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In 1994, two years after Quentin Tarantino made his filmmaking debut with Reservoir Dogs, the writer/director delivered an even bigger hit to the masses with Pulp Fiction. Among the movie’s starring actors were Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman, who respectively played Jules Winnfield and Mia Wallace. Nearly three decades after Pulp Fiction’s release, these

A Pulitzer Prize can be a burden, one must assume, trumpeting expectations and pumping reputations from a distance. Martyna Majok‘s Cost of Living won the trophy in 2018, and that victory has been mentioned often in the lead-up to the play’s opening on Broadway tonight in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at the Samuel J.

Niners wideout Ray-Ray McCloud will channel Bow Wow‘s Calvin Cambridge for “Monday Night Football” — TMZ Sports has learned he’s copped a pair of custom “Like Mike” cleats for the big contest against the Rams!! The 25-year-old receiver hit up Joe Castro to get the movie-themed spikes done … and we’re told after the Cali

Physical transformations for a role are certainly no surprising feat. But of course movie magic doesn’t always factor into the proceedings, as was the case with Whoopi Goldberg during her latest performance. Her work in the historical drama film Till, one of the most high-profile upcoming movies of the year, drew some notice from one

Well, that’s that. After all the controversies and badly handled original castings and headlines and backstage bruisings and firings or resignations or whatever they were, Funny Girl is, as so many suspected all along, the musical that Lea Michele was born to lead. Broadway’s new Fanny Brice is, to put is simply and without exaggeration,

UPDATE 5:11 PM PT — Photos of the paparazzo who was injured in Argentina have surfaced, and it certainly looks like he was banged up as a result of the incident. UPDATE The man, Pedro Orquera, is seen here on a stretcher during the night in question (very early Sunday morning) with a neck brace

The Jackass gang has pretty much always seemingly been tight — and they’d pretty much have to be to be, given what they do. They’ve inflicted such devastating pranks on each other (and themselves) dating back to the original show, which ran in the early 2000s. Of course, that team dynamic may have changed amid

No surprise here, but we hear Regal has shuttered 12 of its 542 multiplexes as parent company Cineworld remains in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Those 12 include Anaheim Hills 14, Calabasas Stadium 6, Westpark 8 in the Los Angeles market; Crow Canyon Stadium 6 in the San Francisco area, the Broadway Faire in Fresno, CA; Richland

Ana de Armas‘ new movie about Marilyn Monroe is being blasted as a pro-life advertisement — with none other than Planned Parenthood coming out against some mommy-baby scenes. Caren Spruch, a PP honcho, tells THR … “As film and TV shapes many people’s understanding of sexual and reproductive health, it’s critical these depictions accurately portray

Before Twilight, Catherine Hardwicke was known for her work in the indie scene with hits like Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, and The Nativity Scene. But after that, Hardwicke landed the biggest assignment of her career when she took on the film adaptation of the first book in Stephanie Meyer’s massive best-selling book series, Twilight. And

SATURDAY AM: Paramount and other studios are calling Smile at a $19M opening. In a deja vu to last weekend with New Line’s Don’t Worry Darling, another genre pic, this R-rated horror film has received a B- CinemaScore and a severe 69%/53% definite recommend on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak, a standard audience reaction for such fare.

Play video content TMZ.com Could a Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson reunion be in the works?? Don’t count it out just yet — ’cause Kenya Barris tells TMZ Sports he’d love to include them in the reboot of the iconic 1992 film, “White Men Can’t Jump.” We spoke with Barris — who cowrote the highly

While all eyes have been on Cobra Kai for the last few years, it seems like we might be getting another blast from the past with a new Karate Kid movie. With Season 5 of Cobra Kai recently hitting Netlfix, and with the announcement of the movie, Ralph Macchio, the original Karate Kid, has explained

Paramount’s horror movie Smile struck up $2M in Thursday night previews that started at 7 p.m., a figure that’s just above M. Night Shyamalan’s Old from summer 2021, which did $1.5M in its previews, and just under Universal/Blumhouse’s Black Phone Thursday previews which were $3M in June. Paramount is expecting a high-teens start this weekend,

American actress Scout Taylor-Compton was just 20 years old when she was cast as Samantha — the babysitter who naively allows a stocker to kidnap a young boy on her watch — in the film “Obsessed” back in 2009. Scout shared the big screen with Beyonce as the wife and mother who does not shy

Have you missed seeing a team of magicians pull off high-stakes heists with their skills of illusion and deception. Well, good news: Now You See Me 3 is still happening! Yes, there hasn’t been a lot of updates about the threequel since Now You See Me 2 came out in 2016, but the upcoming movie

There might be a box office surprise this weekend in Paramount’s horror movie Smile. Yes, we’re serious. The pic, from writer-director Parker Finn, was developed by Paramount Players, and the studio took a wait-and-see approach as to where would land — on Paramount+ or theatrical. Then Paramount held a test screening, and Smile played to great

The iconic cottage from “Hocus Pocus” is coming to life … the Sanderson Sisters are opening up their home to two lucky guests, who can try to cast some ancient spells. In celebration of the upcoming release of “Hocus Pocus 2,” the witches are hosting a super rare overnight stay at their Salem, MA home,

October is just around the corner, bringing with it the official countdown to Halloween, but the end of September still has a creepy treat to deliver before the launch of spooky season. The new movie Smile is hitting theaters on Friday following its premiere at Fantastic Fest last week, and the reviews for the feature

No surprise here as Paramount has temporarily removed Star Trek from its release schedule. The news comes a month after director Matt Shakman exited the project. A search for a new director is underway. The movie starring Chris Pine — scripted by the feature franchise’s first female writers, Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet — had

Alec Baldwin could be facing criminal charges in connection to the fatal ‘Rust’ shooting — because the D.A. is asking New Mexico for help in financing several potential prosecutions. District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies reportedly filed an emergency request last week, asking the New Mexico Board of Finance for extra funds to assist in bringing up

Chloë Grace Moretz has been a Hollywood staple for over a decade. While she’s been acting as long as she can remember, it’s safe to say that Moretz’s mainstream breakthrough came courtesy of 2010’s Kick-Ass. Playing the mature and skillful Hit-Girl endeared her to millions of moviegoers, but getting fame and success so early caused

Giant theater chain AMC Entertainment filed today to sell up to 425 million AMC Preferred Equity Units, or APEs, its new securities that have seen a price collapse amid a sour market and investor backlash. They sank some more early Monday, then popped higher. AMC distributed the initial batch of APE shares to stockholders in

Olympic gold medalist diver Tom Daley‘s screenwriter husband, Dustin Lance Black, says he’s on the mend from a serious head injury that had doctors telling him to “shut off his brain” in order to recover. Dustin, famous for writing the 2008 movie “Milk,” shared the health update Monday on social media, telling folks it’s been

Anticipation has been high for Billy Eichner’s upcoming LGBTQ+ rom-com Bros, and that excitement has only grown since the movie received stellar reactions following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Eichner wrote the script with director Nicholas Stoller and stars opposite Hallmark movie favorite Luke Macfarlane in the comedy that is making history

Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream swept up a cool $922,000 at the domestic box office this weekend, while an impressive array of top industry players took Saturday to mull the global future of arthouse film. The real test — of specialty’s core adult audience willingness to return to cinemas — starts this fall, according to execs

Johnny Depp and his former attorney, Joelle Rich, have actually been a thing for longer than we first thought … but there are no plans for the two to settle down as an exclusive couple any time soon. Sources connected to the pair tell us … Johnny and Joelle were very much an item during

It’s no secret that Tom Felton and Emma Watson have had a close bond over the years, ever since they were children on the set of the Harry Potter films.) And they are totally adorable together.) Watson has even owned up to having had a crush on Felton during the filming of the first couple

SATURDAY UPDATE: James Cameron’s remastered Avatar added another 13 offshore markets on Friday, including the UK and Japan, and lifted its three-day international box office cume to $7.7M. On a like-for-like basis, that’s 54% ahead of the 2012 3D reissue of Star Wars: Episode I. Along with domestic’s opening Friday, the Disney rerelease has a

A new horror movie is coming out next week, and the studio found a creative way to let people know about … sending background actors to live baseball games, front and center. We’re talking about Paramount’s latest offering, “Smile,” which drops next Friday … and amid a lot of “Don’t Worry Darling” chatter, it seems