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The new red band trailer for Mortal Kombat II has smashed records, racking up an incredible 106.8 million views worldwide in just its first 24 hours.

According to WaveMetrix data, the trailer dropped on Thursday, July 17 at 9 Am Pst and quickly became the most-watched red-band trailer ever. It launched in 68 countries and was available in 47 different languages. Fans are eagerly waiting for the movie’s release on October 24.

The original Mortal Kombat movie from 2021, also directed by Simon McQuoid, set a high bar by breaking records for red-band trailers with 116 million views in its first week. It even outperformed trailers for popular movies like Logan and Deadpool 2 in early viewership. That movie did well at the box office, too, earning $23.3 million in its opening weekend, despite being released simultaneously on HBO Max.

The new sequel won’t have the same streaming release, so fans will see how it performs with a pure theatrical launch.

From Michelle Branch’s cover of “Creep” in Season 2 to Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” in the Season 4 finale, “You” has always had great needle drops. From season to season, song to song, Netflix’s romantic thriller series always goes big with its tracklist and the Season 5 soundtrack is no different.

How packed is the “You” Season 5 soundtrack? Well, there’s another Taylor Swift song, a huge Olivia Rodrigo hit, one of Elton John’s most beloved classics and many, many more, including tunes from Chappell Roan, Hozier, Charli Xcx, Sade, Mitski and Nat King Cole. The list, truly, goes on. So here’s an episode-by-episode guide to all the songs in “You” Season 5.

Episode 1 “Too Sweet” by Hozier “One Night / All Night” by Justice/Tame Impala “If You Don’t Want My Love” by Jalen Ngonda “Your Love Is King” by Sade “Punika” by Delv!s “Burn My Bridges Behind...

Since becoming a viral star this summer thanks to a street interview in which she charmingly imparted graphic sex advice, Haliey Welch, a.k.a. “Hawk Tuah Girl,” has launched a podcast and an animal charity, carving out a pleasant niche for herself as an influencer. Being more online, of course, has allowed her to sustain and profit from her fame, though it has also led to some curious endorsements — Welch regularly touts the greatness of X (formerly Twitter), its owner, Elon Musk, and Tesla‘s troubled Cybertruck, to take a handful of interrelated examples.

Some new Honkai: Star Rail 2.6 leaks about specific Light Cones are making me particularly excited about the games future. The popular turn-based RPG by HoYoverse is about to enter Version 2.5, a new patch focused on the story arc taking place on the Xianzhou Luofu as the Alliance celebrates the Wardance Festival and deals with the escape of a notorious prisoner from the Shackling Prison. The release of Honkai: Star Rail 2.5 will also bring forth three new playable characters: Feixiao, Moze, and Lingsha. These new units should improve the overall state of team comps focused on follow-up attacks.

While players attention is shifting toward the arrival of Version 2.5, there are already leaks about several upcoming patches to the game. Most of these rumors tend to focus on future playable characters, such as Tingyuns new form and the new Herta form in Honkai: Star Rail. There are, however, leaks about other pieces of content,...

International documentary sales firm Cinephil has acquired “The Wolves Always Come at Night” from writer-director Gabrielle Brady, which will world premiere at Toronto Film Festival in Platform Competition. Variety is debuting the first-look clip.

Cinephil has worldwide rights excluding the U.K. (BBC Storyville), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Germany and France (Swr/Arte), and Mongolia (Guru Media).

The hybrid narrative-documentary follows the journey of a rural sheep herding family in Mongolia who are forced to give up their way of life after an extremely brutal winter. Herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg invited the film team into their personal lives as they went through this difficult transition, portraying themselves in the film and they are also credited as writers of the story.

Brady said: “The film entwines observational documentary moments with loosely composed scenarios where Daava and Zaya traverse their memories. As co-writers we have traced their experiences together.

Richard M. Sherman has passed away at age 95. Along with his brother, the legendary songwriter composed music for classic Disney hits including Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book. Sherman was a multitalented writer who also penned screenplays and stage musicals.

Richard M. Sherman has passed away. The legendary songwriter, who composed music alongside his brother Robert B. Sherman (who pre-deceased him in 2012 at age 86) as The Sherman Brothers, is best known for contributing music to more than a dozen classic Disney properties, both live-action and animated, including Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Sword in the Stone, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Over the years, the duo were nominated for nine Oscars, winning two, for Best Original Score for Mary Poppins and Best Original Song for "Chim Chim Cher-ee."

Per The Walt Disney Company, Richard M. Sherman passed away at the age of 95 due to age-related illness.

Hollywood is mourning the loss of actor Treat Williams, who died on Monday at age 71.

Williams, who starred in classic films like “Hair” and “Prince of the City”, as well as TV series like “Everwood”, died after being involved in a motorcycle accident in Vermont.

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As news of the actor’s passing broke, tributes began pouring in from his friends, collaborators and other stars.

Kim Cattrall, who worked with Williams on the TV movie “36 Hours to Die” shared a photo from the film, writing on Instagram, “I’m in shock! Rip Dear Treat,” sending condolences to the actor’s family.

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Matt Bomer, who played Williams’ son in “White Collar” also shared a lengthy tribute on Instagram, writing, “He’s one of the few actors...

Treat Williams, the versatile actor who starred as a New York City neurosurgeon who moves his family to Colorado on the WB series Everwood and in such films as Sidney Lumet’s Prince of the City and Milos Forman‘s Hair, died Monday in a motorcycle accident in Vermont. He was 71.

His agent, Barry McPherson of APA, confirmed Williams’ death in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

Williams, of Manchester Center, Vermont, was aboard a motorcycle and wearing a helmet when he collided with a car on Route 30 near Dorset, the Vermont State Police said in a statement.

An initial investigation indicated that the driver of the car “stopped, signaled a left turn and then turned into the path of a northbound 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle operated by Williams. Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany,...

"See How They Run" is a whodunit about whodunits, a murder mystery movie about a murder behind the scenes of a murder mystery play. And that's just the beginning of the movie's meta touches, which involve fictional detectives trying to solve a fictional crime committed during the staging of a very real show — the adaptation of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," which is still running to this day in London's West End. And that's before you get to the inside jokes about William Shakespeare and Tom Stoppard.

But you don't need to be a theater nerd to enjoy the basic pleasures of "See How They Run," which understands that casting Sam Rockwell as a down-on-his-luck detective and Saoirse Ronan as his eager, inexperienced protege is a recipe for a good time. The movie's drawl wit and compelling characters do their fair share of the heavy lifting.

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While we await the imminent release of the first Mortal Kombat trailer, actor Hiroyuki Sanada has provided some insight into his portrayal of beloved character Hanzo Hasashi Aka Scorpion, and it sounds like fans will be incredibly happy indeed. Sanada confirms that Scorpion will utter his famous catchphrases "Come here!" and "Get over here!" in the Mortal Kombat reboot, and that he relished in saying them.

Get an exclusive new look at Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion in the new #MortalKombatMovie. https://t.co/zsYH724XYz

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 18, 2021"He has two famous words, a punchline or something, that I really enjoyed."

Hiroyuki Sanada has not realized how popular this aspect of the character was until he saw the reaction from the rest of the crew in rehearsals.

"When I performed that signature move with the words in the rehearsal on set for the first time, I had a great...

Two weeks ago, Top Chef finalist and Crocadile Aficionado Angelo Sosa opened a new restaurant in midtown Manhattan called “Social Eatz” (Sic). Since Noah Garfinkel and I are both exquisite connoisseurs of fine cuisine, Top Chef, and putting the letter Z on the end of thingz, we decided to take a trip to the Asian-inspired snack-food jaunt to sample some real-life Top Chef cooking, just like our moms (the lesbians from Top Chef Season 4) used to make. Social Eatz — named for its laid-back-but-upscale ambiance and also Z — is located at 53rd st and 2nd Avenue, right in the heart of Manhattan’s “What The F*ck Is Over Here After 5 pm, Werewolves Or Something?” District. When we arrived at the restaurant, we couldn’t help but immediately notice that it’s conveniently located right next to a not-unpornographic DVD depot: Immediately after entering, Noah used the bathroom to “wash his...