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Michael Douglas wanted to have a “serious death scene” in ‘Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania’

Marvel Studios Michael Douglas, who played Dr. Hank Pym in Marvel’s Ant-Man movies, asked to have his character killed off in the third installment, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The 79-year-old actor had told The Hollywood Reporter in February of 2023 that he would return for a fourth installment “as long as I could die.” However, while promoting his Apple …

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Ewan McGregor has a boomer moment trying to plug new film ‘Bleeding Love’ with daughter Clara

Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images Most parents have been schooled on using social media by their tech savvy children, and evidently Ewan McGregor is one of them. The actor on Wednesday tried to promote his and his 28-year-old daughter Clara‘s new movie, Bleeding Love, however, he had some trouble synching her video to his on Instagram. “My Name’s Ewan, and …

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Scorsese’s next moves: A Jesus film and Sinatra — with DiCaprio?

Disney/Chris Willard Martin Scorsese is reportedly following up his Oscar-nominated epic Killers of the Flower Moon with two projects: one about Jesus and one about another deified figure, Frank Sinatra, that could star the legendary filmmaker’s frequent collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio. While Scorsese’s camp is mum, Variety reports the first project will be based on Shūsaku Endō‘s 1973 book Life of Jesus, and that Miles Teller and …

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‘Yellowstone’ again links up with Stagecoach fest

Paramount Network On Wednesday, MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Paramount Network announced that the Dutton Ranch is coming back to the sold-out Stagecoach Festival. The event runs from April 26-28 in Indio, California, and will feature some of the biggest names in country music, including Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen. For the second year in a row, Taylor Sheridan‘s neo-Western …

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2024 Tribeca Festival lineup includes entries from Lily Gladstone, Brat Pack documentary and more

On Wednesday, the 2024 Tribeca Festival announced its features lineup, boasting more than 100 entries from 114 filmmakers hailing from 48 countries. The annual event that was co-founded by Robert De Niro and his partner Jane Rosenthal runs from June 5 through June 16 in New York City. This year’s entries include Andrew McCarthy‘s anticipated documentary Brats, starring his fellow …

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Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor record tease for ‘Romeo + Juliet’

ABC – Netflix A day after it was announced that West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler and Heartstopper lead Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in Romeo + Juliet — temporarily tanking the play’s website in the process — they’re apparently at it again.  The pair posted to the production’s Instagram a brief video greeting teasing their strictly limited engagement, which …

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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is Broadway bound with Jon M. Chu to direct

Warber Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures — the division that translated movies including Beetlejuice and Elf into Broadway musicals — will be doing the same with its 2018 hit Crazy Rich Asians. ABC Audio has confirmed that the blockbuster’s director, Jon M. Chu, is aboard for the adaptation, which would mark his Broadway debut. That said, Chu has a …

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Michael J. Fox, Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright and more make 2024’s ‘TIME’ 100

Jeffrey Wright – Disney/Randy Holmes On Wednesday, TIME revealed its 2024 TIME 100, its annual list “of the 100 most influential people in the world,” and the world of entertainment was well represented. As is tradition, each of the heralded personalities for the year is singled out by a colleague who sings their praises. Ryan Reynolds, for example, salutes Michael …

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Margaret Qualley reportedly exits Hulu’s Amanda Knox series

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images About a month after news broke that Poor Things‘ Margaret Qualley was to executive produce and star in a Hulu project about Amanda Knox, Deadline reports the twice Emmy-nominated actress has exited the project. Scheduling reasons were to blame, the trade says. Knox, an American studying abroad, spent almost four years in an Italian prison following …

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‘Under the Bridge’ stars Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough on Hulu’s powerful true crime drama

Darko Sikman/Hulu The brutal murder of a teen girl shocked a peaceful enclave of Victoria Island, British Columbia, Canada in 1997. Reena Virk was the victim of bullying by her classmates, the murder trial got worldwide attention, and now the story is the basis of the Hulu limited series Under the Bridge, premiering today, April 17. Recent Oscar nominee Lily …

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