MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – “Avatar” director James Cameron said he still aims to make four sequels to the 2009 science-fiction blockbuster and is moving ahead with production while regulators review the proposed sale of 21st Century Fox’s film studio to Walt Disney Co. Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Cameron ...
Read More »‘A Quiet Place’ sneaks back to top of the box office
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Sci-fi horror film “A Quiet Place” snuck its way back to the top of the North American box offices over the weekend, beating out noisier action flick “Rampage,” industry estimates showed Sunday. “A Quiet Place,” an almost wordless Paramount production, stars actor/director John Krasinski and real-life ...
Read More »2002 Hit and Run case: Mumbai Sessions Court cancels bailable warrant against Salman Khan
(Web Desk) – A Mumbai court has cancelled the bailable warrant against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case, reported Indian news agency ANI. The court had last week stayed the bailable warrant in the 7-year-old hit-and-run case, in which the Indian government s appeal against Salman s ...
Read More »‘Mini-Me’ actor Verne Troyer dead at 49
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini-Me in the “Austin Powers” movies, died Saturday. He was 49. While no cause of death was given, a statement on the actor s social media accounts said he had gone through a “recent time of adversity” and ...
Read More »Meesha Shafi accuses Ali Zafar of sexual harassment
(Web Desk) – As the #MeToo campaign empowered a lot of women to come forward and express what they had been keeping silent about for a long time, famous singer Meesha Shafi has opened up on a very touchy subject claiming to have been sexually harassed by colleague and fellow ...
Read More »Pakistan keen to expand cooperation with China in film, media fields
ISLAMABAD (APP) – Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Information Broadcasting, National History & Literary Heritage in a meeting with Yao Jing, Ambassador of China to Pakistan has said that Pakistan is keen to expand cooperation with China in the field of film, media, culture and heritage. She said that Pakistan ...
Read More »Kangana Ranaut finds social media time-consuming
MUMBAI (Web Desk) – Bollywood stunning actress Kangana Ranaut has said that using social media is just a waste of time. In a statement, Kangana said “I am not on social media for many reasons and one of them is that I feel it’s so consuming. People tell me open ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia to host cinema test screening with ‘Black Panther’
RIYADH (AFP) – Blockbuster action flick “Black Panther” will play at a cinema test screening in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, the first in a series of trial runs before movie theatres open to the wider public next month. The conservative kingdom lifted a 35-year ban on cinemas last year as part ...
Read More »Female stars dominate Cannes festival jury
PARIS (AFP) – Hollywood actresses will dominate the jury at Cannes next month, the film festival’s organisers said Wednesday as they appeared set to lift their bar on controversial Danish director Lars Von Trier. Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Lea Seydoux will head a starry jury, with American writer-director Ava ...
Read More »‘Rampage’ sneaks past ‘Quiet Place’ to a box-office lead
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Sci-fi action flick “Rampage” topped North American box offices over the weekend, taking in an estimated $34.5 million to barely beat out horror film “A Quiet Place,” industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. “Rampage” stars hard-working Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson in a plot perhaps better seen ...
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