Oppenheimer
‘The Fall Guy’ to Kick Off Summer Box Office After a Brutal Late Spring, Eyes $30M-$35M Opening
David Leitch’s action-comedy The Fall Guy isn’t the normal kind of stunt Hollywood usually relies on to herald the start of the summer box office, but these aren’t normal times. Outside of the pandemic era, that job belonged to superhero tentpoles, and specifically Marvel Studios fare (including all four Avengers movies). And Marvel returned to […]
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CinemaCon: Donna Langley Talks Universal’s Big Year Amid Industry Angst
Donna Langley became the first studio mogul to take the stage at CinemaCon this year in a sign of the general angst facing many Hollywood legacy studios. Sony film boss Tom Rothman’s comments on stage usually turns heads, but his studio stayed home this year. Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav showed up […]
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Cillian Murphy Reveals Post-Oscar Project: New Versace Icons Campaign With Anne Hathaway
Cillian Murphy is starring in a new project, his first after winning an Oscar for Oppenheimer. The 47-year-old teamed with Donatella Versace to star in the fashion house’s new Icons campaign alongside another Versace veteran (and fellow Oscar winner), Anne Hathaway. Donatella praised the pair as “very Versace,” adding: “Strong, direct, iconic. For me, Anne […]
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Colin Farrell on Rise of Irish Actors in Hollywood: “We Punch So Far Above Our Weight”
Colin Farrell has nothing but love for his home country, saying this week that he’s proud of the recent rise in Irish actor success in Hollywood. “I mean, we punch so far above our weight,” Farrell, a native of Castleknock, Ireland, told Entertainment Tonight. “We’re only a country of 5 million people and I don’t […]
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David Krumholtz on ‘Lousy Carter’ and Still Waiting for the ‘Oppenheimer’ Bump: “It’s Been Slow”
A kind word from Christopher Nolan meant everything to David Krumholtz circa 2007 and beyond. It’s a story that sounds a lot like Bruce Wayne’s final admission to Commissioner Gordon in Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy, as you never know just how impactful a random act of kindness can be for someone else. Roughly 17 […]
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‘Oppenheimer’ Finally Premieres in Japan to Mixed Reactions and High Emotions
Oppenheimer finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers’ reactions understandably were mixed and highly emotional. Toshiyuki Mimaki, who survived the bombing of Hiroshima when he was 3, said he […]
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Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas Set to Receive British Knighthood and Damehood
Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas are the newest British celebrities up for knighthood and damehood in the United Kingdom for their services to the film industry, according to The Associated Press. The newly Oscar-winning director and producer of Oppenheimer took home best picture at this year’s Academy Awards for their J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic, starring […]
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David Dastmalchian on How ‘Late Night with the Devil’ Reconnected Him with Heath Ledger’s Joker
For Late Night with the Devil star David Dastmalchian, all roads lead to and from Christopher Nolan. In 2007, Dastmalchian was a struggling local theater actor in Chicago, and when Nolan’s The Dark Knight set up shop in the Windy City, he went through a circuitous casting process before eventually landing a part in his […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Love Is Blind’ Scores With Season 6 Debut
Netflix debuted the sixth season of Love Is Blind on Valentine’s Day, and the show captured a lot of viewers’ hearts — or at least their eyes. The dating show easily led Nielsen’s original streaming series rankings for Feb. 12-18, drawing 907 million minutes of viewing time in the United States. It also finished third […]
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Oscar Winner Cillian Murphy Tapped for Versace Campaign
Fresh off his award-winning night at the 2024 Oscars, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy is set to lead a Versace campaign. The luxury fashion brand has announced the Irish actor will be the first face of the men’s Versace Icons collection. The Versace Icons campaign will be Murphy’s first for the brand and will feature the […]
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‘Civil War’: A24 and Imax to Offer Sneak Peek of Alex Garland’s Film as Part of New Screening Program
The rush for Imax screens continues. A24 and the large-format exhibitor are teaming to launch a monthly screening program that will showcase titles from the leading indie distributor that have never played before in Imax auditoriums. The series kicks off March 27 with Alex Garland’s Ex Machina (2014). Following the movie, the audience will be […]
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Universal’s Donna Langley Thanks Team For Oscars “Pinch-Me Moments” After ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Holdovers’ Wins
After ringing in Monday celebrating Universal’s Oscar wins, led by Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Donna Langley sent congratulatory note thanking all of those on her team who helped make the victory possible. Oppenheimer picked up seven wins, including best picture and best director (Nolan’s first), while Focus Features’ The Holdovers won best supporting actress for Da’Vine […]
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