According to Collider, Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars opened in 3,330 theaters on Aug. 28 and was playing in roughly 110 by its fourth weekend, having made about $14.9 million domestic and $38.9 million worldwide against a reported $110 million budget. FactsChec…
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According to MyNewsLA, Justin Baldoni's lawyers asked an L.A. Superior Court judge in new filings to rule that insurer QBE had a duty to defend him in the "It Ends With Us" litigation, arguing that the federal court in the Lively case already held she was neve…
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According to Page Six, Lionel Richie, 77, announced his return to the "American Idol" judging panel for season 25 during Luke Bryan's Luke Bryan & Friends concert at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, appearing on the arena's big screen while Bryan and…
via The recap: Hollywood Reporter · The perjury filing: CourtListener · The sanctions motion: CourtListener · The "we can bury anyone" text: New York Times
According to Hollywood Reporter, ex-"It Ends With Us" publicist Stephanie Jones has moved for sanctions against Hollywood publicist Melissa Nathan, arguing she committed perjury and hid evidence about anonymous smear websites, including one built to take down …
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According to the GlobeNewswire release, Brilliant Earth and House of Taylor, the company that licenses the late Elizabeth Taylor's name and likeness, announced a 17-piece lab-grown jewelry collection on Sept. 24, ranging from $995 huggie earrings to a $15,000 …
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According to E!, David Thewlis, 62, says he is "sick of talking about" returning to Harry Potter, and the interview in which he said so is making the rounds again ahead of the HBO reboot. The series is in production and expected in 2027. The Return Question is…
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Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reboot opened to $60.1 million from 3,684 theaters and $108.3 million worldwide last weekend, per Deadline. That worldwide number is being billed as the biggest opening in the 24-year-old franchise's history. Box office PR runs on …
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Prince William and Princess Kate attended Tuesday night's world premiere of Tom Cruise's satirical black comedy Digger at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square, a Royal Film Performance held in aid of the Film and TV Charity, where Cruise guided the Princess down…
via The recap: News 7 Channel · The premiere economics piece: The Hollywood Reporter · The itemized party costs: The Guardian · The red carpet autopsy: Newsweek
According to News 7 Channel, a studio-scale premiere runs up to a million dollars before the after-party, and every dollar of it is so that forty cameras can film the same seventeen seconds of a celebrity pretending not to be in pain. The red carpet is the pur…