Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Talks ‘The Matrix 4’, ‘Aquaman 2’ & More In ‘THR’ Cover Story

Angelique Jackson With “Candyman” debuting at the top of the box office, earning $22 million in its opening weekend, star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is just getting started with his Hollywood takeover.After top-lining the “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror classic, directed by Nia DaCosta, Abdul-Mateen has a string of high-profile roles in the pipeline, including a secretive part in “The Matrix Resurrections,” plus reprising his role as Black Manta in the comic book sequel “Aquaman and the Lost

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only Indigenous person on set for miles, and it was lonely. I wasn’t enjoying my work as much as I previously had been. But then on ‘Reservation Dogs,’ there was such a magic to the set.

Angelique Jackson When the first trailer debuted for “Candyman” — director Nia DaCosta and producer Jordan Peele’s “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror classic — there was a great deal of buzz about the use of a slowed-down remix of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” alongside the original movie’s haunting score.But upon further reflection — the needle drop was an early hint at the way DaCosta and Peele’s take would examine deeper social themes.

It's been quite the headline-making year for Courtney Stodden. The star, who will turn 27 on Aug.

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It's the start of a new school year and, for the fresh wave of young adults who've decided to go to college, an opportunity to shape their future. For an increasingly large number of Black students, this means following in the footsteps of many well-known figures and icons who've attended a historically Black college or university and have come out the other side praising their experience. There's just something about the HBCU experience that bonds Black Hollywood like nothing else.

Britney Spears is back at it. On Thursday, the 39-year-old pop star took to Instagram to continue her trend of sharing topless photos and videos amid allegations she battered an employee.

Big paychecks for the big names! When many of the most recognizable names in Hollywood are attached to star in potential blockbusters, they can often expect a very generous compensation package from production — a number that can total several millions of dollars.

As we’ve seen with the recent lawsuit between Scarlett Johansson and Disney, there’s a lot of complicated math that goes into an actor’s contract with a studio for a project. In previous years, the biggest names in Hollywood would earn an upfront fee, but they would then have the chance to earn a lot more with “back-end” deals that include profit-sharing with the studio.

Thandiwe Newton gets a big hug from her daughter Nico Parker as they arrive at the premiere of Reminiscence held at TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday night (August 17) in Hollywood.

Remakes and reboots are a dime a dozen in Hollywood nowadays. Typically, they’re either terrible, cynical cash-grabs that fade away in time, but sometimes those remakes do strike a chord with audiences, such as Bradley Cooper’s 2018 film, “A Star is Born.” And while that film was a critical success that captured the cultural zeitgeist a few years ago, the film has one big critic—Barbra Streisand, who starred in the third remake of “A Star is Born” in 1976.

Can you imagine A League of Their Own without Geena Davis as the confident, no-nonsense leader Dottie? Well, it almost happened!

The stars of the new Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stepped out to celebrate at the film’s premiere!

Barbara De Regil. This rising star has a truly head turning figure, many talents and a wonderful family.

Aquaman 2: Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom, has revealed more about what fans can expect to see in the upcoming film.Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who plays Black Manta in the DC film, praised the film’s new script and has said viewers will learn more about his character in the upcoming sequel.“I think the script is better than it was in the first one,” he began.

“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” For more than 40 years, Saturday Night Live has been a staple of the television industry — and has created some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

Bill Maher turned his New Rules segment against a preferred target, woke culture, this time in defense of Matt Damon, now “flailing around in cancel culture quicksand” for acknowledging he used a gay slur that was thrown around when he was coming of age in Boston, but stopped.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has high hopes for the upcoming. The actor recently sat down with  and opened up about the sequel, which he's currently gearing up for.«I think the script is better than it was in the first one,» Abdul-Mateen shared in his cover story profile.