EXCLUSIVE: Apple’s Invasion is rounding out its Season 3 cast with Ashton Sanders (Moonlight, Wu-Tang: An American Saga) and Eric Lange (Perry Mason, Escape at Dannemora) who will tackle major recurring roles.
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Chinese comedy drama YOLO from Sony Pictures International had a yodeling good domestic debut, grossing $840k on 200 screens, making no. 9 on the weekend top 10. Directed and produced by and starring China’s top grossing female helmer, Jia Ling, it’s earned close to $482 million in China since opening Feb. 10 — and was the highest-grossing film over the Lunar New Year holiday.
The film follows Le Ying (Jia Ling), an unemployed woman in her 30s who still lives with her parents until one day she meets a boxing coach (Lei Jiayin) who may change her life. Produced by New Classics Pictures, Big Bowl Entertainment
Also new, A24’s Love Lies Bleeding by Rose Glass brought the highest per screen average of the weekend and one of the best limited openings of the year. The crime thriller starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian, with Ed Harris, Dave Franco, Anna Baryshnikov and Jena Malone, grossed $167.5k on five screens in NY/LA for a per screen average of $33.5k. Moderate nationwide expansion to 1,200 theaters next weekend.
New release Accidental Texan from Roadside Attractions grossed an estimated: $141,270 on 134 screens.
Oscar-nominated holdovers: Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things saw $300k on 700 screens for a domestic cume of $34 million. Also up for nods: The Zone Of Interest has a domestic cume of $8.158 million after a $195k weekend on 534 screens. Neon’s Perfect Days by Wim Wenders saw $300k on 240 screens in week five for a cume of $2.7 million.
A nod to Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things, which continues a solid run at $2.7 million since revving up Valentines Day, “happily exceeding our expectations,” said Scott Shooman, head of film for IFC parent AMC.. “Expectations now are really tough to gauge post COVID.
EXCLUSIVE: Apple’s Invasion is rounding out its Season 3 cast with Ashton Sanders (Moonlight, Wu-Tang: An American Saga) and Eric Lange (Perry Mason, Escape at Dannemora) who will tackle major recurring roles.
EXCLUSIVE: After wowing with her muscular turn in A24’s Love Lies Bleeding, Katy O’Brian has joined the cast of the eighth Mission: Impossible for Paramount Pictures and Skydance, sources tell Deadline.
Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose are teaming up for a new movie!
Manchester Airport has announced the launch of a direct route to Shanghai, the first service to operate to the Chinese city from the north. Juneyao Air has chosen Manchester as its first destination in the UK in a move that’s been hailed as “fantastic news” by regional leaders.
Selome Hailu Though it was originally billed as a limited series, “The Last Thing He Told Me” is returning for a second season at Apple TV+. Season 1, which premiered in April 2023, was based on Laura Dave’s novel of the same name. Dave has newly set a sequel novel for publication in 2025, which will serve as the basis for Season 2.
Nine months after his split with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Love Island star Davide Sanclimenti has sparked rumours he’s seeing someone new. Ekin-Su, who just appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, and Davide split earlier this year. However, there could be romance on the horizon for Davide as he and reality star Niccci Hernestig have been rumbled by fans as they shared pictures from the same venue on their social media.
Dr Alex George has had an incredible journey since we first saw him slapping on the Factor 50 on Love Island in 2018. Since then, the softly-spoken Welshman, 33, has become one of the country’s best-loved ambassadors for mental health, during the pandemic appearing on TV - while working as an A&E doctor - almost daily, to help update the nation. Here, Alex, who has been the UK's Youth Mental Health Ambassador since 2021, opens up on how his experiences in life have changed him, including the tragic death of his younger brother, Llyr in 2020.
BBC Beyond Paradise fans all said the same thing just minutes into the new series of the Humphrey Goodman detective drama. DI Goodman and his team came back with a big mystery to solve when they found a real murder on a steam train. Humphrey and DS Esther Williams were on an old steam train because Margo asked them to act in her play.
Netflix has teased series three of Bridgerton in a new video.The streaming service has shared a sneak peek of the new season ahead of its release later this year. The teaser - shared to Youtube - has sparked a frenzy among Bridgerton fans, who are eagerly waiting for the next instalment of the hit show.The first part - containing four episodes - will be released 16 May, with the second part following on 13 June. Netflix captioned the teaser: As one can see, life after marriage has not dimmed the flames that burn between these two in the slightest." Excited fans were quick to demand a full trailer of the new series.
BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend 2024, with RAYE, Charli XCX and The Last Dinner Party leading the way.This year’s edition of the festival is set to run between Friday, May 24 and Sunday, May 26, and will be held at Stockwood Park in Luton.Yesterday (March 18), the first run of artists, set to perform on the opening night, was revealed, and now organisers have also shared those lined up for the Saturday slots.RAYE has been announced as headlining the Main Stage on the night – following on from her record-breaking number of wins at the BRITs earlier this month – while pop icon Charli XCX will be headlining the New Music Stage. The slot comes ahead of her announcing details of her new album ‘Brat’, and dropping the huge lead single ‘Von Dutch’.Others set to perform on the Main Stage on Saturday include Aitch, Griff, Rag ‘N’ Bone Man, Mabel and Joel Corry, while BRIT Rising Star winners and former NME cover stars The Last Dinner Party will be performing at the New Music Stage.Both The Last Dinner Party and Charli XCX will be joined by Alfie Templeman, Caity Baser, Cat Burns, Dylan, Tems and Shygirl,Saturday at #BigWeekend Luton is gonna be veRAYE special ♥️For more details and info on tickets, visit https://t.co/BGPOsfilea pic.twitter.com/OB6xc2VFAC— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) March 19, 2024Tickets, priced at £29.50 (plus a £4.50 booking fee per ticket), will go on sale at 5pm GMT on Thursday (March 21) and can be purchased here.
Indies in moderate-wide release claimed the nos. 6, 8 and 9 spots at the domestic box office led by Love Lies Bleeding. Kristin Steward toplines the Berlin-premiering film by Rose Glass that expanded nationwide, grossing $2.5 million for the weekend on 1,362 screens (up from five theaters opening week). The steamy crime thriller from A24 also stars Katy O’Brian with an ensemble featuring Ed Harris, Anna Baryshnikov Dave Franco and Jenna Malone. It’s 88% Certified Fresh with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes (92% critics score).
Love Island's Callum Jones and Jess Gale have put rumours of a split to bed as they were spotted looking loved-up on a day out in London. The pair got together on Love Island: All Stars, which took place earlier this year. Jess was a latecomer to the series as she entered the South African villa with her twin, Eve.
Season six of Love Is Blind saw the lowest number of couples saying 'I do'. Only two pairs made it to their weddings, a record low, with only Amy and Johnny tying the knot. However, it seems some couples from Love Is Blind season six may have rekindled their relationships after filming wrapped up, hinting that they're dating and trying out the connections formed in the pods.
Lily Allen has reflected on how starting a family impacted her as a musician, saying that while she loves her children they did “ruin” her career.The chart-topping British singer and actor opened up about the topic during a new interview with the Radio Times Podcast, sharing the difficulties of maintaining a career while having a family.During the discussion, she spoke candidly about how she prioritised raising her two daughters – 11-year-old Ethel Mary and nine-year-old Manie Rose – over trying to chase fame in her career.Recalling how having children impacted the trajectory of her music and acting jobs, Allen said: “I never really had a strategy when it comes to career, but yes, my children ruined my career.”“I love them and they complete me, but in terms of pop-stardom, they totally ruined it,” she added, also telling the outlet that being a parent and a pop star “does not mix”.“It really annoys me when people say you can have it all because, quite frankly, you can’t,” she continued, also explaining how her parent’s style of looking after her also impacted the way she wants to raise her own children.“Some people choose their career over their children and that’s their prerogative, but my parents were quite absent when I was a kid,” she said. “I feel like that really left some nasty scars that I’m not willing to repeat on mine.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Lily Gladstone is in good spirits following the 2024 Oscars, where many awards pundits predicted she would take home the Oscar for best actress thanks to her acclaimed performance as Mollie Kyle in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Gladstone won prizes at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards prior to the Oscars, but Academy voters bestowed the best actress Oscar to Emma Stone from “Poor Things” instead. “Feeling the love big time today, especially from Indian Country.
Naman Ramachandran India premieres of France’s “The Taste of Things” and Korea’s “Exhuma” will open and close respectively the first edition of India’s Cinevesture International Film Festival. Tran Anh Hung won best director at Cannes 2023 for “The Taste of Things,” which was subsequently submitted as France’s official entry to the Oscars’ international feature category.
Fans of the Oscars had their minds blown when actor Ryan Gosling took to the stage for a surprise performance of I'm Just Ken, alongside legendary guitarist Slash. The live broadcast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and aired straight from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, saw fans buzzing with excitement as Ryan, who played Ken in the Barbie movie, delivered the hit song.
Oscars for snubbing Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie’s work on Barbie during his opening monologue.For the fourth year, the presenter is hosting the annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles tonight (March 10).As Kimmel opened the show at the Dolby Theatre, he referenced some of the biggest movies of the year. “Barbie was a monster hit,” he said.
Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel drew a standing ovation at the Dolby Theatre by capping off his show-opening monologue with a salute to below-the-line union workers.
Asian Film Awards. The 17th edition of the prizes was held at the Xiqu Centre, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. While “Evil Does Not Exist” and Korean blockbuster “12.12: The Day” had dominated the nominations with six each, including those in the best film category, the prizes on Sunday were much more evenly distributed.