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In what is said to be one of the biggest naming-rights deals in U.S. history, downtown Los Angeles’ Staples Center will become Crypto.com Arena beginning Christmas Day. The deal between the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange and AEG is worth $700 million, according to multiple reports. As part of the deal…

UPDATED at 11:10AM PT with more numbers and analysis. It’s hard out here for a specialty release in the long shadow of The Avengers, but a few limited openers managed to put up some impressive results this weekend. Fresh from an Oscar win for Best Foreign Language Film for A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián Lelio scored…

On paper, a teaming of Oscar winner Halle Berry and James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, in a drama set during the 1992 L.A. riots would seem promising. Unfortunately, Kings is the polar opposite of that expectation and, as I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), is a tone-deaf misfire that does…

Two years ago, Deniz Gamze Ergüven was the toast of Cannes, winning the festival's Camera D'Or prize for first feature with her Directors' Fortnight entry Mustang, which went on to become France's foreign-language Oscar entry. Moving quickly on, Ergüven snapped up Bond star Daniel Craig to star opposite Halle Berry in…

Updates throughout A few more details on The Orchard’s acquisition of Kings, a story Deadline broke this morning. After heated bidding following a strong promo reel, The Orchard acquired the Deniz Gamze Ergüven-directed film that stars Halle Berry and Daniel Craig. Kings is described as a drama about a foster family…

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Craig is in talks to star opposite Halle Berry in Mustang director Deniz Gamze Erguven’s anticipated English-language debut pic Kings. The project is set against a backdrop of rising tensions in Los Angeles during the Rodney King trial in 1992. Craig will play Ollie, a loner who lives in South…

UPDATE: "We didn't win lawn bowling, we won at hockey,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel tonight after Kimmel congratulated Garcetti for swearing on national TV earlier in the day, during a Staples Center celebration of the Kings’ Stanley Cup victory. “Kids out there, do not say…