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Box Office: 'First Purge' Slashes $9.3 Million on Fourth of July

Box Office: 'First Purge' Slashes $9.3 Million on Fourth of July

Universal's "The First Purge" has launched with a respectable $9.3 million at 3,031 North American locations on the Fourth of July. The first-day number for "The First Purge," Blumhouse's fourt …

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Trace Lysette and Jamie Clayton Slam Scarlett Johansson's Trans Role

Trace Lysette and Jamie Clayton Slam Scarlett Johansson's Trans Role

Scarlett Johansson is under fire for her next project with "Ghost in the Shell" director Rupert Sanders. The actress is set to star in the crime biopic "Rub & Tug," based on the real life s …
Sacha Baron Cohen Teases New Project With Trump Fourth of July Greeting

Sacha Baron Cohen Teases New Project With Trump Fourth of July Greeting

Sacha Baron Cohen has posted a 4th of July tease for a new project that appears to take on the comedian's old foe, Donald Trump. "He's back," the trailer promises, "as you've never seen him bef …
Claude Lanzmann, Director of 'Shoah,' Dies at 92

Claude Lanzmann, Director of 'Shoah,' Dies at 92

Claude Lanzmann, the French journalist, historian and director best known for his seminal Holocaust documentary "Shoah," has died. He was 92. A spokesperson for the publishing house Gallimard c …

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