Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, publicist Carrie McClure said…
President Joe Biden will sit down for an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday, as he seeks to quell concerns about his age following a disastrous debate performance. ABC News will air the first look at the interview on…
On Feb. 6, 2023, after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkish-Syrian border, becoming the deadliest disaster in the region’s modern history, Syrian director Waad Al-Kateab was in London fretting about her family and…
HONG KONG STUMBLE A local film “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In” earned an all-time record-breaking HK$105 million ($13.5 million) at the Hong Kong box office. But it was not enough to keep the territory’s theatrical business on a…
The busy summer travel season is heating up, with AAA reporting nearly 71 million Americans hitting the road for Fourth of July alone. One way to beat the expected chaos at the airport: skipping a check-in bag in favor of a carry-on. This…
Hunter Biden, the legally embattled son of President Biden, filed a lawsuit against Fox News alleging that sexually graphic photos of Hunter Biden included in the network’s fictionalized “mock trial” miniseries about him violated a New…
The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) have introduced a new director role following an independent report into this year’s competition. It has also been recommended the contest, which is organized by the European Broadcasting…
Investigation Discovery has landed the first interview with Sherri Papini, the woman at the center of a media uproar after she faked her kidnapping and later pled guilty to orchestrating the hoax. The interview will serve as the…
“Top Chef Middle East,” the hit Arabic-language adaptation of Bravo’s TV series, is moving to Saudi Arabia’s innovative Neom production hub. Leading Middle East broadcaster MBC – which is Saudi-owned – is teaming up with Neom Media…
French directors Benoit Jacquot (“Farewell, My Queen”) and Jacques Doillon (“The Little Gangster”) were summoned by police on July 1 for questioning in connection with complaints filed by actor Judith Godreche on Feb. 8. The two directors…
Mia Hansen-Løve, one of France’s leading filmmakers whose movies have played at Cannes, Berlin and Toronto, will next direct “If Love Should Die,” an ambitious feature film about the life of visionary English writer and philosopher Mary…
Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, met with Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov Sunday ahead of the world premiere of Sentsov’s documentary “Real” at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Described as an “accidental” film, the 88-minute…
After dominating the European elections by a landslide, the French far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally, or RN) won the first round of the snap parliamentary elections with approximately 34% of votes, according to exit…
If anyone is equipped to analyze the turmoil in the presidential race that was catalyzed by Thursday’s debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, it’s CBS News anchor John Dickerson. Dickerson is network’s chief political analyst and…
“Trans Memoria” director Victoria Verseau is ready for “Trans Love.” The second part of the planned trilogy about her transition, it will be a fictionalized take on the life-changing trip she took in her twenties. “I decided to go on a…
A judge has rejected Alec Baldwin’s argument that his case should be thrown out because the FBI destroyed his Colt .45 revolver during testing. The ruling keeps Baldwin on track to face a trial on July 9 in Santa Fe, N.M., on the charge of…
It was meant to be a night to assuage Hollywood’s donor class’ concerns about President Joe Biden’s fitness. But it quickly turned into a nightmare for some of the industry’s biggest Democratic backers. Top donors from the media and…
President Joe Biden returned to the campaign trail on Friday, as he sought to reassure supporters after a lackluster debate performance raised fresh questions about his age and ability to stay in the race. Speaking to supporters in Raleigh…
UPDATE, 1:35 p.m. PT: Nielsen has released an update on Thursday’s Biden-Trump presidential debate, and the average audience has climbed to 51.3 million viewers, across 17 networks. Networks include CNN, which originated the debate, as…
CNN, facing an avalanche of criticism for letting false claims by Donald Trump go unchecked during Thursday night’s debate with President Biden, defended its decision to not intervene to correct misstatements live on-air. In a statement to…
In the hour leading up to President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance on Thursday, I peeked inside the flashy studio where MSNBC’s biggest stars were previewing how Donald Trump could derail the proceedings, and I saw megawatt…
Dominique Boutonnat, the president of the National Film Board, France’s most powerful film institution, has received a three-year prison sentence, including two suspended, over sexual assault charges. Boutonnat has stepped down from the…
UPDATED, 4:05 p.m. ET: Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock declined Friday after Donald Trump scored what political pundits nearly unanimously agreed was a victory over President Biden in the candidates’ first debate of the 2024…
As the Indian film industry reaches the midpoint of 2024, Malayalam-language cinema from the southern state of Kerala has emerged as the breakout success story, while traditional powerhouse Bollywood recalibrates after an uneven start to…
Expanding its Japanese content, Netflix has set up “Soul Mate,” a live-action series that charts the ten-year romance between a Korean man and a Japanese man. Traversing Berlin, Germany, Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan, “Soul Mate”…
I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but Donald Trump didn’t just give a better performance than Joe Biden during the first 2024 presidential debate. In terms of authority and confidence, quickness and poise, articulation and verve, Trump…
The media tried to keep the current President and the former one on a short leash Thursday evening, but failed in many ways to keep them in check. In a unorthodox presidential debate that focused more on optics than substance, a visibly…
President Biden and former President Trump debated on Thursday in Atlanta, with each attacking the other’s four years in office as a disaster for the country. The two candidates attacked each other in personal terms. Biden referenced…
IATSE has reached a tentative deal on the Area Standards Agreement, the contract that covers 20,000 film and TV workers around the country, including those in Louisiana, New Mexico and Georgia. The deal follows the Basic Agreement, which…
Donald Trump offered his unfiltered thoughts on pop superstar Taylor Swift in the new book “Apprentice in Wonderland,” written by Variety editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh. Variety has the extended audio clip between Setoodeh and Trump,…