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optional screen reader Section Subcategories TikTok Joins Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival as Sponsor, Unveils Shorts Competition Kate Winslet on Playing WWII Photographer Lee Miller, Defying Hollywood Double Standards and Still Getting Asked About ‘Titanic’ ‘Moana 2’ Achieves Demigod Status: All the Box Office Records Broken Box Office: ‘Moana 2’ Tops Best Thanksgiving Ever, Opens to Record $221M in U.S. and $386M Globally Latest Movies Marshall Brickman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter on ‘Annie Hall,’ Dies at 85 Demi Moore on Why She Thought ‘Ghost’ Was Going to Either Be “Amazing or a F***ing Disaster” ‘Awards Chatter’ Live Pod: Daniel Craig on Playing Gay in ‘Queer,’ Bond Typecasting (“Boo-Hoo”) and Facing “My Final Act” ‘Wicked’ Star Marissa Bode Calls Out “Very Gross and Harmful Comments” About Her Character’s Disability ‘My Old Ass’ Filmmaker Megan Park on the Joke That Led to One of 2024’s Most Pleasant Surprises ‘Gladiator II’ Producers on Returning to Ancient Rome: “We Didn’t Want to Be a Pale Imitation” Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Say Their Shared Broadway Background “Gave Us Fizz” in ‘Wicked’ Adam Somner, Oscar-Nominated Assistant Director and Producer, Dies at 57 Drew Starkey Says He Has a “Little Bit of Troy Bolton in Me” With Love for Acting and Basketball Dwayne Johnson on Transforming Into Maui for Live-Action ‘Moana’ With Bodysuit Timothée Chalamet Says He Lost Out on ‘Maze Runner,’ ‘Divergent’ Roles Because He Didn’t “Have the Right Body”

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TikTok Joins Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival as Sponsor, Unveils Shorts Competition

The social media video platform will also present live streams of the opening and closing ceremonies of the fourth edition of the fest in Jeddah and host a workshop at its Red Sea Souk, or market.

By Georg Szalai

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    Kate Winslet on Playing WWII Photographer Lee Miller, Defying Hollywood Double Standards and Still Getting Asked About ‘Titanic’

    The Oscar-winning actress says she still has moments of self-doubt on-set, even while filming 'Lee,' which she also produced: "Often I will turn to another crewmember and I'll say, 'They just read the wrong name off the list. I'm telling you, they didn't mean for me to be here.' "

    By Kimberly Nordyke

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    ‘Moana 2’ Achieves Demigod Status: All the Box Office Records Broken

    The Walt Disney Animation sequel sailed into history with a Thanksgiving haul of $221 million, the biggest five-day opening of all time, among numerous other milestones.

    By Pamela McClintock

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    Box Office: ‘Moana 2’ Tops Best Thanksgiving Ever, Opens to Record $221M in U.S. and $386M Globally

    The magical combination of the animated sequel, the history-making 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' delivered an unparalleled post-pandemic victory at the box office.

    By Pamela McClintock

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Marshall Brickman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter on ‘Annie Hall,’ Dies at 85

A former 'Tonight Show' head writer and "Dueling Banjos" performer, he and Woody Allen also partnered on 'Sleeper' and two other films.

  • Movie News
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    Chris Koseluk

Demi Moore on Why She Thought ‘Ghost’ Was Going to Either Be “Amazing or a F***ing Disaster”

During her appearance on 'Hot Ones,' the actress also shares what she feels is the biggest existential threat to movie making.

  • Movie News
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    Carly Thomas

Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy previously shared that one joke was scrapped from the screenplay but wouldn't confirm the original joke.

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    Carly Thomas

‘Awards Chatter’ Live Pod: Daniel Craig on Playing Gay in ‘Queer,’ Bond Typecasting (“Boo-Hoo”) and Facing “My Final Act”

In front of an audience at Chapman University, the A-lister was asked, among many other things, to identify the best 007 other than himself and to name who he thinks would be a great successor in the role, and replied: "Sean Connery, and I don't give a shit."

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    Scott Feinberg

‘Wicked’ Star Marissa Bode Calls Out “Very Gross and Harmful Comments” About Her Character’s Disability

The actress noted that comments about disliking Nessarose are one thing, but people joking they want to push her out of her wheelchair is something else entirely.

  • Movie News
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    Christy Piña

‘My Old Ass’ Filmmaker Megan Park on the Joke That Led to One of 2024’s Most Pleasant Surprises

"It was dumb, honestly. It was a dumb, stupid thing. But then it worked," she tells The Hollywood Reporter of the title of the Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza coming-of-age film.

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    Brian Davids

‘Gladiator II’ Producers on Returning to Ancient Rome: “We Didn’t Want to Be a Pale Imitation”

Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher talk to The Hollywood Reporter about May Calamawy and other cut scenes ("You have to see what works and what's essential"), how the epic follow-up is resonating with audiences, why it should be seen in theaters and their hopes for a trilogy.

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    Brian Davids

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey Say Their Shared Broadway Background “Gave Us Fizz” in ‘Wicked’

"We were very giggly together," Grande said, adding that the dynamic helped their characters' onscreen chemistry.

  • Movie News
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    Zoe G. Phillips

Adam Somner, Oscar-Nominated Assistant Director and Producer, Dies at 57

He collaborated with several legendary filmmakers throughout his career, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Paul Thomas Anderson.

  • Movie News
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    Carly Thomas

Drew Starkey Says He Has a “Little Bit of Troy Bolton in Me” With Love for Acting and Basketball

The actor, who rose to fame on the hit Netflix series 'Outer Banks,' stars next in Luca Guadagnino's'Queer,' opposite Daniel Craig.

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    Carly Thomas

Dwayne Johnson on Transforming Into Maui for Live-Action ‘Moana’ With Bodysuit

The actor is playing the demigod in the live-action film after voicing the character in two animated 'Moana' movies.

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    Carly Thomas

Timothée Chalamet Says He Lost Out on ‘Maze Runner,’ ‘Divergent’ Roles Because He Didn’t “Have the Right Body”

The actor said he was pursuing roles in action movies early in his career but kept "getting the same feedback."

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    Carly Thomas

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