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While musicals are making a popular comeback in modern cinema, the golden age for Hollywood musicals was arguably the middle of the 20th century. From about the 1930s through the 1960s, Hollywood produced a slew of instant favorites still enjoyed today, from the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers classics of the 30s to the great big-budget epics of the 60s such as Sound of Music and The Music Man. If you look back on each decade, you’ll see award-winning pictures as well as audience cult classics....

This story contains MAJOR SPOILERS for season 6 of Better Call Saul. The sixth and final season of Better Call Saul is underway, kicking off its first few episodes with several major twists and turns. As a prequel series, many fans already know that there are a lot of characters that can be expected to survive to the end, as they’ll go on to appear on Breaking Bad. This also means that there had always been a lot of fan interest on Better Call Saul’s original characters who weren’t featured on the parent series, as their fates were left completely unknown....

A remake (or sequel?) to the 80s John Carpenter hit, Big Trouble in Little China, is reportedly still on the way, and original star James Hong wants in. Hong starred in the original Big Trouble in Little China as David Lo Pan, a cursed Chinese sorcerer, and the actor would love to somehow reprise the role in the upcoming revival headlined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Speaking with Comicbook.com, James Hong is quick to call for the original outing to be left well alone....

Everything seemed to be set for Marvel Studios Blade to begin filming in just over a month, but now there may be a spanner in the works as the MCU’s introduction of Mahershala Ali’s vampire hunter has lost its director. Additional reports have also suggested that things are not going well behind the scenes on the movie when it comes to a lack of action scenes and little involvement from Marvel boss Kevin Feige due to his many commitments....

Knives Out and No Time to Die star Ana de Armas stuns in the first trailer for director Andrew Dominik’s upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde. Released courtesy of the official Netflix YouTube channel, Blonde will blur the lines between fact and fiction as it details the life of the silver screen icon, with the project having made headlines recently for its NC-17 rating. Led by Ana de Armas as Norma Jeane Mortensen AKA Marilyn Monroe, Blonde “boldly reimagines the life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe,” the official synopsis from Netflix reads....

Weekend Box Office Couples Retreat - $35.3 million Zombieland - $15 million Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - $12 million Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D) - $7.6 million Paranormal Activity - $7 million Surrogates - $ 4.1 million The Invention of Lying - $3.3 million Whip It! - $2.8 million Capitalism: A Love Story - $2.7 million Fame - $2.5 million Vince Vaughn’s marital problems lead to box office success as his new film is able to make the Zombies retreat....

Brett Ratner is in negotiations to direct Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s remake of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Brian Grazer is producing the project, which has Eddie Murphy attached to star. An updated version of the best-selling novel and 1957 sci-fi classic starring Grant Williams, “The Incredible Shrinking Man” is taking the comedic approach to the fantastical material, telling the story of a famous Las Vegas magician who is put under a spell that causes him to shrink....

Blastr recently caught up with Bryan Singer and he discussed some rumors relating to X-Men: First Class. Singer is producing that film The first thing he talked about was why The Twilight Saga star Taylor Lautner wasn’t going to be in his superhero opus. It also looks like Meagan Good is up for a role but Singer didn’t say which one. “I wanted Taylor [Lautner] to do it, I really did,” Singer stated....

The official trailer has been released for Cars on the Road. Serving as a follow-up series to the Cars films, Cars on the Road brings back Lightning McQueen and Mater with Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy respectively reprising the voice roles. This will certainly be a must-watch series for Cars fans, and to get your sneak peek at the show, you can watch the brand new trailer below....

The American Theatre Wing’s 61st Annual Tony Awards To Be Broadcast In A Three-Hour Ceremony Live From Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 10 On The CBS Television Network Nominees in 25 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 61st Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® were announced today at a news conference held at The New York Public Library for Performing Arts. The event was broadcast live on CBS’s “The Early Show,” with anchor Harry Smith serving as the Master of Ceremonies....

Dolphin Tale director Charles Martin Smith discuses working with the dolphin Winter, this diverse cast, shooting in 3D, and much more There are many directors in Hollywood who are referred to as “actor’s directors,” because they know how to connect with and communicate with their actors better than other directors. Charles Martin Smith can be considered an “actor’s director” because he actually is an actor, with a career spanning 40 years....

Netflix’s sci-fi original, Stranger Things, is one of the most popular TV shows to come out in recent times. What started as an ‘80s throwback, inspired by the works of Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, Stranger Things now rivals Game of Thrones and Marvel franchises in popularity, but one star had his reservations about the show initially. David Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper, the sheriff of Stranger Things’ fictional town of Hawkins, thought the show wouldn’t survive past season one....

The long-gestating Minecraft movie is moving forward with a major star set to take the lead. Aquaman and Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa has been cast in a live-action feature film adaptation of the popular block-building video game. Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) is also on board to direct the movie for Warner Bros. Pictures. The news was originally reported by The Ankler and has since been confirmed by THR....

The Continental has found more of its cast, according to DEADLINE. The John Wick prequel series is produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television and will be presented as a three-night special event. Katie McGrath, Ray Mckinnon, Adam Shapiro, Mark Musashi, and Marina Mazepa have all been cast and will join Colin Woodell and Mel Gibson. These new cast members will also join the previously announced cast members Hubert Point-Du Jour, Jessica Allain, Mishel Prada, Nhung Kate and Ben Robson....

In 2009, Dean Devlin introduced us to Leverage, a show about five thieves: a hitter, hacker, grifter, thief and mastermind. These thieves use their abilities to work together to take down the rich and powerful to help the people those rich and powerful people hurt. Now, a new series that is a continuation of their story, Leverage: Redemption, is set to premiere on July 9. In this article, we will look at 10 questions that should be answered in this new show....

Lather. Rinse. Compete. Bravo turns the spotlight from interior design to hairstyling with the series premiere of the new one-hour eight-episode competition reality series Shear Genius on Wednesday, April 11 at 11 PM ET/PT, following the “Top Design” finale, and moves to its regular 10 PM timeslot on Wednesday, April 18. Hosted by award-winning actress, designer and entrepreneur Jaclyn Smith, Bravo’s newest reality competition series Shear Genius offers a behind-the-scenes look at the competitive and creative world of high-end hairstyling....

Academy Award nominee Adam Driver finds himself fighting to survive in the first trailer for the much-delayed science fiction thriller, 65. Coming courtesy of Sony Pictures Releasing, 65 comes from the minds of the writers behind the 2018 hit horror outing, A Quiet Place, and is produced by Evil Dead II and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness filmmaker Sam Raimi. Check out the newly released trailer for 65 below....

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominations for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards today and you can see them all below. The awards will be handed out on Sunday, January 11 and will be telecast live on NBC at 8 PM ET. Best Motion Picture - Drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures Frost/Nixon Imagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Pictures...

Issuing a dare to “Live Your Worst Nightmare” Universal Studios Hollywood ratcheted up the intensity level of its highly anticipated “Halloween Horror Nights” event and kicked off opening night with the 6th Eyegore Horror Awards honoring actors, directors and writers for major achievements in the horror film genre. This year’s eclectic Eyegore Award honorees included Julie Benz, star of “Dexter” and the upcoming Saw V," and Tobe Hooper, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist....

Those convinced a movie location is merely a glorified prop are wrong. A big city filled with a stream of yellow taxis, steamy streets, and billboards that light up the night can set the tone for an unthinkable crime in a film. An eerie, lingering fog in a small town helps bury secrets so deep in a story the location becomes as cunning as the villain. Sometimes, the location is the villain, and quaint whistle-stops are responsible for generations of lawbreaking and sorrow....