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2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees: Drake Leads with 12

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Rebecca Murray
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Drake tops the list of 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards nominees with 12, followed by The Chainsmokers with 11 nominations. This year’s awards show will take place at the Forum in Los Angeles and will air live on TBS, TNT, and truTV on March 5th at 8pm ET/5pm PT. In addition to announcing the nominees, iHeartMedia and Turner revealed Bruno Mars is the first artist confirmed to perform at the event.

“When we created this awards show four years ago, we set out to celebrate the music that we play on iHeartRadio every day,” said Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Groups for iHeartMedia. “The core of iHeartRadio is these artists, their songs and our listeners. This night recognizes all three.”


The 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards have added a batch of new categories including Best New Pop Artist, Best Music Video, and Producer of the Year. Commenting on the new categories, iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises President John Sykes stated, “The biggest artists in music show up every year because this is the awards show that fans truly control. With iHeartRadio now reaching such a diverse audience, this year we have expanded to giving awards in more than 30 categories.”

Fans can vote on the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards winners by visiting iHeartRadio.com/awards.

iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees:

Song of the Year:

– “Can’t Stop The Feeling” – Justin Timberlake
– “Cheap Thrills” – Sia featuring Sean Paul
– “Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
– “One Dance” – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
– “Stressed Out” – twenty one pilots

Female Artist of the Year:

– Adele
– Ariana Grande
– Rihanna
– Selena Gomez
– Sia

Male Artist of the Year:

– Drake
– Justin Bieber
– Luke Bryan
– Shawn Mendes
– The Weeknd

Best Duo/Group of the Year:

– Coldplay
– DNCE
– Florida Georgia Line
– The Chainsmokers
– twenty one pilots

Alternative Rock Song of the Year:

– “Bored to Death” – blink-182
– “Dark Necessities” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
– “Heathens” – twenty one pilots
– “Ride” – twenty one pilots
– “Trouble” – Cage The Elephant

Alternative Rock Artist of the Year:

– blink-182
– Cage The Elephant
– Coldplay
– The Strumbellas
– twenty one pilots

Rock Song of the Year:

– “Bang Bang” – Green Day
– “Dark Necessities” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
– “Take Me Down” – The Pretty Reckless
– “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” – Volbeat
– “The Sound Of Silence” – Disturbed

Rock Artist of the Year:

– Disturbed
– Five Finger Death Punch
– Red Hot Chili Peppers
– Shinedown
– Volbeat

Country Song of the Year:

– “Church Bells” – Carrie Underwood
– “Snapback” – Old Dominion
– “Somewhere On A Beach” – Dierks Bentley
– “T-Shirt” – Thomas Rhett
– “You Should Be Here” – Cole Swindell

Country Artist of the Year:

– Carrie Underwood
– Jason Aldean
– Keith Urban
– Luke Bryan
– Thomas Rhett

Dance Song of the Year:

– “Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
– “Cold Water” – Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ
– “Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
– “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” – Mike Posner
– “Let Me Love You” – DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber

Dance Artist of the Year:

– Calvin Harris
– DJ Snake
– Flume
– Major Lazer
– The Chainsmokers

Hip-Hop Song of the Year:

– “All The Way Up” – Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana
– “Controlla” – Drake
– “For Free” – DJ Khaled featuring Drake
– “One Dance” – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
– “Panda” – Desiigner

Hip-Hop Artist of the Year:

– Desiigner
– DJ Khaled
– Drake
– Future
– J. Cole

R&B Song of the Year:

– “Exchange” – Bryson Tiller
– “Needed Me” – Rihanna
– “No Limit” – Usher featuring Young Thug
– “Sorry” – Beyoncé
– “Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake

R&B Artist of the Year:

– Beyoncé
– Bryson Tiller
– Rihanna
– The Weeknd
– Usher

Latin Song of the Year:

– “Ay Mi Dios” – IAmChino featuring Pitbull, Yandel and El Chacal
– “De Pies A Cabeza” – Mana featuring Nicky Jam
– “Duele El Corazon” – Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin
– “La Carretera” – Prince Royce
– “Ya Me Enteré” – Reik featuring Nicky Jam

Latin Artist of the Year:

– Enrique Iglesias
– J Balvin
– Nicky Jam
– Prince Royce
– Yandel

Regional Mexican Song of the Year:

– “Amor Del Bueno” – Calibre 50
– “Cicatrices” – Regulo Caro
– “Me Está Gustando” – Banda Los Recoditos
– “¿Por Qué Terminamos?” – Gerardo Ortiz
– “Solo Con Verte” – Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga

Regional Mexican Artist of the Year:

– Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
– Banda Los Recoditos
– Calibre 50
– Gerardo Ortiz
– Remmy Valenzuela

Best New Rock/Alternative Rock Artist: (New Category)

– Foals
– Kaleo
– Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
– Red Sun Rising
– The Strumbellas

Best New Country Artist: (New Category)

– Chris Lane
– Chris Stapleton
– Granger Smith
– Kelsea Ballerini
– Maren Morris

Best New Hip-Hop Artist: (New Category)

– Chance The Rapper
– Desiigner
– D.R.A.M.
– Kent Jones
– Kevin Gates

Best New Latin Artist: (New Category)

– Carlos Rivera
– Christian Daniel
– CNCO
– IAmChino
– Sofia Reyes

Best New R&B Artist: (New Category)

– Belly
– Bryson Tiller
– Dreezy
– Kayla Brianna
– Ro James

Best New Regional Mexican Artist: (New Category)

– Adriel Favela
– Banda Los Sebastianes
– Cheyo Carrillo
– Joss Favela
– La Séptima Banda

Best New Pop Artist: (New Category)

– Alessia Cara
– Daya
– Lukas Graham
– The Chainsmokers
– ZAYN

Producer of the Year: (New Category)

– Benny Blanco
– Greg Kurstin
– Max Martin
– Mike Elizondo
– The Chainsmokers

Best Lyrics: *Socially Voted Category

– “7 Years” – Lukas Graham
– “Came Here to Forget” – Blake Shelton
– “Cheap Thrills” – Sia featuring Sean Paul
– “Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
– “Heathens” – twenty one pilots
– “Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber
– “Scars To Your Beautiful” – Alessia Cara
– “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” – Adele
– “Too Good” – Drake featuring Rihanna
– “You Should Be Here” – Cole Swindell

Best Collaboration: *Socially Voted Category

– “Cheap Thrills” – Sia featuring Sean Paul
– “Closer” – The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
– “Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
– “This Is What You Came For” – Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna
– “Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake

Best Cover Song: *Socially Voted Category

– “All I Ask” – Bruno Mars
– “Ex’s and Oh’s” – Fifth Harmony
– “Fast Car” – Justin Bieber
– “Hands to Myself” – DNCE
– “Here” – Shawn Mendes
– “How Will I Know” – Ariana Grande
– “Love on the Brain” – Kelly Clarkson
– “Purple Rain” – Jennifer Hudson and the cast of The Color Purple
– “Sound of Silence” – Disturbed
– “Too Good” – Zara Larsson

Best Song from a Movie: *Socially Voted Category

– “Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Justin Timberlake (Trolls)
– “Falling for You” – Ellie Goulding (Bridget Jones’s Baby)
– “Girls Talk Boys” – 5 Seconds of Summer (Ghostbusters)
– “Heathens” – twenty one pilots (Suicide Squad)
– “Just Like Fire” – P!nk (Alice Through the Looking Glass)

Best Music Video: (New Category) *Socially Voted Category

– “Can’t Stop the Feeling” – Justin Timberlake
– “Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers featuring Daya
– “Formation” – Beyoncé
– “Hasta El Amanecer” – Nicky Jam
– “Heathens” – twenty one pilots
– “Hymn for the Weekend” – Coldplay
– “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” – Mike Posner
– “Pillowtalk” – ZAYN
– “Side to Side” – Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj
– “This Is What You Came For” – Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna
– “Work” – Rihanna featuring Drake
– “Work From Home” – Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign

Best Underground Alternative Band: (New Category) *Socially Voted Category

– Hey Violet
– Pierce the Veil
– PVRIS
– Sleeping With Sirens
– Tonight Alive

Social Star Award: (New Category) *Socially Voted Category

– Alex Aiono from YouTube
– Baby Ariel from Musical.ly
– Emma McGann from YouNow
– Hailey Knox from YouNow
– Jack and Jack from Snapchat
– Jacob Sartorius from Musical.ly
– Marcus Perez from Facebook
– Steph Clavin from Instagram
– Todrick Hall from YouTube
– xYego from Smule

Best Fan Army presented by Taco Bell: *Socially Voted Category

– 5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOSFam
– Ariana Grande – Arianators
– Beyoncé – Beyhive
– Britney Spears – Britney Army
– Demi Lovato – Lovatics
– Fifth Harmony – Harmonizers
– Justin Bieber – Beliebers
– Katy Perry – KatyCats
– Lady Gaga – Little Monsters
– Rihanna – Rihanna Navy
– Selena Gomez – Selenators
– Shawn Mendes – Mendes Army
– twenty one pilots – #twentyonepilots




2017 Puppy Bowl Details: Puppies from 34 Rescues Hit the Gridiron

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Rebecca Murray
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Puppy Bowl puppies
Action on the field in Animal Planet’s 2016 Puppy Bowl.

Animal Planet’s always popular Puppy Bowl returns on Sunday, February 5, 2017 for more furry action on the football field. The three hour event will air simultaneously on both coasts beginning at 12pm PT/3pm ET and will feature puppies from 34 rescue organizations. 78 puppies will participate in the 2017 event as Team Ruff takes on Team Fluff during Puppy Bowl XIII, with the winning team receiving the first-ever Petco Lombarky trophy.

The 2017 Puppy Bowl will feature correspondent Rodt Weiler along with the world’s most famous groundhog – Punxsutawney Phil. Phil will handle the coin toss that kicks off this year’s much-anticipated Puppy Bowl and Dan Schachner will be return as the “rufferee.” Jill Rappaport will be hosting up close and personal segments on some of Puppy Bowl XIII‘s participants.


The 34 rescue organizations and animal shelters involved in the 2017 event include AHeinz57 (Iowa), Big Fluffy Dog Rescue (Tennessee), Citizens for Animal Protection (Texas), Last Hope K9 (Massachusetts), Miami-Dade County Animal Services (Florida), Mr. Bones & Company (New York), Nevada SPCA, Paw Works (California), and Stray Rescue (Missouri). Among the adoptable players featured in the 2017 Puppy Bowl will be three puppies with special needs. Doobert (deaf), Lucky (three-legged), and Winston (hearing and sight impaired) are the first puppies with disabilities to ever take part in the annual event.

Puppy Bowl viewers will be treated to a Kitty Half-Time Show, cheerleading rabbits and guinea pigs, Muffin the Chinchilla, Orlando the Screech Owl, and Meep the African Gray Parrot. Puppy Bowl fans can also expect plenty of shots from the water bowl and slow-motion playback cameras. Viewers will also be able to check out a puppy’s eye view of the gridiron action with the Puppy Bowl Virtual Reality.

Last year more than 9 million viewers tuned in to watch adoptable puppies attempt to score touchdowns. Details on this year’s adorable Puppy Bowl competitors can be found at AnimalPlanet.com/PuppyBowl.





‘American Crime’ Season 3 Plot and Character Details Announced

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Rebecca Murray
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American Crime stars Felicity Huffman and Regina King
‘American Crime’ stars Felicity Huffman and Regina King attend the Television Academy’s “For Your Consideration” event (Photo by Matt Petit / ABC)

ABC has released details on the upcoming third season of the critically acclaimed award-winning series, American Crime. American Crime was created by Oscar winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) who serves as an executive producer along with Michael J. McDonald. The season three cast includes Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Timothy Hutton, Lili Taylor, Connor Jessup, Richard Cabral, and Benito Martinez. Among the new season’s recurring guest stars are Cherry Jones, Janel Moloney, Dallas Roberts, Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Clayton Cardenas, Sandra Oh, and Mickaëlle X. Bizet.

The American Crime Season 3 Plot: When a father, Luis Salazar (Benito Martinez), travels illegally from Mexico into the United States to search for his missing son, he discovers that modern servitude is thriving in the farmlands and agricultural communities. Promised a job and a place to live, these laborers find themselves forced to live in abject poverty. Required to pay for their own food and other essentials, what little money they make is paid back to their employers, and because they will forever be in debt, they can never leave.

Undocumented workers aren’t the only people targeted by this system. Coy Henson (Connor Jessup) is a young, white American male, estranged from his family and hopelessly addicted to drugs. When he happens upon farm crew chief Isaac Castillo (Richard Cabral), he takes the opportunity to get his life back on track. But as he desperately tries to free himself of his addiction, he begins to become suspicious of Isaac’s promises and aware of the injustices taking place on the farm.


Hesby Farms is a struggling tomato farm, forced to cut back on labor costs in order to be competitive in a market that continuously demands lower prices. Jeanette Hesby (Felicity Huffman), who married into the family that owns the farm, begins to learn the shocking truth behind their wealth. Her turmoil will eventually force her to make a moral decision which could put her at odds with the family.

Kimara Walters (Regina King) is a dedicated social worker who truly wants to help those in need.  Unattached, single and in her forties, she desperately wants to have a baby and is finding it hard to get pregnant, even with the help of modern medicine. When Kimara meets Shae (Ana Mulvoy-Ten), a 17-year-old prostitute, she wants to help her get out of the business, turn her life around and take a stand against her pimp.

Nicholas Coates (Timothy Hutton) owns a furniture supply business and is feeling the sting of buyers wanting quality items at discounted prices. At home, he finds himself in a marriage where memories of the past seem much more pleasant than the present. His wife, Clair (Lili Taylor), decides that she wants to hire and provide a working visa for a Haitian woman, Gabrielle (Mickaëlle X. Bizet), to be their son’s nanny. But darkness seems to embroil this family, and Gabrielle soon discovers that her employment comes with a steep price.




‘Rings’ Unveils a Creepy New Black and White Poster

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Rebecca Murray
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Rings Movie Poster

Paramount Pictures just released a new black and white poster for the horror film, Rings. The latest addition to the popular horror franchise was directed by F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) and stars Matilda Lutz (Summertime), Alex Roe (The Fifth Wave), Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Aimee Teegarden (Notorious), Bonnie Morgan, and Vincent D’Onofrio (The Magnificent Seven). Rings is set to open in theaters on February 3, 2017.


The franchise kicked off in October 2002 with The Ring starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, and Daveigh Chase. The first film of the series rang up $249 million during its theatrical run and sparked a sequel which hit theaters in March 2005. The Ring 2 didn’t come close to the first film’s box office take, grossing $161 million before exiting theaters. The third film, Rings, was shot in 2015 and is set 13 years after the events of The Ring.

The Plot: A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a “movie within the movie” that no one has ever seen before…





‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Deadpool’ Earn ACE Eddie Awards Nominations

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Rebecca Murray
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Game of Thrones Season 6 episode 9 Kit Harington
Kit Harington in ‘Game of Thrones’ season 6 episode 9 (Photo: Helen Sloan/Courtesy of HBO)

The nominees for the 67th Annual ACE Eddie Awards have been announced by the American Cinema Editors (ACE) organization, recognizing the best in editing of films and television in 2016. The ACE Eddie Awards nominees are selected by the members of ACE, an honorary society made up of motion picture editors, with winners set to be announced on January 27, 2017. The 2017 awards ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The 67th Annual Ace Eddie Awards will also honor J.J. Abrams with its ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award. The American Cinema Editors will release the names of its two career achievement award winners soon.


ACE Eddie Awards Nominees:

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

Arrival
Joe Walker, ACE

Hacksaw Ridge
John Gilbert, ACE

Hell or High Water
Jake Roberts

Manchester by the Sea
Jennifer Lame

Moonlight
Nat Sanders, Joi McMillon

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY):

Deadpool
Julian Clarke, ACE

Hail, Caesar!
Roderick Jaynes

The Jungle Book
Mark Livolsi, ACE

La La Land
Tom Cross, ACE

The Lobster
Yorgos Mavropsaridis

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Kubo and the Two Strings
Christopher Murrie, ACE

Moana
Jeff Draheim, ACE

Zootopia
Fabienne Rawley & Jeremy Milton

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):

13th
Spencer Averick

Amanda Knox
Matthew Hamachek

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
Paul Crowder

O.J.: Made in America
Bret Granato, Maya Mumma & Ben Sozanski

Weiner
Eli B. Despres

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (TELEVISION):


The Choice 2016
Steve Audette, ACE

Everything is Copy
Bob Eisenhart, ACE

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
Oliver Lief

BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES:

Silicon Valley: “The Uptick”
Brian Merken, ACE

Veep: “Morning After”
Steven Rasch, ACE

Veep: “Mother”
Shawn Paper

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES – COMMERCIAL:

Better Call Saul: “Fifi”
Skip Macdonald, ACE

Better Call Saul: “Klick”
Skip Macdonald, ACE & Curtis Thurber

Better Call Saul: “Nailed”
Kelley Dixon, ACE & Chris McCaleb

Mr. Robot: “eps2.4m4ster-s1ave.aes”
Philip Harrison

This is Us: “Pilot”
David L. Bertman, ACE

BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES – NON-COMMERCIAL:

The Crown: “Assassins”
Yan Miles, ACE

Game of Thrones: “Battle of the Bastards”
Tim Porter, ACE

Stranger Things: “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
Dean Zimmerman

Stranger Things: “Chapter Seven: The Bathtub”
Kevin D. Ross

Westworld: “The Original”
Stephen Semel, ACE & Marc Jozefowicz

BEST EDITED MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE (NON-THEATRICAL):

All the Way
Carol Littleton, ACE

The Night Of: “The Beach”
Jay Cassidy, ACE

The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia”
Adam Penn, Stewart Schill, ACE & C. Chi-yoon Chung

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES:

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: “Manila”
Hunter Gross, ACE

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Senegal
Mustafa Bhagat

Deadliest Catch: “Fire at Sea: Part 2”
Josh Earl, ACE & Alexander Rubinow, ACE



‘The Man in the High Castle’ Renewed for Season 3

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Rebecca Murray
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The Man in the High Castle season 2 DJ Qualls and Rupert Evans
DJ Qualls and Rupert Evans in ‘The Man in the High Castle’ season 2 (Photo Credit: Liane Hentscher/Amazon Prime Video)

Amazon has confirmed the dramatic series The Man in the High Castle will return for a third season. The series’ second season was released on December 16, 2016 and, according to Amazon, season two’s first weekend in release drew in more viewers than any other Amazon scripted original series in 2016. Amazon also announced four-time Writers Guild nominee Eric Overmyer will be the new showrunner for season three of The Man in the High Castle.

The Man in the High Castle is based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel and was developed for television by The X-Files‘ Frank Spotnitz. Overmyer, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Richard Heus, Isa Dick Hackett, and Daniel Percival are on board as season three executive producers. The series stars Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls, Joel De La Fuente, Brennan Brown, Bella Heathcote, Callum Keith Rennie, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, and Rufus Sewell.


“As timely as ever, the exploration of characters at a dark point for humanity has provided incredible stories for two seasons,” stated Joe Lewis, Head of Comedy and Drama, Amazon Studios. “Eric and his team are doing an incredible job crafting stories about the inner lives of those who struggle to do good in a world that is not. We couldn’t be more excited to bring season three to customers in 2017.”

The Season Two Plot: Season two of the one-hour drama series The Man in the High Castle continues to explore what would have happened if the Allied Powers had lost World War II. While Germany controls much of the East Coast and Japan controls the West Coast, the Rocky Mountains have become a “neutral zone”–and ground zero for a resistance, led by a mysterious figure known only as “the Man in the High Castle.” While some citizens struggle against the fear, oppression and inequality, others accept their lives, as compromised and unfulfilling as they might be. But after a series of enigmatic films surface depicting a world vastly different from their own, some begin to question the very nature of their reality.





Box Office Report: ‘Rogue One’ Rules New Year’s Weekend

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Rebecca Murray
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Felicity Jones and Diego Luna Rogue One
Felicity Jones and Diego Luna star in ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.’

Disney and Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story retained its hold on the top spot of the box office chart over the four-day New Year’s holiday weekend. The sequel/prequel has rung up $436 million domestically (a total of $789 million worldwide) since opening in theaters on December 16, 2016. Following in second place was Illumination Entertainment’s animated singing animals film, Sing, which has brought in $180 million domestically since being released in theaters on December 21st.

It’s possible Rogue One and Sing will finish one-two again over the January 6-8, 2017 weekend, but they’ll have to hold off the new release Underworld: Blood Wars as well as Hidden Figures and A Monster Calls, both expanding into wide release after limited 2016 runs.


New Year’s Holiday Weekend Box Office Top 10: December 30, 2016 -January 2, 2017

  1. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – $64,336,000
  2. Sing – $56,400,000
  3. Passengers – $20,700,000
  4. Moana – $14,301,000
  5. Why Him? – $13,000,000
  6. Fences – $12,700,000
  7. La La Land – $12,330,000
  8. Assassin’s Creed – $10,875,000
  9. Manchester by the Sea – $5,466,645
  10. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – $5,400,000




New ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ TV Spot: Christian’s Past Returns to Haunt Him

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Rebecca Murray
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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan star in ‘ Fifty Shades Darker’
Universal Pictures has released a new TV spot for Fifty Shades Darker starring Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele. The new video for the second film of the Fifty Shades series introduces a jealous woman from Christian’s past and shows Ana’s life is in danger. In addition to Dornan and Johnson, the Fifty Shades Darker cast includes Eric Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Victor Rasuk, Luke Grimes, Rita Ora, Eloise Mumford, Max Martini, Bella Heathcote, Kim Basinger, and Marcia Gay Harden. We can expect to see the second film of the franchise in theaters on February 10, 2017.

James Foley (Fear, House of Cards) directs from a screenplay by Niall Leonard, adapted from E L James’ bestselling erotic novel.

The Plot: Expanding upon events set in motion in 2015’s blockbuster film that grossed more than $560 million globally, the new installment arrives for Valentine’s Day and invites you to slip into something a shade darker. When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.

Watch the new Fifty Shades Darker video:





Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher Documentary Shifts Release Date

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Rebecca Murray
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Debbie Reynolds and baby Carrie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds holds her baby daughter, Carrie Fisher (Photo: Fisher Family Archives/Courtesy of HBO)

HBO has moved up the premiere date of Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher from a March 2017 date to January 7, 2017 at 8pm ET/PT. The documentary showcases the loving relationship between one of Hollywood’s most beloved classic actresses, Debbie Reynolds, and her equally beloved actress/writer/producer daughter, Carrie Fisher. The premiere date was moved from March to January following the December 27, 2016 death of Carrie Fisher followed one day later by the death of her mother, Debbie Reynolds.

Carrie Fisher experienced a medical emergency on a plane ride from London to Los Angeles on December 23, 2016. She had just completed a book tour in London for The Princess Diarist and on the flight returning home, Fisher stopped breathing. CPR was administered and she was taken to UCLA Medical Hospital where she passed away four days later at the age of 60. It’s reported her daughter, Billie Lourd, and emotional support dog, Gary, were by her side.

Debbie Reynolds followed her daughter in death just one day later. Reynolds was in the process of helping to plan her daughter’s funeral when her son, Todd, reported she suffered a stroke. Reynolds was taken to Cedars-Sinai hospital and passed away at the age of 84. Todd Fisher said his mother talked about wanting to be with Carrie.

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds was directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens. The documentary screened at the New York Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival, and the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Details on Bright Lights: The story of a family’s complicated love, this documentary is an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty in all its eccentricity. Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, live in the same Beverly Hills compound. The 83-year-old grand dame still has a Las Vegas act, but performing is taking its toll. Carrie’s response is both hilarious and heart-rending. Bright Lights features vintage family films that bring iconic old-world Hollywood to life, as well as extensive vérité footage.




Sci-Fi Movies Arriving in 2017: ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII,’ ‘Alien: Covenant’ and a New ‘Blade Runner’

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Rebecca Murray
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This list of the sci-fi movies hitting theaters in 2017 does not cover any comic book-inspired films since they have their own 2017 preview list. What it does provide are details on sci-fi films including new additions to the Alien, Blade Runner, Planet of the Apes, and Star Wars franchises. 2017’s sci-fi offerings also include the return of King Kong, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds discovering a new alien lifeform, and a sci-fi love story centering around the confirmation of life after death.

The following list of 2017’s sci-fi movies is in alphabetical rather than release date order:

Bloody Scene from 'Alien: Covenant'
A scene from ‘Alien: Covenant’ (Photo Credit: Mark Rogers © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Alien: Covenant (May 19, 2017) starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, James Franco, Guy Pearce, and Noomi Rapace

The Plot: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

Blade Runner 2049 Logo

Blade Runner 2049 (October 6, 2017) starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, and Jared Leto

The Plot: Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Gosling), unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K’s discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard (Ford), a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

The Circle (April 28, 2017) starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, and John Boyega

The Plot: As she rises through the ranks of the world’s largest tech and social media company, The Circle, Mae (Watson) is encouraged by company founder Eamon Bailey (Hanks) to live her life with complete transparency. But no one is really safe when everyone is watching.

The Discovery star Jason Segel
Jason Segel appears in ‘The Discovery’ (Photo Courtesy of Sundance Institute)

The Discovery (TBD 2017) starring Rooney Mara, Robert Redford, and Jason Segel

The Plot: The Discovery is a gripping love story set one year after the existence of the afterlife is scientifically verified. Redford plays the scientist responsible for the discovery, with Segel portraying his son Will and Mara playing Isla, a woman haunted by a tragic past who Will falls in love with.


Geostorm (October 20, 2017) starring Gerard Butler, Katheryn Winnick, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Alexandra Maria Lara, Daniel Wu, and Abbie Cornish

The Plot: What if, in the wake of more than a decade of devastating weather events, we finally found a way to control Mother Nature and the destruction her tirades entail? When catastrophic climate change endangers Earth’s very survival, world governments unite and create the Dutch Boy Program: a global net of satellites surrounding the planet that are armed with geo-engineering technologies designed to stave off the natural disasters. After successfully protecting the planet for two years, something is starting to go wrong. Two estranged brothers (Butler, Sturgess) are tasked with solving the program’s malfunction before a worldwide Geostorm can engulf the planet.

How to Talk to Girls at Parties Elle Fanning and Alex Sharp
Elle Fanning and Alex Sharp in ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (TBD 2017) starring Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, and Ruth Wilson

The Plot: John Cameron Mitchell, director of the acclaimed films Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Shortbus, takes us to an exotic and unusual world: suburban London in the late 70s. Under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn (Sharp). Crashing local punk queen Boadicea’s party, Enn discovers every boy’s dream – gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan (Fanning), it’s love at first sight.

But these teens are, in fact, aliens from outer space, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When their dark secret is revealed, the love-struck Enn must turn to Boadicea (Kidman) and her followers for help in order to save the girl he loves from certain death. When the punks take on the aliens, neither Enn’s nor Zan’s universe will ever be the same again.

Kong Skull Island Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson
John Goodman, Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson and John C. Reilly in ‘Kong: Skull Island’ (Photo © 2016 Warner Bros Entertainment and Ratpac Dune Entertainment, Legendary Pictures)

Kong: Skull Island (March 10, 2017) starring Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, John Goodman, John C Reilly, Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Thomas Mann, Shea Whigham, Toby Kebbell, and Eugene Cordero

The Plot: In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific – as beautiful as it is treacherous – unaware that they’re crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.

Life star Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds stars in ‘Life’ (Photo © 2016 CTMG, Inc)

Life (March 24, 2017) starring Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, and Olga Dihovichnaya

The Plot: Life tells the story of the six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.

Mute (TBD 2017) starring Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Rudd, and Justin Theroux

The Plot: The film follows Leo (Skarsgård), a mute man searching for a missing person in the year 2052 in Berlin while dueling with two rogue villains played by Rudd and Theroux.

Okja Tilda Swinton and Giancarlo Esposito
Tilda Swinton and Giancarlo Esposito in ‘Okja’ (Photo Credit: Netflix)

Okja (TBD 2017) starring Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Giancarlo Esposito, Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Devon Bostick, Lily Collins, and Byun Heebong

The Plot: The film follows Mija, a young girl who must risk everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named ‘Okja’.

Space Between Us Britt Robertson and Asa Butterfield
Britt Robertson and Asa Butterfield in ‘The Space Between Us’ (Photo © 2016 STX Productions)
The Space Between Us (February 3, 2017) starring Asa Butterfield, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino, and Britt Robertson

The Plot: In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies from complications while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet – never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot – an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing.

While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he’s never known, Gardner begins an online friendship with a street smart girl in Colorado named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, he’s eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read about on Mars – from the most simple to the extraordinary. But once his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner’s organs can’t withstand Earth’s atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner escapes the team of scientists and joins with Tulsa on a race against time to unravel the mysteries of how he came to be, and where he belongs in the universe.

Star Wars: Episode VIII (December 15, 2017) starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Andy Serkis, Benicio Del Toro, Billie Lourd, and Carrie Fisher

The Plot: Rey took her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga.

Transformers The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight (June 23, 2017) starring Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Jerrod Carmichael, and Anthony Hopkins

The Plot: Having left Earth in search of the Creators, Optimus Prime returns. Two worlds collide but only one will survive.

War of the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes (July 14, 2017) starring Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, and Terry Notary

The Plot: In War for the Planet of the Apes, the third chapter of the critically acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Caesar (Serkis) and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Also in Theaters in 2017:

Animated Movies / Romantic Comedies / Comic Book and Superhero Movies / Horror Films




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