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Paramount Halts ‘Mission: Impossible' Shoot Over New Virus
Paramount Pictures has halted production on the seventh “Mission: Impossible” film as Hollywood begins to more drastically adapt to the outbreak of a new virus spreading globally.
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Man Charged in Cold-Case Slaying of Prominent Hollywood TV Director
A 52-year-old man was charged Friday with the killing of TV producer and director Barry Crane more than three decades ago, prosecutors said.
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Mistrial Declared for Man Who Snapped Thumb Off $4.5M Statue at the Franklin Institute
A jury was unable to reach a verdict in the trial of a Delaware man who admitted he broke a thumb off a $4.5 million statue at a Philadelphia museum.
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Mission Accepted: Tom Cruise Making Back-to-Back ‘Mission: Impossible' Sequels
Variety revealed Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to write and direct the next two films in the popular film franchise. The sequels will be shot back-to-back “in order to take advantage of the popularity of the series,” according to the trade. Cruise and McQuarrie later confirmed their involvement via Twitter, as well as the films’ 2021 and 2022 release dates.
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Faced With Losses, MoviePass Discount Tickets Service Hikes Fee
MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases during the first two weeks. The new $15-a-month rate for up to one movie each day still won’t make MoviePass profitable. Because it typically pays theaters the full cost of tickets — which can be $15 or more in big...
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Ving Rhames Says Police Held Him at Gunpoint at His Home
“Mission: Impossible” star Ving Rhames says Los Angeles police once held him at gunpoint inside his own home after police said a neighbor called 911 to report that a “large black man was breaking into the house.” The 59-year-old African-American actor, who is promoting the new sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout, made his comments on The Clay Cane Show on...
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Parts of London Halt as Tom Cruise Sprints Over Thames River
Tom Cruise has brought part of central London to a standstill as he sprinted across the roof of a rail bridge for the latest “Mission: Impossible” movie. Traffic was halted Saturday on Blackfriars Bridge and boats were kept from the area as the film star performed the stunt over the Thames River. A low-flying helicopter was filming the scene. Below...
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Video Shows Tom Cruise Limping After ‘Mission Impossible 6' Stunt
A video taken on the set of “Mission: Impossible 6” shows Tom Cruise limping after performing a stunt where he jumps between buildings. The video was published Sunday by TMZ. It captures a tethered Cruise leaping to a building, hitting its side and then crawling over the top and running away.