'Avengers: Infinity War' Box Office: A Rundown of the Records Broken

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'Avengers: Infinity War'

A look at how the first tentpole of the summer performed around the globe.

Disney and Marvel continue to push the superhero envelope at the box office, with Avengers: Infinity War delivering up their latest victory.

The mega-mashup smashed a number of records in its global debut over the weekend, less than three months after Marvel's Black Panther began its own historic run.

Directed by the Russo brothers, Avengers: Infinity War is the most ambitious amassing of superheroes ever on the big screen and comes as Marvel Studios — led by Kevin Feige — celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Below, The Hollywood Reporter breaks down the movie's box-office achievements......

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'Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story': Film Review and trailer

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Ashley Bell's documentary spotlights efforts to save the endangered Asian elephant.

Anyone who loves elephants (and if you don't, I want nothing to do with you…seriously) is bound to adore Ashley Bell's deeply affecting documentary about efforts to save the Asian elephant. The film's focus is on one elephant in particular: 70-year-old Noi Na, seen being rescued from a miserable life giving rides to tourists in Thailand. Depicting the endless cruelties perpetrated on these magnificent animals while delivering a moving feel-good story in the process, Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story is guaranteed to not leave a dry eye in the house.

Bell, also an actress who's appeared in such films as The Last Exorcism and Novitiate, details the horrific methods designed to train the animals for lives in servitude. The primary one involves separating a baby elephant from its mother and putting it in a confined space known as a 'Pajan," or "Crush Box," where it is beaten and tortured until its spirit is essentially broken. We see one such animal whose eye was put out by someone with a slingshot. "People, people, people," decries a conservationist upon seeing the damage........
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Tom Cruise Honored by Leslie Odom Jr., James Corden at Pioneer of the Year Dinner

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Tom Cruise

Cruise is only the second actor to receive the top honor.

It turns out Tom Cruise is a a huge fan of Hamilton.

On Wednesday night, Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. paid tribute to Cruise with a live performance to celebrate Cruise receiving the Will Rogers Pioneer of the Year award. And serving as master of ceremonies at the event in Las Vegas was James Corden, the popular British talk show host.

The annual Will Rogers dinner is held in conjunction with CinemaCon, the gathering of theater owners and Hollywood studios at Caesars Palace.

"What a beautiful reward this is. This has been an incredible evening. I look around the room, and there are so many friends I’ve known and spent time in the trenches with," said Cruise when taking the stage. "I grew up going to the movies and it really was my life, my escape. I learned about the world and it made me dream. I wanted to make movies since I was four years old, no lie."......

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'Duck Duck Goose' Cast: Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Stephen Fry, Craig Ferguson & More! | THR

The animated comedy 'Duck Duck Goose' features the talented Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Craig

Ferguson, Lance Lim, Deidrich Bader, Stephen Fry, and Carl Reiner.

Verne Troyer: a cult star who sustained a career with dignity and good humour

 Troyer with Mike Myers as Dr Evil in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Photograph:
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The actor Verne Troyer has died, according to a statement posted to his social media pages on Saturday. He was 49.

 Read moTroyer, who was 2ft 8in tall, found fame in Mike Myers’ Austin Powers spy spoof movies as Mini-Me, a clone of the villain Dr Evil. The last Austin Powers film, Goldmember, was released in 2002.

Other roles included Griphook in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001), Coach Punch Cherkov in Myers’ The Love Guru (2008) and Percy in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Troyer also appeared in Madonna’s video for her 1999 song Beautiful Stranger and made appearances on reality TV.

Myers said on Saturday: “Verne was the consummate professional and a beacon of positivity for those of us who had the honour of working with him. It is a sad day, but I hope he is in a better place. He will be greatly missed.”

Having experienced struggles with alcoholism, Troyer was admitted to hospital earlier this month. His family announced his death in a statement posted to Facebook and Instagram.

“It is with great sadness and incredibly heavy hearts to write that Verne passed away today,” the statement said.

“Verne was an extremely caring individual. He wanted to make everyone smile, be happy, and laugh. Anybody in need, he would help to any extent possible. Verne hoped he made a positive change with the platform he had and worked towards spreading that message everyday.”

The actor Marlee Matlin tweeted that Troyer had “a lovely smile with a caring and big heart, he helped raise money [for Starkey Hearing Foundation] for free hearing aids for deaf and hard of hearing people. RIP.”.........

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Edgar Ramirez Joins Dwayne Johnson in 'Jungle Cruise' (Exclusive)

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Edgar Ramirez

Emily Blunt will also star in the feature from 'The Shallows' director Jaume Collet-Serra.

Edgar Ramirez, who starred as Gianni Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, is setting sail for Jungle Cruise.

Dwayne Johnson will star in Disney's feature adaptation of its own theme park ride, along with a crew that is currently made up of Emily Blunt and comedian Jack Whitehall.

Jaume Collet-Serra, the filmmaker behind The Shallows and Liam Neeson films such as The Commuter and Non-Stop, will helm the project, which is set in the early 20th century and will take place in the Amazon jungle.......

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Vin Diesel, H Collective Buy Rights to 'xXx,' Plot Sequel

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Vin Diesel

D.J. Caruso will return to direct 'xXx 4.'

Vin Diesel is now the proud co-owner of the xXx franchise.

Diesel and his One Race Films have teamed with finance and production company The H Collective to acquire the rights to the action-adventure franchise from Revolution Studios, the companies announced Tuesday.

At the same time, Diesel and H Collective are suiting up to make a new installment, xXx 4.

D.J. Caruso, who helmed xXx: Return of Xander Cage, as well as such movies as Disturbia, will return to direct xXx 4, with Diesel reprising his role as extreme-sports athlete turned reluctant agent Xander Cage.

This isn’t the only franchise that Diesel owns. The actor-producer also own the rights to Riddick/Pitch Black, which he acquired from Universal, which wanted him to return to the Fast & Furious movie series.

Production on xXx 4 is slated to begin in December........

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Christine Evangelista On a "Darker" Season of 'The Arrangement' | In Studio With THR

'The Arrangement' star Christine Evangelista joins THR in studio to talk about the darker nature of season 2, her chemistry with Josh Henderson, and more!

Hong Kong Film Awards: Louis Koo Wins Best Actor, 'Our Time Will Come' Takes Best Film

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'Paradox'

Koo continued his awards streak while the Second World War movie about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong won best film, best supporting actress and sixth best director award for Ann Hui.

Louis Koo continued his awards winning streak picking up best actor for his performance in action film Paradox at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday.

Koo also won best actor at the Asian Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards. Accepting the accolade, Koo, who plays a father in search of his missing daughter in Thailand inParadox, dedicated his win to Hong Kong's film industry.........

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Festival de Cannes - Official Selection of the 71st Festival de Cannes

Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, present the Official Selection of the 71st Festival de Cannes on April, 12th 2018.
The Festival de Cannes will be held from 8 till 19 May 2018.

Tang Media Partners Pacts With China's Tencent on Major Hollywood Film Acquisition Fund

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Donald Tang

TMP, Tencent and investment firm China Everbright will work together to acquire 10-20 movies per year for distribution in China.

Tang Media Partners, the parent company of growing mini studio Global Road Entertainment, unveiled a series of major growth initiatives in Hong Kong on Monday. 

The company, headed by former investment banker Donald Tang, revealed that it has established a consortium with Chinese internet giant Tencent and investment company China Everbright Limited to acquire 10-20 Hollywood films per year for distribution in China. TMP will manage the consortium's daily operations. The initiative was described as "a key building block for TMP's China distribution business.".....

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Burt Reynolds & Adam Rifkin on 'The Last Movie Star' & "Being Vulnerable" | In Studio With THR

Adam Rifkin wrote 'The Last Movie Star' specifically for Burt Reynolds whom is his 

self- professed hero from a young age. They join THR in studio to talk about this unique film and

 co-star Chevy Chase!

Son Chiriya new poster: Bhumi Pednekar as a rural woman with a gun on her shoulder looks fierce

Son Chiriya new poster: Bhumi Pednekar as a rural woman with a gun on her shoulder looks fierce

Taking to her Twitter account, Bhumi Pednekar shared her look for Son Chiriya.

After Sushant Singh Rajput’s look for Son Chiriya, new poster featuring Bhumi Pednekar is out. The actress, who was last seen in the Akshay Kumar starrer Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, looks fierce in the picture. Bhumi’s look for the Abhishek Chaubey film was shared by the makers on social media, which caught everyone’s attention at once. Dressed as a lady from rural India and holding a riffle, Bhumi is a combination of two contrasting visuals but looks 

promising all the way.......

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