News from Deadline - December 21, 2024
 Cate Blanchett and Nadine Labaki were among the stars sending messages of support for Beirut’s landmark arthouse Metropolis Cinema as it officially opened its new venue in the city’s port area of Mar Mikhael on Saturday. The launch marks a... Read more... |
 SATURDAY AM: Who knew that hedgehogs were predatory creatures that could spring out of the ground and take down the king of the jungle in full? Paramount’s $122M production Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the alpha male gorilla heading into... Read more... |
 This week saw the 15th anniversary of the death of Brittany Murphy, and one of her co-stars took the occasion to remember her fondly. Murphy died on December 20, 2009, and Katie O’Grady, who worked alongside her on her final... Read more... |
 Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years. The show, which has been on almost every day of Channel 4’s 42-year history, has not had a female champion since 1998. Fiona Wood,... Read more... |
 Wham!’s festive song Last Christmas never got to number one in the year of its release 1984, but it has scored a historical first, becoming the first track to occupy the festive chart’s top slot for a second consecutive year.... Read more... |
 Paul McCartney has been enjoying rave reviews for his latest concerts – pleasing thousands of fans with an energetic set that encompasses songs from his entire career, including his time with The Beatles, Wings and his own solo material. McCartney,... Read more... |
 With another year in the books, Barack Obama has some new recommendations for his fellow cinephiles. On Friday, the former president of the United States shared his annual list of top 10 movies, which featured a papal thriller, a sex... Read more... |
 The party is ending too soon for some after Party City abruptly closed down its US stores following 40 years of business. In addition to the company reportedly laying off all employees effective immediately with no severance and no benefits,... Read more... |
 The documentary features remaining in contention for an Oscar nomination have been whittled down from 169 to a shortlist of a mere 15, a brutal culling that has inevitably left many filmmakers disappointed, and a select few in celebratory mode.... Read more... |
 Billionaire Jay-Z is a bully who has “shrilly maintained an entitlement to different rules and faster procedures” against a Jane Doe who claims the ‘Picasso, Baby’ rapper, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and an unnamed female celebrity raped her in 2000 when... Read more... |