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Oct

22

2021

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Alec Baldwin Shares “Shock and Sadness” Over Deadly Set Shooting

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BY RYAN PARKER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #EditorsPicks "I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred," says the actor. Alec Baldwin on Friday morning expressed his “shock and sadness” over an incident Thursday on the set of his film, Rust, where a gun he was handling misfired, killing the cinematographer and wounding the director. Director of photography Halyna Hutchins, 42, died Thursday after being injured when the prop gun was “discharged” by Baldwin, the Western’s producer and star. Hutchins had been transported by helicopter to the University of New Mexico Hospital, where she was pronounced…

Oct

17

2021

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Box Office: ‘Halloween Kills’ Opens to Killer $50.4M Despite Dual Peacock Launch

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The slasher film had no trouble defeating James Bond pic 'No Time to Die' while Ridley Scott's historical epic 'The Last Duel' bombed in its debut with $4.8 million domestically. David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills is doing killer business at the domestic box office, where it scared up the biggest horror opening of the pandemic era. It also boasts the top start for a movie launching simultaneously in theaters and on a streaming service at no extra cost. Green’s R-rated slasher pic earned $50.4 million from 3,705 theaters in North America. Halloween Kills also…

Oct

16

2021

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Hollywood Battle Lines Emerge in Simmering Vaccine War

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BY TATIANA SIEGEL, CHRIS GARDNER, BORYS KIT | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #COVID-19 Without mandates to get a shot, some film and TV sets have been thrown into chaos as A-list holdouts have caused work stoppages while others say, “It’s not my place to police anyone.” In August, a high-profile actor was on the set of a film when he came down with COVID-19 and was hospitalized. The star, known to the cast and crew as being dismissive of vaccines and masks, was said to be unvaccinated. The film shut down for three weeks, but not before more than a dozen…

Oct

15

2021

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Los Angeles: Netflix to Operate Historic Palisades Bay Movie Theater

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK, CHRIS GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for LosAngelesNewsAndTalk.Com #Entertainment The deal expands the streamer's ability to screen its movies on the big screen during awards season. Netflix and Los Angeles shopping mall developer Caruso announced Friday that the two have partnered to keep the legendary Bay Theater in the tony Palisades Village open. The lease expands the streamer’s ability to screen its movies on the big screen during awards season while helping another struggling cinema to stay open. Netflix already operates the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and New York’s iconic Paris Theatre. Prior to the pandemic, luxury theater operator Cinepolis had refurbished and…

Oct

11

2021

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Disney+ to Surpass Netflix in 2025, Hit 284M Subscribers in 2026, Analyst Forecasts

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BY GEORG SZALAI | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business #Entertainment "Three platforms will control nearly half the world's SVOD subscriptions by 2026," according to Digital TV Research. While the Walt Disney’s Disney+ streaming service may have hit a speed bump as of late, it will reach more subscribers than Netflix by 2025, according to an analyst’s latest forecast. Research firm Digital TV Research shared the prediction in a report, projecting that the number of subscribers to Disney+ would reach 284.2 million in 2026, down from a 294.0 million estimate the firm had made earlier in the year. Netflix will in 2026 have 270.7…

Oct

10

2021

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Kim Kardashian West Tackles O.J. Simpson, Divorce From Kanye in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Monologue

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BY ABBEY WHITE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment #EditorsPicks The season 47 host and influencer also took shots at Caitlyn Jenner's recent campaign for California governor and her own sex tape during the Oct. 9 show. Kim Kardashian West kicked off her Saturday Night Live hosting gig with an opening monologue that addressed and largely roasted many of her and her family’s past and present controversies. That includes throwing comedic jabs about O.J. Simpson and offering a take on what ultimately drove her and her ex, Kanye West, to their divorce. After discussing her awareness around her “privilege,” Kardashian West noted that she has made…

Oct

08

2021

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Matthew McConaughey’s Big Risk (and Opportunity) If He Runs for Texas Governor

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BY JAMES HIBBERD | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Entertainment #Celebrity As the star vaguely embraces the idea of seeking higher office and leads a hypothetical statewide poll, Texas political insiders weigh in and warn: "People will start to hate him." Does “Texas Gov. Matthew McConaughey” sound all right? (All right, all right?) The Oscar-winner has been openly flirting for months with the prospect of entering what could be a pivotal race in 2022 to lead the country’s second-most-populous state at a time when the traditionally deep-red territory is increasingly edging toward purple. But is McConaughey serious? And if he is,…

Oct

07

2021

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Disney+’s ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’: TV Review

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BY DANIEL FIENBERG | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment In Disney's latest attempt at Muppet cross-branding, Gonzo and Pepe the King Prawn spend a spooky night in a house that just happens to be the Haunted Mansion of theme park fame. Few brands are better suited to mine preexisting intellectual property than the Muppets. From A Christmas Carol to Treasure Island to countless parodic sketches and interludes, the synthetic ensemble has demonstrated a unique ability to smartly insert its myriad felt archetypes into almost any story. Of course, because everybody knows the resilience of the Muppet brand, too often there’s an attempt to shoehorn the…

Oct

03

2021

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‘Venom 2’ Ignites Box Office With Record $90M Opening

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The Sony sequel hit pre-pandemic levels to come in well ahead of the first 'Venom,' as well as helping to fuel the biggest weekend overall since the COVID-19 crisis struck in North America. In a stunning boost for theatrical, Venom: Let There Be Carnage opened to $90.1 million at the domestic box office, the biggest three-day launch of the pandemic era, fueling the biggest weekend overall since COVID-19 shut down theaters in March of 2020. For the first time during the crisis, domestic box office revenues came in less than 15 percent behind the…

Oct

01

2021

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Charlotte: Mick Jagger walked into NC bar — and no one noticed, owner says

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CharlotteNewsAndTalk.Com #EditorsPicks #Entertainment Patrons had no idea that rock legend was among them Mick Jagger blended in with the crowd at one of North Carolina’s most notorious dive bars Wednesday night. The 78-year-old rock ’n’ roll legend shared a photo to social media of his outing at the Thirsty Beaver Saloon along with the message, “Out and about last night in Charlotte, NC.” In the photo, Jagger is wearing a ball cap and jeans and appears to be swigging a beer unnoticed as patrons look the other way. The bar’s co-owner, Brian Wilson,…

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