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Tom Cruise has confirmed that he is still planning to make a movie that will be filmed in space.The pioneering movie was announced back in 2020, confirming that Cruise had teamed up with Elon Musk and NASA to film a new movie in outer space, set to be directed by Edge of Tomorrow‘s Doug Liman.A trip to outer space to film the project was then set for 2021, but ended up being postponed.Despite this, Cruise has insisted that work on the project continues, and that he intends to still make the film.Asked about progress on the film at the Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One premiere, Cruise said (via Variety): “We’ve been working on it diligently and we’ll see where we go.”NASA confirmed their involvement in the project via Twitter, where administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted: “NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station!“We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality.”The film, still untitled, was pitched to Universal via an “exuberant Zoom call” with Cruise, Liman, Christopher McQuarrie and PJ van Sandwijk.Liman is in the process of writing the film’s script, and the budget is estimated to be around $200 million. McQuarrie, who is the writer/director on the Mission: Impossible films, will act as story advisor and producer, alongside Cruise, Liman and van Sandwijk as producers.Elsewhere, Cruise has said that he plans to still be making Mission: Impossible films when he’s 80.“Harrison Ford is a legend; I hope to be still going.

An energy giant forced a gran to pay ­thousands of pounds extra by wrongly calculating her bills for seven years.

Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie is on track to be one of the hottest movies of the year.

Stephen Curry is still feeling the glow of winning the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament last weekend. 

Greta Gerwig had a clear vision for the story she wanted to tell with Barbie and rejected the idea of cutting a scene with Margot Robbie and an older woman on a bench.

branded him a “racist” and “violent bigot.”Aldean, 46, addressed the backlash Friday between songs at his packed gig in Cincinnati, Ohio.“It’s been a long week, and I’ve seen a lot of stuff suggesting I’m this, suggesting I’m that,” he said, eliciting boos from the crowd, according to a snippet posted to Twitter. “I feel like everybody’s entitled to their opinions.

Drake is iffy on the whole concept of marriage. On the one hand, he thinks it's an «ancient» way of thinking but on the other hand, he just may ultimately take the plunge, but that doesn't mean he doesn't still have his worries.Speaking to Bobbi Althoff on her podcast, the «Hotline Bling» rapper was asked about marriage. Fans will recall he famously had a necklace made for him that included 42 stones and a staggering 351.38 carats in diamonds to represent all the times he thought about proposing but never did.«I don’t know.

Director Christopher Nolan is known for his meticulous approach to filmmaking.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Celebrity Gogglebox's Gregg Wallace broke down in tears on Friday night as the star-studded cast watched a heartbreaking diver accident. During the latest episode, Gregg, 58, as well as his famous co-stars such as Clare Balding, were left emotional as they watched The Deepest Breath.The Netflix documentary, released earlier in July, sees deep safety diver, Stephen, lose his life to save his girlfriend, Alessia, in heartbreaking scenes as she attempted to tackle one of the most dangerous dives in the world. In the documentary, Alessia says: "He rescued me, but I couldn't rescue him" to which it then showed the last photo of the couple together in the water as he risked his life to save her.

The incredible transformation of Stockport town centre looks set to continue with two well-known high street chains preparing to open new stores.

Barbie featuing an elderly woman on a bench to remain in the final cut of the film.While Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) are in ‘the real world’, they pass by an elderly woman on a bench, and Barbie stops to tell the woman she is beautiful. Gerwig faced pressure to cut the scene because it didn’t add to the plot.Gerwig stood her ground, however, maintaining that the scene was ‘the heart of the movie’. “I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag As Love Island viewers have been watching the never-ending drama unfold between the islanders, fans have now accused ladies man Tyrique of “plotting downfalls” of his fellow islanders following the latest challenge.Thursday night's episode of the show saw a number of islanders vote Whitney and Lochan as the show's smuggest couple, including Ella and Tyrique where Tyrique also went into detail about why he thinks Whitney is smug.Tyrique, who has had his fair share of drama, said: “Whitney is kinda smug because she always thinks that she is with the typical nice guy so she's winning, but nice guys can also hurt you so be careful.” This wasn’t the first time that Tyrique had made comments to the couple as he suggested they had made the “wrong decision” when they chose to save Mitchel and Ella, subsequently sending home Kady and Ouzy. Fans swiftly took to Twitter where one said they are “convinced” that he is “plotting on other people’s downfalls”.They penned: “I’m convinced Ty is plotting on other people’s downfalls; he’s just bad vibes.” Another fan added: "Ty does this kind of thing so much.

While we may feel bad about them, there are many so-called bad habits that have surprising benefits.

The whole sweet shop experience has somewhat died a death over recent years.

Tony Bennett’s loved ones shared a message of love and joy following the singer’s death on Friday, July 21.

Erik ten Hag finally managed to capture his man on Thursday when Andre Onana's arrival from Inter Milan was officially announced.

EXCLUSIVE: A3 on Friday laid off 10 people, seven assistants and three coordinators. It is the first major round of layoffs in the Hollywood representation business since the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike but won’t be the last. With Hollywood production grinding to a halt as actors joined writers in walking out after talks with studios fell through, talent agencies and management companies are mulling new staff cuts, especially those companies that rely heavily on film and scripted TV revenue.

Samuel L. Jackson this week claimed that scenes edited out of his 1996 drama "A Time to Kill" kept him from getting an Academy Award.  "In ‘A Time to Kill,’ when I kill those guys, I kill them because my daughter needs to know that those guys are not on the planet anymore, and they will never hurt her again — that I will do anything to protect her," the 74-year-old actor told Vulture in an interview published Thursday about his character, Carl Lee Hailey, who was put on trial in the movie for killing two racist men who raped his 10-year-old daughter.  He added, "That’s how I played that character throughout.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is now playing in theaters nationwide, but one if its most emotional scenes might not have made it to the big screen had the filmmaker not held her ground against studio executives. In several interviews before the comedy’s theatrical release, Gerwig revealed that it was suggested she cut out the scene where Barbie (Margot Robbie) meets an elderly woman on a bench and tells her she’s beautiful. “I love that scene so much,” Gerwig told Rolling Stone. “And the older woman on the bench is the costume designer Ann Roth. She’s a legend. It’s a cul-de-sac of a moment, in a way — it doesn’t lead anywhere. And in early cuts, looking at the movie, it was suggested, ‘Well, you could cut it. And actually, the story would move on just the same.’ And I said, ‘If I cut the scene, I don’t know what this movie is about.'”

There’s a missing face at the That ’70s Show 25th anniversary activation at San Diego Comic-Con. Danny Masterson, who co-starred as Eric Forman’s best friend Steven Hyde in the Fox sitcom, is conspicuously missing from a shot of the main ensemble cast at the activation behind the Omni hotel.

Robert Downey Jr. is opening up about the tattoo he shares with his fellow original Avengers.

Jenna Ortega is allowed to work on her new movie with another Hollywood A-lister during the SAG-AFTRA strike – Just Jared Jr Is this why Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello got divorced? – Celebitchy What’s your favorite song on the Barbie soundtrack? – Popsugar A beloved boy band just performed their final song together as a group – Just Jared Jr

Editors note: As part of Deadline’s ongoing coverage of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, we have been giving voice to below-the-line workers who have been impacted by the work stoppage. Here, we decided to change gears by asking a writer to recall first-hand what it was like to create a low-budget series for Netflix that had no full-time writers room. Fearful that it may impact their ability to find jobs in the future, they asked that their name not be used.

The 1975 saw a festival set cut short in Malaysia after frontman Matty Healy criticised the country’s government for its LGBTQ+ laws, and kissed the band’s bassist on-stage.During their headlining set at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur on Friday July 21, Healy gave a speech calling out the Malaysian government for its hardline stance on gay rights.“I made a mistake. When we were booking shows, I wasn’t looking into it.

Danielle Armstrong has announced her baby daughter's nam after welcoming her second child. On Thursday, 20 July, the former TOWIE star, 35, confirmed that she and husband Tommy Edney had welcomed a second daughter.The pair are already parents to little Orla, who is three. Sharing a picture from her hospital bed, as she cradled her newborn, Danielle wrote: “Orla got her wish...

The summer movie season wouldn’t be what it is today without Steven Spielberg‘s “Jaws,” which arguably created the blockbuster in Hollywood. The same can’t be said of the 1975 film’s three sequels, each one worst than the last; and the less said about “Jaws: The Revenge,” the better.

EXCLUSIVE: In light of the current strikes, A24 is pausing the release of Julio Torres’ Problemista which was set to launch limited on Aug. 4. The new release date will be determined down the road. The studio is doing this to support filmmaker Torres, furthermore these awards-type indie movies need their stars, Tilda Swinton here, available to do press and raise such fare’s profile.

Robert Downey Sr., the younger Downey made his acting debut at age five, playing the ironic role of a sick puppy n his father’s film “Pound.” Downey Jr. found early success as an adjunct member of the Brat Pack, starring in the nihilist classic “Less Than Zero.” He earned his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in the eponymous film. Downey has famously, and publicly, battled substance abuse, spending much of the 90’s and early aughts in and out of treatment centers and correctional facilities before finally getting sober in 2003 and making the unlikely leap from getting high to becoming the highest paid actor in Hollywood.

Naman Ramachandran Genesius Pictures (“Mrs Lowry & Son,” “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande”) has optioned Emmett de Monterey’s acclaimed memoir “Go the Way Your Blood Beats” – about growing up gay and disabled in 1980s London – for TV adaptation. Published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, earlier this month, the memoir details how when de Monterey is 18 months old, a doctor diagnoses him with cerebral palsy. Growing up in southeast London in the 1980s, de Monterey is spat at on the street and prayed over at church. At his mainstream school, teachers refuse to schedule his classes on the ground floor, and at his college for disabled students, he’s told he will be expelled if the rumors are true, if he’s gay.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor There was a large crowd in the room when SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s major studios and streamers formally began contract bargaining negotiations on June 7. About 80 participants from both the labor and management sides gathered at the Sherman Oaks headquarters of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the first day of what everyone knew would be a difficult negotiation for the performers union, which has been on strike since July 13. One big presence in the negotiations process who was not there in person on Day One was Fran Drescher, president of SAG-AFTRA. But Drescher had no trouble making herself heard that day. She addressed the gathering via video conference call from Paris – and she definitely got management’s attention.

Alsion Hammond was left jokingly apologising to her co-host Dermot O'Leary as he shut down a conversation between the pair on This Morning. They were back fronting the ITV daytime show on Friday (July 21).

Rachel Leviss and her mother, Laura, did everything they could for dog Graham Cracker, whom the star once shared with her former fiancée, James Kennedy. Laura tells ET the family went above and beyond to find Graham the top rehabilitation center, even after he bit her so badly in the finger that she suffered nerve damage. News reports and social media users suggested Leviss dropped Graham off at a shelter, but her mother Laura tells ET that’s simply not true.«Rachel put Graham into behavior classes after breaking up with James because he had bitten several people. When Rachel went into the mental health facility, she asked us to care for Graham as we have many times before.

a pithy parody of country superstar Jason Aldean’s divisive ditty “Try That in A Small Town” — a song that has come under fire for so-called “pro-lynching” lyrics.The 35-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee, musician, whose real name is Adeem Maria, titled his takedown “Sundown Town.” He annihilates Aldean’s anthem with cutting lines such as: “We got no protests or civil unrest/Never took no goddamn COVID test and we can all read but we don’t do it/Driving trucks valued higher than a new Corvette/Yeah, we all wear boots and we love to shoot and we move for the cops to stop people like you.” Aldean’s original has taken a brutal beating from online critics for allegedly promoting racism and violence.The troublesome tune was released in May, but was thrust into the spotlight after the recent release of its music video. The “Small Town” video features footage from BLM demonstrations and other protests, and depicts Aldean posing in front of an American flag draped over the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tennessee.

A gang of five men who hunted down and brutally murdered a dad and attacked his brother have been jailed for at least 125 years.

The family of a man stabbed to death on his own doorstep by someone he had earlier spoken to and hugged wept as his killer was convicted of murder.

John Krasinski had quite the reaction after finding out Matt Damon had turned down 2009’s “Avatar”.