Tag: Hollywood

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard Settle Defamation Fight

Amber Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp have officially settled their defamation fight. Heard made an announcement of her decision on Monday via a lengthy Instagram post saying the decision followed “a great deal of deliberation” and provides her with an “opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago […]

China Box Office: ‘Avatar 2’ Opened Below Tracking at Only $57.1M

Disney’s Avatar: The Way of Water opened in China this past weekend to $57.1 million. The presale rates as well as other online measurements of audience interest had suggested that the film would open to over $100 million. However, a growing COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing and other cities has significantly lowered consumer activity. Rance Pow, […]

Tyler Perry Buys Out Performances of Broadway Play ‘Ain’t No Mo’

Tyler Perry seems to be the most recent Hollywood star to buy out a performance of the Broadway show Aint No Mo in an attempt to help the play reverse its decision to close. Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith also bought out one of the performances, as the production started a campaign to extend […]

James Cameron Not Attending ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Hollywood Premiere Due to Testing Positive for COVID

The director of Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron, will not be at Monday evening’s premiere of the film in Los Angeles after he tested positive for COVID-19. A Disney spokesperson stated, “Jim has COVID but is feeling fine. He tested positive as part of a routine testing cadence. He will continue to complete […]

Julie Andrews Says She Will Likely Not Star in the New ‘Princess Diaries’

During a recent interview, on Tuesday, Julie Andrews shared her thoughts on whether or not she would appear in this installment while making her first public comments since the project was announced as being developed. Andrews stated, “I think we know that it’s probably not going to be possible. It was talked about very shortly […]

Celebrity Promoters are being Sued Over Bored Ape NFT Endorsements

Jimmy Fallon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Justin Bieber are all being sued in a proposed class action accusing them and other celebrities that promoted Bored Ape Yacht Club non-fungible tokens of fraud. The suit also claims that celebrities misled followers into buying the NFTs, amongst other unregistered securities that were issued by Yuga Labs, in order […]

The FTC Sues to Block $69 Billion Microsoft, Activision Merger

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s $69 billion offer to purchase video game publisher Activision Blizzard, and alleges that the deal will enable them to suppress competition in gaming. Their decision is an aggressive step by competition regulators to rein in the tech industry and marks a roadblock for Microsoft’s plans […]

Patty Jenkins‘ ‘Wonder Woman 3’ Not Moving Forward

James Gunn and Peter Safran are expected to meet next week with David Zaslav, the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO who is reshaping the media company and hired the duo in October to lead a newly launched film and TV division. The pair will give Zaslav their plan expected to lay out their vision. Much of […]