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In a world full of huge franchises, one of the most unlikely successes has been Fox's Planet of the Apes reboot series. With War for the Planet of the Apes looming, all eyes are on the third installment of this critically beloved and commercially successful series. With the movie just a couple of months away, a brand new photo from the movie has surfaced, showcasing Woody Harrelson's new villain looking really awesome and ready for battle.

The new photo comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly and shows us Harrelson standing next to a Silverback Gorilla who has teamed up with the humans to take on Ceasar and his super-intelligent band of apes. Somehow, Woody Harrelson manages to look very imposing next to said gorilla, which is pretty impressive. Director Matt Reeves spoke with EW a bit about the movie and, part of the reason War for the Planet of the Apes...

Norma Shearer: The Boss' wife was cast in 'The Divorcee.' Norma Shearer movies on TCM: Early talkies and Best Actress Oscar Note: This Norma Shearer article is currently being revised and expanded. Please Check back later. Norma Shearer, one of the top stars in Hollywood history and known as the Queen of MGM back in the 1930s, is Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month of Nov. 2015. That's the good news. The not-so-good news is that even though its parent company, Time Warner, owns most of Shearer's movies, TCM isn't airing any premieres. So, if you were expecting to check out a very young Norma Shearer in The Devil's Circus, Upstage, or After Midnight, you're out of luck. (I've seen all three; they're all worth a look.) It's a crime that, music score or no, restored print or no, TCM/Time Warner don't make available for viewing the...

Silent film vamp Nita Naldi (The Ten Commandments), Picture-Play magazine Anthony Slide Interview Part II: Hollywood Fan Magazines, Scandals, and Innuendos The decline of the film studios — in terms of box-office revenues — in the mid-50s coincided with the appearance of several tabloids, most notoriously Confidential Magazine. Why did that happen since the studios seem to have been so powerful and all-controlling in previous decades? In the 1950s, the studio system came to an end. Fan magazines, and others, no longer had to go to the studios for access to the stars. With stars no longer under contract, fan magazines could approach them directly — but at the same time, stars had an opportunity to say "No" to [...]...