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Here are the top 10 movies to stream this New Year’s Eve.One of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time, “When Harry Met Sally…” has been dubbed by many as the “perfect” and “definitive” New Year’s Eve movie. The film puts the New Year’s at the story’s center and even climaxes (pun very much intended) on the holiday as Billy Crystal delivers the pivotal monologue that determines whether Harry and Sally (Meg Ryan) get their happily ever after.

“Jeopardy!” fans expressed their disbelief after all three contestants were left stumped by a final question about a character in a beloved piece of pop culture.On Thursday’s episode of the long-running game show, contestants Mary Walheim, Alfred Wallace and three-day defending champion Bryce Wargin came up short when presented with a clue in the “Fictional Characters” category. The prompt read: “Boq is one of these fictional people, ‘Not as big as the grown folk… but neither were they very small.'”Walheim was left with a dollar in total winnings after betting $5,999 of her total $6,000 haul when she incorrectly guessed “What is a Lilliputian?”“I’m afraid it’s not the Lilliputians from ‘Gulliver’s Travels,'” “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings told her.Walheim’s competitors, Wallace and Wargin, also appeared to believe that the clue referred to the 6-inch-tall men living on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift’s classic 1726 novel.Wallace’s answer was revealed to be “What are lili?” The contestant, who wagered $10,000 of his $10,600 in winnings, noted that his response was “almost Lilluputian.” Jennings agreed, adding that Wallace had likely run out of time to write the characters’ full name.Wargin’s first guess was “What are Lilliputians?” before he crossed the answer out and wrote, “dwarves.” Jennings then informed the contestants that “What is a Munchkin?” was the correct answer.

“David Tennant Does a Podcast With …” while discussing the 2002 film “Die Another Day.”Pike, 46, said she was left “mortified” after she accidentally “waxed” Brosnan’s chest while “doing the love scene” with the 71-year-old Irish actor.“I think, ‘Oh my God, I’m waxing Pierce’s chest,’” the actress, who played the undercover MI6 and double agent Miranda Frost in the film, recalled. “I was so mortified.

GQ last year, adding gift-giving between co-stars was a “mandatory” gesture.He gifted his Kilmer a burial plot in Boothill Graveyard — the historic cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, where some of the most famous figures of the Old West rest.However, unbeknownst to Russell, Kilmer had also gotten him a gift.“What Val had gotten me was an acre of land overlooking Boothill,” the actor said.Russell, 74, commented on the symbolic jest of both their gifts.“Doc Holliday was all about death, but Wyatt’s all about life,” he said. “I guess that pretty much says it all.”The “Escape from New York” star was straightforward when asked what it was like to have Kilmer as a co-star.“If you’re asking me if it was great working with Val Kilmer… the answer is absolutely,” Russell said.Kilmer, who titled his memoir “I’m Your Huckleberry” after the infamous line he delivered as Doc Holliday in “Tombstone,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles after he succumbed to pneumonia, his daughter confirmed.

how the late actor treated Debbie Reynolds on the set of “Singin’ in the Rain.”“It’s been circulated for decades that he worked Debbie so hard in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ that her feet bled all over the floor — it is just not true,” Patricia said in an interview with Remind magazine published last week.Gene’s third wife added that Reynolds “actually thanked him many times for giving her her career.”The famed choreographer directed Reynolds and starred alongside her in the beloved 1952 musical comedy.Gene died at 83 in 1996, while Reynolds died at 84 in 2016.Patricia told the magazine that many of Kelly’s other past co-stars cherished working with him.“George Chakiris, Leslie Caron and many other dancers have shared with me how Gene was thoughtful with people,” she said. “He was always worried about performers getting shin splints dancing on the hard surfaces,” Patricia added of the “Hello, Dolly!” director.

raucous sing-alongs. “We need to find a way to get people back into the habit of going to theaters,” John Fithian, co-founder of consulting firm The Fithian Group, told Variety.

“The Magnificent Others” podcast this week and claimed he was originally set to star alongside Johnny Depp in 1993’s “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” — but Depp, 61, allegedly sabotaged his opportunity.“I was actually cast to play Leonardo DiCaprio’s role,” Feldman shared. “I never saw the film because I’m still bitter. Bitter leaf in that one.

during an interview on “The Howard Stern Show.”“Have you ever watched a film and said I want to act with this guy so bad?” Stern, 71, asked the “Caddyshack” star during their sit-down.“A long time ago I was watching the Clint Eastwood movies of the day, like ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ or whatever the movies he was making then,” Murray responded, “and I thought: ‘His sidekick gets killed, and he avenges, but the sidekick gets like a great part, a great death scene.'”“I was like, I got to call this guy,” he continued. “So I called him out of the blue, and he said, ‘Would you ever want to do another service comedy?’ Because I just made ‘Stripes’ and he had this great idea for an enormous Navy thing.”“And when he said, ‘Would you ever want to do another service comedy,’ like jeez, ‘Would I become like Abbott and Costello?'” Murray quipped.

his father flew to New York to speak to the film’s lead actress when she went political on X.Jonah Platt, brother of actor Ben Platt, issued a scathing response to one negative commenter who wrote on his Instagram and tried to flip the script on his father. The comment read, “Your dad flew to NYC to reprimand a young actress?” in reference to Variety’s bombshell report this week of the behind-the-scenes drama involving Disney and Zegler, who continuously divided potential moviegoers with her pro-Palestine and anti-Trump comments.

Waltzing With Brando,” he knew it was the role of a lifetime.“We’re so excited about the film. It’s coming out in the summertime in theaters.

“Snow White” star Gal Gadot because of her outspoken support for Israel, according to a bombshell new report. The 39-year-old Israeli actress, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, received an influx of death threats when her “Snow White” co-star Rachel Zegler, 23, shared a pro-Palestinian message on social media, per Variety.In an August 2024 thread on X thanking fans for their support of the unveiled first trailer for the live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated classic, she added, “and always remember, free palestine.” Zegler’s remarks “made the rounds” at Disney, as Variety put it, reportedly leaving many at the House of Mouse shocked that Zegler would infuse a political statement into her promotion of the $270 million film.Concern reached such a fever pitch that an executive at Disney allegedly contacted Zegler’s team to convey their distress, while “Snow White” producer Marc Platt reportedly went to New York to speak with the “West Side Story” actress in person.Death threats against Gadot “spiked” after Zegler’s “free palestine” post, according to Variety, leaving Disney no choice but to pick up the bill for additional security to protect the “Wonder Woman” star.“She didn’t understand the repercussions of her actions as far as what that meant for the film, for Gal, for anyone,” one insider told the outlet of Zegler.The Post reached out to Gadot’s rep for comment.The young actress again found herself in hot water over a social media post following Donald Trump’s election victory in November.

Lisa Lisa portrayed her own mother in her recent Lifetime biopic “Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story.”But she almost made an even splashier acting turn as Eddie Murphy’s love interest — who also just so happened to be named Lisa — in the 1988 classic “Coming to America.”“That was crazy,” Lisa Velez, 59, told The Post about almost getting her big-screen close-up three years after breaking out with 1985’s “I Wonder If I Take You Home,” her debut single with Cult Jam.“We were hanging out, Eddie and I, back in the day with Mike Tyson. I remember when he wanted to do a rom-comer, he wanted to test it out [to see if there was any chemistry].”Lisa Lisa apparently passed the test.“Later on I was sent a script, and they offered me that part, which was amazing,” she said of the role of Queens, New York resident Lisa McDowell, who is courted by Murphy’s Prince Akeem from the fictional African country of Zamunda in the beloved romantic comedy.But it was never meant to be for Lisa Lisa to be the future queen of Zamunda.“I was married then, and I showed my then husband [John Yulfo] the script, and he did not want me to do that,” she said.

“Snow White” is far different than the 1937 animated figure who Rachel Zegler called a stalker in her criticism of the original film.Played by Andrew Burnap, Snow White’s love interest in Marc Webb’s movie is a man named Jonathan — and he’s far from a royal.Jonathan is a poor, Robin Hood-like thief who meets Zegler’s Snow White in the woods, where he is the leader of a group that opposes the Evil Queen (Gal Gadot).This version of the prince is not Snow’s rescuer or soulmate — just as Zegler, 23, wanted.However, the pair do still share a true love’s first kiss in the film.“Snow White” has experienced many controversies ahead of its release Friday, including Zegler’s viral comments about the original Disney flick.At Disney’s D23 Expo in 2022, Zegler compared the original prince character to a stalker.“The original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with the guy who literally stalks her.

would be scaled back amid the controversies surrounding the film, including its portrayal of the titular character’s beloved dwarfs.Led by embattled stars Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot, “Snow White” has been criticized for using CGI to animate the dwarfs instead of casting little people in the roles.“When it comes to the animated part of it, I guess you could have left it with just doing the animals animated,” Klebba exclusively told The Post. “And you could have tried to maybe find seven little people. But you’ve also got to find seven little people who could act and have good chemistry together,” he said.“I don’t know other than Mr.

replacing the seven dwarves with CGI in the new live-action film.“It’s a movie that’s supposed to have real dwarves. Instead, Disney chose to use CGI to replace actors and actresses that are little people that are very talented,” Chapman told TMZ on Wednesday.“Disney had the great opportunity to cast very talented actors like ourselves,” she added, referring to herself and her husband, Matt McCarthy, who also has dwarfism.

the controversial movie.Lead star Rachel Zegler and director Marc Webb attended the event, held at a remote medieval castle called Alcázar of Segovia, which was the inspiration for the castle in the original 1937 “Snow White” film.Disney said that press, content creators, children and their families from Spanish CSR Organizations, and families from Segovia were also at the event.Gal Gadot, who plays the Evil Queen, was not in attendance.The Post has reached out to Gadot’s rep for comment.In front of the castle, Zegler, 23, performed “Waiting on a Wish,” the first single from the film’s original soundtrack.The actress channeled her Disney character by wearing a white sleeveless dress with a floral print and a flowing train.Due to multiple controversies, Disney has opted not to have over-the-top premieres to promote the fantasy film, out March 21.Variety reported this week that the March 15 premiere at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles will be a quiet, laid-back pre-party and screening limited to photographers and an in-house crew.Zegler and Galdot, 39, are both expected to be at the event, but they won’t be answering questions from dozens of media outlets.Webb’s “Snow White” movie has been facing yearslong scrutiny.

scaled back by Disney. But he doesn’t blame the company.The decision, first reported by Variety on Tuesday, was reportedly made due to the controversies surrounding its stars — Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot — as well as its treatment of the “seven dwarves,” including the use of CGI to create the characters rather than live actors.“I was a little disappointed,” Klebba, told The Post.

reported Variety on Tuesday, March 11.Instead, the studio has allegedly opted for a quiet, laid-back pre-party and screening at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., on March 15.Unlike usual red carpets, “Snow White” stars Rachel Zegler, 23, and Gal Gadot, 39, will not be answering questions from dozens of different media outlets, as Disney has allegedly handpicked only a select few photographers and a house crew to cover the high-profile event.Zegler plays “Snow White,” and Gadot stars as the Evil Queen. Both starlets are expected to attend the premiere next week.Disney did not comment when contacted for comment.

Amazon Prime’s limited series “Expats,” Netflix’s murder-mystery miniseries “The Perfect Couple,” Season 2 of “Lioness,” the rom-com “A Family Affair,” the animated musical “Spellbound” and her award-winning role in the erotic thriller “Babygirl.”While attending the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, March 9, the Oscar winner shared why she’s giving herself a break after she promotes two additional projects she has in the pipeline. “I was much more out there last year; this year I have Holland, I have Nine Perfect Strangers, and then I’m off for the rest of year.

and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s love story was one for the big screen.“They had a true love affair…Capital L love,” film producer Matthew Gross exclusively told the Post on Thursday. “They were very happy together, and we are all incredibly, incredibly shocked by this.”Gross is the son of Hackman’s longtime business manager and next-door neighbor, the late Edgar Gross.“She was an incredible pianist, and he loved that,” he continued.

who was found dead Wednesday at age 95 at home in New Mexico, was famous for playing admirals, generals, multiple (fictitious) presidents, coaches, a reverend, a senator and myriad other upright authority figures over his five-decade career in Hollywood.But his portrayals, like his life, were full of fascinating contradictions. Popeye Doyle wasn’t just another detective, and Gene Hackman was not just another actor.Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1930 and eventually settled with his grandmother in Danville, Illinois.From a young age he dreamed of being in show business, even as misfortune and tragedy befell him.

his death at age 95.The actor had a catalog of iconic roles, which earned him five Academy Award nominations and two wins. Hackman took home his first Oscar for “The French Connection” in 1972 and his second in 1993 for “Unforgiven.”In 1999, the star opened up about the one regret he had in his decades-long career.