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Pink Villa
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Final Destination Bloodlines Day 17 India Box Office: Rs 1.30 crore haul brings film close to Rs 50 crore mark
Final Destination: Bloodlines continued its steady run at the Indian box office today on its 17th day, netting Rs 1.30 crore. With this, the sixth installment in the long-running supernatural horror franchise took its local total to Rs 49.05 crore. Despite a relatively muted start, the film has shown consistent hold over the two weeks and a few additional days in the market, largely driven by genre appeal and positive word of mouth. Here's a day-wise collection breakdown of Final Destination: Bloodlines' India box office so far Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Final Destination: Bloodlines introduces a fresh narrative while retaining the franchise's signature theme of premonition and inevitable death. The fresh narrative, for those who may not know, refers to the new premise introduced in this installment, featuring the protagonist inheriting visions of a past premonition from 1968. The premonition averted a deadly structural collapse, and now Death is circling back to claim the descendants connected to that event. Earlier installments, meanwhile, featured a random group of people escaping death. Kaitlyn Santa Juana leads the ensemble featuring Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, and franchise veteran Tony Todd. The film is being praised for its refreshing take on the classic formula, clever narrative links to the earlier films, and effective scary sequences. Originally planned as a streaming property for HBO Max, the film's theatrical rollout was greenlit after delays caused by the SAG-AFTRA strike. Shot in Vancouver between March and May 2024, the movie hit US theaters on May 16 and a day before that in India. So far, Bloodlines has grossed USD 193.5 million worldwide, making it not just the highest-grossing but also the best-reviewed entry in the Final Destination series to date. Its performance is being hailed as a franchise revival. The Rs 50 crore milestone in India was locked, which is significant given it was allotted fewer screens due to Mission Impossible 8's parallel release.
Cosmopolitan
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Kylie Jenner gives fans a rare insight into her sex life with Timothee Chalamet
It's not every day that Kylie Jenner spills the tea on her sex life with Timothee Chalamet. In fact, it's literally never. But, that all changed this weekend when the business mogul reposted a TikTok, giving fans a rare insight into her romance with her boyfriend of two years. ICYMI, Kylie and Timmy attended a basketball match on Thursday. They cosied up courtside at Madison Square Garden and watched the Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers. Later, Kylie took to TikTok to share a post by HBO Max, the channel that aired Sex and the City way back when. In the clip, Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) asks bestie Samantha Jones (AKA Kim Cattrall) why they're watching a basketball game on TV. To that, Samantha explains her current beau is "obsessed" with the sport. "I don't get laid unless the Knicks win," she adds in true Samantha style. Naturally, Kardashian-Jenner fans couldn't help but put two and two together about the timing of Kylie's repost... which came shortly after she and Tim attended the Knicks-winning game. "The fact that Kylie reposted this 😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂," one person commented on the HBO Max TikTok clip. "Kylie reposting this is GOLD, she's so funny!!!!" another wrote, as a third added: "Who's here from Kylie's repost?" "Timmy has my girl Kylie stressing with this Knicks games fr 😭," another fan joked, with someone else commenting: "Kylie Jenner's humour remains undefeated." "Not Kylie reposting this after the game hahaha," added another fan, with a different TikTok user chiming in with: "Lol my jaw is on the floor at Kylie reposting this." More of this please, Kylie!
Tom's Guide
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
'Mountainhead' review: 'Succession' creator skewers super-rich in painfully funny black comedy movie
Watching HBO Max's new movie "Mountainhead" was one of the most uncomfortable viewing experiences I've had in 2025 — and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. "How can that possibly be a compliment?" I hear you ask. Well, that's because "Mountainhead" is the latest project from "Succession" and "Peep Show" creator Jesse Armstrong, a writer well-versed in bringing us stark satire and repugnant (yet incredibly watchable) characters. "Mountainhead" is now available to stream on HBO Max, and it is, in my opinion, every bit as entertaining as what he's brought us before. The "problem," if you could call it that, is simply that "Mountainhead" sees us spending time with quite possibly Armstrong's least likable set of characters yet. If you dive in, you'll be spending a little over 100 minutes with a crass, crude cadre of odious billionaire tech bros as they hole up in a luxury getaway while the world falls apart outside. They're almost cartoonishly evil, and because laughing at them is quite fun, I still managed to enjoy my stay quite so much. Here's my take on "Mountainhead" and why it's worth streaming now. "Mountainhead" picks up as our four super-rich "friends" — Generative AI magnate and chief crisis architect, Venis (Cory Michael Smith), aging, ailing wealth guru Randall (Steve Carell), "Souper", as in "Soup Kitchen"/Hugo Van Yalk (Jason Schwartzman) and their more liberal developer friend, Jeff (Ramy Youssef) — unite for a poker hang at Soup's newly constructed, utterly soulless Ayn Rand homage of a home. What follows is two hours of increasingly farcical drama, as the billionaire bros trade jabs and business jargon, musing on the state of the world (and how they could perfect it) as the crisis outside continues to spiral, and they continue to scroll past countless horrific events on their devices ... even though they're the architects of that collapse. "Mountainhead" is hot-button, of-the-moment filmmaking (thanks in part to having been shot in March and cut together in a short space of time) and dialogue-heavy viewing. Chiefly, it achieves its goals by gleefully skewering tech titans through a one-two punch of witty writing and excellent ensemble work. All four of our stars deserve praise for their respective turns, though my favorite of the bunch might just be Schwartzman's self-humiliating, slimy turn as Soup, the group's "gracious" host and "impoverished" multi-millionaire who really just wants his pals to, and I quote, "bust a B-nut" and invest in his new health and lifestyle app. Without Armstrong's writing, this would be an intolerable nightmare trip, and yet Armstrong serves up a near-constant stream of lines and laughs that just manage to keep the sense of dread at bay. Spoken by this talented cast, the gleefully nasty script comes alive, and it's this bleakly comic combo that makes our stay at this plutocrat's playhouse somehow still a treat. "Mountainhead" is about as unsubtle as you can get, hammering home again and again that you are spending your time with awful people. That watching the movie didn't feel like I was being forced simultaneously to watch paint dry, endlessly doom-scroll and listen to someone demand I plow my entire life savings into cryptocurrency is testament to Jesse Armstrong and the ensemble's comic sensibilities. "Mountainhead" is a painfully funny swing at the super-rich, one that finds plenty of laughs in even its bleakest and most despicable moments. If you can stomach spending this much time with terrible technocrats and unchecked egos, you're in for a treat. "Mountainhead" is now available on HBO Max and will be broadcast at 8 p.m. ET this evening on HBO. Viewers in the UK will be able to watch "Mountainhead" at 2 a.m. BST on Sky Atlantic and NOW from Sunday, June 1.
Pink Villa
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Box Office: Final Destination Bloodlines becomes 10th post-COVID horror film to cross USD 100M in US
Final Destination: Bloodlines has achieved a milestone it had long awaited. The sixth installment in the long-running supernatural horror franchise surpassed the USD 100 million mark at the domestic box office on Thursday, becoming only the 10th post-COVID horror film to do so. The movie amassed USD 100.9 million in the US by the end of its second full week in theaters, with a strong USD 1.9 million second Thursday, the biggest second Thursday ever for the Final Destination franchise. That figure marked a respectable 38.8 percent drop from its previous Thursday and far surpassed The Final Destination (2009), which made USD 663K with a steeper 58.8 percent drop. With positive word of mouth and solid weekday holds, Bloodlines continues to outperform expectations and is now eyeing a final domestic run in the USD 125–135 million range. The film is also set to overtake Alien: Romulus (USD 105.3M) to become the ninth-highest-grossing post-COVID horror release in the US and will soon enter the all-time Top 30 horror films domestically. Worldwide, Final Destination: Bloodlines has grossed USD 192.8 million, making it not only the highest-grossing entry in the series but also the best reviewed, receiving generally positive feedback from both fans and critics. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Bloodlines is based on a story by Jon Watts and features a screenplay by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor. Kaitlyn Santa Juana leads the cast as a college student haunted by visions of an avoided tragedy inherited from her grandmother. As death starts creeping eerily close to her family, she must unravel the mystery behind the premonition to change fate. The cast also includes Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, and franchise veteran Tony Todd. Initially slated for a streaming release on HBO Max, Warner Bros. Pictures pivoted to a theatrical rollout following delays caused by the SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming wrapped in Vancouver in May 2024, and the movie greeted audiences in theaters on May 16. Thanks to a compelling narrative, nostalgia appeal, and strong fan reception, Final Destination: Bloodlines has breathed new life into the franchise, letting horror enthusiasts hope for more sequels in the future.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Hacks' is returning to HBO Max for Season 5. Could it be the last?
Another chapter has closed for the comedy duo on Hacks — but where the laughs will take them next is anyone's guess. Season 4 of the HBO Max series focused on Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) finally achieving her lifelong dream of hosting a late-night show, with collaborator Ava (Hannah Einbender) by her side as her head writer even as a betrayal on Deborah's part derailed their often rocky partnership. Now, going into Season 5, Deborah and Ava are back on track — or as on track as their roller coaster of a work relationship can really be. Meanwhile, Hacks is already readying its fifth season, with HBO Max announcing its next installment on the same day as the Season 4 finale. There's definitely more drama — and absolutely more laughs — headed our way. Here's a look back at what happened in Season 4 and what we know so far about Season 5. (Warning: Spoilers ahead!) To understand the drama of Season 4, we really have to unpack what happened in Season 3. With Ava's help, Deborah won the battle to replace a longtime late-night host — a role she's been desperate for ever since she lost out on it decades earlier. But when it came time for Deborah to set up her staff, she didn't give Ava the job of head writer, blaming the network for wanting someone more experienced. However, it was really Deborah who didn't want Ava in the role — she was terrified of any potential Ava-related setbacks that could derail her dream. When Ava found out, she felt betrayed — but decided to do things the Deborah Vance way. She blackmailed Deborah, telling her that she would reveal that Deborah slept with studio executive Bob Lipka (Tony Goldwyn) to secure the late-night gig if she didn't give her the head writer job. Deborah obliged, but it led to a very tense relationship between her and Ava for most of Season 4, with an HR representative (Michaela Watkins) needing to supervise the duo's every interaction. But when Ava threatened to quit the show after a season of stress, Deborah finally came to her senses, realizing her relationship with Ava was what broke her out of her comedy rut — and got her the late-night job — in the first place. Ava and Deborah went back to being thick as thieves, until Ava unintentionally leaked damaging information about the network's toxic culture to the press — leading Bob to demand that Deborah fire her, or lose the late-night show entirely. While it initially seemed like Deborah would once again sacrifice Ava to save herself, she did the exact opposite. She publicly shamed Bob and the studio, protected Ava and declared she was done with late-night — putting Ava ahead of her lifelong dream. Unfortunately for Deborah, the late-night show she left also came with a noncompete clause, meaning she couldn't do any comedy — TV, standup, even TikTok — for 18 months. Workaholic Deborah, however, found a loophole: She could do standup if it was through a translator, leading her to grab Ava and head to Singapore for a residency at a casino. Unfortunately, the experience was pretty miserable for Ava, who watched as Deborah devolved into the cheapest comedic version of herself. She told Deborah she was leaving — only to find out in the morning that TMZ had reported Deborah dead. Fortunately, it was a case of a prepublished obituary — and Deborah was very much alive. But, while she didn't mind being dead on TMZ, she did hate that they used the word 'retired' to describe her. Fueled by ambition and rage, Deborah told Ava they were heading back home — she wasn't giving up her comedy career without a fight. There's more of Deborah and Ava to come, per an announcement from HBO Max on May 27. While Smart previously told Variety she would be 'surprised' if the show didn't receive a renewal, co-creator Paul W. Downs told TV Insider, 'We feel so lucky that we get to do a fifth season of comedy. We're like, it shouldn't be this way, but we feel really fortunate because it's so rare. We feel incredibly lucky.' The only bad news? It's quite possible that Season 5 could be its last. 'We pitched five seasons. Even in the pitch of the whole series, we pitched the very last scene, the finale," co-creator Lucia Aniello previously told Fast Company. 'Suzanna Makkos, who bought the show [for WarnerMedia], stopped us before we got there. She was like, you don't have to pitch anymore. I'm going to buy the show.' That plan was echoed in other interviews as well, with the creative team — which also includes Jen Statsky — telling the Hollywood Reporter that five seasons was always the ideal. 'We pitched the very last scene in the very last episode when we were pitching the show, and we've always had a pretty clear vision of what the tentpoles of each season would be,' Downs said. Right now, the only thing we know for sure is that Smart and Einbinder will reprise their roles as Deborah and Ava. We don't have a release date yet, and it's not going to film immediately — Smart will be spending the summer on the Broadway show Call Me Izzy. Since its premiere in May 2021, Hacks has released its seasons with significant gaps. Each season has taken at least a year to return, with a two-year wait between Seasons 2 and 3. Season 1 debuted on May 13, 2021, Season 2 followed on May 12, 2022, and Season 3 didn't arrive until May 2, 2024.
