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Paramount is grinning widely this weekend as its creepy pic, Smile, continued to stay atop the chart in its sophomore outing with a projected gross of 17.6 million from 3,659 theaters. That’s a decline of just 22 percent, one of the best holds of all time for the horror genre.

The news was just as good overseas. Smile earned 17.5 million from 61 markets for a foreign tally of 40 million and a global haul of 88.9 million to make the 17 million a major profit generator.

Smile earned more than enough to beat Sony’s new family film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, which opened to an estimated 11.5 million domestically. Sony expects the movie to benefit from the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday Monday and earn a total of 13.4 million through Monday.

Heading into the weekend, most of Hollywood expected Lyle, Lyle, based on the kids book of the same name, to win the three-day frame,

Still riding high on the success of “The Roundup,” Korean indie film producer and seller K-Movie Entertainment, is showcasing a slate of 16 movies at the Asian and Contents Film Market, part of the Busan International Film Festival.

The company has two titles featuring Don Lee (“The Eternals”) including the previously announced “The Roundup: No Way Out,” the third instalment of the Crime City film series. The second film is the highest grossing film of this year in Korea, with a 100 million total. The crime action film, which also stars Lee Jun Hyuk (“Baseball Girl”) and Aoki Munetaka (Japan’s “Rurouni Kenshin” franchise), is currently in production and is expected to release in 2023.

K-Movie has become the new representative for the “Pororo” animated penguin film franchise. The catalog of six titles includes the latest, “Pororo Dragon Castle Adventure” which was released on July 28.

“Ditto” is a remake of the 2000 fantasy romance

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The Environmental Media Association held its annual awards gala Saturday night, recognizing the efforts of those working toward a healthier planet. Don’t Look Up, Abbott Elementary, Yellowstone and The Problem With Jon Stewart were among the productions feted for their work in following green practices and telling stories of environmental justice, climate action and sustainability.

The event, held at Los Angeles’ Sunset Las Palmas Studios, also honored superstar Billie Eilish and her mother Maggie Baird with the Ema Missions in Music Award for their environmental work. Together, the mother-daughter duo created “Overheated,” an extra component to Eilish’s Happier Than Ever, The World Tour, with climate-focused activities including clothing swaps, documentary screenings and plant-based conversations to communicate issues related to sustainable fashion. It was organized in collaboration with Baird’s charity, Support + Feed, which takes on food insecurity and the climate crisis with plant-based food.

There’s one key question gripping the box office: will audiences be smiling, or will they be Lyling?

Sony’s “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” had hopes to challenge for the top slot at the box office this weekend, though it seems that the family comedy won’t be able to outpace the second weekend of Paramount’s smash horror film “Smile.” Meanwhile, 20th Century Studios’ “Amsterdam” is bombing in its debut, aiming to finish in third.

“Lyle, Lyle” landed a 3.47 million opening day, screening in 4,350 locations. While that’s not exactly the most impressive debut on paper, the majority of ticket sales for the musical will come with family audiences attending screenings on Saturday, Sunday and the Monday holiday of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which will keep a good fraction of kids out of school.

Sony is projecting a weekend gross between 12 million and 13.5 million for the musical, which is co-financed by Tsg Entertainment.

Justin Hartley arrives in the world of NBC’s new time-traveling drama Quantum Leap in a role that’s far from his role as actor Kevin Pearson on This Is Us, which ended its six season run earlier this year. In fact, Hartley is years apart from Kevin literally since we find him in an episode set in 1981, where Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) has jumped into the body of a female body hunter named Eva. Eva and her boyfriend Jake (Hartley) are on a bounty mission together but just as Ben jumps into Eva’s body, their relationship has found itself at a crossroads since Jake has asked Eva to marry him and her reaction isn’t what he’s expected. For more on the episode, how Hartley ended up working with his wife Sofia Pernas on the episode and what Hartley’s been up to since saying goodbye to This Is Us,

The King, my lord, is dead. Viserys I of House Targaryen, First of His Name, King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men (Paddy Considine), passed away fitfully in his sleep at the end of Episode 8 of “House of the Dragon.” He is survived by his wife, his daughter, and their children, who will probably all kill each other at any moment.

But as we bid farewell to the good king, we must ask ourselves: How exactly did he die? What plagued Viserys in his final hours — indeed, in his final 20 years of life? Over the course of Season 1, Viserys suffered a litany of ailments, from good ol’ fashioned purulent wounds to fainting spells to falling apart both literally and figuratively. Each week of “House of the Dragon” provided new symptoms and fresh hell for the dear departed king.

And so, here is an exhaustive list of what plagued King Viserys,

Buck has a big decision to make on Monday’s 9-1-1 (Fox, 8/7c).

The episode reunites Buck with an old college friend who reveals that he and his wife have been having fertility issues. And as you’ll see in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek, Buck might just be the solution to the couple’s problems.

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Only Murders in the Building star Selena Gomez is opening up about her mental health struggles in the trailer for Apple TV+‘s upcoming documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me. Directed by Alek Keshishian (Madonna: Truth or Dare), the documentary follows the Grammy-nominated singer over the course of six years, tracking her mental health journey through her battles with lupus, depression, and anxiety. The teaser (watch below) shows clips of Gomez visiting friends and professionals across the U.S. and beyond as she gets candid about her daily struggles. “Just be who you are, Selena. No one cares about what you’re doing,” Gomez says at the start of the trailer, which was released on Monday, October 10, in honor of World Mental Health Day. “It’s about who I am, being okay with where I am. I am grateful to be alive.” Every breath, a breakthrough. In honor of

After Life star and creator Ricky Gervais has definitively ruled out returning to host the Golden Globes, the award ceremony which he’s previously emceed five times. The response came after a Twitter user shared a video of Gervais’ opening monologue from his fifth time hosting the Globes in 2020. In the tweet, the fan asked people to retweet the clip “if you wish [Gervais] would host the Golden Globes again in 2023.” One of the people who retweeted the clip was Gervais, though not in support. “F*** that,” The Office creator wrote in reaction to the post while adding a crying laughing face emoji. Fuck that https://t.co/sinOAmmqJd — Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) October 9, 2022 The campaign for Gervais to return as host comes after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced that the Globes will be televised again in 2023 on NBC. This year’s event was reduced to a Twitter thread

At a pre-trial hearing in the Danny Masterson rape case last week, Judge Charlaine Olmedo laid down a basic ground rule.

“This is not going to become a trial on Scientology,” she said.

But the role of the church will nevertheless be a key theme in the trial, which begins with jury selection on Tuesday. Masterson, the 46-year-old former star of “That ’70s Show,” is facing three charges of forcible rape and a possible sentence of 45 years to life.

Masterson is a Scientologist, and all three of his accusers were members of the church at the time of the alleged assaults.

Mayim Bialik put The Afterparty actor Ike Barinholtz on the spot on Celebrity Jeopardy! on Sunday, October 10, when she brought up his love for Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings. Barinholtz was a contestant on Sunday’s episode of the ABC show, alongside The Terminal List star Constance Wu and former NBA player turned sports analyst Jalen Rose. It was during some mid-game chit-chat when Bialik asked the awkward question. “You are a huge fan of Jeopardy; specifically, you’re a huge fan of Ken Jennings?” she inquired. “As we all are,” she added. Not wanting to get dragged into the often intense “Bialik vs. Jennings” debate, Barinholtz tried to remain as neutral as possible. “Let’s just be clear, I’m a huge fan of [Jennings] as a player,” said The Mindy Project alum. “As a host, I’m totally agnostic. I love you and him equally. You’re both my children,

AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire” is a great example of how a TV series can be an opportunity to modernize dated source material and films. This week, the vampires aren’t as lucky with Showtime’s “Let the Right One In.”

Many changes made for the series were done in the name of sustaining narrative television. The TV series follows the basic outline of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s novel, as well as Tomas Alfredson’s 2008 feature involving a young boy whose new friend is a vampire, as well as 2010’s American remake directed by Matt Reeves, “Let Me In.” From there, both movies take different routes to tell their story. Which version is right for you? It depends.

1. Formulaic Backstories

Advantage: “Let the Right One In,” the series

The two movies heavily focus on the relationship between a vampire and a bullied little boy. In the show, the vampire

A creepy new teaser for HBO Max‘s Titans suggests things are about to get very bloody in the upcoming fourth season, set to premiere on Thursday, November 3. The trailer (watch below) shows a pool of blood surrounded by ritualistic markings as a bloody hand slowly emerges from the pit. While we don’t know for sure, it’s reasonable to assume this is the iconic Titans villain Brother Blood, the new big bad of Season 4, played by The Originals alum Joseph Morgan.  In the original comics, Brother Blood is the leader of a cult named the Church of Blood, which worships Raven’s (Teagan Croft) father, Trigon, who briefly appeared in the first season. The new season will see the Titans heading back on the road after saving Gotham, but after a stop in Metropolis, they’ll find themselves in the crosshairs of this powerful and supernatural cult. Brother

Model and actor Cara Delevingne is heading to Cannes for next week’s Mipcom market, where she’ll be promoting her BBC and Hulu documentary series “Planet Sex.”

Produced by her production banner Milkshake Productions, “Planet Sex” sees Delevingne approach questions surrounding human sexuality by visiting communities who view and experience gender and sexuality in hugely contrasting ways. She also shares her own personal experiences in the show.

Delevingne, who serves as an executive producer on the project, will take part in a special showcase of “Planet Sex” in the Grand Palais’ Auditorium on Oct. 18, alongside Simon Andreae, CEO Fremantle U.

“Monty Python” star John Cleese is set to host a regular show on right-wing news channel Gb News next year.

The 82-year-old actor revealed his new project on BBC Radio 4’s popular “Today” program on Monday morning. “I was approached and I didn’t know who they were,” said Cleese of Gb News, which set up shop in Britain in 2021. “I don’t know much about modern television because I’ve pretty much given up on it — I mean, English television. Then, I met one or two of the people concerned and had a dinner with them and I liked them very much.

Mediawan Rights has expanded its unscripted division with the appointment of former Shine France top executive Jeremy Klif, and is opening up to formats from third-party producers.

Klif has been tapped deputy director of international sales for the unscripted unit which was launched by Mediawan Rights’ managing director Valérie Vleeschhouwer, in April. Klif began his career in the U.S. at Mark Burnett Productions, and later worked as head of sales and acquisitions for Shine France upon his return to Paris. He went on to launch Borderline Media, a production and distribution banner specialized in formats, in 2017. At Mediawan Rights,

Fox Nation is reopening the 1977 case of three young Girl Scouts who were murdered during a camping trip outside Tulsa, Ok, just months after Hulu examined it in a documentary miniseries.

Fox Nation’s “Girl Scout Murders” will examine new revelations about the case that have recently surfaced due to Faith Phillips, an author who has written a book about the crime. In June of 1977, the bodies of three young girls, Lori Lee Farmer, 8; Michelle Guse, 9; and Doris Denise Milner, 10, of Tulsa, were discovered after they had been abducted from their tent during the night. Two different men have been

Federation Studios, the outfit behind the international Emmy award-nominated documentary “Nadia,” is set to co-produce “Patrick Vieira – Off the Bench,” a social-impact documentary shedding light on racism in the world of soccer and beyond.

Federation Studios, whose documentary unit is headed by veteran journalist Myriam Weil, is partnering up with SlugNews, an award-winning production outfit, to develop and produce “Patrick Vieira – Off the Bench.” The documentary feature will soon start shooting in the U.K. and France.

Vieira, the current coach of Crystal Palace, the English Premier League club, has been a pillar for the biggest European clubs, from Arsenal to Juventus,

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14, Episode 1 “Game of Drones.”] Are we certain NCIS: Los Angeles is not going to kill off its beloved Hetty (Linda Hunt), especially offscreen? Yes. Are we still worried about where her mission in Syria might take her? Yes. That said, the Season 14 premiere did try to make us wonder about that first question. Kilbride (Gerald McRaney) brings Callen (Chris O’Donnell) into his office for a video call with Commander Neal (Jennifer Marshall), whose squad was doing joint recon work alongside the Syrian democratic forces when they came across an abandoned school used as a shared safe house. There were signs of an ambush, as well as human remains burned beyond recognition. One body had documents IDing her as an American, Trudy Chambers. Callen freezes upon hearing that. The Trudy they know is a small woman, he says, asking if the remains reflect that. They do.

[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the series premiere of Let the Right One In.] The novel Let the Right One In has gotten two adaptations, the 2008 Swedish film being the most popular. At the core of each story is a vampire, turned around 10-12 years old, who befriends a bullied, lonely boy. The story’s other key relationship is between the vampire and her caretaker, an adult man posing as her father who helps keep her fed (to tell you how would spoil the narrative for new viewers). Showrunner Andrew Hinderaker makes some key changes to his adaptation, which premiered Sunday, October 9 on Showtime, the biggest being that Eleanor’s caretaker is actually her biological father, and she’s not decades old. Rather, Eleanor has been a vampire for about 10 years when the show begins, and she has spent most of that time on the run with her dad, Mark (Demián Bichir), looking ...