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WhenFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themwas first discussed as a movie, it was intended to be a standalone spin-off based on a text book used within theHarry Potter universewith scholar Newt Scamander at its center. Before long, it became a trilogy, and then just a few weeks ago it was announced as a 5 film epic. While that might seem like overkill to some who have yet to see the firstFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it appears there’s a perfectly good reason why this fantasy adventure is becoming so wide ranging....

We’ll soon seeDean Winterscausing mayhem again soon enough. In years past, Winters had made a big mark for himself in pop culture by playing the character called Mayhem for a series of ads for Allstate Insurance. Typically, Mayhem would cause accidents or otherwise destroy someone’s property to reinforce how important it is to get insurance, to better protect yourselves from “Mayhem.” While other insurance company mascots like Flo from Progressive and the Geico gecko haven’t gone anywhere, we haven’t seen Winters bringing about mayhem in Allstate ads for a while....

Would-be burglars allegedly tried to break into Dr. Dre’s home on Wednesday morning, but the good news is it’s looking like the hip hop mogul will be okay. On Monday,Dr. Dre was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centerwhere he was immediately taken to the ICU after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was said to be stable and lucid as doctors were performing tests to determine what had led to the bleeding, and as the world-ramous rapper recovered, he was flooded with countless messages of support from both fans and those that knew him....

No,Screechdidn’t kill someone. Yes, he is going to jail.Dustin Diamond, who starred on the NBCteensitcomSaved by the Bell, will start serving his four month jail sentence with work release this January. His stint in the clinker is a result of an altercation at a Wisconsin bar that got out of control. And since it happened, it has been rumored that Screech actually killed his assailant. Which is not true. As reported by WISN-TV and WITI-TV, Dustin Diamond showed up in Ozaukee County court this past Wednesday....

After 23 years of being in business, Funko is finally arriving at theMacy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The toy company is best known for creating collectible figurines relating to pop culture. Their float to commemorate the debut is none other than Grogu, otherwise known as Baby Yoda. Funko’s entering of the parade comes with partnerships established withStar Warsdeveloper Lucasfilm. The alliance has been going on for 13 years. While the corporation is looking forward to the holiday season advertising and 2022 plans, the three way partnership between themselves, the movie studio, and the department store uses a balance....

With all the news ofmotion picture companies collapsingor getting bought out, and streaming services struggling to turn a profit, you can be excused for thinking the future of entertainment looks bleak. But the annual THEME report published by The Motion Picture Association reveals that 2019 saw the industry earn more than 101 billion dollars in the global entertainment market for the first time ever. This new record sets the entertainment industry at a higher degree of affluence than at any other point in history, but so fundamentallychanged is the entertainment landscapeupon which this feat was achieved that it bears closer study....

A newGodzilla vs. Kong trailerwas released recently for the Japanese market. The trailer carries a couple of new scenes from the hotly-anticipated film, including a sequence that might have revealed a major human character who will be the main villain. Around the one minute mark in the trailer, we see a man standing in the frame, while another man remarks to him, “Ren Serizawa, these are dangerous times.” This character had already appeared in the previous trailer, and the computer screen behind him shows that he is most likely controlling the mechanical kaiju known asMechagodzilla, that Kong and Godzilla will team up to battle against....

HBO Maxis one of thebiggest streaming servicesin the world at the moment. Between all the top-tier HBO shows likeThe Last of UsandThe White Lotusand their repertoire of classic film, there’s a lot to love on the service. There’s so much content in fact that there is certainly also a huge contingent of titles that is going under seen and undervalued in the depths of the service’s catalog. A few years of original movies, documentaries, and shows tend to pile up, so even the most ardent fans and frequent users ofHBO Maxwill have undoubtedly passed over a batch of quality content....

Five decades since it was released,The Godfatherremains evergreen entertainment. When people say they don’t make them like they used to, this is the film they mean. The American Film Institute ranks it second (behind onlyCitizen Kane) in its list of Hollywood’s greatest releases, while many other organizations place it first. The motion picture — based on Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel of the same name — was widely successful, grossing $291 million at the box office and winning three out of seven nominated Oscars at the 45th Academy Awards....

Avengers: The Kang Dynastyis a series of comic books created in the late 1990s and early 2000s by Kurt Busiek and George Perez. It’s also the second to last MCU film in Phase 6. And ifThe Kang Dynastyis where the MCU is going, it should be easy just to read a few comics to get educated on coming events. Or at least you might think so. But like any multiverse adventure, there is a lot of setup to what’s going on, and the MCU has its own direction that looks nothing like the comics....

The nameA.R. Rahmanis synonymous with music in India. As a musician and composer, Rahman has been celebrated and widely acknowledged as a genius and a once-in-a-generation artist. He is very much an outlier when it comes to music in India and a composer who has pushed boundaries and broken barriers. Nicknamed “The Mozart Of Madras,” Rahman has gone on to establish himself as one of the great Indian composers and musicians, and he has also put India into global reckoning after his exemplary and riveting scores for Hollywood films....

HBO’s wildly successful star studded series,Big Little Lies, ended its limited run of seven episodes last night to its highest ratings yet and all of the questions seem to have been answered. We now know who dies, who the killer is, and who the first grade bully is, but fans of the hit drama have another question: is there going to be a second season ofBig Little Lies? The show was originally conceived to run as a one-season deal based off of the book, “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty and now the show’s director Jean-Marc Vallee has been talking toThe Hollywood Reporterabout continuing the show....

James Cameronis set tomakeAvatarhis career magnum opus, and even if the franchise comes to an end withAvatar 5the director will have given around three decades to telling the story the Na’vi and Pandora. With Cameron having already hinted that there could be at least two more movies beyond that in contention, it is possible that he will spend the rest of his career makingAvatarmovies. While responding to a question byRRRdirector S....