Tiffany Haddish has addressed a viral moment from her stand-up performance at this weekend’s Netflix Is a Joke Festival, where she called out the protests happening on college campuses against the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. When speaking to…
The Cannes film festival has responded to calls for a proposed strike by festival workers over pay and labor regulations. On Tuesday, the festival issued its first official statement, saying it hoped “solutions will be found” to prevent…
Some breaking news from Westeros: The Game of Thrones prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has added a major talent from Black Mirror to serve as its debut season’s lead director, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Owen Harris…
Drake’s Toronto mansion was the scene of a drive-by shooting early Tuesday, but the Canadian rap sensation is safe and cooperating with a police investigation that as yet has no motive. Toronto Police in a post on X, formerly Twitter, said…
Dead Boy Detectives star George Rexstrew is quick to describe his first in-person encounter with his co-stars ahead of filming the pilot: “Love at first sight.” Up to that point, interactions between the leads of the Netflix series that…
Prime Video’s Blade Runner TV project has cast Michelle Yeoh in a lead role. The Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once actress has signed on to Blade Runner 2099. The limited series is from showrunner Silka Luisa (Shining Girls)…
Last year, the Cannes Film Festival shrugged off protests by women’s rights groups to open with Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, a period movie starring alleged abuser Johnny Depp as the King of France. A year and a mini-#MeToo revolution later,…
Kevin Spacey is due to stand trial in the U.K. again, likely in 2025, over a lawsuit by a man, who alleges that the actor sexually assaulted him, Reuters reported. The alleged sexual assault took place in August 2008, with the trial on…
A new Nintendo Switch video game console is in the horizon… but don’t expect any news in the next few months. Nintendo reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday, and in conjunction with that news, the company released a statement from its…
Warner Bros. Discovery said on Tuesday that it has struck a bundling partnership with French pay-TV giant Canal+ for its May 21 launch of streaming service Max in France. Max will also become available in the Netherlands and Belgium on…
For Kristen Stewart’s adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir The Chronology of Water, which marks her feature film directorial debut, the actress is stepping away from Hollywood. Instead of filming the Imogen Poots-starring biographical…
MadRiver Pictures, together with CAA Media Finance, has closed a multi-year equity financing and distribution deal with some of the world’s biggest indie distributors to allow them to fully finance a slate of mid-budget ($25 million – $75…
Samuel L. Jackson and Henry Golding have signed on to star in Head Games, a psychological thriller with a sci-fi edge that is looking to be one of the hot projects at this year’s Cannes film market. Music video and film director Anthony…
Morgan Freeman will receive the Crystal Nymph for lifetime achievement at this year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival. The veteran actor is set to be recognized for his television work at the opening ceremony of the event on June 14, with…
A French collective representing the interests of French film festival workers has called for a general strike “of all employees of the Cannes Film Festival and of its sidebars.” The Sous les écrans la dèche (Broke Behind the Screens)…
Nishta Jain’s Farming the Revolution, a film about Indian farmers rising up against new laws, picked up the best international feature documentary prize at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Friday night. The top…
Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano, an Oscar nominee this year for Italy in the best international feature category, was the big winner of this year’s 2024 David Di Donatello Awards, Italy’s equivalent to the Oscars, winning best…
Matthias Glasner’s epic dysfunctional family drama Dying has won the top prize for best film at the 2024 German Film Awards, the Lolas. Dying was one of the critical favorites at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where Glasner won the…
Demi Moore just added another glamorous outing to her Cannes itinerary. The actress is set to serve as the godmother of the Trophée Chopard ceremony for the luxe jeweler at the Carlton Beach Club on May 17. Created in 2001 by Chopord’s co…
Olivia Cooke and Jamie Bell have signed on to star in Takes One To Know One, a contemporary romance from Italian director Nathalie Biancheri (Nocturnal) based on Brooke Baker’s 2022 Black List script. The Ready Player One and House of the…
“I felt like I was staring at a soulless monster,” Daniel, an actor, says of his alleged sexual assault by Kevin Spacey in a new Channel 4 documentary promising a “forensic look” at the Oscar winner’s rise to stardom and his alleged sexual…
Alpha, the new, still-top-secret film from Titane director Julia Ducournau will be one of the hot projects being shopped to buyers at this year’s Cannes film market. About Elly and Paterson actress Golshifteh Farahani and French star Tahar…
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy will lead the film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree. The story from the author, based on her ‘The Faraway Tree’ series of novels for children, follows Polly and Tim and…
The Sheffield DocFest 2024 will shine the spotlight on a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, the Ukraine War Archive project, and more, as organizers on Friday unveiled that the theme for the 31st edition of the English…
On a big night for Japan, Mitsuhiro Mihara’s Takano Tofu took home the top prize at the 26th Far East Film Festival (FEFF), which concluded on Thursday night in the northern Italian city of Udine. The family drama, which stars Tatsuya Fuji…
Nicholas Galitzine is opening up about how he manages the extra attention that comes with his more recent rise in fame. The actor, who has found stardom in recent years with his roles in 2022’s Purple Hearts, 2023’s Red, White & Royal Blue…
Kevin Spacey is pushing back against the Channel 4 documentary Spacey Unmasked, billed as a “forensic look” at his career and the allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct against him, ahead of a U.K. premiere on May 6-7. “I will not sit…
After a shortened 2022-23 season, Saturday Night Live returned a bit later than usual to kick off its 2023-24 run. The writers strike affected both the end of last season and the start of season 49; the end of the labor action on Sept. 25…
Meryl Streep is set to receive an honorary Palme d’Or at the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, organizers said Thursday. The Hollywood star — who earned the best actress award at Cannes in 1989 for her performance in…