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Pain Hustlers is like a watered down Wolf of Wall Street .

How far will a single mom go to keep her family out of debt? “Pain Hustlers” follows Liza Drake, a woman whose life is upended after losing her job. A chance meeting sets this mother on a path to prosperity, but everything comes at a high cost.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Early in his career, comedian Kumail Nanjiani did a bit about a new drug called “cheese,” which, if you break down the ingredients, turns out to be Tylenol PM mixed with heroin. “So really, it’s heroin,” he joked. “Heroin’s doing the heavy lifting.” That line was going through my mind as I watched “Pain Hustlers,” a garish and, yes, mostly painful Big Pharma satire from director David Yates, who (“The Legend of Tarzan” aside) spent the last 15 years making increasingly convoluted Harry Potter movies.

Emily Blunt looked in great spirits while working on the Atlanta set of the upcoming movie Pain Hustlers on Tuesday.The 39-year-old performer appeared to be enjoying her time at the film's production area, as she shared a laugh with a crew member while taking a short stroll.The forthcoming movie, which is based on the New York Times Magazine article of the same name, is currently in the production stage. Hard at work: A laughing Emily Blunt was spotted while working on the Atlanta set of the upcoming movie Pain HustlersBlunt was costumed in a plaid double-breasted jacket while working on the upcoming feature.The A Quiet Place star also wore a slim-fitting white skirt and a similarly colored pair of sneakers as she joined co-star Chloe Coleman, 13, on set.

USC’s School of Cinematic Arts will remove its John Wayne exhibit after months of students and alumni protesting keeping such a tribute to the actorendorsed white supremacy. Protests over the exhibit followed resurfaced racist comments by the actor in a 1971Playboy magazine interview.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe USC School of Cinematic Arts will remove an exhibit devoted to actor John Wayne, a USC student and football player in the 1920s, after months of insistence from students denouncing the Hollywood star’s on-the-record racism and the portrayal of Indigenous Americans in many of his films.The removal was announced today by Evan Hughes, the school’s Assistant Dean of Diversity & Inclusion.“Conversations about systemic racism in our cultural institutions along with the recent global, civil uprising by the Black Lives Matter Movement require that we consider the role our School can play as a change maker in promoting antiracist cultural values and experiences,” said Hughes in a statement.