Hollywood

The 4th of July tomorrow, a perfect time to check out a movie t the dollar theater or neighborhood movie house. This past week at the box office, the big winner was ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ taking in over $80 million, nearly $300 million world-wide. Here are the winners from this past weekend… Here's the wekend's top performers Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles Sicario: Day of the Soldado Uncle Drew […]

HBO has given the ‘green light’ to a half-hour comedy pilot that is written and stars actor Danny McBride called “The Righteous Gemstones.” The storyline is a bit off the beaten path, as it tells the story of the Gemstone televangelist family, a brand that generated a great deal of news with its wayward ways of charitable actions. John Goodman will play the lead in the pilot, starring as the […]

It’s hard to believe that a film that makes its debut in 16 months would cause this much press, but the Quentin Tarantino film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” is scheduled to open August 9th, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Manson-LaBianca murders, is doing just that. Who could forget the Sharon Tate murders during the Charles Manson killing spree? “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” is the baby […]

Russell Crowe has taken on many roles in his career; from Gladiator to CBS ’60 Minutes’ investigator, to NYC Good Cop in ‘American Gangster’ but it’s likely his next character will set off a few alarms. Russell has signed on to portray deceased Fox News chief Roger Ailes in a limited Showtime series, based largely on the Based on the best-seller “The Loudest Voice in the Room,” written by Gabriel […]

Over the weekend the neighborhood theaters ticket offices were busy with ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ delivered a $150 million-plus opening weekend, while ‘Incredibles 2’ ($375 million worldwide) ‘Ocean's 8,’ ‘Tag,’ ‘Deadpool 2’, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story,’ Hereditary,’ ‘Superfly,’ ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ and ‘Won't You Be My Neighbor?’ fill in in the top 10 spots in weekend movie revenues. The NBC program ‘Timeless’ has been canceled after its two-season run, […]

George and wife Amal Clooney are not ones to talk about change, hoping someone else does the heavy lifting; the put their money where their mouth is, now donating $100,000 to help immigrant children that have been in the news of late. George and Amal wrote the check to the ‘Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights,’ the Clooney’s own charity founded two years ago. You might say that the ‘Young […]

Actors Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone are going back to do it all over again, reprising their incredible roles as Adonis Creed and Rocky Balboa in the upcoming film ‘Creed II.’ Here’s the advanced trailer to Creed II. The storyline and a few of the characters will be very familiar with your; there’s “Big Nasty” Munteanu’s Viktor Drago, the son of Dolph Lundgren’s Ivan Drago character from “Rocky IV,” […]

This weekend John Travolta stars in crime biopic ‘Gotti,’ directed by Entourage actor turned director Kevin Connolly. The film also stars John’s real-life partner Sarah Paulson. The film reminded us of Hollywood’s love of good vs. evil, or at least its fascination with organized crime figures and their stories. ‘Goodfellas’ leveraged the talents of stars, proving as a criminal, you could never get out on your own terms. It also […]