Category: Hollywood
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Hwood 2025: The Year of the Cat… in the Hat?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent On the night of Dec. 14, 2025, by about 8:44 pm on that fateful Sunday night before Hanukkah, 99% of Hollywood knew or believed that Rob Reiner had been a victim of parricide. Texts have been flying since. But in those crucial hours post-slaying, in a small town like…
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David Ellison’s Skydance bid in DC for Jezebel-like Warner Bros?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Tonight, Paramount-Skydance’s David Ellison is reported by The Guardian’s White House Correspondent Hugo Lowell to be in attendance for the MBS White House Dinner at President Trump’s invitation. Trump of course is close to the elder Ellison, Larry Ellison of Oracle, backed up by his hundreds of billions. At…
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Can You Guess Sean Young’s Favorite Film?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent As everything with Sean Young, who’s busy these days with ComicCon’s, Film work, TV Guest spots, Celebrity appearances, plus a TCM gig with Disney Cruises, the final result is spectacular… if you wait long enough. Actually, that’s an inside joke because actor Sean Young delivers more than promised for…
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WOLFS is Clooney and Pitt’s codependent caper movie
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Not since Winston Wolfe in Pulp Fiction have we seen such talent able to steam-clean a crime scene? Actually George Clooney and Brad Pitt have their own unique high-profile fixer moment coming soon. You heard that right. And no, the verdict is not in on WOLFS, the new Clooney…
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Nobody TOLDJA Nikki Finke would die at only 68
Nikki Finke pioneered, literally owned Live-Snarking, real-time Oscar coverage. Yet AMPAS pulled her credentials at one point? Nikki created her own Oscar mystique, even made all the more relatable with the snark, which was for the people, the fans, the masses, all of us.
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Tom Cruise’s chopper lands, now Lady Gaga drops a tune for his new movie
by Screenmancer How many surprises does Tom Cruise have on deck for the May 27th release of TOP GUN: MAVERICK? Okay, that was a rhetorical question. The answer is wow, a lot written down in his flight log for this week’s “Global Premiere” that included landing a franchise logo-emblazoned chopper he flew himself. Cruise piloted…
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Watch: Spielberg revisits a Joan Crawford moment to “fish movie” for TCM
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent If you missed last night’s TCM Classic Film Festival opener, where Steven Spielberg held court with Host Ben Mankiewicz, watch this clip we have from the event. It is a very private look into Hollywood’s highest-grossing director’s foray into filmmaking. “Walking a mile and a half to the theater”…
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TOP GUN: MAVERICK, or adrenaline on tap right now watch
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Hello Aviators, actually earlier today Paramount led with “Good Morning Aviators” as they dropped a new poster and trailer for the long-awaited Navy ace flier sequel to the iconic TOP GUN. There aren’t enough adjectives for the much-needed adrenaline feel-good boost in the footage. But seat yourself for the…
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Jenifer Lewis gets 2022 Honorary statuette at IPA’s 26th Satellites on April 2
by Screenmancer Staff This year the International Press Academy’s Honorary Satellite statuette will be presented to Award-winning actress Jenifer Lewis, as the global press association reschedules the date for the 26th Annual Satellite™ Awards for April 2, 2022. with a venue to be announced shortly. “Despite this difficult time of confinement throughout the world,” the…
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Spielberg Challenge: 32 Movies, plus 1971’s DUEL, ranked Best to Good, Your Turn?
by Screenmancer West Side Story marks Director Steven Spielberg’s latest Academy Award nomination bonanza at 7 noms, but the real record-holding stat is that he has been nominated in various categories for say (first at Cannes) 47 years? But wait, there’s more, and more specific stats, to amaze. Which is why we are throwing down…
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26th Satellite Awards highest honor goes to Tom Skerritt for IPA’s 2022 Show
Los Angeles, CA: The International Press Academy (IPA) has named Tom Skerritt, indelibly famous for his TOP GUN franchise run, as the recipient of one its highest honors. Skerritt will received the “Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry” at the 26th Annual Satellite™ Awards. For over fifty years, Tom Skerritt…
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TCM’s nod: Dean Stockwell Tribute airs on Nov. 22
LOS ANGELES, CA: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) celebrates the life and career of actor Dean Stockwell with a programming tribute on Monday, Nov 22. Stockwell, who passed away on Nov. 7 at the age of 85, began his career before the age of 10 and continued working in film and television for more than 70 years. The North Hollywood-born actor…
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TCM Classic Film Fest has your 13th close-up ready to go in Hollywood
You’ve waited long enough, so Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is back with that their signature fan-favorite event, TCM Classic Film Festival. The fun returns to Hollywood on Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, April 24, 2022. Movie lovers will once again descend upon Hollywood Boulevard for one-of-a-kind programming set within the theme “All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen.” Over…
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Out of a hidden holster comes Clint Eastwood’s CRY MACHO
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Maestro of Hollywood Cinema Clint Eastwood just pulled a fast one by directing and acting in CRY MACHO at age 91. Set for a Sept. 17 release date from HBO Max and Warner Bros, croak-voiced Eastwood plays Mike Milo, a broken down-and-out “rodeo star” who failed at his last…
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Garden of Allah: Martin Turnbull unpacks wild Hollywood hang
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When you hear the “Summer of ’37” and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hollywood dead-end adventure in writing discussed as if only yesterday, then you would be listening to the outstanding author Martin Turnbull who has mined that era with a fine tooth comb. So get your “Top Hat, White Tie…
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