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After Reiner's Death, New Spinal Tap Film Is in Limbo

Timing for Stonehenge-themed flick uncertain as filmmakers, family mull posthumous release strategy

(Newser) - Fans will have to wait a bit longer for Rob Reiner's final trip to Stonehenge with Spinal Tap. Indy film company Bleecker Street has put release plans on hold for Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale following the director's death on Sunday, sources tell Variety . The concert...

Dear Home Alone House: The '90s Are Calling You Back

Owner is footing the bill to redo inside of movie-famous Illinois home after backlash on its redesign

(Newser) - Anyone still mourning the HGTV-ified look of the Home Alone house is about to get a dose of 1990 back. The famous red-brick home in Winnetka, Illinois, is in the middle of a major interior do-over aimed at making it look like it did when Kevin McCallister was fending off...

Meeting His Wife Changed Ending of Famed Reiner Movie

Director met Michele on set of When Harry Met Sally

(Newser) - The deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner is bringing back the story of how their meeting changed the ending of When Harry Met Sally. Rob Reiner had told the story a number of times over the years (some obvious spoiler alerts follow):
  • Back in 1989, the director recounted to the
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He Won Oscar for Best Actor, Hasn't Worked Since

Adrien Brody says he's waiting for the role that feels right

(Newser) - How do you follow up a second Best Actor Oscar? Adrien Brody is still deciding. The two-time Oscar winner, who took home his latest award last year for his turn as architect László Tóth in The Brutalist, told an audience at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Festival...

Pulp Fiction , Mask Character Actor Dies at 60




'Nobody Played
a Bad Guy
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Dec 13, 2025 11:30 AM CST

'Nobody Played a Bad Guy Better'

Pulp Fiction , Mask character actor Peter Greene is dead at 60

(Newser) - Peter Greene, the actor who specialized in playing memorable villains in films like Pulp Fiction and The Mask, has died at 60. He was found dead on Friday in his Manhattan apartment, his manager Gregg Edwards told Deadline . A cause of death hasn't been disclosed. Edwards says that a...

Liam Neeson Finds Himself at Center of Anti-Vax Storm

Actor's reps says his narration in COVID movie doesn't equal endorsement of its debunked claims

(Newser) - Liam Neeson is distancing himself from anti-vaccine politics even as his voice anchors a new film steeped in vaccine skepticism and praise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Naked Gun actor narrates Plague of Corruption, a documentary based on a book by Judy Mikovits, a former researcher who rose to...

Shock Surrounds Some of the Golden Globe Snubs

Wicked: For Good director Jon M. Chu didn't get a nomination, nor did Joe Rogan or Gwyneth Paltrow

(Newser) - Perhaps the Wicked team should have called on Madame Morrible to enact some dark magic on Golden Globe voters before nominations were announced Monday, as Wicked: For Good wasn't nominated for best picture or best director. Others left out this year include Joe Rogan, Sydney Sweeney, and Gwyneth Paltrow,...

Dude, Where's My Car? Writer Now Says Movie Is 'Offensive'

Phil Stark takes a look back at the movie that made his career, saying parts now seem 'cringe' to him

(Newser) - Almost 25 years ago to the day, Dude, Where's My Car? was released, further advancing the careers of stars Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott. But while enough people laughed at the goofy stoner flick back then to land it a decent showing at the box office, the humor...

What Brendan Fraser's New Film Reveals About Japan

Rental Family highlights hiring actors to play family members for appearances, fending off loneliness

(Newser) - Rental Family, a moving drama from Searchlight Pictures starring Brendan Fraser, is sure to spark interest in Japan's real-life industry of the same name. The film, which is in release in the US and opens in Japan in February, centers on Phillip, an American actor who's recruited by...

Rotten Tomatoes Ranks the Best Thanksgiving Movies

Rotten Tomatoes ranks the films that best capture the family vibe, good or bad, of the holiday season

(Newser) - Don't feel like turning on football or taking a "cousin walk" after your Thanksgiving repast? Rotten Tomatoes suggests you curl up under a blanket and watch some movies to ease you into the holiday season. How might Turkey Day movies differ from your standard Christmas film fare? "...

Macaulay Culkin Pitches Home Alone Sequel, With a Twist

Culkin character Kevin McCallister would now be the dad, while his son sets the traps for him

(Newser) - Macaulay Culkin isn't ruling out another Home Alone sequel, and he even has a pitch for it. Speaking at a 35th-anniversary event last weekend celebrating the 1990 film, Culkin told fans he's "not completely allergic" to the idea of revisiting his character, Kevin McCallister—as long as...

Adele to Make Her Acting Debut
Adele Is Expanding Her Resume
Nov 13, 2025 7:23 AM CST

Adele Is Expanding Her Resume

She joins ensemble cast for Tom Ford's music-focused Cry to Heaven

(Newser) - Fashion designer Tom Ford has called up Adele to co-star in his adaptation of Anne Rice's Cry to Heaven, his production company said Wednesday. The film, which Ford is writing, directing, and producing, will mark the acting debut of the superstar singer, per the AP . Adele is just one...

Pope Leo Offers Up His Favorite Movies

4 flicks from the 20th century explore hope, family, and resilience

(Newser) - Set to meet with Hollywood elites over the weekend as part of a larger effort to engage with creatives, Pope Leo clearly has movies on his mind. Ahead of the meeting, the pontiff has revealed his four favorite films—or should we say fav-or-ite films. Robert Wise's The Sound ...

'Biggest Halloween Song of All Time' Is Getting Its Own Movie

Miramax to bring Monster Mash to life for animated musical film

(Newser) - Miramax is hoping to turn "Monster Mash" into a graveyard, er, box office smash. The film company is dusting off Bobby "Boris" Pickett's 1962 song for a new animated musical film, betting the Billboard hit dubbed the "biggest Halloween song of all time" has enough monsters,...

Armie Hammer Is Back on Big Screen After Sex Scandal

Trailer is out for Frontier Crucible, the actor's first film role since 2021 sexual assault allegations

(Newser) - Armie Hammer is returning to the big screen in the upcoming Western thriller Frontier Crucible, marking his first film role since sexual assault allegations sidelined his career four years ago. The trailer for the film, released this week, signals the 39-year-old actor's first entry into Hollywood since the 2021...

The Role of Linda McCartney Is Cast

Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan joins Sam Mendes' Beatles project

(Newser) - Hollywood has found its Linda McCartney: Saoirse Ronan has signed on to play the first wife of Paul McCartney in director Sam Mendes' four-film project about the Beatles, reports Deadline . Ronan, a four-time Oscar nominee, is set to join a cast that already features Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney,...

The Simpsons Set for Big-Screen Return

Sequel will come 20 years after the beloved TV family's first film adventure

(Newser) - The Simpsons are making another run at the big screen—two decades after their last. Disney has set July 23, 2027, as the date when Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and the rest of Springfield will return to theaters for a still-untitled sequel to 2007's The Simpsons Movie....

Trump: 100% Tariffs on Foreign-Made Films

It's unclear how that would work, since films aren't physical products and what 'foreign-made' means

(Newser) - President Trump is reiterating his plan to put 100% tariffs on foreign films entering the US, though "it is unclear how film tariffs would work because movies aren't physical goods," reports the Wall Street Journal . Trump first raised the idea in May, complaining that the US film...

AI Face-Swapping Used to Comply With Chinese Censors

A same-sex wedding scene was altered in Together

(Newser) - "What's happening outside the film is even more terrifying than what's shown in it," a social media user in China remarked after it emerged that a same-sex wedding in the body horror movie Together was digitally altered with AI to present a straight couple. After...

Dick Van Dyke's 100th Birthday Fete Comes With a Film

Documentary Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration ? is headed to theaters in December

(Newser) - Movie theaters across the country are pulling out all the stops for Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday in December. A new documentary about the song and dance man's life, Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration, will be in theaters over his birthday weekend on Dec. 13 and 14, says...

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