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George Clooney Engaged to Amal Alamuddin After Whirlwind Courtship
16 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Never say never! George Clooney is engaged to lawyer Amal Alamuddin after barely seven months of dating, according to People. E! news has learned from two separate sources that the two are headed to the altar. Clooney's British ladylove was first spotted flashing a "massive" ring on her left ring finger Thursday, while dining at Malibu restaurant Nobu with Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber, one source told E! News. In the middle of dinner that evening, the couple told pal Edward Norton "we're engaged!" when he approached their table. The actor went on to congratulate them with kisses. The handsome couple were first romantically linked in October when they looked »
'The Other Woman' On Pace for $25 Million Debut
26 April 2014 8:00 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The Other Woman got off to an impressive start on Friday, and should easily take the top spot over the final weekend of April.Playing at 3,205 locations, the revenge comedy opened to an estimated $9.3 million yesterday. That's noticeably higher than Bridesmaids ($7.8 million) and 2008 Cameron Diaz comedy What Happens in Vegas ($7.2 million). For the weekend, The Other Woman should earn at least $26 million.In second place, Captain America: The Winter Soldier fell 53 percent to an estimated $4.5 million. The Marvel Studios sequel has now grossed $213.3 million, which puts it ahead of past April hit Fast Five ($209.8 million).Faith-based drama Heaven is for Real dipped 48 percent to $4.05 million. Through 10 days, the movie has earned an impressive $42.2 million.In fourth place, Brick Mansions opened to an estimated $3.6 million. That's below recent Luc Besson movies The Family ($5.4 million) and 3 Days to Kill ($4 million). Still, its above Safe (2012) ($2.6 million), which opened on the same weekend in 2012. By Sunday, »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Steven Spielberg to Direct Roald Dahl’s ‘The Bfg,’ Will Shoot Tom Hanks Thriller First
25 April 2014 5:54 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Steven Spielberg will direct an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel “The Bfg.”
The story follows a little girl who leads a big, friendly giant and the Queen of England on a journey to stop the fiercer man-eating giants from gobbling children.
DreamWorks acquired rights in 2010, and Melissa Mathison, who last teamed with Spielberg on “E.T.,” will pen the script. Frank Marshall will produce, with Michael Siegel and John Madden on board as executive producers. Madden was originally set to direct “The Bfg” but is instead focusing on the sequel to “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.”
Spielberg will begin production in first quarter of 2015, with a planned 2016 release.
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“’The Bfg’ has enchanted families and their children for more than three decades. We are honored that the Roald Dahl estate has entrusted us with this classic story, »
- Justin Kroll
‘Parks & Rec’ Ep Says Next Season May Be the Last
25 April 2014 5:53 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
NBC's “Parks & Recreation” may bid farewell next year after its seventh season, according to executive producer Michael Schur. “It's fairly likely that next year will be the last,” Schur said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “The natural rhythm of the show and the big creative jump we take at the end of this season certainly suggests that we're moving in that direction.” Also read: ‘Parks & Rec’ Season 7: Amy Poehler on What's Next After the Flashforward The big creative jump Schur refers to is the three-year flash forward that took place on Thursday's sixth season finale, which saw Leslie Knope. »
- L.A. Ross
‘The Other Woman’ Laughs Its Way to Box-Office Bank With $25 Million
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With an audience that was 75 percent women, the revenge comedy “The Other Woman” knocked “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” out of the top spot at the box office that it had held for the past three weeks with a No. 1 opening estimated at $24.7 million this weekend. It wasn't close. Disney's Marvel superhero sequel finished second with $16 million, ahead of Sony's Christian drama “Heaven Is for Real,” which held strongly in its second week for third with $13.8 million and raised its domestic total to nearly $52 million. No one at Disney was shedding tears for “Captain America: »
- Todd Cunningham
Trove of Legendarily Terrible Atari Games Uncovered in New Mexico Desert
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
One gamer's buried trash is another's buried treasure. Confirming one of the video game industry's most notorious urban legends, construction workers have found copies of the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Atari game buried in a landfill in the New Mexico desert. The E.T. game, manufactured for the Atari 2600, was so reviled for unplayability and general design, that Atari, cash-strapped and struggling to deal with a surfeit of merchandise, resorted to burying copies in a landfill in 1983. (Licensing the character's rights reportedly cost millions, dooming the game almost from the start.) But this story was never officially confirmed - until now. »
- Alex Heigl
'Big Bang Theory,' 'Good Wife' Ordered Off Chinese Video Websites
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Beijing (AP) — Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including The Big Bang Theory and The Good Wife, representatives from two sites said Sunday. The move suggests government attention is intensifying on the online streaming industry, which is freer than state television and China's cinemas to show foreign productions and other content and has stretched the boundaries of what can be seen in the country. A spokeswoman for a leading online video site, Youku, said it had received notification on Saturday not to show sitcom The Big Bang
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- The Associated Press
Video: Valerie Bertinelli's Character Hits on Jason Priestley on Hot in Cleveland
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
If there's one role Jason Priestley is used to playing, it's a heartthrob. Even several years after taking on the iconic role of Beverly Hills, 90210's Brandon Walsh, the actor, 44, still has it in him to play a hunky ladies' man. Guest starring in an episode of TV Land's Hot in Cleveland on Wednesday at 10 p.m., Priestley acts as a star who Valerie Bertinelli's character Melanie has had her sights on since she was young. "I'm sorry, it's just that when I was a teenager, I used to have your poster over my bed and I would »
- Dahvi Shira
Writer Stefanie Zweig Dies at 81
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Berlin (AP) — German-Jewish writer Stefanie Zweig, best known for her autobiographical novel Nowhere in Africa has died. She was 81. German news agency dpa on Sunday cited her nephew Walter Zweig as saying the author died Friday after a "short, serious illness.". Zweig was born in 1932 in Leobschuetz, now part of Poland. In 1938, her family fled the Nazi persecution of Jews and moved to Kenya, where she attended a British school.. Zweig returned to Germany in 1947 and worked as a journalist for many years before she began writing novels.. Of her more than two dozen
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- The Associated Press
What George Clooney Has Said About Marriage & Relationships
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
A source confirms: George Clooney is ready to swap wedding vows with Amal Alamuddin, the British attorney he's been linked to since October 2013 and who recently accompanied him on a safari. Clooney has often claimed he's been happy being a bachelor - but surprise! - from the looks of it, one special lady has helped him change his mind. Though the tight-lipped actor, who was married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993, hasn't spoken much about his personal life or the women he's dated over the years (Stacy Keibler, Elisabetta Canalis, and Lisa Snowdon to name a few), we found some gems. »
- Nancy Mattia & Laura Lane
Pope Francis Declares Popes John Xxiii and John Paul II Saints
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Pope Francis declared Popes John Xxiii and John Paul II saints before some 800,000 people on Sunday in an unprecedented ceremony made even more historic by the presence of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square. Never before have a reigning pope and a retired pope celebrated Mass together in public, much less at an event honoring two of their most famous predecessors. Benedict's presence was a reflection of the balancing act that Francis envisioned when he decided to canonize John and John Paul together, showing the unity of the Catholic Church by honoring popes beloved by conservatives and progressives alike. »
- Associated Press
Fortissimo’s Michael Werner Receives Udine Honor
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Udine, Italy – Michael Werner, chairman of Hong Kong- and Amsterdam-based Fortissimo Films, was Saturday awarded the Golden Mulberry Award for services to Asian cinema.
The award was made at the 16th edition of the Far East Film Festival in Udine. The prize was presented on stage by Marco Mueller, artistic director of the Rome Film Festival, and by Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche, co-heads of the Udine festival.
The presentation was made ahead of a screening of “The Midnight After,” the hit politically-tinged sci-fi film by Hong Kong director Fruit Chan. Fortissimo handles international sales of both “Midnight” and “Black Coal, Thin Ice,” the cutting edge Chinese thriller that won Golden and Silver Bears in Berlin in February, both of which screen in Udine.
“Michael and Fortissimo have been guiding lights of Asian films for us in the West and for film festivals like ours,” said Baracetti. “Michael’s willingness »
- Patrick Frater
Tribeca: Ron Howard on Embracing Technology, Returning to Acting
8 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Ron Howard has accepted that the film industry is mostly focused on big movies, but he believes smaller stories still have a place, even if its in fewer theaters or on other platforms. Brian Williams opened his Saturday Tribeca Film Festival talk with the legendary director by alluding to Steven Spielberg and George Lucas' recent comments about an "implosion" in the film industry that could lead to ticket price variances and fewer movies. Exclusive Photos: 'Rush's' Ron Howard, Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl Howard said that he agreed that the film business is changing, noting that Lucas told him almost
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- Hilary Lewis
Has life in the age of casual magic made moviegoers numb to the amazing?
9 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Certainly no one would accuse me of being shy about offering an opinion. There are times, though, where that opinion isn't welcomed by a reader, and that's normally when I'm writing up a news story and I can't resist a wee bit of cynicism. I know that any time there is news about "Alice In Wonderland 2," I am openly skeptical of the need for that film. I understand that the first one made a billion dollars, but I'm not sure I actually know anyone who enjoyed it. I recently wrote about that when they picked a release date for the film, and I got several angry e-mails from people who resented my attitude, claiming once again that I was being too rough on the movie. Taking a second look at what I firmly believe may be Tim Burton's worst film, I was struck by two things. First, it is a terrible movie, »
- Drew McWeeny
Adam Levine and Keira Knightley Close Tribeca Film Festival With ‘Begin Again’
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
On Saturday, the Tribeca Film Festival hosted its closing night selection of “Begin Again,” the musical valentine shot in New York directed by John Carney.
Adam Levine, who makes his big-screen debut, said he never took any acting classes. “I acted like an actor,” he said. “It was very meta.”
Levine, the lead singer of Maroon 5, said he’d been offered film roles before, but he had always turned them down. “I’d thought about it, but the things that had come my way had been less than desirable,” Levine said. “John Carney made me want to do it. I was a huge fan of what John had done with ‘Once.’”
Keira Knightley, who sings throughout the film, said she took only two music lessons. “I mean, yeah, I sing in the shower,” said Knightley, adding, “I’m not a singer. Sometimes you can be scared, and it’s going to be all right. »
- Ramin Setoodeh
Interview: Flight Time & Big Easy talk 'Amazing Race: All-Stars'
11 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
As I interview The Globetrotters, they're doing what they do best: Trotting the globe. Nate "Big Easy" Lofton and Herb "Flight Time" Lang were eliminated from "The Amazing Race" All-Stars" on last Sunday's episode. It was the third time they've been on "The Amazing Race" and the third time they've gone home without winning, which you'd think would sting for a pair of basketball players who, by nature of their professional affiliation, never lose. Actually, you probably wouldn't think that if you've paid attention to Flight Time & Big Easy, who have earned the right to compete thrice on "Amazing Race" by virtue of their unflagging enthusiasm and their eagerness to entertain both viewers at home and every passer-by at every international location. Flight Time & Big Easy like to make people smile when they're on "The Amazing Race" and when they're not being followed by CBS cameras, they're usually still on the road making people smile. »
- Daniel Fienberg
George Clooney Engaged to Amal Alamuddin: What Ever Happened to the Actor's Famous Exes?
12 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin will soon be Mrs. George Clooney, but she wasn't the first. That honor goes to actress Talia Balsam, who was married to the 52-year-old movie star from 1989 to 1993. In the years between his former wife and his future wife, however, Clooney romanced a number of women. What happened to the actor's former flames after they called it quits? E! News investigates. Clooney dated Kelly Preston from 1987 to 1989. The actor shared a home in the Hollywood Hills, and at one point, Clooney bought his girlfriend a black potbellied pig named Max. Post-split, he retained custody of Max until his death in 2006. Preston, meanwhile, married John Travolta in 1991 and gave birth to three »
Nick Young Says He's Better Than Mentor Kobe Bryant—Swaggy P Jokes "You Can't Guard Me Right Now"
12 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Despite coming off one of the worst seasons in Lakers history, guard Nick Young remains upbeat. We recently sat down with Swaggy P in New York City to chat about getting star stuck at games, his ladylove Iggy Azalea and his relationship with his "mentor" and Laker legend Kobe Bryant. "With Kobe, he has been like a mentor for me this year," Young exclusively tells E! News. "But he is a little different, I mean he is Kobe Bryant, so he has to be different when you're at that point." The 28-year-old Young has captured quite a bit of attention this season—his off-court style as well as his on-court enthusiasm and playful attitude catch praise from fans and commentators, despite the »
Jon Favreau’s ‘Chef’ and Jazz Doc ‘Keep On Keepin’ On’ Nab 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Awards
13 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jon Favreau’s “Chef” and Alan Hicks’ doc “Keep On Keepin’ On” scored the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival’s audience awards, just after Harvey Weinstein announced to the crowd at the fest’s closing night screening that Radius-twc had picked up worldwide distribution rights to “Keep On.”
“Chef” and “Keep On Keepin’ On” will receive additional festival screenings April 27, the last day of the 2014 festival. Each prize comes with $25,000 each for the filmmakers.
Earlier in the week Hicks took home Tribeca’s juried prize for new documentary director.
“Chef” — with a starry cast that includes Favreau, John Leguizamo, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson and Robert Downey Jr. — centers on a disgraced chef who goes on a road trip to establish a new food truck business.
“Keep On” follows an 89-year-old trumpeting legend’s mentorship of a blind, 23-year-old piano prodigy. Radius-twc has hit gold with a music doc before, having released last »
- Gordon Cox
Radio Disney Music Awards: Selena Gomez, One Direction, Fifth Harmony and Taylor Swift Win Big!
13 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Selena Gomez was a big winner at Saturday's Radio Disney Music Awards! The fan-voted event took place at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and featured performances by Ariana Grande, Austin Mahone, Becky G, Fifth Harmony, R5 and Zendaya. Famous attendees included Gigi Hadid, Lucy Hale, Julianne Hough, Emily Osment, Cody Simpson, Ava Sambora and Richie Sambora. The Radio Disney Music Awards airs Sunday at 8:00 p.m. on Disney Channel and will be available May 2 on Disney Channel on Demand. Beginning May 5, it will stream on Disney.com and RadioDisney.com. Read on for the complete list of winners: They're The One – Best Music Group One Direction He's The One – »
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