Author: Jake Coyle
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Film producer Harvey Weinstein ousted from Weinstein Co.
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein, the sharp-elbowed movie producer whose combative reign in Hollywood made him an Academy Awards regular, was terminated from The Weinstein Company on Sunday following an expose that detailed decades of sexual abuse allegations made against Weinstein by actresses and employees. In a statement, the company’s board of directors announced his…
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Tobe Hooper, ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ director, dies at 74
FILE – In this file photo dated Aug. 27, 2010, film maker Tobe Hooper in London. Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightful vision, died aged 74, Saturday Aug. 26, 2017, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s office. (Ian West/PA…
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Box-office eclipse: Hollywood has worst weekend in years
This image released by The Weinstein Company shows a scene from, “Leap!” (The Weinstein Company via AP) The Weinstein Company
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George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77
NEW YORK — George Romero, whose classic “Night of the Living Dead” and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and homages, has died. He was 77. Romero died Sunday following a battle with lung cancer, said his family in a statement provided…
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‘Wonder Woman’ conquers milestone with $100.5 million debut
NEW YORK — “Wonder Woman” conquered milestones and movie myths at North American theaters, where the Patty Jenkins-directed superhero film powered its way to a $100.5 million debut this weekend and became the biggest blockbuster ever directed by a woman. The well-reviewed movie easily surpassed industry expectations with one of the summer’s biggest debuts, according…
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Director Jonathan Demme, who helmed Oscar-winners ‘Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘Philadelphia,’ dies
NEW YORK — Jonathan Demme, the eclectic, ever-enthusiastic filmmaker behind the Oscar winners “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” and the director of one of the most seminal concert films ever made, the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense,” has died. He was 73. Demme’s publicist, Annalee Paulo, said Demme died Wednesday morning in his New…
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‘Boss Baby’ dethrones ‘Beauty and the Beast’ with $49M debut
NEW YORK — The taskmaster toddler of “The Boss Baby” dethroned Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” at the box office with a $49 million debut, handing its star Alec Baldwin what President Donald Trump might call a “huge” no. 1 opening. Paramount Pictures suffered another flop with its controversy-plagued “Ghost in the Shell.” The DreamWorks…
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‘Beauty and the Beast’ smashes records with towering $170 million debut
NEW YORK — Disney’s live-action “Beauty”was a beast at the box office, opening with an estimated $170 million in North American ticket sales and setting a new high mark for family movies. According to studio estimates Sunday, “Beauty and the Beast” blew past the previous record-holder for G- or PG-rated releases. Last year, Disney’s “Finding Dory”…
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Take two: ‘Moonlight’ wins best picture at Academy Awards
LOS ANGELES — “Moonlight” won the best picture trophy at the Academy Awards in a historic Oscar upset that followed Warren Beatty at first reading the wrong winner. Shock and chaos spread through the Dolby Theatre when producers of “La La Land” were stopped in the middle of their acceptance speeches to be informed that…
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‘La La Land’ steamrolling so far at Golden Globes Awards
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