Russell Crowe Says He’s ‘Slightly Uncomfortable’ With ‘Gladiator 2’: ‘There’s Definitely a Tinge of Melancholy’ and ‘Jealousy’

The indie market is feeling pretty good. A big film from India Kalki 2898 AD may unseat RRR’s North American opening weekend. June Squibb-starrer Thelma is blowing through midweek shows and stands at $3.75 million heading into week 2 steady at 1,280 theaters. Searchlight Pictures Kinds Of Kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons jumps to 500 screens from five after the best limited opening of the year last weekend.

Sigourney Weaver has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the upcoming Venice International Film Festival.

Christine McGuinness has once again been flooded with compliments as she gave fans a glimpse at her latest look as she beat her nerves to present an award at a showbiz event. The model and media personality attended the 2024 Tric (Television and Radio Industries Club) Awards on Tuesday (June 25).

CNN This Morning anchor Kasie Hunt cut off an interview with a Trump spokesperson after she continually used a segment on debate prep to attack Hunt’s colleagues, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

After knocking it out of the park with Poor Things last year, director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone are back at the box office in Kinds Of Kindness, which looks set to shake up a sluggish arthouse market with the best limited opening this year.

The Exorcist directed by William Friedkin and written by William Peter Blatty is considered, still, perhaps the greatest horror film of all time, certainly the most popular. The 1973 movie was even nominated for 10 Oscars and won two, unheard of in the genre at that time. It has been endlessly imitated for the past half century right up to now, recently and notably David Gordon Green’s critically reviled 2023 reboot The Exorcist: Believer, which even brought original Exorcist star Ellen Burstyn back into the fold after all these decades. But the OG is impossible to touch, so what was going through Joshua John Miller’s mind when he decided to take on a new film so closely linked to it?

Goldie Hawn wants to work with her famous family on a project and recently revealed she has some ideas about how to make it happen.

Paramount went all in on Gladiator II at CineEurope today, showing off an exclusive extended look at Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 Best Picture Oscar winner. Introducing the footage in a video clip, Scott promised that Gladiator II, coming nearly two-and-a-half decades after the original, is “well worth the wait”; the audience today agreed. That pre-roll clip also included stars Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen and Joseph Quinn. Paramount releases globally in November.

Pulp guitarist Mark Webber has announced a new book, which presents a visual history of the band. Find out more and pre-order it below.Titled I’m With Pulp, Are You?, the project sees Webber gather his extensive collection of ephemera and objects, accumulated over 40 years with the band, and present it to fans to create a one-of-a-kind insight into the group.It comes as a visual history of Pulp, and combines a variety of images from over the years – as well as flyers, record covers, setlists, badges, posters, press clippings, merchandise and more – to deliver a unique overview of the band, as seen through the lens of one of its members.“I began to excavate the boxes of Pulp ephemera that I’d hoarded over the years and was amazed to discover so many things that I hadn’t seen for decades, things I’d completely forgotten about,” Webber said, recalling how the idea for the book emerged.“It’s taken a while to get it all together into a book, and in the meantime the group unexpectedly reunited to go on tour again.

Naman Ramachandran Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” made a huge debut in the U.K. and Ireland with £11.3 million ($14.3 million), according to numbers from Comscore. In doing so, the anticipated sequel captured 71% of the box office and delivered the biggest box office opening since “Barbie.” In its second weekend, Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die” dropped down to second place with £1.8 million and now has a running total of £7.1 million.

Russell Crowe doesn’t think that actors should be talking negatively about superhero movies if they’re making the choice to appear in them.

flop movie “Madame Web,” saying the project was “made by committees” and had no artistic value.“You’re telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some f–king universe for cartoon characters … and you didn’t get enough pathos?” Crowe said in a recent interview with GQ UK. “Not quite sure how I can make this better for you.

Russell Crowe is opening up about The Lord of the Rings.”

Ben Affleck spent Father’s Day with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner — while his current wife Jennifer Lopez was showing him some rare love amid divorce rumors!

Russell Crowe has explained why he turned down the role of Aragorn in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.The Oscar-winning actor was among those considered to play the iconic character in Peter Jackson’s trilogy, though the part eventually went to Viggo Mortensen – who himself replaced original casting Stuart Townsend.Speaking for a fan question segment for British GQ, Crowe was asked whether he regretted turning down the franchise, the star replying: “I don’t actually. I was a big Tolkien reader when I was a kid, so I got quite excited by the idea of Lord Of The Rings.“But I very much felt the studio were making that decision, not the film director,” he added.

"Got any twin rooms?" It must be the question most frequently asked by friends wanting to enjoy the destinations usually associated with couples and honeymooners. And Verandah in Antigua has got you covered, now offering 44 twin rooms across the resort.They’re spacious, the beds are super comfy and most have a terrace with a sea view. Of course you won’t be spending much time in your room.There are two beach areas, both with white sand and one offering water sports such as paddle boarding and kayaking, and three swimming pools.The party crowd congregates at the main pool, cocktails in hand and enjoying the music.

Tribeca Film Festival‘s ode to its 2x Oscar winning co-founder Robert De Niro –De Niro Con– continued Friday night with a screening of Silver Linings Playbook with that pic’s filmmaker David O. Russell and Ben Stiller sharing their candid experiences working with the Stella Adler trained actor. Or as Stiller, who worked with De Niro in the Meet the Parents franchise coined ‘De Niro-isms.’

Russell Crowe has been in a lot of big films. So many that he can sense when something fits, or not.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Russell Crowe has no regrets when it comes to “The Lord of the Rings.” The Oscar-winning actor met director Peter Jackson to play the role of Aragorn in his film trilogy, but their conversation apparently turned off Crowe from wanting to move forward with the movies. Jackson’s “Rings” trilogy would go on to gross $2.9 billion worldwide and remains one of the most acclaimed film trilogies ever made. Still, Crowe knows it was the right call to let it pass.

Khloe Kardashian has claimed her younger sister Kendall Jenner is "wasting" her life, after she imagined trading places with the supermodel for a day. Khloe shared her thoughts in an episode of The Kardashians, during a discussion with older sister Kourtney. Kourtney, 45, spoke about the time she dressed up as sister Kim, 43, for her 'Freaky Friday' Halloween costume, with Khloe, 39, then sharing which of the Kardashian clan she'd like to dress up as.