Month: April 2022

After all the hallelujahs about the return of theatrical at CinemaCon this past week, the major studios skipped out on programming any new wide releases this weekend. All of this is resulting in a marketplace which is seeing an estimated $64M in total ticket sales, down 33% from last weekend. Ugh. In regards to when the majors will sit on the sidelines again this year, there’s June 3, and possibly Aug. 12 (Searchlight is holding the date for an untitled wide entry). D Disney If it feels like a desert at the multiplex, get ready for the monsoon on Thursday night, with Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which is expected to rain down anywhere from $150M-$200M. Tracking sees it at a minimum of $150M; it wouldn’t be shocking if the pic gets...

The TV personality and producer announced the birth of his second child, a girl named Lucy Eve Cohen, on Friday. “I’m so happy,” the “Watch What Happens Live!” host wrote on Instagram alongside a photograph of them together. Lucy Eve weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces, and arrived via surrogate. Cohen, 53, welcomed his first child, Benjamin Allen Cohen, also via surrogate in 2019. Benjamin Allen “can’t wait to meet” Lucy Eve, Cohen wrote. “Thank you to my rock star surrogate (ALL surrogates are rockstars, by the way) and everyone who helped make this miracle happen,” he added. Friends were thrilled with the news. “Amazing! Congratulations! Welcome Lucy!!!!” CNN’s Anderson Cooper wrote in the comments. Actor Sarah Jessica Parker said “we are madly in love with you already.”...

Being a celebrity definitely has its downsides, especially when it comes to legal issues or divorce. Amber Heard and Johnny Depp know this all too well, as their battle in court has been making headlines for years. Things have really heated up now that the defamation case has begun in the states, with all sorts of wild stories arriving– even coffee stores like Starbucks have weighed in on the drama. Most recently Depp’s bodyguard shared a story about bribing a homeless person to get the actor’s phone back after Heard allegedly threw it. After Johnny Depp personally took the stand in the defamation case against Amber Heard, more witnesses have followed suit. This includes the Pirates of the Caribbean actor’s bodyguard Starling Jenkins, who recounted the time Amber Heard allegedly threw ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Amber Heard hasn’t fulfilled her commitment to donate $3.5 million from her Johnny Depp divorce settlement to the American Civil Liberties Union, Terence Dougherty, ACLU’s COO and general counsel said in pre-recorded testimony on Thursday as part of Depp's $50 million defamation trial against his ex-wife.   Dougherty said Heard agreed to give half of her $7 million settlement in 2016 but as of this year, she had paid less than half of the commitment.  The most recent installment was made in December 2018 and in 2019 Dougherty said the ACLU contacted Heard about continuing payments and was told she was having "financial difficulties." He said Heard had directly paid $350,000 to the ACLU. A $100,000 check from Depp, a $500,000 payment from ...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Johnny Depp's sensational defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard wrapped up its third week with scandalous new details – including the actress's feelings toward billionaire Elon Musk and the state of her mental health.  JOHNNY DEPP V. AMBER HEARD DEFAMATION TRIAL: LIVE UPDATES "The Pirates of the Caribbean" star is suing his ex-wife for $50 million over a 2018 op-ed published in the Washington Post in which she identified herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse."  Although the piece did not specifically name Depp, his lawyers have argued that it cost him lucrative movie roles.    Heard countersued for $100 million, accusing him and his former attorney of conspiring to "destroy and defame" her.  Depp steps off the wi...