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New Year’s State Of The Oscar Race: Is It Already Over, Or NOT? – Notes On The Season
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit.
At a holiday party Saturday night celebrating the birthdays of Roadside Attractions co-president Eric d’Arbeloff, who turned 60, and his son Lucas, who turned 21, I had a number of…
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Perry Bamonte Dies: Longtime Guitarist For The Cure Was 65
Perry Bemonte, the longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential UK band The Cure, died over the Christmas holiday, the band confirmed on its official website Friday. He was 65.
In a statement, the band wrote that Bemonte passed away after a short illness at his home. No other details were…
Former ‘South Park’ Writer Bought Trump-Kennedy Center URLs In Anticipation Of Venue Renaming
Toby Morton, a comedian and former writer for South Park and Mad TV, saw the writing on the wall, as it were. Last August, months before President Donald Trump began floating the idea of renaming The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in his own honor, Morton made a couple prescient…
‘Madden’ Teaser Trailer: Boom! Nicolas Cage Transforms In David O. Russell’s Biopic
Amazon’s Prime Video used its Christmas evening game Thursday between the Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs to pop a teaser trailer for Madden, David O. Russell’s biopic of sorts of Hall of Fame football coach, TV analyst and video game brand icon John Madden.
The streamer plans a Thanksgiving…
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Film Limbo: 18 High-Profile Movies That Were Shot But Haven’t Seen The Light Of Day
Getting a film through production, post and released is no small feat. Multiple high-profile films remain stuck in limbo. We even broke news about one of them this year. That got us thinking about buzzy projects down the years that were made but still haven't seen the light of day.
Check out our…
Mickey Lee Dies: ‘Big Brother’ Contestant Was 35
Mickey Lee, a contestant on CBS’ Big Brother last summer, died last night following a series of cardiac arrests in recent days. She was 35.
Lee’s death was announced by her family on her Instagram page today.
"With profound sadness,” the post reads, “the family of Mickey Lee announces her…
‘The Wire’ Star Tray Chaney And Son Malachi Producing Doc About Tornado That Destroyed Their Home
EXCLUSIVE: The Wire‘s Tray Chaney and his son Malachi are producing Reborn By the Storm, an indie documentary about the tornado that destroyed their Georgia family home.
The Chaneys are executive producing the film, which documents the aftermath of the EF-2 tornado in May that ripped their home apart…
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View All What We're WatchingChristmas Box Office Best Post-Covid With $68M+: ‘Avatar: Fire And Ash’ Leads With $24M; ‘Marty Supreme’ Wild With $9.5M, More
UPDATED including Christmas Day business: Yes, Virginia, it was a great Christmas with all titles raking in an estimated $68.4M, the best the post-Covid period has ever seen for the holiday.
Christmas Day outstripped that of 2023’s, the previous high, which fell on a Monday and minted $62.3M. That’s…
‘Wicked: For Good’ Flying Into Homes Before The End Of 2025
Universal’s Wicked: For Good will hit PVOD on digital platforms on Dec. 30 in what is a 43-day exclusive theatrical window. Last year, Wicked hit PVOD on Dec. 31, in what was a 39-day window, that movie raking in $70M in its first week on PVOD; $26M in day one alone.
The Jon M. Chu directed sequel…
‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator Explains Why Finale’s Sex Scenes Are His Favorite, Teases Season 2 & Beyond “Will Always Be Centered Around” Shane & Ilya
SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Heated Rivalry, Season 1 finale episode ‘The Cottage’
With the conclusion of Heated Rivalry‘s rookie season, writer/director/creator Jacob Tierney is taking a breath before hitting the ice again with the wildly popular LGBTQ hockey drama…
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View All Deadline's Oscar Preview MagazineThe 10 Biggest Questions We Have Going Into The ‘Stranger Things 5’ Finale
Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 5 answers many questions viewers have had about the Upside Down for ages — especially after the big Henry, Vecna, 001 reveal in Season 4 and that backstory expansion.
But, the finale still has some answers to provide, and creators Matt and Ross Duffer wanted it that…
Jamie Campbell Bower Unpacks Vecna’s Reign Of Terror In ‘Stranger Things 5’ Vol. 2: “There Are Times Where I Feel Wildly Inhuman”
SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Stranger Things 5 Volume 2.
Jamie Campbell Bower’s Vecna only gets more terrifying in Volume 2 of the final season, which sees the monster get another step closer to enacting his plan to merge the human world with another dimension.
As viewers…
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