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Werner Herzog To Receive Venice Film Festival’s Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement
The Venice Film Festival will fete German filmmaker Werner Herzog with its honorary Golden Lion at its forthcoming 82nd edition. Accepting the honor, Herzog said: “I feel deeply honored...
Women Directors Behind ‘Baby Reindeer’, ‘One Day’ & ‘We Are Lady Parts’ Talk Breaking Records & Smashing Glass Ceilings At The BAFTAs
A little-publicized representation record was broken at the BAFTA TV noms this year. For the first time ever, more women than men are nominated in the Best Director: Fiction category, with...
Grammy Winner Janis Ian On Career That Began At Age 14, And Bonds With Janis Joplin, Pete Seeger, Nina Simone & More
Singer-songwriter-musician Janis Ian celebrates her 74th birthday today. For most of those years, 60 of them in fact, she has been famous, having rocketed to fame at age 14...
‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver regrets what he now views as racially insensitive casting for his Black and Asian leads, who played the Black and Yellow...
MBC Group Names Former Nine Entertainment Chief Mike Sneesby CEO As Sam Barnett Steps Down
The Middle East’s MBC Group has hired former Nine Network boss Mike Sneesby as CEO, with long-serving incumbent Sam Barnett stepping down. A note posted today announced the news,...
Florida Gators Win NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship
After two competitive Final Four games — one of which was an instant classic — the Men’s NCAA Basketball Championship was a nail biter as the Florida Gators defeated...
Jon Stewart Rips Trump’s Tariffs: “Your Economic Policy Has The Same Tagline As Season 3 Of ‘Squid Game?’”
“Our economy is in the midst of a beautiful metamorphosis, turning from a simple caterpillar into a dead caterpillar” — so went Jon Stewart‘s decidedly literary opening (giving Franz...
Bosch Responds To Usage Of Appliance Company’s Blender In ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3 Denouement
Unlike Duke University, appliance company Bosch is happy to be associated with the unhinged Ratliff patriarch (Jason Isaacs) in the denouement of The White Lotus Season 3. As eagle-eyed...
Donald Trump And Paramount Reportedly Pick Mediator In ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit; CBS Challenges POTUS For Proof Of $20 Billion Damages Claim
Donald Trump and Paramount Global have reportedly picked a mediator to try to settle the president’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS over the way that 60 Minutes edited an...
How ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Defied Expectations To Become A Box Office Block-Buster
When it comes to the massive $313 million global opening of Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie, success has many fathers. Yet, there are major lessons here for rival studios...
Drew Barrymore Fondly Remembers Val Kilmer: “So Nurturing And Kind And Safe”
While chatting with guest Kevin Bacon on her eponymous daytime program, Drew Barrymore fondly reminisced about working with Val Kilmer, who along with director Joel Schumacher, convinced her to...
‘White Lotus’ Creator Mike White Addresses Season 3 Criticism & Scene Between Piper & Belinda’s Son Zion He Cut From Finale
Mike White is giving insight into The White Lotus following the Season 3 finale on HBO. The creator, writer, and executive producer of the hit series addressed the criticism...