Box Office: ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Preys on Meager $4.7 Million Opening Day, ‘Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim’ Debuting in Fifth

After several delays down the Sony release calendar, the studio’s Marvel spinoff “Kraven the Hunter” is being met by indifference in its arrival to theaters. The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations. That’s behind the $6 million opening day gross of the studio’s “Madame Web,” which […]

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A24’s Babygirls: Drew Starkey and Harris Dickinson on Chemistry, Submission and Acting With A-List Movie Stars

“I’m finding out we’re the same person — long-lost cousins,” Drew Starkey says to Harris Dickinson. Though the two have just met, at 31 and 28, they are indeed in the same unusual position: Both play the love interests of far more seasoned movie stars. Starkey was best known for Netflix’s teen drama “Outer Banks” […]

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How RaMell Ross’ ‘Nickel Boys’ Embraces and Expands the Legacy of Stanley Kramer (Guest Column)

When my late husband, Stanley Kramer, created his own independent film production company in 1947, his goal was to make some level of difference with his work in Hollywood. The first success of that stated direction was the World War II drama “Home of the Brave” in 1949, adapted from Arthur Laurents’ play about anti-Semitism […]

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Ariana Grande Reviewed Her ‘Wicked’ Contract With Cynthia Erivo to Ensure Their Needs Were ‘Aligned’ Before Filming: ‘I Want Us to Have Each Other’s Backs’

After Universal disparaged rumors of unequal pay between “Wicked” stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Grande has expanded on just how far she and her co-star went to ensure fairness was upheld between them. While speaking at a SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversation, the 31-year-old Grammy winner said when she received her contract for “Wicked,” she called […]

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