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Travis Scott Astroworld Tragedy Documentary Set for Release Despite Lawyers’ Concerns
The documentary, opening in 11 Texas cities including Austin, Dallas and Houston, includes interviews with several people who survived the crowd surge. The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn’t breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary set for release Friday.
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'A Quiet Place' spin-off will go back to 'Day One' as a prequel film
The next A Quiet Place movie is officially a prequel. As part of the goings-on at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this year, Paramount Pictures revealed the title of the next installment of John Krasinski's horror franchise, and it has some pretty clear implications.
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A Psychologist Hired By Johnny Depp Testified That Amber Heard Has Borderline Personality Disorder
A forensic psychologist who was hired by Johnny Depp's legal team testified on Tuesday that she believes Amber Heard has borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder and does not have post-traumatic stress disorder.
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James Cameron’s ‘Avatar 2’ Debuts Visually Dazzling Footage at CinemaCon, Gets Official Title
“Avatar 2” is real, and it’s here — naysayers be damned. After at least seven delays in the last eight years (the film was originally supposed to open in 2014), director James Cameron is finally ready to show audiences his otherworldly, underwater vision for “Avatar’s” long-awaited sequel. It’s newly titled as “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
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Bill Burr: “I’ve Made Every Mistake You Can Make”
Burr has become one of the world's most successful stand-ups by leaning into his anger. In this candid interview, the actor-comedian shows there's a lot more to him – but he still gets plenty fired up too.
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Michelle Pfeiffer Is Definitely Done Second-Guessing Herself (Probably!)
The 'First Lady' actress on moving beyond the self-doubt that has come with being one of the most effortlessly cool stars of our time: "I jump in feet first and then I realize what I’ve gotten myself into."
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‘Absolutely staggering’: the true story behind TV’s buzziest new show
We Own This City, the anticipated new drama from The Wire’s David Simon, cracks open the story of a corrupt Baltimore police unit fallen from grace. He was praised as a positive role model. He enjoyed the admiration and respect of his superiors and was given special privileges. His elite unit came to be seen by senior commanders as “a bulwark against chaos”.
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sequel Confirmed By Sony At CinemaCon
When Jason Reitman brought Ghostbusters back to theaters in 2021 for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, people wondered if it was going to be a one-and-done deal. He was continuing his father Ivan Reitman’s legacy, connecting the original characters to new characters introduced in the new sequel.
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Steven Spielberg Tells TCM Festival Audience How ‘E.T.’ Was the Divorce Movie That Turned Him Into a Dad
The general public may not think of “E.T. the Extraterrestrial” as a divorce movie, per se … although Dee Wallace’s reading of the line “He hates Mexico” has always been one of its most resonant. But in speaking about the film for its 40th anniversary at the TCM Classic Film Festival Thursday night, Steven Spielberg explored how the split in his own family growing up informed his original story.
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‘Yellowstone’ Star Luke Grimes Says He ‘Moved to Montana’ After ‘Falling in Love With the Lifestyle’
For “Yellowstone” star Luke Grimes, filming the Western show in Montana and Utah has influenced his life in several key ways. When you’ve been in a prominent role as long as Luke Grimes has been on “Yellowstone,” it’s bound to change you just a little bit. But for Grimes, being surrounded by the scenery and lifestyle of the American West caused him to uproot his life and settle down again in those key filming locations.
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How Anne Hathaway’s Bold Performance Saved ‘WeCrashed’: Column
Television, this spring, has been full of stories of real-life people struggling against the petty matters of their respective realities and reinventing themselves as heroic figures. On “The Dropout,” Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) pushed past the limits of science to declare herself a genius, no matter how unrealistic her putative accomplishments; on “Inventing Anna,” Anna Delvey (Julia Garner) made herself into a wealthy woman of leisure, despite having neither wealth nor, in her endless gyrating calculations, leisure time.
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Nicolas Cage's grandpa inspired his bizarre 'Wicker Man' helmet and 'Not the bees!' line
In "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," Nicolas Cage gets to drop acid, scale walls, outrun drug lords and French kiss himself. It also gives him a chance to send up his brazen on-screen persona, playing a heightened version of himself who gets mixed up in international espionage after befriending Javi (Pedro Pascal), a Cage superfan and Spanish billionaire with potentially shady dealings.
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How HBO Kept ‘House of the Dragon’ Costs Under $20 Million per Episode
HBO’s “House of the Dragon” cost under $20 million per episode to produce its 10-episode first season, which debuts Aug. 21, a source close to production told Variety. For comparison, “Game of Thrones” cost HBO around $100 million to per season. It’s per-episode price tag began at roughly $6 million in Season 1 and rose to $15 million for the show’s eighth and final season.
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‘A difficult time’: why popular TV series Pachinko was met with silence in Japan
It has charmed critics and attracted big audiences in the UK and the US, but the TV adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel Pachinko has barely merited a mention in one of the countries that inspired it.
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Sir David Attenborough named 'Champion of the Earth' by UN
The UN conferred it's "most distinguished environment award" on the 95-year-old for his dedication to telling stories about nature and the climate crisis and advocating for protection. Accepting the award, Sir David said past conservation successes should give us hope that change is possible.
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The House of the Dead: Remake coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia on April 28
The House of the Dead: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 on the arcade platform. A classic arcade rail-shooter receives a whole new entourage and gameplay changes to suit modern gaming standards.
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Mercedes LeAnza, Lead Creative Producer at Amazon Studios, Dies at 40
Mercedes Angelica LeAnza, a film and television producer who had been serving as a lead creative producer at Amazon Studios and Prime Video, died on April 10 of bile duct cancer. She was 40.
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The Best Free Streaming Video Services
There are so many paid subscription streaming services these days, from Amazon Prime to YouTube TV, that even if you pay for just a small fraction of them, your bills might be getting painfully high—especially because their prices have been rising steadily. But budget-conscious consumers can also stream movies free from lots of services, in exchange for seeing some ads. The best options include Crackle, Hoopla, Kanopy, Peacock, Pluto TV, the Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Vudu, and Xumo.
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Netflix, Amazon and Disney+ subscriptions cancelled due to shrinking budgets, research finds
The number of people subscribing to at least one video streaming service in Great Britain has fallen, with more than 1.5 million people cancelling memberships, a new report has found. Market research firm Kantar said that more than half a million cancellations were due to the cost of living crisis, as households deprioritise streaming services as they try to make ends meet.
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Disney+ Has 30% More Value Than Average Streaming Services Due To Its Genre Focus, Fandom Report Finds
Disney’s focus on genre fans and programming makes Disney+ 30% more valuable than average streaming services, according to Fandom’s “State of Streaming” report. Fandom, which was founded in 2004 by Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley Starling, controls a large cache of data on consumer preferences in film, TV, video games and other corners of pop culture. The company says it gets more than 300 million unique visitors per month and hosts more than 250,000 “wikis,” or interactive information hubs.
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