Disney “Ralph Breaks the Internet” narrowly edged out “The Grinch” to top the box office for a third time. It earned $16.2 million this weekend, generating $140 million since it opened over Thanksgiving. “Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch” stole $15.2 million in its fifth outing. The animated film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch, has now made $223.5 million in North […]

If Escape at Dannemora‘s Lyle Mitchell were a fictional character, he’d be unbelievable, too much, just a hair past plausible. Because really, how could a man paired with such an off-putting woman be so blindly loyal — and fiercely loving — even as she cusses him out, stands him up on their anniversary and makes a mockery of their marriage? And […]

Buried within the closing crawl of writer, director, cinematographer and co-producer Benjamin Gilmour’s unfortunately cryptic but nonetheless fascinating debut film “Jirga” are shout-outs for security, political and cultural liaisons, as well as an Afghan film advisor. These credits speak, however quietly, to the no-doubt-delicate and clearly arduous making of a film that finds a guilt-ridden Australian soldier returning to Afghanistan […]

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight) has signed on as the lead in the Sony Screen Gems body cam cop thriller Black And Blue (formally titled Exposure), which is being directed by Deon Taylor based on a screenplay from Peter A. Dowling. The plot centers on a rookie cop (Harris) in New Orleans who witnesses corrupt officers murdering a drug dealer, […]

Participant Media is reteaming with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Steve James and his longtime production home, Kartemquin Films, on his latest documentary, “Chicago Story.” Participant Media will finance the project, which will be produced by James and Zak Piper. Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann will executive produce with Alex Kotlowitz and Gordon Quinn. James, Piper, and Kotlowitz previously collaborated on “The […]

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Lois Smith has joined the cast of Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Variety has learned. It continues a late-career resurgence for the 88-year-old stage and screen actress. Smith was nominated for a Gotham and Independent Spirit Award for her work in last year’s “Marjorie Prime,” a role that garnered her some of the best reviews of her career. She also […]

At the risk of telling tales out of school, we spy Professor Truman making googly eyes at Barrett Foa. As previously reported, the NCIS: LA vet is set to guest-star on Will & Grace in early 2019 as Paul, a fellow teacher and romantic interest of Eric McCormack’s Will (check out a first look their classroom meet-cute above). For Foa, the gig was a […]

In place of the hit show, ITV have scheduled an hour-long look at the life and times of Sir Cliff Richard. Not quite as thrilling as a Bushtucker Trial, sadly. One viewer fired up Twitter and wailed: "What are we all going to do without our #imaceleb fix? ?" Others wrote: "I miss Harry already" and: "I'm going to miss seeing […]

In the 1970s, Studio 54 was the epicenter of New York nightlife. With wildly theatrical sets, a guest list of celebs, and jet-setters that included everyone from Andy Warhol to Grace Jones, and a pulsating disco beat, the nightclub helped define the Me Decade. But its reign was short lived. In 1980, founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager were convicted […]