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Despite a 25% decline compared to the opening for its predecessor, Fox's Maze Runner: The Death Cure still managed a #1 finish at the weekend box office. Meanwhile, Entertainment Studios saw Hostiles deliver a solid performance as it expanded nationwide, Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and The Greatest Showman continue to hold strong, The Shape of Water expands with strong numbers on the heels of its 13 Oscar nominations and Viva's Padmaavat secures a spot in the top ten despite playing in just 324 theaters. All told, the weekend's top twelve was still down ~7% compared to last year as January has slowed to a crawl. With an estimated $23.5 million Fox's Maze Runner: The Death Cure topped the weekend box office. Carrying the largest budget of the three films ($62m) in the franchise, while not an unexpected debut, it remains a disappointing one as Death Cure comes in ~$7 million behind the debut

As we continue to creep toward the Oscars, all the other big film and television guilds and organizations are getting their awards out of the way. SAG and the Ace Eddies gave out their awards over the last week or so, while the WGA and DGA awards are weeks away. Saturday night, however, it was the Art Directors Guild's chance to hand out its honors to a number of unique movies, TV shows, and advertisements. [caption id="attachment_680060" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Fox Searchlight/caption] The big winners on the film side were Blade Runner 2049, Three …

Exclusive: Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party is always the hottest ticket before the Grammy Awards. Tonight he dropped an exceptional surprise. Davis tonight introduced Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson to sing a couple songs, and then told the audience that Hudson will be playing Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic about the life of the Queen of Soul. Hudson was in fact hand picked by Franklin to play the role. It was appropriate that Davis introduce all this, since…

Updated with more details, full winners list: The Chloë Grace Moretz-starring The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Kindergarten Teacher director Sara Colangelo, On Her Shoulders helmer Alexandria Bombach and Blaze star Benjamin Dickey were the big victors tonight at the Sundance Film Festival awards ceremony in Park City. Singer M.I.A., Rust Belt skateboarding and the anti-Donald Trump documentary Our New President also scored wins at Robert Redford-founded fest Saturday…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today approved the next phase in its Standards of Conduct initiative. In an email to the membership, Academy CEO Dawn Hudson forwarded instructions on how individuals may report claims of workplace misconduct in violation of AMPAS standards. “The Academy’s goal is not to be an investigative body, but rather ensure that when a grievance is made, it will go through a fair and methodical process,” she wrote. “The process will…

After five women initially accused Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct in November, three more women have come forward with allegations against the actor in a story in Buzzfeed News.

In the story, published Saturday afternoon, one background actor said Piven forcefully pinned her down on a couch after following to her trailer; a background extra said Piven became physically aggressive with her during an intimate encounter and a third woman said the actor pushed her against a wall and tried to force her to engage in sexual intercourse. The incidents allegedly occurred in 1985, 1996 and 1994, respectively.

Oscar-nominated director Todd Haynes announced today that he will team with Polygram Entertainment and Verve Label Group for The Velvet Underground, a feature documentary on about one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Haynes, along with Christine Vachon, announced the news today with a first look video at Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2018 Artist Showcase. Haynes will direct and produce the documentary which will trace multiple threads leading to the band’s formation…

After a hot streak that literally no one saw coming, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle looks to be finally relinquishing its thrown at the box office this weekend. We have Maze Runner: The Death Cure, an astonishingly bland conclusion to an utterly innocuous franchise, to thank for this sea change, as the third chapter of the Maze Runner series hit number one on Friday with $8.4 million. Jumanji fell to second with $3.7 million and though the adventure-comedy has done this before only to come back to number one by Sunday evening, Maze Runner's triumph will …

For those who watch the hit fox series, “Gotham”, it is no surprise when a villainous character gets replaced in between season. This has been the case for a few villains on the show, including that of Poison Ivy, who is now on its third switch of actor taking over the role (now being played by Peyton List in the current season), and has now made its way to the infamous Batman villain, Scarecrow. As this news has begun to take on some major buzz after rumors began just mere weeks ago, we are here to give you some of

Gotham Officially Casts New Actor As Scarecrow

Friday night Writethru: It’s all about 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight this weekend. Not only does Disney’s purchase own the top spot at the box office with its threequel Maze Runner: The Death Cure ringing up an estimated $23.7 million opening at 3,787 theaters, but with four other Oscar-nominated titles on the chart — The Greatest Showman, The Post, and Searchlight’s The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside, Ebbing Missouri — the studio is commanding close…

“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan’s trippy, clock-ticking experiment in pure cinema, “I, Tonya,” the black comedy about notorious figure skater Tonya Harding (Oscar nominee Margo Robbie), and “Coco,” Pixar’s ode to Día de los Muertos, took top editing honors in drama, comedy, and animation respectively at the 68th Ace Eddie Awards Friday at the Beverly Hilton.

Ace is a great Oscar predictor for editing (23 out of the last 27 years ), which now makes “Dunkirk” the favorite for editor Lee Smith. It beat Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” the Best Picture Oscar frontrunner, edited by Sidney Wolinsky. And, surprisingly, for comedy, “I Tonya” (Tatiana Riegel) triumphed over “Baby Driver” (Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss) and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Jon Gregory). These are the five Oscar nominees for Best Film Editing. However, as a Best Picture predictor, Ace hasn’t fared as well, picking the winner 16 out of the last 27 years.

Update: Three more women have accused actor Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct, which brings the total to eight accusers, according to a report by Buzzfeed News today. Piven and his legal team have denied the accusations. Additionally, his lawyers have threatened legal action against BuzzFeed. In a written statement to the website, Piven said, "These allegations, which in one case goes back more than 30 years and the two others more than 20 years ago, are false. As evidenced by the lie detector test I took and passed, I have never forced myself on anyone, nor have I ever exposed myself or restrained anyone against their will. To the contrary, if any woman ever said no, I stopped." The newest...

Mort Walker, the creator of a comic strip that brought laughter to millions by showing the foibles of a lazy G.I., and who later founded the first museum dedicated to cartooning, has died. He was 94 and passed way from pneumonia at his Stamford, Conn. home, according to Bill Morrison, president of the National Cartoonists Society. Walker drew his daily comic strip for 68 years, longer than any other Us artist in the history of the medium. It debuted in 1950 and eventually…

Will Ferrell was very, very good to “Saturday Night Live.” NBC’s late-night mainstay delivered season-high ratings in Nielsen’s overnight metered markets with the episode hosted by the former “SNL” trooper and featuring musical guest Chris Stapleton.

“SNL” grabbed a 4.9 household rating and 11 share in Nielsen’s 56 metered markets, which represent about 70% of U.S. TV households. The show also delivered a healthy 2.3/11 in adults 18-49.

Those numbers marked “SNL’s” best since the May 20 season finale of the 2016-17 season, which ranked as “SNL’s” most-watched season in 22 years. Saturday’s edition of “SNL” was stronger than anything the broadcast networks served up in primetime including ABC’s coverage of the NBA’s Boston Celtics-Golden State Warriors game.

Lady Gaga arrives on the red carpet. She wore a white rose in support of Time’s Up and gender equality. Joy Villa wore a pro-life dress to the red carpet ahead of the 2018 Grammy Awards. Patrick Starrr arrives to the red carpet. Recording artist Liliana Saumet of Bomba Estero arrives on the red carpet. Country singer Reba McEntire arrives on the red carpet, sporting a white rose to support Time’s Up and gender equality. Keltie Knight also wears a white rose as she arrives with Eve to the red carpet. Recording artist Le’Andria Johnson arrives to the Grammy Awards. Comedian Brendan Schaub arrives wearing his white rose...

Joy Villa again used the Grammys to make a conservative political statement with her outfit, this year espousing an anti-abortion message with her white dress. The 26-year-old singer appeared at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in New York wearing a white Pronovias dress with a circular, rainbow-colored shape on it that represented a fetus in the womb. On her handbag was painted the message “Choose Life,” and the entire outfit was topped off with a tiara. Villa told Fox News she hand-painted the dress herself. She said she made the statement because she supports adoption over abortion, and she was inspired...

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” won three of its leading seven bids at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards on Sunday (Jan. 28), including Best Picture. While Martin McDonagh lost the Best Director race to Sean Baker (“The Florida Project”) he did win for his script. And his leading lady, Frances McDormand, picked up another prize on her seemingly inevitable march to the Oscars. (See the full list of winners below).

However, Gary Oldman (“Darkest Hour”) hit a bump in the road as he lost Best Actor to one of his Oscar rivals — Timothee Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name”) — and the award for British or Irish actor of the year to another, Daniel Kaluuya (“Get Out”). Oscar hopeful Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”) won that homegrown award on the distaff side. And “Dunkirk” claimed Best British/Irish Film over, among others, “Three Billboards.”

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What do you get for the woman who has everything? How about her own action figure? Over the weekend, Oprah Winfrey got her first look at the toy version of Mrs. Which, the character she plays in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming film adaptation of the legendary sci-fi novel “A Wrinkle in Time.” Mrs. Which is one of three supernatural beings — along with Mrs. Who and Mrs. Whatsit (Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon, respectively), who guide Meg Murry (Storm Reid) and her friends on their journey to find her lost father (Chris Pine). Also Read: Reese Witherspoon, Oprah Winfrey Mock Photoshop Error in...

John Morris, Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer for many of the classic Mel Brooks comedies including “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein,” died Thursday at his home in Red Hook, N.Y. He was 91.

Morris was Oscar-nominated for co-writing, with Brooks, the title song for “Blazing Saddles” – a sendup of classic movie cowboy tunes sung by Frankie Laine for the opening of Brooks’ 1974 film. Morris was nominated again in 1980 for his dramatic score for the Brooks-produced “The Elephant Man.”

Morris served as Brooks’ composer beginning with “The Producers” in 1967; he wrote the original arrangement for Brooks’ famous “Springtime for Hitler” song, and composed the rest of the underscore.

Morris’ most famous score is undoubtedly “Young Frankenstein,” for which he composed a memorable violin theme that plays a key role in the story. Under the title “Transylvanian Lullaby,” it has even been performed by top classical artists from violinist Gil Shaham to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are on their way to being the youngest Egot winners ever. They triumphed at the Grammy Awards for the first time on Sunday for Best Musical Theater Album of “Dear Evan Hansen” as the show’s producers and composers.

In the past 12 months alone, the duo won Best Original Song at the Oscars along with composer Justin Hurwitz for the “La La Land” song “City of Stars.” They prevailed at the Tony Awards in the category of Best Original Score for “Dear Evan Hansen.” They are now just an Emmy Award away from Egot status and have the Fox holiday special “A Christmas Story” live musical on that ballot this summer.

See 2018 Grammys: Full list of winners at the 60th Grammy Awards

A dozen entertainers have won the Egot (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) for their careers. The most recent person to join that group was composer Robert Lopez,