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11/07/2021

Disney and Marvel’s not only opened to a pandemic best, it’s also the biggest domestic debut since came out in 2019. Disney says made over $60 million from Disney+ premier access rentals. Combined with the $80 million domestic record and $78 million from international, it grossed over $215 million worldwide in its first weekend.

Even with an option to watch “Black Widow” at home, audiences went to the movie theater in pandemic record numbers this weekend to catch the first Marvel movie released in two years. The Walt Disney Co.

26/04/2021

Red carpet glam was back at the Oscars with lots of award-worthy gold, bright white and red looks. Andra Day rocked a s*xy gold gown exposed to the thigh with a waist cutout. Carey Mulligan also stunned in gold, her look Valentino couture. Amanda Seyfried showed up in vibrant red from Armani Prive, her hair in an Old Hollywood side-swept updo. Viola Davis wore a stunning white custom look from Alexander McQueen with intricate cutouts in a snug bodice that fell to a princess skirt. Midriff looks also made a strong showing, with Zendaya in bright yellow from Valentino. Riz Ahmed, Leslie Odom Jr. and Daniel Kaluuya, in a Bottega Veneta tux, were among many of the guys who went without ties.

NEW YORK (AP) — Red carpet glam was back Sunday at the Oscars with Andra Day and Carey Mulligan shimmering in award-worthy gold and Maria Bakalova among several stars in bright white princess gowns during the pandemic era's first big parade of fashion. There was a strong showing of reds as well, a...

26/04/2021

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman -- and the first woman of color -- to win best director. The “Nomadland” victory, while widely expected, nevertheless capped the extraordinary rise of Zhao, a lyrical filmmaker whose winning film is just her third. With a budget less than $5 million and featuring a cast populated by non-professional actors, it ranks as one of the most modest-sized movies to win Hollywood’s top honor.

Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a wistful portrait of itinerant lives on open roads across the American West, won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman to win best director, and the first woman of color. The “Nomadland” victo...

26/04/2021

Youn Yuh-jung, the feisty grandmother in “Minari,” won the best supporting actress award at the Oscars. She’s the second Asian actress to win in the category, more than four decades after Japanese-born Miyoshi Umeki earned the trophy for 1957’s “Sayonara.” The first Korean woman to be nominated for an Oscar, Youn’s victory comes one year after academy voters snubbed the South Korean cast of best picture winner “Parasite.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Youn Yuh-jung,'' the feisty grandmother in “Minari,” captured more than her grandson's heart. Youn, a prominent film and TV actor in her home country of South Korea, won the best supporting actress award at Sunday’s Oscars. She’s the second Asian actress to win in the c...

26/04/2021

After his film “Another Round” won the best international feature Oscar, director Thomas Vinterberg wiped away tears while dedicating part of his acceptance speech to his late daughter who died a couple years ago.

“We ended up making this movie for her, as her monument,” a tearful Vinterberg said.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After his film “Another Round” won the best international feature Oscar, director Thomas Vinterberg wiped away tears while dedicating part of his acceptance speech to his late daughter who died a couple years ago. “We ended up making this movie for her, as her monument,”...

26/04/2021

Chloé Zhao made history at the Academy Awards. Zhao won the Oscar for best director for “Nomadland,” becoming just the second woman and the first woman of color to win the award. This was the only year in Oscar history with two female nominees, Zhao and “Promising Young Woman” director Emerald Fennell.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chloé Zhao has made history at the Academy Awards. Zhao won the Oscar for best director for “Nomadland,” becoming just the second woman and the first woman of color to win the award. “My entire Nomadland company, what a crazy, once-in-a-lifetime journey we’ve all been...

15/04/2021

"We have been dreaming of this moment for a long time." Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen led the New York Philharmonic in their first public performance in 400 days, a one-hour program Wednesday with a reduced force of 23 strings.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Esa-Pekka Salonen walked on stage to join the New York Philharmonic, which had not gathered before an audience for exactly 400 days. “On behalf of all us on stage, welcome...

11/02/2021

Lucasfilm says Gina Carano is no longer a part of “The Mandalorian” cast after many online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the current U.S. political climate.
A spokesperson with studio said in a statement on Wednesday night that Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm with “no plans for her to be in the future."
“Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable," the statement read.

23/12/2020

If this had been a normal year, travel experts would be offering year-end lists of great vacation spots. Instead, has asked 16 writers to celebrate places they think have helped shape and define America.
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Sixteen notable writers have created a combined list of places that they believe helped shape and define America, from coastal Oregon and Solvang, California, to Ellis Island and New Hampshire’s...

02/09/2020

Young fans of "Black Panther" have honored star Chadwick Boseman in their own way: mock funerals attended by their toys. Soon after the star's death, parents took to social media with posts of the funerals in bedrooms and backyards. Other kids are watching Boseman's movies all over again and donning their "42" jerseys.
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NEW YORK (AP) — In their driveways or in their bedrooms, using little cardboard boxes or piles of backyard dirt, young fans of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman paid their respects with lots...

22/12/2019

High-tech football helmets, PG&E's persistent problems with planned blackouts and portraits of resilience among clergy s*x abuse victims, this week in http://apne.ws/o90869j

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07/11/2019

Robbie Robertson () looks backward and forward with a new film about The Band, a box set, a new CD and new music for 'The Irishman'
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16/10/2019

FILM REVIEW: In the unabashedly quirky and bold “Jojo Rabbit,” director Taika Waititi looks to the darkest of places for humor, seeking to impart a message of tolerance and friendship with the story of a young boy who wants to be a N**i and counts Adolf Hi**er as his imaginary friend.
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"Oh good, another Hi**er comedy! It's been too long," said no studio development executive, ever. But of course, absurd as the idea may seem, some attempts to wring humor from the horrors of...

24/07/2019

Actress says she's already an open book but this time she's sharing personal details in a collection of poetry. http://apne.ws/pDYwPTm

NEW YORK (AP) — Bella Thorne says people are confused by her and she doesn't understand why, but maybe her new book will clear things up. "People constantly come to me, directors, producers,...

17/06/2019

Author Suzanne Collins is taking readers back to Panem with a ``Hunger Games'' prequel set for release in May 2020.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A decade after seemingly wrapping up "The Hunger Games," Suzanne Collins is bringing readers back to Panem. A prequel, set 64 years before the beginning of her multimillion-selling...

17/06/2019

Big news for ``Hunger Games'' fans: Suzanne Collins is writing a prequel, due out next year. http://apne.ws/RBHbFDz

NEW YORK (AP) — A decade after seemingly wrapping up "The Hunger Games," Suzanne Collins is bringing readers back to Panem. A prequel, set 64 years before the beginning of her multimillion-selling...

04/04/2019

'Game of Thrones' cast attends their final season premiere in New York on April 3. See them paired with their show characters.