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By Jordan Moreau “Challengers” is getting ready to serve at the box office. Director Luca Guadagnino’s sexy tennis drama made $1.9 million at the the box office in Thursday previews. The Amazon MGM film, which stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, is expected to make between $12 million and $15 million in its opening weekend. It’s poised to take the number one spot this weekend and beat A24’s “Civil War,” which has conquered the box office the last two weeks. The trio of young stars play tennis pros caught in a personal and professional entanglement. Zendaya, who’s coming off the sci-fi blockbuster “Dune: Part Two,” plays Tashi Duncan, a former prodigy who had to retire from tennis after a serious injury. Mike Faist, who played Riff in Steven Spielberg’s “West Side ...

By Matt Donnelly Rachel Stavis, billed as the “Hollywood Exorcist,” is channeling her creativity for a number of upcoming scripted projects.Stavis is an author and filmmaker whose day job — as a “non-denominational exorcist on a mission to create global change by eradicating darkness from one person or place at a time,” per her bio – has put her in the employ of studio chiefs, movie stars and global political figures.Stavis’ work ranges from the personal and therapeutic to paranormal investigations, and content makers are taking notice. Stavis is currently in the casting phase for her feature directorial debut “Da Wee Do Wa,” for which she also wrote the script. The film explores generational trauma suffered by women in the context of body horror. XYZ Films is in the mix to pr...

By Caryn James A harrowing action film imagining a near future in which the US has descended into chaos is the year's most controversial film so far – and the polarised response is just as interesting. The most harrowing, visceral scene among many in Alex Garland's Civil War takes place on the streets of Washington DC, which has become an intense combat zone. In a very near-future when seceding states are rebelling against the authoritarian US government, helicopters fly overhead and explosions hit the Lincoln Memorial. Near the White House, journalists hide from gunfire behind armoured military vehicles. Garland puts us in the centre of a stomach-churning fictional battle that feels all too real, especially in light of the real violence in the US Capitol on 6 January 2021....

By Noor Nanji Fifteen people have been injured and taken to hospital after a tram crashed at Universal Studios Hollywood on Saturday night. Los Angeles County Fire said on social media that its units were dispatched to the theme park shortly after 21:00 local time. The patients were being treated for minor injuries, it added. The country sheriff told the LA Times that a four-car tram had crashed. Lt. Maria Abal said the last car of the tram hit a rail as it travelled down a hill at a parking structure. Like in many theme parks, trams at Universal Studios Hollywood ferry people around the site, which covers more than 400 acres. Trams are also used for tours. It is not clear what the tram was being used for at the time of the crash. It is also unclear whet...

By:  Elisabeth McGowan How is Matty Healy doing amidst the worldwide takeover of The Tortured Poets Department? According to his family, the 1975 vocalist, 35, is doing just fine whether or not Taylor Swift’s new songs were inspired by their brief fling last year. After the 34-year-old international pop star dropped her double album on Friday, April 19, Swifties pulled apart some lyrics that seemingly point to Matty. During a recent interview with the Daily Mail, Matty’s aunt Debbie Dedes noted, “Nothing surprises him any more,” referring to the track “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” “He will not be surprised by the song,” Debbie double down before adding, “Him and her know what went on. … She writes about all her relationships, do...

BY BRIAN DAVIDS From a certain point of view, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare star Eiza González may have just played the original real-life Bond girl. Ungentlemanly Warfare, the first of González’s three Guy Ritchie movies to hit theaters, is loosely based on the recently declassified Operation Postmaster, chronicling Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) and their covert mission to neutralize Nazi Germany’s U-boats during World War II. The efforts of these unauthorized commandos and spies helped change the course of the war, allowing the United States to then join the European Theater of Operations in 1942.  In the action-thriller, González plays Marjorie Stewart, a talented soldier-spy who’s equally gifted as a performer. Together with ...