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Now that it’s Week 2 of the fantasy football season, we’re slimming down the waiver wire pickups… a bit. Like Week 1, we’re still looking to stash the most upside — potential league winners, difference makers, etc. However, we also have some must-grabs — even short-term options — due to injuries or early-season changes. And since it’s Week 2, the …

Hollywood Actors and Directors Pledge to Boycott Israeli Film Institutions  The New York Times Hundreds of artists pledge boycott of Israeli film institutions over Gaza  Al Jazeera Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri and Josh O’Connor Among 1,200 Industry Names Pledging Not to Work With Israeli Film Institutions ‘Complicit in War Crimes’  Variety Ayo Edebiri, Olivia Colman, Mark Ruffalo and Yorgos Lanthimos Back …

An Amazon-backed AI firm is looking to recreate the lost footage of a Hollywood masterpiece. The Hollywood Reporter published a detailed look at the efforts from the firm Showrunner to use generative artificial intelligence to reconstruct the missing 43 minutes — footage that was burned by studio execs — from the 1942 Orson Welles film The Magnificent Ambersons. Wrote the …

Filmmakers began exploiting nuclear war panic in the 1950s and 1960s. Science-fiction classics like the original 1954 “Godzilla,” 1951’s “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” and “Them!” gave us something to legitimately worry about while dazzling us with giant monsters and alien invasions. There were also deathly serious (and dreadfully depressing) dramas like “On the Beach” and “Fail-Safe,” though no …

Much has been made over the years about why Vertigo icon Kim Novak did what many seemed unthinkable when she fled Hollywood and said goodbye to an enviable and still thriving acting career that saw her collaborate with everyone from Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart to Billy Wilder and Frank Sinatra. But her longtime manager and confidante, Sue Cameron, revealed …

Dwayne Johnson takes on his most dramatic role yet in Benny Safdie’s wrestling biopic “The Smashing Machine,” playing UFC champion Mark Kerr. At the film’s Venice Film Festival press conference, the action star revealed that he’s been wanting to expand his repertoire for a while now. “Machine” screens in competition at the fest. “I have, for a long time, wanted …

Brad Pitt Pays $12 Million for a House in the Hollywood Hills  The New York Times Brad Pitt buys a house in Los Angeles for 10 million euros  Telegrafi Brad Pitt purchases $12M LA mansion from The Killers guitarist Dave Keuning  Fox Business Brad Pitt bought a Hollywood Hills estate for $12 million  Українські Національні Новини Brad Pitt Buys $12M Mansion From Guitarist  Alternative Nation …

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Proves An Old Hollywood Rule: Nobody Knows Anything  Bloomberg.com The Overlooked Element to the ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Phenomenon  The New York Times KPop Demon Hunters Reigns as Netflix’s Most Popular Film, Claims No. 1 in Top 10  Netflix This New Hit Film Just Became the Most-Watched Movie on Netflix…Ever  PureWow ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Hit ‘Golden’ Notches a Fourth Week at No. …

Box Office: ‘Weapons’ Wins Quiet Labor Day With $12.4M, ‘Jaws’ Beats ‘Caught Stealing,’ ‘The Roses’  The Hollywood Reporter Summer Ending With $3.67B Near Even With Last Year Thanks To ‘Weapons’ Labor Day; Misses $4B Projection – Update  Deadline ‘Caught Stealing’ stole audiences’ hearts on opening day — here’s what The Post had to say about it  New York Post Box Office: ‘Weapons’ Returns …

A late Tennessee sheriff who inspired a Hollywood movie about a law enforcement officer who took on organized crime killed his wife in 1967 and led people to believe she was murdered by his enemies, authorities said Friday. Authorities acknowledged that the finding will likely shock many who grew up as fans of Buford Pusser and watched 1973’s “Walking Tall,” …