The real mafia was more involved in ‘The Godfather’ than anyone knew

The meatballs don’t fall far from the Shore house.

Patrick Wilson has fond memories of “Watchmen”.

McKinley Franklin editor Laird Koenig, who wrote “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane,” died in Santa Barbara on June 30, Jamie Dixon, the son of Koenig’s collaborator Peter L. Dixon, told Variety. He was 95. Koenig was an American author and screenwriter whose novel was adapted into the 1976 Jodie Foster-led horror movie “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.”  He was born on Sept. 14, 1927, in Seattle, and would go on to attend the University of Washington. Koenig worked in advertising before being approached by Peter L. Dixon, whom he would collaborate with extensively throughout his career, and went on to write for the adventure television series “Flipper.” 

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Patrick Wilson said in an interview on the “Reelblend” podcast that Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” adaptation helped pave the way for “The Avengers” and the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe to take a much lighter approach to the comic book genre. Snyder’s dark and operatic take on Alan Moore’s graphic novel proved divisive, as the film didn’t even make it past $200 million at the worldwide box office. Wilson revealed “Watchmen” is “the only movie of mine that I have watched front to back since a premiere,” adding, ‘That movie is awesome.” “I just wanted to look at it as an older guy, as a filmmaker,” Wilson added. “I knew Zack was ahead of the curve. It’s weird to say that audiences weren’t ready for it. But you need a movie like that. You need movies to go so dark that then ‘Avengers’ can go so light. I do believe in that…I’d love to do that movie now. It would be so awesome to just do it now.”

Lots of stars were in attendance at Armani Beauty‘s celebration of the new Acqua Di Gio Parfum campaign!

Patrick Wilson is looking back at Watchmen and praising director Zack Snyder for being “ahead of the curve,” which he says ultimately led the way for films like The Avengers.

A 14-year-old girl who went missing from her home in the San Diego metro area has been found alive in the barracks at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. According to multiple news reports, la

battle has been won as the FDA votes to approve the United States' first over-the-counter birth control pill. The reported Thursday, July 13 that the US Food and Drug Administration had approved the once daily birth control pill Opill to be sold at pharmacies and online retailers without a prescription. There are no age restrictions for sales.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Musician and actor Dominic Fike admitted in a video interview with Apple Music that he was a “drug addict” when he joined the second season of HBO’s “Euphoria.” He was cast as Elliot, a drug user who perpetuates Rue’s relapse and finds himself in a love triangle with Rue (Zendaya) and Jules (Hunter Schafer). According to Fike, the show’s creator, Sam Levinson, tried to hire a “sober coach” to keep Fike clean in real life, but the plan failed. “I was a drug addict and coming on to a show that’s, you know, mainly about drugs, is very difficult,” Fike told Zane Lowe. “Sam [Levinson], the director and writer, got me a sober coach, somebody to be there all the time. It did not work.”

After fives years apart, it looks like The Coen Bros. are finally reunited. /Film reports (via Empire magazine) that Ethan Coen confirmed in a new interview that he and brother Joel Coen plan to work on a feature together soon.

Love Island fans think that they have worked out why Catherine Agbaje went off on Scott van-der-Sluis after last night’s (July 6) recoupling. During the fiery exchange, Catherine told him: “You haven't even heard me… you don’t know what I’ve based my decisions off… at the end of the day, I met Elom and Elom is great.

By They say that that life imitates art, but Sherry Cola makes a case for it being the other way around. “I’ve done a lot of characters, but Sherry Cola is me in my truest form,” the Joy Ride actor and comedian tells me.

Princess Kate’s younger brother, James Middleton, and his wife, Alizee Thevenet, are expecting their first baby.

Euphoria‘s Barbie Ferreira is opening up about why she decided to leave HBO’s massive hit television show, Euphoria, after only 2 seasons amid a lot of rumors.

A.D. Amorosi “The Idol” has been the TV season’s spite-watch de rigueur – a mess of untenably dated misogyny, homophobia, angry interpersonal sexual violence and traumatic hair styles, all of it was justified in the service of reminding the world: Never trust a dude with a rat tail. However, for all of the menacingly off-putting storylines, visceral physical assaults and mawkish dialogue that made up “The Idol,” the show’s icily epic music — made by its creators and actors, in and out of character — has been mesmerizing… thrillingly so, even, through the program’s bad, brief run. The music was initially broken down as a series of EPs released between June 9-30, and now those weekly teasers are captured in full on “The Idol (Music from the HBO Original Series),” a soundtrack that stands as a far more rewarding and cohesive document than its televised counterpart.

During Thursday’s Love Island episode, viewers saw Zach and Whitney head out together on a date.The new pairing came as the single contestants - Whitney and Sammy Root - received a text asking them to invite an Islander of their choice out.The 25 year old entrepreneur's newly single status is due to her former partner, Mehdi Edno being dumped from the villa along with fellow contestant Mal Nicol. Despite crying to Catherine and asking her “what am I going to do now?” after his exit, it looks as though Whitney has no more tears left to cry, and has her sights now firmly set on Zach.

Sarah Jessica Parker is looking back on her love story with Matthew Broderick!

In November, after the likes of “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One,” “Oppenheimer,” and “Barbie” vie for box office supremacy this summer, another blockbuster awaits: Denis Villeneuve‘s “Dune: Part Two.” If one of those three doesn’t unseat “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” as the highest-grossing film on 2023, Villeneuve’s sequel surely will.

Manchester is known for its heart-warming community spirit.

Joe Swash and Stacey Solomon may be considering parenting more kids, following the birth of their daughter Belle in January.