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Friday, April 4, 2025

Cannes: Roman Polanski’s “Based on A True Story” Will Show At End of Fest When Most Are Gone

EXCLUSIVE A couple of updates regarding the 2017 Cannes Film Festival: Roman Polanski's "Based on a True Story" is set to play the festival on...

UPDATED Tom Hanks Heads to Worst Opening Weekend and Lowest Box Office Ever of Career

SUNDAY: "The Circle" comes in with $9.3 million. You'd have go to back to 1990 or earlier to find lower Hanks numbers. But he'll...

Tom Hanks Looking At Another Box Office Flop in “The Circle,” But it’s Emma Watson’s First

Emma Watson is about to learn about failure. She probably thinks all movies make gazillions after 8 Harry Potter films and this season's "Beauty...

Exclusive: Samuel L. Jackson Says He and Bruce Willis Are Ready to Shoot “Unbreakable” Sequel

Whether we want it or not, M. Night Shyamalan is going to make a sequel to "Unbreakable." Samuel L. Jackson himself confirmed to me last...

Shock: Beloved Oscar Winning Director Jonathan Demme Dead At Age 73

This is in the category of "not fair." Jonathan Demme has died at age 73 from what seems to be esophageal cancer. Demme was...

Tracy Morgan on His Time at “Saturday Night Live”: “I got to work with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Lorne Michaels, The Force was with me”

Tracy Morgan, who promised to get “a whole lot of women pregnant” at the 2015 Emmy’s, looked terrific and told me he felt great...

“Bad Boy” Will Smith Added to Cannes Jury Along with Jessica Chastain, Jury President Pedro Almodovar

Cannes takes an odd turn next month. Will Smith, of all people, has been added to the main jury. Hmmm...Not exactly from the "arty"...

Burt Reynolds “Comeback” Film “Dog Years” A Gem That Plays Smartly on Aging, Faded Fame, and Revival

Adam Rifkin's "Dog Years" unspooled last night at the Tribeca Film Festival last night. It's a little gem of a film along the lines...