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In a heartfelt tribute to her late mother, Kelly Preston, Ella Bleu Travolta has released her latest single, “Little Bird,” which reflects on her grief and memories.

The song is featured on her upcoming EP, Colors of Love. At 24, the only daughter of John Travolta and Kelly Preston shared in an interview with People magazine that the experience of creating the track helped her feel her mother’s presence.

“I definitely felt [Preston] watching over me,” Ella told People, adding, “I knew that she was really proud of this whole process and of me.”

Processing Grief Through Music

Ella explained that growing up in the public eye brought attention, especially when dealing with personal loss. “There’s definitely the natural support and global support that comes with that,” she said.

However, this attention also brought external expectations about how she should feel or process her emotions. Despite the outside noise,...

John Travolta’s daughter Ella Bleu Travolta paid tribute to her late mother Kelly Preston with a touching new song, “Little Bird.”

In the ballad, Ella sings about the weight of grief, wishing she could hear mom say, “My little bird, don’t you cry, hear my lullaby it’ll be alright.” The visuals accompanying the song feature a compilation of home videos giving a glimpse at the Travolta family’s joyful moments, including birthdays, plane rides, trips to Times Square’s since-shuttered Toys R Us and swims in their pool.

A day before releasing the track, Ella wrote on Instagram, “‘Little Bird’ is about a beautiful time in my life. I spent the last two years thinking about what I wanted this song to be, only for it to be written over night. This song is about the celebration of life.”

Her dad commemorated the song’s release on social media,...

Update: The "Megalopolis" trailer was pulled by Lionsgate after it came to light that it included made-up quotes from critics. "Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for 'Megalopolis,'" a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement provided to Variety. "We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process. We screwed up. We are sorry." The rest of this article has been left as it was originally written.

Francis Ford Coppola may very well be our greatest living filmmaker, so the looming release of his first feature in 13 years would be a major cinematic event at any juncture in his career. That he is 85 years old and spent $120 million of his own money to finance it makes it a one-of-a-kind risk — one that, judging from the reviews out of last May's Cannes Film Festival,...

Mike Will Made-It is dropping his first solo album in seven years — and hitting reset. On Friday, the legendary rap producer released the single “high3r” featuring heavyweights Lil Wayne and Lil Yachty, off his upcoming LP, R3SET.

“Sometimes you just gotta hit the reset button,” Mike Will tells Rolling Stone of the LP. “R3SET to me doesn’t mean starting over, it means setting up to Release All New Songs Orchestrated by Me again.” (The capitalization in his quote are a reference to his debut album in 2014, Ransom.

One would be forgiven for not knowing it, but a new exorcism movie starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe hit theaters this past weekend. No, we're not talking about last year's "The Pope's Exorcist." Rather, we are talking about a brand new film from Vertical Entertainment simply titled "The Exorcism" that was, more or less, dumped after sitting on the shelf for several years. Unfortunately, the film is a flop in the early going by most metrics. However, it now holds a record for the folks at Vertical, representing the company's biggest opening weekend ever, amazingly enough.

Director Joshua John Miller's "The Exorcism" opened to $2.4 million, coming at number seven on the charts behind John Krasinski's "If" ($2.7 million), a movie in its sixth weekend in theaters that is already on VOD. Not exactly a blockbuster. That said, the number was big enough to overtake 2018's "Gotti" ($1.7 million) to become Vertical's biggest opener.

Quick Links The Dreaded PG-13 Rating A Mobster Movie that Doesn't Understand Mobsters Outdated Tropes and Wasted Talent Forced Humor 1995's Get Shorty nailed the mob-movie formula, adding a Hollywood twist to old mobster tropes, taking full advantage of the source material. The sequel, Be Cool, lacked the same attention to detail and charisma that defined the first movie, in part due to its inexplicable choice to aim for a PG-13 rating. Be Cool lacks an understanding of the mobster mentality, relying on a generic, safer brand of comedy to tell a more conventional story that impressed very few Elmore Leonard readers or fans of the first film.

Concocting the perfect gangster movie is harder than it looks. "Don't ever take sides with anyone against the family," and "Dont get high on your own supply," are lines that immortalized The Godfather and Scarface in the crime genre and pop culture.

When I first moved to New York in 2017, I made a work friend who quickly became a close friend. One of the many things we bonded over was a shared love of John Travolta's lesser known movies. More specifically, I was impressed at how much joy my new friend was able to derive from the actor's career. I'd be lying if I said that joy stemmed from a genuine appreciation of the man's work, but I think he harbored a strange kind of respect for Travolta, as if any man who could put out "Look Who's Talking Now" or "Gotti" and still maintain some sort of career was deserving of admiration. As such, we planned a massive Travolta marathon which we sadly never got around to.

But if we ever did get around to taking a journey through the dregs of Travolta's career, Rotten Tomatoes might be a decent guide.

Finding success in TV and film during the 1970s, back when he was still in his early 20s, John Travolta is one of those actors who feels like hes been around and in films both good and bad forever. Its a career thats seen its share of ups and downs, as well as comebacks and misfires across the board. Films like Gotti, Battlefield Earth, and The Fanatic are notoriously bad, sure, but Travoltas also been front and center of some classics in his time.

Why did Lala Kent’s ex-fiance, Randall Emmett direct an A-lister film under a fake name? He has made his presence known in Hollywood for many years so why would he choose a name change? Keep reading for more details on what transpired for this to happen.

Why Did Lala Kent’s Ex Direct A-Lister Film Under Fake Name?

Lala Kent met Randall Emmett when he came to dine at Sur where she was a hostess. She was also an aspiring actress and he wanted her in one of his films. From there, it was history but he was filled with secrets. She had no idea that he was still married to Ambyr Childers with whom he had two daughters. They were traveling together and living their best lives so how could she have known he had left his family behind? After he officially got divorced, Lala and Randall got engaged,...

Although now he primarily stars in low-budget crime films, action thrillers, and future cult classics (such as the bizarre stalker film The Fanatic and the misguided mafia biopic Gotti), its easy to forget that John Travolta was once the most popular young romantic heartthrob of his generation. Travolta had immediately established himself as an actor of charisma, humor, and dramatic intensity with his roles in Carrie, Saturday Night Fever, and Grease, which showed that he could apply his unique personality to nearly any genre scenario. However, long before directors like John Woo and Quentin Tarantino put him back on the map, Travolta showed that he had what it took to be a leading man in James Bridges romantic drama Urban Cowboy. It wasnt just the most mature role that Travolta had ever done before, but the film proved that he was willing to question the identity he had so carefully constructed within his past roles.

‘Superman’ is currently the most anticipated upcoming Dcu project, even preceding the release of the Creature Commandos. After months of speculation and planning, James Gunn joyfully announced that ‘Superman’ had commenced principal photography on February 29th, coinciding with Superman’s birthday, in Svalbard, Norway’s Adventdalen Valley, chosen for its Arctic resemblance and natural beauty.

Regarding the cast, 90% of the lineup has been unveiled. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent/Superman, with Michael Holt as Lex Luthor. Rachel Brosnahan portrays Lois Lane, and Isabela Merced plays Hawkgirl. Edi Gathegi takes on Mister Terrific, while Nathan Fillion embodies Guy Gardner/Green Lantern. Anthony Carrigan appears as Rex Mason/Metamorpho, María Gabriela de Faría as Angela Spica/Engineer, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, and Sean Gunn as Maxwell Lord.

The main cast for the upcoming Superman reboot was finalized months ago, and today, it was revealed that...

‘Superman’ is currently the hottest upcoming Dcu project, despite the Creature Commandos being released first. Now after months of speculation and planning, Gunn was overjoyed to announce that ‘Superman’ had begun principal photography on February 29th which was, coincidentally, Superman’s birthday, in Svalbard, Norway’s Adventdalen Valley. The location was chosen for its resemblance to the Arctic and natural beauty.

As far as the cast goes, 90 % of names have already been revealed. So far, the main cast consists of David Corenswet, who will portray Clark Kent/Superman with Michael Holt as Lex Luthor on the opposite side. Rachel Brosnahan takes on the role of Lois Lane, while Isabela Merced is set to play Hawkgirl. Edi Gathegi will depict Mister Terrific, and Nathan Fillion will bring to life Guy Gardner/Green Lantern. Anthony Carrigan is cast as Rex Mason/Metamorpho, María Gabriela de Faría as Angela Spica/Engineer. Sara Sampaio...

It's now been revealed who will be playing Jonathan Kent, Clark's adoptive father, in James Gunn's Superman. Character actor Pruitt Taylor Vince, known in part for his role in The Walking Dead, has been cast in the role.

The news comes to us from TheWrap. It's the latest casting for Vince, who played the role of Otis — the character who shoots Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) — in the second season of The Walking Dead. He also had recurring roles in other shows like The Mentalist, Heroes Reborn, Stranger Things, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he won an Emmy for his role in the TV series Murder One. In film, he memorably played Father Hennessy in Keanu Reeves' Constantine. The actor has also appeared in other movies like Monster, Gotti, and Bird Box.

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It is ideal to go big or go home when making a movie. This idealist attitude swings both ways, as instead of creating a cinematic masterpiece, you create a hilariously awful movie that is forever canonized. Perhaps it's more advantageous to be comically inept rather than forgettably inept, but with a film like Gotti, being a film of such poor quality is concerning. This film aspires to be a modern gangster film classic. While the genre has produced some of the great films in history--ones that are timeless and revisited by multiple generations of viewers, misguided attempts at reaching the same heights as The Godfather and Goodfellas often result in colossal creative failures. Simply put, Gotti got everything wrong, and that's why it developed the same notoriety as its titular subject.

Dan Wallin, the music scoring engineer who recorded such classic film scores as “Spartacus,” “Bullitt,” “The Wild Bunch” and “Out of Africa,” died early Wednesday in Hawaii. He was 97.

Twice Oscar-nominated for best sound (1970’s “Woodstock” and 1976’s “A Star Is Born”), he won a 2009 Emmy for sound mixing on the Academy Awards telecast and received two additional Emmy nominations in the sound mixing category.

But it was Wallin’s skill behind the console, recording and mixing musical scores for movies and TV, that won him legions of fans among nearly all of Hollywood’s top composers and ensured steady employment for more than half a century.

He recorded the music for an estimated 500 films, including those for “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “Finian’s Rainbow” in the 1960s; “The Way We Were,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Nashville,” “King Kong” and “Saturday Night Fever” in the 1970s; “Somewhere in Time,” “The Right Stuff...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has accomplished a fair bit in his life. The man came over from Austria having served in the army, claimed the Mr. Olympia title a full seven times, then launched one of the most successful Hollywood careers in the history of the industry, before becoming governor of California and finding time to marry a Kennedy in the process. But surely what he's really concerned with are his Rotten Tomato scores.

Having recently starred in his own Netflix series, "Fubar," recounted his remarkable life in the streamer's "Arnold" documentary, and whipped Jake from State Farm into shape for a Super Bowl commercial, the Austrian Oak is now gearing up for his Christmas comedy with "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson. But between all this stuff, you've got to imagine that Arnie was eager to hurry back to his trailer and pore over the pages of Rt, desperately scouring for the latest...

It is possible that one day an excellent narrative feature in the vein of The Big Short, BlackBerry, Dumb Money or Margin Call will be made about MoviePass, a company built––and destroyed––by several larger-than-life figures. For now, we have Muta’Ali’s documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash, which provides a broad overview of the deal everyone knew was too good to be true: a company that, for about a year, was so obsessed with subscriber growth that they offered customers the chance to see one movie per day for only $9.95 month.

Inspired by a series of Business Insider articles, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt along with other company––insiders including Mitch Lowe, the man who would ultimately take Spikes’ position. In a bit of good luck, Muta’Ali gets the interview with Lowe just weeks before he’s indicted on securities fraud alongside Ted Farnsworth,...

Nerene Virgin, the actress, news presenter, anti-racism advocate and educator known for her work on the beloved Canadian kids TV show Today’s Special, has died. She was 77.

Virgin died Jan. 15 at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario, her family said. No cause of death was provided.

“Nerene achieved remarkable success, captivating audiences with her versatile performances that showcased both depth and authenticity,” Tvo, Ontario’s public broadcaster, said in a statement. “She has left an indelible mark on many who grew up watching the show and on everyone she encountered and who had the privilege of working with her.”

“She just wanted to be remembered for the fact she was so genuine and wore different hats. She could do anything she wanted,” her husband, Alan Smith, said in an interview with CBC News: The National on Saturday.

During the early 1980s, Virgin became a breakout star playing the character of Jodie,...

Step into the underworld as National Geographic presents “The Rise and Fall of Gotti,” airing at 11:35 Am on Sunday, January 14, 2024. This captivating documentary unfolds the gripping saga of one of the most notorious crime families in American history.

The description remains a tantalizing mystery, leaving viewers intrigued about the details surrounding the rise and fall of the Gotti family. Known for their influence in organized crime, the Gotti saga is rich with drama, power struggles, and the inevitable downfall that accompanies a life of crime.

National Geographic, a trusted name in factual storytelling, promises a deep dive into the dynamics of the Gotti family, offering viewers an unfiltered look into their criminal empire. From the heights of power to the inevitable clashes with law enforcement, “The Rise and Fall of Gotti” ensures a riveting journey through the criminal underworld. Don’t miss this opportunity to unravel the complexities of...

More than 40 movies have a 0% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, meaning they received only negative reviews. Two of the movies with 0% critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes actually have positive audience score. John Travolta has the dishonor of starring in three movies with 0% Rotten Tomatoes scores: Staying Alive, Look Who's Talking Now!, and Gotti. Bruce Willis stars in two movies without a single positive review.

As bad as some movies are, it's difficult to earn a 0% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, but there are still plenty of films that have achieved this dishonorable feat. From cult classics to Oscar-worthy dramas, films are examined in exhaustive detail, always with an eye for both their strengths and weaknesses. Within this sea of critique, however, stands a rare group of movies that, according to Rotten Tomatoes, failed to impress a single critic. While many of these movies deservedly missed the mark due to their amateur production,...

The Motion Picture Sound Editors said today that Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Dane A. Davis will receive its 2024 Career Achievement Award during its 71st annual Golden Reel Awards in March.

Davis is known for his Oscar winning work on The Matrix, and for his creative contributions to that film’s sequels and scores of other films and television shows.

“With his work on The Matrix, Dane Davis set a new standard for how to use sound to create worlds, add impact to stories, and arouse the emotions of the audience,” said Mpse President Mark Lanza. “Since then, he has continued to innovate across features, animation, television, and other mediums. We are excited to recognize his unique accomplishments with our annual Career Achievement Award.”

Davis has been a sound designer and sound editor for more than 40 years with over 180 film, television, and game credits. Along with his Oscar for The Matrix,...

Heading into the 81st Golden Globe Awards, legendary performer Harrison Ford is eligible for two different small screen prizes – Best TV Drama Actor and Best TV Supporting Actor – thanks to his respective turns on the inaugural seasons of “1923” and “Shrinking.” These possible dual bids would come 22 years after he was named the 48th recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille career achievement award and make him a proper Golden Globe competitor for the first time since 1996. Given the fact that 33 other DeMille awardees will have preceded him in subsequently landing regular nominations, it only makes sense to analyze those instances to determine just how great his chances of victory at the 2024 ceremony really are.

Until “1923” premiered on Paramount Plus last December, the 81-year-old Ford had never appeared in a regular capacity on a TV program of any kind. Within six weeks, however, he was officially a multi-series star showcasing...

Crime and mafia movies have had a major cultural appeal due to their exploration of dangerous and exciting aspects of life that appeal to audiences. Actors like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have made a name for themselves in the gangster genre, with De Niro having the highest quantity of acclaimed starring roles. Other actors like Michael Madsen, Frank Vincent, Edward G. Robinson, Chazz Palminteri, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Humphrey Bogart, and James Cagney have also made significant contributions to the gangster genre with their memorable performances.

Crime and mafia movies defined the film industry for decades, with certain actors making their careers out of playing villainous gangster characters. With organized crime and the Mafia so prevalent in American news in the 20th century, it's no wonder the genre garnered a mass cultural appeal. Exploring criminals and the darker aspects of life allows audiences to escape into something dangerous and exciting,...

Netflix's Get Gotti offers viewers an inside look into the FBI's crusade to bring down notorious Gambino family crime boss John Gotti. The three-episode docuseries features interviews from both members of law enforcement and former Gotti associates, while also providing insight into a wide cast of characters who made lucrative livings throughout the '80s and '90s as members of New York City's criminal underground.

Now, Joe Pesci may not be among those characters, but he does actually have a connection to a couple of the mobsters mentioned in Get Gotti. Well, a movie role-based connection, anyway. Over the years, Pesci's penchant for playing tough guys and mobsters on the big screen provided him with the opportunities for roles based on real criminals in the Teflon Don's orbit. One of those roles earned Pesci the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The other resulted in...

One would be forgiven for having absolutely no idea that a new action/comedy starring Jon Cena and Alison Brie hit theaters this past weekend. "Freelance" did, indeed, arrive in more than 2,000 theaters and was straight-up buried by the horror sensation that is "Five Nights at Freddy's." It would be one thing for a movie to come in second -- or even third place -- against a blockbuster release like that. Unfortunately for those behind this film, however, it barely made it into the top 10.

Relativity Media's "Freelance" opened to just $2 million, coming in at number eight on the charts for the weekend, per The Numbers. It made less than "The Nightmare Before Christmas" ($2.1 million), which is in the second weekend of its 30th anniversary re-release, and little more than "Saw X" ($1.7 million), which has been in theaters for five weekends. The worst news of all? Cena and Brie's...

Sal Polisi played a significant role in the Italian American Mafia and New York organized crime scenes, being associated with both the Gambino and Colombo crime families. Polisi became disillusioned with the Mafia and eventually aided the feds in their pursuit of mobsters like John Gotti, testifying against his former associates in several trials. After his involvement with the Mafia, Polisi has become a successful public speaker, author, and Hollywood producer while running Ubatz Productions with his wife.

Sal Polisi's role within the mob as a whole — and what happened to him after John Gotti's trial — is one of the more compelling aspects of Get Gotti. Salvatore "Crazy Sal" Polisi was an associate of both the Gambino and Colombo crime families, which led him to leave an indelible mark on the Italian American Mafia and New York organized crime scenes. As portrayed in Netflix's three-part docuseries, John Gotti killed Paul Castellano,...

While there is rarely any enjoyment to be found in watching an awful film, there is something uniquely maddening about the experience of sitting through Entourage actor Kevin Connolly’s 2018 biopic Gotti. The film’s script is such a jumbled and incoherent mess that it’s tempting to think the screenwriters tossed their scene cards into the air and assembled them at random. The movie is riddled with gangster clichés that make it feel like a parody. But perhaps worst of all is the film’s inexplicable and immoral level of sympathy for its murderous titular character. This bizarre glorification of a mobster is ultimately what elevates Gotti from a misfire to a film that is arguably bad for humanity, and one that has received a devastatingly rotten score of 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

While there is rarely any enjoyment to be found in watching an awful film, there is something uniquely maddening about the experience of sitting through Entourage actor Kevin Connolly’s 2018 biopic Gotti. The film’s script is such a jumbled and incoherent mess that it’s tempting to think the screenwriters tossed their scene cards into the air and assembled them at random. The movie is riddled with gangster clichés that make it feel like a parody. But perhaps worst of all is the film’s inexplicable and immoral level of sympathy for its murderous titular character. This bizarre glorification of a mobster is ultimately what elevates Gotti from a misfire to a film that is arguably bad for humanity, and one that has received a devastatingly rotten score of 0 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Since the Silent Era, theatrical releases have been a prime pastime, thanks to larger-than-life stories and the sense of silent community in theaters. Because of this dominance, big-screen films tend to overshadow many made-for-tv movies, regardless of quality. Such films get commissioned by networks or streaming services and are often produced on lower budgets, but shouldn't be scoffed at.

Despite the medium's undue reputation as being worse in quality, plenty of fabulous made-for-tv films have been made. The best have great plots, thought-provoking dialogue, and performances that elevate the material beyond the smaller screen viewing.

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Gotti (1996)

The movie industry has churned out dozens of critically-acclaimed gangster movies. Surprisingly, no one ever covered the story of one of the most infamous Cosa Nostra figures until the second half of the ‘90s. The HBO flick — adapted from Gotti: Rise and Fall by Gene Mustain...

Vampires are taking a wacky bite out of summer. In Season 5 of FX and Hulu’s “What We Do In The Shadows,” Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) looks for a vampire who can give him the transformation that Nandor the Relentless has kept from him. But it may not go as planned. The beloved comedy, which takes a mockumentary look at four vampires living in Staten Island, returns on July 14.

Check out the Season 5 trailer of “What We Do In the Shadows”:

Another highly anticipated return coming to Hulu in July is the latest season of long-running animated series “Futurama.” The show’s first four seasons aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003, it was then picked up by Comedy Central for three seasons from 2008 to 2013. Now, nearly a decade later, the Mike Judge-created series will return for the first half of the 20-episode Season 8 on July 24 with the original voice cast.

The upcoming action crime thriller, Mob Land, directed by Nicholas Maggio, teases an electrifying narrative in its newly released official trailer and exclusive poster. The gripping film unfolds against the backdrop of a small country town, torn asunder by the merciless drug trade and the relentless kingpins that orchestrate it.

Mob Land will be led by John Travolta along with a versatile ensemble of cast that includes Kevin Dillon, Shiloh Fernandez, Stephen Dorff, and Ashley Benson. With a crew mentioned working behind the film, it is primed to deliver a potent cocktail of drama, action and suspense.

The story centers around John Travolta’s character. Here he plays a dedicated local sheriff who is fully devoted in upholding the peace and safety of his town amidst the violent chaos. Travolta, an accomplished actor with a robust portfolio of memorable roles, slips into the shoes of this dedicated lawman with apparent ease.

“Jeanne du Barry,” the much-discussed Cannes opening night film featuring Johnny Depp as Louis Xv, has been acquired for North American distribution. Vertical grabbed rights to the Maïwenn-directed drama, which stars the writer/director as Jeanne Vaubernier. Vaubernier was a working-class woman in 18th Century France who rose in the social ranks and became King Louis Xv’s lover.

The co-writers are Teddy Lussi-Modeste and Nicolas Livecchi and the film’s producers are Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat. The production companies are Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, La Petite Reine, Impala Productions, Les Films de Batna, In.2 Film, and Les Films du Fleuve. Below-the-line talent on the film includes cinematographer Laurent Dailland, editor Laure Gardette, production designer Angelo Zamparutti, costume designer Jürgen Doering, and composer Stephen Warbeck.

Johnny Depp in ‘Jeanne du Barry’

“’Jeanne du Barry’ was by far the most talked about film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...

At the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday, six titles — not counting midnight screenings or the TV series The Idol — will screen “out of competition,” meaning with a big red carpet premiere and the heavy media coverage that accompanies one, but without eligibility for festival prizes.

They include fest opener Jeanne du Barry, starring Johnny Depp (following in the footsteps of star vehicles ranging from 2011’s The Beaver to 2018’s Gotti); fest closer Elemental, from Pixar (animated pics are almost never invited into competition); franchise flick Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (a 2008 Indiana Jones pic also screened out of competition, as have installments of Kill Bill, Matrix, Oceans, Star Wars and X-Men); and cineastes’ most highly anticipated title, Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.

Among those, Killers is a unique case, in that fest director Thierry Fremaux revealed in April that it was — and remains — invited to screen in competition.

Can MoviePass give movie theaters an even bigger boost on the second go-around? The newly rejuvenated subscription-based program is attempting a slow-rolling comeback.

They recently nabbed additional seed funding from Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based game software, blockchain and venture capital company. The seed round also included Claritas Capital, Emerald Plus, Gaingels, Harlem Capital, Pko Vc and Sandhill Angels. More financing rounds are expected at the end of 2023 or in 2024.

“10 a month for unlimited movies at any participating theater was always doomed,” co-founder, former owner and now current CEO Stacy Spikes argued during a conversation with TheWrap.

Spikes, whose book “Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider” debuts on Jan. 24, stated that “unless you own the theaters, you need some kind of variable pricing. One thing I can tell you is that putting the price below a single ticket just wasn’t logical.”

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Exclusive: Oscar-winning screenwriters Bobby Moresco (Crash) and Nick Vallelonga (Green Book) have partnered with Midnight Run scribe George Gallo and John Gotti Jr. to develop the series Betrayal examining John Gotti and the Fall of La Cosa Notra.

The New York gangster—otherwise known as the Teflon Don, the Dapper Don—was a Caesar, an Emperor… a King. His flamboyant lifestyle and frequent public trials as the head of the Gambino crime family, which controlled New York’s largest organized-crime syndicates, made him not only a prominent figure in the 1980s and ’90s, but also one of the most well-known organized crime bosses in American history. Gotti’s rise from a loyal soldier to Boss of Bosses, and ultimately to his sentencing to life imprisonment after being betrayed by his underboss, Sammy Gravano, is legendary.

The story being packaged as a limited series will differ from past incarnations of Gotti...

Exclusive: Reid Miller (Joe Bell), Jonathan Silverman (Good Girls), Marguerite Moreau (Wet Hot American Summer) and Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks) have signed on to star in the indie Feeling Randy, marking the solo directorial debut of veteran cinematographer Dean Lent.

The film inspired by Lent’s own youth follows Randy (Miller), who amid family turmoil, heads off with his high school buds on a road trip to uncover their emerging sexuality in 1970s California. Silverman and Moreau will play Randy’s parents, with Mulkey as his understanding teacher. Richard Riehle, Tyler Lawrence Gray, Kerrice Brooks, Shane Almagor, Blaine Kern III and O. Hibbs Wyman will round out the cast.

Lent penned the script, with Salome Breziner on board to produce under her Semblance banner. Production is underway in the Los Angeles area.

Miller is best known for starring alongside Mark Wahlberg and Connie Britton in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s drama Joe Bell for Roadside Attractions.

Exclusive: Chris Mulkey (On the Basis of Sex, Captain Phillips) has signed on to a starring role in The Redeemer, the indie Western from writer-director Myles Clohessy, which is heading into production in Montana later this month.

The two-time Independent Spirit Award nominee joins a cast that includes Titus Welliver, Brandon Routh, SAG Award winner Robert Clohessy, Mo Brings Plenty, Eddie Spears, Golden Globe nominee Irene Bedard, Timothy V. Murphy and newcomer Baylee Toney, as previously announced.

The Redeemer tells the story of Butch (Mulkey), a washed up war hero in 1880s Montana who embark on a life-or-death rescue mission into the frontier, alongside his estranged son Garrett (Routh), to save his Indigenous wife Aponi (Bedard) and daughter-in-law (Toney), after they’re kidnapped by a gang of violent outlaws led by the formidable former Calvary Captain Randall Ferguson (Murphy). But a harsh winter, the horrors and dangers of the frontier,...

John Travolta is honoring his late wife Kelly Preston on what would have been her 59th birthday. The 67-year-old actor took to Instagram on Oct. 13 and shared a throwback photo of the actress smiling and waving at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where she was promoting their movie Gotti. "Happy Birthday Kelly," he captioned the picture. "We miss and love you very much." This isn't the first time Travolta has paid tribute to Preston on her birthday since her passing. Last year, he marked the occasion by sharing two side-by-side photos: one of the couple on their wedding day and one of his parents at their nuptials. "Happy Birthday hon!" he wrote at the time. "I found...

To clear things up right away, no, it’s not that “Gotti.” But the news is bizarre nonetheless, though perhaps welcome for fans of HBO‘s critically acclaimed 1996 mob movie “Gotti,” as a sequel has been announced with the mealy-mouthed title of “Gotti II: The Final Chapter, Facts Undisputed.” The Oscar-winning writer of, uh, “Green Book,” Nick Vallelonga, will be writing it.

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A sequel to the 1996 TV movie "Gotti" about mobster John Gotti is in the works, with Nick Vallelonga (who co-wrote and produced "Green Book") and George Gallo (who wrote "Midnight Run") signed on to write.

Armand Assante, who won an Emmy for a Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his portrayal in the original, is set to reprise his title role in "Gotti 2: The Final Chapter, Facts Undisputed." The news was announced by the sequel's executive producer Michael Mota at the MobMovieCon event in Atlantic City Friday.

The 1996 film "Gotti" and this latest sequel is not to be confused with the 2018 John Travolta film "Gotti," which famously scored a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and stands as one of the review aggregator's worst reviewed movies of all time.

The TV movie "Gotti: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Mafia Don" aired on HBO and was a...

John Gotti got his nickname, “The Teflon Don,” because it took forever for lawyers to get charges to stick. Armand Assante, the actor who played the iconic New York City outlaw in HBO’s original crime film Gotti: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Mafia Don, is also in for the long haul. Assante will reprise his role in the upcoming Gotti Il: The Final Chapter, Facts Undisputed, it was announced at the event “Gotti: The Reunion,” which kicked off the MobMovieCon and SopranosCon weekend at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic City.

“Gotti II, the long-awaited sequel to the 1996 multiple PrimeTime Emmy Award-winning Gotti, will be made and will begin filming immediately,” Michael Mota, CEO of VirtualCons, said in a statement. “Returning in the title role is Armand Assante, the celebrated actor who took home the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Emmy for his powerful,...

It’s time for the punks to meet the godfathers. The creators of SopranosCon merged with MobMovieCon for a family celebration. From July 23 to July 25, Harrah’s Resort & Casino in Atlantic City will house the boardwalk’s biggest gangster gathering since Nucky Johnson hosted the mob’s Atlantic City Conference in 1929.

“Al Capone will not be coming though,” VirtualCons CEO Michael Mota tells Den of Geek. “Those were the mobsters. I would say this would be the biggest gathering of mobster wannabes.” The Sopranos fan convention has come a long way since it was dreamed up by three gangster movie aficionados from New York, Maryland, and Rhode Island. The 2019 SopranosCon drew thousands of fans from as far as The Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus. A planned expansion to MobMovieCon had to be pushed back because of the pandemic, but the organizers introduced VirtualCons...

Hollywood stars such as Josh Gad, Russell Crowe, Maria Shriver paid tribute to Kelly Preston,who died Sunday night at age 57 after a two-year battle with breast cancer that was kept private among her family.

Her husband, John Travolta, announced the news on his Instagram.

“She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many,” Travolta said. “My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side. Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered.”

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Crowe on Monday shared a brief anecdote in which he remembered auditioning with Preston in the film “Breaking Up” for a role that eventually went to Salma Hayek.

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Beloved actress, Kerry Preston has died.

She was 57 years old.

News of Preston's passing broke Sunday when John Travolta announced the sad news via Instagram, noting that Kelly passed away after a battle with breast cancer.

While best known for her movie career, the actress appeared on TV series such as CSI: Cyber, Medium, and Fat Actress.

"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer," Travolta shared in his statement on Instagram.

"She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many," Travolta continued, adding:

"My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center."

He went on to thank "all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side."

"Kelly...

Actress Kelly Preston has lost her 2 year battle with breast cancer having passed away at the age of 57.

Having starred in films such as ‘Mischief,’ ‘Twins’ and ‘Jerry Mcguire’, Preston was married to John Travolta – a marriage which lasted 29 years.

Travolta took to his Instagram to confirm the news of Preston’s passing.

“It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” Travolta wrote. “She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many. …I will be taking some time to be there for my children who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don’t hear from us for a while. All my love, Jt.”

A family representative tells People Magazine: “Choosing to keep her fight private, she had been undergoing medical treatment for some time,...

The US star was married to John Travolta for almost 29 years.

US actress Kelly Preston, star of Jerry Maguire, Twins, and Mischief, has died aged 57.

Preston had been receiving treatment for breast cancer for two years, a diagnosis she had chosen to keep private.

Her husband, actor John Travolta, confirmed the news in a post on Instagram, below.

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It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many.

Kelly Preston died today her husband John Travolta has revealed.

The 57-year old Twins and Jerry Maguire star passed away Sunday after a long fight against breast cancer.

Hawaii-born Preston’s spouse of nearly 30 years and her Gotti co-star took to social media late tonight in a heartfelt post:

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It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many. My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the medical centers that have helped, as well as her many friends and loved ones who have been by her side. Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered. I will be taking some time to be there for...

Many people in Hollywood, along with fans around the world, were shocked to learn of the death of Kelly Preston, who died Sunday after a private two-year battle with breast cancer.

The actress who starred in such movies as SpaceCamp, Jerry Maguire and, most recently, opposite husband John Travolta in Gotti, was 57.

Preston died Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, Travolta wrote on Instagram.

"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer," he wrote. "She fought a courageous fight with the ...

Many people in Hollywood, along with fans around the world, were shocked to learn of the death of Kelly Preston, who died Sunday after a private two-year battle with breast cancer.

The actress who starred in such movies as SpaceCamp, Jerry Maguire and, most recently, opposite husband John Travolta in Gotti, was 57.

Preston died Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, Travolta wrote on Instagram.

"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer," he wrote. "She fought a courageous fight with the ...

Kelly Preston, the actress who starred in such movies as Jerry Maguire and, most recently, opposite husband John Travolta in Gotti, has died. She was 57.

Preston died Sunday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, Travolta wrote on Instagram.

"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer," he wrote. "She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many. My family and I will forever be grateful to her doctors and nurses at MD Anderson Cancer Center, all the ...