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Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Bond film No Time to Die and Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune led in craft recognition today when the Academy’s shortlists for the 2022 Oscars were unveiled.

The former secured slots in the areas of Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects, with the latter preparing to compete in all of the same categories apart from Song.

Four additional studio films snagged slots in Score and Song, including Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s Disney animated pic Encanto, Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix Western The Harder They Fall and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Warner Bros. drama King Richard.

Jane Campion’s Netflix Western The Power of the Dog, Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Focus pic Belfast and and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story all scored additional slots in the Sound category,...

Popular ITV breakfast show “Good Morning Britain” will remain off air between Christmas and January 2022 due to concerns about the new Covid-19 variant, Variety has confirmed.

The show aired on Monday morning, presented by Charlotte Hawkins and Adil Ray, and will continue to broadcast until the end of this week. A pre-recorded special will air on Christmas Day from 7-9am.

However the shows that were planned between Christmas and New Year’s Eve have been cancelled.

“Gmb was due to be on air from Weds 29th – Fri 31st December 2021 but due to the pandemic and to protect our teams, we have decided to give them an extended break. Gmb will not broadcast next week, but will be back on air on Tues 4th Jan 2022,” said a spokesperson for ITV.

A source told newspaper The Sun, which broke the news of “Gmb’s” hiatus, that staffing shortages and concerns another...

If you're no stranger to Disney home media, then you're aware of the cute things they'll put in their DVDs. You'll get the film's trailers, interviews with the cast, commentaries, and occasionally a documentary on the film's production. These documentaries are a classic way to promote the production of a movie, and they usually highlight the glamorous and fun parts of making it. But what if I told you that there was a documentary that Disney didn't want you to see? A documentary that didn't shy away from the warts and struggles that come with making a movie? That film would be The Sweatbox, which chronicled the production of a project titled Kingdom of the Sun, which would later transform into The Emperor's New Groove.

Like all movies, The Emperor's New Groove started as an idea. Way back in 1994 Roger Allers, having just finished directing a little film called The Lion King,...

Johnny Depp told The Sunday Times in a new interview that he is being boycotted by Hollywood.

Depp notably lost a libel case last year against The Sun, which referred to Depp as a “wife beater” while covering his divorce from Amber Heard. Depp exited Warner Bros.’ “Fantastic Beasts” franchise after the verdict and was replaced by Mads Mikkelsen. The actor’s latest film, the Andrew Levitas-directed drama “Minimata,” has not been dated for release. Levitas alleged MGM was “burying” the movie because it “was concerned about the possibility that the personal issues of an actor in the film could reflect negatively upon them.”

“Minamata” was picked up by MGM’s American International Pictures last fall. The film world premiered in February 2020 at the Berlin International Film Festival. Depp stars in the film as photojournalist Eugene Smith, and he also produced the movie. Smith traveled to Minamata, Japan in...

Bohemian Rhapsody just might get a sequel, as Queen guitarist Brian May has some ideas on where to take the potential follow-up. Released in 2018, the hit biopic focuses primarily on the life and musical career of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury. Rami Malek famously starred as the iconic musician, and in addition to tremendous success at the box office, the movie is widely acclaimed and was a big winner at the Academy Awards.

Going live on Instagram, May recently explained that he's now working on getting Bohemian Rhapsody 2 developed following the success of the first movie. The 74-year-old admits that matching the original would be a challenge, but he says he's been having talks about different potential ideas. Even so, the project getting a green light will depend upon getting the right script, and that probably won't be happening anytime soon.

"We are looking at it. Yeah, we have been looking at ideas,...

“Aquaman 2” producer Peter Safran confirmed to Deadline that requests from Johnny Depp fans to have Amber Heard fired from the DC comic book tentpole are being ignored and shut down. The sequel, officially titled “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” is now in production with director James Wan and stars Jason Momoa and Heard. Johnny Depp fans rallied for Heard’s firing last fall with a viral online petition that has earned 1.8 million signatures and counting.

“I don’t think we’re ever going to react to, honestly, pure fan pressure,” Safran said. “You gotta do what’s best for the movie. We felt that if it’s James Wan, and Jason Momoa, it should be Amber Heard. That’s really what it was.”

Safran, who produces DC’s “Aquaman” franchise as well as “Shazam!” and “The Suicide Squad,” continued, “One is not unaware of what is going on in the Twitter-verse,...

Exclusive: Director Andrew Levitas has sent a letter of complaint to MGM and others to protest what he claims is a decision to “bury” the film Minamata because of the personal baggage of its star, Johnny Depp. The film lays bare the scandalous neglect that the Chisso Corporation displayed in the Japanese coastal city where locals were ravaged by mercury poisoning from chemicals dumped into the waters by a factory, which spread to local population through the ingestion of fish. It was exposed in the 1950s.

In the film, Depp plays Eugene Smith, a famed photojournalist who has disconnected from the world but takes a final assignment from his Life magazine editor (Bill Nighy). He is accompanied by a Japanese translator (Minami) and encouraged by a local villager (Hiroyuki Sanada) as he helps expose decades of gross negligence by the Chisso Corporation. Minamata also stars Jun Kunimura, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano and Akiko Iwase.

Gb News, the new UK news channel backed by Discovery, will launch on June 13.

The network, which is chaired by former BBC presenter Andrew Neil, will go live at 8Pm local time with a show welcoming audiences to the new service.

Gb News has spent recent months staffing up and building its London studio. The channel is making a lot of noise in the UK, with its promise to offer an alternative to the BBC and Sky News, and signing up journalists including former BBC presenter Simon McCoy and Dan Wootton, who used to work as the executive editor of The Sun.

The channel will go live on Freeview channel 236, meaning it is below Rt and Aljazeera in the television guide. Other presenters include Neil himself, who will host his own show, and Alastair Stewart, a former ITV News anchor.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav said last week that, alongside CNN,...

Footage taken from Jeffrey Epstein's abandoned island has been shared on TikTok by "urban explorer" Andy Bracco. After infiltrating the island in August 2020, Bracco shared clips from the footage he'd recorded with a friend on TikTok last year, but he says his account was deleted soon after by the app. He reposted a clip of the endeavor to his new TikTok account in April, and new footage posted two days ago already has more than 200,000 views.

After the authenticity of his footage was questioned, Bracco referred followers to check out his vlogs of the experience on his YouTube account as well. The YouTube videos are edited with clips of Jeffrey Epstein included, also featuring Bracco and his friend arriving at the island at 6:30 a.m. one morning. After they were almost caught, they returned "12 hours later" and successfully explored more of the island. You can watch the footage from the YouTube videos below.

An independent inquiry into the tactics used by the BBC to secure a bombshell 1995 interview with Princess Diana has concluded that reporter Martin Bashir “deceived” his way to accessing the Princess of Wales, and that the BBC’s response to his deception was “woefully ineffective.”

The BBC has apologized unreservedly after the findings of Lord Dyson’s inquiry were published on Thursday following a six-month investigation by the former supreme court judge, which has cost the UK broadcaster £1.4 million ($2M).

The inquiry is being described in the UK press as the BBC’s phone-hacking moment and Dyson’s report effectively accuses the broadcaster of a cover-up. A cover-up that was ultimately overseen by Tony Hall, who was the BBC’s director general until just last year.

Incumbent BBC director general Tim Davie said: “Although the report states that Diana, Princess of Wales, was keen on the idea of an interview with the BBC,...

Things haven't been going very well for Johnny Depp lately, but his "best friend" Alice Cooper still has his back. Though Depp is primarily known as an actor, the Pirates of the Caribbean and Edward Scissorhands star is also a skilled guitarist. Since 2015, he has been a part of the rock supergroup Hollywood Vampires, which also includes Cooper on lead vocals. Through their time working together, Depp and Cooper have gotten to be very close on a personal level as well.

Depp's career took a sudden turn for the worse following allegations from ex-wife Amber Heard that he had been physically and verbally abusive. The accusations were repeated in the press, with the British tabloid The Sun referring to him as a "wife-beater" in one article. Depp currently has a pending libel lawsuit against Heard in the United States, but his lawsuit against The Sun was rejected in court. The...

One of the things Pixar does better than anyone, or all animated houses anyhow, is tapping into that feeling of youthful nostalgia and making it universal. What Pixar excel at, seemingly, is mix wistful coming of age stories about childhood or growing up and mix it with a fantasy element. And they’ve done that very thing for “Luca,” a new Disney/Pixar movie set on the Italian Riveria that mixes boyhood friendship with a tale of a seaside monster.

Continue reading New ‘Luca’ Trailer: Make Best Friends On The Sun-Kissed Italian Riveria With A Sea Monster & Pixar at The Playlist.

A Netflix representative for The Crown has denied a report that the lavish royal drama is struggling to cast an actor to play Prince Andrew in the final two seasons.

British tabloid The Sun claimed that producers at Left Bank Pictures have advertised for the role on casting website Spotlight. “Stars aren’t exactly queuing up to play him,” the newspaper quoted a source as saying, amid controversy surrounding Prince Andrew’s links to dead sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

But a spokeswoman for The Crown said: “There is absolutely no struggle to cast any role for season 5 of The Crown and it is normal practice for productions to advertise in Spotlight.”

As first revealed by Deadline, Season 5 of The Crown will go into production in June. A whole new cast is joining the series, including Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II and Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip. Prince Andrew was...

This show is quickly turning into a twisted version of a wild goose chase with a dash of broken telephone. 

But we imagine these types of things happen when Alina Starkov, the Sun Summoner, is on the run from General Kirigan, the Crows, and random strangers wishing to exploit her powers.

But Shadow and Bone Season 1 Episode 6 is not entirely a game of cat and mouse. Nina and Matthias's relationship continues to develop as they are stranded together in the Fjerdan wilderness. 

But first, everyone is after Alina Starkov once she is on the run. However, Alina is not the only person trying to avoid captivity on "The Heart is an Arrow."

Kaz, Inej, and Jesper escaped the Little Palace after nearly getting caught by Grisha soldiers. While they hunt for Alina -- who escapes their clutches almost immediately -- Kirigan's Grisha soldiers find them, which prompts the Crows...

One of the most exciting aspects of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was the big-time surprise cameo from Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a prominent Marvel Comics character, Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. Her appearance in the Disney+ original has opened up hundreds of possibilities for the future expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Though her appearance came in an unusual and unexpected manner, and she left without any major explanation as to what her character's purpose would be within the MCU.

Opening up about how her character came into shape in The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, series director Kari Skogland said this.

"I wasn't as aware of her. She's a deep dive, and I only became a fan of Marvel 10 or 15 years ago. So, I didn't know until I started looking into who she was and where she came from. But I also didn't know about Madripoor... and...

Bachelor, the new project from indie favorites Jay Som (Melina Duterte) and Palehound (Ellen Kempner), have released a new song, “Sick of Spiraling,” from their upcoming debut album Doomin’ Sun, out May 28th via Polyvinyl.

“Sick of Spiraling” finds Bachelor embracing a bit of a country twang while Big Thief drummer James Krivchenia anchors the track with a dusty shuffle. In between twisting guitar lines that drift seamlessly between high-and-lonesome and blown-out-basement-show, Kempner spins a clever but poignant yarn about longing and life on the road: “Walking alone at night,...

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice came out a little more than five years ago. It remains a much-discussed, divisive comic book movie and one that has certainly earned its place in the history books. Now, director Zack Snyder and writer Chris Terrio have revealed that the movie we know was going to be titled something radically different. However, Warner Bros. wasn't into what Snyder and Terrio had in mind.

The two filmmakers recently took part in Justice Con over the weekend. During an online panel, they were discussing Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Zack Snyder explained that he wanted something more "poetic." One of Snyder's suggestions? Son of Sun and Knight of Knight. Here's what Snyder had to say about it.

"I remember when there was a back-and-forth that I had with the studio, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was like the only title that [Warner Bros. liked]. The whole 'v' instead of 'versus,...

They had just stepped out—hand-in-hand, wearing coordinated neutrals—when it happened again. Mere weeks after Victoria Beckham attended Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's wedding with husband David Beckham, rumors that they were due to announce a divorce imminently reached such a heightened state that bookies went so far as suspend bets. As everyone braced for the news, their shared rep fired off a missive to British paper The Sun. Except instead of detailing how the couple had reached the painfully difficult decision to amicably end their romantic relationship, choosing to continue on as friends and coparents, it slammed reports the couple were...

Is Prince William the world's sexiest bald man? The internet has doubts.  This week, surgical group Longevita dubbed the Duke of Cambridge the sexiest bald man, after analyzing Google searches and finding that Prince William and the word "sexy" scored over 17 million returns. The British royal beat out stars like Jason Statham, Pitbull and Michael Jordan, according to The Sun, however, not everyone on the internet was convinced that he deserved this particular crown. In fact, many people were offended Stanley Tucci didn't top the list. Upon reading the survey results, one fan tweeted, "C'mon, people. I'm a straight guy, and even I was like, Not While...

London, March 3 (Ians) One-fifth of young adults forget to use contraception at the height of passion because they are too drunk to remember when having sex, says a study.

The study, commissioned by OnePoll with 1,200 participants aged between 16-25 years, indicates that many youngsters are taking unforeseen risks due to a lack of knowledge, education and intoxication.

The study showed that four in 10 have had sex during a night of drinking alcohol, while 13 per cent have had intercourse and not remembered the following day whether they had used protection or not, reports The Sun.

"We need to arm our young people with as much information as possible before they get to the point where they are experimenting with sex and drink," said Joanna Buckard, a spokeswoman for The National Organisation for Fasd (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) in the UK.

"It would seem that while sex education in schools covers broad...

Giant cats, lasers, witches, violence and partial nudity fill the first English-language trailer for Crudo Film’s animated Argentine feature “Lava,” featuring the voice acting talents of Janeane Garofalo. Rock Salt Releasing, which is representing the over-the-top, end-of-the-world comedy thriller at this week’s EFM ahead of its March 15 premiere on major digital platforms, has given exclusive access to the trailer to Variety.

An outside-the-box hit at Annecy’s Contrechamp competition last summer, the film has since featured at several major international festivals including Argentina’s Mar Del Plata and Spain’s Sitges, where it screened in competition.

The near-future sci-fi satire follows Débora (Garofalo), a lonely and ineffectual tattoo artist, and her friends through the likely end of the world. One evening, several friends come over to watch the latest episode of “Gain of Clones” when suddenly the signal cuts out. Everyone in the room loses two minutes of...

Exclusive: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard won’t be facing off in a Virginia courtroom anytime soon, it seems. In yet another delay in the trial start of the former Pirates of the Caribbean star’s acetous $50 million defamation lawsuit against the Aquaman actress, the former couple now will trade barbs and evidence starting April 11, 2022. The trial is expected to last about two weeks.

Already rescheduled several times, the trial had been set to start May 7, which was looking like the final mad rush of discovery and depositions.

The new date was decided Tuesday by Fairfax County Circuit Court Chief Judge Bruce White. The last time the fuming matter was postponed was back in September of last year. While Depp had been advocating for a new delay then because of his Fantastic Beasts 3 shooting schedule, White actually pushed the date from January 2021 to May due to backlogs in the state...

Kings of Leon have released a new song, “Echoing,” with a black-and-white music video. The clip shows members of the band performing in an empty concert space, with erratic camerawork and lighting effects that match the song’s tempo.

“Time is often higher learning/I’m still barely making grades/Just about imagination anyway,” frontman Caleb Followill sings. “We are circling the wagons/Lining up in single file/Members of the jury are standing trial.”

Kings of Leon will release their eighth studio album When You See Yourself on March 5th via RCA Records,...

Next time someone asks what’s good on Netflix, you might want to point them to this winner that’s been lurking there since January 2020. A victor at the Golden Horse Awards and now shortlisted for the International Feature Film Oscar, A Sun is a bold, involving tale of crime, punishment, tragedy and healing — all within a seemingly ordinary family of four in Taiwan.

The trouble, and the film, starts when a teenager known as A-ho (Wu Chien-Ho), storms into a restaurant with Radish, who’s wielding a machete. A-ho, we later learn, thinks they are going to scare a boy called Oden, but Radish goes one step further and slices Oden’s hand off, catapulting it into a pan of hot, fresh soup. It’s clear that this film means business. But while the opening has the violence and flourish of a gangster movie, writer-director Chung Mong-hong (Parking) takes...

Cinema The film was India's official entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy awards. Tnm StaffMalayalam film Jallikattu, directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, is out of the 2021 Oscar race. Jallikattu was India's official entry to the Oscars under the Best International Feature Film category, but has now failed to make it to the longer short list of 15 films in the same category. Feature films from 93 countries were eligible under this category. The films that have made it to the longer shortlist include: Quo Vadis, Aida? from Bosnia and Herzegovina The Mole Agent from Chile Charlatan from the Czech Republic Another Round from Denmark Two of us from France La Llorana from Gautemala Better Days from Hong Kong Sun Children from Iran Night of the Kings from Ivory Coast I'm No Longer Here from Mexico Hope from Norway Collective from Romania Dear Comrades from Russia A Sun...

Guitarist Hilton Valentine, whose memorable opening riff on The Animals classic House of the Rising Sun propelled the song to No. 1 in the US, died Friday at age 77. No cause of death was given, according to a statement from his former record company, Abkco.

Valentine was a founding member of the British group The Animals. The group’s House of the Rising Sun hit No. 1 in 1964 in the U.K., US and Canada, and is listed among Rolling Stone’s Greatest Songs of All-Time.

Valentine’s other hits with The Animals include Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, It’s My Life and We Gotta Get Out of This Place, the latter particularly popular during the Vietnam War.

The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

“We at Abkco have been privileged to serve as stewards of The Animals catalog and his passing is felt in...

Following its initial run last May and June, Sentient.Art Film. has revived the series "My Sight is Lined With Visions: 1990s Asian American Film & Video" as a year-long program, helmed by Sentient.Art.Film Artistic Director Keisha Knight and co-curator Abby Sun. The history of Asian American film and video is shaped by what B. Ruby Rich and Brian Hu describe (in Film Quarterly's recent dossier on fifty years of Asian American cinema) as its "public-ness." Through the initiatives of community-based media arts organizations like the Center for Asian American Media and Visual Communications, burgeoning Asian American filmmakers strove to generate cultural consciousness, just as the term "Asian American" entered the national vocabulary. In the "public" tradition of Asian American cinema, and against the limitations imposed by the pandemic, this series challenges barriers of access by making these hard-to-find titles available online. You can rent the entire selection until...

It was nearly eight years ago when Anne Hathaway swept awards season with her performance as Fantine in Tom Hooper’s “Les Misérables,” which won Hathaway the Best Supporting Actress prizes at the Baftas, SAG Awards, Golden Globes, and Academy Awards. The actress became a target of internet backlash throughout awards season, which intensified after her Oscar win. In a 2014 appearance on “Ellen,” Hathaway revealed she googled herself after the Oscars and discovered an article titled, “Why does everyone hate Anne Hathaway?”

With eight years of growth behind her since Oscar night, Hathaway told The Sun this month that she chooses to see the positives that emerged from being the subject of extreme internet hate. The actress said the backlash forced her to build self-confidence that might not have been built otherwise.

“I really don’t want to dredge up the past but I did have my monster out there,...

Amber Portwood's relationship with her ex is getting more complicated. The Teen Mom Og star was recently granted a restraining order against ex-boyfriend Andrew Glennon over a custody issue. Based on online court records, an Indianapolis judge signed off on the order on Monday, Jan. 11 to "prevent interference with parenting time." Amber and Andrew share a 2-year-old son named James. Another virtual hearing is set for Tuesday, Jan. 19. According to court papers obtained by The Sun, Amber alleged that her ex-boyfriend refused to let her see their son the week of Christmas last year. In fact, the MTV reality star claimed in court documents that she was supposed to see James from noon to 9...

Rebel Wilson, the next Jane Bond? That's what you might think after hearing this unexpected story from the actress. In an upcoming episode of Sky's Straight Talking, to air on Thursday, Jan. 14, the Pitch Perfect alum reportedly revealed to Ant Middleton, who traveled to Mexico with her on the show, that she was once kidnapped at gunpoint while in Africa.  "It was in rural Mozambique," she recalled in the episode, according to The Sun. "We were on this cattle truck and these men came on another truck with a lot of guns. [They pulled up beside us] with the big guns and they were like, 'Yeah, you've got to get off your truck.'" According to Wilson,...

Black Narcissus and How to Build a Girl actress Gemma Arterton has spoken out about her time as a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace.

In a recent interview with the Sun, Arterton both defended and criticized her role as the 2008 Bond film’s Strawberry Fields. In Quantum of Solace, British Secret Service agent Strawberry Fields attempts to thwart James Bond(Daniel Craig) from accomplishing his mission, but loses guard to his suave personality and charm. Arterton’s character ultimately becomes the target of Bond’s enemies and dies smothered in crude oil.

Arterton, who has also appeared in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Clash of the Titans, said she took the Bond role out of much needed exposure and income.

“At the beginning of my career, I was poor as a church mouse and I was happy just to be able to work and earn a living,...

Cardi B just showed off her lavish Christmas decor and we are loving it.

On Thursday, the 'Bodak Yellow' hitmaker stunned her fans as she showcased her extravagant home which she shares with her husband Offset dolled up for Christmas celebrations - and she is just as surprised as we are, as per People.

The mother-of-one gave her fans a tour of her lavish residence, lit up with elegant pink & white lights along with green garlands wrapped around tremendous columns, reports The Sun.

In a new video which she posted on her Instagram handle, Cardi B showed off her fabulous festive decor at her home.

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"I haven’t seen my home decorated since I’ve been in L.A. and I just got home from New York. I can't believe this is my home," she said. "Excuse the...

Tensions have been running high on the sets of Mission: Impossible 7 in the U.K., ever since an audio clip was released online in which lead actor and producer Tom Cruise could be heard tearing into two crew members for failing to follow social distancing rules. Now, a source speaking to The Sun has reported that Cruise has decided to take an early break from filming and go on a holiday to allow things to simmer down.

"It has been exhausting keeping the production on track for so long, and it's not getting any easier - Christmas can't come soon enough. Tom has decided he's ready for a break and is now going to wind up filming for 2020 on Friday, and fly to Miami over the weekend on his private jet to spend Christmas with his son. It's the end of a really tough year, and a bit of...

Tom Cruise is secretly dating a 'Mission: Impossible 7' co-star and fans can't get enough of it.

The 58-year-old Hollywood superstar is reportedly dating Hayley Atwell, 38, who is 20 years junior to him.

The rumoured couple who have been filming all over Europe for the upcoming 'Mission: Impossible' film were spotted holding hands at a recent London screening and fans have already began speculating about the nature of their relationship, as per reports.

Tom Cruise and the British actress are claimed to have become 'fairly inseparable' and have 'grown close' while working together on set, per Dailymail.

"Tom and Hayley hit it off from day one. Lockdown, and all the difficulties that came with it, brought them even closer and they’ve become fairly inseparable," a source told The Sun.

The source further revealed "Lockdown, and all the difficulties that came with it, brought them even closer and they've become fairly inseparable.

Five members of the Mission: Impossible 7 crew have reportedly quit following a recent telling-off from Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise. The action star loudly reprimanded the crew after witnessing several of them not adhering to social distancing guidelines that have been put in place to keep production going. The audio of Cruise's sweary tirade soon leaked, allowing all of us to pretend we are being chastised by one of the most famous people on Earth.

"The first outburst was big but things haven't calmed since. Tension has been building for months and this was the final straw. Since it became public there has been more anger and several staff have walked," a source has since revealed, as well as claiming that Tom Cruise is 'upset' that the crew aren't taking him seriously.

If you have not yet heard Tom Cruise's now infamous monologue, it is reminiscent of Christian Bale's...

There was a big surprise in the fourth season finale of The Masked Singer. Well, honestly, there’s a big surprise in every episode. But tonight was an extra-special big surprise, as the winner of the show’s fourth season was revealed.

For the uninitiated, the show is a top-secret singing competition. Hosted by Nick Cannon, and featuring panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke, “The Masked Singer” features celebrities facing off against one another while shrouded from head to toe in elaborate costumes.

The host, panelists, audience, viewers and even the other contestants are left guessing who the singer is behind the mask. Each week, a singer is eliminated — and then reveals his or her true identity.

Tonight’s winner wins the coveted Golden Mask Trophy.

*** Spoiler Alert: Do Not Read Past This Line If You Have Not Seen The Episode

The big winner of Season Four was “Sun,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the two-hour Season 4 finale of “The Masked Singer,” which aired Dec. 17 on Fox.

LeAnn Rimes shouldn’t feel “Blue”: The singer shined on Wednesday night, as she was unmasked as “The Masked Singer” Season 4 winner — the Sun.

Also revealed: Runner-up Aloe Blacc, who had been dressed as Mushroom, and third-place Nick Carter, who had performed as Crocodile.

“I never thought I would do anything like this and I don’t think I’ll ever do anything like it again,” Rimes told Variety. “It’s such a unique show. I had no idea what I was getting myself into and I’m so glad I did.”

Panelist Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg and Nicole Scherzinger got it right with LeAnn Rimes. Ken Jeong thought it was Mandy Moore, while Robin Thicke named Katharine McPhee.

Rimes said she was eager to appear...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Masked Singer‘s Season 4 finale.

The Masked Singer Season 4 finale in a nutshell? To paraphrase the great Craig Robinson: All my life, I felt the heat of the sun. I never saw the face of the sun until now.”

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Yep, Sun bested her competition in Wednesday’s two-hour episode, taking home the Golden Mask trophy and bragging rights.

It’s been a wild season of shocking reveals, awful judges’ guesses and one historic self-unmasking, but “The Masked Singer” has finally crowned a winner. The fourth season ended on December 16 with either Mushroom, Sun or Crocodile winning the coveted Golden Mask. (See Gold Derby’s finale racetrack odds.) In addition, one of the main panelists — Jenny McCarthy, Robin Thicke, Nicole Scherzinger or Ken Jeong — took home the first-ever Golden Ear trophy. How did the season finale play out on Wednesday night? Did You guess the secret identities of the final three costumed contenders?

See Coronavirus controversy: Why isn’t ‘The Masked Singer’ live audience wearing masks for health reasons?

Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of the Season 4 finale, titled “The Last Mask Standing,” to find out what happened Wednesday, December 16 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section...

As David Yates and his crew continue with filming on the third installment in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, the team has to adjust to newcomer Mads Mikkelsen, who’ll be taking over for Johnny Depp as the villainous Grindelwald from here on out.

After the UK court ruled against the Pirates of the Caribbean star in his libel case against The Sun, Warner Bros. asked him to step away from the Wizarding World’s spinoff series. The verdict, which was questionable in and of itself, and the outcome subsequently led to a lot of rage and backlash on social media. In fact, Depp’s supporters are still ferociously campaigning to have the company rehire the actor. Though clearly, their pleas are falling on deaf ears.

For now, it seems that WB will push forward with Mads Mikkelsen as Grindelwald. And to be fair, it’s not an entirely unreasonable choice when you think about it.

Tom Cruise lashed out at the Mission: Impossible 7 crew for apparently breaking Covid-19 protocols in a leaked recording from the film’s London shoot.

In the viral rant first published by U.K. tabloid The Sun — and later verified by the New York Times — the actor chastises crew members for an unspecified lapse in the production’s Covid-19 protocols; two crew members, while masked, reportedly stood within six feet of each other while viewing a monitor on set.

The Europe-trotting Mission: Impossible 7 production had already been beset by...

The film industry is facing unique challenges unlike anything that they have seen before in trying to get back to work amidst new social distancing rules. Tom Cruise is currently filming Mission: Impossible 7 in the UK. According to an audio transcript acquired by The Sun, Cruise flew into a rage when he saw two members of the crew standing within two meters of each other in violation of social distancing guidelines. The actor unloaded on the crew members in an expletive-laden tirade.

"We want the gold standard. They're back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us! Because they believe in us and what we're doing! I'm on the phone with every f***ing studio at night, insurance companies, producers, and they're looking at us and using us to make their movies. We are creating thousands of jobs you motherf***ers. I don't ever want to see it again,...

After a lengthy delay thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, Mission: Impossible 7 is now back in front of cameras and star Tom Cruise is in the headlines tonight but not due to another one of his crazy stunts. Instead, it’s for blasting crew members for not following Covid-19 protocols.

As first reported by The Sun, the Hollywood megastar spotted a couple members of the production team standing a bit too close together and absolutely lost it. “If I see you do it again you’re f*cking gone,” said Cruise. Continuing on, he launched into an explosive tirade, saying:

“We are the gold standard. They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. Because they believe in us and what we’re doing. I’m on the phone with every f*cking studio at night, insurance companies, producers and they’re looking at us and...

Tom Cruise screamed at the crew on the set of “Mission: Impossible 7” for breaking Covid-19 protocols during shooting in London and was caught on tape shouting that they’d be “f—ing gone” if he found other lapses again.

Cruise, who is a producer on “Mission: Impossible 7,” can be heard in audio obtained by the British newspaper The Sun, going on an intense tirade. He said that the work they’re doing is “the gold standard” that the rest of the industry is basing its safety protocols on. He threatened to fire anyone breaking protocol again.

“They are back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us, because they believe in us and what we’re doing,” Cruise shouted. “We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf—ers. I don’t ever want to see it again. Ever! And if you don’t do it, you’re fired,...

Aquaman star Amber Heard can be seen as Sue Storm in new Fantastic Four fan art posted online. In recent weeks, there have been unconfirmed rumors that Marvel Studios was eyeing Heard to play the next iteration of the Invisible Woman when the Fantastic Four franchise finally makes its way back to the big screen. It has since been confirmed that a reboot movie is in the works at the studio from Spider-Man: Homecoming and Far from Home director Jon Watts, meaning casting decisions are likely to be made in the near future.

On Instagram, digital artist ApexForm has taken to creating some fan art of Amber Heard as the Invisible Woman. Though the artist notes to take the rumors with a grain of salt in the caption, it's interesting to see how Heard might appear in the role. Certain controversies surrounding the actor may serve as a major roadblock...

Season 2 of Netflix’s hit show The Witcher has encountered yet another production roadblock.

As reported by The Sun yesterday, Henry Cavill, who plays central character Geralt of Rivia in the series, sustained a leg injury while traversing an assault course at Arborfield Studios near London, necessitating a brief period of respite to facilitate his recovery. While the accident isn’t believed to be anything other than a minor muscle sprain, the actor is nonetheless out of action for the foreseeable future, unfortunate circumstances that many have presumed will lead to further delays.

Thankfully, however, while this means that scenes in which he’s intended to appear will need to be reconsidered, Deadline reports that filming is still set to continue without the star, a decision no doubt influenced by the fact that a third suspension simply isn’t feasible if season 2 is to meet its projected 2021 release window.

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Filming on the second season of the popular Netflix series “The Witcher” is continuing despite its star, Henry Cavill, reportedly sustaining a minor leg muscle injury. Production on the fantasy show was already halted twice this year — first in March, when actor Kristofer Hivju announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19. That hiatus lasted through mid-August during the UK’s spring lockdown. Production resumed, though paused again in November when multiple positive coronavirus cases surfaced. The series is currently shooting at Arborfield Studios, west of London.

According to The Sun, which first reported the news, a source said, “The filming has been hit because of what happened to Henry. He was on an assault course and injured his leg,” adding, “He just suddenly pulled up and was clearly in a lot of pain. It wasn’t clear if an object had hit his leg or it was some sort of hamstring or muscle injury.

The Masked Singer will be masked no more come Wednesday’s Season 4 finale (Fox, 9/8c), so now’s the time to lock in your guesses about Crocodile, Mushroom and Sun!

In our opinion, this season of the really odd reality show has had the toughest, most misdirecting clues in the show’s history. But it’s also had some of the series’ best performances (we’re still thinking about Seahorse/Tori Kelly’s gorgeous rendition of “My Heart Will Go On”) and one of its weirdest firsts (Mickey Rourke’s Gremlin stunt, anyone?).

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After last week’s triple unmasking, “The Masked Singer” took a break from the competition on Wednesday for its first-ever holiday sing-a-long. The hour-long special featured unmasked celebrity performances (including Tori Kelly), as well as appearances by the Final 3: Sun, Crocodile and Mushroom. Did any of the new animated clues tip off the panelists to their true identities? Of course, no one was eliminated tonight, but we’ll all find out who’s hiding behind the finalists’ masks on finale night, December 16.

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Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Masked Singer” recap of Season 4, Episode 11, titled “The Holiday Sing-a-Long,” to find out what happened Wednesday, December 9 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite costumed characters on Fox’s reality TV show, reflect...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched Season 4, Episode 12 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired Dec. 9 on Fox.

The unmaskings took a week off, as Wednesday’s episode of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” was instead a special one-hour holiday-themed sing-a-long edition.

The competition returns next week with the Season 4 finale and the presentation of the Golden Mask trophy. But for now, viewers were treated to some of the most memorable performances from this fall — along with lyrics and a bouncing mask, for fans to sing along.

Besides reprises of performances from earlier in the season, the episode also featured new, holiday-themed songs from the show’s three finalists: Sun, Crocodile and Mushroom.

Sun performed “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” while Crocodile sang “Silent Night” and Mushroom did “The Christmas Song.”

Panelists, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke and Ken Jeong also got a week off from the guessing game.