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Saturday AM Update: Godzilla vs. Kong is now up to $27.9M in three days after an $11.6M Friday at 3,064 locations, +73% over Thursday. The 5-day projection for the Adam Wingard-directed Warner Bros/Legendary title is $42M — far and away the best opening (3 and 5-day) we’ve seen at the domestic B.O. during the pandemic, meaning

While Pepe Le Pew’s “rape-y” behavior was apparently deemed too problematic to include him in the ‘Space Jam’ sequel, a group of actual onscreen rapists is set to cameo. The first official trailer for “Space Jam: A New Legacy” dropped this weekend — and it shows LeBron James descending not just into the Looney Tunes

So at face value, Godzilla can certainly be classified as Godzilla vs. Kong’s winner, but as Max Borenstein sees it, these two Titans aren’t exactly on equal footing. As he put it, Godzilla is more of a force of nature, whereas King Kong can be personified more easily, particularly since Godzilla vs. Kong revealed that

Jerry Seinfeld will be first comic on the reopened stage of the Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan tonight, the sitcom great confirmed in a tweet today. “I asked @GothamComedy if I could be the first on stage at 7:00pm,” Seinfeld wrote. “They said ‘Yes’. So that’s when.” The comedy club, like other live venues in

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Margaret Cho says she’s afraid to leave the safety of her own home as an Asian-American woman … telling us, “outside it’s cloudy with a chance of racism.” Despite that humorous phrasing, the comedian made it clear her fear is very real when she joined us Friday on “TMZ Live.”

The original Suicide Squad is currently available on HBO Max, which will also be the home of James Gunn’s upcoming movie this summer. You can use this link to sign up for the streaming service. In the months since Zack Snyder’s Justice League was announced, David Ayer has addressed the possibility of an alternate Suicide

Update, April 1: Sony is going a week later with the Tom Holland PlayStation videogame adaptation of Uncharted on Feb. 18, 2022 instead of Feb. 11. The pic will have access to Imax and PLF screens at that time. Uncharted goes up against Paramount’s Rumble and Universal/Endeavor Content’s Ambulance on Feb. 18, leaving behind Universal’s Jennifer Lopez-Owen

Sharon Stone claims her manager back in the day told her she wasn’t sexy enough to get hired in Hollywood, then 6 weeks later … she was cast to play one of the sexiest characters ever. The actress says before she landed her famous role in “Basic Instinct,” she was pretty shy and introverted. Stone

The global pandemic has been serious business. After more than a year there is finally light at the end of the tunnel as people are getting vaccinated on a scale never seen before. Given the past 12 months, this means breathing a sigh of relief. For Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who just got their

Update: Screen Gems and Constantin’s Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City is going to Wednesday Nov. 24, leaving its Labor Day weekend release. The move comes after Disney plopped Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings on Labor Day weekend this year — which is unbelievable given how the box office truly ratchets down over that weekend (unless

Play video content BET President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had glowing things to say about the NAACP’s contribution to America — especially in the year of the pandemic — as they kicked off the NAACP Image Awards. The Prez and the Veep recorded their praise for the org at The White House

With the Star Wars universe expanding in all directions, and the fact that the end of The Mandalorian Season 2 actually gave us a look at a post-Return of the Jedi, pre-The Force Awakens Luke Skywalker, many have wondered if we might see more of Luke Skywalker in future films or series. Mark Hamill has

Venom: Let There Be Carnage will now hit theaters a week later than previously announced, on September 24. The Venom sequel will have the full suite of 3D, IMAX and premium large format screens. It will open opposite Paramount’s Antoine Fuqua actioner Infinite, Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Stephen Chbosky’s

Here it is … Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley in the same place at the same time, for the first time since they got engaged — which might be what they were celebrating down in Mexico. The happy couple was on the tarmac Monday in Costa Careyes … moments before boarding a private jet. The

While the judge initially ruled against Johnny Depp because he found Amber Heard to be truthful, the appeal was based on the claim that she lied. Depp’s legal team argued that the actress had not donated her $7 million divorce settlement, which she claimed she had done, and thus, in telling this one apparent lie,

After Disney plopped its Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy from 20th Century Studios on August 13, a week before Lionsgate’s sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard which also stars Reynolds, it stood to reason the latter would move. The new date for the Reynolds-Samuel L. Jackson sequel, which also stars Salma Hayek, is June 16.

Pittsburgh born producer Shane Black is a big name in the movie industry as a writer and director with a long list of action movie credits … but Black’s on-screen role that he’s best known for as the young glasses-wearing cadet Hawkins — who is quickly killed by the unknown alien creature — in the

It’s unfortunate to see that Godzilla vs. Kong has become the target of these reviews, especially when the film has yet to even see the light of day in the states. Still, it’s good that the latest MonsterVerse movie hasn’t been too heavily affected by the situation and, hopefully, things will remain that way. Godzilla

This afternoon during the NCAA game, Dwayne Johnson in a short spot unveiled the release date for his New Line/DC superhero movie Black Adam: July 29, 2022. Johnson also posted on Instagram too, see below. “The Hierarchy of Power in the DC Universe is about to Change,” declared Dwayne Johnson in the short spot on TNT. Black

Houston Tumlin — the kid who played Ricky Bobby’s son in ‘Talladega Nights’ — grew up to proudly serve his country, but sadly suffered from PTSD and depression as a result, which led to his suicide … his mother tells TMZ. Michelle Tumlin tells us … her son honorably served in the U.S. Army for

The first time I stepped on a movie set that I can remember was the movie Glory. We were with the final battle scene, and I was sitting with my mom. I guess we’re in Video Village, and I see my father coming up out of the flames and ashes in the night in his

Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla Vs Kong thrashed off to an estimated $21.5M (RMB 140M) start in China today, good for the best opening day of a Hollywood title in the market since Covid began and portending a weekend in the high $60Ms. The film positively dominated the Middle Kingdom with an 88% share and played

Prince William is the hottest bald guy on this planet — so concludes a new study that ranked where he lands on Google searches … but the internet doesn’t seem to be buying it. A cosmetic surgery company named Longevita apparently did this “research” — basically checking to see how many times certain bald male

While it might be somewhat difficult to relate to massive beasts capable of knocking down buildings, Kong, being ultimately a primate, is more relatable than a massive lizard. From the earliest days of the King Kong story the character was always supposed to be more sympathetic. And while Godzilla has grown in that regard over

There’s a great axiom when it comes to success in Hollywood; a saying which remains true through good times and bad, even at a moment when streaming is stepping on theatrical’s feet, and that is “Talent rules.” Such talent is Russian filmmaker Ilya Naishuller whose Universal action movie Nobody literally turns the genre on its head.

Exclusive Tiffany Haddish has ZERO art experience but that’s entirely the point of partnering up with an org that’ll auction off her painting … with proceeds going to a great cause. The comedian’s hooking up with Painting with the Stars … which raises money to help gain awareness and support for nonprofits that provide underprivileged

As we slowly work our way to the summer blockbuster season, more and more movies are starting to land in theaters and on streaming services a fairly stead clip. The momentum looks to only get stronger from here as there are a ton of new movies coming out in April 2021. From titles like the

Here’s more fallout from Disney’s release date changes moves on Tuesday: With the studio dropping their 20th Century Studios’ Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy on Aug. 13, Universal is now moving their Amblin Tom Hanks sci-fi film Bios, which was on that weekend, to Aug. 20 instead. That leaves the calendar looking as follows: August 13Don’t Breathe

Jessica Walter, known for her Emmy-nominated “Arrested Development” role and whose acting career spanned 6 decades, has died. The actress died in her sleep at her NYC home Wednesday … according to her daughter, who did not announce the cause of her death. Jessica’s best known, and beloved, for playing the devious alcoholic socialite Lucille

To paint a gory picture, Simon McQuoid has said that he saw “drums of blood sitting around” his set during the making of the movie, which took place in South Australia back in late 2019. A new Mortal Kombat adaptation has been in the works for almost 20 years now, with Aquaman and Conjuring producer