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GLAAD released its fourth annual Studio Responsibility Index this morning, finding that the racial diversity of LGBT characters "drastically decreased" since last year's report and that there "remains a lack of substantial LGBT characters in mainstream films." No studios were given a "Good" rating for their 2015 films…

6TH UPDATE, TUESDAY, 3 PM: Rentrak Theatrical filed the weekend’s actuals with Warner Bros.’ American Sniper counting a four-week cume through yesterday of $110.4M. Talk about the spoils of war: American Sniper propelled the 2015 box office, in its first 19 days, 3.6% percent over the same frame last year with $667M…

Kevin Hart, Josh Gad and Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting star in The Wedding Ringer, the year’s first comedy. It comes with a clever-enough premise and some chemistry between the male stars, and Hart – who seems to be in every movie these days – is trying hard to amuse the audience. The rest of the film’s cast is talented too…

Doug (Josh Gad) has a dilemma: His wedding to Gretchen (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting) is looming, but the nerdy guy has no best man. Enter Jimmy (Kevin Hart), owner of Best Man Inc, which provides just the deceptive service our hero needs. Can they pull it off — and maybe, just maybe, even become actual pals? Alan Ritchson…

EXCLUSIVE: It was inevitable after the huge success of Ride Along that Universal Pictures executives would be salivating to get the sequel together. Tim Story will direct Ride Along 2 and Ice Cube and Kevin Hart are closing to reprise their roles as the quick-witted security guard (Hart) who has his eye on his partner…

As Deadline reported yesterday, it looks like Hollywood has a new king of the MLK Day weekend. A week after the record-breaking debut of Ride Along, Sony said today that it has booked Kevin Hart starrer The Wedding Ringer into next year’s holiday frame. The Screen Gems/Miramax comedy is slated for January 16, 2015…