“Emancipation” director Antoine Fuqua came to the defense of his upcoming Apple TV+ movie starring Will Smith after the infamous slap incident at the Oscars earlier this year. The new drama, in which he stars as an enslaved man on the run from a Louisiana plantation, is Smith’s first role post-smack controversy. Fuqua, 56, told … Read more
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” has been released worldwide, with Kuwait audiences seeing a slightly different film, according to a new report. The Gulf country is known to be strict about intimacy scenes — even with heterosexual characters. T’Challa and Nakia’s kiss in the original movie was axed. Now a 10-second moment in the sequel — … Read more
This season of “The Crown” will be more dramatic than ever. Netflix’s award-winning drama chronicling the life of Queen Elizabeth and the rest of the royal family throughout her reign is back for Season 5 after a two-year hiatus. Creator Peter Morgan’s latest episodes will premiere on the streaming service this week, and fans are … Read more
Non-stick pots could be releasing millions of tiny plastic particles as users are cooking or washing. In a new study, Australian researchers said that just one surface crack on a Teflon-coated pan could release around 9,100 plastic particles. At a micro-scale, Raman imaging and algorithmic modeling have identified that broken coating may lead to the release … Read more
In another blow to the monarchy, Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir has received a Jan. 10 release date. Harry has promised the bombshell account of his life, from Penguin Random House, will be told “not as the prince I was born, but as the man I have become.” The announcement comes mere weeks after publishing was … Read more
Animal advocates are fighting to see the “world’s saddest gorilla” freed from captivity. Authorities in Thailand have failed to free an aging gorilla that has been kept in a zoo atop a high-rise mall for 33 years, as the owner is refusing to sell the animal for less than $780,000. Bua Noi, whose name means … Read more
The Dune sequel will be eating the release date of a recently vacated Marvel movie and will arrive a few weeks earlier. It was announced earlier today that Marvel will pause Blade as it searches for a new director, removing the vampire movie from its November 2023 release date. Now, Dune Part Two will be … Read more
Netflix revealed the release date of the much anticipated third season of Emily In Paris on Saturday. The streaming service delighted fans with a sneak peak of the upcoming series in which they announced its release for December 21. In the clip, the main protagonist Emily, played by Lily Collins, can be seen as she ponders a … Read more
Woody AllenPhoto: Ander Gillenea (AFP via Getty Images) Leaving behind a legacy of sexual abuse allegations and a handful of great movies that, well, people don’t feel enthusiastic about watching anymore, Woody Allen is retiring from filmmaking. Investors will have to find a new 80-year-old director who keeps making the same movies about old creeps … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Keeping in line with Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s business belief that movies are destined for theatrical, not streaming, the originally conceived Steven Soderbergh directed HBO Max threequel Magic Mike’s Last Dance is heading to theaters on Feb. 10, 2023 – Super Bowl weekend. Warner Bros. already had the date set aside on the … Read more
Disney has removed “Rogue Squadron,” the “Star Wars” film from director Patty Jenkins, from its release calendar. The move comes as little surprise since the tentpole, which was scheduled for Dec. 22, 2023, was taken off the studio’s production schedule in 2021. The announcement is more-or-less pro forma, as the window for “Rogue Squadron” to start filming … Read more