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• The Accountant 2 Moves Forward with Ben Affleck

  27-06-2017 00:21
  
  Ben Affleck is preparing to return in a sequel to his 2016 action thriller The Accountant for Warner Bros.
  
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• Melissa Barrera felt “lonely and scared” after ‘Scream’ firing

  17-04-2024 23:05 via nme.com
  
  Melissa Barrera has opened up about being fired from the Scream franchise, revealing she felt “lonely and scared” after being dismissed.READ MORE: ‘Scream VI’ review: a nightmarish thrill ride through The City That Never SleepsIn November 2023, Melissa Barerra – who plays Sam Carpenter in 2022’s Scream and sequel Scream VI – was dropped from the upcoming seventh instalment after writing an Instagram post in su
  
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• Frank Sinatra biopic reportedly casting Leonardo DiCaprio, with Martin Scorsese to direct

  17-04-2024 19:57 via nme.com
  
  Martin Scorsese is reportedly set to work on a Frank Sinatra biopic with longtime collaborator Leonardo DiCaprio, according to sources.READ MORE: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ review: Martin Scorsese’s heartbreaking true crime chillerVariety reports that the Killers Of The Flower Moon director is looking to film the project back-to-back with an adaptation of Shūsaku Endō’s 1973 book Life Of Jesus. He is said to be seeking DiCaprio to play
  
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• Hollywood producer Carol Baum hits out at Sydney Sweeney: “She can’t act”

  17-04-2024 17:41 via nme.com
  
  Hollywood producer Carol Baum has criticised Sydney Sweeney, claiming that “she can’t act”.READ MORE: Sydney Sweeney doesn’t get why you’re obsessed with her: “I’m just being me”Baum made the comments in a conversation with New York Times film critic Janet Maslin following a screening of her 1988 film Dead Ringers, beginning: “There’s an actress who everybody loves now – Sydney Sweeney.”
  “I don’t get Sydney
  
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• Quentin Tarantino’s final movie gets post-strikes update

  17-04-2024 15:46 via nme.com
  
  Progress on Quentin Tarantino‘s final film ‘The Movie Critic’ has finally been given an update.READ MORE: Why is Quentin Tarantino only making 10 movies?The director has previously expressed that he wants to “leave a 10-film filmography” – and now, he’s edging closer towards his goal according to a Production Weekly listing.
  According to the listing, Tarantino is confirmed to start shooting ‘The Movie Critic’ in autumn this yea
  
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• Hollywood composer Richard Horowitz dies aged 75

  17-04-2024 12:41 via nme.com
  
  Acclaimed Hollywood composer Richard Horowitz has died aged 75.
  The news was announced by his wife, the Iranian composer and singer Sussan Deyhim. She wrote that Horowitz passed away on April 13, calling him a “musical maverick, father, partner, lover, collaborator, friend, and singular human”.
  “For those of you who didn’t know, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2021 and relocated to Morocco to live out the remainder of his life in a country he adored,” she
  
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• The original ‘Blair Witch Project’ team aren’t happy about the upcoming remake

  17-04-2024 11:47 via nme.com
  
  The original Blair Witch Project team have called news of the upcoming remake “bittersweet”.READ MORE: The Blair Witch project at 20 – director Daniel Myrick on the game-changing horror movie, and his hopes for a connected Blair Witch universeJust days ago, it was announced that the seminal film was getting a reboot at CinemaCon. Since the 1999 original, there have been two sequels in 2000 and 2016, making this remake the fourth movie in the series.
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• Nicola Peltz-Beckham’s film ‘Lola’ called “conceptually untenable” and “poverty porn” by critics

  16-04-2024 23:12 via nme.com
  
  Nicola Peltz-Beckham’ film Lola has been roundly panned by critics.
  The film marks her directorial debut, which she also wrote and stars in as the titular character, who is trying to get by on money from working in a drugstore and strip club while also protecting her younger brother from their alcoholic mother.
  The movie’s synopsis reads: “Lola James works to save enough money to get her little brother, Arlo, out of their toxic home. Arlo keeps her hopeful, until one tragi
  
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• Watch Laufey’s cinematic new short film for ‘Goddess’ – by ‘Past Lives’ director Celine Song

  16-04-2024 22:14 via nme.com
  
  Laufey has today (April 16) released a new short film for her song ‘Goddess’, which has been directed by Past Lives director Celine Song – watch it below.READ MORE: Laufey on winning her first Grammy: “There is no way to prepare. It was really amazing”The video stars Laufey alongside William G. Hardy (from Netflix’s Heartstopper), and was shot in Brooklyn, New York on 35mm film.
  Speaking about the video, Laufey said: “It was so special to work with Celin
  
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• MUNA’s Naomi McPherson to make acting debut as Janis Ian on ‘SNL 1975’

  16-04-2024 21:13 via nme.com
  
  MUNA‘s Naomi McPherson has landed their first acting role as Janis Ian in Jason Reitman’s forthcoming film SNL 1975.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – MUNA: “We believe in people taking moments of freedom and love where they can find it”The film centres around the first episode of Saturday Night Live, which aired in October 1975, focusing in particular on the behind-the-scenes moments before it first came to the small screen. Ian appeared on the
  
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• Uma Thurman offers Drake her iconic ‘Kill Bill’ yellow suit for ongoing rap feuds

  16-04-2024 20:32 via nme.com
  
  Uma Thurman has offered Drake her iconic yellow suit from Kill Bill amid his current feud with his Hip-hop colleagues.READ MORE: Drake – ‘For All The Dogs’ review: banger-less, bitter and deeply midThe ‘God’s Plan’ rapper has found himself in the middle of a feud involving Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar and others. Over the weekend, a rumoured Drake diss track against Lamar called ‘Push Up’ leaked online.
  The diss is a response to Lamar’
  
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• ‘Trainspotting’ actor Vincent Friell dies aged 64

  16-04-2024 20:15 via nme.com
  
  Vincent Friell, the actor best known for his role in Trainspotting, has died at the age of 64.READ MORE: ‘Trainspotting’: an oral history of the cult film and its sequelThe Scottish actor appeared in Danny Boyle’s 1996 film playing the father of Kelly Macdonald’s character Diane. His other credits include the 1985 cult classic Restless Natives, in which he played Will ‘The Wolfman’. 
  The news was confirmed by his agent, who said he died &ld
  
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• Dawn French hits back after podcast host told her to “catch up” on trans issues

  16-04-2024 15:54 via nme.com
  
  Dawn French has shared her opinions on cancel culture following a conversation she had on a podcast.READ MORE: ‘Death On The Nile’ review: Kenneth Branagh’s creaky caper sinks like a stoneThe Vicar Of Dibley star shared her thoughts on what she perceives as society’s quickness to cancel people, saying “we are expected to present ourselves as perfect”.
  This follows French being told to “catch up” in a conversation surrounding JK Rowling’s cont
  
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• The Beatles’ 1970 ‘Let It Be’ documentary to be re-released on Disney+

  16-04-2024 15:00 via nme.com
  
  Disney+ will release a restored version of The Beatles’ classic 1970 documentary film Let It Be on May 8, NME can exclusively announce.Read more: The Beatles: Get Back review: Peter Jackson’s long and winding but utterly unmissable epicThe film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, was first released in cinemas 54 years ago and has been difficult to obtain since – prompting considerable bootlegging. It features footage of the Fab Four while they were writing and recording their 12
  
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• Henry Cavill expecting first child with film exec girlfriend

  16-04-2024 13:57 via nme.com
  
  Henry Cavill has confirmed that he and his partner are expecting their first child.READ MORE: ‘Argylle’ review: Dua Lipa and Henry Cavill’s stranger than fiction spy caperThe Superman star confirmed the news at the premiere for his new film The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
  Speaking to Access Hollywood, the British actor said: “I’m very excited about it. Natalie and I are both very excited.”
  The Argylle star teased: “I’m sure you’ll see
  
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• Belgian premiere for Kristen Stewart film, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, ruined by homophobic violence

  16-04-2024 12:57 via nme.com
  
  An incident broke out at the Brussels premiere of Love Lies Bleeding on Saturday (April 13).READ MORE: ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ review: this steroid-fuelled thriller is Kristen Stewart’s most exciting film yetDuring a screening of Rose Glass’ latest film, starring Kristen Stewart, a mass walkout occurred following a barrage of abusive comments.
  According to Variety, more than 60 people left the premiere, which took place at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFF
  
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• Keanu Reeves reportedly cast as Shadow in ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’

  16-04-2024 11:56 via nme.com
  
  Keanu Reeves is set to voice the character of Shadow in the upcoming movie Sonic The Hedgehog 3.READ MORE: ‘Sonic 2’ review: sparky hedgehog returns with a slower-paced sequelAs reported by Variety, the John Wick star will voice the character in the next instalment of the film series, adapted from the popular video game.
  In the game series, Shadow is an anthropomorphic hedgehog with black fur, and is somewhat of an antagonist.
  Reeves will be joining a star-studded cast, with the prev
  
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• ‘Rust’ weapons supervisor sentenced to 18 months in prison

  15-04-2024 22:51 via nme.com
  
  The weapons supervisor on the set of the ill-fated film Rust has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.
  On October 21, 2021 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on the set of the film, when a live round was discharged from a revolver being used as a prop by Alec Baldwin.
  Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 26, who had served as an armourer on the film, had been on trial charged with involuntary manslaughter, to which
  
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• Zack Snyder reveals “only movie” he wishes he could change

  15-04-2024 21:55 via nme.com
  
  Zack Snyder has revealed which of the films in his back catalogue is the only one that he still wishes he could make changes to.
  The director is known for revisiting his movies and creating extended director’s cuts of them, perhaps most notably in the case of the 2021 ‘Snyder Cut’ of his 2017 DC film Justice League.
  But in a new interview with Empire, Snyder has admitted that there is a different film that he remains somewhat unsatisfied with.
  “The only movie I would chan
  
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• Robert Downey Jr. says ‘Oppenheimer’ role was like “picking fly shit out of pepper”

  15-04-2024 21:29 via nme.com
  
  Robert Downey Jr. has said that preparing for his role in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was like “picking fly shit out of pepper”.READ MORE: ‘Oppenheimer’ review: Christopher Nolan’s mind-blowing biopic hits like a bomb to the brainBack in March, Downey Jr. won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role of the manipulative government official Lewis Strauss in the film.
  Now, the actor has compared the technical precision that was re
  
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• Patsy Kensit remembers strange hair-brushing encounter with David Bowie

  15-04-2024 20:32 via nme.com
  
  Patsy Kensit has spoken about an interaction she once had with David Bowie that was “the most erotic experience” of her life.READ MORE: David Bowie’s earliest years – as told by the people who knew him bestThe actress has said that she was “completely in awe” of the singer while they filmed the film Absolute Beginners together in the mid-1980s.
  Kensit was 16 years old at the time, and as she has told The Sunday Times, she was already a big Bowie fan
  
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• Russell Crowe “seriously pursued” buying Leeds United Football Club

  15-04-2024 19:47 via nme.com
  
  Russell Crowe has revealed that he once was just “a phone call away” from purchasing Leeds United Football Club.
  The Gladiator star is a longtime fan of the club, after growing up watching them on Match of the Day while a young man in Australia.
  And now, in an interview with fellow Leeds fan Chris Moyles on Radio X, he has disclosed how close he came to buying the club outright.
  Crowe did in fact invest in the club as part of a corporate takeover by 49ers Enterprise in 2018, but he r
  
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• ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ director responds to Taylor Swift casting rumour

  15-04-2024 18:01 via nme.com
  
  Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy has addressed rumours that Taylor Swift could appear in the film.
  The singer has been at the centre of speculation over a potential surprise appearance in the upcoming Marvel film as superhero Dazzler.
  However, when asked by Entertainment Tonight about the rumours, Levy replied: “That is hardly confirmed nor denied in this interview. I’m going to literally walk out of the frame and save myself, otherwise Ryan [Reynolds]’s taking a hi
  
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• Taylor Swift reacts to Ryan Gosling singing ‘All Too Well’

  15-04-2024 16:06 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift has reacted to Ryan Gosling‘s Barbie-themed take on her song ‘All Too Well’.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ review: her best album will never go out of styleGosling was hosting SNL this weekend when he performed the reworked rendition of Swift’s ‘Red‘ classic for his opening monologue.
  The actor was joined by Emily Blunt – who played Kitty in Oppenheimer and stars alongside Gosling in the
  
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• Ryan Reynolds pranks Rob McElhenney with ‘Titanic’-inspired birthday present

  15-04-2024 12:51 via nme.com
  
  Ryan Reynolds has pranked friend Rob McElhenney with a Titanic-themed birthday present.
  The pair, who are owners of Wrexham A.F.C. after buying the Welsh football club in 2020, are known for their comic antics with one another.
  On the occasion of the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star’s 47th birthday yesterday (April 14), which also marks the anniversary of the Titanic hitting an iceberg, Reynolds shared a clip on YouTube.
  “For his big day this year, I financed an expeditio
  
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• ‘Baretta’ actor Ron Thompson dies aged 83

  15-04-2024 11:15 via nme.com
  
  Baretta actor Ron Thompson has died at the age of 83.
  The actor famously played the role of Detective Nopke in the 1970s series, and was also known for playing the roles of Tony and Pete Belinsky in the 1981 Ralph Bakshi film American Pop.
  The news of Thompson’s passing was announced by his friend Professor Rel Dowdell of Hampton University, with confirmation that he died on Saturday (April 13) in Los Angeles – though no cause of death was revealed.
  “Mr. Ron Thompson was a very
  
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• Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt draw line under Barbenheimer with Taylor Swift cover on SNL

  14-04-2024 11:42 via nme.com
  
  Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have drawn a line under their Barbenheimer experiences by performing a duet of Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ on Saturday Night Live.READ MORE: Here are all the winners from the Oscars 2024 – rolling listGosling, who played Ken in Barbie, was hosting the episode of SNL, and was joined in the opening monologue by Blunt, who played Kitty in Oppenheimer.
  The two, who are also co-starring in the new action comedy The Fall Guy, reflected on the
  
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• Glastonbury fans react to Russell Crowe being added to 2024 line-up

  12-04-2024 20:58 via nme.com
  
  Glastonbury fans have been reacting to news that Russell Crowe will be performing at this year’s festival.READ MORE: Elton! Arctic Monkeys! Rick Astley! Glastonbury 2023’s most magical moments on Worthy FarmCrowe announced the news himself online today (April 12). Sharing a poster of his act ‘Russell Crowe’s Garden Part’ on X/Twitter that said “we’re playing Glastonbury,” Crowe tweeted: “For those of you watching and waiting for tour dates, w
  
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• Guy Ritchie says Henry Cavill “always” stands up when a woman enters the room

  12-04-2024 17:06 via nme.com
  
  Director Guy Ritchie has said Henry Cavill “always” stands up when a woman enters the room.
  Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about their new film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Ritchie explained what made the group of men in the film “un-gentlemanly” before sharing that Cavill was the opposite of this, standing up whenever a woman enters the room.
  Ritchie said: “Henry Cavill stands up whenever a lady walks in the room. He’s been consistent with
  
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• Here’s every song on the ‘Back to Black’ soundtrack

  12-04-2024 14:39 via nme.com
  
  The highly anticipated Amy Winehouse biopic, Back To Black, is released today, which includes an original new song by Nick Cave.READ MORE: Marisa Abela: “If I’ve learned anything from Amy Winehouse, it’s to be fearless”The film is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and follows the life and career of the iconic London singer, with the title role being taken on by Marisa Abela.
  The soundtrack, titled ‘Back To Black: Songs from the Original Motion Pictu
  
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