NATO Chief Avers “End Of Tunnel, Beginning Of Light” For Theaters; John Fithian, Charlie Rivkin Talk Biz Rebound, Piracy, Streaming On CinemaCon Eve

Gallery: The man who has stolen Kim Kardashian's heart is a lady killer! This is the star-studded love life of Pete Davidson. . . (BANG Showbiz)Kourtney, 43, seems to want to keep her second trip down the aisle with the 46-year-old drummer Travis more private than their first "practice" wedding.

Love on the course! Brooks Koepka and Jena Sims are set to wed one year after the golfer got down on one knee.

Jean Smart ran away with awards season last year for her performance in HBO Max’s breakout comedy “Hacks,” winning the triple crown of best actress in a comedy at the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Emmys awards. With tough-as-brass Deborah Vance, a legendary stand-up comedian fighting to stay relevant and keep her Las Vegas residency, Smart and series co-creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W.

Babylon.The actor, who was previously attached to the film in an unknown role and as an executive producer, was revealed to be playing the silent film icon during a presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday (April 28).Early footage from Babylon was also shown during the event, described by Variety as a mix between Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood with “loud music, dazzling costumes and next-level makeup”.Babylon is a period drama set in the late 1920s during the film’s industry transition from silent films to talkies. Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie lead the cast as silent film stars John Gilbert and Clara Bow respectively, with Maguire as Chaplin in a supporting role.Other confirmed cast members include Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Samara Weaving (Ready Or Not), Jean Smart (Hacks), Li Jun Li (Wu Assassins) and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Babylon marks Chazelle’s fifth feature film, following Guy And Madeline On A Park Bench, Whiplash, La La Land and 2018’s First Man starring Ryan Gosling.Maguire recently reprised his role of Spider-Man in last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, alongside Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland.

Imax EVP Megan Colligan had a difficult time navigating the existential challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. But in a conversation with TheWrap ahead of Thursday’s earnings, she said there was a silver lining: it forced everyone to stop debating over cinema’s future and work together.

Check out the first still from Amsterdam!

Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are hitting the road!

If you watched the first season of the Emmy-winning and critically-acclaimed HBO Max comedy series “Hacks”—and you probably should if you didn’t, it’s a great conflict between two generations of comedians—you probably remember that things ended on a cliffhanger. The dark mentorship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her young, entitled writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) is still very much touch and go.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThe movie theater industry’s top lobbyist said that the persistent experimentation that saw studios release movies in cinemas at the same time they landed on streaming or on video-on-demand is over. “I am pleased to announce that simultaneous release is dead as a serious business model, and piracy is what killed it,” John Fithian, head of the National Association of Theatre Owners, told a packed auditorium of exhibitors on Tuesday at CinemaCon. Fithian didn’t claim that release windows, industry parlance for the length of time that movies are available exclusively in theaters, is going to get longer.

Theatrical windows are back as the pandemic wanes, and National Association of Theatre Owners President and CEO John Fithian was unabashed to underscore that.

MPA chief Charles Rivkin put piracy front and center at his CinemaCon keynote, touting the ongoing recovery in the entertainment sector but noting gains will always be crimped when intellectual property keeps being ripped off.

Before NATO Boss John Fithian and MPA Chief Charles Rivkin took the stage this AM at CinemaCon in Las Vegas,  The Batman director Matt Reeves started things off, praising exhibition, and promising theater owners, he’s in for the long haul when it comes to making movies for the big screen.

John Legend is living it in up in Sin City and giving fans the musical experience of a lifetime in his new show, . The celebrated crooner kicked off his residency over the weekend, and spoke with ET's Denny Directo about how he prepared for the big event.«I've gone to see my friend Usher, I've gone to see Bruno [Mars] and Anderson [.Paak] doing their Silk Sonic show, and Gwen Stefani,» Legend explained.

The National Association of Broadcasters has returned its annual show to Las Vegas after a two-year absence due to Covid, again bringing together tens of thousands of station and technology executives to the sprawling convention center.

Nicolas Cage is back on the late night circuit for the first time in well over a decade, and he’s already leaving our mouths agape!

call him a mere “actor,” folks! — back on the talk-show circuit for the first time in 14 years, promoting his “Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.” The “Leaving Las Vegas” Oscar winner, 58, stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Wednesday to reveal the truth behind rumors that have circled the cult icon for years. Kimmel, 54, asked Cage about the story of him gambling at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas about 20 years ago with just $200.Cage explained that he played roulette at the casino and the money turned into 20,000 big ones.While trying his lucky hand at the roulette wheel, he decided to keep playing the same numbers.

Nicolas Cage made his first late-night talk show appearance in 14 years on Wednesday, and he hadof interesting stories to tell. Cage — dressed in a full silver ensemble — was a guest on and first opened up about living in Las Vegas, where he's resided for nearly 17 years, calling it «one of the most unique addresses in the world.»After Cage told Kimmel he's not a gambler, he went on to share a story about how he once turned $200 into $20,000 in just a half hour while in the Bahamas.«Do you ever have one of those nights where you feel like the mojo is with you and you could just do nothing wrong? Everything was going to go your way,» the 58-year-old actor recalled of the night that took place two decades ago. «Every number I chose, and I often would choose the same number, it kept winning.