$RACE, $DIS Christian Bale has earned 4 Oscar nominations and 1 win in the last 10 yrs, and his performance as real-life racer Ken Miles in ‘Ford v Ferrari‘ is looking more and more like a ‘statuette‘ for a Best Actor this year. History has proved it is perilous to underestimate him, especially when he’s playing a […]
$DIS, $VIA, $CMCSA, $NFLX The outlook is not promising overseas either, where it fell flat in China with $28-M, ‘Harriet‘ overperforms, and ‘Motherless Brooklyn‘ came DOA Skydance, Paramount and Fox/Disney’s Terminator: Dark Fate reboot has bombed in its domestic box office debut with $29-M from 4,086 theaters, well behind expectations and even while placing #1 on the chart. […]
$RACE, $DIS Ever since the merger of Disney and Fox closed earlier this year, the fate of the Fox has been a Big Q. While its new corporate parent has done everything to assure folks that it will not fall over, recent developments have thrown the fate of those decisions into question. The next 2 […]
Director Peter Bogdanovich, 79 anni, hammered Cher, stating that she “can’t act” and “she doesn’t like men,” in an interview this week. He made the comments when asked about his experience working with Cher in the Y 1985 biopic “Mask.” “She did not trust anybody, particularly men,” Director Bogdanovich said. “That is why she is […]
$CMCSA, $DIS, $FOX, $TWX, $SNE ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ opened weak at $7.3-M, ‘Serenity’ earned an even weaker $4.8-M to mark the worst opening of Anne Hathaway’s career and 1 of the worst for Matthew McConaughey. Glass in its 2nd weekend at the box office took $19-M from 3,844 theaters, putting the film’s 10-day […]
Box Office: ‘Jumanji’ on Top, ‘Winchester’ #3 at $9.3-M $SNE, $FOX, $LGF, $DIS, $CBS In the US, Super Bowl Weekend is one of the quietest frames of the year in terms of movie-going. Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has scored again, reclaiming the Top 1 spot in its 7th outing at the North American box […]
Box Office: ‘Maze Runner: Death Cure’ Wins $23.5-M; ‘Shape of Water’ Get Oscar Interest $SNE, $FOXA Christian Bale’s ‘Hostiles’ get to the Top 5 after expanding nationwide, while overseas, ‘Maze Runner’ sprints to $105.5-M world wide. Maze Runner: The Death Cure sprinted to the top of box office in its domestic debut over the weekend, unseating Jumanji: […]
Trump Ally In, Harvey Weinstein Out at TWC $DIS, $CLNS Disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein has resigned from the board of The Weinstein Co. TWC is not saleable to a public media company now, PR is unbearable Tuesday, the Board members convened in NYC to ratify Harvey Weinstein’s termination and to vote on a rescue plan […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences ’86’d’ Harvey Weinstein Harvey, you will never work in this town (Hollywood) again. The Board of Directors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has stripped disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein of his membership in the organization. The move comes after a NY-T’s report that alleged […]
Leonardo DiCaprio Under Investigation for Alleged Money Laundering Hollywood star actor Leonardo DiCaprio has turned over an Oscar won by Marlon Brando to US investigators probing alleged money laundering by a state-owned Malaysian investment fund. Mr. DiCaprio has also initiated the return of other, unidentified items that he accepted as gifts for a charity auction […]
Box Office: ‘Logan’ Marks Huge $85.3-M US Debut & $237.8-M Globally $FOX, $IMAX, $LGF, $CMCSA The Shack’ guides faith-based audiences; among Oscar winners, ‘Moonlight’ is shining after its best picture nod, enjoying its biggest weekend to date, as ‘La La Land’ nears $400-M globally. Logan opened huge overseas, debuting to a near-record $152.5-M from 81 markets for a […]
Box Office: ‘Hidden Figures’ Wins the Holiday Weekend with $26-M $DIS, $LGF, $VIA, $TWX, $FOXA, $CMCSA, $IMAX, $CBS ‘Hidden Figures’ easily wins the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday weekend with $26-M, ‘La La Land’ enjoys a big Golden Globes bump and ‘Rogue One’ approaches $1-B world wide. Notably it is only the 2nd time in […]
Controversy Surrounds Leo DiCaprio and Brando’s Oscar Marlon Brando’s ‘On the Waterfront’ Oscar was given as a gift to Leo DiCaprio by his scandal-plagued colleagues at Red Granite Pictures, and the Motion Picture Academy refuses to discuss Leo’s misbegotten award. Nearly 20 years after his 1st best actor nomination in November 2012 he received Marlon […]
Film Maker Tim Burton Leaves His Prints at Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Director/producer/writer Tim Burton, 58 anni, whose films have ranged from adventurous to artistic to frightening, put his hands and feet today into the cement in the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday. The ceremony comes ahead of the planned […]