3 d. ago ‘Everybody’s at each other’s throats’: James Cameron says he has left the US permanently

Avatar director, who moved to New Zealand after the Covid pandemic says he will soon be a citizen of a country where people ‘are, for the most part, sane’James Cameron has said that New Zealand’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is the reason behind his decision to relocate there from the US.Speaking to Stuff, Cameron – who shot much of the most recent Avatar feature in the southern hemisphere – described being the US under Donald Trump as “like watching a car crash over and over” and said his New Zealand citizenship was “imminent”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago James Cameron confirms he left the US for his ‘sanity’: ‘Everybody’s at each other’s throats’

Avatar director describes US as ‘extremely polarised, turning its back on science’

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer to hold Downing Street press conference after Donald Trump tariff threats

It came after the erratic US President Donald Trump warned he will slap 10% tariffs on countries including the UK for opposing his desired takeover of Greenland

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8 d. ago Box Office: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ opens behind ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the North American box office, topping charts for the fifth weekend with $13.3 million in sales

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2 w. ago 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' tops box office for fourth straight week with newcomer 'Primate' second

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” continues to dominate the box office, holding the top spot for a fourth consecutive week

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2 w. ago As Avatar makes $1 billion in 3 weeks here are the top 10 billionaire blockbuster films

James Cameron's latest sci-fi adventure Avatar: Fire and Ash is one of 60 films to have become billion-dollar blockbusters. We look at the top 10 films that have made nine-figures.

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2 w. ago ‘Coalition of the willing’ to give press update with US reportedly ready to support a post

European leaders hold press conference after Paris meeting earlier today with US officials Their statement also says they “will not stop defending” the UN Charter principles, “including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders”.Nato has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European allies are stepping up.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How far can James Cameron’s Avatar saga go after its billion

Cameron warned that Avatars 4 and 5 might end up as novels if third instalment Fire and Ash bombed. But noise about its slow start is beginning to look like a ritual movies in the series must go through before the money pours inFor a movie saga that is, on paper at least, the world’s most popular fantasy trilogy of all time, Avatar doesn’t half have its sceptics. Maybe it’s James Cameron’s po-faced belief that he’s making the sort of films that could save planet Earth from future environmental apocalypse. Or perhaps it has simply become the kind of cultural behemoth that invites opposition merely by existing. Either way, it’s fair to say not everyone has exactly been sobbing over the idea that Fire and Ash might be the final time we get to see an Avatar film for the foreseeable future.Until recently, this had seemed like a genuine likelihood. The Hollywood trades have been filled with reports that the saga would be done and dusted if the new instalment fell short of expectations at ...

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3 w. ago James Cameron describes strategy for surviving the Titanic disaster

Filmmaker says he likes to discuss hypotheticals with other ‘Titanic experts’

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4 w. ago Avatar: Fire and Ash continues to dominate box office as Marty Supreme and The Housemaid make decent showings

Third installment in James Cameron’s sci-fi fantasy franchise is expected to hit $1 billion by next week

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4 w. ago James Cameron says he’ll hold press conference if Avatar films end after Fire and Ash

Director says he doesn’t know if saga ‘goes beyond this point’

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4 w. ago Titanic Sinks Tonight review – it’s like you’re reliving that terrifying night

Our grim fascination with the doomed ship shows no sign of abating – so here’s a four-parter which makes it feel like you’re onboard. A truly intense watchApril 2026 will mark 114 years since the night that the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg, but our grim fascination with the disaster shows no sign of abating. There was, of course, a surge of interest in the Titanic in the late 90s – thanks to James Cameron’s Oscar-bothering blockbuster – and there has been a steady stream of documentaries, dramas and podcasts about its demise ever since, some more sensitive than others (among the less tactful offerings: the 2010 film Titanic II – directed by Dick Van Dyke’s grandson Shane – a cash-in about a replica ship ravaged by a tsunami). Occasionally, the subject matter lurches starkly from the past back into the present. In June 2023, five people died on board an experimental submersible made by the company OceanGate; its passengers had hoped to see the liner’s rusting wreckage up clos...

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