The holiday box office proved fruitful for a wide variety of movies as overall ticket sales reached $200 million over the weekend — a 6.3% boost from last year. Disney and Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” led the bounty, crossing $361 million in North America after this weekend’s $72 million haul. J.J. Abrams’ third
Month: December 2019
Exclusive Getty Disney actor Devan Leos can breathe a huge sigh of relief … he won’t spend any time behind bars after striking a plea deal in his attempted murder case. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Devan pled no contest to 1 count of attempted murder back in April. He was sentenced to 5
While Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are taking a break from the spotlight in Canada this holiday season, Kate Middleton has been busy back at home with her family. On Christmas, she joined the royal family at Christmas church service in Norfolk. She’s been spending a lot of time with her kids, who, according to
December 28, 2019 2:17PM PT Former President Barack Obama has released his must-read list of 2019 and it’s categorized by interest! Obama’s annual release of his favorite books, films and music has just begun, but who has made the cut. First up, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism” by Shoshana Zuboff about the perils of social
December 28, 2019 1:39PM PT Disappointed “Star Wars” fans have expressed their upset over the lack of screen time for actress Kelly Marie Tran in the latest “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” with the online campaign #RoseTicoDeservedBetter. “Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu shares their disappointment, but he has
While Mariah Carey’s quarter-century-old “All I Want for Christmas Is You” continues to top the singles charts in America, in Europe a very different holiday anthem has made that ascension to No. 1 — Ellie Goulding’s cover of Joni Mitchell’s “River,” a song about having a blue Christmas. And with that, the artist to whom
It’s a sure bet that one reviewer’s high praise is another reviewer’s overpraise. So I fully own the subjective nature of this list. Nevertheless, as a film critic who sort of believes in objective reality (it’s a hard job to do if you don’t), I compiled this roster of movies I think got far too
December 28, 2019 10:22AM PT Trent Reznor is a man who rarely, if ever, minces words. In a new interview, the Nine Inch Nails frontman sounded off on Netflix’s “Bird Box” after scoring the film with longtime collaborator Atticus Ross. “When we got immersed in it, it felt like some people were phoning it in,”
December 28, 2019 9:21AM PT Disney’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” continues to reign supreme at the holiday box office, crossing $300 million domestically over the weekend after Friday’s tally of $26.2 million. J.J. Abrams’ third and final installment in the latest Star Wars trilogy is expected to earn over $76 million in its
Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” will hit a portion of Chinese theaters on Jan. 10, 2020, screening via the country’s National Alliance of Arthouse Cinemas. China has almost no dedicated art house theaters, and the Alliance seeks to rectify this by screening such films on a circuit of some 3,700 screens within commercial theaters — a
Sue Lyon, who was cast in Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita” at the age of 14, died Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 73. Lyon’s longtime friend Phil Syracopoulos told the New York Times she had been experiencing poor health for some time. Lyon’s acting career lasted from 1959 to 1980, with her most significant role as
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed off on a measure that will contribute $3.7 million to the Bronx’s first Hip-Hop museum, it was announced on Thursday. The funding is part of a statewide New York economic and community development package. Dubbed the Universal Hip Hop Museum, the effort was “chartered by the New York State
December 27, 2019 2:33PM PT Don Imus, the broadcast provocateur who was a staple of morning drive-time radio for decades, died Friday in College Station, Texas after being hospitalized on Christmas Eve. He was 79. Imus retired from his nationally syndicated “Imus in the Morning” radio show in March 2018. He was known to fans
That’s Sir Steve, Sir Sam and Dame Olivia, if you please. Director Sam Mendes, whose World War I film “1917” is causing serious Oscar buzz, is being awarded a knighthood in the latest round of honors handed out by Queen Elizabeth II. Mendes is being recognized for “services to drama” in the annual New Year’s
December 27, 2019 1:49PM PT Emma Watson aptly compared “Little Women’s” turning moment of Jo March asking for the copyrights to her debut novel to Taylor Swift’s ownership struggle with Big Machine. “It’s about believing in yourself and knowing your worth and owning your worth,” Watson told Variety about the importance of Jo owning her
Everlane Attention, Everlane shoppers: The event you’ve been waiting for is finally here. Right now, your favorite destination for sustainable staples is having its highly anticipated Choose What You Pay Winter Event. Everlane puts transparency first and foremost, so the brand offers three discounted prices and tells you exactly what that money goes toward. Simply
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read on if you have not watched the finale of Disney Plus’ “Star Wars” spinoff series “The Mandalorian.”” The season finale of “The Mandalorian” was crammed with as much action, drama and laughter as you’d expect an episode of television directed by Taika Waititi to be. “Redemption” closed as almost every episode
“The Mandalorian” will officially be coming back to Disney Plus for a second season. Showrunner and creator Jon Favreau confirmed the renewal via Twitter, saying that the second installment is slated to debut in Fall 2020. Favreau had previously teased that shooting on season 2 was already underway, and had also revealed that Carl Weathers,
Rank PROGRAM (NETWORK) VIEWERS (000) DATE AIRED 1. SUPER BOWL LIII: Patriots vs. Rams (CBS) 98,820 2/3/2019 2. AFC CHAMPIONSHIP: Patriots vs. Chiefs (CBS) 54,399 1/20/2019 3. NFL PLAYOFFS: Rams vs. Cowboys (Fox) 33,651 1/12/2019 4. ACADEMY AWARDS (ABC) 30,541 2/24/2019 5. NFL PLAYOFFS: Cowboys vs. Seahawks (Fox) 29,690 1/5/2019 6. COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Clemson
It’s official: Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser, will be on the CES 2020 keynote stage next month in Las Vegas. Ivanka Trump will join a keynote discussion on jobs and the future of work with Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Assn., which produces CES. The talk is scheduled
. I Have Nothing to Wear is the series asking ELLE staffers and industry influencers to obsessively record what they wore for a full seven days. From the discarded to the which-shirt-goes-better? moments, it’s a complete snapshot of how we think about getting dressed. This week, Angel Lenise is taking us back to her summer
December 27, 2019 11:47AM PT President Donald Trump, as he’s wont to do, responded to news that his cameo in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” was cut by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, on Twitter. “I guess Justin T doesn’t much like my making him pay up on NATO or Trade,” he said, blaming
Melanie Panayiotou, the younger sister of late “Careless Whisper” singer George Michael, died on Christmas Day — exactly three years after Michael’s death. She was 55. Panayiotou was found dead by her older sister, Yioda, on Christmas evening. According to The Guardian, the Metropolitan police said they were called by the London Ambulance Service shortly
December 27, 2019 10:41AM PT Spotify will not be trying to cash in on political ad spending during the 2020 election season. The music and podcast streamer said Friday it will suspend sales of political ads next year, explaining that it doesn’t have the ability to “validate and review” such advertising. “Beginning in early 2020,
Lee Mendelson, the producer behind more than 50 animated TV specials featuring Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” gang, died on Christmas Day at his home in Hillsborough, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 86. Mendelson also wrote the lyrics to “Christmas Time Is Here,” a song featured in “A Charlie Brown Christmas,”
Ryan Reynolds has confirmed what numerous executives have danced around since Disney acquired 20th Century Fox this year — “Deadpool 3” is coming, and will now be in the hands of Marvel Studios. Appearing on a holiday edition of “Live With Kelly and Ryan,” the actor told hosts Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest that his
A lot can change in a few short years. Technology moves quickly, and so do colloquialisms. But when Megan Abbott and Gina Fattore were adapting Abbott’s 2012 novel “Dare Me” for a 2019 audience, they made it a point to focus more on the universality of a coming-of-age drama and how sometimes one relationship can
December 27, 2019 10:00AM PT “Stranger Things” star and host of “Prank Encounters” Gaten Matarazzo offered some insider details on both of the shows he’s working on, as well as his thoughts on Season 4 of the Duffer brothers-produced series and his favorite fan theory. “Stranger Things” Season 3, which premiered on Netflix in June,
The battle for gaming creators has cost Amazon’s Twitch another notable streamer: Corinna Kopf, a popular Instagram model, digital influencer and “Fortnite” Twitch streamer with millions of followers, is moving to Facebook Gaming under an exclusive agreement. On Facebook, Kopf’s first stream is scheduled to take place Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. PT at facebook.com/gaming/corinnakopff.
Mega A Santa look-alike pulled a Robin Hood this week by robbing a bank and then making it rain for unsuspecting pedestrians. David Wayne Oliver sauntered into an Academy Bank in Colorado Springs, allegedly threatened a teller with a weapon and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The 65-year-old faux Santa then walked outside
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