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Ariana Grande Claps Back at ‘Remember You’re a Singer’ Comment

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Grande hasn’t released a full-length album since 2020’s Positions.

The “Positions” singer was promoting the latest collection of her R.E.M. Beauty line on TikTok this week, showcasing Ariana Grande’s new range of “Out of Body” concealers, when a fan page commented, “pls remember that you’re a singer,” implying that she might be spending more time on her makeup company than her music.

“I have actually never felt more at home in my voice or like more of a singer,” Grande eloquently replied alongside a series of bubble emojis.

R.E.M. Beauty launched last year with a product lineup that includes lip gloss, matte and metallic eyeshadows, mascara, highlighter, eyelashes and more priced from $16-$24. The latest collection features concealers, a primer, a sponge blender and blotting papers. R.E.M. Beauty was created to “empower” users to bring their most “vivid, limitless, and creative dreams to life,” according to the brand’s site.

While Grande hasn’t released a full-length album since 2020’s Positions, the star is gearing up to star as Glinda the Good Witch in an upcoming movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked.

In November, it was announced that Grande snagged the coveted role, playing alongside Cynthia Erivo, who will portray Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West.

“Thank goodness,” Grande captioned her series of photos announcing the news, tagging director Jon M. Chu — who will helm the adaptation for Universal — as well as Erivo and the @wickedmovie Instagram page. Grande’s photos include a picture of a bouquet of flowers with a card reading, “‘Pink Goes Good With Green’ Congratulations Miss A, The Part Was Made For You, I Look Forward To Sharing This Musical Journey With You. Love, Cynthia.”

Box Office: The Biggest Movies From The 10 Biggest Studios

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As regular readers know, Top Gun: Maverick ended the weekend with $642 million domestic, nearing the inflation-adjusted domestic total of Love Story ($107 million in 1970/$656 million adjusted) to rise ever higher on the list of inflation-adjusted Paramount grossers. No, it’s not getting anywhere near Titanic ($659 million in 1997 and 2012/$1.2 billion adjusted), but it got me thinking about what film ranks as the top-grossing movie of all time for each respective studio. So, using Box Office Mojo, The Numbers and the usual suspects, I compiled this list of the biggest grossing movies of all time for each major studio in inflation-adjusted domestic earnings. I’ve tried to include every relevant studio, with all due respect to the long-defunct RKO (Bambi) and the comparatively smaller-scale likes of STX (Bad Moms) or A24 (Everything, Everywhere All At Once). So, without further ado…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate Movies )

$424 million in 2014/$479 million adjusted

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LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 18: Actors Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson arrives at the “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” – Los Angeles Premiere at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 18, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)

The second instalment of the blockbuster Katniss Everdeen YA fantasy actioner proved its most popular and arguably most acclaimed. With a second-half shot on IMAX film (back when that was still a somewhat rare practice for tentpoles), the Francis Lawrence-directed instalment was less conventionally “hero’s journey” than the first instalment. It still offered its share of bread-and-circuses pageantry amid a “tournament of champions” hook that pitted younger Hunger Games victors with previous winners who were much older (if not outright elderly). It’s frankly less blasé about the whole “cheer for the heroes hiss at the villains” element that made The Hunger Games grotesquely crowd-pleasing, which makes it a more compelling and honest popcorn entertainment. Oh, and if you want to count Summit Entertainment for the few years during which it was independent before being bought by Lionsgate in 2012, The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($296 million in 2009) and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($300 million in 2010) both earned around $366 million in adjusted sales.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line Cinema Movies )

$377 million in 2003/$577 million adjusted

 

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HOLLYWOOD, United States: (From L-R) Fran Walsh kisses director Peter Jackson, flanked by Philippa Boyens (R) as they pose with the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 76th Academy Awards ceremony on 29 February 2004 at the Kodak Theater on Hollywood, CA. All three won for ? The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.? AFP PHOTO Jeff HAYNES (Photo credit should read Jeff HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)

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Bob Shaye’s groundbreaking indie studio came into its own in the 1980s (thanks to A Nightmare on Elm Street, which gained it the nickname “The House That Freddy Built”) and 1990s (after being acquired by Time Warner). It had its finger on the pulse of youth-skewing pop culture with films like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Mask, Mortal Kombat, Austin Powers, Blade and Rush Hour. It essentially set the template for modern fantasy blockbuster filmmaking with Peter Jackson’s critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation. The three Lord of the Rings films were all massive hits, but the trilogy capper won Best Picture and Best Director along with nine other Oscars and became just the second film ever to top $1 billion in global grosses. They merged with Warner Bros. in 2008, where they still managed to eventually create one of the only post-Avengers cinematic universe success stories with The Conjuring.

 

Shrek 2 (DreamWorks Animation Movies )

$441 million in 2004/$666 million adjusted

 

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LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 8: (L to R) Actors Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas and Julie Andrews attend the Los Angeles premiere of the Dreamworks Pictures’ film “Shrek 2” at the Mann Village Theatre May 8, 2004 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The second Mike Myers/Eddie Murphy/Cameron Diaz fractured fairy-tale rom-com (about the ogre and the human/ogre princess living as a married couple) is one of the best mainstream romantic comedies ever made. It was also a classic breakout sequel. Shrek opened with $42 million, legged out to $267 million, and won the first-ever “Best Animated Feature” Oscar. Shrek 2 earned $108 million (including a record $44 million Saturday) amid the Fri-Sun portion of a $128 million Wed-Sun debut. The “what happens after Happily Ever After” sequel brought Jennifer Saunders and Rupert Everett into the mix. It also introduced an eventual spin-off character in Antonio Banderas’ Puss in Boots. With $441 million domestic and $919 million worldwide, it was also, until Top Gun: Maverick just this summer, the leggiest $100 million-plus opener of all time. It represents the start of DWA’s peak period (2004-2012) as an animation juggernaut to be reckoned with.

 

Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony/Columbia Movies )

$804 million in 2021/$804 million adjusted

 

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We can debate whether Columbia and Sony should be divided up since Sony only bought the studio in 1989 (following brief ownership by Coca-Cola). However, Spider-Man: No Way Home sold more tickets than even Columbia’s Ghostbusters ($229 million in 1984/$667 million adjusted), so it’s a moot point. Released just eight months ago, the Sony/Marvel flick opened with $260 million before legging out, partially to a near-total lack of early 2022 tentpole or awards season competition, to $804 million. The film was an MCU Tom Holland threequel and a quasi-sequel to both Toby Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy and Andrew Garfield’s Amazing Spider-Man duology. It became a kind of multigenerational nostalgic event film while becoming more of an event as the year-end fantasy dynamo that it likely would have in July 2021, even in non-Covid circumstances. Sure, it perhaps only proved that theatres were safe for Spider-Man: No Way Home, but it helped theatres turn death into a fighting chance to live.

 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney Movies )

$184 million between 1937 and 1993/$1.021 billion adjusted

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Snow White, poster, left from top: Doc, Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, centre: , right from top: Dopey, Grumpy, Bashful, 1937. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is tops with $1.021 billion in adjusted earnings. However, it earned just $66 million out of $184 million in its original theatrical run, with most of its money coming from decades of reissues and rereleases in the pre-VHS/DVD days. Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned nearly $1 billion in raw domestic earnings from a record-smashing $248 million opening weekend, becoming still the third leggiest “opened on a Friday” $100 million opener behind Wonder Woman and Top Gun: Maverick. Whether they should both be on this list is perhaps worth debating. They are tenth and eleventh on the all-time list, and it’s still astonishing that any movie sold nearly 110 million tickets in a time with DVDs, streaming, social media, video games and a bazillion other entertainment distractions. I’m guessing you don’t need me to explain the historical and artistic significance of Walt Disney’s first feature-length animated film or J.J. Abrams’ sub-genre-defining blockbuster (it didn’t invent the legacy sequel, but it popularized it).

The Exorcist (Warner Bros. Movies )

$193 million in 1973 and $40 million in 2000/$1.036 billion adjusted

 

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Swedish actor Max von Sydow performs a exorcism in a scene from the film The Exorcist. The little girl in the bed is actress Linda Blair.

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This Oscar-nominated adaptation of Peter Blakely’s religious horror novel became a cultural cornerstone, arriving in the middle of a ten-year run (from Rosemary’s Baby in 1968 to Halloween in 1978) of adult-skewing, borderline prestige horror movies. It was and remained the biggest inflation-adjusted R-rated grosser. It was the fourth-biggest such earner in raw grosses behind Beverly Hills Cop in 1984, Terminator 2 in 1991 and Saving Private Ryan in 1998, when the “version you’ve never seen” extended cut earned another $40 million domestic in late 2000. I prefer the grindhouse thrills of Richard Donner’s The Omen. Still, I’ve seen William Friedkin’s religious chiller enough times (including in theaters in late 2000) to understand why it was a barnburner 49 years ago. I’m pretty fond of The Exorcist III, but otherwise, this “five movies and a television show” franchise is a classic reminder that every hit movie isn’t automatically a brand.

 

Titanic (Paramount Movies )

$600 million in 1997, $59 million in 2012/$1.27 billion adjusted

 

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Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio dancing in a scene from the film ‘Titanic’, 1997. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images)

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Barring an inexplicable miracle, there will probably never again be a movie that sells as many tickets in North America as did James Cameron’s Oscar-winning disaster melodrama. It opened with $28 million in December 1997, just before the Christmas break. It earned $35 million on its second weekend and $33 million over New Year’s weekend. And then it kept going, topping the domestic box office a record 15 consecutive weekends amid the end of 1997 and the first three months of 1998. Sure, its competition was light (save for maybe The Wedding Singer and U.S. Marshalls) and many of its “victims” (Dark City, Wild Things, Deep Rising, etc.) became cult favourites. Still, the initial theatrical run for the Leonardo DiCaprio/Kate Winslet masterpiece was and is unprecedented. Top Gun: Maverick will soon pass Titanic’s $659 million lifetime gross, but Titanic’s upcoming Valentine’s Day reissue next year may put it back on top of Paramount’s mountain.

 

E.T: The Extra Terrestrial (Universal Movies )

$359 million in 1982, $434 million overall/$1.329 billion adjusted

 

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Henry Thomas talking with ET in a scene from the film ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’, 1982. (Photo by Universal/Getty Images)

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Steven Spielberg’s definitive coming-of-age fantasy just celebrated its 40th anniversary. This is probably the film that most represents Spielberg as a filmmaker. It mixes heart-tugging melodrama, gee-whiz fantasy and not a little grim real-world subject matter (the subtext of almost all your favourite 80s classics was about children coping with divorce, dysfunction and stereotypically “broken” families). It’s also just a spectacular bit of pop mythmaking that (relatively speaking) deserved to become the biggest-grossing movie of all time. In a time when the mere idea of huge weekends was becoming normalized, E.T.’s $11.8 million opening weekend initially ranked fifth, behind Star Trek ($11.9 million in 1979), Rocky III ($12.4 million in 1982), Superman II ($14.1 million in 1981) and Star Trek II ($14.3 million in 1982). It had five weekends after that earned $12.6-$13.7 million, which would all rank third-through eighth biggest weekends, opening or otherwise. It ranked #1 for 16 non-consecutive weekends, which is still a record.

 

Star Wars (20th Century Fox)

$307 million in 1977, $460 million overall/$1.669 billion adjusted

 

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Star Wars, lobby card, (aka : EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE), Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, 1977. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

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What is there to say and George Lucas’ culture-defining, industry-changing, world-altering sci-fi swashbuckler? Well, it’s a classic example of “rip-off, don’t remake,” as Star Wars only exists because Lucas couldn’t get the rights to remake Flash Gordon. Even as it spawned a trilogy, another trilogy, and then another seemingly unending stream of movies and television spin-offs, the first Star Wars was a 90% stand-alone picture. Had it bombed or not spawned a sequel, there would have been few loose ends (Vader gets away, but so what?) and nothing that required additional expansion, explanation or context. The single 121-minute feature remains a hybrid of gee-whiz popcorn fantasy, top-tier special effects and a certain grounded 70’s film school/political sentiment that somehow (thanks to Marcia Lucas’ editing?) works as an unimpeachable blockbuster classic. Moreover, unlike too many modern copycats, it didn’t wait for the sequel to give us the good stuff.

Gone with the Wind (MGM)

$189 million in 1939, $200 million overall/$1.895 billion adjusted

 

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Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) embraces Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) in a famous scene from the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind.

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Yes, the film’s politics have aged only slightly better than Birth of a Nation. Yes, the studio that initially released it has been on glorified life support (primarily reliant on the 007 franchise) for as long as I’ve been alive before finally being sold to Amazon in the last year. Gone with the Wind is the biggest-grossing movie in adjusted grosses and “tickets sold.” It was and is an encapsulation of the modern blockbuster formula. You take a popular source material (Margaret Mitchell’s best-selling novel) and fill it with a mix of-the-moment movie stars (Clark Gable) and lesser-known breakout performers (Vivian Leigh) as the marquee characters. You make the biggest damn movie possible. It’s a studio formula that worked for everything from (relatively speaking) The Godfather to Superman to Mamma Mia! to Gone Girl. The obvious caveat is that Victor Fleming’s $4 million, 221-minute epic (not counting intermissions and interludes) opened amid a time when theatrical movies were among the only games in town.

Thor: Love and Thunder review: A romcom with epic battles

24 days ago Box Office, Entertainment, Marvel (MCU), Moviesavengers, avengersendgame, avengersinfinitywar, blackpanther, blackwidow, captainamerica, captainmarvel, chrishemsworth, doctorstrange, doctorstrangeinthemultiverseofmadness, Eternals, hawkeye, hulk, ironman, loki, Marvel, marvelcinematicuniverse, marvelcomics, marvelstudios, mcu, moonknight, shangchi, spiderman, spidermannowayhome, thefalconandthewintersoldier, thor, thorloveandthunder, thorragnarok, tomhiddleston, wandavision

Chris Hemsworth is “thundering and sensitive” in Taika Waititi’s latest Thor, writes Caryn James.

When Thor (Chris Hemsworth), that big-hearted hunk of a god, accidentally runs into Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) – his big-brained, astrophysicist, Earthling ex-girlfriend – the encounter is wild even by superhero standards. In the midst of a battle against the latest force of evil, Thor spots Jane, now carrying his very own famously powerful hammer in the film. She is wearing armour and a red cape and has flowing blonde hair. “That’s my hammer you’ve got,” he says, as they stare into each other’s eyes. “And that’s my look.” Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder are a Tale of Two Thors, is a romcom interspersed with Universe-saving battles. It might make you wonder: What if Bogart and Bacall had superpowers?

The first thing to know is that this film is enormous fun. As he did in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Waititi brings his distinct voice to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s cookie-cutter franchise. His formula balances a tongue-in-cheek tone with adventure, prizing wit over action; a relief from Marvel’s more sombre instalments. (Doctor Strange has his qualities but he’s not a witty sort.) In Love and Thunder, Waititi injects more emotion than in Ragnarok and goes for weightier themes, about nihilism and belief, love and death. The themes may be half-baked, but they exist.
The next important thing to know is that this is not really Jane’s story. Disney’s marketing talks a good game about how Jane is wielding the God of Thunder’s hammer, Mjolnir, and has become a superhero called Mighty Thor. True enough, but this is still the original Thor film. Fortunately, Hemsworth is better than ever at making the character the most human, lifelike and appealing of gods, a regular guy except when he’s saving the world.
Early on, his sidekick, Korg ­– a giant, a sweet-tempered pile of rocks with Waititi’s voice­ – tells children the story of the Thor-Jane romance, filling in any background a new viewer might want. It’s a goofy account that reveals details about their break-up which also manages to name-check Jane Fonda.

Thor : L & T – Voldemort with a nose

Soon the familiar characters are threatened by a new villain, Gorr (chillingly played by Christian Bale), who has become disillusioned with gods in general. Instead of becoming an atheist or agnostic like a normal person in his situation, he goes for revenge and becomes known as the God Butcher. Grey-toned from head to toe, he is basically Voldemort with a nose.

Hemsworth plays into the meta while making his vanity comic and insecure rather than obnoxious

The plot kicks in so fast that it short-changes Jane’s transformation. We see that she is seriously ill but get only a hint about her new identity until the moment Thor spots her in full battle gear. If Waititi was saving that image as a big reveal, the strategy was pointless. Portman’s role was announced three years ago and Mighty Thor is right there in the film’s trailer. It might have been better to know from Jane’s perspective: how weird is it to suddenly be a superhero?
Hemsworth is given much more to work with and beautifully navigates the shifts from comedy to drama. There has always been a meta theme in Thor’s character, as his ego makes him hyper-aware of his image and stature. Hemsworth plays into the meta while making his vanity comic and insecure rather than obnoxious. And his love for Jane is especially deep and touching in this instalment.
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En route to the big final battle, Team Thor tries to enlist help in Omnipotence City, a land of deities ruled by the head god, Zeus, hilariously played by Russell Crowe in golden armour and a Greek accent that is, I’m guessing, intentionally comic? He taunts Thor as “pretty boy” and throws lightning bolts around that explode like golden fireworks ­– one of the film’s best special effects. In another imaginative touch, a pair of goats pull a boat through the sky, with fairy-tale pastel-coloured lights underneath. Overall, though, the effects and even the fast-paced action are more efficient than spectacular, which suits the film just fine. Special effects have never been Waititi’s strength or major interest.
Oddly, the film’s most problematic element is Gorr. In a terrific opening sequence, we see the devastating tragedy that turned him evil. His character confronts the most existential themes. “There is nothing after death except death,” the false god who has failed him says. But that intensity quickly wanes. When Gorr directly threatens the major characters in their final battle, the episode is not nearly suspenseful enough, despite Bale’s lethal coldness.
It’s a problem that by now is built into the Marvel universe, where no one ever has to stay dead. Occasionally, off-screen realities might eliminate a character. The irreplaceable Chadwick Boseman’s early death means there will be no more T’Challa in the Black Panther films, as far as we know. Otherwise, even a snap of the fingers that pulverises half the population (Avengers: Infinity War) can be reversed in another film (Avengers: Endgame), and if that fails there are infinite alternate timelines and universes to play with. It’s hard to create tension when the stakes are so low. But the film’s breezy tone and ultimately strong emotional depths make up for that flaw. This big-hearted Thor, thundering and sensitive, maybe just the diverting hero we need right now.
Thor: Love and Thunder are released internationally on 6 July.
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‘JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION’ REVIEW: AN EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT

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Anynews.lk | JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION

Anynews.lk | The most recent and seemingly final entry into the Jurassic World franchise proves why this series of movies was doomed from the start and why this IP needs to, once and for all, go extinct. JURASSIC PARK DOMINION. In holdover news that isn’t Top Gun: Maverick ($472 million domestic and around $900 million worldwide), Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World Dominion earned another $58.6 million in weekend two along with a projected $68 million over the Juneteenth holiday. That three-day drop is “just” 60%, which isn’t spectacular but is close enough to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s 58% drop ($60 million from a $148 million debut in 2018) to presume similar legs over the next several weeks. Besides, as noted many times, there aren’t many big tentpoles between now and, I dunno, Avatar’s reissue on September 23 or Black Adam on October 21. Colin Trevorrow’s $185 million dino epic has earned $259 million as of Monday night, and if it legs out like Fallen Kingdom it’ll still end with $391 million domestic. Box Office: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Passes $600 Million

Jurassic World Dominion releases exclusively in theaters Friday June 10th

Anynews.lk | Jurassic World Dominion

Jurassic World Dominion releases exclusively in theatres Friday, June 10th

DINOSAURS & HUMANS – GOOD IDEA, RIGHT?

Set 4 years after the events of the previous film Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World Dominion finds us in a world in which humans and dinosaurs live – and hunt – alongside each other all across the globe. A pretty slick idea, right? Not one I’m opposed to at all. But this movie immediately finds itself relying on the classic “evil mega-corporation only cares about money and wants to play God” trope that so many of these, and other blockbuster-level movies, find themselves clinging to. Which is a big bummer. Especially in a created and curated world in which so many possibilities could turn into reality. But alas, I am already digressing into what I wanted this movie to be instead of what it was: a massive franchise failure.

DeWanda Wise (left) and Chris Pratt (right) get ready to battle a dinosaur on a frozen lake.

Anynews.lk | Jurassic World Dominion

DeWanda Wise (left) and Chris Pratt (right) get ready to battle a dinosaur on a frozen lake.

THE BAD

Throughout the lengthy (and trust me, you feel it!) 2-hour and 26-minute runtime, we are introduced to several storylines: Taking down the mega-corporation BioSyn and their eerily on-the-nose Tim Cook lookalike leader, rescuing Maisie Lockwood (Isabella Sermon) and protecting her from genetic testing, saving the planet from a complete food chain breakdown caused by BioSyn and their engineered locusts that are the size of footballs, and rescuing a baby Velociraptor to name a few. This doesn’t even encapsulate the introduction of new dinosaurs like the Giganotosaurus and Oviraptor, the crashing of a plane into an ice lake with a dinosaur that can both fly AND swim, and the prominent re-introduction of legacy characters such as Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern), Alan Grant (Sam Neill), and Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum). You can see where I’m going with this, can’t you? There’s a lot going on. The whole time. And it’s not to its benefit.

Convoluted and confusing, this movie travels to what feels like 8 different locations in the first 8 minutes. The adventurous spirit is there, which is key to any dinosaur-focused film, but it ultimately feels like a lacklustre execution of trying to make too much happen. While the movie has stars in both Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard at its centre and newcomers like Dewanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie along its sides, it never lets them do very much. I wanted more out of their individual characters and how they were impacted by the events taking place in the newfound dinosaur-human world. And I know it sounds like I’ve said nothing beneficial about this bogged-down IP of a movie, so here are 2 specific things I did like.

The newly introduced Giganotosaurus (left) squares off against the tried and true T-Rex (right).

Anynews.lk | Jurassic World Dominion

The newly introduced Giganotosaurus (left) squares off against the tried and true T-Rex (right).

THE ALMOST GOOD

First off, dinosaurs. You knew this movie was about dinosaurs, right? And on an IMAX screen, those look pretty freaking cool, especially considering they made some smart choices in mixing it up between strictly CGI and practical dinosaurs. Something the original Jurassic Park does so incredibly well is creating continuous tension between monstrous dinosaurs and small humans. This movie doesn’t create dinosaur tension on that calibre, but it does have moments that I thought were done well and even looked pretty epic. One scene, in particular, involves Bryce Dallas Howard holding her breath underwater while a massive dinosaur breathes on the water’s surface just above her, creating both palpable tension and some exhilarating visuals. Secondly, Jeff Goldblum never ceases to entertain me, and this movie is no different. Once you accept the fact that this movie plays better as a pure popcorn play, you can laugh at nearly every single line of dialogue Goldblum delivers, much as I did. At least someone was having fun with it, right?

Anynews.lk | Jurassic World Dominion DeWanda Wise (left), Isabella Sermon (center), and Bryce Dallas Howard (right) try not to become dino dinner.

Anynews.lk | Jurassic World Dominion

DeWanda Wise (left), Isabella Sermon (centre), and Bryce Dallas Howard (right) try not to become dino-dinner.

EXTINCTION IS UPON US

Disappointing at nearly every turn, this entry into the Jurassic World franchise is further proof that Hollywood is going to continue to Hollywood. Perhaps it’s time for this franchise to finally succumb to the same fiery extinction the dinosaurs faced. Or perhaps it’s time for it to lay dormant for a few years until a young, eager scientist (read filmmaker) wants to play God with one of the biggest Hollywood IPs once more.

30 beautiful women from around the world

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30 beautiful women from around the world Anythinglk.com

Anythinglk.com – Mihaela Noroc, a Romanian photographer travelled around the world for 4 years, with her backpack and her camera. She photographed everyday beautiful  women and collected their stories. Her project is called The Atlas of Beauty.

Her goal is to show that every woman shines like a star because beauty is diversity, and not just what we see in mass media.

For Mihaela, real beauty has no age, colours or trends. You can find it in Africa or in Europe, in a village or in a skyscraper, in a smile, in a gesture, in an intense gaze, in some wrinkles, or in a story. You can find it in every kind-hearted human being.

On the next pages, we’ve collected a bunch of photographs from her travels that will show you how beautiful it is shown around the world.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30. Kathmandu, Nepal

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

29. Ethiopia

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

28. Baku, Azerbaijan

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

27. Tehran, Iran

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

26. Amazon Rainforest

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

25. Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

24. Chichicastenago, Guatemala

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

23. Kathmandu, Nepal

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

22. Pokhara, Nepal

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

21. Idomeni Refugee Camp, Greece

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

20. Nampan, Myanmar

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

19. Bucharest, Romania

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

18. Reykjavik, Iceland

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

17. Korolyov, Russia

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

16. Omo Valley, Ethiopia

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

15. Lisbon, Portugal

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

14. Berlin, Germany

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

13. Pushkar, India

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

12. Havana, Cuba

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

11. Zurich, Switzerland

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

10. Belgium

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

9. Tibetan Plateau

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

8. Timisoara, Romania

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

7. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

6. Syria

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

5. Kathmandu, Nepal

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

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30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

4. Chichicastenango, Guatemala

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

3. Paris, France

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

2. Milan, Italy

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

30 beautiful women from around the world/Anythinglk.com

1. Istanbul, Turkey

In a time of hate and intolerance, photographer Mihaela Noroc wants to send a message about love and acceptance. She hopes these portraits book will get into many homes around the world, convincing more people that diversity is a treasure and not a trigger for conflicts and hate. We are very different but at the same time we are all part of the same family.

Johnny Depp: Ready to Return to the Pirates of the Caribbean Franchise?

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On Wednesday, Hollywood was stunned by the news that Johnny Depp won his defamation against Amber Heard.

Defamation cases are notoriously difficult to win in American courtrooms, and the odds seemed to be in Heard’s favour.

Depp sued Heard for $50 million in connection with a 2018 essay she wrote for The Washington Post in which she identified herself as a victim of abuse.

Depp’s legal team had to prove that Heard lied, that she did so with malice, and that said lies did long-term damage to Depp’s career.

Johnny Depp Enters Court

They also had to clear the additional hurdle of proving that the article was about Depp, as Heard never mentioned him by name.

Much of Team Depp’s argument hinged on the income that he allegedly lost as a result of the Post essay.

The biggest chunk of those losses was the $22.5 million that Depp was set to receive for his work on a sixth installment of the lucrative Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which was eventually scrapped

Johnny Depp Outside the CourthouseDepp might never see that type of payday again, his lawyers argued, and it was all because of Amber Heard.

But now that Depp has been so publicly vindicated, could a long-awaited return voyage aboard the Black Pearl be in the offing?

Shortly after the verdict was announced, Depp issued a statement in which he thanked the jury for giving him “[his] life back” and promised fans that the “best is yet to come.”

Johnny Depp Is In Court

And indeed, it seems that a former Disney exec — who spoke with People magazine on condition of anonymity– agrees with Depp that the future of his career looks very bright indeed.

“I absolutely believe post-verdict that Pirates is primed for rebooting with Johnny as Capt. Jack back on board,” the former exec tells People.

“There is just too much potential box-office treasure for a beloved character deeply embedded in the Disney culture.”

Depp v Heard

“With [producer] Jerry Bruckheimer riding high on the massive success of Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick, there is a huge appetite for bringing back bankable Hollywood stars in massively popular franchises,” the producer said.

Of course, Depp famously remarked that he would never return to the franchise, even if Disney “came to me with $300 million and a million alpacas.”

Depp Testifies

So his asking price will probably be considerably higher than the $22.5 million the studio was previously set to pay.

The insider noted that so-called “legacy sequels” are all the rage these days, and Disney is likely already weighing its options in terms of bringing Captain Jack Sparrow back to the big screen.

It’s also possible that Disney will decide that Depp has been so badly tarnished by the events of the past few years that he’s no longer bankable as an A-list star.

Witnesses called by Heard’s team claimed that Depp’s tardiness and lack of professionalism got him blacklisted long before Amber went public with her abuse claims.

Johnny Depp on the Stand

The jury seemed to agree, as the $10 million in damages they awarded were far less than what Depp requested, which seemed to be a tacit acknowledgement of the fact that she was not the reason he lost the Pirates job.

And while Depp “won” the case (though Heard was also awarded damages, albeit a much smaller amount), there was so much bad press stemming from the trial that it’s impossible to imagine any major studio shelling out to hire either of the combatants.

Currently, Depp is in the UK, where he’s receiving fervent applause everywhere he goes.

But it’s one thing to sing the guy’s praises, and quite another to write him a 10-figure check with hopes for a return on your investment.

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