Holiday Movies
Winter Storm Hercules: This Is Why We Can’t Have Year-Round Blockbuster Movies
Winter storm Hercules isn’t just pummeling the East Coast — it’s also sending a chill through the box office. “It’s never a good thing, especially when a storm hits a major area like New York,” BoxOffice.com Editor-in-Chief Phil Contrino said.
The Wrap15 Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2014
We can't wait for what looks like an excellent and intriguing film slate for 2014. So much to see! But not only will we be discovering new characters and galaxies and such, we'll also be discovering a whole new a slew of potential movie stars, from Hollywood royalty (Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, Wyatt…
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AdChoices LendingTreeSponsoredCritic’s Pick: 'August: Osage County'
Nothing makes you feel better about your own dysfunctional family at the holidays than watching a messed-up clan unravel on screen – only armed with better zingers and prettier faces. That describes "August: Osage County," the WGA-nominated adaptation of Tracy Letts' award-winning play about an…
Yahoo MoviesWGA Nominations: Oscar and the Eligibility Factor (Analysis)
Writers Guild of America's just-announced nominees have reason for optimism in terms of the upcoming Academy Awards, but they come with a load of footnotes and caveats.
Variety‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Drops Most Movie F-Bombs… Ever
It remains to be seen whether Martin Scorsese's latest epic will take home any Oscars, but it has already earned one honor: "Wolf of Wall Street" has set the record for the most F-bombs in a single movie. So, how many times does "Wolf" drop the F-word? According to Wikipedia tabulation: 506 times,…
Yahoo MoviesDeadline Awards Watch Podcast 57 – Talking With Bradley Cooper And Cate Blanchett
In this special holiday edition of our Deadline Awards Watch podcast, Awards Columnist Pete Hammond talks with Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett. Pete’s interview with Cooper, recorded early in the year, touches on Cooper’s work in The Place Beyond The Pines. Cooper also shares thoughts on doing…
Deadline.com'American Hustle,' 'Wolf of Wall Street' win Writers Guild nods
Screenplays for two films depicting graft and greed in America - "American Hustle" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" - were among the nominees on Friday for the Writers Guild Awards, a prognosticator for the film industry's top prizes, the Oscars. The film from British director Steve McQueen is…
ReutersDisney film 'Iron Man 3' hottest ticket of 2013: Rentrak
(Reuters) - Walt Disney's film "Iron Man 3" was the hottest film of 2013, with ticket sales of $409 million in the North American market, one of four Disney films among the year's top-selling movies, according to Rentrak. "Iron Man 3," which stars Robert Downey Jr. as industrialist Tony Stark and…
Reuters'Blue Jasmine,' 'Nebraska' gain Writers Guild bids
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Blue Jasmine," ''Nebraska" and "American Hustle" have been nominated for Writers Guild honors, continuing their imprint on Hollywood's awards season.
Associated PressJay Mohr Says Alyssa Milano Weight Jab Was a Joke: "She's Stunning"
Jay Mohr revealed that his weight jab toward Alyssa Milano was a joke; "I mistakenly thought the absurdity of what I was saying would have been taken as a joke," he tweeted Thursday, Jan. 2
Us WeeklyTwo Broadway Publicists Hang Out Shingles as Hartman Group Closes
A pair of Broadway press agents at PR firm the Hartman Group, long one of the two big dogs in the small world of Broadway praiseries, are striking out on their own as the Hartman Group closes up shop this week. Leslie Baden Papa has hung out the new shingle Vivacity Media Group while former... Read…
VarietyActress Jennifer Hudson buys assistant a house for Christmas
(Reuters) - The gift of a house brought a whole new meaning to the song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" for actress and singer Jennifer Hudson's long-time friend and assistant, Walter Williams. A video posted on the Oscar-winning star's Instagram account on Tuesday, showed Williams screaming with joy…
ReutersDreamWorks Animation to Release Its Own Tablet: The DreamTab
DreamWorks Animation has partnered with Fuhu, Inc. to create the DreamTab, a new tablet designed just for kids that will feature educational activities and games based on DreamWorks Animation films, the companies said Friday. For DreamWorks Animation, this marks the continued extension of its…
The WrapAfter cancer diagnosis, Broadway star fights back
NEW YORK (AP) — Valisia LeKae has a New Year's resolution that has nothing to do with weight loss, money or watching less TV.
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AdChoices InstaflexSponsored‘Philomena’ Box Office Surprise: Heading to $45M Worldwide; Could It Be This Year’s Oscar Sleeper?
Philomena is heading to become one of the most successful independent films winding into awards season this year, and having compiled the box office for four weeks now, I have watched this film — based on true events and starring Judi Dench — steadily climb both domestically and internationally.…
Deadline.comBlackBerry Sues Ryan Seacrest’s Smartphone Keyboard Startup
BlackBerry, the struggling mobile device maker, filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Typo Products, the startup co-founded by Ryan Seacrest that has developed a smartphone keyboard attachment. Typo Products reps did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “This is a blatant…
Variety‘Paranormal Activity’ Opens To $1.2M Thursday For Paramount; ‘Hunger Games’ Catches its $400M
The only new box office offering this weekend, horror film Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones opened decently on Thursday night for $1.2M in 1,600 theaters. Paramount estimates show the picture on track to a midteen-millions 3-day weekend, though bad weather in the Northeast is impacting box…
Deadline.com‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ Scares Up $1.2 Million at Late Night Box Office
“Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones” braved a snowstorm that blanketed the East Coast to scare up $1.2 million in late night screenings on Thursday, according to studio estimates. It debuted across 1,600 locations. Paramount Pictures, which is fielding the $5 million film, noted that those…
The WrapBBC Launches ‘The Voice UK’ App for Season Three
LONDON — The BBC has launched a new app to accompany the third season of “The Voice UK,” which debuts Jan. 11, with Kylie Minogue and Ricky Wilson joining will.i.am and Tom Jones as coaches. The app, which replaces “The Voice Predictor” app from season two, features the “HomeCoach Game,” which puts…
VarietyDonnie Yen finds 'Monkey King' a test of endurance
HONG KONG (AP) — Donnie Yen found playing the Monkey King in the upcoming fantasy epic "The Monkey King" to be a test of endurance.
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