Movie theaters in the North America are slowly coming back to life with about 200 locations open as of Friday — nearly double last weekend’s total, Comscore is reporting. 29 more words

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Frank Bielec, a designer on the TLC series “Trading Spaces,” died on Friday night after suffering a heart attack. He was 72. TLC shared the news on the network’s Twitter account on Saturday morning. 25 more words

via Frank Bielec, ‘Trading Spaces’ Designer, Dies at 72 — Variety

In the 1950s, the word “mumbling” got stuck to the name Marlon Brando, and there were several reasons for that. Brando, starting with his first film, “The Men” (1950), brought a new mode of naturalistic acting to Hollywood that was so revolutionary it would change not just movies but the world. 6 more words

via The Unbearable Mumbleness of Tom Hardy (Column) — Variety

The ransomware hackers who stole gigabytes of data from a prominent New York entertainment law firm posted a batch of emails Saturday on the dark web, which they previously hyped as containing incriminating information on President Donald Trump. 20 more words

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Fred Willard, the comic actor known for his genial but dunderheaded characters, has died. He was 86. Willard died Friday night at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. 31 more words

via Fred Willard, Actor Known for Comically Dimwitted Characters, Dies at 86 — Variety

Lynn Shelton, an indie filmmaker who helped popularize the mumblecore genre with works such as “Humpday” and “Your Sister’s Sister,” died Friday of a blood disorder. 32 more words

via Lynn Shelton, Director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ Dies at 54 — Variety

Following the news of Fred Willard’s death on Saturday, many film and TV stars, including Jamie Lee Curtis, Jimmy Kimmel and more, paid tribute to the comedic legend. 29 more words

via Fred Willard Remembered by Hollywood: ‘You Were Funny in Your Bones’ — Variety

There’s something to be said, given all Catherine the Great did in her lifetime as the late 18th-century ruler of Russia, that the unfortunate bestiality rumor — you know, the one about the horse — remains. 25 more words

via Elle Fanning on Catherine the Great, Nicholas Hoult and Her Executive Producing Debut — Variety