Month: April 2021

Cannes Film Festival organizers said Monday that Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard’s movie Annette will screen during the 2021 festival’s opening night on July 6.

Annette takes place in Los Angeles and follows Henry (Driver), a standup comedian, and Ann (Cotillard), a singer of international renown. The birth of the couple’s daughter, Annette, a mysterious girl with an exceptional destiny, changes their lives. The film marks the English-language debut of French director Leos Carax, and is a musical featuring an original story, music and lyrics by pop duo Sparks. Cannes Festival president Pierre Lescure said in a statement: “Every Leos Carax film is an event. Any this one delivers on its promises! Annette is the gift that lovers of cinema, music, and culture were hoping for, one that we have been yearning for during the past year.”

Annette will premiere In Competition after the opening ceremony. The film will be released in theaters and on Amazon Prime Video in late summer.

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Focus Features announced Monday that Downton Abbey 2 will open in theaters this December. The film is a sequel to the 2019 film and the ITV series, which aired for six seasons from 2010 to 2015.

Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael and other original cast members will return, along with series creator Julian Fellowes. In addition, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West will join the cast. 

Focus Feature chairman Peter Kujawski said: “There’s no place like home for the holidays, and we can’t imagine a better gift than getting to reunite with Julian, Gareth, and the entire Downton family in 2021 to bring the Crawleys back home for their fans.”

Downton Abbey 2 is currently in production and will open in theaters Dec. 22.

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Godzilla vs. Kong is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $7.7 million in receipts. Godzilla vs. Kong opened two weekends ago with $32.2 million, which was the highest amount a film has raked in during its debut in the past year when the coronavirus pandemic. It earned another $13.4 million in receipts last weekend.

Coming in at No. 2 is Nobody with $2.5 million, followed by The Unholy at No. 3 with $2.1 million, Raya and the Last Dragon at No. 4 with $1.9 million and Tom and Jerry at No. 5 with $1.1 million.

Rounding out the top tier are Voyagers at No. 6 with $790,000, The Girl Who Believes in Miracles at No. 7 with $560,000, In the Earth at No. 8 with $500,000, The Courier at No. 9 with $460,000 and The Croods: A New Age at No. 10 with $300,000.

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Mark and Donnie Wahlberg are mourning the death of their beloved mother, Alma Wahlberg. Her children announced April 18 that the famous Wahlberg family matriarch (who appeared on their family reality show “Wahlburgers,”) died at age 78.

Donnie Wahlberg wrote in an Instagram tribute: “I feel blessed to have been brought into this world by, raised by, taught by and set on my life’s path by, such an amazing woman. My mom Alma’s joy for life, love and people — combined with a pride in her humble beginnings and refusal to forget where she came from — undoubtedly shaped me into the man that I am. I’ve often said, if you like anything about me, I got it from Alma.” 

Alma had nine children: Michelle, Paul, Arthur, Jim, Tracey, Robert, Donnie, Mark, and Debbie, who died in 2003 at age 43. Their father, Alma Wahlberg’s ex-husband, Donald Wahlberg, died in 2008. 

Mark and Donnie Wahlberg pay tribute to their mom Alma, who died at 78

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