No Hollywood star seems as intrinsically tied to Venice as George Clooney. Twenty-six years ago he attended his first Venice Film Festival with the instant classic “Out of Sight”; 19 years ago, it’s where he debuted his sophomore film, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which earned him his first best director nomination; and 10 years … Read more
One of the first things you see in the reimagined “The Crow” is the sight of a fallen white horse in a muddy field, bleeding badly after becoming entangled in barbed wire. It’s a metaphor, of course, and a clunky one at that — a powerful image that doesn’t really fit well and is never … Read more
Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “ Megalopolis ” Wednesday amid revelations that critics’ quotes were fabricated. “Lionsgate is immediately recalling our trailer for Megalopolis,” a Lionsgate spokesperson said in a statement to The Associated Press. “We offer our sincere apologies to the critics involved and to Francis Ford Coppola and American … Read more
“Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” somebody once famously said in the movies. It made utterly no sense in 1970, but even less so now. In recent decades, the apology has become all the rage. So at the beginning of Zoë Kravitz’s “Blink Twice,” when her tech-mogul protagonist, Slater King, sits on a … Read more
The Democratic National Convention transformed what should have been the driest part of the evening – the roll call – into a party Thursday, complete with lively music and several celebrity appearances. Although the Democratic party previously held a virtual vote on Aug. 6 that made Harris the party’s official nominee, they held a “celebratory” … Read more
LOS ANGELES — After a relationship that spanned two decades, two engagements, two weddings and headlines too numerous to count, Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck. The filing Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court brought to an apparent end a celebrity coupling — or at least the second installment of it — … Read more
In Nathan Silver’s divinely disordered screwball “Between the Temples,” Jason Schwartzman plays a grieving cantor who, after the death of his wife, can’t sing anymore but who finds a strange kinship with a much older widow ( Carol Kane ) seeking her bat mitzvah. Yes, that old story. But even that brief synopsis doesn’t really … Read more
The actor, in a clip shared to her Instagram on Sunday, recited iconic lines from a cheerleading chant in the 2000 teen comedy. “Hate us ’cause we’re beautiful but we don’t like you either, we’re cheerleaders, we are cheerleaders, roll call,” said Dunst as she smiled while watching the film’s opening scene featuring her character, … Read more
Cosplayers pose for a photo in front of a life-size model of the new Marvel Universe movie “Deadpool & Wolverine,” authorized by Disney and seen in Shanghai, China, on July 26, 2024. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Hollywood blockbusters have dominated international box offices for decades, but in recent years, they have … Read more
American actor John Aprea, known for his roles in The Godfather II and Full House, has died aged 83. He died of natural causes in his Los Angeles home with his family by his side on August 7, his manager Will Levine told TMZ. Aprea played the young Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather II, but … Read more
