EXCLUSIVE: What do you do after winning five medals and becoming the face of your home Olympic Games? That’s the question we find Léon Marchand grappling with at the start of a three-part doc about the swimming prodigy. A generational talent, the young athlete seems lost as we pick up his post-Olympics story in Léon […]
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Actor/rapper Travis Bennett and producer Steelo Brim have been tapped as new hosts of “The Shop,” taking over for LeBron James and Maverick Carter as the show returns for a new season of episodes starting Monday, June 22. The news was announced Monday by Fulwell Entertainment, the banner that came out of last year’s merger […]
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It is hard to imagine that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II once pursued a career in architecture and urban planning. “I never knew that acting could be a real career path,” says the now Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor. But the call of the stage was so strong that Abdul-Mateen II made a complete career change in […]
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“Grantchester” begins its final season on June 14, with crime-solving vicars who seem to face far too many murders for one small British village. Variety spoke with the core cast members about staying with the same sharply written, witty and emotional show for 11 seasons, spanning the prim 1950s to the swinging ‘60s. It may […]
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Turkish director Banu Sıvacı’s film Hear The Yellow swept the board at the 72nd Taormina Film Festival on Sunday, winning best film, director, actor and actress in ex-aequo. This year’s jury was presided over by Jane Campion, who was accompanied by The Piano actress Holly Hunter, costume designer Miyako Bellizzi (Marty Supreme), casting director Francine […]
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“Disclosure Day,” a sci-fi adventure from Steven Spielberg, opened to No. 1 at the domestic box office with $44 million from 3,824 theaters. Those ticket sales were above estimates of $35 million, though below the $50 million that rival studios argue a film of this scale should earn in its debut to justify its price […]
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The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival launched Saturday at the city’s Grand Theatre, drawing a constellation of Chinese-language stars to its opening red carpet and centering its ceremony on cinema’s human core rather than the geopolitical flash that has marked other festivals this year. Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who serves as jury president of the Golden […]
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UPDATED: Donald Trump’s name was removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center on Saturday morning, following last minute efforts by the president and the board of the arts institution to retain the designation on the outside of the complex. The center has “removed signage ‘that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after PresidentTrump,’” attorneys […]
Continue ReadingDuring his final years at ‘The New York Observer,’ the late legendary film critic was often his own worst enemy. A then-24-year-old staffer recalls how he became Reed’s unlikely handler, confidant and — on more than one occasion — last line of defense.
Continue ReadingSteven Spielberg’s UFO movie is expected to be his top opening for an original movie, while Curry Barker’s horror hit is the rare movie to have four consecutive weekends bigger than its opening.
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