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Plex and conducted by OnePoll, the study found 82% of people bond with their family and friends over a love of the same TV shows and movies, while 76% claimed some of their closest friendships developed as a result of sharing an interest in the same content.An overwhelming 96% of respondents said they discuss recent TV episodes with their friends and family — 66% said they do it “often” or “very often.”Over the past year, the most popular and talked-about TV shows and movies are “Avatar: The Way of Water” (26%), “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (26%), “Stranger Things” (22%) and “House of the Dragon” (20%).Four in 10 said they’re most likely to discuss media in person, but 67% said they often watch content remotely with friends and family if they aren’t physically next to each other.If they’re watching content remotely, 21% catch up over the phone, 16% over messaging apps and 12% over video calls. Over half (55%) have a specific chat group dedicated to discussing shows and movies.

The Post noted in a review that called the flick “solidly entertaining.”The film is tracking to open in the $70 million range over the long Father’s Day and Juneteenth weekend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Next in line was Pixar’s new animated adventure film “Elemental,” which grossed $11.8 million in its opening night on Friday. It could end up being Pixar’s lowest debut, wrote the blog Slashfilm.The family flick is set in a New York-esque metropolis inhabited by anthropomorphic wind, water, fire and Earth citizens, and is sweet but underwhelming, said The Post.“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” took third in the box office, raking in $8.1 million.

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It is expected to enjoy a $104 million three-day weekend, according to Deadline.The Post called the flick, produced in part by Lin-Manuel Miranda, “more lifeless than far better two-dimensional painted drawings.”“Fast X,” which was in the No. 1 spot last Friday, slowed down to second, with $6.3 million in sales.The 11-title “Fast and Furious” franchise already sped past $7 billion in the global box office.

The Guardian. “People don’t realize how much constantly talking to the press as a child weighs on you.”The “Miracle on 34th Street” alum then recalled how she began acting at the age of six-years-old, and by the time she was seven, her fame skyrocketed.She noted that the media began to ask her questions in her early years if she knew about “french kissing” and which actor she thought was hot.“I had people sending me inappropriate letters and posting things about me online,” she said.

famously skilled at directing kids in movies. But a new video that’s surfaced puts the Hollywood heavyweight’s own childlike energy on display.A decades-old clip posted this week on Twitter shows the “E.T.” filmmaker playing a massive prank on “Goonies” director Richard Donner, back in 1985.

first week, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.The film, which The Post found “lousy,” has now earned $500 million globally, making it the top-grossing video game adaptation in cinematic history, Variety reported. The horror-thriller “The Pope’s Exorcist,” which tells the petrifying tale of the Vatican’s top exorcist’s investigation into a child’s possession, landed second with $4.3 million after debuting on Tuesday.

Watch What Happens Live” that she had a major crush on Dennis Quaid, who played Nick Parker, the father of the twins played by Lindsay Lohan and who employed Chessy as the nanny.The actress was asked if Quaid, 69, knew that she and Elaine Hendrix, 52, who played Meredith Blake in the film, had crushes on him — and if they ever made a move.“Elaine’s my best friend, if she had made a move, I would have known about it,” Walter said of Hendrix, who was only 26 when they shot the movie. “I absolutely had a crush on him.

interview with Variety on Tuesday at the movie premiere in Los Angeles. He explained that he “had been doing so many movies in a row,” including the upcoming film “Spaceman,” in which he was put into a hanging harness for scenes.That’s when he noticed his hip hitch.“I kept saying, ‘Something’s going on with my hip, man. I’m in trouble,'” he recalled.

your VCR — Blockbuster could be making a comeback.Fans are speculating the nearly extinct video rental company is returning after its website recently became active, announcing in a cliffhanger, “We are working on rewinding your movie.”While there is no clear indication of when the Blockbuster site was activated, the company remains attentive on Twitter, often sharing jokes about resuming operations.“Our 2023 New Year’s resolution was to reopen Blockbuster but it seemed like a lot of work so we quit. Should we start going to the gym instead?” Blockbuster quipped.“New business idea: We’re going to come back as a bank and use VHS and DVDs as currency.

her role as Ariel in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” which premieres on May 26.“As a black person, you just expect it and it’s not really a shock anymore,” Bailey told The Face.Racist trolls hurled vile slurs online about the 22-year-old actress when she was cast in 2019 as well as when the teaser was released in September.“I never read my comments. Don’t ever read the comments,” she said.

Insider at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Saturday. “It’s my secret sauce.

wrote Bonneville, whose message on Twitter attracted more than 37,000 likes.Along with his tribute Bonneville, 58, shared a Ukrainian language promotional trailer for “Paddington 2” featuring then-actor and comedian Zelensky.“Hello to my darling friends. I, Volodymyr Zelensky, will lend my voice to the wonderful, charismatic, friendly bear Paddington,” the 44-year-old politician can be heard telling viewers in the two-minute trailer, according to a report by Variety.“Paddington’ [is a film] you can go to see with your whole family, and everyone will enjoy it regardless of your age,” he adds.

by Robert Kimmel Smith, for a school assignment and loved it so much, he wanted to watch the movie version. But it didn’t exist.

decade after the dramatic climax of “Toy Story 3” — wherein the gang find themselves trapped in a garbage incinerator and facing certain annihilation — the film’s director Lee Unkrich has come to confirm just how dark that scene really was.The toys of “Toy Story,” including Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and a rotating cast of dilapidated dolls, had managed to survive being lost inside a Pizza Planet restaurant (“Toy Story”), and getting pilfered by a maniacal, mouth-breathing toy collector who brought them to Japan (“Toy Story 2”).But “Toy Story 3” presented the most traumatic circumstances of all: being sent to a daycare center where a malevolent purple bear would shove them into a dump truck that drops them off in an