Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this evening. Flanked by stars Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan and Florence Pugh — who flew in late from the Budapest set of Dune 2 — Wilde saw her film receive a spirited five-minute-plus ovation. Pugh got her own hearty […]
As President Joe Biden, the January 6th Committee and a number of longtime conservatives sound the alarm over the threat to American democracy, the latest Frontline, debuting on Tuesday on PBS, examines the warning signs. The two-hour season premiere, Lies, Politics and Democracy, digs into Donald Trump’s influence and grip over the Republican party. The […]
Sean Penn and Ben Stiller today were among 25 “high-ranking officials, representatives of the business and expert communities, as well as cultural figures” banned from Russia today by that country’s foreign ministry. Also on the list are Senators Rick Scott, Mark Kelley, Pat Toomey, Kevin Kramer and Krysten Sinema as well as numerous U.S. trade […]
UPDATED with red carpet photos: Olivia Wilde arrived on the Lido Monday morning for the hotly anticipated press conference for her latest film Don’t Worry Darling. Wilde was joined by her principal cast including Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, and Chris Pine. As previously reported, Florence Pugh, the film’s lead, was not in attendance because her […]
The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh’s return to the Venice Film Festival after 2017’s triumphant Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, had its world premiere Monday night, getting the biggest response from fest audience so far this year with a 15-minute standing ovation. McDonagh and stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were in the audience for […]
I never start a review commenting on whatever the so-called Film Twitter Mafia have to say about it, sight unseen. Starting back at CinemaCon in April when its directo/co-star Olivia Wilde was served legal papers onstage regarding her custody hearings with ex Jason Sudeikis, there has been non-stop gossip about her movie Don’t Worry Darling. There […]
The winners in the Emmy Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 are once again in the race. The only catch is it could be one of three people: Donald Glover who took it in 2017, Bill Hader who nabbed it in 2018 and 2019, or Jason Sudeikis who […]
UPDATED, Monday AM: A federal judge on Monday approved the appointment of a special master to review materials that the FBI retrieved during a search last month of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon authorized the appointment of a special master “to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially […]
A week after being sued for alleging sexually abusing a minor almost a decade ago, Tiffany Haddish has finally spoken out. Referencing the 2014 video “Through a Pedophile’s Eyes” made with co-defendant Aries Spears, the Afterparty star took to social media early Monday morning to say that “clearly, while this sketch was intended to be […]
It may be the most famous album cover ever created. The background – black. In the foreground, a shaft of white light pierces a triangular prism and exits separating into brilliant bands of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The artwork, as any true rock fan can instantly tell you, is for the 1973 […]
French broadcaster TF1 and pay-TV giant Canal+ are locked in a fresh dispute over carriage fees related to the latter’s distribution of TF1’s free digital terrestrial television (DTT) channels. Canal+ normally carries TF1 and its channels TFX, TF1 Séries Films and LCI as part of the offering of its TNT Sat service giving access to […]
EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name) hopes to revive his dream project to make a mammoth 10-episode television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. Two years ago the director had assembled an all-star cast including Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Andrew Garfield and Rooney Mara, to lead a 10-part prestige TV version of […]
Wolf and Dog (Lobo e Cão) is the first feature film by Portuguese director Claudia Varejão. The movie follows a group of queer teenagers growing up in the uber-religious town of San Miguel in the Azores who yearn for more than the small-town ideals and the mundane lifestyle of their parents. Written by Varejão and Leda […]
Emmy’s Outstanding TV Movie category this year featured one traditional awards film, Barry Levinson’s harrowing WWII tale The Survivor for HBO, joined by four followups to canceled series, Disney+’s Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Showtime’s Ray Donovan: the Movie, Paramount+’s Reno 911!: the Hunt for QAnon and Roku’ Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas. In the end, it was the movie […]
It was on September 4, 2002, when Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first winner of Fox’s singing competition American Idol. The singer is commemorating the 20th anniversary since her victory on the reality show and expressing her gratitude. “20 years ago today I won American Idol and it forever changed the course of my life,” […]
In a triumphant world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale received a seven-minute standing ovation inside the Sala Grande on Sunday evening. Star Brendan Fraser was visibly moved as he was embraced by his director while extended applause rang throughout the auditorium. The psychological drama was met with strong response throughout […]
Nathan Lane, a three-time Tony Award winner, has been a guest-starring fixture on broadcast with scene-stealing roles on some of television’s most popular series over the past two decades. Heading into this year, he had earned six Emmy nominations, three for comedy Modern Family and one each for comedies Frasier and Mad About You and […]
Colman Domingo has won his first Emmy for his guest role in Euphoria. In Sam Levinson’s HBO/HBO Max series he plays Ali, Narcotics Anonymous sponsor to Zendaya’s character Rue. Speaking backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, he teased what might be coming up for the show’s third season, which thus far has no […]
Squid Game star Lee Yoo-Mi is a newly minted Emmy winner after scoring the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series on Sunday at the Creative Arts Emmys. And while celebrating the accolade backstage, she pondered how far she’d get if she played the game herself. “I think I’ll probably die at Red Light, Green […]
Night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards kicked off Sunday with Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series, Drama Series and Limited or Anthology Series, won by HBO’s Succession (casting directors Avy Kaufman and Francine Maisler), ABC’s Abbott Elementary (Wendy O’Brien) and HBO’s White Lotus (Meredith Tucker, Katie Doyle), respectively. Last year, the winners in […]
Labor Day weekend saw blockbusters old and new buoyed by cheap tickets, as was a limited openings like Saloum with multiple sold out screenings at two theaters, including every showtime on Saturday. Over 3,000 theaters, including IFC Center and Alamo Drafthouse LA, where the French-Senegalese indie film began a qualifying run, offered $3 tickets for […]
David Simonsen is joining Amazon and taking over the new position of Director Prime Video, Southeast Asia. He will be based in Singapore and is starting on Monday, September 5. As Director Prime Video, Southeast Asia, Simonsen will be responsible for the Prime Video business and marketing activities in the region, with a focus on […]
The Real Housewives of Potomac Season 7 is seemingly around the corner and fans got a little tease of the new season when the cast photo leaked online. Eagle-eyed viewers spotted the updated RHOP picture ahead of Bravo releasing it officially. Mia Thornton, Gizelle Bryant, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Karen Huger, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon and […]
Sterling Lord, who represented Jimmy Breslin, Art Buchwald, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gordon Parks and most famously, Jack Kerouac, died Saturday in Ocala, Fla. He was 102 and his death was confirmed by his daughter, Rebecca Lord. No cause was given. The list of literary greats represented by Lord over his long career included Frank Deford, David […]
The women in question here belong to a secluded rural religious order on unidentified prairieland and the talking they do throughout Sarah Polley’s immaculately made, intellectually adventurous and politically incisive new film consists of an ongoing debate that will determine the futures of these mostly young women. Of course, Polley is really addressing all women—and […]
