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Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Just a few days after getting engaged, Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox proved to be a true fashion power couple as they attended Dolce and Gabbana’s runway show in Italy together. According to E! News, turning heads on the red carpet, the ‘Transformers’ star flaunted her killer figure in a black lingerie-inspired look which included a lace button-down tank top with a black bra underneath and low slung lace-up leather pants. She completed the vampy vibe with a matching crystal-encrusted belt and choker, a crystal embroidered handbag and black patent pump heels. Not to be outdone, the ‘Bloody Valentine’ singer wore a black encrusted double-breasted suit with matching mock neck turtleneck from the Italian fashion house’s newest collection. He accessorized the in-your-face outfit with matching gloves, zip-up Chelsea-style boots, a set of lip rings and a collection of silver earrings. The rapper-turned-rocker also opened the fashion show with a music performance and walked the runway in a custom pearl-encrusted double-breasted suit with spike studded detail. The stylish outing comes just days after Kelly popped the question to Fox on January 11 with a custom emerald-and-diamond ring. The proposal took place in Puerto Rico, the same spot where the two first fell hard and fast for each other on the set of the movie ‘Midnight in the Switchgrass’, as per E! News. “He asked me to marry him. And […]

Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Once again Miles Morales will be swinging into some groundbreaking visual territory as he returns to the big screen in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)’. According to The Hollywood Reporter, during a recent interview with an entertainment website, filmmaking duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller spoke about their ambitious approach to Sony’s ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ follow-up. The writers teased that fans who loved the first film’s groundbreaking visuals will be in for yet another “ambitious” effort, according to Lord, in the first half of the two-part sequel. “It is, as Phil said, a very ambitious sequel because we didn’t want to just sort of do the same thing again,” said Miller, who co-wrote the script and is producing the film. He continued, “And so the idea that we’d be going to different dimensions really opened up an opportunity artistically to have each world have its own art style, and to be able to push the folks at ImageWorks to develop a way to have each dimension feel like it was drawn by a different artist’s hand.” “Seeing the development of that stuff is breathtaking and really, it’s the reason we keep doing it because it’s so hard to get it right,” added Miller. The first footage of ‘Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)’ was released last December, a two-and-a-half-minute teaser that debuted at Brazil Comic Con. The anticipated animated […]

Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Actor Alison Brie has been roped in as the leading lady opposite John Cena in the upcoming action-comedy ‘Freelance’ directed by ‘Taken’ helmer Pierre Morel. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Cena will play the role of a retired soldier, with Brie tapped to play the journalist in the movie that centres on an ex-special forces operator who, desperate to escape his humdrum life, takes a job providing security for a journalist who is hoping to salvage her career by interviewing a dictator. Things go sideways when a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, and the mismatched duo, along with the dictator, escapes to the jungle where they must survive the military chasing them, animals hunting them and each other. The film will go on floors later this month in Colombia. The script is written by Jacob Lentz. AGC Studios, run by Stuart Ford, is behind the project, which has Steve Richards of Endurance Media, Sentient’s Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin producing.

Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Director George Lucas and producer Kathleen Kennedy will be honoured with the 2022 Milestone Award at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Producers Guild of America announced on Friday that the duo will be recognized for their contribution to film, both individually and collaboratively, at the annual ceremony on March 19. The award is being given “for their unparalleled contributions to the film industry both individually and collaboratively through Lucasfilm.” Kennedy serves as the president of Lucasfilm. Lucas’ 1977 film ‘Star Wars’ broke all box office records and received seven Academy Awards. Prior to ‘Star Wars’, Lucas’ 1973 film ‘American Graffiti’ became the most successful film of its time. There is an impressive lineup of projects under Lucas’ belt including ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, ‘Return of the Jedi’, 1981 ‘Indiana Jones’, and many more. For the unversed, Lucasfilm Ltd. was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2012, and Kennedy, his longtime collaborator, was named as his successor. The 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards will take place on March 19 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, California. In 2020, the accolade was honoured to Ted Sarandos. Former recipients include Louis B. Mayer, Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sherry Lansing, Bob Iger, Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Donna Langley, and more. 

Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): After a major on-set COVID-19 outbreak and injury, the makers of ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ are all set to restart the production next week. Actor Letitia Wright has healed and will be back to reprise her fan-favourite character Shuri for the Marvel mega sequel. Deadline confirmed the news that after nearly two months off, the filming for the Marvel mega sequel will begin next week. Wright, who was injured in August, will be back on set in Atlanta. Sources close to the production told the outlet that the filming was initially slated to restart last Monday but was delayed due to several cast and crew members, who tested positive for COVID-19. The next schedule of the Ryan Coogler-directed film will resume in Atlanta next week and will stretch for about four weeks. Last August, Deadline reported that Wright suffered an injury while filming a sequence involving a stunt rig on-location in Boston. Production then shut down in late November after the team filmed as much as they could without Wright, while she continued to heal at her home in London. ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ is one of the most anticipated films of 2022. During a shift of several Marvel Studios titles, Disney moved the Black Panther sequel’s release date from July 8 to November 11, 2022. 

Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): Actor Tiffany Haddish was arrested on Friday in Georgia on a suspected Driving Under Influence (DUI) charge. According to legal documents obtained by Deadline, the 42-year-old actor was released after posting a USD 1,666 bond at around 6:30 am (local time). A local law enforcement source told the outlet that the Grammy winner was found by Peachtree City police after calls to the cops of a driver falling asleep at the wheel. Haddish was arrested as she was pulling into the driveway of a residence in the golf cart rich South Metro Atlanta town. Law enforcement immediately arrested her after the ‘Girls Trip’ star refused a breathalyzer in the pre-dawn hours on Friday. Haddish was in the Peach State filming the Disney project ‘Haunted Mansion’ as per Deadline. The actor will also be seen soon as a police detective in the Apple TV Plus series ‘The Afterparty’, which debuts on January 28.

Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): Netflix is going all in for its action heist franchise! The streaming giant is in the early stages of planning two ‘Red Notice’ sequels with lead stars Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson expected to return. As per Variety, Netflix hopes to begin production in early 2023 depending on the schedules of the main talent. Writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber is expected to return to helm the upcoming sequels. The future sequels would also add new characters to the franchise, according to Deadline. Marshall Thurber, who has been working on the screenplays, is planning to shoot the two sequels back-to-back. Producers on ‘Red Notice’ — a long list that consists of Johnson, Hiram Garcia and Dany Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions, Beau Flynn and Scott Sheldon of Flynn Pictures Co. and Thurber via Bad Version Productions — are each expected to come back. The film debuted on Netflix in November 2021 and quickly became the streaming platform’s second most-watched film of all time having been watched for 277.9 million hours around the world. It was just behind Sandra Bullock’s massive ‘Bird Box’, which at that point clocked in 282 million hours of watch time. In ‘Red Notice’, an FBI agent (Johnson) reluctantly teams up with a renowned art thief (Reynolds) to catch an even more dangerous criminal (Gadot). The two new sequels are yet to be officially announced by […]

Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): American actors Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet are parting ways. The couple announced their decision to split in a joint statement posted on Momoa’s Instagram. “We have all felt the squeeze and changes of these transformational times… A revolution is unfolding and our family is of no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic shifts occurring,” the joint statement read. The statement continued, “And so we share our Family news that we are parting ways in marriage.” “We share this not because we think it’s newsworthy but so that as we go about our lives we may do so with dignity and honesty. The love between us carries on, evolving in ways it wishes to be known and lived. We free each other to be who we are learning to become,” the statement further read. The statement concluded, “Our devotion unwavering to this sacred life our children. Teaching our children what’s possible. Living the Prayer. May Love Prevail J & L.” Along with the announcement, Momoa shared several photos in his post, including one of a sunset sky, one of a person holding a baby bird and wearing a shirt that reads “May my soul shout love”, and another close-up of the hands holding the young bird. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) As per People magazine, the couple started dating in 2005 […]

Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): The star-studded list of nominees for the 2022 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards is officially in! SAG-AFTRA unveiled the nominations for the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday on Instagram, with help from Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens, reported Variety. Ridley Scott’s ‘House of Gucci’ and Jane Campion’s ‘Power of the Dog’ led all films with three nominations. However, ‘Power of the Dog’, which has benefited from a big awards push from Netflix, failed to capture a best ensemble nomination. Nominees for that prize, considered to be the most prestigious handed out by the guild, included ‘House of Gucci’, ‘Belfast’, ‘CODA’, ‘Don’t Look Up’ and ‘King Richard’. On the television front, ‘Succession’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ scored a leading five nominations. ‘Mare of Easttown’, ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Squid Game’ each landed four nominations apiece. The best ensemble in a drama series race will be between ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘The Morning Show’, ‘Succession’, ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Yellowstone’. ‘The Kominsky Method’, ‘Only Murders in the Building’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ will face off for the best ensemble in a comedy series prize. See the full nominations list below: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series Murray Bartlett (‘The White Lotus’)Oscar Isaac (‘Scenes From a Marriage’)Michael Keaton (‘Dopesick’)Ewan McGregor (‘Halston’)Evan Peters (‘Mare of Easttown’) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or […]

Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): Thursday morning started on a great note for Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly’s fans as the couple officially announced their engagement on their respective social media handles. “In July of 2020 we sat under this banyan tree. We asked for magic. We were oblivious to the pain we would face together in such a short, frenetic period of time. Unaware of the work and sacrifices the relationship would require from us but intoxicated off of the love. And the karma,” Fox wrote. Alongside the note, she posted a video of the romantic proposal. The two got engaged on January 11 this year. The video shows Kelly getting down on one knee in a location special to the couple as Fox stood in shock with her hands over her mouth. “Somehow a year and a half later, having walked through hell together, and having laughed more than I ever imagined possible, he asked me to marry him. And just as in every lifetime before this one, and as in every lifetime that will follow it, I said yes … and then we drank each other’s blood. 1.11.22,” she added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Megan Fox (@meganfox) On the other hand, Kelly shared a video of Fox’s engagement ring and wrote, “yes, in this life and every life beneath the same branches we fell in […]

Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): The 94th Academy Awards, scheduled to air on March 27, will be the first since the 2018 ceremony to have a host. As per Variety, Craig Erwich, president, Hulu Originals and ABC Entertainment, announced that the Oscars would return to a host (after three years without one) on Tuesday, during ABC’s portion of the winter Television Critics Association virtual press tour. However, he didn’t elaborate on who it might be. “It might be me,” Erwich quipped, before touting his confidence in Oscars executive producer Will Packer. “Will really has his pulse on popular culture and entertainment. I know he has a lot in store and we’ll have more details to share soon,” Erwich said. Jimmy Kimmel served as the last host of the Academy Awards, having emceed the ceremony in 2017 and 2018. Other hosts over the past decade included Chris Rock (2016), Neil Patrick Harris (2015), Ellen DeGeneres (2014), Seth MacFarlane (2013), Billy Crystal (2012) and James Franco/Anne Hathaway (2011). The Oscars went hostless in 2019 when the Academy at first announced Kevin Hart for the hosting gig. However, Hart later decided to drop out after the organisation asked him to apologise for years-old homophobic tweets; after that, the 2019 event went hostless. As the 2019 Oscars actually saw its ratings increase vs. the previous year, the Academy and ABC also decided to go without a host in […]

Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): Years after speculation, filmmaker Gareth Evans’ highly acclaimed Indonesian martial arts action film ‘The Raid’ is finally getting a US-based reimagining with the Welsh director teaming with action filmmakers Michael Bay and Patrick Hughes for a new take on the 2011 cult classic. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Hughes will direct the feature film, while Bay and XYZ Films will produce the follow up to Evans’ 2011 martial arts drama that earned the Midnight Madness Award at the Toronto Film Festival. “We’re incredibly excited about Patrick’s unique vision for this film. It’s a distinctly original take on the material, which promises to pay great respect to the original film while also bringing a fresh approach and perspective that will set its own course in the action genre,” the producers of the film said in a statement obtained by the outlet. For the unversed, ‘The Raid’, starring Indonesian martial artist Iko Uwais, became a must-see movie among festival-goers. Sony Pictures Classics had picked up North American distribution for the film in advance of the 2012 edition of Sundance. The original film was followed in 2014 by ‘The Raid 2’, which saw protagonist Rama go undercover to fight both police corruption and gangs in the criminal underworld. The Netflix reimagining will be set in Philadelphia’s drug-infested ‘Badlands’, where an elite undercover DEA task force climbs a ladder of cartel informants to […]