Halloween was light on the box office treats. Ticket sales nearly ground to a halt without any new releases, as well as the misfortune of the spooky holiday landing on Friday (meaning families were trick-or-treating, not visiting their local movie theater). Another distraction
LaZona Pictures, the distribution label of Gonzalo Salazar-Simpson’s Madrid-based LaZona group, has acquired Spanish rights to lavish Polish biopic “Chopin, Chopin!” (“Chopin, a Sonata in Paris”), handled for international sales by Paris’ Playtime. Michał Kwieciński’s $17.5
This year’s LACMA Art+Film gala on Saturday night proved once again that it is one of Los Angeles’ starriest events of the year. Elle Fanning, Kaia Gerber and mom Cindy Crawford, Lorde, Angela Bassett, Cynthia Erivo, Samara Weaving, Benito Skinner, Tessa Thompson, Emma Roberts
Colin Jost and Michael Che pick apart the president's Halloween "at what's left of the White House"
Bowen Yang appeared as former U.S. Congressman George Santos during “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” where he spoke with co-host Colin Jost about what he’s been up to following his prison release. During the segment, Jost referenced the upcoming New York City marathon
He and other contestants on What Did I Do Last Night? compete for Pedialyte and a bacon egg and cheese
Host Miles Teller portrayed both Jonathan and Drew Scott — the Property Brothers from the show of the same name — as the twins showed up at the White House to help Donald Trump remodel the structure on “Saturday Night Live.” Americans have been aghast at watching Trump demolish
The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series, notching back-to-back championships after a fierce battle against the Toronto Blue Jays that came down to a Game 7 that went 11 innings on Saturday night in Toronto. The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 at Toronto’s Rogers
Miles Teller plays Andrew Cuomo, while Shane Gillis dons a beret as Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa
Miles Teller portrayed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in the “Saturday Night Live” cold open, which poked fun at the New York City mayoral debate. “You all know me. I got us through COVID and then yada yada yada, honk honk, squeeze squeeze,” Teller’s Cuomo said, miming a
Toronto’s Clever Creature Inc. will bring the action-horror feature “For the Good of the Herd” to the American Film Market, with Haley Bishop of AMC Shudder’s “Host” attached to star. Mark Pritchard wrote and will direct the film, which is set to begin principal photography in
“Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che is speaking out against the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which began on Saturday as a result of the now month-long government shutdown. “This SNAP freeze is really fucked up,” Che wrote in an
The Blue Book of China TV Series 2025, launched at the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market by Peking University’s Chen Xuguang and Zhejiang University’s Fan Zhizhong, outlines an industry undergoing structural reinvention and creative renewal. Despite global
At the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market, the launch of the Blue Book of China Film 2025 – jointly edited by Peking University’s Chen Xuguang and Zhejiang University’s Fan Zhizhong – framed Chinese cinema at a crossroads between crisis and renewal. According to
With the NBA expanding pro basketball outside of the United States and Canada, more and more games are taking place overseas to court fans from different countries. The league now travels to Mexico for NBA Mexico City Game. The Dallas Mavericks battle the Detroit Pistons at
Filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun returned to the Tokyo International Film Festival nearly three decades after his UFO (United Filmmakers Organization) films packed the city’s theaters, reflecting on a career shaped by market forces from Hong Kong’s golden age through Hollywood
Famke Janssen says Marvel has never invited her back to play Jean Grey. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the “X-Men” star discussed her Fox-era Marvel role, or rather, discussed how she is constantly asked to discuss it. She explained that “every time” she does
Three Japanese female producers who have achieved international critical and commercial success —Miyagawa Eriko, Eiko Mizuno Gray and Murata Chieko – participated in a Tokyo International Film Festival event as part of its Women’s Empowerment section. With section curator
He also played a character named Buck Naked on ‘Hill Street Blues’ and ‘NYPD Blue’ and showed up in films from ‘Vanishing Point’ to ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin.’
In Vitaly Mansky’s arresting portrait of life during wartime, “Time to the Target,” he allows audiences to breathe, to absorb the smallest details and even, somehow, to laugh as his camera focuses on Lviv, in western Ukraine, a place once thought of as relatively safe. The
Meet Paddington the Bear, the West End’s newest star. As previews begin in London, “Paddington the Musical” has revealed a short teaser and first-look images showing a glimpse at how the iconic bear will come to life on stage. The life-like puppet is played by two people: James
Natalia Koniarz’s “Silver” has been named the winner of the Opus Bonum section at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival. The film also picked up the award for the best documentary film in the Visegrad region and best cinematography recognition for Stanisław Cuske. “Silver” boasts
In Chinese culture, “double happiness” refers to an ornamental design commonly found festooned across wedding ceremonies, formed by placing two copies of the Chinese character for joy next to each other. In doing so, it forms a kind of hybrid character, one that literally
Julia Fox has received criticism for attending a Halloween party dressed as former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis on the day of her husband, President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. The “Uncut Gems” and “Him” actress appeared at the New York City gathering on Oct. 30,
Tchéky Karyo, the French actor who starred in the BBC’s “The Missing” and “Baptiste” and appeared in “La Femme Nikita,” “Addicted to Love,” “Bad Boys” and “GoldenEye,” died of cancer on Oct. 31, according to AFP. He was 72. Born in Istanbul in 1953, Karyo’s family moved to
In the main square of the Tuscan town of Lucca, Japanese games designer Hideo Kojima stands on the balcony and receives the kind of fevered welcome reserved for rockstars from the crowd below. Lucca Comics and Games, Europe’s answer to Comic-Con, is the final stop of Kojima
In a recent interview with Bustle, Dave Franco, James Franco’s brother, asserted that “no one was going to hire me just because I was James Franco’s little brother.” However, he did admit that having a movie-star sibling helped him get his foot in the door when he started his
The bubbles have settled after UTA’s ZCON event and new Gen Z-taught lessons have, hopefully, been learned by old-guard executives looking to team with the next wave of movers and shakers in media. And plans have already started for ZCON 2026 — and more. “This doesn’t only have
