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Fandango now letting you order your popcorn, soda and more with your movie tickets
Getty ImagesFor even the biggest movie lovers, there's usually a major downside to going to the theater: suffering that concessions line, a mysterious zone where time seems to stand still, even as you...
May 09, 2024
'Lord of the Rings' team back together for 'The Hunt for Gollum'
Courtesy Warner Bros/New Line CinemaOn Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema announced that Oscar winner Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings collaborators Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens...
May 09, 2024
In Brief: Sydney Sweeney to play female boxer Christy Martin
Deadline reports Twilight's Taylor Lautner, Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland, Four Weddings and a Funeral's Andie MacDowell and Australian actor Brenton Thwaites have joined the cast of the rom-com ...
May 09, 2024
'Doctor Who' returns with a new Doctor, a new home and a new slant
James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC StudiosThere's a new Doctor in the house! A new season of Doctor Who debuts Friday on Disney+, the first time the show has ever been on the streaming service and the fir...
May 09, 2024
Report: 'Succession’s' Jeremy Strong in talks to play Springsteen manager Jon Landau in 'Nebraska' film
Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesSuccession star Jeremy Strong may have found his next role. Variety reports that the Emmy winner is in talks to join the cast of the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me ...
May 08, 2024
New workplace comedy set in 'The Office' universe gets Peacock series order
PeacockNBC's sister streamer announced Wednesday that the as-yet-untitled but eagerly anticipated follow-up comedy from The Office adapter Greg Daniels will be a Peacock series.We also officially know...
May 08, 2024
Kerry Washington's comedy 'UnPrisoned' returns to Hulu on July 17
Disney/Kelsey McNealHulu announced on Wednesday, May 8, that the second season of the Kerry Washington/Delroy Lindo family dramedy, UnPrisoned, will return on July 17. In the series pro...
May 08, 2024
Bruce Willis' wife explains why she went public with his dementia diagnosis
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln CenterEmma Heming Willis is opening up about how sharing her husband Bruce Willis' Frontotemporal dementia or FTD diagnosis in 2023 impacted her."I could br...
May 08, 2024
'Deadpool & Wolverine' director Shawn Levy talks recent MCU whiffs and more
Marvel StudiosIn a new interview in Empire magazine's Deadpool & Wolverine feature issue, it looks like director Shawn Levy is putting some distance between his upcoming movie&...
May 08, 2024
Bette Midler talks "flop" of a sitcom, says she should have sued Lindsay Lohan for leaving
Lohan and Midler in 2000 - CBS via Getty ImagesBette Midler's 2000 CBS sitcom Bette didn't live long on the air — though it lives forever in infamy, thanks to a loungey a cappella ...
May 08, 2024