"Avedon," Ron Howard’s documentary about the legendary photographer, is a fantastic movie. It’s the best documentary Ron Howard has made (my favorite before this: "The Beatles: Eight Days a Week — The Touring Years"), and it’s been edited in a way that’s so supple and artful
“Passing Strange” will seem just a little less strange to theatergoers now than it might have when it opened on Broadway in 2007 and scored big wins at the Tonys, the Drama Desk Awards and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards. Without naming any names, there are plenty of
Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss attended the Kansas City Chiefs-New York Jets game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, marking their first public appearance together in years. Cameras caught the model and the “Life of a Showgirl” singer sitting in a box at the Kansas City stadium,
Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan of the “I’ve Had It” podcast have issued an apology after facing backlash for laughing at a joke about Charlie Kirk during their latest episode, released on Thursday. “On Thursday’s show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk. It was an
“Love Island U.K.” host Maya Jama is exiting the dating series after nine seasons. Jama made the announcement on her Instagram account Sunday. “What an incredible era and what an unforgettable time I’ve had, it’s been far too much fun to put into words or a video,” she began
The best boxers in the world travel to Texas for the Most Valuable Promotions boxing event. For the main event, American Alycia Baumgardner (18-1-0) takes on Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan (14-0-0). The unification title bout is scheduled for 10 rounds. Nur Turhan’s IBF
Nearly a year after “Heated Rivalry” debuted on streaming, fans are venturing to movie theaters to rewatch the steamy romance between hockey superstars Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie). The limited theatrical release, which is scheduled from
The actor has played the iconic villain in two films and the HBO Max series 'It: Welcome to Derry.'
Andy Serkis, who played an instrumental role in bringing the on-screen version of Gollum (also known as Sméagol) to life in “The Lord of the Rings” franchise, is reflecting on the technology that helped him do so. Gollum, a central character in the films, is the result of both
The unexpected demise Nov. 6 of Chile’s Oscar-winning Sebastián Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) cast a pall over the closing ceremonies of both the festival and industry section of the Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic), which wraps Nov. 8. The red carpet portions of the industry and
Judi Dench can’t say no to a big bouquet of flowers, especially if they’re kayak-sized and come from Vin Diesel. “He came to see me at the Haymarket Theatre to ask if I’d be in ‘The Chronicles of Riddick,’” Dench wrote in her new memoir, “Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?” […]
“You Can See Everything” has remained a box office juggernaut, powering to $80 million in North America after just four weekends of release. At this rate, A24’s red-hot movie about Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is primed to surpass $100 million domestically, a hugely
Latin American distributor Cineplex has picked up both North and South American sales rights to “La Residencia,” Mariel Garcia Spooner’s follow up to hit “Algo Azul.” “La Resdemcia” has just participated in the Sanfic Industria’s WIP Iberoamericana section, a competition of
The cinematographer, this year’s THR Visionary Award honoree, always lets film follow function, choosing a visual style to match the story being told.
"It’s the weirdest story, but apparently it was fully written somewhere in the world," actor says. "There is an Edge-penned Elf 2 out there"
A 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Champion will be crowned on Sunday — here’s how to watch the race online
The episode marks the President's first official sit-down since Democrats flipped more than 40 House seats during the midterms
The Cat in the Hat was no match for the mighty Godzilla. “Godzilla Minus Zero” climbed to the top of box office charts with $31.6 million from 3,254 theaters, a roaring start for a foreign-language epic in North America. Meanwhile, “The Cat in the Hat” stumbled with $20 million
President Donald Trump is set to appear on Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes” for his first in-depth interview since Republicans suffered sweeping losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The president is scheduled to sit down with CBS News correspondent Ross Douthat on Friday,
Adam and Christian Bonke recall how they and their cinematographer followed Maximilian Schnell in a "not so big" vehicle with "a lot of equipment" to shoot material for the film now screening at Tallinn.
The 34th edition of Camerimage kicked off with Luca Guadagnino’s 'Artificial' and included honors for Darren Aronofsky and the THR Visionary Award for cinematographer Janusz Kamiński.
The Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and its partners have invested in 27 projects, backed by NT$5.64 billion ($180 million) in total, including NT$740 million ($23.7 million) from the agency and NT$4.9 billion ($157 million) in private capital, TAICCA chair Sue Wang
Indonesian studio giant MD Entertainment will release a sequel to its 2025 horror smash “Pabrik Gula” in early 2028 and has Imax films planned for 2027, Astrid Wienardi, the company’s head of content licensing and global business, said Sunday at Taiwan Creative Content Fest
The comedian unveils a new impression in his SNL debut
"Going from Wiles to Miller is like trying to get through a dinner party by switching from wine to meth," Colin Jost jokes
An unhinged “Elon Musk” hit the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update desk this week to address the outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections — and Musk, as played by “SNL” featured player Jeremy Culhane, didn’t quite know how to address it. The real Musk, of course, spent nearly
Following a busy cold open that saw Texas Senator-elect James Talarico overshadow Donald Trump and a monologue crashed by his future movie co-star Emma Stone, “SNL” host Druski — who made history as the first digital content creator to preside over the show (who had yet to
The incoming Texas lawmaker embraces Trump's insulting nickname after his resounding win
When Druski was announced as a future host of “Saturday Night Live,” it was its most interesting move in quite some time. The sketch-comedy show had tapped its first exclusively digital creator (who hadn’t experienced crossover success, a la Issa Rae or Quinta Brinson) to serve
Newly elected Texas Sen. James Talarico crashed this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open in order to ask the question on everyone’s mind: How many more of these “Donald-Trump-freezes-the-action-to-ramble” cold opens is “SNL” going to do? Responded “Donald Trump” (James
Taiwanese director Tsao Jui-yuan unveiled his new drama series “A Time,” rooted in Taiwan’s campus folk music movement of the 1970s, at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). Tsao, known for “Crystal Boys,” “A Touch of Green” and “Seqalu: Formosa 1867,” spent eight years
Thiti “Tongte” Srinuan, director of Thai blockbuster “The Undertaker,” put up a photo of himself defecating on camera for real during a session at Taiwan Creative Content Fest in Taipei. The scene dates from his days as a supporting actor with Taibaan Studio. “I was a
Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner “Fjord” took the audience award at Jakarta World Cinema, which wrapped with Banjong Pisanthanakun’s Thai horror film “Inherit” and handed three Indonesian short filmmakers funding for their first features. “Fjord,” which also opened the
Indonesian director Danial Rifki’s remake of Spanish thriller “The Invisible Guest,” which he says was completed in 2023 before exclusivity clauses with HBO held up its release, finally reached the big screen at Jakarta World Cinema. It is one of three Rifki films at the
Taiwanese literary IP developer and production company Mirror Fiction announced the winners of its fifth Mirror Fiction Award and unveiled five projects for its 2027 slate at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The NT$1 million ($32,000) Grand Prize went to Iris Kong for
Taiwanese companies laid out how original stories can grow from books into stage plays, series, fragrances and even travel itineraries at a Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) session on cross-sector intellectual property in Taipei. “The original intention behind developing IP
Sylvester Stallone is reminiscing about his now-infamous rivalry with fellow action star Arnold Schwarzenegger through the 1980s and 1990s — and why they only laid down the hatchet when the latter ran for governor of California. In a recent interview on “The Rest Is
AI is already slashing the cost of commercials, but runaway token fees and piecemeal revisions could leave feature producers paying more than in the days of 35mm film, a Korean AI production pioneer told Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei. Kim Kwang-jib, founder and
As Camerimage turns 34, its director explains how the world's leading festival on the art of cinematography continues to embrace new technology while drawing the line on fully AI-generated films.
Papua New Guinea’s most expensive film to date, the $4.5 million historical drama “Mussau: The First Song,” has wrapped principal photography after a 40-day shoot across two provinces. Filming took place on Mussau Island in New Ireland Province and in Goroka, in Eastern
OLM, the Japanese animation group behind the “Pokemon” anime series and films, has developed an AI coloring tool that picks up a show’s look from just three hand-painted frames, OLM Digital board director Yotsukura Tatsuo said at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in
According to Andy Richter, U2’s the Edge penned a script for a sequel to “Elf” — but fans will likely never get to see (or read) it. On a recent episode of “Obsessed: The Podcast,” the actor explained that Shauna Robertson, who’d produced the original film, once received a
“Should we do a bump?” It’s a line said, in various forms, numerous times across the first half of “Club Kid,” Jordan Firstman’s hedonistic and heartfelt coming-of-age comedy drama about a hard-partying New York club promoter suddenly forced to grapple with life and
French cinema may be enjoying a golden run on the festival circuit and in the awards race, but getting those films into U.S. theaters, and persuading American audiences to buy tickets, has become an increasingly uphill battle. That paradox was at the heart of a lively
