The actor had been battling colon cancer for nearly four years, and his death came as a shock to the entertainment and sports world.
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Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43.
Actor Jay Pharoah also talks about his new movie and says he would play Barack Obama again in a heartbeat.
After Thursday’s reopening, Regal will have nine movie theaters open in Nevada, with two remaining closed.
The movies rolling out Friday are the first to get a traditional theatrical release since March 13.
Five Las Vegas theaters, each inside a casino, will be open Friday for the first time since mid-March.
The theaters in Town Square and Rainbow Promenade will reopen Aug. 20.
Cinemark, which operates locally under the Century banner, announced Friday that it will resume business in the valley Aug. 14.
The Las Vegas Black Film Festival is soldiering on with safety protocols in place.
Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from stunt performer to star of film such as “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” has died. He was 85.
“Building a character and performing in that skin” keeps this character actor, now 70 years old, coming back to the screen.
Anthony DiMaria has spent the past 12 years working on the documentary about his uncle Jay Sebring, who almost single-handedly created men’s hairstyling.
Olivia de Havilland, the doe-eyed actress beloved to millions as the sainted Melanie Wilkes of “Gone With the Wind,” died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 104.
‘Tenet’ has been taken off the Warner Bros. release schedule, and one industry analyst predicts U.S. theaters will stay closed until next summer.
The virtual sessions are free to watch, and anyone can see them without having to wrangle one of those hard-to-come-by badges.