The cast of “Godzilla Minus Zero” brought the glow of a Hollywood standing ovation to the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday, two days before Yamazaki Takashi’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One” opens in Japan. Kamiki Ryunosuke, who returns as
The president's closing message is leaving one administration official jealous, Colin Jost jokes
The Halloween edition of “SNL” Weekend Update saw a cameo by Ben Marshall’s Pennywise as well as some jabs at President Trump’s recent obsession with candidates’ posteriors. “Even Vice President JD Vance came out and said that he was jealous that President Trump has never
“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to the Milwaukee Brewers’ historic World Series win during a Weekend Update segment that featured the return of Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle commentator character. Moynihan spent nine seasons on “SNL,” from 2009 to 2017. His recurring Drunk
The president interrupts Hanks' portrayal of David S. Pumpkins with some eerie behavior of his own
Tom Hanks returned to “Saturday Night Live” on Halloween night to revive his lounge-y David S. Pumpkins character in a cold open that skewered President Trump’s increasingly bizarre comments on the stump and his fixation with men’s physiques. The segment also featured Saidah
Following a Trump-centric cold open that featured the return of Tom Hanks’ David S. Pumpkins, “Saturday Night Live” host Inde Navarrette took the stage at Studio 8H for her first opening monologue. It was a fitting choice to have the star of the year’s breakout horror hit
Is it really Halloween without Heidi Klum? The supermodel, who has become known for her over-the-top costumes, has returned for another year of her annual Halloween party, this time opting to dress as a realistic-looking severed human hand. At last year’s party, Klum dressed as
Chinese painter and filmmaker Qiu Jiongjiong began shaping his new film during the pandemic. With the world suddenly forced to pause, he tells Variety, people felt an urgent desire to return to everyday life and to gather around a table. That idea became the starting point for
Ahead of a screening of the film on Friday, Jeremy Saulnier recounted how 'Green Room' was "close to shutting down" when the sci-fi icon, "out of the blue, expressed interest in the project."
So, in talking about the marvel that was Phoebe Bridgers’ opening night at L.A.’s Intuit Dome Friday night, which part of the show do you talk about first? Would it the emotionally riveting middle section of the show, in which Bridgers used the no-phones setting to elaborately
A federal judge has once again dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation claims against the Wall Street Journal over a 2025 report by the paper that a 2003 birthday letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was purportedly written by Trump. Trump’s lawsuit “falls
Indonesian filmmaker Ariani Darmawan stepped away from directing for years to raise a family. Her first feature, “Jani Be Good,” which is playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition, turns that experience into a portrait of four women across
“Green Room” writer and director Jeremy Saulnier paid tribute to late actor Patrick Stewart, who starred in the film and whom he credits with saving the day when they were “close to shutting down,” during a 10th-anniversary screening of the 2015 film in Los Angeles on Friday.
"I still see him, but he is fine," the 'Basic Instinct' actor said of the three-time Oscar winner who has stayed out of the spotlight in recent years.
Set in a dystopian future, the film stars Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams.
Comic book writer and screenwriter Frank Miller – whose work includes “300,” “Sin City” and “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” – returned this week to Lucca Comics and Games, an event that spans the gamut of geek culture and pop entertainment. As well as speaking at the event,
Milcho Manchevski, the North Macedonian director whose 1994 debut “Before the Rain” won Venice’s Golden Lion and earned an Oscar nomination, is back in competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival with “Sister Brother Manhole Cover,” a project stalled for years after he
Taika Waititi has taken to social media to defend “Klara and the Sun,” his latest directorial effort, amid poor reviews and bleak box office numbers, sharing an Instagram post featuring the film’s poster and its Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 78%. (In contrast, the critic
Paul Bettany might play Marvel superhero Vision, but an on-screen acting choice while filming “VisionQuest” nearly cost him that very sense when the “Iron Man” actor accidentally popped 10 blood vessels in his eyes. “I was pretending to have a device on my head that is doing
Amy Poehler got earnest about her love for comedy while accepting an honor at the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards. “There’s no greater joy for me than laughing at people who I love — laughing with them and at them, both! And them laughing with me,” Poehler said on stage at the
James Longley’s “Mohabat” won the Opus Bonum section at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. Produced by Mohammad Sharif Hotak, Longley and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, it follows a 12-year-old boy Mohabat, whose father dies in a drone strike. Left without
James Longley’s “Mohabat” won the Opus Bonum section at Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. Produced by Mohammad Sharif Hotak, Longley and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, it follows a 12-year-old boy Mohabat, whose father dies in a drone strike. Left without
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the finale of “Celebrity Traitors” Season 2, now streaming on BBC iPlayer. There’s no question Maya Jama carried this season of “The Celebrity Traitors.” As the only original Traitor to make it to the final episode, the “Love
Director Peter Berg faced numerous challenges shooting his latest film, “The Mosquito Bowl.” Based on Buzz Bissinger’s book, the film tells the true story of four college football stars — Tom Francis as David Schreiner, Nicholas Galitzine as John McLaughry, Ray Nicholson as
The Austin Film Festival has announced the winners of its script and film competition. The 33rd annual event received more than 12,500 submissions, with 78 scripts advancing to the finalist round before the festival selected 21 writers and writing teams as winners. Those
Being a teenager is hard enough but when you’re a demigod, things get genuinely complicated. These complications along with titanic battles are at the heart of Season 3 of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” due to drop on Disney+ in November. The cast and showrunners spoke to
Joshua Jackson is teasing his new HBO Max series, “How to Survive Without Me.” Co-created by husbands Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers along with Bash Doran, the series follows a family after the death of matriarch Beverly. “The show starts six months after the matriarch of this
Michael Douglas is giving fans an update on Jack Nicholson. While promoting his new memoir, “One Helluva Ride,” at a recent event, Douglas was asked about Nicholson and his relationship with the “Something’s Gotta Give” actor. “I would have liked to have acted with Jack,”
I’m an ardent fan of Ken Russell, yet I always considered “The Devils” to be a transgressive novelty: a voluptuous exercise in extreme blasphemy and extreme horror. No doubt: It’s both those things. Yet I didn’t think it was anything more than that. (For me, that was enough.)
Halloween and Hollywood go hand in hand, especially given that most costumes draw inspiration from entertainment. From iconic movie characters to musicians to pop culture phenomena, the costume references are endless. But celebrities don’t just provide the rest of the world
Producer Will Packer has never been shy about sharing his opinion, even as he’s become a public figure. In a season when so many of Hollywood’s boldface names have kept a low profile when it comes to politics, Packer has taken to stages in recent weeks to advocate for causes
Happy Halloween, indeed! Just in time for the spooky holiday, HBO has released a surprise episode of “It: Welcome to Derry” on the streaming platform. Titled “A Story of Derry,” the special comes in at 30 minutes and is set hundreds of years before the show’s events and the
A24’s “You Can See Everything” narrowly beat Warner Bros. and DC’s “Clayface” at the Friday box office, cementing its status as the must-watch documentary — or film, for that matter — of the moment. The buzzy Elizabeth Holmes doc generated $3.56 million on its third Friday from
Singaporean filmmaker Ang Geck Geck Priscilla’s debut feature “Ah Girl” won best film in the Asian Feature Film Competition at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards on Saturday. The film follows a seven-year-old girl in 1990s Singapore whose parents
In a title fight, Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez defends his WBC super middleweight title belts against Cameroonian French-Canadian fighter Christian M’billi in a scheduled for 12 rounds of boxing on DAZN. On Saturday, Oct. 31, Alvarez (63-3-2) vs. M’billi (29-0-1) takes place at
Boxing’s biggest star, Canelo Alvarez, is back in the ring this weekend chasing redemption against the undefeated Christian Mbilli
Here’s how to get a free Bulldogs vs. Gators stream, live from (for the first time) Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta
Indian filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, whose credits include the crime thriller “Kaante,” the gangster saga “Shootout at Wadala” and the Hrithik Roshan-starring “Kaabil,” has died following a fall at his Mumbai residence on Oct. 30. He was 59, according to the Press Trust of India.
The Tokyo International Film Festival’s Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the festival’s opening film, “Sukiyaki.” Held before a full-house crowd at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, the talk focused on Zeze’s early “pink” (softcore porn) and indie
Japan’s production committee system, in which a group of companies jointly finance a film and share its rights, has helped spread risk across the industry. But it can also cap budgets at what the industry itself can raise, make it harder for overseas investors to take part and
