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Britney Spears has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol in California on Thursday, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. Per the DA’s Office, Spears was charged with a single misdemeanor count of driving under the combined influence of alcohol and at least one drug. The…
Jonah Hill may not have made it to the CinemaCon main stage during Warner Bros. studio presentation to promote his upcoming film, Cut Off, but the comedy vet didn’t miss a chance to tease it while under the lights at SmartLess Live on Saturday. “Next one is pure stupidity,” Hill told SmartLess hosts Jason Bateman,…
Emmy winning costume designer Janie Bryant was knee deep in the Taylor Sheridan universe last spring when she started experiencing “weird stomach aches.” The jabbing pains were sometimes followed by vomiting, leading Bryant to brush it off as food poisoning or possibly irritable bowel syndrome. “Then I did like a little research and I was…
Two weeks before its season two finale, The Pitt hit a milestone: It was No. 1 overall in Nielsen’s streaming rankings. The HBO Max drama was the only streaming show or movie to record more than a billion minutes of viewing for the week of March 30-April 5, coming in at 1.16 billion (down a…
In a strange bit of pop-culture déjà vu, the two names back on everyone’s lips this summer are Madonna and Michael Jackson. Antoine Fuqua’s Jackson biopic Michael, starring nephew Jaafar Jackson, has just delivered a huge global opening for a musical biopic. Madonna, meanwhile, is back in circulation, coming off Coachella appearances and teasing new…
[This story contains spoilers for Apex.] Silver linings during the pandemic were few and far between. But in the case of screenwriter Jeremy Robbins, receiving an involuntary breather from the breakneck pace of TV writers’ rooms provided him the runway to write a spec feature script called Apex. What also began as a way for…
Disney+ added another buzzy K-drama title on Thursday to its steadily expanding slate of originals from East Asia. The streamer announced the launch of principal photography on The Miracles of the Namiya General Store, a Korean-language series adaptation of Japanese author Keigo Higashino’s 2012 bestseller, which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide. The…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Whether you’re eager to binge Taylor Sheridan’s The Madison or Paramount’s latest true crime offering, My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders, a Paramount+ subscription is a non-negotiable. And while the streaming…
California gubernatorial frontrunner Steve Hilton is preparing to announce an ambitious plan to save Hollywood productions and jobs,The Hollywood Reporterhas learned. The Republican candidate will support a film tax-credit plan that could go as high as 60 percent for some productions and would never go lower than 40 percent. Currently, the ceiling in California usually…
“One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense!” That tagline from 1974’sThe Towering Inferno could easily have been slapped on Renny Harlin’sDeep Water. Maybe combined with “You’ll Never Go in the Water Again!” fromJaws. EvenThe Poseidon Adventure’s classic “Hell, upside down!” might apply to a scene or two. While the director’s last studio hit,…
