‘A Minecraft Movie’ Arrives as a Surprise Box Office Smash
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ Arrives as a Surprise Box Office Smash

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There are no fail-safe formulas in Hollywood, but this one comes close: Take an established yet underexploited (or musty) cultural property — preferably one that stirs strong feelings of nostalgia among young adults — and add stars playing to type, abundant visual effects…

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
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Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Most actors recognize there’s something different in Val than meets the eye,” Mr. Stone said in a 2007 interview for a segment of the television series “Biography.” David Mamet, the playwright and screenwriter who directed Mr. Kilmer in the political thriller “Spartan” (2004),…

How ‘Severance’ Uses Old Tricks to Make Its Office Hell
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How ‘Severance’ Uses Old Tricks to Make Its Office Hell

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Contains spoilers about past episodes but not the Season 2 finale. In “Severance,” the Apple TV+ series about a shadowy company where some employees have their consciousness split into two parts, with the “innie” doing all the work and the “outie” remembering none…

Bong Joon Ho, ‘Mickey17’ Director, Brings Class Warfare To Outer Space
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Bong Joon Ho, ‘Mickey17’ Director, Brings Class Warfare To Outer Space

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Mickey 17” is the first feature that Bong has made with a Hollywood studio, and his most expensive one yet, with a budget just under $120 million. On this last score, though, he was ambivalent. “I prefer small productions, and I dislike big…

2025 Oscars Red Carpet Photos: Ariana Grande, June Squibb and More Looks
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2025 Oscars Red Carpet Photos: Ariana Grande, June Squibb and More Looks

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The carpet outside the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles was classic red. The stars who appeared at the 97th Academy Awards arrived in colors from all across the spectrum. The awards campaign season has been a long but fashionable slog for Timothée Chalamet,…

Why ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Film About Mexico, Flopped in Mexico
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Why ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a Film About Mexico, Flopped in Mexico

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Emilia Pérez,” the movie about a transgender Mexican cartel leader who reconciles with her past, enters the Academy Awards on Sunday with 13 nominations, the most of any film this year. It is also the most nods ever for any non-English language film….

Theater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Captain America’ Screening in Washington State
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Theater Ceiling Collapses During ‘Captain America’ Screening in Washington State

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two people watching “Captain America: Brave New World” alone in a movie theater in Wenatchee, Wash., on Tuesday night began hearing strange creaking and moaning. In a film where an absurd amount of furniture is smashed, dramatic final breaths abound and fighters grunt…

Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95
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Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a Hollywood movie star, but who became one all the same, playing seemingly ordinary characters with deceptive subtlety, intensity and often charm in some of the most noted films of the 1970s and ’80s, has…