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Indian feature “Angh,” the feature directorial debut of Theja Rio, has taken the top prize in the Toronto Film Festival’s Platform section, an award that comes with automatic entry into the Oscars’ international feature film race for 2027. “Angh” was the only Indian film selected for the section this year, and the win comes with […]
Credit is merited when it’s due: CBS News’ newly minted “60 Minutes” correspondent Ross Douthat landed a thoughtful, emotional interview with the person who may have elicited more speculation than anyone else this year. Patrick Clancy is the grieving father of three children killed in January 2023 by his then-wife, Lindsay Clancy. (During the criminal […]
Last week, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” became Universal Pictures’ highest-grossing film of all time, grossing $1.68 billion and counting. “I feel like I got a great invitation to the best party in town, and I don’t know how I got it, but I’m really glad I got invited,” Oscar winner Charlize Theron told Variety on […]
Ben Affleck originally wanted to cast his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, as the leading lady in his latest directorial effort, “Animals,” until a scheduling conflict meant he’d have to step into the role opposite her. “I thought, God, Jen Garner would be amazing for this role,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “It also has the added benefit […]
Toho Co., Ltd. has set a 10th-anniversary version of “You Say Run,” the “My Hero Academia” theme, pairing composer Hayashi Yuki with German band Electric Callboy, with a global release set for Sept. 22. The reworked track debuted live at the “My Hero Academia in Concert” show in London on Sept. 20 ahead of the […]
Ke Huy Quan shared in his new memoir, “Never Say Die,” the feeling of receiving his first residual check of $100,000 for “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” as a child actor. Because Quan was just 12 years old when he booked the role of Short Round in the 1984 film (his first major […]
After having pulled the topical Jessica Chastain-led thriller “The Savant” in Sept. 23, 2025 — just days before its premiere — Apple TV has confirmed it will finally release the show a year and a half later — in Spring 2027, notably after November’s midterm elections. The company had gotten cold feet about “The Savant” after the […]
“The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event” stars Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson were spotted filming the iconic opening of the “A Hard Day’s Night” movie for the forthcoming film, per images via TMZ. Directed by Richard Lester, the 1964 film followed the crew over two days as the band struggled to keep […]
Jhené Aiko has scored her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with her fourth record “Westside Whimsy.” Aiko bows atop the chart with 74,000 equivalent album units, making it the first R&B album by a woman to top the Billboard 200 this year and the first to reach No. 1 since SZA’s “SOS” […]
Expanding on his 2021 short film, Theja Rio’s debut feature “Angh” forces its way into the hidden crevices between indigenous identity and colonial modernity. This tension unfolds with riveting restraint in a story set in 1960s Nagaland — the eastern Indian state on the Burmese border — following the principled chief of a waning tribe, […]
In an era when glamorous writing jobs have acquired the unreality of folklore, it feels fitting that Alexandra Pechman’s alluring and affectionate feature debut, “Magazine,” should portray its literary world as a fairy tale. Set in a faraway time — summer 2011 — when office flirtations were fun, ambition was a given and purses hung […]
Hur Jin-ho’s star-studded “The Assassin(s)” turns the holes in a public investigation into an imaginative mystery along the lines of Oliver Stone’s “JFK.” Like Stone’s provocative thriller, Hur crafts a clockwork political saga sure to spark curiosities about the attempted assassination of strongman South Korean prime minister Park Chung-hee in 1974, which resulted in the […]
“We came to this place for magic.” On a rainy Sunday afternoon, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal stood in solidarity with more than 100 New Yorkers outside AMC Kips Bay 15. In his best Australian accent, he recited Nicole Kidman’s iconic AMC Theatres ad in a loving tribute to the neighborhood’s longstanding cultural institution. But […]
“Serendipity” actor Kate Beckinsale posted cryptic messages to her personal social media account early Sunday morning, leaving fans concerned. Beckinsale posted a black screen with “bye” written across it on her Instagram story, followed by a second post of a rainbow with the text “congratulations you won i give up.” These posts have since been […]
“Reacher” star Alan Ritchson had plans to adapt the second book in the popular “Jack Reacher” series for the Prime Video show — before a certain “someone” got re-elected, he wrote in a comment posted to Threads on Friday. Responding to a user who wrote that “every year I’m sad to learn that next season […]
Chad Gilbert, founding guitarist and backing vocalist of the pop-punk group New Found Glory, has died. He was 45. The band and Gilbert’s wife Lisa Cimorelli confirmed his death on social media in a joint statement. “On the morning of September 20th, Chad Everett Gilbert passed away peacefully in his sleep,” reads the statement. “He […]
Alex, the protagonist of the HBO half-hour series “Youth,” is in many ways a typical rom-com heroine. She has a glamorous job (book agent) in a glamorous city (London), with an enviable apartment to match. She has a messy love life; attracting suitors isn’t a problem, but choosing wisely between them is. She’s prone to […]
Toho Co., Ltd. has unveiled new cast additions and a key visual for the second cour of its TV anime “Though I Am an Inept Villainess,” subtitled “The First Royal Outing” Arc, ahead of the show’s January 2027 return. In Japanese television, a cour refers to a broadcast block of roughly three months, and anime […]
Edward Morris, a Nashville-based music journalist who edited Billboard’s country coverage, wrote a popular CMT.com column and penned numerous books, died Thursday at age 90. The family did not give a cause of death. Morris was best remembered in the country community for a 14-year tenure with Billboard from 1981 to 1995, the last four […]
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs return to primetime Sunday night for a Week 2 matchup against the Indianapolis Colts, with the game airing nationally on NBC and streaming live on Peacock. The Chiefs host the Colts at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 20, with kickoff set for 8:20 p.m. ET. NBC’s coverage begins […]
