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Quentin Tarantino has long said he’ll be retiring after his tenth feature film, but fans shouldn’t worry yet. While the “Pulp Fiction” director confirmed he’d finished penning the script for his final project, he won’t be getting much further with it until his newly opened play, “The Popinjay Cavalier,” closes. Tarantino made the statement on […]
James McAvoy has starred in films including “Speak No Evil,” “Atonement” and “X-Men: First Class,” but he recently revealed the “only” film he still consistently receives residuals from is M. Night Shyamalan’s 2016 horror “Split.” “You get the odd check for, you know, a couple 100 quid here or sometimes you get checks for, like, […]
“Dancing With the Stars” is benching Val Chmerkovskiy after his recent joke about judge Carrie Ann Inaba. “The well-being of everyone who works on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is non-negotiable. Val’s social media post was inappropriate and does not reflect the values or standards expected of anyone connected with the show,” BBC Studios said in […]
Adapting a solemnly complex, questioning novel as a cockeyed child’s-eye comedy worked once before for Taika Waititi — which is to say that “Jojo Rabbit,” his crass, mawkish “anti-hate satire” about a Hitler Youth member’s personal and political awakening, won him an Oscar and grossed nearly $100 million, in spite of its manifold artistic and […]
Paul Bettany opened up in a recent interview with The Times about the public’s misconception of his relationship with Johnny Depp after text messages between the two actors were used in court during Depp’s libel lawsuit against The Sun. “I hadn’t spoken to Johnny in years when that happened and I haven’t spoken to him […]
This weekend, boxing promoters Premier Boxing Champions travels to Las Vegas for prime title bout between two world-class fighters. American southpaw Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC super welterweight championship belt against Albanian fighter Ermal Hadribeaj. The title bout is scheduled for 12 rounds. On Saturday, Oct. 17, Fundora (24-1-1) vs. Hadribeaj (23-0-1) takes place at […]
Veteran Hollywood publicist Gene Schwam, who represented top talent including Elvis Presley, Blake Edwards, Julie Andrews, Barbara Eden and Lenny Bruce, died Friday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 96. Schwam co-founded Hanson & Schwam Public Relations with Adeline Hanson in 1955, establishing an independent publicity agency that would endure for decades. […]
“Sense and Sensibility” costume designer Grace Snell thought in chapters for Georgia Oakley’s new take on Jane Austen’s 1811 novel, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, respectively. The most distinct chapters, from Snell’s costuming perspective, are the country and the city. First, the Barton Cottage chapter, shaped by the Devonshire […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains minor spoilers for “Whalefall,” out now in theaters. In the new feature “Whalefall,” Jay (Austin Abrams) is a grieving son searching for his father’s (Josh Brolin) remains off the coast of California. As he dives deeper, Jay encounters a giant squid being chased by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale. When […]
When KJ Apa was being considered to star as Jimmy Stewart in the new biopic “Jimmy,” he took another look at “It’s a Wonderful Life.” “I was watching and thinking, how am I going to pull this off?” the actor, who is best known for his starring role as Archie in the CW coming-of-age series […]
TikTok temporarily suspended the “Musk” advertisement account on Friday ahead of the documentary’s wide release, Variety can confirm. The ad account’s ability to advertise on the platform was then restored on Sunday “after an error,” per a spokesperson for the company. Directed by Alex Gibney, “Musk” seeks to make sense of Elon Musk, the world’s […]
Harry Styles has invited one of the buzziest documentary filmmakers on the market behind the curtain of his historic Madison Square Garden residency. John Wilson, the director behind indie box-office surprise “The History of Concrete” and HBO’s “How To with John Wilson,” has been rolling cameras on Styles at MSG since August, two sources with […]
“Street Fighter” punched its way to the top of the box office in a new-release-filled weekend, battling fellow openers “Sense and Sensibility,” “Whalefall” and “You Can See Everything.” The Paramount Pictures movie generated $13 million from 3,575 North American theaters on Friday. It’s a strong start for the action film, which looks to pull in […]
Law Roach is ready for an even bigger close-up. The celebrity stylist, whose clients include Zendaya, Kim Kardashian and Celine Dion, says he’s “absolutely” ready to try some acting. “When a director sees something for me,” Roach told me Thursday night at the InStyle Imagemaker Awards. “I want to try everything. If I’m terrible at […]
The mood was typically celebratory at Harry Styles’ residency show at New York’s Madison Square Garden Friday night, but Harry Styles was not about to let the second anniversary of the death of former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne go unremarked upon — or, to the shock of fans, unsung about. Styles used the encore […]
Miley Cyrus paid tribute to her late godmother and country icon Dolly Parton onstage at the Hollywood Bowl Friday as she performed her first major show in years. The “Bass Persuades” singer began by sharing memories with Parton, telling the audience she was partly inspired to play the venue because it was where she saw […]
In 2011, NBC was in a rough shape. The network had struggled in the waning years under General Electric’s ownership. In January 2011, Comcast became the majority shareholder, and with it came a new leadership regime for NBC Entertainment, led by industry veteran Bob Greenblatt. One of Greenblatt’s big ideas to liven up NBC’s schedule […]
Mahershala Ali broke down in tears on stage at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday as he recalled the young boy at the heart of “Moonlight.” The Barry Jenkins drama won him one of his two Oscars and recently marked its 10th anniversary. During a Screen Talk hosted by Amon Warmann, Ali was discussing […]
The red-feathered hero of “The Angry Birds Movie 3” looks reassuringly familiar, but DNEG Animation had to rebuild much of him to bring the franchise back to theaters. And as the studio reconstructed Red’s fur, facial rig and expressions, it also developed a system that ultimately automated character-effects work on roughly 75% of the film’s […]
50 Cent is having trouble logging in to our Zoom. Multiple links have been sent his way — three, by my count — to no avail. The imbroglio is excusable given the early hour and the number of different directions he’s currently being pulled, with 40 projects spread across 12 different networks, not to mention […]
