Tom Cruise is Nick Morton, an amoral tough guy who runs afoul of a resurrected ancient Egyptian. Russell Crowe is Dr. Henry Jekyll, and you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. Russell Crowe is Dr. Henry Jekyll, and you wouldnt like him when hes angry. Credit: Chiabella James The film could also resurrect Universals movie monsters arguably the original cinematic universe. Its our ability to sympathize with [these] monsters that has made them endure, says Kurtzman....

The summer of 2008 broke history, and rebuilt it. America suffered through a bitter presidential election on the road to a globewrecking financial crisis. In theaters, cinematic generations were rising and falling. Credit: Universal On Aug. 8, 2008, the Beijing Olympics began with an opening ceremony for the ages. Half of the living human race tuned in and thats a lowball estimate, could be closer to two-thirds. Roger Ebertsummed up the consensus reaction: China is here, big time....

Meet the hero and the villain ofThe Mummy. Fun twist: Theyre both already dead! Theyre finally face-to-face, teases director Alex Kurtzman (People Like Us). Credit: Chiabella James/Universal Hes realizing that hes deeply, and desperately, cursed. Long ago, Ahmanets father reneged on his promise to make her pharaoh after he sired a son. These people never shouted, she says. They were the most powerful people, but they were just calm. Things dont stay calm around Ahmanet for long....

According to a vast majority of them, perhaps thisromp should’ve remained buried. “It stands out like a flat note on a grand piano. “It’s not that it’s bad, it’s that it never could have been good. It’s the kind of movie that Tom Cruise became a household name by avoiding at all costs.” The Mummyopens in theaters this Friday, June 9. Read on to find out what these and more critics are saying about the film....

Go toPEOPLE.com/PEN, or download the free app on your Smart TV, mobile and web devices. Battling an unstoppable ancient evil is a pretty terrifying prospect but so is puking on Tom Cruise. Fortunately forThe Mummystar Annabelle Wallis, she managed to survive the former while avoiding the latter. Universal Pictures She continued, A plane like that, its called the vomit comet for a reason. Not the most elegant of days. Watch the video above for more....

Drag queens and Twitter wars and Carrot Top, oh my! Look, Im not exactly what you would call a manly man. I went to a college named after a woman and comprised of 70% females. Credit: Luis Trinh/NBC The next punch I throw will be my first. The one time I attempted to ride a motorcycle I drove it into a brick wall. (True story.) But heres the thing. Because shes my wife....

The celebrity contestants get their first assignment. People said 2016 was like living in the golden age of television. People said we had never seen such a plethora of incredible options at our disposal. People called it Peak TV and said the quality of offerings had never been better. And they were all wrong. Flourishes such as Rod Blagojevich attempting to use a laptop. Curiosities including, but not limited to, Gary Busey magically transforming into a mechanical dog....

Boy George really isn’t happy with his keyboardist FINALLY! This is what weve been waiting for all season long! No, what we finally got was a truly divatastic meltdown! Credit: Luis Trinh/NBC This most likely does not surprise you in the least. Yeah, I got a list for that. My second favorite wall-breaking contestant-producer interaction came onIm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here. ), and Daniel Baldwin (brother of two-timeCelebrity Apprenticecontestant Stephen!...

The contestants must create a live segment showcasing grape juice and produce viral videos for a new product. Rocco DiSpirito and Justin Ezarik serve as guest boardroom advisers. What the hell just happened? Credit: Luis Trinh/NBC when something truly odd happened. By the way, Im not kidding about the Seward thing. He lived to tell the tale, too, and later bought us Alaska from the Russians… Although the Russians retaliated 139 years later by rigging our presidential election, so theres that....

It’s time to find out who hasn’t been terminated We have our new Celebrity Apprentice, everybody! And his name is… wait, what is the guys name again? Hold on, let me Google this real quick… Hes the dude who won! Credit: Luis Trinh/NBC Look, its not my fault I couldnt remember his name. I was too busy daydreaming of baby kangaroos and dance parties with Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Arnold Donald....

Like refusing to continue to pay ungodly sums of money for monthly cable television? Only Chael Sonnen actually and literallycut a cordwith scissors on this weeksCelebrity Apprentice. Did I ruin it by over-explaining, or was it simply not that funny to begin with? Credit: Luis Trinh/NBC A little bit of both? Look, you cant blame me for getting excited. Finally we had some real old schoolCelebrity Apprenticedrama, and we had Cutty McGee to thank for it....

will benefit from a voice cast with over half a dozen Oscar nominations between them. The cast also includes Warwick Davis as Sniff and Richard Ayoade as the Ghost. Novelist Will Self will also be involved, voicing a character called the Muskrat. Credit: Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images; George Pimentel/WireImage Drawn and Quarterly

We are making a full-fledged horror movie set within the X-Men universe, director Josh Boone says. There are no costumes. There are no supervillains. Mike Marsland/Getty Images; David M. Benett/Getty Images Were trying to do something very,verydifferent. Game of ThronesMaisie Williams has been cast in the role of Wolfsbane andSplitactress Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik. (Unconfirmed chatter has it that Rosario Dawson is currently in talks as well.) It felt like Stephen King meets John Hughes....