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Box office update: 'The Lego Movie' builds a $17.1 million Friday, 'Monuments Men' surprises with $7 million
4 hours ago | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The toys of everyone’s youth are on track to strike box office gold. Warner Bros.’ The Lego Movie (Cinema Score: A) pulled in an astonishing $17.1 million Friday, far exceeding studio expectations and putting the movie on track for at least a $56 – $60 million weekend.
The $60 million film from writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller effectively iced Frozen’s 11-week reign (which, at $1.41 million, didn’t even make Friday’s top five). The joint Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow pic played in 3,775 theaters, and a sequel is reportedly already in development with screenwriters Jared Stern and Michelle Morgan. But as far as February records are concerned, »
- Lindsey Bahr
Woody Allen Responds: ‘I Did Not Molest Dylan’
20 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
In an open letter to the New York Times, which will appear in the paper’s Sunday Review, Woody Allen has responded to the 1992 molestation allegations from his ex-partner Mia Farrow and their children Ronan and Dylan Farrow.
Read his full response below:
Twenty-one years ago, when I first heard Mia Farrow had accused me of child molestation, I found the idea so ludicrous I didn’t give it a second thought. We were involved in a terribly acrimonious breakup, with great enmity between us and a custody battle slowly gathering energy. The self-serving transparency of her malevolence seemed so obvious I didn’t even hire a lawyer to defend myself. It was my show business attorney who told me she was bringing the accusation to the police and I would need a criminal lawyer.
I naïvely thought the accusation would be dismissed out of hand because of course, I »
- Variety Staff
Dylan Farrow Responds to Woody Allen: 'Distortions and Outright Lies'
18 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Dylan Farrow has responded to an op-ed Woody Allen published by The New York Times Friday. In the response, provided to The Hollywood Reporter, Farrow denounced Allen's op-ed -- in which he suggested Farrow's mother, Mia Farrow, had coached her to accuse Allen of sexually assaulting her as a child. "I have never wavered in describing what he did to me. I will carry the memories of surviving these experiences for the rest of my life," Farrow said. She went on to challenge other points in Allen's op-ed, calling it 'the latest rehash of the same legalese, distortions,
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- THR Staff
‘Captain Phillips,’ ‘American Hustle’ Win Top Honors From Cinema Editors
13 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Captain Phillips” and “American Hustle” have been named the best edited films of 2013 by the American Cinema Editors, who gave out their 64th annual Ace Eddie Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday night. In the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) category, which closely corresponds to both the Oscar winner for film editing and the Best Picture winner, “Captain Phillips” was a slight surprise winner over the presumed favorite, “Gravity.” To make the night even better for “Captain Phillips,” the film’s director, Paul Greengrass, had previously been announced as recipient of the 2014 Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the. »
- Steve Pond
Berlin Film Review: ‘Ice Poison’
29 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Simple, direct and involving, “Ice Poison” shows how the desire to escape harsh economic and social circumstances slowly drives two young Burmese people toward selling and using life-wrecking drugs. Continuing his examination of the big picture in his homeland through intimate portraits of those affected by displacement and poverty, helmer Midi Z. (“Return to Burma,” “Poor Folk”) has delivered his strongest work to date. Though some of the director’s trademark long takes here could still do with a nip and tuck, the pic is assured of a lengthy fest run and is worth the attention of specialty broadcasters. “Ice” will break into the commercial realm upon its mid-July release in Taiwan.
The film is set is Lashio, a market town with a large Chinese population in Shan state, where the overwhelming majority of Myanmar’s opium poppies are grown. In the hills outside Lashio, an unnamed young vegetable farmer »
- Richard Kuipers
Miley Cyrus Responds to High School Student's Prom Date Question—Did She Say Yes?
31 minutes ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
High School student Matt Peterson really wants to take Miley Cyrus to his prom. So much so that he made an adorable, now viral, video asking the 21-year-old pop star to his formal school dance. "I have been a fan of yours from the beginning. You've changed my life, and I want to repay you by giving you the best night of your life," Matt wrote alongside his prom invite. The teenager then recaps their special history together: In 2009, "Mr. Cyrus" (that's Matt's nickname) waited outside a KissFM studio at 3 a.m. for a chance to meet Miley—and he did. A few months later she gave him a shout out at her concert. Towards the end of the clip, he strips down naked with a foam »
The Hills's Jason Wahler Reveals Drug Abuse in the Wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman's Death
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Jason Wahler is the latest celeb to open up about his battle with substance abuse and addiction in the wake of Philip Seymour Hoffman's death. On Thursday, the former The Hills star, 27, wrote an open letter for The Huffington Post, in which he explained how he deftly kept his addiction a secret from his friends. "A few years ago, I would host parties at my house in L.A. where there would be 50-100 people raging out of control. While everyone thought I was enjoying the party as much as they were, little did they know I was secretly »
- Lee Hernandez
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Overcrowded Project Slate – Separating Fact From Fiction
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
The phrase “Leonardo DiCaprio bought X movie to star in” should come with an asterisk. According to the latest report, DiCaprio will next play a Southern attorney involved in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing. Don’t hold your breath for that one. The same site that wrote up that report has claimed Warner Bros. or DiCaprio bought eight different projects for DiCaprio to star in over the course of the last year. Eight movies in one year, none of which are close to getting made. Also read: SNL: Leonardo DiCaprio Crashes Jonah Hill’s Monologue – And They Do the Flying Scene From. »
- Lucas Shaw
The Muppets Helped Jimmy Fallon Say 'Goodbye' to Late Night
1 hour ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
As you have perhaps heard, Jimmy Fallon is leaving Late Night for the Tonight Show — but not without doing one last Internet-friendly performance for everyone to remember him by. To close out his final Late Night broadcast on Friday, Fallon invited the Muppets onstage to help him sing a version of a song guaranteed to make certain people choke up over just about anything: The Band's "The Weight." Highlights include Animal's unhinged interpretation of the "put the load right on me" line and Kermit altering the lyrics to be about Miss Piggy. In less soulful news: With 6.6 million viewers, Fallon's last episode brought in the highest Late Night ratings ever. »
- Caroline Bankoff
Freak Streak! Prabal Gurung Fashion Show Disrupted by Streaker in Thong
1 hour ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
There were opulent gongs, mood music and richly colored coats on Prabal Gurung's Himalayas-inspired runway at New York Fashion Week on Saturday. Oh, and a streaker in an animal-print G-string, gold crown and bright red socks! The vibe was briefly disrupted by the cheeky guy in loafers and overcoat as he ran onstage and knelt before one of Gurung's models as she walked. But she was a pro, never breaking her model stare. She simply walked around him as he was chased back to where he had come from, behind the stage near risers where a throng of photographers snapped away, »
- Associated Press
Now Anne Hathaway Might Star in The Intern
1 hour ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
In January, Reese Witherspoon gave up the female lead role in Nancy Meyers's The Intern, which stars Robert De Niro as an old dude who decides to gain some workplace experience at a clothing website. (Witherspoon inherited the role from Tina Fey.) On Friday evening, the Hollywood Reporter reported that Anne Hathaway is now in talks to swan around Meyers's tasteful, earth-toned office space. The choice makes sense, as Hathaway has the same earnest, backlash-prone vibe we've come to expect from certain corners of the online start-up world. »
- Caroline Bankoff
Berlin Film Review: ‘Beloved Sisters’
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Nearly a decade on from his last theatrical feature (2006’s “The Red Cockatoo”), prolific Teuton TV helmer Dominik Graf makes an overdue and very welcome return to the bigscreen with “Beloved Sisters,” an enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction of the complicated relationship between the post-Enlightenment writer and philosopher Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld (who would become his wife) and Caroline von Beulwitz (his eventual biographer). Retaining the novelistic narrative density offered by television while taking full advantage of cinema’s larger, more enveloping canvas, Graf has created an unusually intelligent costume drama of bold personalities torn between the stirrings of the heart and the logic of the mind, while casting his revealing gaze upon Western Europe’s bumpy transition from the 18th to 19th century. Premiered at Berlin in a 170-minute director’s cut, the pic is also being offered for sale in a 140-minute “theatrical” edit, though »
- Scott Foundas
Male Streaker Crashes Runway at New York Fashion Week (Photos)
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
This is for all the guys with leopard print banana hammocks hidden in their dressers. A man ran through Prabal Gurung’s show during fall fashion week in New York, wearing nothing but red tube socks, a stylish trench coat and a crown. Also read: Female Streaker Shocks Crowd During President’s Cup Golf Tournament (Photo) You can call him a streaker, but he did not have the courage to go full nude. He wore a leopard print thong. None of the models seemed to mind, though it’s hard to tell if their icy stares are just part of »
- Wrap Staff
Leonardo DiCaprio Inspired by 'Drunkest Guy Ever' Video for Pivotal Wolf of Wall Street Scene
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Inspiration can come from anywhere. Leonardo DiCaprio admitted Thursday at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival that a YouTube video called "Drunkest Guy Ever Goes for More Beer" inspired his performance in The Wolf of Wall Street. Referring to a comic scene in the film where his character, Jordan Belfort, tries to get to his car while on Quaaludes, DiCaprio said he "obsessively" watched the video to help him capture the physicality of someone under the influence of a sedative-hypnotic drug. The actor, 39, discussed the role while accepting the Cinema Vanguard Award with Martin Scorsese. "It's not just the fact »
- Sheila Cosgrove Baylis
Dylan Farrow Responds to Woody Allen's Op-Ed: "I Won't Be Silenced"
2 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Dylan Farrow is speaking out following Woody Allen's New York Times op-ed, which was written in response to her column where she resurfaced decades-old allegations that Allen, her adoptive father, sexually molested her when she was 7. The 28-year-old slammed the famous filmmaker's op-ed after he fully blamed ex-partner Mia Farrow for the accusations and said, several times, that he "did not molest Dylan." "I have never wavered in describing what he did to me," Dylan said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. "I will carry the memories of surviving these experiences for the rest of my life," Farrow continued. She went on to say that his op-ed is the "latest »
NBC Responds to Opening Ceremony Criticism: We Edited Ioc Speech for Time
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
NBC has responded to media reports questioning edits to Ioc president Thomas Bach’s speech during the opening ceremony of the Olympics, in which Bach urged everyone not to discriminate against people from other countries. “The Ioc President’s comments were edited for time, as were other speeches, but his message got across very clearly to viewers,” an NBC spokesperson told TheWrap. Also read: Sochi Winter Olympics: 10 Things to Watch For Other Than Sports Bach’s comments will appear anodyne to many. He encouraged the athletes “to live together under one roof in harmony, with tolerance and without any form of discrimination. »
- Lucas Shaw
Jessica Simpson Wears Sexy Black Dress for Weight Watchers Ad—See the Pic!
2 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Jessica Simpson deserves to be proud of her post-baby body. The 33-year-old blond beauty shared a sneak peek for her latest Weight Watchers ad on her Instagram account. And no surprise here—she looks absolutely stunning in the sleek frock. "Too proud to sit down!! Behind the scenes of my new commercial. Thanks @weightwatchers." the mother of two captioned the black and white snapshot on Saturday. The fashion mogul stands confidently with her hands on her waist in front of her personalized director's chair. She is flaunting her enviable curves in an above-the-knee formfitting halter dress and her wavy long locks are swept to one side. During an appearance on Good Morning America »
Past Biggest Loser Winners on Rachel Frederickson: 'She Wanted To Win'
2 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
As the public continues to debate whether The Biggest Loser winner Rachel Frederickson had gone too far by dropping from 260 to 105 lbs., past winners of the NBC reality weight-loss competition shared their thoughts on the shocking reveal with People. "She did what she had to do," says season 10 winner Patrick House, who once tipped the scales at 424 lbs. and currently weighs 220. "Rachel's transformation was like any Biggest Loser contestant," says the 6'2" House. "She had to do the best that she possibly could, and at the end of the day, there's a carrot dangling that's a quarter of a million dollars up for grabs. »
The Muppets help Jimmy Fallon say goodbye to 'Late Night'
2 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
For Jimmy Fallon's last waltz on "Late Night" before transitioning to "The Tonight Show," he was joined by some very special guests. The Muppets dropped by to join Fallon in a sweet, sincere rendering of The Band's seminal 1968 song "The Weight." Fallon plays drums and sings (Levon Helm-style), while Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Scooter and the rest of the gang take turns signing; Animal screams. It's all reminiscent of Martin Scorsese's iconic concert doc "The Last Waltz," but minus Bob Dylan and a coked-out Neil Young. The video ends with Fallon leaving the party for another one, »
- Dave Lewis
#Icymi on TheWrap: 10 of the Week’s Top Showbiz Stories (Video)
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Philip Seymour Hoffman Death: Appreciating an Everyman Actor and Extraordinary Talent Hoffman died on Sunday of a suspected heroin overdose, but a New York medical examiner has yet to determine an official cause of death. The Oscar-winning actor’s funeral in New York City on Friday drew famous friends including Marisa Tomei, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K. and Amy Adams. Facebook Turns 10: How It Became an ‘Integral’ Part of Hollywood Facebook is just a decade old, but it is already vital to every movie studio’s plans Amazon Says Its Pilot System Is Working, but What About Binge Viewing? »
- Greg Gilman
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