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Julia Roberts is the Queen of comebacks she never had to make
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Thrilling TV show to binge this weekend
IT WAS always going to take some truly amazing TV to drag Julia Roberts away from the silver screen. That series is this new streaming show.
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Movie scenes that actors refused to do
DWAYNE Johnson, Emma Watson and Isla Fisher are just some of the stars who have refused to film certain scenes in blockbuster movies. Here’s why.
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Johnny Depp has been axed from the next instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise
THE actor has reportedly been cut from the film franchise as his financial woes and personal life continue to make headlines.
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Halloween: Jamie Lee Curtis reboot breaks US box office record
Halloween, the reboot of the 1978 classic, has made a killing at the US box office, raking in over $77m (£59m) during its opening weekend.
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Sony Swings Past $1 Billion As ‘Venom’ Bites $35M+; ‘Goosebumps 2’ & ‘First Man’ Wrestle $16M+ Third Place – Sunday AM
Currently Sony’s Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is placing fourth with $15.7M at 3,521, but that’s before Saturday matinees kick in.
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Why Rupert Grint nearly quit Harry Potter franchise after fourth movie
HE BECAME a childhood star playing Ron Weasley, but Rupert Grint almost walked away from the franchise after the fourth movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Busy Philipps says James Franco assaulted her on ‘Freaks and Geeks’
BUSY Philipps has claimed that James Franco was a ‘f***ing bully’ on the set of Freaks and Geeks and detailed an incident in which he allegedly threw her to the ground.
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How ‘Venom’ & ‘A Star Is Born’ Woke October Up With A Record $175M+ Weekend
Venom dropped a teaser on YouTube back in February which clocked 19M views, even though it didn’t show the monstrous protagonist.
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A Star is Born: 9 ways Bradley Cooper paid homage to older versions of the Hollywood classic
Hollywood is seemingly stuck in a cycle of remakes and reboots, but sometimes these films really work.
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‘Venom’ review roundup: A mess of a movie that wastes Tom Hardy’s talent
In the first entry in the Sony Universe of Marvel Characters, Tom Hardy merges with a squirmy alien parasite to become a monster superhero. But it's even squirmier to see him merge with a comic-book franchise.
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Review: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper are electrifying in extraordinary 'A Star Is Born'
The first trailer for "A Star Is Born" is out and it stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
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‘Night School’ Takes Early Lead Over ‘Smallfoot’ at Box Office
Kevin Hart/Tiffany Haddish comedy on pace for $26 million opening
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Box-Office Preview: 'Night School' to Laugh Past $30M in U.S. Debut
Elsewhere, the animated family film 'Smallfoot' could also have a big footprint, while Robert Redford's swan song 'The Old Man & the Gun' opens at the specialty box office.
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Jacques Audiard's 'The Sisters Brothers': Who says Westerns are passé?
The Western film's image is to many a musty one, riven with clichés. But with “The Sisters Brothers”, Jacques Audiard’s sublime new feature film, the French filmmaker gives the genre’s perennial reputation a shot in the arm.
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Big Bang boss has ‘no idea’ how series ends
WHILE it’s set to be the most anticipated series finale since How I Met Your Mother, one of the sitcom’s bosses has made a very surprising admission.
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Weekend Box Office: 'The Nun' Delivering Divine $50M-Plus Debut
Supernatural horror pic The Nun is off to a mighty start at the North American box office, earning a blessed $22.4 million on Friday from 3,876 theaters for $50 million-plus weekend.
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Burt Reynolds, Self-Mocking Hollywood Heartthrob, Dies at 82
A decade later he battled an addiction to prescription medication after his jaw was shattered in a fight scene, an accident that left him wizened and led to false whispers that he was dying of AIDS.
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Weekend Box Office: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Closes Summer With Crazy $27M-Plus
Elsewhere, 'Operation Finale' and 'Searching' open to solid numbers over the long Labor Day weekend, while James Franco's ensemble sci-pic action pic 'Kin' bombs.
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Constance Wu says we need to move away from blame
SHE’S made headlines in the past for criticising movies with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson. But the Crazy Rich Asians star says we need to change the conversation.
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