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The War With Grandpa
Peter and his grandpa (Robert De Niro) used to be very close, but when Grandpa Jack moves in with the family, Peter is forced to give up his most prized possession: his bedroom. Peter will stop at nothing to get his room back, scheming with friends to devise a series of pranks to drive him out. However, grandpa doesn't give up easily, and it turns into an all-out war between the two. A good support cast makes this a very enjoyable romp. With traits of Matilda, Home alone and Going in Style, all rolled into one laugh out loud film.

Harrison Ford once asked up and coming actor Adam Sandler to wash his car at a party. In one of the funnyman’s accounts, he revealed he was at a party thrown by the late Carrie Fisher when her Star Wars co-star asked the then unknown Sandler to clean up his ride.

Harry Styles has reportedly met with James Bond bosses to discuss taking over the iconic role. Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007, No Time to Die, is now scheduled for release on 2 April 2021, after multiple delays amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. However, that’s not stopping bosses looking to the future of the franchise. The singer, 26, has met with film bosses about replacing Craig as 007, after betting was suspended on Tom Hardy playing the secret service agent.

Anne Heche’s three year lesbian romance with Ellen DeGeneres cost the actress her movie career. “My movie premiere for Volcano, I had told them (producers) that I was taking Ellen as my date and I was told if I took Ellen I would lose my Fox contract,” says Heche.

Drake made one young fan’s day this week when he reached out with a special birthday greeting for a Toronto teen fighting a rare form of brain cancer. The Toronto superstar sent a video message to Zelek Murray after hearing about the 14 year old’s battle from friend Mustafa the Poet.

The release of director Denis Villeneuve’s highly-anticipated Dune remake has been bumped to October, 2021. Film fans had been hoping to check out the sci-fi blockbuster in theatres just before Christmas, but with coronavirus cases on the rise again and movie theatres in a number of key U.S. markets still shuttered, studio officials at Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have chosen to delay Dune’s debut by 10 months.

Britney Spears’ former estate manager Andrew Wallet has warned that the singer’s conservatorship could be in place for the rest of her life. The legal arrangement was put in place in 2008 after Britney’s much-publicized breakdown, with Wallet and Britney’s dad Jamie placed in control of her financial affairs.

Megan Thee Stallion took the opportunity to share an important political message during her Saturday Night Live appearance this weekend. While performing her song Savage, the 25 year old rapper had a message written across the screen behind her, slamming Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and his handling of the investigation into Breonna Taylor’s death.

Netflix is set to debut its biographical series based on the life of Latin pop singer Selena Quintanilla Pérez, nearly two full years after the project was first announced. The streamer has revealed that Selena: The Series will premiere on Friday, Dec. 4.

Lady Gaga has garnered seven nominations for the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), followed by BTS and Justin Bieber, each of whom received five nods. The global music awards show also added new categories best Latin, video for good and best virtual live.

The Batman will no longer hit theaters in 2021. In another major release calendar overhaul, Warner Bros. has delayed the comic book adventure and a number of other movies, including The Flash and Shazam 2. Warner Bros. announced that Black Adam, based on the DC Comics character and starring Dwayne Johnson, has been taken off the schedule.