Jake Coyle
The Associated Press
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Golden Globes to Return to NBC in January After Year Off-Air
For the past year and half, Hollywood has effectively boycotted the Globes, for years one of the most-watched award shows after the Academy Awards. → Read More
Warner Bros. Axes ‘Batgirl,' Won't Release $90M HBO Max Film
In a highly unusual move that has rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. axed the “Batgirl” film planned for HBO Max, opting to shelve the $90 million film as the... → Read More
Academy: Will Smith Refused to Leave Oscars After Rock Slap
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said that Will Smith was asked to leave to Sunday’s Oscars after hitting Chris Rock but refused. → Read More
Major Guilds Announce Film Nominees, Clarifying Oscar Field
Hopes that a few of last year’s biggest box-office hits, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “No Time to Die,” might join the best-picture Oscar race were dealt a blow Thursday when several of Hollywood’s top guilds announced their film nominations. → Read More
New York Film Critics Name ‘Drive My Car' Best Film of 2021
The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s three-hour emotional epic and Haruki Murakami’s short story adaptation, the best film of the year. → Read More
Lauren Ridloff on Playing Marvel's First Deaf Superhero
In Chloé Zhao’s “Eternals,” Ridloff plays the first deaf superhero in Marvel’s “cinematic universe.” → Read More
Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89
Melvin Van Peebles, a Broadway playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” films of the 1970s, has died → Read More
‘Shang-Chi' Tops Box Office Again With $35.8 Million
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” stayed on top at the box office, collecting $35.8 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. → Read More
Oscars to Honor Elaine May, Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson
The Academy Awards will present Elaine May, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann with honorary Oscars and Danny Glover with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 12th Governors Awards in January. → Read More
Spielberg's Amblin to Make Several Films a Year for Netflix
Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker synonymous with big-screen enchantment, has set a new deal with Netflix in which his production company, Amblin Partners, will make multiple feature films per year for the streaming giant. → Read More
Cannes Lineup Features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leos Carax
The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup of films from big-name auteurs — including Wes Anderson, Asghar Farhadi, Mia Hansen-Løve and Sean Penn — for its 74th edition in July. → Read More
Fueling Box Office Rebound, ‘Quiet Place' Opens With $58.5M
John Krasinski’s thriller sequel “A Quiet Place Part II” opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. → Read More
The Pandemic Has Upended the Oscars. Good, Producers Say
Ninety seconds. That’s how quickly Steven Soderbergh believes the Academy Awards will convince viewers that this year’s telecast is different. → Read More
Honor Blackman, Who Played Bond’s Pussy Galore, Dies at 94
Honor Blackman, the British actress who played the Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger,” has died → Read More
’Top Gun Maverick’ Postponed to December Due to Coronavirus
Hollywood’s summer movie season is all but finished → Read More
'Downton Abbey' Overpowers Brad Pitt, Rambo at Box Office
Raise your tea cups! The big-screen encore of 'Downton Abbey' handily (but very politely) thumped both Brad Pitt's 'Ad Astra' and Sylvester Stallone's 'Rambo: Last Blood' in theaters over the weekend in one... → Read More
Hollywood's Summer Ends 2% Down Despite Disney Dominance
Never before has one studio so dominated summer at the movies. The Walt Disney Co. accounted for about half of all ticket sales in U.S. and Canada theaters on the season, which came to a close Sunday with... → Read More
'Toy Story 4' Opens Big But Below Expectations With $118M
'Toy Story 4' brought the box office to life with a $118 million opening weekend after a three-week slump of underperforming sequels, but the Pixar film's below-expectations debut didn't quell continuing... → Read More
A Diminished 'Godzilla' Still Bests 'Rocketman,' 'Ma'
The latest iteration of the Godzilla franchise took over the top spot from "Aladdin" and roared louder than Elton John at the weekend box office, but it still left a notably smaller footprint on North American... → Read More
Alongside Cannes Mainstays, Fresh Faces Try to Stand Out
Mati Diop only realized long after her Dakar-set 'Atlantics' had been selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival that she had made history. Diop, the 36-year-old French-born filmmaker of Senegalese... → Read More