Deon Taylor’s So Happy To Be Back With ‘Meet The Blacks’, Ellen Burstyn Flies In ‘Queen Bees’ – Specialty Preview

EXCLUSIVE: In her second directorial feature for Universal, Elizabeth Banks has set quite the cast, tapping Keri Russell, Ray Liotta, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson and Jesse Tyler Ferguson to star in Cocaine Bear.

Questlove’s Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) will tease the specialty box office this weekend with the brilliantly reviewed Sundance Grand Jury and Audience award-winner in special engagements in two theaters to tee up a wide release on some 600 screens, and Hulu, July 2.

EXCLUSIVE: Juno Temple, who has earned rave reviews for her role in Apple TV+’s hit series Ted Lasso, is set to join Miles Teller and Matthew Goode in Paramount+’s limited event series The Offer.

Strictly Come Dancing star Craig Revel Horwood has said it's "about time" Anton Du Beke joined him at the judging desk and that the time has come for him to hang up his dancing shoes.The TV judge is known for being Mr Nasty on the panel, but despite some harsh critiques of Anton's dances over the years, he told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on Thursday's This Morning that he couldn't be happier about Anton being a judge for the next series of Strictly.

Taylor Swift‘s catalogue, insisting he tried unsuccessfully to arrange a meeting with the singer on several occasions to discuss the matter.Speaking to Variety in an interview published last week (June 17), Braun responded to a question about his view of how the saga played out. “I regret and it makes me sad that Taylor had that reaction to the deal,” he told the interviewer.“All of what happened has been very confusing and not based on anything factual.

stoned and speeding on a stolen scrambler bike when he crashed into and killed a "much-loved" woman.Rebecca Cooke, 26, was taking a daily walk in between working from home when Daniel King mowed into her after swerving onto a pavement to try and avoid a police car.Ms Cooke was thrown into a pillar by a wall causing catastrophic injuries and later died in hospital, Liverpool Echo reported.King, 28, was today jailed for eight years and three months after admitting causing death by dangerous

Specialty box office is ready for liftoff.

The Sparks Brothers, a documentary about a cult band by a brand-name director in Edgar Wright (Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead) hits big screens this weekend, a felicitous one as New York and LA drop most capacity restrictions in theaters. The film about musician brothers Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks premiered at Sundance this year, notching a 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes — all of which could hopefully give the arthouse market some long-term traction through the summer

Meghan Markle's debut book The Bench has successfully managed to reach No. 1 on The New York Times Bestseller list for children's picture books since its release last week.

Hidden Empire Film Group’s comedy/horror romp The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 scared up a $1.064M opening weekend (per screen average of $2,533) with writer-director Deon Taylor and his team huddling right now over where and how much to expand the run — but expand it they will. Taylor’s thrilled with the $$ although he and others in the indie space acknowledged Sunday that ongoing distancing restrictions in key New York and LA is a major bummer.

marijuana scene, stroke gags, a truly horrendous score and an appalling lack of curiosity about the characters we’re asked to spend a few hours with.Even the title seems carelessly thrown at the movie as an attempt to peg it as a senior citizen “Mean Girls,” which it only sort of is. Curtin’s Janet is the of Regina George of the home and keeps her bridge and walking group small (just Ann-Margaret’s Margot and Devine’s Sally are members).

Joe Leydon Film CriticThere will always been a place in the world for older-skewing movies as pleasant as “Queen Bees,” a lightweight but likable comedy set primarily in a retirement community where close friendships are forged — sometimes reluctantly, sometimes immediately — and autumnal romance can blossom.

The royal family recently added another member to their family as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle welcomed their second baby, daughter Lilibet Lili Diana. The birth of the little one had everyone from the royal family sending Harry and Meghan their congratulatory messages, including Queen Elizabeth II.