last year’s slap left viewers dumbfounded. The show’s creative team revealed in a press conference Wednesday what people can expect at the awards show — including how they’re going to address last year’s incident. Last year, Will Smith, 54, slapped 94th Academy Awards presenter Chris … Read more
Life imitates art — and not always for the better. “Creed III” is spawning fights in the audiences during screenings in France and Germany, and some fear that viral footage of the fights could be part of a dangerous new social media challenge. Brawls have erupted during a number of showings of the film starring … Read more
Julia Roberts was the original contender to play Viola de Lesseps in 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love” before Gwyneth Paltrow scored the role. Producer Edward Zwick has now revealed what led Oscar winner Roberts, 55, to exit the project. She was, apparently, “the problem.” “The mere possibility of having the ‘Pretty Woman’ wearing a corseted gown got … Read more
Rochelle Berman’s “monster” quest for justice veered too close to home. The former radio and television host secretly recorded countless hours of conversations with ex-Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle in an effort to prove he was a child predator. “Will you let me see your kids naked?” Fogle shockingly asked Herman, a mother of a then-10-year-old … Read more
He wasn’t one of “The Gentlemen” on the set of his new movie. Hugh Grant confessed to “having a couple of tantrums” while filming “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” in Northern Ireland in 2021. “I lost my temper with a woman in my eyeline on day one. I assumed she was some executive from … Read more
Growing up in Philadelphia in the ’70s, Rocky was royalty. I don’t remember the first time I heard his name, the first time I saw the original “Rocky” or the first time I heard those “Gonna Fly Now” horns. Rocky Balboa was as Philly as cheesesteaks, soft pretzels and the Liberty Bell. He always just … Read more
“Rocky” is one of the only decades-old film franchises out there to which I say: Keep making more, please. The pulse-pounding “Creed III” is the ninth movie in the series. And although there is nary a mention of Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa in this one, the indomitable spirit, grit and heart that made the 1976 … Read more
When a mysterious, $10 billion object is stolen at the start of “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre” and the British government wants it back, an intelligence chief says, “I need a creative cunning and unconventional vision to retrieve this kind of mercurial threat.” Creative cunning and unconventional vision has, in the past, been what director … Read more
Film buffs are sure to give a damn about this revelatory piece of movie memorabilia. An unearthed shooting script for “Gone With The Wind” has exposed how a “war” over the depiction of slavery rocked the production of the beloved but controversial 1939 flick. The big-budget blockbuster — set against the backdrop of the Civil War and Reconstruction — … Read more
Never-land in a million years. Jude Law stars as the villainous Captain Hook in Disney’s upcoming “Peter Pan & Wendy,” and some fans who’ve already caught a glimpse are wondering — is that really him? And if so, why? A teaser for the “Peter Pan” remake — which drops on streamer Disney+ Apr. 28 — shows the … Read more
Having just won for best lead actor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday, Oscar hopeful Brendan Fraser may be living his best life right now. But the 54-year-old star of “The Whale” almost didn’t survive filming his 1999 hit “The Mummy.” In fact, on Tuesday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Fraser revealed that … Read more
A new horror film has terrified people so much that viewers are claiming that they have been left with nightmares and had to walk out of the theater to vomit. One theater-goer even claimed his Apple watch alerted him about his heart rate — twice. “The Outwaters” was released on February 9 and has since … Read more
Harvey Weinstein recruited old friend Bill Clinton to help him with his Oscar campaigns, a new bombshell book has claimed. Michael Schulman’s “Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears” used sourcing from a former Miramax employee to dive deep into the disgraced producer’s Academy Award exploits. The anonymous staffer revealed that … Read more
“Everything” won everything. Two important Oscar bellwethers went down this weekend in Hollywood — the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Producers Guild Awards. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” the trippy and moving arthouse film that was a big theatrical hit last summer, won the top prizes at both, all but guaranteeing that it will … Read more
Transforming into Elvis Presley landed Austin Butler in the hospital. “Elvis” star Butler, 31, said that playing the King of Rock ‘n Roll was “the greatest ride of my life” — but it all caught up with him at the end. “I didn’t get sick the entire time I filmed, but the day that I finished, … Read more
SOS at the SAGs. Hundreds of guests were supposedly left stranded outside the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel in Los Angeles Sunday evening as the show kicked off. Bill Murray, Claire Foy and Rooney Mara were amongst the star-studded crowd left waiting for the green light to enter the venue … Read more
“Cocaine Bear” snorted its way to the top of the box office on Friday. On its opening night, it raked in $8.65 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The comedy, which is directed by Elizabeth Banks, whom The Post said, “keeps the powder gags fresh throughout,” is loosely based on a true story of … Read more
When Bilbo Baggins wrote about his unexpected journey to the Misty Mountains, he titled it “There and Back Again, A Hobbit’s Tale.” Little did we, the audience, know that we too would come back to “The Lord of the Rings” again, and again, and again, and again. And now — ugh — again! During a … Read more
Twenty years later, Warner Bros. is going back to Middle-Earth. Warner Bros. Discovery is developing a new series of “Lord of the Rings” films, CEO David Zaslav announced on an earnings call Thursday. “Multiple” films based on the iconic J. R. R. Tolkien books will be spearheaded by newly-installed studio leaders Mike De Luca and … Read more