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No less a figure than Oprah Winfrey appeared at the Telluride Film Festival to moderate a conversation about Everest: The Other Side, following the film’s North American premiere on Saturday. Turns out she’s a big admirer of Jim Morrison, the primary focus of the documentary, who became the first person to scale Everest’s north side […]Переглянути повний текст

Having appeared in both the penultimate and the final Daniel Craig-era Bond films and in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, Léa Seydoux has entered a phase of her career where risk-taking feels paramount. “I like when acting’s a bit dangerous, I think I like to take risks,” she tells me, speaking from her home in Paris. Seydoux, […]Переглянути повний текст

Possible Love, the first film from Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong since 2018’s Burning, earned a 6½-minute Sunday evening following its debut screening at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Director Lee helmed the film from a screenplay he co-wrote with Oh Jung-mi. The pair previously worked together on Chang-dong’s Burning. The story follows two married couples […]Переглянути повний текст

Barbara Eden had to cancel her appearance at the Cinecon 62 Classic Film Festival this weekend after becoming ill. On Saturday, the festival announced that “due to a sudden illness,” the I Dream of Jeannie star would not be able to accept the Cinecon Legacy Award that night, with her co-star Pat Boone stepping in […]Переглянути повний текст

For the first time since Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened on July 31, Universal’s Christopher Nolan The Odyssey can throw a galley parade over the fact that it’s grabbed the No. 1 spot at the global weekend box office with $45.96M WW over the Sony/Marvel Studios’ title’s sixth frame of $44.1M WW. It’s another case […]Переглянути повний текст

Macklemore is the latest celebrity to face backlash over his “Free Palestine” onstage public plea while opening for Ed Sheeran this weekend. After the 4x Grammy winner took the stage for Sheeran’s Loop Tour on Friday night at MetLife Stadium, where he called for “safety and peace” for all before performing his protest song “Hind’s […]Переглянути повний текст

Wim Wenders has returned to the comments that caused such a commotion at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival press conference today for new movie From inside out – The architecture of Peter Zumthor, the veteran German filmmaker was asked about his comment suggesting that filmmakers should stay […]Переглянути повний текст

Audible set down at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend with a preview of its ambitious adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror classic Dracula. The platform’s biggest audio production to date, the adaptation is being rolled out in seven different languages, with each of the versions featuring their own local A-list star cast […]Переглянути повний текст

Possible Love, the first film from Korean filmmaker Lee Chang-dong since Burning (2018), is debuting today at the Venice Film Festival. The story follows two married couples whose lives become uniquely intertwined. The Korean Film Council has already selected the title as Korea’s official entry for the Best International Feature category at the Academy Awards. Netflix, […]Переглянути повний текст

As Rachael Leigh Cook celebrated the 25th anniversary of Josie and the Pussycats, it was the voice behind the character that got her flowers. During Cinespia’s screening of the 2001 cult musical comedy on Saturday at Hollywood Forever Cemetary, the actress praised Letters to Cleo frontwoman Kay Hanley for providing the vocals for Josie and […]Переглянути повний текст

In some ways Lee Chang-dong’s first film in 8 years, Possible Love (original title: Ganeunghan sarang) which is South Korea’s official entry into the International Film Oscar race and premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival today, might remind you of the class divide in Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winning Parasite which set the […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: The identity of Telluride’s surprise movie playing later today has sparked a fun guessing game among industry and journalists. We can tell you that it’s an A24 joint, but the movie still remains a mystery. From what we can glean from tight-lipped sources, the film project has a hybrid element to it, so part […]Переглянути повний текст

Susan Sarandon told a press conference in Venice on Sunday that she continued to lose big studio roles due to her public support of Palestine, even if the narrative around the nature of U.S. support of Israel has changed in recent months. “I’ve still had movies taken away recently because there are agencies that are […]Переглянути повний текст

Did you ever feel that King of New York could have done with a bit more Wing Chun? Did you ever think that John Woo’s films weren’t quite Catholic enough? That the siege of Troy might have been handled a bit more successfully if the Greeks had a bazooka? If your answer is yes to […]Переглянути повний текст

Richard Osman has apparently let slip that The Celebrity Traitors will return to the BBC this month. Speaking on-stage during a live episode of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast in London, Osman told the audience that The Celebrity Traitors will premiere on September 23. Osman and co-host Marina Hyde were interviewing special guest Joe Marler, […]Переглянути повний текст

“If you look at the synoptic Gospels — and they are synoptic, which means they don’t tell you everything,” Mel Gibson told The Christian Post in an interview this week. “And even John says, ‘Y’know, hey, there were many other things [Jesus] said and did which, if they were to be written down, couldn’t fill […]Переглянути повний текст

Mariska Hargitay is warming up to host the televised Primetime Emmy Awards in the best way imaginable – by winning two Emmys for her documentary My Mom Jayne. The HBO film in which Hargitay explores the life and career of her late mother, the actress Jayne Mansfield, as well as a mystery over Mariska’s biological […]Переглянути повний текст

EXCLUSIVE: The 2017 surprise Best Picture Oscar winner, Moonlight, is getting a tenth anniversary re-release from A24 on Oct. 2 in a new 4K remastered cut. The news was just announced by the film’s director, co-writer, Barry Jenkins, at a special Telluride Film Festival screening of the pic. Moonlight follows a young African-American man who […]Переглянути повний текст

The first night of the Emmys was full of surprises. Antiques Roadshow, which has been airing on PBS since 1997, won its first ever Emmy in 24 attempts and snatched the award away from Queer Eye and Shark Tank for the first time since 2013. Antiques Roadshow won the award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, […]Переглянути повний текст

At times downright hilarious, at other times so farcical it nearly sails over the top, and at other times quite poignant, Jesse Eisenberg’s third time out writing and directing a feature film, The Debut, throws it all at the wall, hits its target most of the time, and serves up a complete delight with go-for-broke […]Переглянути повний текст

Norman Lear remains the oldest Emmy winner after Octavia Spencer scored a surprise win over Sir David Attenborough at the Peacock Theater. Spencer scored her first Emmy in the Outstanding Narrator category for her work on Investigation Discovery’s true-crime series Lost Women of Alaska. The win prevents 100-year-old Attenborough from becoming the oldest Emmy winner […]Переглянути повний текст

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had an unexpectedly good night at the first evening of the Emmy awards. The canceled series came away with two big upsets at the event formerly known as the Creative Arts Emmys. Colbert Before Air won the Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama Or Variety Series and and […]Переглянути повний текст

Jimmy Kimmel has another Emmy. The comedian has picked up for Outstanding Host for a Game Show for his work on ABC’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. It is his second consecutive win in the category, having scored it for the same show last year. Kimmel beat Celebrity Family Feud’s Steve Harvey, Jeopardy!’s Ken […]Переглянути повний текст

Danny Boyle has confirmed the use of AI in new movie Ink about the launch of The Sun newspaper. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Boyle said he had used around 30 seconds of generative AI in the making of his new movie, which opened the Venice Film Festival this week before going on to play Telluride. […]Переглянути повний текст

As Kanye West returned to the Windy City for a two-night stay, he had some support from an old friend. On Saturday, Kid Cudi defended performing with the controversial 24x Grammy-winning artist the night before at Soldier Field in Chicago, telling a critic that although “I understand ur frustration,” “I don’t really care if ur […]Переглянути повний текст