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Michaela Zee editorMaya Hawke and Camila Mendes are out for vengeance in the official trailer for “Do Revenge.”Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (“Someone Great”), the gen-Z dark comedy stars Mendes (“Riverdale,” “Palm Springs”) as Drea and Hawke (“Stranger Things,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) as Eleanor, two teenage girls who work together and devise a plan to go after each other’s tormentors. Former queen bee Drea wants to get back at her ex-boyfriend for leaking her sex tape, while alt girl Eleanor is after the peer who spread a false rumor about her and made her a social pariah. “I don’t want to make her pay,” Hawke says in the trailer. “I want to burn her to the ground.” Starring alongside Hawke and Mendes are Alisha Boe, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder, Ava Capri, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco and Paris Berelc, with a special guest appearance by “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner.

On Sunday, July 31, six men were arrested in Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa after being caught extorting thousands of dollars from closeted gay men as part of an elaborate blackmail scheme.Police are asking any Nigerians who have been swindled by the scammers to come forward to help provide evidence of their alleged crimes. The scam targeted eight men through a fake gay dating app, authorities explained. The six suspects are being accused of luring men on “dates,” arranging in-person meetings where they them beat their victims and steal from them.

Kristen Wiig and husband Avi Rothman stepped out for a date night this weekend and there are some rare new photos of the couple together!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres is rewarding the retail investors who rallied to support the exhibition giant when it was laboring under debt and COVID closures, lifting its share price at a critical juncture.On Thursday, the company announced that it will give a special dividend to investors of one AMC preferred equity unit for each of AMC Class A common stock. With a nod and wink, the company plans to list these units on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “APE,” the preferred moniker of the shareholders who embraced the AMC cause when it teetered on insolvency.The announcement came as AMC recorded a narrower than expected quarterly loss on Thursday as summer blockbusters like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World Dominion” lifted earnings.

Disney Plus this morning after originally landing in theaters on June 17. Giving fans a long-awaited look into the iconic character before he became a popular toy, the Buzz Lightyear origin story was the first Pixar movie in years to premiere in cinemas.

A teen touched by tragedy blows away the “America’s Got Talent” audience.

New Line Cinema’s anticipated psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling was confirmed this morning for an Out of Competition slot at the Venice Film Festival (August 31 – Sep 10) and the studio has confirmed that director Olivia Wilde and stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine will tread the red carpet.

The cast of the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves just premiered the first trailer at Comic-Con!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIn a move that will have subscribers lunging for the parental controls, Disney+ announced that “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2” and “Logan” will be joining the streaming service. The very, very R-rated superhero flicks will make their debut on July 22, dramatically ratcheting up the amount of blood splatter and the number of f-bombs currently available on Disney+.The Marvel movies were produced by 20th Century Fox as part of that studio’s licensing deal for the X-Men characters.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaMagnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to “Next Exit” following its world premiere at Tribeca. The supernatural road movie marks the feature directorial debut of Mali Elfman and stars Katie Parker (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Rahul Kohli (“Midnight Mass”),Rose McIver (“Ghosts”) and Karen Gillan (“Avengers: Endgame”).

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeMedia talent discovery app Husslup has joined with Fuse Media, Keshet Studios and Roadmap Writers to expand its search initiatives in identifying the next generation of film and TV talent. The Husslup app, currently in its beta stage, also revealed the winners of its “Roadmap Writers X HUSSLUP” pitch competition: Writers Sarah Mack and Josh Price landed the prize, a chance to pitch their completed script, “Shrink Retreat,” to Keshet International CEO Alon Shtruzman (“La Brea,” “The Missing”).“Shrink Retreat” is about “a burned-out young therapist tries to rekindle her passion for helping others at a secret retreat for psychologists at what turns out to be a wacky summer camp.”The winner was chosen from a group of five finalists that also included Eric Rudnick (“Hold You so Tight”), Gabriel Malasig (“American Retail”), Jacobo Fe (“Halsted: Between Pleasure and Pain”) and Gina DeAngeles (“The Knocking at the Marsh”).

Coronation Street's Sally Carman looked worlds away from her character Abi Franklin as she shared a collection of romantic snaps from her Italian honeymoon with new husband Joe Duttine. The actress, 41, and actor, 52, who plays Tim Metcalfe, announced last week that they had married, sharing a gorgeous snap from their nuptials.Taking to Instagram this week, Sally has been sharing a collection of snaps from their Italian honeymoon, including trips to Verona and Lake Garda. In one snap, Sally looked stunning in a black plunging dress and red lipstick as she enjoyed a pre-opera meal with Joe.