'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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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

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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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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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