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James Gandolfini dead at 51

From ew, Actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing Tony Soprano on the Emmy-winning seriesThe Sopranos, has passed away after suffering a heart attack. He was 51.

HBO said in a statement: “We’re all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family. He was special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone no matter their title or position with equal respect. He touched so many of us over the years with his humor, his warmth and his humility. Our hearts go out to his wife and children during this terrible time. He will be deeply missed by all of us.”

The actor was on vacation in Rome, Italy at the time, a statement from his managers added.

The three-time Emmy winner, who most recently appeared in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Zero Dark Thirty, was set to star in upcoming HBO series Criminal Justice. 

'The Lego Movie' Teaser Trailer: Batman and the Ninja Turtles Join Forces

From hollywoodreporter, Everyone’s favorite miniature building blocks are coming to the big screen.

The first teaser trailer for The Lego Movie has just been released, and it's giving fans a first look at the vast assemblage of pop-culture references that will be featured in the upcoming comedy -- including Batman, Wonder Woman and Michelangelo (both the painter and the Ninja Turtle)   

Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directing team behindCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street, wrote and directed the pint-sized action adventure.

The CGI film follows the story of an ordinary Lego minifigure, Emmett (Chris Pratt), who is mistaken for the messianic Master Builder, and must now stop the evil President Business (Will Ferrell), who has plans to glue the entire universe together.

The film features a star-studded cast, including Liam Neeson, Alison Brie and Morgan Freeman.

Mom Orders Graduation Cake For Daughter, Asks Icer To Add Cap On The Photo Of Her Head, Gets Cat Instead

From geekology, Carol Gambrel went to a bakery to buy her 22-year old daughter Laura a cake to celebrate her recent graduation from Indiana University. She got one of those photo cakes and requested the icer add a cap on top of Laura's head. But, you know, cap sounds a lot like cat.

She thought it would be a nice touch to add a graduation cap on top of Gambrel's head.

However, the family now believes, the baker must have misheard the mother's instructions and accidentally wrote down, "try to draw a cat on the head," instead of cap.

So was it really a mistake? Or -- OR -- did the icer at the bakery realize how stupid a giant black triangle would have looked on her head and made an executive decision to draw something better instead? Just look at the composition -- it's perfect. This person is a visionary.

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‘The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4′ Announced

From slashfilm, Sony Pictures is currently in production on The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but they’ve today announced release dates for two more Spider-Man films.

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will hit theaters on May 2, 2014 (as we’ve known)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 3 will hit theaters on June 10, 2016
• The Amazing Spider-Man 4 will hit theaters on May 4, 2018

The fact that Sony is announcing these dates shows an insane confidence in the future of this comic book franchise, and have very likely already mapped out a story roadmap for the series at least through the third film. There have been rumors about an appearance of The Sinister Six in the third movie — a villainous super-group featuring the Lizard, Vulture, Electro, Rhino, and possibly the Green Goblin. That seemed like a lot to set up in time for the third film, but spreading out the story to four films gives Webb much more room to work.

CULVER CITY, Calif., June 17, 2013 – With Sony Pictures Entertainment now in production in New York on The Amazing Spider-Man™ 2, slated for release on May 2, 2014, the studio is planting its flag on two future release dates for one of the most successful franchises in studio history, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. The next two films in the story of Peter Parker will be released on June 10, 2016, and on May 4, 2018, respectively.

Commenting on the announcement, Blake said, “Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise, so we’re thrilled that we are in a position to lock in these prime release dates over the next five years.”

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Jeff Pinkner, with a previous draft by James Vanderbilt, and based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are the producers. The executive producers are E. Bennett Walsh, Stan Lee, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.

The Amazing Spider-Man took in over $750 million at the worldwide box office last year.

Box Office

From cinemablend, After an incredibly successful marketing campaign that's been generating all the right kinds of excitement for months, Man of Steel finally flew into theaters this weekend, dominating the box office and breaking the record for the highest ever opening in the month of June. 

With $113 million, the second attempt at a reboot of the Superman film franchise easily captured the top spot over the weekend, but fell well short of this year's biggest opening: Iron Man 3's $174 million debut. While the DC comic hero couldn't stand up against the Marvel cash cow, he did better than the last debacle of a Superman relaunch. Superman Returns only banked $52 million on its first regular three day weekend back in the summer of 2006. 

Opening a little ahead of the weekend, Man of Steel's domestic total now sits at $125 million. While sales are likely to stay solid, the movie has a long way to go and only the slimmest of chances to beat out this year's biggest earner Iron Man 3 which fell just shy of breaking the $400 million mark this weekend. 

Bowing in at a respectable second place, rated-R apocalypse comedy (a very niche genre indeed) This is the End took in $20 million. Add in the $12 million it earned during Wednesday and Thursday and you have a nice total to match the movie's reported $32 million budget. 

Sofia Coppola's latest offering The Bling Ring got huge attention in the five locations where it debuted, banking $210,000 this weekend for an impressive $42,000 per theater, a best for the writer/director. 

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This is the End

(2013) ****

If you loved Superbad and Pineapple Express, do yourself a favor and don't read anything else about this raunchy, apocalypse-themed comedy: just go see it.

Disney World to Open "Star Wars Land" in 2018

From worstpreviews, After buying Lucasfilm and the "Star Wars" franchise, Disney started sending out asurveyto its Disneyland annual pass holder asking them if they would be interested invisitinga "Star Wars" theme park.

That was back in March. And now comes word that Walt Disney World in Orlando is expanding itsHollywoodStudios section to include "Star Wars Land." According to Theme Park Insider, Disney is already deciding which attractions to remove to make space for "Star Wars Land." Some of the attraction that may go are "The Muppets" theater and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" play area.

"This appears to be a five-yearproject, putting completion in 2018, though Disney could choose to throwmoneyat it and accelerate it by a year," said thewebsite, adding that the park may also get a Mos Eisley Cantinarestaurant.

Meanwhile, Disney is also working on adding "Cars Land" toHollywoodStudios in Orlando and figuring out ways to start addingMarvel superheroesto its theme parks.