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'The Heat' Sizzles, 'White House Down' Fizzles as 'Monsters U' Repeats at Box Office
20 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Women moviegoers turned out in force to help Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock's "The Heat" beat up Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's "White House Down" at the box office this weekend. But Sully and Mike, best buddies in Disney's "Monsters University," topped them both. The 3D Pixar family film repeated as the top movie at the domestic box office with an estimated $46 million, topping Fox's female buddy cop comedy which debuted with a better-than-expected $40 million. But the weekend's other wide opener, "White House Down," finished a disappointing fourth behind "World »
- Todd Cunningham
Is Jayma Mays Gone From Glee? Get the Scoop!
8 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Is anyone actually sticking around on Glee? Pardon us while we go all Chicken LIttle, but sources confirm it's true Jayma Mays has signed on to another show on another network: CBS' The Millers, playing the sister of Will Arnett. (Mays is replacing Mary Elizabeth Ellis, who played the Debbie character in the pilot. Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges play their parents.) This news comes on the heels of confirmation that four series regulars also won't be returning: Heather Morris, Mark Salling, Amber Riley and Harry Shum, Jr. So naturally, all the "Wemma" shippers, and Jayma Mays fans of the world are rocking themselves in the fetal position, asking: Does this mean we »
Independent Box Office: Pedro Almodovar's 'I'm So Excited' Averages $20K in Debut
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Writer-director Pedro Almodovar's "I'm So Excited" was the top-grossing independent movie this weekend, taking in $103,000 from just five screens for Sony Pictures Classics. That's a $20,600 per-screen average – better than any movie in the marketplace – for Almodovar's latest, a comedy that takes place mainly on an airplane. Also read: 'The Heat' Sizzles, 'White House Down' Fizzles as 'Monsters U' Repeats at Box Office That's good, but not as strong as the opening for his last film, "The Skin I Live In," which averaged $37,187 at five theaters. It went on »
- Todd Cunningham
'Enter the Dragon' Star Jim Kelly Dead at 67
18 hours ago | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Jim Kelly, who made his name alongside martial arts legend Bruce Lee in the classic 1973 action film "Enter the Dragon," has died according to Film.com. He was 67.
A football star at the University of Kentucky, Kelly dropped out to pursue martial arts. After winning a championship in 1971 and opening his own dojo, he came to the attention of Hollywood filmmakers and made his debut in "Enter the Dragon," becoming an instant superstar.
Kelly parlayed that success into a decade of blaxploitation hits, including the seminal 1974 hit "Three the Hard Way" alongside Fred Williamson and Jim Brown. He retired from movies in 1982, though he still appeared occasionally in cameo roles and at conventions.
For more on Kelly's life, head to Film.com. »
- Scott Harris
Jennifer Lopez Called Out for Performing at Turkmenistan’s Dictator’s Birthday Party
18 hours ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
As you would expect, Jennifer Lopez is under fire from human-rights groups and generally everybody else for her paid performance at Turkmenistan dictator Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s lavish birthday party on Saturday (you can watch a clip of if here). In a statement released this morning, Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen said the pop star’s choice to appear in the oppressed hermit nation “utterly destroy[s] the carefully-crafted message she has cultivated with her prior involvement with Amnesty International’s programs in Mexico aimed at curbing violence against women.” He added, "What is the next stop on her tour, Syria? The dictator of Kazakhstan’s birthday is July 6, maybe she will also pay him a visit?"Meanwhile on Twitter, Mia Farrow and her son both lambasted the appearance. Ronan Farrow, himself a human rights lawyer who most recently worked with Hillary Clinton as a special adviser for global youth issues wrote, »
- Delia Paunescu
Why ‘White House Down’ Doesn’t Measure Up for Channing Tatum
17 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The pretty-boy image of Channing Tatum may have gotten its first major box office blemish.
“White House Down,” Sony’s big-budget action film from helmer Roland Emmerich, starring Tatum and Jamie Foxx, failed to excite audiences this weekend, grossing just $25.7 million from 3,222 domestic locations. That’s a troubling start considering the film cost upwards of $150 million (not including worldwide marketing).
See More: ‘White House Down’ Can’t Stand ‘The Heat,’ But ‘Monsters U’ Wins
But it’s an especially tough pill to swallow for Tatum, who has had a string of recent hits, including “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” “21 Jump Street,” “The Vow” and “Magic Mike.” In fact, every major studio film that Tatum has toplined since 2011 has gone on to gross more than $100 million at the domestic box office.
It seems “White House Down” may end that streak for the hunky star.
In order for “White House Down” to reach nine »
- Andrew Stewart
U.K. Watchdog: BBC Severance Pay Has 'Too Often' Been Excessive
1 hour ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
London – The BBC has breached its own policies on severance payments "too often" and without good reason, exceeding contractual entitlements and putting public trust at risk, Britain's National Audit Office said in a report published Monday. The spending watchdog found that the severance payments for BBC managers have overall provided "poor value for money." It cited the controversial severance pay for BBC director general George Entwistle, who resigned last fall amid the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal, as one example of insufficient oversight of payouts to top managers. Photos: 10 Highly-Paid Entertainment CEOs "Decisions to award severance payments that
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- George Szalai
Mumford & Sons Return to Stage After Bassist's Brain Surgery
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
You just can't keep a good folk rocker down. Mumford & Sons's bassist Ted Dwane returned to the stage in Somerset, England, Sunday night, for the first time since being hospitalized in early June for emergency surgery to remove a blood clot on the surface of his brain. Before taking the stage Sunday, Dwane told the BBC that providing the final performance at this year's Glastonbury music festival had been dominating his thoughts. "The last few weeks have been a bit weird and we had to cancel a couple of shows at the end of our last U.S. tour," he said backstage. »
- Carolyn E. Davis and Simon Perry
Jennifer Lopez Apologizes for Controversial Performance
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Jennifer Lopez sang "Happy Birthday" to the leader of the former Soviet bloc country Turkmenistan during a show on Saturday night, but her representative said Lopez wouldn't have performed there at all if she had known there were human rights issues in the country. A statement released Sunday by her publicist to the Associated Press said the event was hosted by the China National Petroleum Corp. and wasn't a political event. However, the country's leader, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, did attend. Berdimuhamedow has been criticized for oppressive rule by human rights organizations. Human Rights Watch describes Turkmenistan as "among the most repressive in the world. »
- Associated Press
Glastonbury 2013: What the Critics Are Saying
2 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
London - The 2013 Glastonbury music festival has drawn mostly positive reviews from British critics and media thanks in part to the first-ever appearance of The Rolling Stones there and mostly sunny weather. Attendance by Prince Harry and various celebrities, including Kate Moss, soccer star Wayne Rooney, actress Sienna Miller and The X Factor host Dermot O'Leary, also helped the event draw buzz across the British media all weekend. The 43-year-old music festival, the U.K.'s biggest, wrapped Sunday night with a performance by Mumford & Sons who played the main Pyramid Stage a night after the
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- George Szalai
Jessica Simpson Gives Birth, Paula Deen Parties, & More from the Weekend
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Sometimes the best weekends are a total snooze. Here are five things you might have missed this weekend if you, too, were catching up on your zzz's.:5. All the Inspiration You Need to Hit the Gym Oh, baby: In case beach season isn't reason enough for some extra cardio, check out these star moms - paging Beyoncé, Kristin Cavallari and Jessica Alba! - showing off their sizzling post-baby bodies. Time to do some squats. See seven hot mamas! 4. Attention Little Monsters: Lady Gaga Is BackDon't let that little black dress fool you. In her first public apperance since »
- Alison Schwartz
Review: Johnny Depp and Gore Verbinski fail to bring 'The Lone Ranger' back to life
4 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Nope. I've written at length about why I admire Gore Verbinski as a filmmaker, and I maintain that there are very few guys working in the blockbuster world who have his skill set when it comes to establishing and maintaining a sense of geography during an action scene. He's also great at laying out gags and paying them off, and I think he has constructed some truly marvelous moments over the years. While I agree that both of his "Pirates" sequels are overstuffed, the things that they are overstuffed with are so much fun that I don't care. All you need »
- Drew McWeeny
Justin Timberlake, Janelle Monae and Chris Brown make music at 2013 Bet Awards
4 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Who won video of the year again? The Bet Awards were barely about the actually awards as wild performances stole the night. They also didn't present the top honor Sunday. Janelle Monae ended the three and a half hour-plus event with a top notch performance of "Q.U.E.E.N." alongside Erykah Badu, who brought a white poodle onstage. It was just one of the night's best performances, which also featured stolen moments from a seductive Ciara, a slick Miguel, a random — but welcomed — reggae set and a playful Justin Timberlake with an even more playful Charlie Wilson. Timberlake took a backseat »
- Mesfin Fekadu, (AP)
New TV spot for The World’s End: watch now
5 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
The World’s End has released a brand new TV spot online, featuring a couple of new snippets of footage from the concluding part of Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy. The new film sees Simon Pegg leading a band of (slightly unwilling) middle-aged mates through a legendary pub-crawl in their home town, in a desperate attempt to recapture the glory days of his youth. However, all is not as they remember in their sleepy old village, as this new spot makes explicitly clear. If you’ve managed to avoid the big reveal so far,...
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- George Wales
World War Z tops global box office
5 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
World War Z has stormed to the top of the global box office, surpassing all expectations in its first 10 days of release. Having been delayed by months due to extensive reshoots, many were expecting the Brad Pitt-starring actioner to bomb at the box office, only to be confounded by a remarkably strong financial showing. The film has now taken $263 million worldwide, with some key foreign markets including France, Spain and Japan still yet to receive it. With a strong Us opening already in the bank, Paramount bosses will be...
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- George Wales
Germany's Bertelsmann, U.K.'s Pearson Complete Penguin Random House Merger
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Cologne, Germany – German media group Bertelsmann and U.K.-baed Pearson have completed the merger of their trade book publication arms, Random House and Penguin, to create a new publishing giant, Penguin Random House. The deal, first announced last October, will see Bertelsmann hold 53 percent of the newly merged company, with Pearson controlling 47 percent. Penguin Random House will combine all of Random House and Penguin Group’s publishing divisions and imprints in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and India, as well as Random House’s publishers in Spain and Latin America, and Penguin’s trade publishing
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- Scott Roxborough
Rumour: Could Hellboy 3 be happening with Legendary?
5 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Guillermo del Toro and Hellboy star Ron Perlman recently reunited for Pacific Rim, the giant robots vs giant monsters smackdown that's hitting cinemas in summer 2013. Fans are still clamouring for a Hellboy threequel, and del Toro clearly hasn’t given up on the idea, suggesting in an interview with Shock Till You Drop that he may have piqued the interest of Legendary Pictures boss Thomas Tull. “I hate giving pieces about it,” said del Toro, “but last night, we were at dinner and Ron [Perlman] said, 'I would be very happy to do...
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- George Wales
Joss Whedon says Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are key to The Avengers 2
6 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Ever since it emerged that the character of Quicksilver had been cast in both The Avengers 2 and X-Men: Days Of Future Past, speculation has been rife about how the super-fast mutant would fit into two very different franchises. Joss Whedon was first out of the blocks to announce Quicksilver as one of his new characters, alongside his sister Scarlet Witch, and the director maintains that the two characters remain integral to his plans. “It’s a huge part of the movie,” said Whedon, when asked about how Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver...
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- George Wales
15 series that prove network TV can rule the summer
6 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
With CBS's "Under the Dome" pulling in big ratings in its premiere last week, it's clear that TV audiences still have room in their hearts for network fare during the summer season, when cable shows typically rule the roost. Which got us to thinking: what other highly-rated and/or critically-acclaimed network series from years past premiered during the warmer months? Check out our list of 15 below, then let us know which is your favorite summer series in the poll further down. »
- Gregory Ellwood, Alan Sepinwall, Daniel Fienberg, Liane Bonin Starr, Chris Eggertsen
Shane Black gives an update on Doc Savage
6 hours ago | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Shane Black has given a brief update on his forthcoming adaptation of pulp hero Doc Savage, confirming the film’s ‘30s setting and giving some idea of what we can expect from his take on the character. “We’re shooting it as though it’s in the '30s, including all the Capra-esque elements of 1930s films like You Can’t Take It With You,” explains Black. “The idea of ‘What if Jimmy Stewart were a stone-cold killer?’ basically.” “Perhaps my quote should have more accurately read, ‘potential’ killer,” continues Black, clarifying his...
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- George Wales
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