Guy Pearce is having a moment — not that he ever left. “It feels funny when people kind of go: ‘Wow, so you’re back,’” he tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “And I’m like ‘Where did I go? I didn’t go anywhere?” With a career spanning three decades, Pearce has always been a highly respected character
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The American Film Institute has unveiled its list of the 10 best films and television programs of the year, a selection that reflects the rich diversity of storytelling across genres, budgets and platforms. The 2024 AFI Awards honorees highlight a blend of blockbuster hits, indie darlings, and bold artistic visions, cementing their place as a
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Can James Cameron give people a new reason to buy Meta‘s Quest mixed-reality headsets? Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision stereoscopic technology venture inked a deal with Meta to “scale the creation” of 3D entertainment experiences “featuring big-name IP,” spanning live sports and concerts, feature films and TV series, the companies announced. Under the pact, Meta Quest will
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Khloé Kardashian is once against facing off against Blac Chyna‘s mom Tokyo Toni … after making seemingly shady digs about the Internet personality’s charitable acts at Thanksgiving. Here’s what went down …. Tokyo documented her decision to feed the homeless while her granddaughter Dream Kardashian‘s other relatives — including other grandmother Kris Jenner — celebrated
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he’s willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump to dismantle government regulations that hinder economic growth. The U.S. imposes “excessive permitting and regulation,” Bezos said, speaking at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York City on Wednesday. “We need a growth orientation in this country.” The day after
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Universal Pictures’ blockbuster musical “Wicked” has been named best picture by the National Board of Review, the organization announced on Wednesday, in addition to taking home the directing prize for Jon M. Chu and a special award for the collaboration of stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Over the last 40 years, most of the
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Ubisoft will be shutting down its free-to-play first-person shooter game “XDefiant” in the new year. On Tuesday, the game publisher announced that new downloads and player registrations would no longer be available for “XDefiant,” though the game would still be releasing its Season 3 content “in the near future” and the game’s servers will be
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Sam Altman, CEO of artificial-intelligence power player OpenAI, believes that the next major developments in the AI sector will be more disruptive than people expect. Altman, speaking at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit in New York City on Wednesday, predicted that as soon as 2025 the industry will begin to see the first examples
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Lumina, a newly launched talent and IP media group, is putting forward a $2 million strategic investment from BAFTA and Grammy-nominated producers Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford towards game studio Creators Corp. Creators Corp., a Webby award-winning studio with a focus on developing through “Fortnite” maker Epic Games’ Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN) tech, was
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Disney’s “Moana 2” dominated the U.K. and Ireland box office with a £12 million ($15.2 million) debut, according to numbers from Comscore, marking a strong start for the animated sequel. The film led a robust weekend that saw Universal’s “Wicked” holding strong in its second frame with £8.3 million, bringing its cumulative total to £28.5
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Maxtime Pictures’ “Her Story,” a comedy-drama film told from a largely female perspective, topped the mainland China box office for the second consecutive weekend. Disney’s “Moana 2” debuted in second place. Data from consultancy firm Artisan Gateway showed “Her Story” improving its previous weekend’s showing by earning RMB140.9 million ($19.8 million) between Friday and Sunday. The film now has
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President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who earlier this year was convicted of gun-related felony charges in Delaware and pleaded guilty to tax evasion in California. “I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to
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A trio of blockbusters — “Moana 2,” “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” — are fueling a record-breaking Thanksgiving bounty. Overall domestic box office receipts between Wednesday and Sunday amounted to $420 million, the biggest Thanksgiving haul in history. It obliterated the previous benchmark of $315 million, set by 2018’s slate of “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” “Fantastic
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UPDATED: Disney’s “Moana 2” sailed to $389 million at the global box office, including a mighty $163.8 million internationally. Monday’s final tally was above Sunday’s estimate of $386 million globally. Ticket sales for the animated family film stand as the second-biggest worldwide opening of the year after Disney’s billion-dollar Marvel behemoth “Deadpool & Wolverine” ($438
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UPDATED: Movie theaters finally have something for which to be thankful. Disney’s “Moana 2” cemented a new Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day holiday frame, obliterating the previous high-water marks set by 2019’s “Frozen II” ($125 million) and 2013’s “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” ($109 million). It also stands as the biggest
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Donald Duck got a spicy sit-down on “Hot Ones.” VP Kamala Harris had no such luck. Not that it would have changed the outcome of the election, but the Harris campaign had wanted the Democratic presidential candidate to appear on “Hot Ones,” the popular chicken-wing-eating show on YouTube that has featured an array of celebrities
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“Moana 2” set sail at the box office with $13.8 million in preview screenings on Tuesday, ranking as the biggest preview haul in history for Disney Animation. It’s also the biggest pre-Thanksgiving preview bounty and the second-best preview figure of all time for an animated title. To compare to Disney’s other animated juggernauts, this June’s
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Play video content The Hip Hop podcast community is in absolute shambles in light of Drake‘s bombshell lawsuit targeting UMG and iHeartRadio for Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” boom … and Genius’ Head of Artist Relations Rob Markman claims, Drake was playing shiesty behind the scenes himself!!! Markman also hosts his independent “Not a Podcast”
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“Moana 2” is expected to make waves at the box office over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The sequel to Disney’s musical hit “Moana” opens in 4,200 North American theaters on Wednesday and is projected to collect between $135 million to $145 million in its first five days of release. Those ticket sales would register as
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