Will Smith Monday evening apologized in an Instagram post to comedian Chris Rock for his behavior in Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, which included slapping him on stage over a joke about the Oscar winner’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. “My behavior at last night’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable,” Mr. Smith wrote. “Jokes at […]
LOS ANGELES—After a 111-minute family drama called “CODA” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2021, the usual phalanx of distributors began vying for the film. According to a person involved in the negotiations, the iPhone maker saw something in the movie, about the hearing daughter of an all-deaf family, that few others did: […]
“The Lost City,” directed by brothers Adam and Aaron Nee, is a boisterous romp designed around a one-of-a-kind treasure. Ostensibly, that prize is the Crown of Fire, a priceless headpiece rumored to be constructed from hundreds of red diamonds. In truth, it’s the woman searching for the jewels—or rather, it’s Sandra Bullock acting the part […]
An iconic Andy Warhol silk-screen portrait of Hollywood starlet Marilyn Monroe is headed to Christie’s in New York later this spring for $200 million—a record asking price for any artwork at auction. The 3-foot square silk-screen from 1964 depicts a promotional photo from the actress’s film “Niagara.” The artist transformed the actress into a pop-art […]
Text size AMC Empire 25 Theater in Times Square, New York Dreamstime AMC Entertainment just struck gold. Literally. The movie theater company announced it has bought a 22% stake in Hycroft Mining Holding and its 71,000-acre gold and silver mine in northern Nevada. CMA (ticker: AMC) will invest $27.9 million in cash in Hycroft ( […]
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