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Almost from the outset, the two make it clear that their background is in comedy more than forensics. But that doesn’t stop “For Heaven’s Sake” from being as thorough as it can in looking for the truth behind the 1934 disappearance of Howard Heaven, Mike’s great-great-uncle. Over a period of at least a year, the two amateur sleuths make base camp in Mike’s hometown of Minden, Ontario, combing through anything they find and soliciting as much help from the residents of Haliburton County....

While prepping to play “father of the atom bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic, Murphy prepped by doing “an awful lot of reading” about Oppenheimer’s life — but opted out of any intense science lessons. “I’m interested in the man and what [inventing the atomic bomb] does to the individual,” Murphy told The Guardian. “The mechanics of it, that’s not really for me — I don’t have the intellectual capability to understand them, but these contradictory characters are fascinating....

“We’re looking very carefully at what’s happening with ‘French Dispatch’ coming in the next couple of weeks,” Michelle Hooper, Searchlight’s marketing chief, said. “On [October 22] it opens in 12 cities and then we’re going to be 50 cities the following week. I think we’re going to go faster than we originally anticipated. I think it will be a real, true test of the specialized market.” NYFF, which wraps Sunday, offered Hooper a sense of optimism about the film....

Co-showrunner and director Miguel Sapochnik is stepping away from HBO’s record-breaking “Thrones” prequel series. Sapochnik entered a first-look deal with HBO to develop new projects after spending three years on “House of the Dragon.” He will remain on as an executive producer for the series, but co-creator Ryan Condal will be sole showrunner, with original series veteran Alan Taylor joining the team as director. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news....

One licked taser and a bunch of lip-biting scorpions later, Wolfson accomplished that goal. She’s a Jackass, and all too happy for the designation. She’s also the crew’s first official female member, and joins other young rookies Sean “Poopies” McInerny, Jasper Dolphin, Zach Holmes, and Eric Manaka in the fourth installment of the “Jackass” film franchise. Before we began, I told her I was conducting the interview from my apartment’s bathroom (the radiator was being repaired and it was the quietest place)....

Many of Willis’ Hollywood contemporaries took to social media to share memories of working with the actor, congratulating him on a remarkable career and sending their best wishes to his family. Willis’ “Pulp Fiction” co-star John Travolta posted about their relationship on Instagram, writing that “Bruce and I became good friends when we shared 2 of our biggest hits together, ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Look Who’s Talking.’ Years later he said to me, ‘John, I just want you to know that when something good happens to you, I feel like it’s happening to me....

A new report on Hollywood’s response to the Coronavirus vaccine published by The Hollywood Reporter includes sources alleging that Wright continued to make her anti-vax stance known on the set of Marvel’s “Black Panther” sequel, officially titled “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” The film is directed by Ryan Coogler, who helmed the Oscar-nominated first installment. As THR reports: “A number of performers, from Rob Schneider (now shooting Netflix’s “Home Team”) to Letitia Wright (filming Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’) have shared anti-vaccine positions on social media....