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Paul Rudd kept voters waiting in the New York rain happy as he handed out cookies on Thursday (October 29, 2020).See where Paul Rudd is on the highest-paid actors listAs queues formed of people keen to have their say in the U.S. presidential election, Ant-Man star Paul was on hand to keep their bellies full.

Daniel Craig is leading tributes to late James Bond star Sean Connery following the Scottish actor’s death at 90.The current 007 has released a statement, calling Connery “one of the true greats of cinema”.“Sir Sean Connery will be remembered as Bond and so much more,” Craig writes. “He defined an era and a style.

Mindy Kaling is plotting her return to TV as a mother-of-two by signing on for a small screen adaptation of the New York Times bestseller Good In Bed.The Ocean’s 8 star will lead the cast in the new film for U.S.

Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds are using their long-running funny feud for good, as part of a new charity campaign for American retailer Sam’s Club.The Wolverine star took to Instagram on Wednesday (October 28, 2020) to share a clip of him facing off with the Deadpool actor on behalf of their respective brands, Laughing Man Coffee and Aviation American Gin.“We’re bringing our Feud to @samsclub.

Chadwick Boseman’s fans got a poignant glimpse of the late Black Panther star in his final film role as a trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom was released on Monday (October 19, 2020).The movie, which Chadwick filmed before his death from colon cancer in August (2020), debuts on Netflix in December – and bosses at the streaming service released a powerful early glimpse of the star alongside Viola Davis, who plays pioneering blues bandleader Ma Rainey.Scenes of the actor playing her ambitious

Sigourney Weaver Was Determined To Tackle Difficult Underwater Scenes In The Avatar sequel to prove she’s still an action woman at 71.Kate Winslet needed diving classes tooThe actress reunited with director James Cameron for the Avatar sequels and admits she was initially overwhelmed by the amount of underwater scenes in the script, but she worked hard to prove she wouldn’t need a diving double.“I had some concerns, but that’s what the training was for,” she tells the New York Times‘ T magazine.

Tom Felton is planning a virtual Harry Potter reunion to mark the 19th anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.The 33-year-old, who played Draco Malfoy in the film series based on J.K Rowling’s novels, is hoping for a “digital celebration” with co-stars including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint.“I saw the Weasley Twins (Oliver and James Phelps) the other day; we went out to play some golf,” Tom says.

George Clooney struggled to land any Hollywood roles after his 1997 movie Batman & Robin flopped.The 59-year-old actor starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alicia Silverstone, Chris O’Donnell, and Uma Thurman in the superhero movie, which took just $238 million worldwide despite having a production budget of $125 million.Following the poor reception to the film, George found it hard to be taken seriously for further roles – until Steven Soderbergh came along with his 1998 crime comedy Out of

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy have reunited the iconic Sanderson sisters as the stars rehearse for this month’s (October 2020) for Hocus Pocus live stream special.The witches, who appeared in the 1993 Disney Halloween classic movie, have been granted a temporary reprieve from the Devil to appear in the In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover – which will air on October 30th.On Sunday (October 18, 2020), Midler shared a glimpse at her dance

Kim Kardashian was warned “not to step foot in that White House” over fears teaming up with U.S.

Emma Roberts is developing a new series based on V.e. Schwab’s vampire novels for Netflix.The actress will produce the project, based on the short story First Kill, which is part of the collection Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite.What’s your Vampire Diaries IQ?Schwab will take on the role of creator, writer, and executive producer for the supernatural effort, which follows an undead teen who mistakenly chooses a vampire hunter as her first victim.Roberts also has another exciting

Dylan O’Brien suffers anxiety on film sets whenever he’s part of a stunt after an accident on the set of the third Maze Runner movie left him with severe injuries.The 29-year-old underwent months of recovery after he was hospitalized with a concussion, a facial fracture, and lacerations when a motorbike stunt went wrong while he was filming Maze Runner: The Death Cure in 2016, and he admits the accident has left him with fears he’s not sure he’ll ever be able to shake.“Whenever I’m putting on a

Idris Elba swerves most online criticism so he can better enjoy his life.The Luther actor, 48, reveals during an appearance on Liz Bonnin’s podcast What Planet Are We On? he’s “sensitive” to disapproval because he is just like everyone else.“I tend to be a lot more sensitive to it so therefore I don’t read it. I try to stay away from it,” he explained.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, and Timothee Chalamet are set to star in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up.The impressive cast list also includes Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Himesh Patel, Kid Cudi, Matthew Perry, and Tomer Sisley.Written and directed by Oscar-winner McKay, the production follows two low-level astronomers who embark on a media tour to warn the world of an asteroid that will destroy the earth.The film will be distributed by bosses at Netflix.The news

Joaquin Phoenix is set to reunite with Ridley Scott for a new film about Napoleon.The actor and the filmmaker, who previously teamed up for the 1999 epic Gladiator, will join forces again for Kitbag, which explores the French Emperor’s origins.The film’s title is inspired by the saying “There is a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag”.The script will be written by David Scarpa.Scott has just wrapped production on another historical epic, The Last Duel, in Ireland, and he is set to

Shawn Mendes is set to debut on Netflix ahead of the debut of his latest album.The Senorita hitmaker will be the subject of In Wonder, which will drop on the streaming service on  November 23, 2020, days before the release of his fourth studio album Wonder on December 4.Created by music video director Grant Singer, the film will follow the Canadian’s rise to stardom and features footage from his self-titled world tour last year (2019).See Shawn Mendes rock the Red Carpet in pink!Mendes, Andrew

GLOW star Marc Maron has urged fans of the show to sign a petition calling on Netflix to create a movie based on the recently-canceled show.Marc was joined by Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin among others for a YouTube Livestream event on Saturday (October 10, 2020) in partnership with voting initiatives HeadCount and #GoodTovote.Alison had an interesting GLOW audition…And as well as encouraging viewers to vote in the upcoming U.S.

Liam and Chris Hemsworth‘s brother wants to replace fellow Australian Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.Luke Hemsworth has urged studio bosses to consider him as the next X-Men mutant after Jackman announced he would be stepping down after 2017’s Logan.Hugh is taking some acting lessons in lockdown“I would love to (play him). I grew up with them (comic book characters),” Luke tells Screen Rant.

Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa led congratulations for the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night (October 11, 2020) after the late sportsman’s former team beat Miami Heat to take home the NBA Championship title.It was the team’s first win of the championship in over a decade but, as they celebrated, the memory of their former teammate – who was killed in a helicopter crash alongside daughter Gianna in January – was on their minds.“I know he’s looking down on us, proud of us,” Anthony Davis said after

Ruby Rose had “fun kicking butt” as she did almost all of her own stunts in the new action movie The Doorman.The flick sees Ruby star as Ali, a former soldier who returns to New York City and takes a job as a doorman at a fancy high rise building during its renovation, only to find thieves are using the building work as a cover to locate something hidden somewhere in the hotel.Speaking to website ThirdCoastReview.com, the star revealed she did “99.9 percent” of her own stunts in the movie,

Prince William has teamed up with broadcasting legend David Attenborough to launch a $65 million Earthshot prize fund for those who invent solutions to environmental problems.The pair hope the fund will help find 50 solutions to the ways humans are damaging the planet by 2030, with five prizes of $1.3 million handed out each year over the next decade.Launching the new initiative, which they hope will become the “Nobel Prize” of environmentalism, on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, the Prince said

Anna Kendrick has been named as America’s most dangerous celebrity to search for online.Anna reunites with the Pitch Perfect cast!The Trolls World Tour star tops cybersecurity firm McAfee’s 2020 list of those posing the highest potential malware risks to fans searching for content about the celebrities online.She is closely followed by rap mogul Sean Combs, aka Diddy, while Blake Lively, Mariah Carey, and Justin Timberlake round out the top five.See what Anna is up to now.Taylor Swift,

Mindy Kaling is having a great time working on the new Legally Blonde sequel.Reese Witherspoon asked her pal and A Wrinkle in Time co-star to co-write the screenplay for Legally Blonde 3 with Dan Goor, and Kaling admits she’s having a lot of fun with unlikely legal eagle Elle Woods.“It’s been really fun to write,” she tells Good Morning America.

Nicole Kidman still considers shooting Eyes Wide Shut, opposite ex-husband Tom Cruise, a career highlight.The actress insists she and Cruise were “happily married” while filming the racy drama, which marked Stanley Kubrick’s final movie.The Australian star was recently asked during a sit down with the New York Times if she had any “negative feelings” about the film, which centers on a married couple dealing with infidelity – and revealed she has nothing but fond memories of her time on set.“We

Daniel Craig has warned the actor stepping into the role of James Bond not to mess it up.The 52-year-old actor makes his last outing as 007 in the forthcoming movie No Time to Die – the release of which is delayed until April 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Ahead of its release, speculation has been mounting about who will replace Daniel as the suave British spy – with Tom Hardy and Harry Styles apparently the favorites to take on the part.Asked for his advice for the new Bond during an

James McAvoy and Claire Foy are set to star in the English-language version of hit French thriller My Son.Hopefully the prep for this movie is better then IT: Chapter 2 for JamesDirected by Christian Carion, who also directed the French version of the film, the project will begin shooting in McAvoy’s native Scotland in November (2020).The X-Men star will take on the role played by Guillaume Canet in the original – a father on a desperate search for his missing son.

Steve Carell is set to return for the second season of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon‘s hit TV drama The Morning Show as filming resumes after the coronavirus lockdown.Jennifer almost quit before this show?Production on the Apple TV+ series will pick up again on October 19, (2020) and Carell, who initially signed on to star in the show for one year, will return.The Morning Show was in production on the first two episodes of the new season when Hollywood was shut down on March 12 (2020),

Tom Cruise stunned motorists in Norway by waving from a train while filming a stunt for his new movie Mission: Impossible 7.TikTok user Tomas Haugland Spangelo posted a video of Cruise sitting on top of the train shot from a car driving along a road adjacent to the tracks.After Spangelo shouted at the star, he smiled and waved – despite speeding along on top of a carriage with his feet dangling over the edge.Cruise, who famously performs all his own stunts, resumed production on the new action

Sofia Vergara has beaten Angelina Jolie to the top of Forbes magazine’s new highest-paid actresses countdown.The former Modern Family star raked in an estimated $43 million over the last year to rank first on the new list, while Jolie comes in second with $35.5 million, $4 million ahead of Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, who places third.Melissa McCarthy and Meryl Streep round out the top five, while Emily Blunt, Nicole Kidman, Ellen Pompeo, Elisabeth Moss, and Viola Davis complete the top 10.Dwayne

Millie Bobby Brown considered giving up on acting after losing out on a role in Game of Thrones.During her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Enola Holmes actress, 16, recalled her early rejection, admitting after she didn’t get a role on the HBO show she contemplated a career change.Before scooping her part in Stranger Things, Millie said she became “very disheartened” by the acting industry, which she feels is “just full of rejection 24/7”.“I feel like you do get a lot

Chadwick Boseman goes back to the 1920s in a still from his final movie, Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, in which he plays a horn player.The Black Panther star, who passed away in late August (2020) following a secret four-year battle with colon cancer, completed production on the forthcoming movie shortly before his passing.On Wednesday (September 30, 2020), officials from the streaming service tweeted four photos from the upcoming drama, which explores racial tensions in Chicago, Illinois

Liam Neeson picks film roles based on his need to have a cup of tea.The movie star knows a film is going to be good if he doesn’t feel the need to take a tea break while reading its script.Such was the case with his new movie, The Honest Thief, in which he portrays a bank robber trying to go straight.“I have something I call my cup of tea test,” Neeson tells WENN.

Shia LaBeouf has been charged with battery and theft over an alleged altercation in Los Angeles in June (2020).The Transformers star is accused of getting into an argument with a man earlier this summer, with law enforcement sources telling TMZ he has now been charged with battery and petty theft.During the altercation, the star allegedly took off the man’s cap and left the scene with it – prompting him to file a police report.

Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, and James Cameron have signed a letter calling for U.S. politicians to bail out cinemas hit by the COVID-19 crisis.The letter was signed by more than 70 directors and producers along with bosses at the National Association of Theater Owners, the Directors Guild of America, and the Motion Picture Association.It reads: “The moviegoing experience is central to American life.

Oscar Isaac and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a film focusing on the making of The Godfather.The actors will portray Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the 1972 classic, and Robert Evans, who produced the crime drama, respectively.Directed by Barry Levinson, the big screen venture will chronicle the behind-the-scenes drama, which prompted Coppola to clash with studio bosses at Paramount.“Out of the madness of production, and against all odds, a classic film happened,” Levinson said in a

Chadwick Boseman will receive a special tribute during the virtual American Black Film Festival.The actor, who lost his battle with colon cancer at the age of 43 in August 2020, will be honored with a retrospective that includes his movies 42, Get On Up, and Marshall.“We truly appreciate WarnerBros, Universal Pictures, and Open Road Films for providing these three films in support of the Chadwick Boseman retrospective,” ABFF Ventures president Nicole Friday said in a statement.