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‘Elemental’ Review: A Hothead and a Water-Boy Fall for One Another in Pixar’s Overcomplicated Rom-Com
I reckon there are more ideas per second of screentime in “Elemental” than any other Pixar movie to date. So why does this imagination-teasing...
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Cannes Film Festival Winners Announced (Updating Live)
A year after collecting his second Palme d‘Or for “The Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Östlund finds himself on the other end of the equation at the...
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Showrunners on Strike Say There’s No Debate: Producing is Writing
During the early days of the 2007-08 writers strike, even after pens went down, many showrunners were still at work. They weren’t writing, but they...
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Melissa McCarthy, Niecy Nash-Betts and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Named West Hollywood Pride Parade Icons
The Icons for the 2023 WeHo Pride Parade are Melissa McCarthy, “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Laith Ashley, Niecy Nash-Betts and Jessica Betts, announced...
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12 Must-See Films From the Cannes Film Festival
Last year, amid the slow fade of the pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival made its official comeback. But this year it felt like Cannes came back in...
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‘Cobweb’ Review: Song Kang-ho Stars in Kim Jee-woon’s Frantic, Flimsy Moviemaking Meta-Farce
Director Kim Ki-yeol (Song Kang-ho) only needs two more days of reshoots to craft a new ending to his latest film, and it will no longer be the...
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Taylor Swift and Ice Spice Release Celestial ‘Karma’ Video After Duo’s Live Debut at New Jersey Show
Taylor Swift and/or Ice Spice fans in New Jersey were likely feeling they’d amassed some good karma of their own — at least the ones who had made...
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Roger Waters Slams ‘Bad Faith Attacks’ Alleging Antisemitism, as German Police Open Investigation
Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters took to social media Friday night to defend himself — as he often has in recent years — against charges of...
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WGA Rallies With L.A. Unions: ‘It’s Going to Be a Hot Labor Summer’
Los Angeles unions rallied on Friday evening in a show of support for the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike for the last four...
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In Season 2, ‘Yellowjackets’ Was at Odds With Itself
SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers for Season 2 of “Yellowjackets,” now streaming on Showtime. Compared to the feverish,...
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Beyoncé Honors Tina Turner During Paris Show: ‘Scream So She Can Feel Your Love’
Beyoncé paused her Renaissance tour stop in Paris on Friday to honor Tina Turner, an artist she has routinely referred to as her greatest...
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XYZ Films Closes Raft of Deals on Czech Sci-Fi Feature ‘Restore Point’ (EXCLUSIVE)
XYZ Films has closed a raft of deals for Czech filmmaker Robert Hloz’s science-fiction feature “Restore Point,” which is part of the company’s...