Month: December 2022

Brendan Fraser’s 1997 comedy favorite “George of the Jungle” spawned a 2003 direct-to-DVD sequel in which Fraser was replaced by actor Christopher Showerman. Several characters comment on the actor switch in “George of the Jungle 2,” with one joking that Disney was too cheap to hire Fraser for a second time. It turns out that
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“The Crown” returns to Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 chart to No. 2 following the premiere of Season 5 on Nov. 9. During the Nov. 7-13 viewing window, the series earned 2.13 billion minutes viewed in its first few days of streaming. In its fifth installment, the British royal drama picks up with Imelda Staunton and
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Zoey Grossman + Design Leah Romero As one of the most influential models of the past several years, Paloma Elsesser knows a thing or two about fashion, taste, and the finer things in life. Walking the runways of fashion week(s), starring in campaigns from Victoria’s Secret to Vans, and boasting countless editorial shoots can do
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“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical,” based on the popular West End show and not the 1996 film with Mara Wilson, doesn’t sing and dance its way to Netflix until Christmastime. But already, one musical number — the foot-stomping anthem “Revolting Children” — has captivated the internet’s attention, much to the surprise of choreographer Ellen Kane.
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“Everything Everywhere All at Once” co-director Daniel Kwan is telling fans of his A24 hit not to get toxic on social media when it comes to film critics snubbing the movie on their “best movies of 2022” lists. Some “Everything Everywhere” admirers stormed Twitter to criticize The New York Times film critics Manohla Dargis and
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CAA has promoted eight employees to agent or executive ranks, including Kate Arenson, Jessica Brown, Sydney Chance, Emmett Gordon, Ron Jordan, Sydney Lipsitz, Peter Morton and Andi Wong. Arenson has been elevated to agent in the music touring department and will be based in New York. She began her career at CAA as an intern
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James Cameron told ComicBook.com in a recent video interview that when it comes to motion capture and building emotive faces from VFX, Marvel villain Thanos doesn’t hold a candle to the Na’vi. Both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Cameron’s “Avatar” franchise utilize extensive motion capture technology so that real-world actors can play otherworldly beings. Josh
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Elizabeth Hurley knows her acting niche. “I normally play manipulative, cunning, morally bankrupt people,” she tells me on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. The actor, model and producer says it all began with 2000’s “Bedazzled” when she played the devil opposite Brendan Fraser, and continued with a stint on the original “Gossip Girl” and
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The FTC filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to prevent Microsoft from acquiring Activision Blizzard, maker of video-game franchises including “Call of Duty,” “Overwatch” and “World of Warcraft,” alleging that it would let Microsoft “suppress competitors” in the sector. The proposed $69 billion deal, announced earlier this year, would be Microsoft’s biggest ever and the largest
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The radio airplay monitor MediaBase has announced that Columbia Records is the No. 1 label for overall airplay chart share in 2022. The Sony Music-owned company holds a 15.3 share, up 31% from an 11.7 last year — marking the greatest chart share growth for any record label since 2018. It was also announced that Columbia holds the No. 1
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Check out an Official Behind the Scenes Featurette for The Fabelmans starring Gabriel LaBelle! ► Buy Tickets for The Fabelmans: https://www.fandango.com/the-fabelmans-2022-229098/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: November 24, 2022 Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Seth Rogen Directed By:
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In partnership with Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, SeriesFest has awarded its 2022 Women Directing Mentorship to Gia-Rayne B. Harris. The program first launched in 2018 and pairs rising female directors with established episodic directors on Shondaland-produced series. Previous winners include Jennifer Morris (2021), who recently finished shadowing on ABC’s “Station 19,” and Tamika Miller (2020), who
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The world of holiday programming continues to grow. While Hallmark Channel and Lifetime have seen major success with their “Countdown to Christmas” and “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” slates, respectively, Great American Family joined the discussion in 2021. In June 2021, the network, originally tilted Great American Country (GAC), was acquired by GAC Media, a group
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SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers up through Episode 6 of “The White Lotus,” airing Sundays on HBO and streaming on HBO Max. One of the greatest joys of Season 2 of “The White Lotus” is watching Mia (Beatrice Grannò) and Lucia (Simona Tabasco) parade around the hotel, stirring chaos among its guests “Suite Life of
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Check out an official Avatar: The Way of Water spot starring Zoe Saldana! ► Buy Tickets: https://www.fandango.com/avatar-the-way-of-water-2022-148856/movie-overview?cmp=Trailers_YouTube_Desc Subscribe to the channel and click the bell icon to be notified of all the hottest trailers: http://bit.ly/2CNniBy US Release Date: December 16, 2022 Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winslet Directed By: James Cameron Synopsis:
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Indie-rock institutions the Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie — both of whom are fronted and co-founded by singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard — will undertake a 20th anniversary co-headlining North American tour next year. The groups will perform their landmark 2003 albums in full — the Postal Service’s platinum-certified “Give Up” and Death Cab’s breakthrough fourth studio LP “Transatlanticism” — which were actually
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