Emmys 20 years ago: Mike Nichols calls for fight against AIDS
There’s no such thing as a sure thing in awards season — but HBO’s “Angels in America,” which swept the 56th Primetime Emmy Awards on…
‘Romulus’ director re-created Ian Holm ‘with a lot of respect’
(Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen “Alien: Romulus” — or, for that matter, the original 1979 “Alien” — consider holding off on this one.)A familiar…
‘Sugarcane’ review: Film unearths abuse of Indigenous kids
A dilapidated barn where trapped kids once scrawled messages like “73 days more.” An elderly survivor of a priest’s abuse pinpointing the day during her…
French film star Alain Delon dies aged 88
Getty ImagesAlain Delon was one of French cinema's biggest stars of the 1960sFrench film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88.The actor…
The 5 best moments in the ‘Alien’ franchise
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who’s had a nightmare about working for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.Hollywood’s most rapacious fictional conglomerate returns in “Alien:…
Taylor Swift is ‘in talks to add extra shows or film next music video in Vienna’ after ISIS plot forced cancelations
TAYLOR Swift has drawn up a plan to repay fans who were left devastated after an ISIS-inspired terror plot forced the cancellation of her shows…
Adam Epstein dead: Tony-winning ‘Hairspray’ producer was 49
Adam Epstein, a Tony Award-winning producer who helped bring “Hairspray” to Broadway, has died. Epstein died Tuesday morning at Adventist Health hospital in Glendale after…
Gena Rowlands dead: ‘Notebook’ actor starred in Cassavetes films
Award-winning actor Gena Rowlands, whose appearances in “A Woman Under the Influence,” “Gloria” and “The Notebook” were among her many celebrated collaborations with her late…
‘Cuckoo’ director Tilman Singer on Hunter Schafer singing
Many of the needle drops littered throughout Tilman Singer’s horror flick “Cuckoo,” released in theaters Friday, were written into the script’s first draft in 2019.But…
‘It Ends With Us’ movie banned in Qatar for kissing scenes
Sony Pictures’ hit film adaptation of “It Ends With Us” has been prohibited from screening in Qatar, the Los Angeles Times confirmed Monday.The country’s censorship…
’77 Sunset Strip’ actor Robert Logan dies at the age of 82
Robert Logan, best known as the valet parking attendant on the ABC detective show “77 Sunset Strip” has died. He was 82.Anthony Francis Logan confirmed…
Box office: Blake Lively’s ‘It Ends With Us’ hits $50 million
A battle of the celebrity spouses unfolded at the box office this weekend as Sony Pictures’ “It Ends With Us,” starring Blake Lively, proved a…
‘Dance First’ review: Gabriel Byrne portrays Samuel Beckett
It would be hard to imagine a genre more antithetical to the modernist sensibility of Samuel Beckett than the biopic. The Irish writer who relocated…
D23 Expo: Disney is betting its future on sequels and Baby Yoda
If there’s one thing Disney knows how to do, it’s put on show.The various arms of Walt Disney Studios — including Disney Animation, Pixar, Lucasfilm…
Harry Potter star unrecognisable 17 years after hit film as he reunites with co-star from the movie
Harry Potter Louis Cordice star looks unrecognisable fifteen years after he appeared on the beloved franchise – as he reunites with movie co-star.It was almost…
Cate Blanchett: ‘No one got paid’ to do ‘Lord of the Rings’
Cate Blanchett has revealed that she and fellow cast members of one of the highest-grossing film series, “The Lord of the Rings,” weren’t paid nearly…
Director India Donaldson cuts her own path with ‘Good One’
India Donaldson was done with acting when she was about 7 years old. In fact, it’s one of her earliest memories. Her father, the veteran…
David Lynch says he can’t direct in person due to emphysema
David Lynch, the iconic screenwriter and director behind surrealist staples “Twin Peaks” and “Eraserhead,” has been diagnosed with emphysema — and he says it has…
Hollywood’s diversity regression includes women in less leading roles
“Barbie” might have dominated the box office last year, but 2023 marked a regression for women in film.According to a new report released Monday by…
‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’ review: An intimate look at an icon
Why do I find Elizabeth Taylor so fascinating? My admiration for her work comes down, perhaps unusually, to the Zeffirelli-Shakespeare “The Taming of the Shrew”…