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Initially insulted by this, she adds that it “put a real fire under [her] ass” that inspired her to “make a point to outdrive all of those guys,” which paid off beautifully by her recollection. Charlize Theron said she “vividly” remembers when Mark Wahlberg was forced to pull his car over to vomit after a

Amid Hamilton’s most widely debated controversies is the musical’s portrayal of George Washington, which leaves out much of his personal and professional life in favor of illustrating his close companionship with Hamilton himself. Since its recent release on Disney+, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has reignited the world’s infatuation with the hit Broadway musical, which took the 2016

On their first Friday back to operations, Chinese cinemas did roughly $2.92M worth of box office business — more than tripling Thursday’s figures and making a sizable jump from Monday when theaters opened to about $501K in low-risk areas across the country. There was growth throughout the midweeks which is encouraging since less than 40%

3. Nelson Mandela – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Playing historical figures is usually a thankless job (unless you count the Academy, of course), since your performance is often measured on what people think a person was like in real life. In other words, do you kind of sound like the historical figure? Do you

Ghost of Tsushima has made it a point to remain accurate to ancient Japanese and Samurai culture. From Katanas to armor, the game does an amazing job of immersing players in Feudal Japan. But even the great Samurai of clan Sakai need to take a breather once in a while. Related: How to Get the

UPDATED, 10:43AM: STX’s Greenland is now going to Sept. 25 stateside from its Aug. 14 release date in the wake of several major studios hitting pausing and delaying their event films. The Gerard Butler movie will debut first offshore –which is great news– in Belgium (July 29), France (Aug 5) and Scandinavia (Aug 12). STX/Miramax’s The Gentlemen was an

In just a few short years, we’ll be hitting the 30th anniversary of the “Death of Superman” storyline, which saw the Man of Steel meeting his demise in battle against Doomsday. Of course, as is often the case in superhero comics, the death didn’t stick, and when Superman did return to the land of the

Grand Theft Auto V is by far one of the top-selling games of all time, yet several years after release, the most profitable section of the game, GTA Online, is still plagued with poor user-interface, rampant hacking, and a heavy focus on microtransactions. Rockstar recently announced two GTA Online major updates for this year. One is a summer update that

The release-date change landslide continues today following AMC’s announcement that they’re reopening in mid-to-late August with Paramount’s A Quiet Place 2 leaving Labor Day weekend for April 23, 2021 and now their Skydance co-production Top Gun: Maverick vacating Dec. 23 for July 2, 2021. In regard to the latter, hey, it was always a summer movie. So

Of course, with Avatar 2 being pushed to December 16, 2022, that means the other three Avatar sequels have been delayed as well. As it stands now, Avatar 3 is now scheduled for December 20, 2024, followed by Avatar 4 on December 18, 2026 and Avatar 5 on December 22, 2028. Assuming those dates stick

In the trading card world, no franchise seems to keep making headlines like Pokémon. These cards have been around since 1996 and over the years amassed a huge, dedicated following which truly seeks to collect them all. Given that some cards are extremely rare, the price tag can easily reach into the several thousand. However, only a

Netflix has set a Oct. 16 streaming date for Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, its $56M pickup from Paramount, in what looks to be the first of its 2020-21 awards season contenders. Paramount, which first had the movie, was eyeing a fall platform release, initially with a limited debut of Sept. 25,

Somehow, it’s still quite easy to recognize The Sixth Sense actor. His childhood performances in not only the 1999 thriller, but Pay It Forward, Forrest Gump and A.I. are incredibly memorable, and his eyes are a dead giveaway (no pun intended). Haley Joel Osment said he even found himself signing up for a lot of

Does Netflix plan to make a Fatal Affair 2, and if so, when will it release and will the main cast return? Directed by Secret Obsession filmmaker Peter Sullivan, the psychological thriller has been a trending title on Netflix since its July 16, 2020 premiere. Plus, Fatal Affair includes a climactic sequence of events that

A new work by two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage will join Second Stage Theater’s Broadway line-up for 2021, joining the company’s postponed revival of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out starring Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams. The newly announced, as-yet-untitled production of Nottage’s new play will be directed by Kate

Atom Smasher Is One Of Few Known Jewish DC Characters Another thing that has put Atom Smasher at odds with colleagues is his religious beliefs and, in fact, he is actually one of the few DC characters who are openly Jewish. Albert Rothstein’s devout practices actually informed his decision to refuse romance with fellow DC

Following her appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 5, Monet X Change has reacted to being the first-ever queen to defeat Jujubee in a lip sync battle… and teased her return as a Lip Sync Assassin on future seasons of All Stars. Monet X Change first competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race season 10, where she placed 6th but

EXCLUSIVE: In a weekend where Warner Bros.’ Christopher Nolan’s Tenet was expected to reopen the major circuits, Disney’s reissue of 2017’s Beauty and the Beast led all titles with an estimated $467K at 527 locations. Disney/Marvel’s Iron Man was second with $430K at 462 sites. Beauty and the Beast ranked No. 1 in its first weekends of the box office, opening

CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. While the Harry Potter franchise might be leaving HBO Max towards the end of August 2020, it’s not all bad news in terms of the streaming service’s incoming lineup. Actually, there’s a lot

The 2007 American psychological horror film, 1408, is based on a 1999 Stephen King short story of the same name. While the movie stays mostly true to the basic plot of the original story, it also had to make several additions to it in order to flesh it out for a feature-length movie. The film version, directed

Yeon Sang-ho’s Peninsula, the follow-up to his 2016 zombie smash, Train To Busan, made a meal of the international box office this weekend, in Korea and four other markets. The thriller sequel (aka Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula) already logged the biggest opening day score of the year in its home market on Wednesday and

To celebrate the movie’s 20th anniversary, Observer recently wrote a feature looking back at the production of X-Men, and executive producer Ralph Winter offered some interesting perspective regarding notable individuals who wanted a shot to be in the blockbuster. As it turns out, before Patrick Stewart landed the role, the famously bald, wheelchair-bound leader of

Master and Commander 2 never happened, and there are a few reasons why the franchise Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World was intended to launch didn’t materialize. Directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe, Master and Commander is a 2003 movie based on Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels about Captain Jack Aubrey, the

Vaclav Marhoul’s adaptation of Jerzy Kosinsky’s novel The Painted Bird has been on quite a journey. The film took more than a decade to be made and it premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival where it was honored with the Cinema for UNICEF Award before debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival. The pic was

After the ritual, Christian runs out of it naked and feeling disoriented. He stumbles onto the dismembered body of one of Pelle’s attendees at the festival before being knocked out by a member of Harga. Christian wakes up to the final ritual of the festival without the ability to move or talk. We learn that

The newest game in Capcom’s monster hunting franchise, Monster Hunter: World, presented new features to the series which improved upon many aspects of the older games. Unfortunately, some of these additions were done at the removal of other fan-loved attributes. While Monster Hunter: World has definitely simplified much of its concepts, allowing for a new generation of players

UPDATED, July 17: Lionsgate said Friday that Roadside Attractions’ romantic drama The Secret: Dare To Dream, starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas, will be released on Premium Video on Demand on July 31. In March, the pic based on based on Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 global bestselling self-help book, had to postpone its April 17 theatrical

Now this is hilarious! Reese Witherspoon has her own TikTok and she’s not afraid to embarrass her kids a little in the process. The actress’ most recent post had the mom excited about her 16-year-old son’s first song hitting music streaming. Her middle child, who goes by his first name “Deacon,” just released a song

EXCLUSIVE: Wasting no time as cinemas prepare to reopen beginning next week in most of China, a first batch of titles due for release has been identified. Universal’s Dolittle has been granted a July 24 date while we understand that Sony’s Bloodshot, handled locally by Bona Film, will also go out that same day. This

Although social media allows fans to interact with their favorite creatives more than ever, there’s still often a barrier between the famous and… well, everyone else. But the writer of the new indie flick The Sunlit Night got lucky when she had a brief exchange with Jenny Slate that later turned into a filmmaking partnership