Val Kilmer, the charisma-oozing leading man who lost himself portraying such tormented, self-loathing characters as Jim Morrison, gunslinger Doc Holliday and Batman during his all-too-brief career, died Tuesday. He was 65. Kilmer, who came to fame for playing the competitive naval aviator Tom “Iceman” Kazansky alongside Tom Cruise in Tony Scott’s 1986 mega box-office hit Top Gun, died of pneumonia …
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Eddie Murphy is opening up about some advice Sidney Poitier once gave him that left him surprised. In Apple TV+’s new documentary, Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the Beverly Hills Cop actor shared that the Oscar winner told him not to star in 1992’s Malcom X. At the time, the film was initially being …
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CinemaCon believed a man can fly on Tuesday as DC Studios head James Gunn showed off an extended look at Superman. The film is a make-or-break moment for DC, which has an ambitious slate, much of which depends on Superman working at the box office this summer. Gunn appeared alongside his DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran, while stars David Corenswet …
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What a difference a year can make. At last year’s edition of CinemaCon, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group co-chairs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy exuded confidence when taking the stage before thousands of excited cinema owners eager to hear from the studio behind Barbie (they inherited the project when arriving at the Burbank lot from MGM in summer 2022, …
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F1 director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer returned to the CinemaCon stage for the first time since promoting their explosive hit Top Gun: Maverick. Warner Bros. is distributing the Apple film that stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Javier Bardem. “We believe this is going to be the cinematic experience of the summer,” Bruckheimer teased. He promised the movie …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Now that the Super Bowl and all the top awards shows are behind us, it’s the moment that music fans have all been waiting for: festival season. Dust off your denim shorts, secure your stadium-approved bags and …
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As a former child star himself, Macaulay Culkin gets it. The actor, who rose to fame at 10 years old, playing Kevin in the holiday classic films Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has a message for those making documentaries about child actors in Hollywood. “Dear ID, Please take it easy on the kiddos. We’ve all …
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Over the past few years, the future of studios’ ability to assert First Amendment protections in casting decisions appeared to be compromised thanks to a couple of high-profile decisions from courts overseeing discrimination lawsuits filed by actors. The most recent came last year when a court rebuffed Disney’s bid to dismiss a case over Gina Carano’s firing from The Mandalorian …
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British indie rock band Wet Leg is finally back as the band announced their sophomore album Moisturizer on Tuesday, set to release on July 11th. The Isle of White band, fronted by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers and signed to Domino Records, also released the album’s first single “Catch These Fists” along with an accompanying music video. Moisturizer will come …
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Hundreds of unionized workers at the Elder Scrolls and Fallout video game firm ZeniMax Media have voted to authorize a strike, marking an escalation in tensions with the company after nearly two years of contract negotiations. More than 94 percent of quality assurance (QA) testers represented by Communications Workers of America Locals supported a work stoppage in a vote that …
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