Leave it to Lindsay Lohan to show up at a film festival without a film.
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Wayne Newton hit the Sundance strip on Friday. It was the entertainer’s first time at the film festival, though Las Vegas is just a car ride away from Park City.
The Universal buddy cop comedy “Ride Along,” featuring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube debuted with $41.2 million at the box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” took the Screen Actors Guild Awards’ top honor for outstanding cast on Saturday night, beating out Steve McQueen’s acclaimed “12 Years a Slave.” The SAG Awards are considered one of the best indicators of the Oscars.
The 2014 Sundance Film Festival began on Thursday, with 117 feature-length movies set to premiere in Park City, Utah over the next 10 days.
Paramount unnecessarily set off the hot mess alarm bells by delaying screenings of “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.” It’s solid escapism.
Ruth Robinson Duccini, the last of the original female Munchkins from the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz,” has died in Las Vegas. She was 95.
The action-comedy that’s light on both elements finds Ben (Kevin Hart), a high-school security guard who’s just been accepted into Atlanta’s police academy, trying to impress James (Ice Cube), a celebrated detective and the overly protective brother of Ben’s girlfriend, Angela (Tika Sumpter).
So, apparently the dynamic duo of Kevin Hart and Ice Cube isn’t enough to save “Ride Along.”
Wynn Las Vegas oddsmaker lists McConaughey, Blanchett and “12 Years a Slave” as Oscar favorites — for entertainment purposes only.
The Academy Awards appear to be the three-horse race many expected it would be, with “Gravity,” ”American Hustle” and “12 Years a Slave” all receiving a heap of nominations.
Nominations have gone out for the award that asks the nominees to “own their bad.”
The Golden Globes are typically Hollywood’s bawdiest awards show — “a wonderful mess,” said co-host Tina Fey of this year’s bash.
The patriotic Navy SEAL drama “Lone Survivor” smashed expectations to earn $38.5 million in its first weekend in wide release, according to studio estimates Sunday.