Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett, Miley Cyrus and more honored as Disney Legends in emotional ceremony
Disney has bestowed โlegendsโ status on 14 artists who have shaped the company, including Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett and Miley Cyrus.
How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life
Since the early days of Hollywood, stunt performers have fueled the mayhem of movies, playing a vital role in sustaining the illusion of countless car chases, bar fights and rooftop leaps.
With โAlienโ back in theaters, โAlien: Romulusโ director teases how the new film connects
Ridley Scottโs โAlienโ is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August.
What's streaming now: Nicki Minaj's birthday album, Julia Roberts is in trouble and Monk returns
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a Nicki Minaj album dropping on her birthday and the return of Tony Shalhoub's OCD private investigator Adrian Monk with a final case.
'Titanic' director James Cameron says the search for the missing sub became a 'nightmarish charade'
โTitanicโ director James Cameron says the search operation for a deep-sea tourist sub turned into a โnightmarish charadeโ that prolonged the agony of the families of the passengers.
Live updates | Titan's catastrophic implosion likely killed 5 occupants instantly, experts say
Experts say the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion that likely killed its pilot and four passengers instantly amid the intense water pressure in the deep North Atlantic.
'Avatar 3' pushed to 2025 and Disney sets two 'Star Wars' films for 2026
โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ may have finally arrived in theaters in 2022, but that long parade of โAvatarโ delays isnโt done, yet.
James Cameron feels he 'walked into an ambush' in Argentine lithium dispute
Movie director James Cameron says he feels he โwalked into an ambushโ this week during a visit to Argentina in which he believes there was an attempt to use his image as an environmentalist to give a positive spin to lithium mining operations despite opposition from Indigenous communities.
New this week: 'Rye Lane,' 'Tetris,' 'Riverdale' and Chlรถe
This weekโs new entertainment releases include the romantic comedy โRye Laneโ set in modern London, the series โRiverdaleโ returns for its final season on the CW and PBS celebrates the career of songwriter Joni Mitchell.
Michigan State students' training kicked in during shooting
When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many students started receiving as schoolchildren automatically kicked in.
โMagic Mike's Last Dance' wins Super Bowl weekend box office
The third installment in the โMagic Mikeโ series danced its way to the top of the box office charts this weekend with a James Cameron double header, โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ and โTitanicโ (yes that โTitanicโ), looming close behind.
'Avatar' marks 6 straight weeks at No. 1, crosses $2 billion
James Cameronโs โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ led ticket sales in movie theaters for the sixth straight weekend, making it the first film to have such a sustained reign atop the box office since 2009โฒs โAvatar.โ.
โAvatar 2,โ โM3GANโ hold onto top spots at the box office
New movies like โPlaneโ and โHouse Partyโ were no match for โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ and the killer doll horror โM3GANโ at the box office this weekend.
'M3gan' dolls up with $30.2M while 'Avatar' stays No. 1
The Blumhouse evil-doll horror film โM3ganโ got off to a killer start, debuting with $30.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates, while โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ continued its box-office reign in the top spot.
โAvatar 2โ makes waves with $134 million domestic debut
โAvatar: The Way of Waterโ didnโt make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameronโs big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend.
Can James Cameron and 'Avatar' wow again? Don't doubt it.
Thirteen years after the original โAvatarโ and five years after production started on its sequel, โThe Way of Water,โ James Cameron is finally unveiling the long-awaited follow-up to the highest grossing film of all-time.
At a pugnacious Oscars, Apple's feel-good 'CODA' triumphs
After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama โCODA,โ best picture Sunday, handing Hollywoodโs top award to a streaming service for the first time.
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Sean Parker OK'd to buy stake in Peter Jackson's VFX studio
FILE - In this May 6, 2017, file photo, Sean Parker arrives at an event in Culver City, Calif. Tech billionaire Sean Parker has been approved by New Zealand authorities to buy a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson's visual effects studio. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)WELLINGTON โ New Zealand authorities have approved tech billionaire Sean Parkerโs purchase of a one-third stake in film director Peter Jacksonโs visual effects studio. Parker needed special permission from the Overseas Investment Office because he isnโt a New Zealand resident and the Weta Digital studio is worth more than 100 million New Zealand dollars ($71 million). Weta will issue new shares for Parker, diluting Jackson's stake. In 2016, Parker and Akkaraju founded a video-on-demand startup called Screening Room, which this year relaunched as SR Labs.
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Pixar's 'Soul' bypasses theaters, will stream on Christmas
NEW YORK โ The Pixar film โSoulโ will skip theaters and instead premiere on Disney+ on Christmas, the Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday, sending one of the fall's last big movies straight to streaming. The successive delays of the film industry's would-be blockbusters has only made the dire circumstances of movie theaters more acute. Without aid, the organization said, 69% of small and mid-sized movie theater companies will close or go bankrupt. โThe stark reality is that many movie theaters will not be able to open again if they donโt receive government help,โ says Esther Baruh, director of government relations for the association. It recently announced that it would lay off 28,000 workers, most of them at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
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Dev Patel celebrates India from his Los Angeles front yard
This image released by National Geographic shows circular Phumdis floating atop Laktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in northeast India, from the two-part special "India From Above," narrated by actor Dev Patel. Second was the offer to celebrate Indias culture and civilizations by narrating a National Geographic special, India From Above, which airs Sept. 30. It was incredible to be able to make some art in a way, to voice this beautiful thing, linked up to India, said Patel. Patel frequently films in India, but high above the crowd is not a perspective hes used to. How people find a way in India, no matter how hard the condition is, he said.
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James Cameron teases possible 'Terminator' trilogy
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images(CNN) - "Terminator: Dark Fate" picks up after James Cameron's "Terminator: Judgment Day," and a new trailer for the franchise's latest installment is here. Fans shouldn't expect this latest movie, produced by Cameron and directed by Tim Miller of "Deadpool," to wrap up the "Terminator" saga. Cameron told Deadline this week he is thinking of an entirely new trilogy. "We spent several weeks breaking story and figuring out what type of story we wanted to tell so we would have something to pitch Linda (Hamilton, aka Sarah Connor)," Cameron said. "If we get fortunate enough to make some money with 'Dark Fate' we know exactly where we can go with the subsequent films," Cameron said.
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'Avengers: Endgame' passes 'Avatar' to become the highest-grossing film
"Avengers: Endgame," the Disney and Marvel blockbuster, will move past "Avatar" on the list of all-time highest grossing films on Sunday in its 13th weekend of release, Disney reported Saturday night. "Avatar," James Cameron's science fiction film set on the planet of Pandora, held the record for 10 years. The latest "Avengers" film, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans, has made more than $2.789 billion worldwide. "A huge congratulations to the Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios teams, and thank you to the fans around the world who lifted 'Avengers: Endgame' to these historic heights," Alan Horn, co-chairman and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Studios, said in a statement. "The talented filmmakers behind these worlds have much more in store, and we look forward to the future of both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Pandora."