‘Mafia Mamma’ Review: Toni Collette Inherits a Crime Family in Fun Female-Empowerment Farce

Toni Braxton has signed an “all-encompassing” production deal with US TV network Lifetime.Last week (April 26), it was announced that the R&B singer’s Braxtoni Productions will oversee and executive produce multiple projects for the network. Its headquarters will also reside at Lifetime’s Los Angeles offices.“Lifetime has been home to my film and TV projects for the past decade,” said the 55-year-old in a statement.

With King Charles III’s Coronation just around the corner, have you ever considered which royal family member you resemble the most? While His Majesty prepares to take the throne on May 6, why not find out which crown suits you best - who knows, you could be fit for a King or Queen! Maybe you’re a strong leader like Charles or perhaps you keep it classy like Kate Middleton. Our personality quiz might even show that you're more of a cheeky chappie like young Prince Louis.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic With “Peter Pan and Wendy,” Disney sets out to bring the boy who refused to grow up into the 21st century — not literally, like those taxing live-action/cartoon hybrids, where computer-generated Smurfs get loose in Manhattan or Tom and Jerry wreak havoc in a high-end hotel. The studio’s latest remake is still set in Edwardian England, the way both J.M. Barrie’s play and the animated feature it inspired were. But the sensibility is very much of the moment, as director David Lowery (who did an admirable job of updating “Pete’s Dragon” for Disney) refreshes the 1953 classic according to contemporary priorities. In conception and casting both, the new movie presents a diverse and empowered ensemble. The vintage toon’s shameful Native American stereotypes have been corrected. The beloved Tinker Bell character can now serve as a role model for a wider range of children. Sharing hero duties, Wendy gets to announce, “This magic belongs to no boy!” Even Captain Hook, once treated as irredeemable crocodile fodder, is revealed to be a misunderstood figure from Peter’s past who’s fallen out of touch with his happy thoughts.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to “Jules” from director Marc Turtletaub (“Puzzle”) and starring Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jade Quon and Jane Curtin. Written by Gavin Steckler (“Review”), “Jules” made its world premiere at this year’s Sonoma International Film Festival where it was the opening night film and won the Stolman Audience Award for Best Feature. Bleecker Street will release the film in theaters on August 11. “Jules” follows Milton (Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard. Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls “Jules.”

EXCLUSIVE: Toni Braxton is extending her decade-long relationship with Lifetime and A+E. The Grammy-winning singer, actress, executive producer and entrepreneur has entered into a production deal, in which her Braxtoni Productions will oversee and executive produce multiple projects for the network. The production company will be headquartered at Lifetime’s LA offices.

Toni Braxton divulged she is lucky to be alive, seven months after undergoing emergency heart surgery for a blocked coronary artery. The singer, who has been transparent in her battle with autoimmune diease lupus erythematosus, shared she had fallen behind in her regimented precautionary care, which includes regular urine and blood tests. She was also experiencing chest pain.  After initially dismissing the pain, Braxton ultimately sought medical treatment.

Toni Braxton is feeling lucky to be alive! On Tuesday, the 55-year-old GRAMMY-winning musician spoke about a recent health scare on The star, who was diagnosed with lupus in 2008, revealed that she dismissed chest pains that she was suffering following the 2022 death of her sister, Traci Braxton, thinking it was simply a bout of sadness.«I had some pain in my chest,» Braxton told co-hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. «But I was having this pain in my chest and I thought it was because I was so sad, we had just lost one of my sisters.»Braxton revealed that she kept postponing an appointment, until finally her doctor made it for her. After she went in to have a test done, she shared that she got some concerning news. «Shortly after that, I was told that I would have had a massive heart attack,» she recalled.

Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn have called it a day. After two years of marriage and five years as a couple, the Endless Love actor, 33, and model, 30, have announced their separation. Alex and Toni – who share 21-month-old daughter Luca – confirmed their split with a statement.

Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn are getting divorced. Taking to her Instagram Stories on Saturday, the German model announced that she and the Magic Mike star had decided to part ways after two years of marriage. "Alex and I have made the very difficult decision to divorce.

Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn are divorcing after more than two years of marriage.Garrn shared the news in a post to her Instagram story on Friday, writing, «Alex and I have made the very difficult decision to divorce.»«We will continue our relationship as friends and co-parents to our angel Luca,» she continued in her story post — which has since expired — referring to the couple's 1-year-old daughter. «Please respect our privacy during this sensitive time.

after tying the knot for a second time. Toni, 30, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the sad news with her fans and posted a statement, where she said she and Alex, 33, had made the "difficult decision" to divorce. In a post shared with her 4.

Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn have split. The former couple - who have 21-month-old daughter Luca together - have made the "very difficult decision" to go their separate ways after two years of marriage. Toni announced on her Instagram story: "Alex and I have made the very difficult decision to divorce.

Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn are calling it quits.

Model Toni Garrn and Magic Mike star Alex Pettyfer have split, just months after tying the knot for a second time.Toni, 30, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the sad news with her fans and posted a statement, where she said she and Alex, 33, had made the "difficult decision" to divorce. In a post shared with her 4.6 million followers on her Instagram Stories, the mum of one said: "Alex and I have made the difficult decision to divorce.

After nearly three years of marriage, Alex Pettyfer and Toni Garrn have separated.

Cocaine Bear, or see limbs, heads, and a face torn off by Nicolas Cage’s Prince of Darkness in Renfield. Funny thing is, those films actually elicit laughs by flaunting gruesome violence that, while outlandish and in some cases flat-out gross, fits the circumstances and gonzo energy that rules those joints from start to finish.Audiences for the seemingly breezy mob action-comedy Mafia Mamma (★★☆☆☆), however, might really not expect to see Toni Collette — starring as suburban American mom Kristin, tapped to succeed her deceased Italian grandfather as the head of a Calabrian crime family — plunge a stiletto heel into some guy’s eye, then wriggle the heel around in the socket good and deep before gouging the eyeball out and watching it roll across the floor.Director Catherine Hardwicke, of Twilight and Thirteen fame, working from a script by TV writers Debbie Jhoon and J.

that, it is light,” she said of the “Mafia Mamma” script. “And the feeling of making it was the same. I’ve never had so much fun in my life.

Toni Collette almost could have been Bridget Jones in the Bridget Jones’s Diary films.

chatter over the last year as to whether Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav had burned bridges with the longtime WB icon over whether he would have greenlit Eastwood’s commercially unsuccessful “Cry Macho,” this new movie is indeed set for Warner Bros.

Angelique Jackson Legendary actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood is closing in on his next project, with plans to direct “Juror No. 2.” The legal drama is set up at Warner Bros., with Nicholas Hoult and Toni Collette circling the lead roles. Eastwood will direct and produce the project alongside Adam Goodman, Tim Moore and Jessica Meier. Jonathan Abrams penned the script. “Juror No. 2” will take place during a murder trial and follows a juror (Hoult), who realizes that he may have caused the victim’s death. He must decide whether to manipulate the jury to save himself, or reveal the truth and turn himself in. Collette would play the prosecutor. Warner Bros. is nearing a green light on the project, with a production start eyed for June, following Eastwood’s 93rd birthday on May 31.