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Ten takes on this year’s San Sebastián Film Festival, which runs Sept. 18-26 at the picturesque Basque Country resort: Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Naomi Watts and More Last in San Sebastián way back then with “Inglourious Basterds,” Brad Pitt returns for “Heart of the Beast.” Busiest star of the festival? Penelope Cruz, fresh off a […]
Tenzin Dalha, at the Toronto Film Festival with Jennifer Peedom’s Apple original Film “Tenzing,” has been revealed as the male lead in Bengali-language thriller “Chheledhora,” opposite Swastika Mukherjee. His casting had been withheld when the Indo-American production was first announced earlier this year, with producers naming only Mukherjee at that point. “Tenzing,” a gala presentation […]
The 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has announced the first-ever Korea visit by Alfonso Cuarón, alongside a dedicated spotlight on nine films from European women and genderqueer filmmakers. Cuarón, who has won the Academy Award for best director twice, for “Gravity” (2013) and “Roma” (2018), also holds the Venice Film Festival’s best screenplay prize […]
Competitive Bollywood fusion dance has thrived on American college campuses for decades, but it has rarely been the subject of a scripted feature film. Lena Khan’s “Best of the Best,” premiering Friday on Netflix, follows childhood best friends Maya and Anjali as they join UCLA’s competitive dance team, only to discover that the road to […]
“The Age of Goodbyes” begins, in more ways than one, with a curse. In Li Zi Shu’s sprawling Malaysian Chinese novel, a family is said to be marked by early death; in Edmund Yeo’s screen adaptation, in the Special Presentations section of the Toronto Film Festival, that curse becomes the hinge on which five decades […]
Tom Cruise and Taylor Swift made headlines on Monday when they sat next to each other at the Kansas City Chiefs’ first game of the season. But what were the two megastars talking about? “She was schooling me on football. For real,” Cruise revealed to Jimmy Fallon during an appearance on “The Tonight Show” on […]
Celebrities walked a blue version of the traditional red carpet ahead of the primetime show honouring the best shows in US television.
Backstage, the winners continued the celebrations off-screen and addressed some of the ceremony's most viral moments.
Stars from the latest hit TV shows turn out at the biggest night in the US TV calendar.
Tributes were also paid at the Emmy Awards to Rob Reiner, Hayden Panettiere and Dolly Parton.
The Welsh actor became the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night at the Emmy Awards.
The row threatens to overshadow a very crowded day for the royals - with the King and Princes William and Harry all attending events.
Speaking to the BBC, the Welsh actor described the "surreal" experience of becoming the first person to win two lead acting prizes in one night.
John Humphrys, who presented Today and the Nine O'Clock News, heads a new Channel 4 documentary on the topic.
Her husband says the playwright and cultural and political commentator died after a brief illness.
The statue was left isolated on a Park Lane traffic island after new roads were built in the 1960s.
It comes after Macklemore pledged $1m to Palestinian causes, challenging the tycoon to match the sum.
A new Thomas series also stars The Gentleman actor Henry Golding.
Sheeran tries to stay away from politics and controversy, but that stance has come in for criticism.
To mark the anniversary of the seven-sided theatre constructed from tubular steel, some archive costumes go on display.
