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Born in Florida and raised to be a churchgoer, Faith Evans was known to have sharpened her musical skills in the hymns and harmonies of the religious choir. Later on, as her vocal qualities overpowered the ordinary, Evans found her ticket to success as she relocated to Los Angeles to embark on her musical journey.

Musician Faith Evans | image: Instagram/@therealfaithevans

Soon, she was not only signed as the first female artist by Sean “P Diddy” Combs, but her musical journey also brought her close to her late husband, Notorious B.I.G. Faith Evans had once enjoyed her peak success until the early 2000s. However, she has now become obscure. So, let’s check out her current net worth and how the singer has been making ends meet.

What is Faith Evans’ net worth as of 2025?

Faith Evans, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and record producer, has had a career...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look feature film deal with George L. Tillman Jr. and Robert Teitel’s State Street Pictures.

The Bob Marley: One Love production company first inked a production pact with the studio in 2020. Tillman and Teitel’s film credits include The Hate U Give, the Barbershop franchise, Men of Honor, Soul Food and Notorious among others.

State Street Pictures’ executive suite also includes Robert Prinz, Head of Television, and Lawrence Mott, Head of Film.

Said Michael Ireland, co-president, Paramount Pictures, Motion Picture Group, “George and Bob are two Chicago guys that have been telling inspiring, dynamic stories for audiences around the world for almost thirty years. We’re lucky to continue to have them on the lot and we look forward to building on the success of Bob Marley: One Love with a slate of movies that will hopefully last thirty more.”

Said Tillman Jr.

Voletta Wallace, the mother of the late rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died at the age of 78. She died of natural causes at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She was known for continuing her son’s legacy after the rapper’s untimely murder at the age of 24. Fans wondered who would inherit Biggie’s estate after his mother worked hard to build it to a $160 million fortune.

The Notorious B.I.G in the music video of Warning | Credits: Bad Boy/Arista

The Notorious B.I.G. had daughter T’yanna with high-school sweetheart Jan Jackson in 1993 and later son Christopher Jordan, aka Cj Wallace, with wife Faith Evans in 1996. It is believed that his eldest, T’yanna, would now be in charge of the rapper’s estate.

What happens to The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate after Voletta Wallace’s passing? Voletta Wallace, mother of The Notorious B.I.G | Credits: @volettawallace/Ig

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Voletta Wallace, the mother of late rapper The Notorious B.I.G, has died. She was 78.

Wallace died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, of natural causes after spending time in hospice care, the local coroner told The Associated Press.

Wallace was an outspoken advocate for her son, born Christopher Wallace, and his legacy after he died in a shooting in 1997. The case remains unsolved.

In a particularly memorable public appearance, she attended the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place roughly six months after Biggie died.

She accepted an award he won for “Hypnotize” and noted that if her son were there, he’d say, “big-up to Brooklyn.”

Though she initially called her son’s music “noise,” she told The Associated Press that when she listened to his songs, she understood his gifts.

“I cried so much that day just listening to the music,” she said. “I remember I sat,...

The Notorious B.I.G.’s mother, Voletta Wallace, has died at 78 years old.

Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed to TMZ that the legendary rapper’s mother passed away on Friday, January 21st in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she had been receiving hospice care. Her cause of death is listed as natural causes.

Born and raised in Jamaica, Voletta Wallace eventually immigrated to Brooklyn, where she had her only child, Christopher, with Selwyn George Latore on May 21st, 1972. When Latore left the family just three months shy of their son’s third birthday, Wallace was left to raise the future Biggie Smalls as a single mother.

Following her son’s murder on March 9th, 1997, Voletta Wallace carried on his legacy and oversaw his estate. This included founding the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation and overseeing the 2009 biopic Notorious. She also published a memoir titled Biggie in 2005.

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Sad news out of the world of music today, as Violetta Wallace, the mother of hip icon Notorious B.I.G. has passed away.

She was 78 years old.

In the years following her son’s death, Voletta became a media staple in her own right as a result of her efforts to keep his legacy alive.

Voletta also oversaw Biggie’s estate and helped to ensure that his considerable wealth was passed down to his family, including his daughter T’yanna Wallace.

Mother of Biggie Smalls, Voletta Wallace, attends the Lincoln Center orchestral tribute to Notorious B.I.G at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on June 10, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Voletta always showed up for important events honoring her son’s memory, including his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the premiere of the Biggie biopic Notorious.

Her Instagram page...

“A Complete Unknown,” a musical biopic starring Timothée Chalamet as “Like a Rolling Stone” composer Bob Dylan, has cemented a box office milestone, notching $100 million in global ticket sales.

After seven weeks on the big screen, “A Complete Unknown” has grossed $70 million in North America and $30 million internationally for a grand total of $100 million. The R-rated film ranks as Searchlight’s sixth-highest grossing domestic release of all time and is expected to pass “Sideways” ($71.5 million) to crack the top five in the coming weeks.

James Mangold (“Walk the Line”) directed the movie, which reportedly cost between $60 million to $70 million to produce. Since movie theater owners get to keep roughly half of ticket sales, “A Complete Unknown” likely won’t turn a profit in its theatrical run. But still, it’s no small feat these days for specialty fare to crack the $100 million mark.

Searchlight opened “A Complete Unknown” on Christmas Day,...

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Absolutely great ahead of the Oscars, as James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is quite known around the world coursing past $100M at the global box office.

The eight-time Oscar nominated movie is now Searchlight Pictures’ No. 6 highest grossing title of all-time at the domestic box office with $69.5M behind Sideways ($71.5M) and it’s expected to strum to the Disney classic label’s fifth best ever in the coming weeks.

In its first weekend, the Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro movie repped Searchlight’s biggest opening since Disney acquired the company, quickly ranking as the second-largest opening in the studio’s history – just behind 2009’s Notorious ($20.4M).

In its second weekend, the film became Searchlight’s highest grossing film domestically since Disney acquired the company in early 2019 – surpassing 2022’s The Menu ($38.5M...

Set to go on trial in May on sex-trafficking charges and more, Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday has taken a $100 million swing at NBCUniversal and Peacock over what the rapper terms an “outrageous set of fresh lies and conspiracy theories.”

Specifically, the much accused Bad Boy Records founder is upset about how he was depicted and described in the damning Diddy: Making of a Bad Boy documentary that launched January 14 on the streamer.

“For nearly a century, NBC has been a trusted name in news, a leader in broadcasting important stories to citizens who depend on reputable media to stay informed,” proclaims the jury-trial-seeking defamation complaint, filed today in New York state court. “Grossly exploiting this trust and shamelessly capitalizing on the public’s insatiable appetite for content about Mr. Combs in the lead up to his criminal trial, Defendants made a conscious decision to line their own pockets at the expense of truth,...

Anthony Mackie is one of the most prolific actors working today, appearing in several critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning films but never earning an Oscar nomination himself. Over 11 years, he has gone from a supporting hero (The Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) to being Captain America himself, now leading the franchise. He is about to headline Captain America: Brave New World, a movie opening in theaters right in the heart of awards season, which Mackie has a few words about.

While speaking with Esquire, Mackie spoke about his own feelings regarding awards season, weighing in with quite a bit of confidence about being overlooked. “It’s always apropos for me when awards season comes up. Because I know I’ve done at least four performances that could have been nominated — if not for a Golden Globe, then an Oscar or an Emmy,” Mackie said. However, being given the role of Captain...

There are only so many directors in the annals of cinema who audiences know by name. Yes, movie buffs can rattle off the names of plenty of filmmakers, from Guillermo del Toro to David Lean and many, many others in between. But for regular audience members, there's only a few who earn the same name recognition of big-deal movie stars. Currently, there may only be four: Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese. Think all you like about these auteurs, but they've made so many excellent, memorable, iconic films that audiences know their work and their names so well you can just list out their surnames. 

However, due to the fact that all of these men continue to make films in the era of review aggregation online, and because there are so many critics from which to select when you visit sites like Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes, it's...

M. Night Shyamalan, the movie director behind films like The Sixth Sense, Signs and Trap, has been cleared of all charges after his colleague Francesca Gregorini sued him and Apple TV+'s crew of stealing the concept of her film The Truth About Emanuel and copying it to make Servant.

Days ago, Shyamalan testified in the trial where he was accused of stealing Gregorini's idea and said the entire situation was "100% a misunderstanding." Gregorini also spoke in the trial, and she said that Shyamalan and the writers not only copied the plot elements, but also a few shots from her movie as well. Per Variety's report of the trial and its outcome, this is what Shyamalan said to the jury:

"This accusation is the exact opposite of everything I do and everything I try to represent. I would have never allowed it. None of the people that I work with...

Director M. Night Shyamalan had his day in court and prevailed. A federal jury on Jan. 24 ruled in favor of the Signs director in a copyright trial that accused the filmmaker and Apple of stealing parts of an independent movie in the writing of the series Servant. Per Variety, the trial began on Jan. 14 and concluded on the 24th, with the jury ruling unanimously in favor of Shyamalan and Apple.

The weeklong jury trial took place in Riverside, California. Italian Director Franscesca Gregorini was seeking $81 million in damages and claimed that the Trap director stole plot elements from her film The Truth About Emanuel, which came out in 2013. Gregorini’s film was about a mother who cares for a doll as if it were a real child and who even has a nanny that goes along with the story. The Italian filmmaker said there were several similarities in the plot of her film and Servant.

A federal jury ruled unanimously in favor of M. Night Shyamalan and Apple on Friday, ending a copyright trial that saw the defendants accused of stealing elements from an independent feature in the writing of the streaming series “Servant.”

The seven-day trial in Riverside, Calif., which began Jan. 14., saw Italian-born director Francesca Gregorini seeking as much as $81 million in damages, alleging that Shyamalan and collaborators had lifted narrative elements of her 2013 film, “The Truth About Emanuel,” without credit.

Gregorini’s feature followed a delusional mother who treats a baby doll as if it were a real infant, along with a nanny who corroborates that false reality. Gregorini saw significant plot similarities between her own film and “Servant.”

Shyamalan testified Wednesday that he and the other creators of the show had never seen or heard of Gregorini’s film before the litigation, saying that the situation was “clearly, 100%, a misunderstanding.”

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After a four-decade career in films, Isabella Rossellini scored her first Oscar nomination on Thursday for her supporting role as a Vatican nun in “Conclave.”

The nomination places Rossellini in the Academy history books. She is the daughter of three-time Oscar-winning actress Ingrid Bergman. Her father, the Italian neorealist filmmaking legend Roberto Rossellini was also nominated once, in 1950 for his screenplay for “Paisan.”

Swedish acting legend Bergman is often cited as one of the greatest screen icons of all time, famed for her roles in “Casablanca,” “The Bells of St. Marys” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious.” She was a seven-time nominee who won three Oscars: two for Best Actress (“Gaslight” and “Anastasia”) and one for Best Supporting Actress (“Murder on the Orient Express”).

Rossellini’s nomination this year, in fact, comes on the 50th anniversary of her mother’s win for “Orient Express,” an all-star mystery film in which Bergman...

Exclusive: John Ridley, the Oscar winner behind 12 Years a Slave, is developing a feature take on Isaac Asimov’s 1954 sci-fi novel The Caves of Steel for 20th Century Studios, Deadline can reveal.

Ridley plans to direct Caves of Steel, having written the most recent draft of the script with Cheo Hodari Coker, the multi-hyphenate best known for creating Marvel’s recent Luke Cage series.

A landmark work of science fiction, which is the first in Asimov’s Robot series, The Caves of Steel introduces readers to a future Earth where humanity has retreated into vast, domed cities — known as the “Caves of Steel” — to escape the harshness of the outside world. The story follows Elijah Baley, a New York City detective who is reluctantly partnered with R. Daneel Olivaw, a humanoid robot, to solve the high-profile murder of a “Spacer” scientist. As Baley navigates the investigation, tensions arise between Earth’s overcrowded, robot-wary society and the more advanced Spacer civilizations, which embrace robotic integration.

Previously, BBC adapted the novel for television, with radio and game adaptations also emerging. Sources said Ridley’s film may also take inspiration from The Caves of Steel‘s sequels, The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn.

For Asimov, the Robot series captured a longtime interest in artificial intelligence, which produced his influential “Three Laws of Robotics.” Introduced in his 1942 short story “Runaround,” these laws have become a framework for discussing AI ethics and the challenges of programming intelligent systems to interact safely and effectively with humans.

Asimov’s “Three Laws” are discussed in I, Robot, the 2004 film starring Will Smith, which took inspiration (and its name) from the Russian-born author’s collection of short stories, published in 1950. One of the most prolific and influential writers in the history of science fiction, Asimov is also well known for his Foundation series, exploring the rise and fall of civilizations across a galactic empire, which inspired the Apple series, heading into its third season. Notably, he also co-wrote 1992’s The Positronic Man, which was adapted into the 1999 film Bicentennial Man starring Robin Williams.

Ridley won an Oscar for writing Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, earning three Emmy nominations for his work on American Crime, the anthology he created for ABC. Most recently, he wrote, directed, and produced Shirley, a biopic of the United States’ first Black congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm, for Netflix, which starred Academy Award winner Regina King. As a director, his other credits include series like Five Days at Memorial, Godfather of Harlem, Guerrilla and Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, as well as 2013’s Jimi: All Is by My Side. Ridley is also known for his work with DC Comics including “The Other History of the DC Universe,” “Gcpd: The Blue Wall,” and the recently released “Justice League: The Atom Project #1.”

Most recently writing on and co-producing Paris Barclay’s doc Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee of the same name, Coker has also worked on films like Notorious and Creed II, along with Southland, Ray Donovan and other series.

Ridley is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Rohner Walerstein; Coker by CAA and Literate Management/Production.

Anthony Mackie’s Last 5 At The Worldwide Box Office( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Anthony Mackie is ready to take on the responsibility bestowed on him by Chris Evans in Avengers: Endgame. He is returning as Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, in Captain America: Brave New World. The film is less than a month away from its release, and ahead of that, we are browsing through the new Captain’s last five films at the worldwide box office. Keep scrolling for more.

Mackie started his career with 2002’s music drama 8 Mile. The actor also played Tupac Shakur in Notorious, but his real fame and global recognition came with Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, where he first appeared as Sam Wilson. He is finally getting his standalone MCU movie, Captain America 4.

A report by Luiz Fernando revealed the advance booking condition of the upcoming MCU movie. Based on that,...

He was born Archibald Alec Leach in South West England on January 18, 1904. As a teen, he became attracted to show biz at an early age, becoming friends with a troupe of acrobats and doing odd jobs while hanging out backstage at theaters. At 16, he would travel by ship to the United States, where he would eventually change his name to Cary Grant after signing his first movie contract in 1931. He became one of the most admired and beloved leading men that Hollywood would ever produce.

Grant’s suave looks and elegant voice served him well when he started acting in films, but his artistry and nuance on screen matured considerably over the years. He would work with the master Alfred Hitchcock several times, including “North by Northwest,” “Notorious” and “To Catch a Thief.” Grant was also quite deft with comedy roles, including “His Girl Friday,” “The Awful Truth,” “Arsenic and Old Lace...

“I feel like this will all close in on me and I’ll disappear, which wouldn’t be such a bad fate, actually,” said “Emilia Pérez” writer/director Jacques Audiard as he surveyed the contents of the Criterion Closet.

The French filmmaker has been on a hot streak lately with his gonzo crime musical sweeping the European Film Awards last month and this month earning Outstanding Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes, as well as Outstanding Motion Picture – Non-English Language, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, and Outstanding Original Song for “El Mal.” To celebrate these wins and potential Oscar fortune, Audiard took a brief trip off the red carpet to Criterion’s offices in New York City, where he selected a bagful of cinema’s finest, including Fritz Lang’s expressionistic serial-killer thriller starring Peter Lorre, “M.”

“For me, Lang is synonymous with silent films, even...

A Complete Unknown North America Box Office: Beats All Eyez On Me ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Bob Dylan has beaten Tupac at the US box office! That is, Timothee Chalamet starrer A Complete Unknown has surpassed the late rapper’s biopic All Eyez On Me as one of the top 15 highest-grossing musical biopics of all time. Timothee Chalamet did a commendable job in the lead role, and the movie received multiple accolades, including nominations at the Golden Globes 2025. Scroll below for the deets.

All Eyez on Me was directed by Benny Boom, and it came out in 2017. The film stars Demetrius Shipp Jr. as Tupac, with Kat Graham, Lauren Cohan, Hill Harper, and Danai Gurira. Jamal Woolard reprises his role as Christopher “Biggie Smalls” Wallace / The Notorious B.I.G. from Notorious. The biopic was based on the life and death of the rapper. The movie collected $44.92 million domestically and $10.74 million overseas.

Last Updated on January 6, 2025

For movie and TV fans. The conclusion of the calendar year means scouring through a lot of best-of lists. But for those who truly want something to sink their teeth into, we go to Steven Soderbergh. But Soderbergh doesn’t bother telling us his favorite movies of the year; instead, he tells us everything he watched in those 365 days, from movies to individual episodes. So what did Steven Soderbergh sit down for in 2024?

Steven Soderbergh shared his annual Seen, Read list over the weekend, showing that he kicked off 2024 with Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation on January 4th (he read a book on the 2nd), along with a few episodes of Showtime’s The Curse. On his birthday, January 14th, Soderbergh treated himself to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

And just like his own filmography, the man jumped around genres quite a bit, hitting Hitchcock’s Notorious,...

We may be living in the golden age of television series, from jaw-dropping adaptations, revenge-fueled fantasies, gonzo thrillers, witty comedies, and dramedies, and the return of spectacular “dad” shows that set the gold standard in television programming.

Stars have been made, legends have been born, and “instant classic” has never been more relevant. Please read below FandomWire’s top 10 television series of 2024, and be sure to check out rankings of “The 20 Best Movies of 2024” and “The 10 Worst Movies of 2024,” as well.

FandomWire’s Top 10 Television Series of 2024! 10. Silo (Apple TV+) Rebecca Ferguson in Silo (2024), one of the 10 Best Television Series of 2024! | Image via Apple TV+

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The second season of the Apple TV+ streaming series Silo proves one undeniable truth — this Rebecca Ferguson-led show is the best science-fiction adventure series since Lost! A suspenseful, layered masterpiece, Silo presents world-building at its finest. Graham Yost’s (Justified) dystopian drama,...

It looks like there are two Christmas winners.

Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 both get to claim bragging rights to winning the holiday box office crown as a topsy-turvy year at the box office comes to a close — or sort of, anyway.

Mufasa topped the five-day holiday corridor (Wednesday through Sunday) with an estimated $63.8 million, versus an estimated $60.4 million for the Sonic threequel.

There’s a caveat, though. Sonic 3 narrowly beat Mufusa to win the three-day weekend with an estimated $38 million, versus $37.1 million for The Lion King sequel.

Both titles opened last weekend, with Sonic 3 becoming an instant crowd-pleaser and handily beating Mufasa. And on Friday, it raced past the $100 million mark domestically after topping the day with an estimated $12.6 million. Through Sunday, its domestic earnings were an estimated $137.6 million. Overseas, it launched to a series-best $74 million this weekend from 84 percent of...

Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” and Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” are duking it out for first place at the North American box office with each of the family friendly films bringing in roughly $60 million over the five days since Christmas.

Based on estimates, “Sonic 3” was ever-so-slightly ahead during the traditional weekend while “Mufasa” claimed No. 1 over the five-day stretch. Either way, both “Mufasa” and “Sonic 3” had plenty to celebrate over the Yuletide frame.

Meanwhile, two newcomers — the Focus Features “Nosferatu” remake and Searchlight’s Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” — started strong over the extended holiday period. Both films were well received by critics and launched above pre-release projections.

“Nosferatu,” directed by Robert Eggers and starring Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, opened in third place with $21.1 million over the traditional weekend and $40.3 million over its first five days of release. The studio reported that 40% of the audience...

Refresh for more…Mufasa continued to get from the count on Thursday, beating Sonic The Hedgehog 3, $12M to $11.55M. The 3-day and 5-days on these two family movies are expected to be close. Mufasa is currently looking to be the stronger at $58M. Running total through yesterday on Mufasa is $76.4M while Sonic 3 stands at $99.55M.

But enough about those filthy animals, the real story over the holiday are the classic labels, Focus Features and Searchlight which are both seeing record openings. Post Covid, Focus Features rose from the ashes this weekend to remind the town how hip they can make movies, the win here being Robert Eggers’ gothic vampire movie Nosferatu which is eyeing a $21.4M 3-day and $40.6M 5-day after $7.6M yesterday, the pic’s second day of release. At five days, that’s the biggest Focus Features opening ever, besting the Friday-Tuesday take of 2019’s Downton Abbey which did $38.4M.

On Sunday December 22 2024, National Geographic broadcasts 20/20!

Notorious: Ghislaine Maxwell Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “20/20” titled “Notorious: Ghislaine Maxwell” promises to provide an in-depth look at the life of Ghislaine Maxwell, a figure who has captured public attention in recent years. This episode will air on National Geographic and aims to explore her background, connections, and the controversies surrounding her.

Viewers can expect to learn more about Maxwell’s rise in social circles and her relationship with high-profile individuals. The episode will delve into her early life, education, and the events that led her to become a prominent socialite. It will also touch on her connections to Jeffrey Epstein and the legal challenges she has faced.

As the episode unfolds, it will likely present various perspectives on Maxwell’s life and actions. Through interviews, archival footage, and expert commentary, “20/20” aims to provide a comprehensive view of a woman...

Kevin Zegers is the newest addition to the cast of The Madison, the next installment in Taylor Sheridan’s growing Yellowstone universe.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions, The Madison is billed as a heartfelt study of grief and human connection, following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.

Zegers plays Cade, the new neighbor of Stacy Clyburn (Michelle Pfeiffer), who’s asked to look out for the place until the family shows up. In addition to Pfeiffer, the cast includes Patrick J. Adams, Elle Chapman, Matthew Fox, Beau Garrett, Ben Schnetzer and Amiah Miller, as previously announced.

Exec producers on The Madison include Sheridan, David C. Glasser, John Linson, Art Linson, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Christina Voros, Michael Friedman, Pfeiffer and Keith Cox.

Acting since age six, Zegers most recently took on the male lead opposite...

For the first 10 years of his movie acting career, Dwayne Johnson was hungry to earn his bonafides as a serious performer. Oh sure, he was more than willing to play to the cheap seats by starring in stuff like "The Scorpion King" and "Doom." But this was also the era in which the wrestling legend worked with "Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly on his gonzo cult curiosity "Southland Tales" and gleefully preened in front of a mirror as an out-and-proud gay bodyguard in F. Gary Gray's "Get Shorty" sequel "Be Cool." Having yet to establish a clean-cut brand for himself, the 2000s saw The Rock taking the kind of risks he would shirk for a decade after finally making it big in the movies.

That extended to Johnson's action films as well. When The Rock showed up as Luke Hobbs in 2011's "Fast Five" (only one of the...

Exclusive: Independent Artist Group has signed Naturi Naughton, the actress, singer, and producer best known for starring in Starz’s Power franchise, for representation.

At Iag, Naughton joins a roster already including many other top stars of the Power universe, including 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Michael Rainey Jr., Joseph Sikora, and Mekai Curtis. In Starz’s hit crime dramas Power and Power Book II: Ghost, the actress plays Tasha, the wife of nightclub owner and drug kingpin James ‘Ghost’ St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), who as a savvy and resourceful individual, is heavily involved in her husband’s drug empire. Her work in the franchise brought her two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, among other accolades. While Power wrapped years ago, sequel/spin-off series Power Book II: Ghost just concluded its four-season run in October.

In television, Naughton’s other notable credits include Mad Men,...

Dwayne Johnson's 2010 car-centric crime thriller Faster is now streaming on Netflix. At this point in his acting career, people have gotten used to what they can expect from a Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson film, which has provided millions with a safe choice to watch at the theater or on various streaming services. Johnson's most recent film Red One pairs him with another monolithic Hollywood actor, Chris Evans, who has also been known to take on more predictable roles following his exit from the MCU as Captain America.

While Johnson's highly-anticipated upcoming film The Smashing Machine will offer fans a rare dramatic role for the action star, Johnson's classic thriller Faster is now streaming on Netflix. Faster was directed by George Tillman Jr., known best for Men of Honor (2000) and Notorious (2009). Despite its title, Faster was not a part of the Fast & Furious franchise which Johnson eventually joined as...

From the brisk strains of Bernard Herrmann’s Antonin Dvorak-inspired opening theme to its concluding gag of a honeymoon train speeding into a tunnel, North by Northwest is the apotheosis of Alfred Hitchcock’s exploration of the wronged man on the run and functioned in 1959 as a summary of the Master of Suspense’s career to date.

Cary Grant, wearing his gray suit like natural skin, embodies smug New York ad executive Roger O. Thornhill, an aging, gin-swilling playboy whose swiftly established m.o. in romance and work is “expedient exaggeration.” Poetic justice strikes as he’s incredibly abducted from the Plaza Hotel bar by the henchmen of an urbane master spy, Phillip Vandamm, who’ve mistaken him for an undercover agent. Framed for a killing at the United Nations, Thornhill runs a cross-country gauntlet of lawmen and baddies, with time for a sleeping-car tryst with an ambiguously remote blonde,...

“The Dreamers,” “Y Tu Mamá También,” “Casablanca,” “Notorious,” hell, even “Titanic” — cinema loves a love triangle, and Justin Kuritzkes wrote the definitive one of 2024 with his script for Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers.”

That film put Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor in a psychosexual frenzy and turned tennis into a sweaty, propulsive metaphor for the games people play to get each other into and out of bed. Kuritzkes is back in Guadagnino land with his script for “Queer,” an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ 1985 novella about an expat’s heartache in Mexico City.

While that film, out November 27 from A24, isn’t explicitly a love triangle, you could argue that drugs and alcohol form one point in a triad between Lee (Daniel Craig) and elusive army vet twink Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey) as they keep trying to make a romantic connection work. Including a trip to the South American jungle looking for ayahuasca,...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ scandal seems to have ripped the cover of Hollywood within a few months. With several serious allegations having put him in a cell, the once music mogul is now one of the most controversial members of the music industry. However, it has become evident that if Combs is going down, he is not doing it alone.

Diddy in Mo Money Mo Problems with The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase | Credit: Bad Boy Records

More and more celebrities have started to get linked to his actions, even though all of it is speculation. From Beyoncé to Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian, and even Will Smith have been brought into the conversation. One of the more evident names being talked about has been Jennifer Lopez, considering they dated for a few years.

Recently, someone close to Lopez has spoken out in her defense, trying to clear her name amid all the controversy.

Wow, November got here fast. This year’s election cycle seemed shorter than usual. The presidential candidates were all but a foregone conclusion, until they weren’t. Now with election season finally here, things continue to be tense. Are smooth transitions between administrations a thing of the past, or has the fever from last cycle broken?

Despite the strange reality we live in now, politics have always been fertile ground for nerve-fraying anxiety. Whether that’s the paranoia of being under the all-seeing eye of the Nsa today, the tragedy of the assassinations in the 60s, or the scandals of the 70s, politics have never been for the faint of heart. Struggles for power rarely are.

Here’s some of our favorite political thrillers to put you in the right mood for election season:

War Room

For better or for worse, the documentary War Room defined ‘90s politics. Unlike the ‘80s,...

Many of the most popular espionage films that emerged as all-time classics emerged during the World War II era, in which the notion of secret agents performing secret missions became more widely accepted. Early Alfred Hitchcock films, such as Foreign Correspondent and Notorious, examined the web of intrigue involved with foiling plots by the Nazi Party. Espionage certainly did not evaporate upon the conclusion of World War II, as the political upheaval of the moment led to a heightened sense of paranoia among national leaders, many of whom did not communicate directly with one another. The attempts to hold the conductors of the Holocaust responsible for their actions is the basis of the underrated spy thriller Operation Finale, which featured terrific performances from Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley.

On Sunday, October 27, 2024, Clint Eastwood will premiere his fortieth feature directorial effort, "Juror #2," at the American Film Institute Festival. This feels like a landmark number. It's certainly a landmark achievement, given that Eastwood is 94 years old, an age at which most people are interred. So it's frankly despicable that Warner Bros-Discovery, headed by noted enemy of cinema David Zaslav, has chosen to unceremoniously dump "Juror #2" on 50 screens over its opening weekend, with no plans for expansion or an awards campaign.

While it's possible the film is not, in the eyes of its studio, an awards contender, it has a commercially viable hook (as evidenced by its compelling trailer) and a killer cast headed up by Nicholas Hoult. Moreover, it's a film by Clint Eastwood, a man whose films have earned WB loads of money over the last 50-plus years. He's had an office on the lot for nearly as long,...

In 1996, two notable blockbusters, each based on TV shows, were released by Paramount. On May 22, Brian De Palma's "Mission: Impossible" hit screens, detailing the adventures of super-spy Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as he went on the lam after being framed for killing his super-spy teammates. It was a massive hit and set the stage for a supra-action franchise that has lasted to this day. The film cost a sizeable $80 million to make but earned $457 million at the box office. 

Six months later, on November 22, the eighth film in the "Star Trek" franchise, "Star Trek: First Contact" was released to much acclaim. "First Contact," based on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," boasted a time travel plot wherein the U.S.S. Enterprise traveled back to the year 2063 to face off against the malevolent cyborgs known as the Borg. It wasn't as thoughtful or diplomatic as the show on which it was based,...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ recent arrest has brought his past controversies back to the limelight again. The disgraced rapper has allegedly been involved in many controversies over the years. He was allegedly also involved in the infamous East-West Coast feud back in the ’90s.

Diddy, who was the owner of Bad Boy Records and worked with Biggie, has repeatedly denied his involvement in the feud. He said that he thought he and Death Row Records founder Suge Knight were friends until he was called out by Knight at an awards show.

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Rapper and hip-hop mogul Diddy has had a reputation as a generous party host as well as a controversial individual allegedly involved in many feuds. The Bad Boy Records founder is best known for his collaborations with The Notorious B.I.G a.k.

50 Cent recently dropped the bomb about a docuseries named, Diddy Do It, amidst all the Sean Combs aka P Diddy chaos, as he gears up for his trial on racketeering and s-x trafficking charges. Thus, now all the eyes are on the relationship between the two rappers, 50 Cent and Diddy.

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It seems like everyone is diving into the drama, speculating on what really went down between these two hip-hop heavyweights. But an old clip now resurfacing showed Diddy has been dying for 50 to be his Bff! Here is everything on the situation!

Why Did P Diddy Want His Biggest Critic, 50 Cent, to Be His Friend?

The feud between 50 Cent and Sean “Diddy” Combs has been brewing for years, but it seems Diddy has a different perspective! A newly resurfaced clip from an old 99 Jamz radio interview shows...

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It’s been 30 years since The Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album Ready to Die was released, and the rapper’s music and legacy is being celebrated in a new collaboration with Timberland.

Biggie was one of the first rappers to start wearing Timberland boots, and is credited as one of the artists who helped to raise the profile of the footwear brand in both hip-hop and popular culture.

Warning: This article contains major spoilers for the 1946 movie, Notorious.

Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious is arguably the first in the genre of post-war Nazi political thrillers, but that wasn't necessarily intentional. Think of it as the strangest companion piece to Oppenheimer you've ever heard of. The timing couldn't be better for Rko Radio Pictures in 1946. Fresh off the war's end, this film envisioned rogue Nazis conducting a revenge terrorist attack.

Starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, this understated noir is deemed one of the director's finest, filmed at a time when he was still getting his footing in America thanks to the assistance of Rko boss David O. Selznick and writer Ben Hecht. It's a star-studded cast and crew for sure. However, it took the contribution of far more people than that to create the movie, and yet you won't find any scientists listed in the credits of Notorious.

All...

Actress Antonique Smith and activist Rev Yearwood have teamed up to launch Climate Revival, a new nonprofit using the power of music and celebrity to mobilize faith communities and people of color to get out the climate vote, both in the 2024 election and beyond.

The duo will host special event “Climate Revival: Live” in Washington, D.C., on Friday to kick off the initiative, featuring appearances from Leslie Odom Jr., filmmaker Maya Penn and Rep. Justin J. Pearson.

Smith — who has appeared in Rent on Broadway as well as onscreen in Luke Cage and 2009’s Notorious — will serve as CEO of Climate Revival, and has been a part of the climate movement for the last decade after seeing how her community was being affected. She points to a recent Yale study that found 68 percent of Black Americans live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant that causes asthma and cancer...

Born in Stockholm in 1915, Ingrid Bergman was working in Swedish and German films during the 1930s, when one of her Swedish films, 1936’s “Intermezzo,” caught the eye of powerful Hollywood producer David O. Selznick. He announced that he planned to remake “Intermezzo” in English and would bring Bergman to Hollywood to star. The only problem was that Bergman didn’t speak English, but she turned out to be a fast learner, and the combination of her work ethic and her radiant beauty put Bergman well on her way to becoming an authentic movie star.

Not only did Bergman become an audience favorite, but her acting skills earned her the respect of moviegoers and Hollywood producers alike. In the course of her four-decade film career, Bergman was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning three for “Gaslight,” “Anastasia” and “Murder on the Orient Express”. She is one of only six actors in...

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The Twin Marionettes are two bosses you can try to beat simultaneously in Zenless Zone Zero during a Chapter 3 mission from the game's main story. During "The Midnight Pursuit" questline, you'll have a chance to face these enemies once you save Hacker Rain. The synergy both bosses use together can overwhelm you easily if you aren't prepared to exploit some key weaknesses.

Although you can face the Twin Marionettes during the story mode, they also appear as weekly bosses in Zenless Zone Zero. You can challenge the Twins three different times during a week as part of the Notorious Hunt mode to farm rewards dropped by the dancing enemies. Once you learn how to defeat the Marionettes once, you might become efficient enough to take them down multiple times for great items.

[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in May 2023. It has since been updated with new entries in honor of the release of “Longlegs.”]

Movies offer an excellent excuse to ruminate on your deepest fears, and they’re certainly cheaper than therapy. So if you’re struggling with some deep mommy issues, why not cue up a matriarchal tale of terror and sort through some of that trauma in style?

Auteurs have been hashing out their issues with their mothers on the big screen for decades, to varying degrees of success. Consider mother-centric horror as its own subgenre, and you’ll notice there’s a tendency among filmmakers to take more than one stab at the thorny subject matter. Alfred Hitchcock used the real crimes of serial killer Ed Gein and added a profoundly morbid murder of a mother at a motel to brilliantly realize Norma and Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) for his exquisite “Psycho” in 1960, of course. But he’d whipped up something just as insidiously spectacular with Leopoldine Konstantin for his...

Weekly Notorious Hunt boss fights in Zenless Zone Zero offer S-rank upgrade materials without the use of stamina. The best teams for each boss are influenced by elemental strengths and weaknesses, with some options for easy-to-obtain characters. Preparation for the Notorious Hunt involves leveling up main Dps and Core Skills through material challenges for team success.

Zenless Zone Zero is another gacha game with weekly boss encounters, but its system can initially be confusing. Luckily, every other leveling system in Zenless is straightforward and relatively quick. The new gacha game even improves its systems by allowing players to choose how tough the fight is and receive more or less of the material. Also, after reaching Inter-knot level 30, a Custom Plan feature opens that allows enemy mixing for multiple material rewards.

These features are just one of the multiple quality-of-life improvements Zenless has brought to the genre. The new HoYoverse game...

“You’ve gone too far this time / But I’m dancing on the Valentine / I tell you somebody’s fooling around / With my chances on the danger line.” Those were the opening lyrics to “The Reflex” by the English new wave band Duran Duran. And 40 years ago this summer they helped the group score their first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. “The Reflex” may have been a “lonely child,” but the song propelled the group to unparalleled popularity at the time.

Originally formed in Birmingham, England, in 1978, Duran Duran actually had a bit of a rough start in their quest for mainstream success in the United States. None of the songs from their 1981 self-titled debut album made the Billboard chart, though “Planet Earth” and “Girls on Film” reached number-12 and number-five in the United Kingdom, respectively.

It wasn’t until the release of their 1982 sophomore album, “Rio,” that Duran Duran...

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Now that we’re used to HBO Max shedding the best part of its name to become just Max, we can concentrate on what really matters: the movies. Max’s impressive library includes most films released by Warner Bros., along with HBO original movies, plus titles from...

Exclusive: Sabrina Carpenter, who is prepping for the release of her new album Short n’ Sweet in August and the launch of her North American tour after that, will headline Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert. The exclusive event will premiere Friday, July 19 at 5 p.m. Pt exclusively in Meta Horizon Worlds’ Music Valley.

The 45-minute concert will feature Carpenter’s hit songs including “Espresso,” “Nonsense,” “Feather” and more. It is being produced by Gunpowder & Sky, which also produced Meta’s The Notorious B.I.G Sky’s the Limit: A VR Concert Experience. The latter event landed an Emmy last year in the category of Outstanding Emerging Media Program.

The Carpenter concert was filmed in Los Angeles and builds on the momentum of her Coachella performance in April, when she played both weekends. A teaser trailer of the VR concert (watch it above) shows off the distinctive baby blue motel set in 180 degrees.

A term credited to screenwriter Angus McPhail and popularized by none other than Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock, a MacGuffin is a historic movie plot device that drives a narrative. In its rawest and oldest definition, it's an object that's not particularly interesting to the audience or active in the plot. It's what the movie transpires around. Some of the earliest movie MacGuffins include music notes bearing a secret code in The Lady Vanishes and the mineral ore stored in wine bottles in Notorious. The term has even been retrospectively applied to much older texts.