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The producers of the Tony-winning Come From Away said Wednesday that the long-running Broadway musical will play its final show in October at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It will end a run that will have lasted 1,670 performances and 25 previews after it first opened in February 2017. The news makes Come From Away the

Anthony Edwards might have a future in Hollywood — the young NBA star showed off his acting chops in the LeBron James-backed “Hustle” flick … and the dude’s impressive!! The film is based on Adam Sandler‘s character — an NBA scout with the Philadelphia 76ers — who discovers a super-talented hooper in Spain in hopes

After years of whispers about Hollywood’s interest in making a biopic about Madonna, it’s happening with the iconic singer herself set to direct a movie about her life. Since the announcement was made in late 2020, the big question that has lingered has been about the actor who would play the “Material Girl.” Now it

Broadway took a pre-Tony Awards early-summer dip at the box office last week, slipping 11% from the previous week to gross a total $29,555,352 for 31 productions. Attendance was off about 10% to 230,894. While most of the shows reported drops, the overall figure also reflects four fewer productions than the previous week’s roster, with Birthday

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon transformed into Phil Knight and Sonny Vaccaro for the first time on Monday … and the moment was apparently so big, Jennifer Lopez had to pop by to show her support. The A-list actors officially kicked off the first day of filming for their new Vaccaro biopic this week in

On May 26, Ray Liotta passed away at the age of 67, and celebrities like Seth Rogen and Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to him soon afterwards. Days after his passing, Liotta’s fiancée, Jacy Nittolo, went on social media to honor the man she intended to marry, calling him “most beautiful person inside and out”

Refresh for latest…: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick, as projected yesterday, has flown past $500M worldwide, with $548.6M through its first two frames. The offshore weekend is estimated at $81.7M, an incredible hold of -20%, to lift the international box office cume to $257M in 64 markets. This does not include big Tom Cruise hub Korea

Tom Cruise never would’ve been flying high in ‘Top Gun’ or its sequel if it wasn’t for a story that the films are based on, the rights to which have lapsed … this per a new lawsuit. Die-hard fans might already be aware of this — but the original ‘Top Gun’ from ’86 is based

Things certainly are moving forward for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on their second go-round at romance. The Way Back actor got down on one knee while his love was mid-bubble bath and put a ring on it just one year after the couple reunited (and 20 years after he proposed the first time). A

Chloe Okuno’s feature debut Watcher recorded the biggest opening weekend grosses ever for IFC Films and its IFC Midnight/Shudder label on 764 U.S. screens — also one of the distributor’s widest ever releases. The genre thriller that world premiered at Sundance then SXSW reported an estimated weekend gross of $815,000 and a PSA of $1,067.

Johnny Depp was in Beatles territory Saturday night — both in geography and reception — as fans mobbed him in Manchester following his latest concert. Johnny performed again with Jeff Beck at the Manchester 02 Apollo. Of course, fans inside went wild, cheering their approval over his stunning courtroom victory against Amber Heard. Outside the

Just two weeks ago, Chris Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger welcomed their second child together, Eloise Christina. Considering the happy couple had their new daughter just ahead of Jurassic World: Dominion finally hitting theaters, Pratt understandably couldn’t juggle being both a movie star and dad in the past few weeks. Even so, the actor found

Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has grossed $185M at the international box office through Thursday. This puts it on course to cross $200M today in offshore play. Couple that with domestic’s equally supersonic performance and Maverick will reach $400M+ global in less than two full frames of play. On Thursday, Tom Cruise’s return to the cockpit

Lisa Bloom says her clients are already feeling the impact of the Depp–Heard trial by being silenced — but she’s being labeled a hypocrite … because of Harvey Weinstein. The famed women’s rights attorney — who has made a career following in the footsteps of her mother, Gloria Allred, by repping women with claims against

Top Gun: Maverick has been playing in theaters for a week now, and its box office performance is already shining in several ways. In addition to overtaking Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End to have the most financially successful Memorial Day weekend opening, Tom Cruise’s return to the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell has

Moviegoers aren’t losing that loving feeling for Top Gun: Maverick this weekend as the movie is destined to become Tom Cruise’s top-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office with $273.6M. The 3x Oscar nominee’s previous high earning title was Steven Spielberg’s 2005 sci-fi title War of the Worlds at $234M. Top Gun 2 is expected to beat War of

Play video content SplashNews.com This should erase any doubts Johnny Depp‘s lawyer Camille Vasquez is now a legal rock star — after the big victory, she and her BF are getting selfie and interview requests just like the celebs she represents. Camille and her beau Edward Owen were heading to the airport Thursday from their

If you thought that Hollywood had a busy year in 2021, you would certainly be correct, but, you should still hear about the dizzying amount of exciting new 2022 movies coming to theaters, or on streaming, or both. As per usual, there are plenty of upcoming Marvel movies to look forward to and even more

Universal/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion stormed into Mexico on Wednesday with $3M worth of previews. That’s the best opening preview performance in the rebooted franchise, overtaking 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by 53% and 2015’s Jurassic World by 81%. Both of the earlier films had sneaks on a holiday. As we noted yesterday, the Colin Trevorrow-directed Dominion is putting

Play video content Instagram / @trainwithquan A fitness trainer tried to do his best LeBron James impression at the King’s “Hustle” movie premiere on Wednesday — attempting to throw down a sweet dunk — but he came up just short on the landing, and broke his tooth on the hoop’s stanchion! Quan Bailey was on

Former actress Cameron Diaz has a whole new lease on herself and her new life away from the cameras. Ever since her retirement from acting in 2018, she’s been promoting her new wine brand and being a loving mother to her daughter. Having been known as a sex symbol in Hollywood, Cameron Diaz opened up

The Cinemark Movie Club has surpassed 1 million active members with more than 3,000 members per theater across its U.S. circuit. The nation’s third largest cinema chain, based in Plano, Texas, said Movie Club, launched in December of 2017, was the first North American exhibitor-developed paid monthly membership program and is the first to hit

Play video content The Johnny Depp–Amber Heard case is about to reach the finish line with a decisive winner, or maybe two potential losers — and TMZ is streaming the announcement at 12 PM PT. The jury reached its verdict Wednesday in Fairfax, VA — where they’ve been deliberating for the past few days after

Billie Eilish has had a very public past year, between touring her Happier Than Ever record, having her original James Bond theme play in No Time To Die and then winning an Oscar for it, writing Turning Red’s boy band jams and headlining Coachella. With her professional life propelling her even higher into stardom, she

AMC Theatres announced its first newly-built theater of 2022 – the AMC Dine-In Topanga 12 in Canoga Park — will open June 2 as the pandemic-rattled exhibition business reshuffles. The launch will follow by a day the close of operations at nearby AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills as the exhibitors continue to fine tune

A huge “Pirates of the Caribbean”-themed ship cruised by the very courthouse where the star of the franchise is waiting to hear his fate. The “boat” sits atop a flatbed truck and made a splash smack Tuesday in front of the Fairfax County Courthouse in Virginia. The vessel has a Captain Jack Sparrow banner hanging

Arnold Schwarzenegger was basically the picture of fitness in the ‘80s and ‘90s – OK, he still kind of is. The action hero has seemingly passed down his love for lifting and staying fit to his youngest son Joseph Baena, as the weight lifter and actor recently shared a shirtless video of himself doing some

The bomber jacket of Top Gun‘s Maverick is looking a bit more familiar in international trailers these days, according to a report in Fortune. Two flag patches on the back of the jacket – representing Taiwan and Japan – appear to have been returned to their original spots. The flags were missing, or obscured, in

Johnny Depp is not sitting at home anxiously waiting for the jury to decide his fate … he’s rocking out in England, and one of the songs has a title at the heart of the trial. Johnny hit the stage with Jeff Beck in Sheffield England Sunday. Beck’s touring the U.K. and Johnny made a

After more than 30 years, Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is finally back on the big screen in Top Gun: Maverick. The highly anticipated sequel boasts some highly impressive aerial feats (that required the actors to have real flight training) as well as some legitimate emotional stakes. While the movie is currently being enjoyed by