Author: Michael

Despite the aid of California’s expanded production incentive program, the number of on-location shoot days recorded by FilmLA in its latest quarterly report declined yet again to just 4,171 days, down 4.8% year-over-year and nearly 29% below the five-year average. This is despite incentivized productions taking up 40% of all on-location shooting for scripted content, double the share recorded a year before. That helped keep shoot days for film and television relatively even compared to the third quarter of 2025, with TV comedies seeing the biggest jump as shows like Apple TV’s “Shrinking” and HBO’s “I Love LA” helped bump…

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Everything old is new again. “Clayface” is the third feature film in the new, rebooted DC Universe, and on the surface it looks like a novelty. Instead of a big budget film about one of the comic book company’s many name-brand superheroes, it’s a relatively inexpensive R-rated horror movie about a monstrous supervillain who runs amok with no heroes to stop him. After repeated, failed attempts to turn comic book rogues into mainstream antiheroes with flops like “Morbius,” “Kraven the Hunter” and “Black Adam,” James Watkins’ new film doubles down on the idea that the Batman villain Clayface is —…

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Tom Cruise will receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award at a gala taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 24, 2027, the American Film Institute Board of Trustees announced Wednesday. “Tom Cruise is a global icon. As an actor and producer, he brings an extraordinary commitment to everything he does,” Kathleen Kennedy, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said in a statement. “What I especially admire is his deep belief in movies and their ability to bring people together. That passion has made him an extraordinary ambassador for American film around the world. It…

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Cardi B shared insight into her concerns about undergoing a breast augmentation, which she said she wanted after welcoming her three kids with ex Offset and her baby with Stefon Diggs. "I want to get my t-tties done already," Cardi said during an Oct. 19 livestream on X Spaces. "For some reason, I’m very scared of getting my boobs done. I don’t know why. I’m not afraid to do nothing but my boobs." The musician emphasized that she’s been considering the cosmetic procedure since welcoming her kids Kulture, 8, Wave, 5, and Blossom, 2, with ex Offset, as well as…

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