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'Cinderella' Mops Up Friday Box Office, Liam Neeson's 'Run All Night' a Weak Second
4 hours ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The Disney juggernaut scores again, with its latest iteration of a childhood classic singlehandedly reversing the recent box office slump as the live-action "Cinderella" grossed $23 million its initial day (including strong Thursday night shows). This is how dominant it was — the rest of the Top Ten combined only totaled $16 million. The result is a $39 million take that outdid the same Friday last year (which featured openers "Need for Speed" and "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" and holdover "300: Rise of an Empire) by $9 million. This is a very encouraging result that marks an early start to a highly touted slate of tentpole releases, starting ever earlier leading into the summer. ("Insurgent," "Get Hard" and "Furious 7" over the next three weeks, should they keep up this pace, could provide strong evidence that a real surge is happening). What makes "Cinderella" particularly encouraging is that its gross is only a »
- Tom Brueggemann
Russell Brand Tried to Block Premiere of Documentary at SXSW
18 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
At the SXSW premiere of the Russell Brand documentary—“Brand: A Second Coming”—on Friday night, director Ondi Timoner shed light on why its subject suddenly cancelled his appearances in Austin earlier in the day.
At a Q&A session after the film, Timoner said that Brand struggled with a rough cut of the film he saw. She said that in January, Brand became so uncomfortable with the idea of the film opening SXSW, he tried to block its release at the festival.
Timoner said she turned for help to Janet Pierson, the head of SXSW film, who told her that the festival was founded on the idea of freedom of speech, and reassured her they would show the film.
“Working with Russell Brand was difficult,” Timoner said. “He tried to control every situation … I really wanted to work with Russell and make him happy, but I also needed to protect the film. »
- Ramin Setoodeh
CW’s ‘The Flash’ Teases Return of Tom Cavanagh as Reverse Flash (Photo)
20 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“The Flash” villain Reverse Flash is about to become more important than ever on The CW drama, and to prepare fans for the show’s return from winter hiatus, the network has released the first official image of Tom Cavanagh in costume. Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen, the superspeedster known as The Flash, has been searching for Reverse Flash, who he calls the Man in the Yellow Suit, for years, believing him to be the person who murdered his mother and got his father falsely imprisoned for the crime. Also Read: CW’s ‘Arrow’-‘The Flash’ Crossover: Behind the »
- Linda Ge
‘Game of Thrones': George R.R. Martin Talks HBO’s 10 Season Goal, Potential Movie
13 March 2015 12:21 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
As the promotional campaign for “Game of Thrones” season five ramps up ahead of its April 12 premiere, author George R.R. Martin has taken to his blog to address speculation about the show’s future — specifically, reports that HBO is hoping that the show will run 10 seasons, while showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are aiming for seven.
“This discussion is nothing new, of course. I get asked similar questions every time I make a public appearance, do an interview, or walk a red carpet. My usual answer is a variant on, ‘I don’t know how many seasons the show will run.’ I don’t know. No one knows,” Martin wrote on his official LiveJournal.
“I do know that David & Dan have stated in interviews that they see the show winding up in seven seasons … I also know that HBO wants the series to run longer than that. I have »
- Variety Staff
‘Cinderella’ Enchants Reviewers With Its Faithful Take on a Beloved Disney Classic
15 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Disney’s remake one of its most beloved animated fairy tales with the live action “Cinderella” is paying off — both at the box office and with critics. Not only did it rake in $23 million at the box office for its release on Friday and is on track to make $70 million by Monday, but it overwhelmingly won over film critics. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the film takes after Walt Disney’s 1950 animated musical film of the same name. Starring Lily James in the titular role as Ella (“Cinderella”), Richard Madden plays Prince Charming, Cate Blanchett plays Lady Tremaine aka the Wicked. »
- Jethro Nededog
Kathy Griffin Says She's 'Surprised' by Reaction to Fashion Police Exit
32 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
If you're waiting for more drama following her exit from Fashion Police, Kathy Griffin says the joke's on you. "It just didn't work out. That's it. That's the scandal," she told the crowd at her Friday show in Waterbury, Connecticut, in a video obtained via TMZ. "However, Hollywood, of course, enjoys blowing something up."And that last part has been a huge shocker to Griffin, who joined the E! show in January as the late Joan Rivers's replacement. "I just am surprised that people are so invested in this show. But I shouldn't be because Joan was so incredible and amazing, »
- Alison Schwartz, @alisonbrooke
Sony’s ‘Popeye’ Loses Director Genndy Tartakovsky
37 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
It looks like Genndy Tartakovsky won’t be directing Sony’s adaptation of “Popeye,” after all.
The director told Moviefone that he’s “off that project” essentially over a difference of opinion in the direction the movie was headed. However, the film is still in active development, according to Sony Pictures Animation.
“I was in love with what we were doing, but I think the studio is going through changes and I don’t know if they want to make the ‘Popeye’ that I want to make,” he told Moviefone. “So they’ve got to make a decision.”
Those changes include Tom Rothman stepping in as chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment following Amy Pascal’s ousting. Sony Pictures Digital president Bob Osher was fired soon after and DreamWorks Animation producer Kristine Belson was hired for the newly created post of president of Sony Pictures Animation in two other shakeups following the Sony hacking attack. »
- Maane Khatchatourian
Helen Mirren's 5 Best (Nonroyal) Roles
52 minutes ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
This story first appeared in the March 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. 1. Age Of Consent (1969) Mirren's first major screen role was in Michael Powell's offbeat Australian romance, delivering a captivating turn as the innocent but self-possessed muse to James Mason's jaded artist. 2. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1990) A gangster's moll never has been so soulful, or so insistently naked, as Mirren's Georgina Spica in Peter Greenaway's super-stylized black comedy. Read More Helen Mirren Dedicates Roundabout Theatre Honor to Alan Howard in Bittersweet Speech 3. Prime Suspect (1991) Mirren's indelible Jane Tennison, an inspector tackling grim cases with no-nonsense ferocity,
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- Sheri Linden
Baby Wrapped in American Flag Creates Controversy - and Praise
52 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Landon Clevenger is just barely two weeks old, but he's already become an Internet star. Last Sunday, photographer Vanessa Hicks of Virginia Beach, Virginia, held a shoot with Samantha and Rodney Clevenger with their then-8-day-old son. The group wanted to incorporate Rodney's military background into the shoot. "We scoured Pinterest looking for military newborn photos," Hicks tells People. "We wanted to include it with this newborn shoot." Hicks and Samantha both decided on a shot of Landon wrapped in an American flag, but when the photographer shared a preview of the image on her Facebook page, she wasn't prepared for the negative response. »
- Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
‘Ixcanul,’ ‘600 Miles’ Triumph at Mexico’s Guadalajara Fest
57 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Repeating triumphs at Berlin, Jayro Bustamante’s “Ixcanul” – a traditions-versus-women’s-rights piece set in Guatemala – and Gabriel Ripstein’s Tim Roth starrer “600 Miles” topped the 30th Guadalajara Festival Saturday, “Ixcanul” scooping best picture and director in its Ibero-America Competition and “600 Miles” the Mezcal Prize for best Mexican fiction feature. Celso Garcia’s road movie “The Thin Yellow Line” took a Special Jury Prize in the Ibero-American competish.
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- James Young
Amber Rose Poses in Another Sexy Bikini While Smoking Hookah, Proudly Calls Herself a "Milf"
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
When the temperatures heat up, so does Amber Rose's Instagram. As Southern California experiences quite the heat wave this weekend, the model has decided to cool down herself in her own unique way. In a new Instagram post, Rose headed to the pool where she worked a one piece bathing suit that showed off her legs for days. Sporting white round sunglasses, the 31-year-old also appeared to be laying out next to a tasty margarita and a hookah machine. Way to turn up on the weekend! "If I was a Video Game I would be rated E for Everybody," she captioned the shot Saturday afternoon. If you thought that was a little scandalous, perhaps you should take a look at her post just 24 hours »
SXSW Film Review: ‘6 Years’
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Having explored an illicit affair between a high-school instructor and student in “A Teacher,” writer-director Hannah Fidell focuses on a doomed relationship of a rather more banal (if age-appropriate) sort in “6 Years.” Although shot and performed in a determinedly raw, naturalistic register, this emotionally roiling portrait of two twentysomething Texas sweethearts too often veers toward melodramatic overstatement, inspiring little empathy or understanding despite the committed performances of promising young leads Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield. The backing of exec producers Mark and Jay Duplass will draw a measure of attention, but not enough to distinguish this low-budget effort in the indie marketplace.
Staggering home drunk one night from a party, Mel (Farmiga) awakens her boyfriend, Dan (Rosenfield), their groggy banter suddenly exploding into an argument; the scuffle that ensues leaves Dan with a bump on the head, and Mel aghast and apologetic. They’re quick to make up, but the »
- Justin Chang
SXSW: Richard Linklater Gave Advice to Adrien Brody for 'Stone Barn Castle' Doc
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Adrien Brody received advice from Boyhood director Richard Linklater on his documentary film Stone Barn Castle, which is set to debut at the South by Southwest festival on Saturday. The actor purchased "Stone Barn Castle" in 2007 as a home for himself and then-girlfriend Elsa Pataky, Huffington Post reported. Brody and filmmaker Kevin Ford partnered to document his experience renovating the partially burned, European castle-like New York stone barn, his spirituality and outlook on the world over a seven-year period. "It's a personal endeavor. We didn't quite know what we were engaging in," Brody told
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- Natalie Stone
Wayne Static's Cause of Death Revealed: Mixture of Drugs and Alcohol to Blame
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Wayne Static - the former frontman for the popular metal group Static-x - died of a fatal mixture of drugs and alcohol, the San Bernardino County Coroner Office confirmed to People. The singer, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was found dead at his home in Landers, California, on Nov.1 at the age of 48. According to the coroner, the cause of death was "mixed prescription drugs (Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, and Alprazolam) and alcohol toxicity." Chronic prescription drug and alcohol abuse were also listed as contributing factors to what the coroner ruled a "natural death." After Static's death, his wife Tera Wray »
- Michael Miller, @write_miller
Wayne Static's Cause of Death Revealed: Mixture of Drugs and Alcohol to Blame
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Wayne Static - the former frontman for the popular metal group Static-x - died of a fatal mixture of drugs and alcohol, the San Bernardino County Coroner Office confirmed to People. The singer, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was found dead at his home in Landers, California, on Nov.1 at the age of 48. According to the coroner, the cause of death was "mixed prescription drugs (Oxycodone, Hydromorphone, and Alprazolam) and alcohol toxicity." Chronic prescription drug and alcohol abuse were also listed as contributing factors to what the coroner ruled a "natural death." After Static's death, his wife Tera Wray »
- Michael Miller, @write_miller
PopPolitics: Why Politicians Need Late-Night Talk Shows (Listen)
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
When President Obama read “Mean Tweets” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week, he was merely getting in on the joke.
Where once it was very unlikely that a sitting president would appear on a late-night talk show, Obama has made it a given, not just to sit with a host and do a breezy interview, but to also engage in a comedy skit.
When Obama made his first appearance since taking office on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in 2009, pundits wondered whether it was too unpresidential; those criticisms have abated. Now the question is what can draw attention and get people listening.
Presidential contenders have made a point of visiting late-night talk shows ever since candidate Bill Clinton went on “The Arsenio Hall Show” in 1992, playing the saxophone and helping boost his likability.
“It’s become part of a political campaign, and you do violence to your own campaign »
- Ted Johnson
Children's Hospital Patients Release Shake It Off Video - and We Try Not to Cry.
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[Youtube "UIAuISYLYGo"] Prepare yourself for the most touching version of "Shake it Off" ever. In an era that has brought us a jovial cop and dancing frat brothers offering their renditions of the Taylor Swift mega-hit, comes a video from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that will melt your heart. "Our incredible team of Child Life Specialists, Child Activity Coordinators, Music and Art Therapists, teachers and dedicated volunteers have created something really special and fun to celebrate and spread awareness for #ChildLifeMonth!" Chop wrote on its Facebook page while releasing the video Thursday evening. The Child Life Team specializes in helping children »
- Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
Children's Hospital Patients Release Shake It Off Video - and We Try Not to Cry.
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
[Youtube "UIAuISYLYGo"] Prepare yourself for the most touching version of "Shake it Off" ever. In an era that has brought us a jovial cop and dancing frat brothers offering their renditions of the Taylor Swift mega-hit, comes a video from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia that will melt your heart. "Our incredible team of Child Life Specialists, Child Activity Coordinators, Music and Art Therapists, teachers and dedicated volunteers have created something really special and fun to celebrate and spread awareness for #ChildLifeMonth!" Chop wrote on its Facebook page while releasing the video Thursday evening. The Child Life Team specializes in helping children »
- Kathy Ehrich Dowd, @kathyehrichdowd
Cows Create Pi Symbol, Mathematicians Everywhere Moo-ved
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Some people (hint: us) are celebrating Pi Day by eating many, many helpings of many, many different types of pie. Others are corralling their livestock onto a field to form the pi symbol. Not surprisingly, farmer Derek Klingenberg chose to mark the occasion - which is extra special this year because it's 3/14/15, the exact beginning numerals of the mathematical constant - with the latter. The farmer, whom we met last year after he serenaded his cows with an, ahem, moo-ving trombone cover of Lorde's "Royals," called upon the four-legged Klingenberg Farms residents for a stunt he titled "#CowPi." (Watch above. »
- Alison Schwartz, @alisonbrooke
Buffy Actor Nicholas Brendon Got Arrested Again
2 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Nicholas Brendon, the actor best known for playing Xander on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, got arrested (again) Friday night. Brendon was attending a conference, ALTCon in Florida, when he called the police because he believed his phone and wallet had been stolen. The cops arrived on the scene to find the hotel in disarray and the wallet on the dresser. He was arrested for grand theft and criminal mischief. According to the police report, Brendon had been mixing pills and alcohol earlier in the day. This is his third arrest since October, where he caused problems at a hotel while attending yet another convention. It's clear that Brendon is having a difficult time, and we hope he gets the help he needs. »
- E. Alex Jung
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