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October box office climbs to a new record thanks to Halloween, Venom, and A Star is Born

Box office revenue is way up this month compared to years past, and it's all because of alien symbiotes, Lady Gaga, and the return of Michael Myers. With Halloween taking in an additional $32 million this weekend, October 2018 is now the highest-grossing October ever, with the total revenue across all film releases being $786 million, per The Hollywood Reporter. With still a few days left in the month, this outpaces October 2014, which […]

todayOctober 29, 2018

Entertainment

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Oscar categories: Lin-Manuel Miranda goes for the EGOT as a leading actor

Lin-Manuel Miranda is just an Oscar away from EGOT, and we now know his category placement at upcoming awards for “Mary Poppins Returns.” Disney Studios has announced on its FYC campaign website that he will compete in the leading race as Best Actor. That decision will apply for Academy Awards 2019, Golden Globes, SAG Awards, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice and more (although Academy Awards voters can place contenders wherever they wish). The Rob Marshall film opening […]

todayOctober 27, 2018

Entertainment

Michael Keaton and Seth Rogen to star in tech millionaire John McAfee dark comedy King of the Jungle

Much like the tech magnate himself, the perpetually-upcoming John McAfee film King of the Jungle has proved an elusive get. According to Deadline, however, the film, based on Joshua David’s 2012 Wired article “John McAfee’s Last Stand,” has just nabbed Michael Keaton and Seth Rogen for the film’s leads. Keaton will portray the McAfee antivirus software tycoon in the film, which recounts McAfee’s life as an wealthy ex-pat living on a compound in Belize. Rogen, meanwhile, […]

todayOctober 27, 2018

Entertainment

Wonder Woman 1984’s Date Change Has Resulted In A New Blockbuster Showdown

Recently, Warner Bros. decided to move the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984 from its early November 2019 release date to the first weekend in June in 2020, giving the sequel the same release weekend as the original film. As often happens, that change has now caused other changes to the release calendar. However, instead of just one movie leaping in and taking the now available November date, two films have done it, setting up a […]

todayOctober 25, 2018

Entertainment

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese’s Sixth Movie Is Officially ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Filming Starts Summer 2019

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are officially reuniting on the upcoming historical murder mystery “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Both men have been attached to the project for some time, but Variety has confirmed the project is Scorsese’s next directorial effort. Production is set to kick off in summer 2019. The film is written by Eric Roth, an Oscar winner for “Forrest Gump.” “Killers of the Flower Moon” is based on The New York Times […]

todayOctober 25, 2018

Entertainment

Film Review: Bohemian Rhapsody (By Nicholas Barber bbc.com)

As the charismatic frontman Freddie Mercury in the long-awaited Queen biopic, Rami Malek ‘makes the role his own’. “We need to get experimental,” says Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, as Queen are recording their debut album. Clearly, no one said the same thing to the people who made the film. Mercury’s long-awaited biopic may be named after Queen’s superlatively innovative anthem, but it has barely a fraction of that song’s […]

todayOctober 24, 2018

Miscellaneous

Leonardo da Vinci may have had an eye disorder that helped him paint masterpieces

Measurements of self-inspired works show a tendency for the left eye to turn outward, suggesting the artist might have had a mild strabismus that helped him translate three-dimensional scenes to canvas. The painter, inventor and polymath Leonardo da Vinci may have had a squint that helped him capture the Mona Lisa’s smile and create his masterpieces, according to researchers. Doctors from the Optometry and Vision Sciences School at City University of London have […]

todayOctober 23, 2018

Entertainment

Wonder Woman 2 delayed, here’s the new release date

2017's Wonder Woman was a breakout critical success for the often uneven DC cinematic universe. Its sequel is set decades later, in the 1980s--hence the title Wonder Woman 1984--and will take the character into the Cold War. But its debut has been delayed, and it'll no longer hit theaters next year. Warner Bros. has announced a seven-month delay, pushing the the return of Princess Diana to mid-2020. Star Gal Gadot, who plays the […]

todayOctober 23, 2018

Music

Mark Knopfler plots summer North American tour

Dire Straits frontman books 27 headlining dates for 2019 promoting new LP ‘Down the Road Wherever’. Mark Knopfler announced a headlining North American tour for summer 2019. The Dire Straits frontman will kick off the 28-date trek on August 16th in Mashantucket, Connecticut and conclude September 22nd in Los Angeles, California. Tickets for most shows will be available to pre-order on Monday, October 29th via Knopfler’s official site. The guitarist’s two dates […]

todayOctober 22, 2018

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