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The Box Office Report: ‘Wish’ doesn’t come true over Thanksgiving weekend
The latest Disney animated film is topped by ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Napoleon’ while ‘The Marvels’ falls out of the top five.
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The Box Office Report: 'The Hunger Games' prequel outlasts its competition while 'The Marvels' falls to No. 3
'The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' didn't live up to the lofty box office goals of its predecessors but still outdid 'Trolls Band Together' and 'The…
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Deep SNL Thoughts: Jason Momoa loves life and loves hosting
While the show is still fumbling its Joe Biden portrayal, the ‘Aquaman’ star returns to steal wives and daydream about the Roman Empire.
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‘Stop! Stop! Stop! I’m doing something!’: 'I Think You Should Leave' is almost back
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The lost 'SNL' generation
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'His finest hour': Henson biographer Brian Jay Jones and I chat about 'Muppet Family Christmas'
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James Gunn delivers the best MCU movie since ‘Endgame’ with ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
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The Box Office Report: It’s-a ‘Mario’ again
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Great, now I have to buy Baby Garfield merch
First trailer for 'The Garfield Movie' unveils Chris Pratt as the character. PLUS: It looks like Pedro Pascal is the MCU's Reed Richards, and new…
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The Box Office Report: Yes, ‘The Marvels’ had the worst opening weekend in MCU history
It’s hard to promote a movie when its stars aren’t allowed to do the promoting.
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Deep SNL Thoughts: Timothée Chalamet returns with his TikTok rapper, Tiny Horse … and Alec Baldwin
The ‘Wonka’ star’s second hosting gig was going great up until the very last second.
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Let’s talk ‘Loki,’ ‘The Marvels’ and the state of the MCU
It’s a big weekend for Marvel Studios, with ‘Loki’ airing its series finale and ‘The Marvels’ hitting theaters. What’s the vibe like in the MCU?
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'A deal of extraordinary scope' ends the actors strike
After 118 days, SAG-AFTRA returns to work. PLUS: 'The Marvels' hits theaters, a new 'Peanuts' movie is in the works, and 'Ghostbusters' faces the…
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The Box Office Report: ‘Five Night at Freddy’s’ wins what should've been ‘Dune: Part Two’ weekend
With the ‘Dune’ sequel pushed to next year, the weekend lacked a major draw.
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'Marvel is truly f*cked with the whole Kang angle'
New report explores Marvel's future. PLUS: Taylor Tomlinson to follow Colbert, a new ‘Planet of the Apes’ trailer, and does Elon Musk think the main…
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The Box Office Report: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ opens with a shocking $78M weekend
The video game adaption blew away the debuts of several 2023 debuts from major franchises.
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Deep SNL Thoughts: Nate Bargatze? Great host. Mikey Day? Not so great Joe Biden.
The standup comedian delivered a bounce-back episode while the show shook up who plays the president.
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