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Cancel Culture Is Getting Out Of Control

Back in the summer of 2020, the 1939  Oscar-winning Gone With The Wind was removed from HBO Max, after 12 Years A Slave screenwriter John Ridley, who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his work, wrote a column in the Los Angeles Times saying it should not continue to be shown because of its…

Amazon Exec Jennifer Salke Explained Why “Lord of the Rings” Series Cost Half of a Billion

Half a billion dollars for a season’s worth of a single television show? online pharmacy buy glucophage online with best prices today in the USA   Well, not quite—it’s more  like $465 million, give or take a few guilders. That’s how much Amazon Studios is budgeting to bring The Lord of the Rings to the…

Adventures After ‘Parasite’ For The Unstoppable Bong Joon-Ho

The 51-year-old South Korean director isn’t resting on his laurels after his acclaimed film Parasite took top honors in four categories at the 2020 Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film, to say nothing of Golden Globes, Palmes d’Or, and other prestigious prizes. Not to mention that Bong has…

Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ Coming to Theaters and Disney+ Premier Access Simultaneously in July

DISNEY’S “JUNGLE CRUISE” STARRING DWAYNE JOHNSON AND EMILY BLUNT TO DEBUT IN THEATERS AND ON DISNEY+ WITH PREMIER ACCESS JULY 30 Dwayne Johnson, star and producer of Disney’s “Jungle Cruise,” took to social media today to break the exciting news that “Jungle Cruise” will release day and date in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on Friday, July 30.  …

Joel Coen Embarks on the First Solo Directorial Gig with A24 and Apple Original Films

Photo by Nobuhiro Hosoki It was announced this week that Apple Original Films would be partnering with A24 in the theatrical and streaming release of Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth toward the end of the year. Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand are slated to play Lord and Lady Macbeth in Coen’s upcoming version of…

Ellen DeGeneres Is Ending Her Show Next Year

The long-running daytime talk show Ellen is coming to an end next year with its upcoming nineteenth season. In a lengthy interview with The Hollywood Reporter, DeGeneres explained her reasoning for deciding to wrap up, citing a belief that it is no longer challenging and that she has been encouraged by her wife Portia de…

Tom Cruise Speaks Out about Covid-19 Rant on Mission Impossible Set

As the film and entertainment industry continues to adapt to the social-distancing protocols of the COVID pandemic, new details are emerging about Tom Cruise’s profanity-laced rant on the European set of Mission Impossible: 7 last December. Media sources including the Los Angeles Times and the Empire Magazine reported this week that Cruise was having no regrets for the…

Phil Lord and Chris Miller Embark on the Latest Work from “Moneyball”, “The Big Short” Author, Michael Lewis

COVID-19 is not yet a thing of the past, but it’s already making its way into the movies. According to Deadline, Universal Pictures has secured rights to adapt Michael Lewis’ book The Premonition: A Pandemic Story. The book was just published earlier this month, and follows a biochemist, public health worker, and federal government employee…

Gal Gadot Confirms Bullying By Justice League Director Joss Whedon

Actress Gal Gadot confirmed in an interview on Israeli television this week that she was bullied by director Joss Whedon during the filming of Justice League. Gadot played the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman in the superhero flick distributed by Warner Bros Pictures. In her interview with N12 News, Gadot told Yuna Leibzon…

Seth Rogen Won’t Work with James Franco Anymore

Actor Seth Rogen has made it clear that he’s not planning to work with his old friend and frequent collaborator James Franco in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct made against him. A Britain Sunday Times article discussing how Rogen’s films have not aged well and contain problematic jokes about sex and women featured…

An Unsatisfied Netflix Gave the HFPA an Alternative : The Hollywood Studios and Stars are Following…

The changes we reported the Hollywood Foreign Press Association board had proposed last week may be too little, too late. After the group’s membership voted to approve them, notable companies and individuals have spoken out to express their dissatisfaction with the plan and their intent not to support or work with the organization unless a…