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"We screwed up": Lionsgate pulls new 'Megalopolis' trailer after using fake "bad" Coppola reviews
Lionsgate has pulled its brand-new trailer to Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis after it was revealed it used fabricated reviews from real critics regarding the filmmaker's former films. "We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and [his studio] American Zoetrope for this inexcusable error in our vetting process," the studio stated. "We screwed up. We are sorry." The trailer began with a voice-over from co-star Laurence Fishburne who intoned, "True genius is often misunderstood." It then shows bad reviews allegedly earned from Coppola's Oscar-winning epic The Godfather, claiming The Village Voice's Andrew Sarris called it "A sloppy, self-indulgent movie."
People are blurring their homes on Google Maps to deter burglars. Here's how.
Some homeowners in Southern California are blurring their homes on Google Maps as a means of deterring potential burglaries, Ryan Railsback, an officer in the Riverside Police Department, told ABC News. The tactic could reduce the likelihood of a robbery by denying would-be wrongdoers useful information about the value of one's possessions and any security measures in place to protect them, Railsback said. "The crooks are looking for new and innovative ways to victimize people," Railsback said. "It's good for the public to be aware of that and counter what the criminals are already doing." The blurring of homes on Google Maps was first reported by ABC News affiliate KFSN in Fresno, California. Google did not immediately respond to ABC News' request for comment.
3 arrested for alleged acid attack on New Jersey woman
Three Florida residents have been arrested after they were hired for an alleged acid attack on a woman in New Jersey last month, officials said Tuesday. Police responded to a home in Monroe Township on July 26, where a 42-year-old woman was attacked upon arriving home from work, according to the Gloucester County, New Jersey, Prosecutor's Office. "As the victim opened her car door, she was approached by an unknown female who threw a cup and its liquid contents directly at the victim," the prosecutor's office said in a press release. The alleged female assailant then fled the scene.
Human bones found in Brooklyn park for 2nd time this week
Human bones were found in a Brooklyn park along the shore of the East River for the second time in a week, according to the New York Police Department. Police responded to a 911 report of a body found at Jane's Carousel early Wednesday, and determined the civilian discovered skeletal remains on the rocks along the shore, the NYPD said. The discovery came two days after police responded to another report of a found body part near the same location. A New York City Parks enforcement officer discovered skeletal remains on the beach, the NYPD said. A femur and a couple of smaller bones were found Wednesday, according to New York ABC station WABC.
Texas could experience more than a week of record heat
Texas has been baking in record heat since the weekend, and Wednesday will be no exception. Another day of record highs is possible. Houston was one of the cities in Texas that hit the hottest day of the year on Tuesday, reaching 102 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the National Weather Service. Several Texas cities either tied or broke heat records on Tuesday. Del Rio hit 108 degrees; 106 degrees in San Antonio; 104 degrees in Borger; 102 degrees in Amarillo and Corpus Christi; and 98 degrees in Galveston. Abilene, Texas, hit a high of 113 on Wednesday, breaking weather records dating back to 1885 for the city.
Woman nearly bitten by tiger after hopping fence at New Jersey zoo, video shows
Police are seeking a woman who hopped a fence surrounding a tiger enclosure at a New Jersey zoo. Video of the incident showed the unidentified woman reaching through the enclosure's fence at the Cohanzick Zoo in Bridgeton. The woman can be seen attempting to pet the animal, then jumping back when it appears to momentarily become aggressive. "A female at the Cohanzick Zoo went over the wooden fence at the tiger enclosure and began enticing the tiger almost getting bit by putting her hand through the wire enclosure," police said.
Mother arrested in Texas after baby dies in hot car
A Texas mother was taken into custody Tuesday after police alleged her 22-month-old child died when she left the infant in a car outside a Corpus Christi school on one of the hottest days of the year. The mother, 33-year-old Hilda Ann Adame, was jailed on charges of causing serious bodily injury to a child and child endangerment/abandonment with imminent bodily injury, according to a Corpus Christi Police Department incident report. It was not clear how long the infant had been in the car before the baby was found unresponsive, according to the incident report. At least 24 children, ranging from a 10-month-old in Louisiana to an 8-year-old in North Carolina, have died this year across the nation after being left in vehicles during hot weather, according to the nonprofit child advocacy organization Kids and Car Safety.
There was once an ancient ocean filled with magma on the moon, scientists say
There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing lunar soil that revealed ancient information about the moon's origin. The study of soil taken from a less-studied region of the moon suggests the presence of remnants of a former ocean of magma, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature. The researchers analyzed lunar soil extracted from high-latitude regions on the southern portion of the moon -- taken as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission when India’s Vikram lander module made a historic touchdown near the south pole of the moon in...
Judge rules transgender teen can temporarily play on girls' soccer team amid new law
When the girls' soccer team at Plymouth Regional High School in New Hampshire began practice on Monday to prepare for the start of the official season on Aug. 30, transgender athlete Parker Tirrell was able to join her teammates. That's what a federal judge ruled on Monday after the families of two transgender teens -- 15-year-old Tirrell and 14-year-old Iris Turmelle -- filed a lawsuit Friday, days before a new law went into effect that would have prohibited them from playing with teams that align with their gender identity. They argued that the legislation is in violation of the teens' Title IX rights, the civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational settings that receive federal funding. "Sports has been a source of joy for her and has been the primary way she makes friends and experiences a sense of belonging and connection to others. Soccer is her real passion," the suit said of Tirrell. "She played on the girls' soccer team last year in ninth grade and is excited to rejoin her team when the season officially starts again."
Latest trailer for Coppola's 'Megalopolis' leans into his negative reviews
The saying "any press is good press" usually doesn't extend to bad movie reviews, but in Francis Ford Coppola's case for his epic Megalopolis, that seems to be the strategy. The latest trailer for the star-packed, mostly self-funded pet project from the Oscar winner begins with a voice-over from co-star Laurence Fishburne: "True genius is often misunderstood." It then leans into the bad reviews Coppola has gotten in the past for movies that became classics, like Apocalypse Now and even its predecessor, the Academy Award-winning epic The Godfather. In 1972, the latter film was called "A sloppy, self-indulgent movie," according to a review in The Village Voice.
"Come back as what?" Robert Downey Jr. on how Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige got him back into the MCU
In July, Robert Downey Jr. stunned fans by revealing at San Diego Comic-Con that he's returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but as villain Dr. Doom, not Tony Stark. Stark, of course, sacrificed himself to save the world at the climax of 2019's Avengers: Endgame, and Feige has subsequently gone on the record that he didn't want to "magically undo" that. To The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, Downey explained how that twist came to be. He recalled that he and his producing partner — and wife — Susan Downey were chatting with the studio's president, Kevin Feige, when he mentioned something that took the Downeys aback.
Ella Purnell recalls when she knew 'Fallout' was going to be a hit
Ahead of the show's 16 Emmy nominations and a renewal for season 2, Fallout star Ella Purnell found herself covered in slime and sweat — and that's when she knew Prime Video's video game adaptation was going to be great. She tells Collider that the moment in question occurred when she and co-star Walton Goggins were on set, as her character Lucy and his Ghoul battled a tentacle-covered mutated aquatic creature. "It was so tough. It was 100 degrees. Walton was sweating, because he was head-to-toe in prosthetics, and he's wearing a shirt, a waistcoat, a jacket, and a hat. They could not have put him in more clothes if they tried," she recalled to the website. "It was challenging. There was slime everywhere, everyone was falling over, everyone was sweating. I was missing a shoe," she remembers.
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