Paramount kicked off the four-day gathering of movie theater owners with appearances by Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Will Arnett and plenty of newly released footage of the studio’s upcoming films.

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Leslie Higgins, the Mandalay Bay butler played by Stephen Merchant, is the best thing about this Wednesday’s episode titled, simply, “Las Vegas.”
You never know who you’ll run into at CinemaCon.
Apparently, every ounce of innocent, sweet-natured joy that made 2011’s “The Muppets” such a whimsical burst of nostalgia can be traced back to one person. Surprisingly, it’s the guy who showed the world his dangly bits in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
“The Walking Dead” and ABC’s “Resurrection” aren’t the only zombie shows in town. From “24” to “Heroes,” there are plenty of TV series that are among the walking dead themselves.
It’s fine and all — better than “Twilight,” worse than “The Hunger Games” — but “Divergent” feels like at least a dozen different CW dramas over the years. So why are teenage girls so excited about this and not the others?