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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hong Kong courtroom drama film “A Guilty Conscience” edged aside Chinese and Hollywood tentpole films to top the mainland China box office in its opening weekend. According to data from consultancy service Artisan Gateway, the film earned $8.5 million (RMB58.4 million) in its opening three days between Friday and Sunday. “The Wandering Earth 2,” which has been in cinemas for over a month, earned $7.4 million to elevate its cumulative total to $568 million. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which opened on top a week earlier, collected $7.0 million, giving it a 10-day cumulative of $31.4 million.

As we near the 2023 Oscars and narratives begin to solidify, the Screen Actors Guild Awards should provide even more clarity as to who’ll take home the top prizes on March 12. After scoring a major win at the PGAs, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” has to be the odds-on favorite for Best Picture.

Best Feature: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”Best Indie Feature: “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”Best Special Production: “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse”Best Animated Short Subject: “Ice Merchants”Best Animated Sponsored Project: “Save Ralph”Best Animated Television Production for Preschool Children: “The Tiny Chef Show”Episode: “Pancakes”Best Animated Television/Media Production for Children: “Abominable and the Invisible City”Episode: “Everest Returns”Best Animated Television/Media Production for Mature Audiences: “Bob’s Burgers”Episode: “Some Like It Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner”Best Animated Television/Media Production, Limited Series: “Oni: Thunder God’s Tale”Episode: “The Demon Moon Rises”Best Student Film: “The Soloists”Student directors: Mehrnaz Abdollahinia, Feben Elias Woldehawariat, Razahk Issaka, Celeste Jamneck & Yi LiuBest Animated Effects in a Television/Media Production: “Love, Death + Robots”FX Team: Kirby Miller, Igor Zanic, Joseph H. Coleman, Steven Dupuy, Josh SchwartzEpisode: “Bad Traveling”Best Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production: “Avatar: The Way of Water”FX Team: Johnathan M.

The Last Of Us premieres today (February 26) and introduces a new but important character.Created by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and the original game’s co-creator Neil Druckmann, The Last Of Us follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) 20 years after modern civilisation has been ravaged by a deadly infection.So far, the pair have encountered a variety of different characters, with the likes of Gabriel Luna (Tommy), Nick Offerman (Bill), Murray Bartlett (Frank) and Melanie Lynskey (Kathleen) all guest starring throughout the season.Episode seven of The Last Of Us takes a pause on Joel and Ellie’s quest for a cure to focus on Ellie’s backstory, introducing new character Riley.Storm Reid plays Riley. According to the HBO website, Riley is “an orphaned girl growing up in post-apocalyptic Boston.”Riley was mentioned by Marlene (Merle Dandridge) to Ellie in episode one but this will be her first on-screen appearance.Reid’s breakout role was as Gia Bennett, the younger sister of Zendaya‘s Rue, in Euphoria.

Brad Pitt made an unannounced appearance at the Cesar Awards in Paris, France on February Friday 24, but it was rumored girlfriend Ines de Ramon joining him that really had eyebrows raising.Brad's attendance was kept secret and he walked out on stage to surprise director David Fincher who was receiving an honorary Cesar award, and although Ines - the former wife of Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley - was not at the ceremony, the two were pictured with friends enjoying dinner at Fouquet's on the Champs-Élysées.WATCH: Brad Pitt reveals depth of his friendship with Sandra Bullock at the Bullet Train premiereIn a video shared by French publication Paris Match, the 56-year-old award-winning actor was sitting next to Ines, 32, talking animatedly with their seat neighbors.Ines, who was married to Paul for three years, is the vice president of luxury jewellery brand Anita Ko, a brand adored by the likes of Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber and Kourtney Kardashian to name a few. Taylor Swift wore some Anita Ko earrings at the American Music Awards 2022, whilst Brooklyn Peltz Beckham wore an AK chain at his wedding to Nicola earlier this year, according to Vogue.Brad and Ines were first rumoured to be dating in 2022 after being introduced by mutual friends.

A red carpet return. Riley Keough stepped out at the Thursday, February 23, premiere of Daisy Jones & The Six.

Riley Keough has made her first red carpet appearance since the shock death of her mother, Lisa Marie Presley.The actress, 33, had her husband Ben Smith-Petersen close by her side as she attended the premiere for her upcoming miniseries Daisy Jones & The Six on Thursday evening, weeks after her mother Lisa Marie passed away from a cardiac arrest. Riley, who is the only daughter of Lisa Marie and musician Danny Keough and the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, looked beautiful in a plunging black dress with a glittery skirt, which she paired with a pair of ornate green earrings and long silk-style gloves.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Avatar: The Way of Water” was the surprise winner of the best film award at the AACTA International Awards, the overseas awards backed by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. The pre-event nominations had seen six acknowledgements each for “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once. And while “Banshees” collected three awards, making it the biggest winner at the virtual event, “Everything” collected nothing. The wins for “Banshees” came for Brendan Gleeson as best supporting actor, Kerry Condon as best supporting actress and for Martin McDonagh’s best screenplay.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Every Bravo-holic has their “Real Housewives” city of choice, but the most loyal devotees don’t play favorites. Just this week, Lukas Gage from “The White Lotus” said in an interview that they’re “all beautiful in different ways” after being asked which series is his favorite. According to Gage, New Jersey is “unhinged”; New York is “classy”; Beverly Hills is the “O.G.” “Real Housewives” fans also know that different cities will usher in high levels of drama every year. Salt Lake City, for example, inarguably offered the most entertainment value last year. The 90-minute episode that sees Jen Shah go on the run as the police show up to arrest her might have been one of the best episodes of TV all year. The former reality star has now been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for fraud.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be crowned on May 6 coronation.

Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman leads all nominations for the third annual Critics Choice Super Awards, which revealed nominees Wednesday for the year’s best across the superhero, sci-fi/fantasy, horror and action genres in film and on TV.

Angelique Jackson Just weeks after becoming the most-awarded artist in the history of the Grammys, Beyoncé’s reign continued at the 54th annual NAACP Image Awards, where she added three more awards to her trophy case. During Monday night’s non-televised virtual experience, Queen Bey was named this year’s outstanding female artist, while her hit record “Renaissance” won outstanding album and “Cuff It” took home the prize for outstanding soul/R&B song. Beyoncé had been tied with Kendrick Lamar for the most nominations, with five apiece. Both artists were nominated in the outstanding music video/visual album category, but the trophy went to Rihanna for her “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” ballad, “Lift Me Up.” (The Marvel film was also awarded the outstanding soundtrack/compilation album prize.) Beyoncé’s fifth nomination came in the outstanding duo, group or collaboration (contemporary) category, but that award went to “Call Me Every Day” from Chris Brown feat. Wizkid, one of Brown’s two wins for the night. Brown also took home the prize for outstanding male artist for his album “Breezy”.

which The Post called “a pile of dirt,” took home a staggering $63.5 million, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It scored as the third-highest opening day in February after “Black Panther” and “Deadpool,” as per Deadline.“Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” the final installment of the Channing Tatum stripper series, undressed its way to second place, with a $1.66 million-dollar take.Released on Feb. 9, the comedy-drama is “so long and repetitive that you would gladly tip the guys to stop and put some pants on,” said The Post.“Avatar: The Way of Water” remained in third, earning close to $1.36 million.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Real Housewives devotees are a lucky fandom because the Bravo franchise promises a limitless stream of meme-worthy moments with every new season.

Lisa Marie Presley's sudden and tragic death, Riley Keough is keeping busy and focusing on her next big project.The actress is the star of the upcoming, and highly anticipated, book-to-television adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's 2019 hit book Daisy Jones and the Six – courtesy of Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine – which debuts on Amazon next month.Ahead of the long-awaited premiere, she made her official TikTok debut to promote the series with her co-star and on-screen love interest Sam Claflin.WATCH: New trailer for Daisy Jones & the SixMORE: Carrie Underwood reveals jaw-dropping addition to her 400-acre family homeNot hiding what novices they both are with the social media giant, she captioned her very first video on the app with: "We have no idea what we're doing, but we're here."The two appear side by side against a wall, Riley in a chic, all-white suit with just a bra under it, while Sam donned a seemingly 1970s inspired ensemble consisting of chocolate brown pants, a rusty beige polo shirt, plus a printed gray blazer over it.MORE: Kelly Ripa's proud mom moment as son Michael lands major roleThey immediately broke into laughter as soon as they attempted to film their first TikTok, and in another video shared on Sam's own new TikTok account, he joked they were "finally" on "TokTik," later revealing in the caption that it was their co-star, singer Suki Waterhouse, who made them join and do the videos.@rileykeough We have no idea what we’re doing, but we’re here ✌

It’s their first year as King and Queen Consort, but Charles and Camilla celebrated Valentine’s Day a little differently on February 14, 2023.

In the latest example of corporate synergy, Disney siblings ESPN and Disney Channel are teaming up with the NHL for the NHL Big City Greens Classic, the first-ever live, animated NHL game telecast, featuring the Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers. ESPN+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney+ will present the live, animated telecast, while the main telecast will be available on ESPN and ESPN+. on March 14 at 7 p.m. EDT.

Queen Consort Camilla’s crown for the Coronation has been revealed by Buckingham Palace. The 75 year old royal will wear the Crown of Queen Mary, which was removed from the Tower of London on Tuesday to be reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds - in a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who had the jewels in her personal collection and often wore them as brooches. The Queen Consort will wear an existing crown at the Coronation, rather than a newly commissioned piece, for the first time in recent history, Buckingham Palace said.

EXCLUSIVE: Happening writer-director Audrey Diwan has recalibrated her English-language debut Emmanuelle, which is a working title. She has set Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) to star in a film that will begin production September in Hong Kong.

makeup and hairstyling as single words, while the guild hyphenates the first and separates the second.) Since the MUAHS Awards started up again after a hiatus in 2013, all but one Oscar winner for makeup and hair had previously won an award from the guild. The MUAHS category for period and/or character makeup most often predicts the Oscar, with seven matches in nine years, while the contemporary makeup winner has taken the Oscar once.