Dame Barbara Windsor Is Laid To Rest

“Cops and women don’t mix?” It seems they do, as Pamela Anderson is readying for “The Naked Gun” with Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr., produced by Seth MacFarlane. “Liam is hysterical in it,” she said at Zurich Film Festival. “I just finished it. I am also doing ‘Rosebud Pruning’ with Karim Aїnouz in Barcelona.

The UFC is headed to Utah this weekend for UFC 307. The main event is a title fight between Brazilian Alex Pereira (11-2-0) defending his light heavyweight championship belt against American fighter Khalil Rountree Jr. (14-5-0). UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. will take place at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, […]

The WWE is going to “The Peach State” for Bad Blood 2024. This year’s pro wrestling event features five matchups, including two title bouts: Women’s World Championship and WWE Women’s Championship — on Saturday, Oct. 5. The fight kicks off at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 5, with the main event featuring a “Hell […]

“Joker: Folie à Deux” is falling flat after earning a “D” CinemaScore, the lowest grade ever from the research firm for a comic book movie. The previous record holder was 2015’s “Fantastic Four,” which received a “C-” CinemaScore . Meanwhile, “Folie à Deux’s” predecessor, the 2019 original “Joker” from director Todd Phillips, earned a “B+” […]

Leading Chilean producer Florencia Larrea (“My Tender Matador”), formerly with Forastero, has launched a new all-female company, 500 Cinema, based in the coastal town of Viña del Mar, where she and her partners are based.  “Chile is too vast and beautiful a country for everything to be centered in Santiago,” Larrea remarked.

During a Thursday editorial meeting, a Variety editor asked if anyone was willing to give up their Friday evening to write a piece covering an opening night screening of “Joker: Folie à Deux.” After an interminable silence with no takers, I reluctantly raised my hand. With Todd Phillips’ previous “Joker,” I watched Joaquin Phoenix transform […]