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Ari Aster and Alex Garland can suck it — Kane Pixels is in town. So essentially have gone the headlines this weekend, as the A24 baton transferred from its hipster staples to 20-year-oldBackroomsdirector Kane Parsons (aka Kane Pixels to his 3 million YouTube followers). Parsons sat in a second-grade classroom when A24 released its first…
Kane Parsons is the new king of the box office with Backrooms. His $10 million adaptation of his viral YouTube short film series is eyeing the biggest opening in A24 history, with at least $80 million. Rival studios even think the film, co-financed and produced by Chernin Entertainment, could go as high as $90 million….
Caitlin O’Heaney, who starred as the stalked bride to be in the cult slasher film He Knows You’re Alone and as a lounge singer and spy in the Donald P. Bellisario-created adventure series Tales of the Gold Monkey, has died. She was 73. O’Heaney died May 18 in Westchester County in New York, her friend…
A sequel to Warner Bros. and Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie has gotten a new title: A Minecraft Movie Squared. In a joint Instagram post Saturday with the studios and Minecraft, the new official title was revealed. “Ready for another adventure? The world of #Minecraft is expanding once again with A Minecraft Movie Squared!,” the post…
Kelly Curtis, an actress and the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, died Saturday morning, her younger sister, Jamie Lee Curtis, announced. She was 69. Curtis died “in her home. In nature. At peace,” her sister wrote on social media. “She was my first friend and lifelong confidant. She was jaw droppingly beautiful, and…
When Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson declared his intent to develop a documentary about the sexual abuse, rape and sex trafficking allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, many didn’t believe him. Those who did thought him opportunistic for pursuing what was assumed would be a hit piece about his former rap rival. “I knew some [people] would…
In the age of social media, casting directors still have managed to find industry newcomers with relative digital obscurity and turn them into bona fide stars overnight. “It’s exciting to see new actors that you haven’t necessarily seen before,” says Lucy Bevan, who teamed with Emily Brockmann for the second time (the first was on…
Bill Maher poked fun at the many artists who have dropped out of President Donald Trump‘s forthcoming Freedom 250 concert series during his monologue on Real Time Friday night. “We’re having a big 250thbirthday party for America, a concert. They announced the lineup. Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, Morris Day,Bret Michaels,” he said. “I think this…
Paramount is closing in on acquiring hot Cannes film market titles The Midnight Library, to be directed by Garth Davis and to star Florence Pugh, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Paramount is paying more than $30 million for the rights to the film. StudioCanal, which is backing the feature project, will distribute the film in…
Andrea Martin’s journey to stage and screen stardom on Broadway and in Hollywood came full circle Thursday when she received a tribute at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Canada gala in Toronto within eyeshot of the Royal Alexander Theatre, where a quirky 1972 Toronto staging ofGodspellshe performed in became a life-changing experience. “Basically this…
