Thursday, October 1, 2026

Movies

Exclusive: Oprah Says When Her Salary Was Published “I had a lot of cousins coming out of the closet. All of them thought my...

Oprah Winfrey generated rock star excitement at a screening of “The Color Purple” the other night at the DGA Theater on 57th Street. “This crowd...

Box Office UPDATE: Willy Wonka’s Magical Saturday Pushes Prequel to Higher-than-Expected $39 Mil Weekend

Willy Wonka really had a magical weekend. Warner's says the total for Thursday through today will come to an astounding $39 million. That's quite a bit...

Box Office: Warner’s “Wonka” Wins Friday with $11 Mil, Looks at Delicious Weekend

"Wonka" is being devoured. The prequel starring Timothee Chalamet has banked $14.4 million on Thursday and Friday. Weekend total should be around $35 million. The best...

Box Office: Warner’s Wonky “Wonka” Previews a Worrisome $3.5 Million on Thursday Night

The jury is out on "Wonka." Last night, the Timothee Chalamet starrer took in $3.5 million in previews. That's a little wonky, but the holiday...

All the Songs and Scores Eligible for the Oscars: From Diane Warren to Ryan Gosling, Lenny Kravitz, and Bruce Springsteen

Here are all the songs and scores eligible for 2024 Oscars. It's quite a list. If I could pick five songs and scores each,...

Exclusive: George Clooney A List Premiere for Thrilling “The Boys in the Boat” — Star Will Make Next Movie with Noah Baumbach (UDPATED)

UPDATED THURSDAY NIGHT: After I published this scoop at 1:18pm Thursday, it turned into chum in the water. Four hours later, "exclusives" were claimed...

Review: Jeffrey Wright Gives a Tour de Force Performance in Cord Jefferson’s Savvy “American Fiction”

I first saw Cord Jefferson's "American Fiction" at the Hamptons Film Festival and was knocked out. It opens this Friday and is a sleeper...

Critics Choice Nominations Gets It Mostly Right But Snubs Annette Bening, Fantasia, George Clooney Boat Movie, “Wonka,” Chalamet, Ava DuVernay “Origin”

The Critic Choice nominations are out. They weren't supposed to be out until Noon Eastern time, but People magazine misread the time zone and...