Tag: Coming 2 America
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‘Coming 2 America’ Wins Big At 2022 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards
Oscar voting is less than a month away and one category that has pundits scratching their heads is Makeup and Hairstyling. Two of those nominees, “Cruella” and “Coming 2 America,” should get voters attention as they each did quite well at the 2022 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild Awards on Saturday night. In fact,…
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Oscars 2022: Best Makeup and Hairstyling Predictions
This season, the makeup and hair race is led by “Dune’s” complex prosthetic work on the nightmarish Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård), which is up against Jared Leto’s unrecognizable transformation as the disrespected Paolo in “House of Gucci.” The shortlist also includes transformations of Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye Bakker in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,”…
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Oscars Academy Postpones All In-Person Events and Screenings Until 2022
Covid is still disrupting the Oscar season. On Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science canceled all in-person events and screenings for the remainder of 2021. However, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles is still scheduled to open on Sept. 30, with the museum operating at 50% capacity during business hours and with…
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Amazon, Sony Near $100 Million Deal for ‘Hotel Transylvania 4’ to Skip Theaters, Debut on Prime Video
Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Animation are nearing a $100 million deal for “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania” to skip theaters and head straight to Amazon Prime Video, according to Variety.The franchise has grossed $1.3 billion in theaters worldwide since the first film’s debut in 2012. “Transformania” is the last in the series and will be directed…
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Top Amazon Studios Marketing Executive Christian Davin Stepping Down (Exclusive)
Christian Davin is stepping down after a short stint as a top marketing executive at Amazon Studios, insiders tell Variety.He joined the company a little over a year ago and was serving as global head of comedy marketing. His last day is Friday. He was originally hired as global head of movie marketing, but that…
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‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Movie to Debut on Amazon Prime Video
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” the film adaptation of the popular West End musical, will debut on Amazon’s Prime Video.The film was originally set to be distributed on October 23, 2020, by the Disney-owned 20th Century Studios, but Covid scrambled those plans and forced the studio to delay the release. Amazon bought distribution rights for an…
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Morgan Freeman’s Disabled Villain Isn’t the Biggest Problem With ‘Vanquish,’ His Cheesy New Thriller
It’s been ages since Morgan Freeman gave a performance that wasn’t more appealing than his own persona. His new thriller, “Vanquish,” gets at the essence of the challenge: Left to his own devices in a cheesy, half-baked thriller that finds him playing a disabled cop with a criminal past, he surrenders the knowing grin and…
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Sequel Bits: ‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Coming 2 America,’ ‘Attack the Block,’ ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘Dream House,’ and More
In this edition of Sequel Bits: The new Evil Dead movie will start filming this year. Coming 2 America had to cut a joke referencing the first film because Eriq La Salle couldn’t return. Joe Cornish once again swears that a potential Attack the Block sequel might be headed our way. Lupin team Omar Sy…
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Marvel’s next wave of heroes will tear up tradition in the name of progress
Boundaries are being razed with Natalie Portman cast as Thor and Ta-Nehisi Coates set to write a black Superman filmIf there was anything guaranteed to rile the anti-woke brigade, it ought to be the news that Superman could soon be black on the big screen, just as a woman takes on the mantle of Thor.…
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Eddie Murphy to Be Inducted Into NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame
Eddie Murphy is set to be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame during the live broadcast on Mar. 27.The Hall of Fame Award will be presented by Murphy’s long-time friend and “Coming to America” co-star Arsenio Hall. Earlier this month, the sequel to the duo’s comedy classic, “Coming 2 America,” debuted to…