Academy Museum Announces Completion Of $388 Million Pre-Opening Fundraising Campaign, On Track For April 30 Debut

The cast of “Lord Of The Rings” are coming together for J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Hold Steady have announced their eighth album ‘Open Door Policy’ – listen to lead single ‘Family Farm’ below.Following on from last year’s ‘Thrashing Thru The Passion’, the 11-track record is due for release in February on the band’s Positive Jams label (via Thirty Tigers).It was recorded at The Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, New York alongside producer Josh Kaufman and engineer D. James Goodwin.

Even though anyone familiar with the original “Toxic Avenger” film from 1984 would find it strange that a studio is interested in rebooting the franchise, the allure of a superhero IP that hasn’t been mined is too strong for Hollywood to pass up. So, it was announced more than a year ago that “The Toxic Avenger” is getting remade.

Life isn’t all roses for car owners in Portland. The Oregon city topped a list of major metropolitan areas with the worst auto theft rates compiled by AutoInsuranceEZ.com.

coronavirus pandemic, Thanksgiving looks a little bit different this year.

It’s time to give thanks. Thanksgiving 2020 arrived on Nov. 26, and with it, some of your favorite celebrities gathered to express gratitude and love with those they hold dear. While the CDC has recommended against traveling and huge family gatherings – because the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging throughout the country – some stars still managed to have the best Turkey Day ever (or the best they’re going to get in 2020.)

Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the “Jaws” mold, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208 pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, on Friday was hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles where he will greet guests for the foreseeable future.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticBruuuuuuuuce! No, you aren’t listening to the chant of fans at a Springsteen concert. That cheer is for Bruce, the so nicknamed full-scale shark model from Jaws, the iconic 1975 film that continues to make beachgoers afraid to go into the water.

NPR. It’s cool, the guy who tweeted that people in Michigan should “rise up” against mounting coronavirus restrictions could make big bucks from his recent endorsement deal with Hallmark greeting cards.At least, that’s the premise of Stephen Colbert’s humorous Thursday cold open, in which the “Late Show” host revealed the (ficticious, of course) “Dr.

I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! are higher than the previous series by around one million people per night.Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the hit reality show has been forced to migrate from the Australian jungle to Gwrych Castle in Wales.The series premiere saw I’m a Celeb reach its largest audience since the final of the 2018 series, making it the most-watched non-news broadcast of 2020.It also marked the show’s largest ever audience in the key 16-to-34 age bracket.The 2019

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe details around the July incident in which Tory Lanez allegedly shot Megan Thee Stallion in the feet after an argument have dribbled out slowly over the past months, first in TMZ, then over social media and videos, then surveillance video of Lanez’s arrest that night, and last month in the lyrics to Lanez’s extremely long and self-absorbed album “Daystar.” It’s been a bizarre case, as few of the details have been revealed by law enforcement or conventional

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Roundabout Theatre Company says it will resume production in Fall 2021 with two much anticipated shows – the COVID-delayed Jeanine Tesori/Tony Kushner musical Caroline, Or Change and Alice Childress’ Trouble In Mind. The planned musical revival of 1776 will now begin performances in Spring 2022.The nonprofit theater company does not have a date for its postponed production of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles starring Debra Messing.

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has exceeded its pre-opening fundraising goal of $388 million, director and president Bill Kramer announced Friday.

Also Read: Oscars in April? Here's the COVID-Altered Awards Season CalendarIn recognition of the gift, the Academy Museum has newly named the LAIKA Gallery, dedicated to special c0llectios, which will debut with the exhibition “The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection.”Museum officials did not specify the amount of the LAIKA gift or by how much the campaign goal was exceeded with new funds.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAs California passed 1 million COVID-19 cases and infections continued to increase across the country, California As Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued travel advisories on Friday urging visitors entering their states or returning home from travel outside these states to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the virus.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterNeon will bring some passionate romance in Ammonite this weekend. The period pic starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan opened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September where immediately garnered buzz as an Oscar favorite.Written and directed by Francis Lee, is set in the 1840s and follows once-acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning (Winslet), who works alone on the Southern English coastline of Lyme Regis.