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Actor Louis Gossett Jr. Dies at 87: First Black Man to Win Supporting Oscar

©An Officer and a Gentleman/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, died in Santa Monica, California on Friday morning. He was 87. No cause of death was revealed, but it is known that Gossett had been suffering from prostate cancer. He had also…

Hankyu Hanshin Apologizes to Family Over Actress Death in Takarazuka Revue

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, the parent company of Japan’s Takarazuka Revue. has apologized to the family of an actor in the all-female company who allegedly committed suicide last year after sexual harassment that led to both verbal and physical abuse. The unidentified 25-year-old victim died in September 2023 after being harassed by older members of the…

Tom Cruise To Star in Upcoming ‘Top Gun 3’ Sequel, Says Producer Bruckheimer

Tom Cruise will be returning in the role of Maverick in the upcoming Top Gun 3 movie, which will be a sequel to Top Gun Maverick, the $1.4 billion blockbuster directed by Joseph Kosinski in 2022. The original Top Gun film was directed by Tony Scott in 1986. Miles Teller and Glen Powell will also…

J. K. Simmons to Play Comedian Milton Berle in Sony’s ‘SNL 1975’

Actor J. K. Simmons has been tapped to play the role of Milton (“Mr. Television”) Berle in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film SNL 1975, to be directed by Jason Reitman from a script co-written with Gil Kenan. Milton Berle, also known as “Uncle Miltie”, was part of a pioneering generation of stand-up comedians during the 1950s,…

Josh O’Connor May Star in Luca Guadagnino’s Gay Romantic Film ‘Separate Rooms’

Photo by Des Willie/Des Willie/Netflix – © Netflix 2020, Inc Josh O’Connor is in discussions to star in Luca Guadagnino‘s latest drama, Separate Rooms, Variety is reporting. The movie will reunite the BAFTA Award-nominated British actor with the Venice Film Festival-winning Italian director; the performer is also starring in the filmmaker’s upcoming tennis love triangle feature…

Olivia Colman Criticizes Gender Disparities in Film-Industry Earnings

©Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh/Parisa Taghizadeh Olivia Colman, the Oscar-winning actress and producer, recently criticized the gender disparities in pay in the movie industry. In an interview this week on CNN’s The Armapour Hour, she remarked, “I’m very aware that if I was Oliver Colman, I’d be earning a fuck of a lot more than I…

Ryan Coogler is Making a Jukebox Musical Based on Songs by Prince

© 1984 – Warner Bros. All rights reserved. A new musical inspired by the music and songs by Prince (2958-2016) has been greenlighted by Universal Pictures. The movie is still without an official title and will be produced by Ryan Coogler through his company Proximity Media. Zinzi Cooper and Sev Ohanian will be working at…

Joker: Folie à Deux : New Details Emerged

Courtesy of Warner Bros. New and fascinating details have been revealed about Joker : Folie à Deux, particularly about its soundtrack. Variety reported in fact that the long anticipated sequel will contain at least 15 famous cover songs, adapted in order to appeal to contemporary taste. The composer Hildur Guðnadóttir – first woman to win…

‘The Boondock Saints’ Are Back!

© Twentieth Century Fox The Boondock Saints is getting a relaunch via Thunder Road and Dragonfly Films, but original director Troy Duffy will be stepping aside for a yet-unnamed successor. Duffy had helmed the original film in 1999 and its 2009 sequel The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day. While Duffy is stepping away from his directorial…

M. Emmet Walsh, Character actor of Blade Runner and Blood Simple, Passed Away at 88

©Courtesy of Don Mckay film. One of the best character actors in contemporary American cinema, M. Emmet Walsh, passed away last Tuesday in  Vermont at the age of 88. The news has been given by his manager Sandy Joseph. He was born on March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg, New York. Active since the late ‘60,…

Jeffrey Wright Cast in Spike Lee’s Upcoming ‘High and Low,’ Kurosawa’s Reboot

© Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Jeffrey Wright, who received a spate of awards for his starring role in American Fiction, will be joining Denzel Washington and Ilfenesh Hadera in Spike Lee’s upcoming film High and Low. It’s unclear what role Wright will be playing in the movie, which…