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If you just can’t wait for the September 3rd debut of Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, you’re in luck: On Wednesday night, it will play in dozens of IMAX theaters. 

The special fan screenings will be held in 25 markets across the U.S. and Canada at 7 p.m., and will feature a special onscreen welcome from its titular lead, Simu Liu, and his co-star, Awkwafina.

For ticket info, check out gofobo.com. 

In the film, Liu plays Shang-Chi, who is forced to confront his past and his destiny, which pits him against the mysterious, mystical organization the Ten Rings, first referenced back in the first MCU film, 2008’s Iron Man.

Shang-Chi features a predominantly Asian cast, including legendary performers like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 vet Michelle Yeoh, Avengers and Doctor Strange star Benedict Wong, Tony Leung, Fala Chen, and Ronny Chieng.

Here’s a list of theaters and locations that will host the fan screenings: 

Atlantic Station Stadium 18 & IMAX – Atlanta, GA
Showcase Randolph 16 with IMAX – Randolph, MA
City North Stadium 14 & RPX – Chicago, IL
Cinemark 17 + IMAX – Dallas,       TX
AMC Westminster 24 with IMAX – Westminster, CO
Houston Marqe Stadium 22 + IMAX – Houston, TX
AMC Indianapolis 17 with IMAX  – Indianapolis, IN
AMC Barrywoods 24 with IMAX  – Kansas City, MO
TCL Chinese Theatre + IMAX – Hollywood, CA
Irvine Spectrum 21 + IMAX & RPX – Irvine, CA
CMX Dolphin 24 – Miami, FL 
AMC Rosedale 14 with IMAX  – Roseville MN
AMC Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX – New York, NY
Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX – Orlando, FL
AMC Neshaminy 24 with IMAX – Bensalem, PA
Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX -Tempe, AZ
Megaplex Theatres @ Geneva + IMAX – Vineyard, UT
Palladium 19 IMAX + AVX – San Antonio, TX
AMC Mission Valley 20 with IMAX  – San Diego, CA
AMC Metreon 16 with IMAX – San Francisco, CA
AMC Saratoga 14 with IMAX  -San Jose, CA
AMC Alderwood 16 with IMAX – Lynnwood, WA
Marcus Ronnie’s 20 Cine + IMAX – Saint Louis, MO
AMC Tysons Corner 16 with IMAX – McLean, VA
Scotiabank – 14 IMAX – Toronto, ON

Marvel Studios is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

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(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) — Live Nation recently announced that proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test will be required for entry to any Live Nation owned and operated venue or festival in the U.S. this fall.

The company, which promotes, operates and manages ticket sales for live entertainment in the U.S. and around the world, said enforcement begins Oct. 4. This mandate will be applied to both concertgoers and musical acts were permitted by law.

Live Nation said best practices have also been developed for artists to request these policies at third-party venues.

“Vaccines are going to be your ticket back to shows, and as of October 4th we will be following the model we developed for Lollapalooza and requiring this for artists, fans and employees at Live Nation venues and festivals everywhere possible in the U.S.,” Live Nation Entertainment president and CEO Michael Rapino said in a statement.

The company also is mandating employees be vaccinated by Oct. 4.

This news comes after AEG, another leader in concerts and live events, announced last week proof of vaccination will be required for entry into its owned and operated clubs, theaters and festivals as of Oct. 1 where permitted by law.

While AEG makes no mention of negative COVID-19 tests being accepted in lieu of proof of vaccination, Live Nation’s policy is similar to how Broadway is approaching the situation as the country grapples with the delta variant surge.
 

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John Boyega is reminiscing about his first film role in Attack the Block, the 2011 U.K. sci-fi comedy where his character Moses, along with a gang of teens, help to save their neighborhood from a group of aliens.

Boyega tells ABC Audio that his seminal film did not receive the credit that it was due.

“The significance of Attack the Block is big,” he says. “I feel like Attack the Block was a movie that wasn’t understood because it was kind of before its time in a sense.”

Thankfully for Boyega, there’s now an opportunity for people to “revisit that world” with an Attack the Block sequel that’s currently in the works.

“[S]o much things have happened, especially in the U.K., between now and the first movie… We have so much to take from,” he teases.

While Boyega jokes that wielding a katana in his most recent film, Naked Singularity, was simply “muscle memory” from chopping down aliens in his film debut, the Star Wars actor says he’s all business when it comes to reuniting with his Attack the Block creatives.

“I actually have to leave the United States soon to get back to the U.K. to start the writing process with [writer-director] Joe [Cornish],” he reveals. “We’re actually gonna do that in my house.”

He continues, “We’ve already had a few creative sessions with the rest of the team, [producer] Nira Park, and some of the creative guys that were behind the first one. And yeah, we’re plotting. We’re bringing back… some cool people and definitely some new cast members as well.”

Aside from the new and familiar faces, Boyega says fans can also expect the same absurdity showcased in the first film. 

“It’s hot and bit mad,” he declares, laughing.

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Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock have wrapped filming on their upcoming film, Lost City of D, and to celebrate, Tatum decided to have a little fun — by pranking his costar. 

In a behind-the-scenes clip of the two on set, the Magic Mike star cradles Bullock as she pleads “no” just before he jumps into a pool, taking them both under. They later emerge from beneath the surface and share a hug before swimming off. 

Tatum captioned the snippet, “That’s a wrap on #LostCityOfD. I love this movie so much I don’t have words.”

“I also don’t have words for how special Sandy Bullock is. We definitely were made in the same lab & share a brain at times. I [read heart emoji] U girl. As U can see I’ll ride your coattails anywhere anytime forever,” he added. 

Jumping into a pool isn’t the only way that the Step Up alum chose to celebrate. He also debuted a new ‘do. Sharing a black-and-white mirror selfie of himself receiving a haircut, he wrote, “And just like that… our 1st Charlie yells “and that’s a wrap”… and i feel myself coming back and the hair starts coming off.”

“And now time… time for all the things. Mine time,” Tatum continued. “Getting back to me before the next creative adventure into someone and somewhere else. I’m so happy and easy right now. Breathing and gonna indulge in this life I’ve been blessed with. Be easy.”

Lost City of D is slated to hit theaters on April 15, 2022. 

That’s a wrap on #LostCityOfD. I love this movie so much I don’t have words. I also don’t have words for how special Sandy Bullock is. We definitely were made in the same lab & share a brain at times. I ❤️ U girl. As U can see I’ll ride your coattails anywhere anytime forever. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/yAXAf5D4x6

— Channing Tatum (@channingtatum) August 16, 2021

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Drew Barrymore has added her voice to the discussion regarding Britney Spears‘ ongoing battle to end her 13-year conservatorship — and she’s on the side of Team #FreeBritney.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Barrymore revealed she had been “silently” supporting Spears, until it became apparent the singer needed more people to come to her defense.

“I think one of the things I thought that I could [do to] respect her the most is not Instagram about it, and not talk on social media. This is too big for that,” the 46-year-old actress explained. “But I also think on the other side of the coin, the noise had to be made in order to start to have change here.”

“Social media is a very tricky animal. It can lead to great outcry and people listening, and it can also be a place that has a little bit of empty calories,” Barrymore continued, but also added, “I feel that there’s a human being at the core of this. But since she put herself out there more … she’s the key to her freedom.”

“This is about her and her life and everybody deserves the freedom to make mistakes or a success of their life and everything in between,” Barrymore declared. “That is what a life is.”

She concluded, “So whether it’s about her or anyone else, I want people to have their civil liberties; to have the freedom to live their lives.”

In February, Barrymore revealed when speaking with Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show that she had “empathy” for the Grammy winner, as they both had similar childhoods and struggles with fame.

“It’s hard to grow up in front of people. It’s just hard,” she said at the time.

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Season two of Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem is coming to a close, but not before things get a little crazy. Sheryl Lee Ralph, who reprises her role as President Kelly Wade in the show’s final two episodes, tells ABC Audio that she just couldn’t help but return to the series.

“First of all, I love playing the President of the United States — the 45^th president of the Unites States in an alternative world,” she says enthusiastically. “A world where the feminine power is strong and reigning all across the country.”

“How do you say ‘no’ to something like that?” she asks rhetorically. “And, I’m a woman of color! I love it.”

Thanking screenwriter Eliot Laurence for “choosing her for this role,” Ralph adds that the timing of receiving it was interesting because at the time she was “working hard” for now-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Ralph explains that her role as the POTUS in Motherland: Fort Salem continues to intertwine with her real life, even today, as she’s currently running to become the SAG-AFTRA LA Local Vice President.

“So, it’s like ‘wow,’ President Kelly Wade has an incredible impact on my life,” she expresses.

As for what’s next for her character in the show, Ralph reminds fans that General Alder used a puppet spell on President Kelly Wade, before teasing “you never know what happens in a mind meld” and “you never know how things will end up.”

“Sometimes the most powerful person never lets you know what their power is, never — until it bites you in the behind and you have to find out for yourself,” she says. “I have a funny feeling it’s going to get deep and it’s gonna get crazy!” (ABC AUDIO 1-ON-1)

Watch Motherland: Fort Salem Tuesdays on Freeform at 10pm and the next day on Hulu. 

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Lee Daniels‘ latest TV series, The Ms. Pat Show, premiered August 12 on BET+, and the Empire creator says he is proud after years of struggling to make the sitcom happen.

“Years before, we tried to find the right writer, right visionary for it, trying fight studios and networks that wanted to do it, but were afraid to do it because it was too black and was too real,” Daniels said during a TV Critics Association panel Tuesday, according to Deadline. “We have never seen a voice like this on television…it was worth the fight — years of fighting.”

The Oscar-nominated director adds that he did not lose faith in the show after it was dropped in 2016 by Fox, and dropped by Hulu in 2019.

The Ms. Pat Show is based on the life of series star Patricia Williams, who overcame her criminal past to become a successful comedian. She portrays a married mother of four living in her real-life hometown of Plainfield, Indiana, in a suburban white neighborhood.

“I’m just proud to be out front and a different type of mom where I don’t have to be chopping up vegetables,” Williams said during the TCA event. “I’m a convicted felon and you get to see a side of a mom Hollywood doesn’t really want you to see, other than on Cops.”

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Actress Selma Blair had a reason to smile at discovery+’s Television Critics Association panel for her upcoming documentary Introducing Selma Blair: Her multiple sclerosis is in remission. 

“My prognosis is great,” the former Cruel Intentions star said. “Stem cell [treatments] put me in remission. It took about a year after stem cell for the inflammation and lesions to really go down.”

Blair, 49, had undergone chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant to essentially “reboot” her nervous system, she explained.

The actress also said that she’s been feeling much better of late, but didn’t want to rush to make headlines. “I was reluctant to talk about it because I felt this need to be more healed and more fixed,” she noted.

“I’ve accrued a lifetime of some baggage in the brain that still needs a little sorting out or accepting,” the actress continued. “That took me a minute to get to that acceptance.”

Blair added, “I have really felt unwell and misunderstood for so long that it’s just me.”

Selma revealed her diagnosis in 2018, later telling ABC News’ Robin Roberts that she felt “relief” after she finally learned why she’d been suffering years of crippling pain and other physical symptoms. 

“I was really struggling with, ‘How am I gonna get by in life?'” she told Robin. “And [being] not taken seriously by doctors, just, ‘Single mother, you’re exhausted, financial burden, blah, blah, blah.’ And so when I got the diagnosis I cried with some relief. Like, ‘Oh, good, I’ll be able to do something.'”

Introducing Selma Blair, which profiles the actress’ life with MS and her struggles with her treatment, opens in theaters October 15 and starts streaming on discovery+ on October 21.

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It appears Pete Davidson has moved on from another Hollywood star.

The Sun reports the SNL vet and The Suicide Squad co-star has split from his latest girlfriend, Bridgerton‘s Phoebe Dynevor.

The pair had been linked since last February, and he’d even traveled across The Pond to spend time with the British actress: the couple were spotted together engaged in some PDA during Wimbledon in July. 

However, it seems COVID-19 had something to do with the apparent break-up, reports The Sun. While long-distance relationships are hard enough, trying to traverse the distances with pandemic flight restrictions “has made everything more difficult,” a source told the tabloid.

“It was pretty telling when Phoebe headed to Croatia with her mates this week rather than going to see Pete in America,” the gossiper continued. 

The source explained of the pair, “Their mates think they make a great couple, but the distance has made it completely unworkable. They had fun and will remain close, but unless something drastic changes, their relationship won’t recover.”

Davidson has previously been linked to a series of A-list beauties, including his former fiancée Ariana Grande, Underworld‘s Kate Beckinsale, and Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood‘s Margaret Qualley. 

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While New York Yankees fans might not want to be reminded of Field of Dreams after their recent loss at the film’s Iowa location, Peacock TV has announced a series based on the Kevin Costner classic.

The streaming service has tapped The Office writing alum and Parks and Recreation co-creator Michael Schur with producing a modern take on the Oscar-nominated film, in which Costner played a man mystically prompted to build a baseball field in his cornfield. 

“The series will reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that makes the movie so enduring and beloved,” the streaming service said in an announcement.

“[W]e could only have entrusted [it] to Mike Schur,” said Erin Underhill, president, Universal Television of the “iconic” film’s adaptation, adding, “His talent, his love for baseball and his reverence for its themes make him the perfect choice to revisit this beloved film that evokes nostalgia and visceral emotion in so many of its fans.”

Universal Television, which backed Schur’s The Good Place and Parks and Rec for NBC, is producing the series.

Incidentally, the love for the film was recently shown in the ratings for that Yankees/White Sox matchup in Dyersville, Iowa, which were the highest of any game since 2005. It drew a big numbers on streaming as well.

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