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Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the Cinematographers Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award at its 56th annual Publicists Awards luncheon on February 22 at the Beverly Hilton. "We are thrilled to honor Jamie Lee Curtis, who has created a celebrated body of film and television work that spans many genres," said Steven…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is set to partner with MRC and distribute worldwide Knives Out, the contemporary murder mystery that Looper and Star Wars: The Last Jedi helmer Rian Johnson wrote and is directing. Daniel Craig stars as a detective trying to solve a murder and the killer ensemble cast includes Chris Evans, Michael…

It's a rare film that catches the attention of top diplomats at the United Nations, but such is the case with Hondros. The documentary about celebrated photojournalist Chris Hondros, who was killed in a mortar attack while on assignment in Libya in 2011, screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York…

EXCLUSIVE: After debuting earlier this month to the second-best October domestic opening ever, and holding the No. 1 spot globally for two weeks in a row, Halloween has slashed its way across the $200M mark worldwide. Through Thursday, the Universal/Trancas/Miramax/Blumhouse title is at $204.3M with a split of $139.4M…

He burst on the scene as the hapless proprietor of a strip mall dojo in the low budget The Foot Fist Way, and Danny McBride just scored his biggest success as co-writer of the low budget sequel to the 40-year old John Carpenter film Halloween. Its $80 million opening gross, a record for October, likely will prevent…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal/Miramax/Blumhouse's David Gordon Green-directed reboot-sequel Halloween is scaring up an estimated $14.7M bow at the international box office this weekend. This is in line with Uni estimates heading into the launch where Jamie Lee Curtis' badass strode into 23 markets. Mexico, the UK and Russia…

Tonight in Toronto, Laurie Strode makes a triumphant return to cinemas with David Gordon Green's Halloween. While the latest installment of John Carpenter's iconic horror franchise—centering on the murderous, masked Michael Meyers—is the first to hit theaters in over a decade, Green's contribution to the canon goes…

The H in Hall H stood for Halloween on Friday at Comic-Con as original scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis was joined by filmmakers David Gordon Green, Jason Blum, and Malek Akkad. Right off the bat, Curtis talked about the power of the iconic character of Laurie Strode, not directly mentioning the #MeToo movement, but…

Jamie Lee Curtis was on hand during Universal’s CinemaCon session today to introduce the first-look trailer for the upcoming Halloween sequel. Curtis, who starred in the original 1978 movie, said when she was first approached for the new film, she didn’t hesitate. “I heard what they were thinking and I immediately…

Jamie Lee Curtis, who starred as the mother of Eliza Dushku’s character in 1994’s True Lies, says Dushku shared her story of sexual abuse with Curtis “privately a few years ago,” and that the older actress “was shocked and saddened then and still am today.” In a column written for the Huffington Post today, Curtis…

CBS has put in development Quality of Life, a multi-camera comedy from Jamie Lee Curtis, Janis Hirsch, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and CBS Television Studios, with Curtis attached to star and executive produce. Co-written by Hirsch (Till Death) and Curtis, Quality of Life is described as a multi-generational sitcom about…

Jamie Lee Curtis is getting back in her Halloween costume. The actress and Universal said today that she will return to play her iconic role of Laurie Strode in the new installment of the horror franchise that will hit theaters in October 2018. Curtis tweeted the news today, complete with the first look at the…