The ‘Hamilton’ musical movie is coming to theaters this September
The hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” is making its way to the big screen on Sept. 5.Lin-Manuel Miranda announced the theatrical release date for the Tony…
Tom Troupe, prolific star of the stage and screen, is dead at 97
Theater and television actor Tom Troupe has died at 97. Troupe died Sunday morning of natural causes in his home in Beverly Hills, according to…
Pixar’s ‘Elio’ reportedly stripped of queer representation
The version of “Elio” that hit theaters on June 20 is not the same movie that Adrian Molina, the film’s original director, intended to put…
Surprising Venice ADU serves as office, guest suite and movie theater
Barefoot, in shorts and a tropical-themed short-sleeved shirt, Will Burroughs walks through the narrow backyard of his Venice home and passes a football to his…
‘Spider-Man 2’ extended edition to hit theaters with original trilogy
The original “Spider-Man” trilogy, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire, is returning to the big screen with a special addition.For the first time,…
Presley Chweneyagae dead: South African actor, star of ‘Tsotsi’ was 40
JOHANNESBURG — Presley Chweneyagae, the South African actor who gained international recognition for his leading role in the 2005 film “Tsotsi,” which won South Africa’s first-ever Academy…
AMC is introducing huge Wednesday ticket discounts. Will it increase attendance?
As the box office improves, will a steep discount on tickets bring more people to the multiplex this summer?That’s what AMC Theatres is betting. The…
Olympics broadcast center and movie studio coming to Hollywood Park
Rams owner Stan Kroenke will build a movie studio next to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood that will serve as the international broadcast center for the…
48 hours to create a 10-minute show: Inside the Immersive Invitational
Throughout the evening on Sunday, I was placed in a foreign jail, joined a folk-rock band for a sing-along uprising that involved a killer bear…
Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’ kicks off summer box office with a solid $76 million
They may not be the Avengers, but the motley crew of Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” punched their way to the top of the box office this…
To watch ‘Sinners’ in Imax 70mm, they traveled hundreds of miles
If you ask a cinephile, there’s nothing better than Imax 70mm film. So Ryan Coogler’s latest movie, “Sinners,” which was partially shot on Imax film…
Netflix and ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ take on Broadway
New York — An eerie, overpowering force has taken over the Marquis Theatre, home of “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which had its official Broadway opening on…
After Eaton fire, theater kids take ‘Shrek Jr.’ to the Ahmanson
This is a story about 60 kids who lost their homes, their theater, their whole neighborhoods to the Eaton fire as it raged through Altadena…
Why TV series ‘The Chosen’ is screening in movie theaters
This Easter weekend, theaters from Torrance to Temecula will be showing films like “A Minecraft Movie” and Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller “Sinners.” Alongside those movies,…
Jack Black warns ‘Minecraft’ fans about ‘chicken jockey’ meme
Jack Black delivers the viral “chicken jockey” line in “A Minecraft Movie,” but he doesn’t sign off on the chaotic fan behavior surrounding it in…
Theaters want you to wait longer to stream movies. Why that probably won’t happen
An age-old debate has roared back to the forefront in Hollywood.The so-called theatrical window has long been a hot topic for studios and movie theater…
Top movie theater lobbyist wants a minimum 45-day theatrical window
LAS VEGAS — As movie theaters struggle to consistently bring back audiences, the nation’s top cinema lobbyist called on Hollywood studios to hold back movies longer from…
Odyssey Theatre founder Ron Sossi dies at 85
Ron Sossi, the founder of L.A.’s experimental and boundary-pushing Odyssey Theatre, has died. He was 85.Sossi died of congestive heart failure March 19 at Cedars-Sinai…
‘Buena Vista Social Club’ and writer Marco Ramirez debut on Broadway
Officially, playwright and screenwriter Marco Ramirez began working on the Broadway musical “Buena Vista Social Club” a little more than six years ago. But if…
Miami Beach mayor wants to end lease, funding for theater showing anti-Israeli film
Basel Aero (from left), Rachel Szar, Hamdan Ball, and Yuval Abraham of "No Other Land" celebrate backstage after winning the Oscar for best documentary feature…