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Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Jason Blum’s house runneth over at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Horror label Blumhouse brought four new films to tantalize global theater owners on Tuesday, which will roll out steadily through 2025. The titles feature homicidal robot girls, murderous animatronic mascots, a jacked and terrifying (and undead?) Ethan Hawke and a sentient sex doll.

died of pneumonia Tuesday, following an 11-year battle with throat cancer — romanced Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie, Ellen Barkin and, most notably, Cher.During the eccentric star’s heyday in the ’80s and early ’90s, he was a Tinseltown chick magnet of the highest order, drawing the smartest, coolest and most beautiful of Hollywood.Director Brett Ratner says Kilmer’s personality as much as his leading man looks made him alluring to filmmakers as well as the opposite sex.“He wasn’t a normal guy. His charm, on the screen and off, was amazing. And the devotion to his craft was 200%,” Ratner told The Post.

and swimsuits that always ask for space in our closet, meant to save us from the rising temperatures, and the kind of light and skirts that define the season. These come back every year without fail, but there’s one new item we’ve spotted among the hoard: skinny scarves.Once a favorite accessory of Hollywood starlets like Mischa Barton and Kate Moss in the 2000s, the skinny scarf hasn’t had as much play in recent years.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Seth Rogen‘s Apple TV+ comedy “The Studio” has already been making waves in the industry for its biting satire on Hollywood moviemaking. “I think I’ve been reached out to by almost every head of every major studio throughout the day to day, and it’s a lot of like, ‘This is great, but very traumatic to watch,'” Rogen said at a screening and Q&A for “The Studio” at the Museum of Modern Art moderated by Variety’s Jenelle Riley.

Val Kilmer's passing at 65, just three years after his last film appearance, has left fans, friends, and Hollywood co-stars devastated. His family announced that he died on Tuesday after a bout of pneumonia.This followed a long battle with throat cancer, which began with his diagnosis in 2014. Although he eventually received the 'all clear', Val's cancer treatment left his voice irreparably damaged.

Split Fiction is set to be turned into a Hollywood blockbuster.Co-op title Split Fiction was released earlier this year and became one of the best-reviewed games of 2025, as well as shifting more than two million units.Last month it was reported by Variety that the rights for a movie adaptation of the game had become the subject of a bidding war. However Fares isn’t convinced a Split Fiction movie will ever happen.“You know what I say? I believe it when I see it, because nothing has happened yet,” Fares told Variety. “It would be nice if it happened, but again, I’ll believe it when I see it.

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to Toei Company President and CEO Fumio Yoshimura about the Japanese studio’s ambitious growth and global expansion plans, which include a slate of international projects and co-productions; ramping up international sales of its existing content; and upgrading its physical production facilities in Tokyo and Kyoto. Deadline sat down with Yoshimura ahead of his trip to Los Angeles to meet with major Hollywood studios and streamers.

Val Kilmer, the Hollywood star known for his iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever, and The Doors, was one of the highest-paid actors in the 90s. However, before he found fame, a family tragedy struck that would haunt him for years to come and later inspire one of his acting roles. Sadly, Kilmer passed away at the age of 65 from pneumonia at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday, April 1, as confirmed by his daughter.

died from pneumonia at age 65 in Los Angeles Tuesday.Michael Mann, who directed Kilmer in the 1995 crime thriller “Heat,” told the Hollywood Reporter how impressed he was with the actor.“While working with Val on ‘Heat’ I always marvelled at the range, the brilliant variability within the powerful current of Val’s possessing and expressing character,” Mann said. “After so many years of Val battling disease and maintaining his spirit, this is tremendously sad news.”Oscar nominee Josh Brolin also paid heartfelt tribute on Instagram.“See ya, pal. I’m going to miss you,” he said.

his death at 65.Kilmer died after a battle with pneumonia on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter Mercedes confirmed.In a video shared on his social media account, Kilmer could be seen sitting next to a painting he made of Batman — which served as one of his most successful roles in his decades-long career.In the clip, shared with his 645,000 followers on Instagram, the actor declares he is “ready” before grabbing a Batman mask and donning it for the last time.“It’s been a while,” he quipped as he got into character, before turning to the camera for a final look.Artist David Choe, who sat near the actor in the video, could be heard complimenting how “great” Kilmer looked in his mask.Kilmer was cast in Joel Schumacher’s 1995 hit “Batman Forever” after actor Michael Keaton had dropped out.A post shared by The Choe Show (@choe_show)The film went on to become a box office smash, grossing over $336 million.“Everything was different about this job than I’d experienced before. The size of the character and how strange it was that Michael Keaton had decided not to do it — I just said yes, without reading the script,” Kilmer told Entertainment Tonight in 1995.In his final social media post, shared just over a week ago on March 22, Kilmer unveiled one of his last artworks that he uploaded for purchase on his website.“It’s got that late-night glow.

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Naman Ramachandran The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) has unveiled the lineup for its 23rd edition. The five-day festival will open with the North American premiere of Varsha Bharath’s “Bad Girl,” a Tamil-language drama that took home the Netpac award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam earlier this year.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Fiddling while Rome burns? Candle Media co-CEO Kevin Mayer asserted that Hollywood should be much more concerned about demographic shifts and changes in consumer behavior as the math doesn’t look good for the traditional TV and film business. Mayer spoke Monday evening at the Paley Dialogue session hosted by the Paley Center for Media at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills.

In a ten-page comment directed to the White House Office of Science and Technology earlier this month, the Motion Picture Association said AI “can, and must, coexist with a copyright system that incentivizes the creation of original expression and protects the rights of copyright owners.”

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Halle Berry has opened up about being the only Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar in the history of the Academy Awards.In the new Apple TV+ documentary, Number One On The Call Sheet, Berry opens up about what happened since she won the Best Actress Oscar in 2002 for her role in Monsters Ball. Since her win, no other Black women have won the award.“It’s forced me to ask myself, did it matter?” Berry says in the show (via The Hollywood Reporter).

Viola Davis has responded to the “beautiful” Timothée Chalamet acceptance speech shout-out that he gave her recently.Last week (March 27), Davis attended the premiere of her new action drama G20 and spoke about Chalamet’s comments during his acceptance speech when winning Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlier this year.Chalamet won for his performance in Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown and during his speech, shouted out actors whose work he admired and hoped to replicate in his own career.He said: “I’m as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps. I wanna be up there so I’m deeply grateful to that.

, Halle Berry, and George Clooney.Lately, the “British teeth” side of the debate has resurfaced with season three, featuring Manchester-born Aimee Lou Wood, who plays Chelsea, . “I can’t believe the impact my teeth are having,” Wood said during her appearance on the Jonathan Ross show. “Americans can’t get over them.”Aimee Lou Wood in The White LotusThe so-called imperfect English smile, really, is nothing new.

A major Hollywood star is rumoured to have backed out of joining Celebrity Big Brother, despite being in "advanced talks" with the show's producers. With the launch just around the corner and no official cast list released, whispers suggest that ex-Love Island personalities, a WAG, and an Olympian are set to step into the iconic house. Producers were crossing their fingers for this particular celeb to be a blockbuster addition.

Discovery+’s latest true crime series will examine the Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni feud that has dominated headlines so far this year.