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Though we still don't know for sure if this is accurate, enough insiders have weighed in that we are inclined to believe that there is something to the recent rumor that Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' untitled Spider-Man 4 will introduce a female villain.

Apparently, this mysterious character has already been cast, but won't be played by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink, who is believed to be joining the MCU as a new take on Mary Jane Watson.

Shortly after the initial rumor broke, Jeff Sneider sent out an X post which appeared to hint that another redheaded actress with the initials "SS" may have either been cast or in talks, and he pretty much confirmed who he was referring to during tonight's episode of The Hot Mic.

Based on Sneider's clues, we'd say he was most likely talking about Succession star Sarah Snook. The reporter also mentioned that he...

If Gold Derby's Emmy odds are correct, then Kathy Bates is on the verge of making history.

The veteran star is currently favored to win Best Drama Actress for the reimagined Matlock. She would be 77 years old when the trophies are handed out Sept. 14, which would make her the oldest woman ever in the category by 15 years.

Glenn Close (Damages) has held the Emmy record since 2009, and before that 2008, when she won back-to-back Best Drama Actress trophies at ages 62 and 61. Prior to Close, the category's oldest winners were 60-year-old Sally Field (Brothers & Sisters in 2007), 58-year-old Barbara Stanwyck (The Big Valley in 1966), 57-year-old Barbara Bel Geddes (Dallas in 1980), 50-year-old Sada Thompson (Family in 1978), and 50-year-old Viola Davis (How to Get Away with Murder in 2015).

After winning the Critics Choice Award for Matlock, a shocked Bates thanked showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman "for creating such an amazing role for an old lady like me.

Winning an Academy Award can be a pivotal moment in an actor's career. Many go their entire careers without earning the honor, ultimately settling for an Honorary Oscar to acknowledge their body of work—titans like Barbara Stanwyck, Peter O'Toole, and Cary Grant fit into this category. Some actors have only one Oscar despite decades of consistent work in timeless classics—here's where legends like Al Pacino, James Stewart, and Bette Davis fit. More special are those who managed to win two Oscars for their efforts, including the likes of Marlon Brando,Dustin Hoffman, and more recently, Emma Stone.

When John Wayne broke through to bona-fide movie stardom in John Ford's 1939 classic "Stagecoach," he quickly established himself as the most bankable actor in the film industry. Not every Wayne picture was a smash hit, but they almost always turned a tidy profit. Given that he was remarkably prolific throughout the prime of his career, making multiple movies per year, this meant his fans came to expect a certain level of quality from the star — otherwise, they would've stopped showing up at a certain point.

If you're new to the movies of John Wayne, and you're looking for a good place to start, you can do no better than the aforementioned Western, which established his swaggeringly laconic persona. But once you get that one out of the way, there are many different paths you can take. You could try one of his war films or watch The Duke get...

In the mid-’90s, Kim Basinger was newly married to actor Alec Baldwin and had just given birth to their daughter, Ireland, when her William Morris agent sent her the script for “L.A. Confidential.” She was tired of playing the siren roles that had defined her — from a Bond girl in “Never Say Never Again” to a New York gallery owner in the erotic classic “9½ Weeks” to a barefoot Vicki Vale running through the streets of Gotham City in Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman.”

“I said, ‘Well, I’m not interested in playing a whore. Not doing it. I’m a mom, so I’m not going to play that,’” she recalls.

But her agent persisted, and she agreed to take a 3 p.m. meeting with the late director Curtis Hanson at the Formosa in West Hollywood. The lot was empty, and she drove around mulling the parking spaces...

Classic horror anthologies Flesh and Fantasy and Dead of Night will be released in a limited edition Blu-ray box set on April 30 via Australia’s Imprint.

Julien Duvivier helms 1943’s Flesh and Fantasy. Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Robert Benchley, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, and Anna Lee star.

When a jittery businessman complains of a disturbing dream, a friend relates three stories to help calm his nerves. A homely dressmaker wears a mask of beauty to attract a man on Mardi Gras night; a fortune teller predicts an eminent lawyer will commit a murder; and a high-wire artist, haunted by a nightmare in which he suffers a fall, romances a woman who resembles the one he had seen in his dream.

Flesh and Fantasy special features:

Audio commentary by film historians Rodney Barnett and Adrian Smith (new) Video essay by film scholar Joseph Dwyer...

Welcome to this review of the Royal Rumble 2025, right here on Nerdly. I’m Phil Wheat and we have not only Two Rumble matches to look forward to but also two title matches! Let’s get into it.

Match #1: Women’s Royal Rumble – Winner: Charlotte Flair The following is courtesy of wwe.com:

Charlotte Flair won the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble in her grand return to WWE, last eliminating Roxanne Perez to seal the victory. The match began with two former Women’s World Champions, as Iyo Sky entered at the unenviable No. 1 spot, with Liv Morgan entering at the equally unlucky No. 2, setting up an early showdown between two of WWE’s best. The ring quickly filled up as Nxt’s Roxanne Perez (No. 3), Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria (No. 4) and Women’s United States Champion Chelsea Green (No. 5) all entered the fray, only for the four...

The Empire (French: L’Empire) is a 2024 sci-fi comedy-drama written and directed by Bruno Dumont. The film pokes fun at the Star Wars series and big Hollywood blockbusters, all set in Dumont’s home region of northern France.

This international production, involving France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal, premiered on February 18, 2024, at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, winning the Silver Bear Jury Prize. It was released in French theaters on February 21, 2024.

The cast of ‘The Empire’ features Lyna Khoudri as Line, Anamaria Vartolomei as Jane, and Camille Cottin as The Queen, alongside Fabrice Luchini as the villainous Belzébuth. Supporting roles include Brandon Vlieghe, Julien Manier, Bernard Pruvost, and Philippe Jore.

As the movie is getting closer to its U.S. release the first trailer has dropped and you can check out for yourself what the hype is about:

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The Turner Classic Movies (TCM) network unveiled themes, spotlights, and stars it will feature in 2025, as well as the year’s tentpole events and returning podcasts. Last year the network celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Among offerings this year will be 31 Days of Oscar, the second iteration of Two-for-One films, Summer Under the Stars and monthly birthday celebrations of the legends who made their mark on the industry. Also announced during the festival was the renewal of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson’s stewardship to TCM through 2025.

TCM will celebrate a different star every month, including Elvis Presley on what would have been his 90th birthday, Peter Sellers, Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Tony Curtis and Donald O’Connor on what would be their 100th birthdays, as well as Dick Van Dyke, on his 100th birthday in December. Other stars featured throughout the year include George Raft, Barbara Stanwyck,...

Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson have renewed their commitment to Turner Classic Movies, and George Stevens Jr. and Michael Schultz will be honored at the TCM Classic Film Festival in April, it was announced Saturday.

TCM also noted that new episodes of Two for One will return to the channel in April, with filmmakers and Ben Mankiewicz co-hosting a double feature on Saturday nights. Joe Dante, Kathy Bates and Jamie Lee Curtis will be among the guests.

TCM will continue to celebrate a different star every month, like Elvis Presley on what would have been his 90th birthday; Peter Sellers, Angela Lansbury, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, Tony Curtis and Donald O’Connor on what would have been their 100th birthdays; and Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday in December.

George Raft, Barbara Stanwyck, Red Skelton, Mae West, Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon will also be featured throughout 2025.

During its 31st year,...

It’s not every day you see Humphrey Bogart pour a cup of coffee for Steve Martin, or even Martin rattling off rapid-fire quips to Barbara Stanwyck. But that’s the kind of onscreen magic Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid brings to the table. The 1982 cult favorite may look like it at first glance, but it isn’t your run-of-the-mill neo-noir. Rather, the film offers a chaotic yet rhythmic mashup that flips the hard-boiled detective genre on its head. Here, Steve Martin plays private eye Rigby Reardon, who’s no stranger to the world of dames, danger, and deceit. But the selling point here is that half his co-stars are straight out of classic noir films.

John R. Countryman, who billed as the child actor Johnny Russell appeared in films with Barbara Stanwyck, Tyrone Power, Shirley Temple and Jimmy Stewart before serving as a U.S. diplomat and ambassador in the Middle East and Africa, has died. He was 91.

Countryman died Dec. 14 in Loudoun, Virginia, after a short bout with pneumonia, his daughter, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Secretary Vanessa Countryman, told The Hollywood Reporter.

In the biggest role of his brief acting career, Russell portrayed Tyltyl, the younger brother of Temple’s Mytyl, in the fantasy film The Blue Bird (1940), which was Fox’s answer to MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, released a year earlier. In a dream, the two kids set out on on a series of adventures.

Temple’s mother, Gertrude, was reportedly unhappy that her daughter was sharing so much screen time with the adorable Russell and sought to have him replaced,...

Frank Capra is one of a handful of directors, like Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, and Steven Spielberg, whose name practically signifies its own genre, and like those directors, his body of work is far more complex and varied than the broad strokes by which he’s often defined. Capra tends to be thought of in one of two ways: as either the light, breezy director of handsomely crafted comedies like “Platinum Blonde,” “It Happened One Night,” and “You Can’t Take it With You,” or as the inspirational chronicler of American values and politics who made “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Both characterizations are true, but they only scratch the surface of Capra’s breadth. His full range is on glorious display in what is unquestionably the physical media event of the season, Sony’s release of the “Frank Capra at Columbia” collection.

Perhaps more than most genres, Westerns are a genre driven by star power. Certain movie stars possess the ideal qualities needed to properly portray Western heroes and villains. During Hollywood's Golden Era, actors such as John Wayne, James Stewart, and Randolph Scott encompassed the quintessential Western star. The latter half of the twentieth century saw the likes of Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Costner emerge as part of the next generation of iconic Western movie stars.

An often overlooked aspect of the Western is the array of female stars that cemented their legacies through the genre. Actresses such as Barbara Stanwyck, Maureen O'Hara, and Jane Russell enjoyed immense success in the Western genre through their starring roles. Character actresses like Jane Darwell, Joanne Dru, and Katy Jurado became staple figures in dozens of Westerns during Hollywood's Golden Era. These phenomenal actresses played an integral role in shaping the history of the Western genre.

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In January of this year something extraordinary happened. For the first time, United Artists’ Black Tuesday was shown on British television, having been originally banned for its violence. The film noir classic of 1954 stars Edward G. Robinson, one of the four giants of Hollywood’s gangster genre, alongside James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and George Raft. At the time that Edward G. starred in Black Tuesday, he was in something of a career slump, but, in spite of his modest physical stature, he still manages to bring to bear his characteristically brutal persona. Perhaps even more surprising is how good the film is, a sort of forgotten masterpiece from the Argentinean helmer Hugo Fregonese who, in his time, had directed such stars as Gary Cooper, James Mason, Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Lee Marvin and Stewart Granger, but who is largely forgotten today,...

EastEnders spoilers and updates for the week of December 16 tease four frightening spoilers! Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) makes a dangerous choice, Lauren Branning’s (Jacqueline Jossa) given an ultimatum, and more!

EastEnders Spoilers – Linda’s Dangerous Choice

Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) makes a dangerous choice as Christmas approaches-what will happen to the landlady of The Queen Vic?

After Linda’s actions became more reckless, her mother Elaine Knight (Harriet Thorpe) lost hope and gave her an ultimatum-but Linda decides to continue drinking instead of sobriety for herself and her family.

She leaves the pub, leading to a risky night of drinking in an episode airing on Monday, December 16, 2024 that centers on her; what does this mean for Linda’s future?

Earlier this year, there were hints that she might be mourned at a funeral, with the Carter family returning while Linda is absent.

Will her addiction lead to her demise,...

Dallas‘ spin-off, Knots Landing, ran for 14 seasons, from 1979 to 1993, and got a two-part sequel movie in 1997. Dynasty’s spin-off, The Colbys, barely squeaked out two years on the air, from 1985 to 1987. Knots Landing may be streaming on Amazon. But The Colbys is perfectly positioned for a weekend binge. The complete run is available on DVD on Amazon. Here’s why it’s worth your while to give it a watch.

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Dallas launched with The Man From Atlantis and Major Nelson from I Dream of Jeannie in the lead. Dynasty had Bachelor Father and John Derek’s ex-wife, then hired the woman who’d starred in Empire of the Ants. The Colbys, on the other hand, burst out of the gate with a cast that included Katherine Ross, who’d co-starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate,...

Tom Hardy (Venom: The Last Dance), Pierce Brosnan (Die Another Day), and Helen Mirren (The Queen) are officially set as the leads of Guy Ritchie’s new Showtime and Paramount+ series, which is yet untitled. Production of the global crime series, previously known as The Associate (w/t), is currently underway in London.

Deadline previously revealed exclusively in October that the trio was in final negotiations for series regular roles.

Hardy will star as “Harry Da Souza,” a professional conciliator on behalf of the Harrigan family; Brosnan will play “Conrad Harrigan,” the head of a very successful Irish crime family based in London and Harry’s boss; Mirren will play “Maeve Harrigan,” Conrad’s wife and the Harrigan family matriarch.

The logline reveals the show is “an electrifying, new global crime series centered around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch all corners of the globe and the...

The Screen Actors Guild has been presenting its annual life achievement award for many decades. The most recent recipient for 2025 was double Oscar winner Jane Fonda.

For the 2023 event, Sally Field was the latest veteran performer to receive the Screen Actor’s Guild life achievement award. Starting in 1995, audiences around the world have been able to enjoy this celebration of a beloved thespian’s work, crammed right in the middle of a nail-biting awards telecast. In honor of De Niro’s accomplishment, let’s take a look back at every person to be given this prize since the event was first televised. Our gallery includes Helen Mirren, Robert De Niro, Alan Alda, Morgan Freeman, Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Betty White, Shirley Temple, Barbra Streisand, and more.

SAG began handing out a career achievement prize to actors who left their mark on both the big screen and small in 1962. It wasn...

At its heart, Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard’s unclassifiable transgender Mexican cartel telenovela musical, is a film about transition, transformation and rebirth.

The transformation is not just that of Juan “Manitas” Del Monte, a Mexican drug kingpin who longs to escape a life of violence and death and undergoes gender-affirming surgery to become her true self: the glamorous, vivacious Emilia Pérez. (The magnetic Spanish trans actor Karla Sofía Gascón plays both roles).

Emilia Pérez is also the story of the transmutation of Zoe Saldaña. The Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy star finally gets to inhabit her own skin on the big screen, neither blue nor green, as Rita Moro Castro, an overworked, overlooked defense lawyer closing in on 40 who has spent her career keeping unrepentant cartel slime out of prison. Manitas gives her an offer she can’t refuse: Help me transition, relocate my family and organize my disappearance,...

Earlier this year, the Oscars held its 96th awards ceremony, honoring the best that cinema had to offer in 2023. The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards feature a mixture of legendary figures with up-and-coming newcomers looking to commence their cinematic legacies. Seasoned veterans such as Martin Scorsese and Jodie Foster look to add more trophies to their cases, while first-time nominees such as Cillian Murphy and Lily Gladstone hope to enter the pantheon of Academy Award winners.

With a new Awards Season on the way, it's worth remembering that the Academy has its favorites. Case in point, Meryl Streep has accumulated 21 acting Academy Award nominations with three wins. That is nine more nominations than the next closest performer. Streep is one of cinema's greatest stars and her nominations are well deserved. However, the excessive praise aimed at actors such as Streep seems superfluous when considering all-time greats such as Barbara Stanwyck,...

Chloë Grace Moretz is unarguably one of the most talked-about actresses of all time, stealing the limelight at times for her outstanding acting performances, and at other times for her unparalleled perspectives. While her distinctive beauty is one of the things most discussed about her, Moretz has gained fame for her private life as well.

For one, she stirred the industry with reports of her breakup with her on-and-off former boyfriend Brooklyn Beckham. As much as the pair became famous for declaring their love for each other in their frequently rekindled relationship, they found each other in a major controversy, too, when reports surfaced about their breakup.

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These came after Beckham was pictured getting a bit too cozy with a Playboy model early in 2018, launching speculation about his breakup with Moretz. But then the actress hinted through her social media that she might as well have been cheated on,...

Purists will argue that film noir was born in 1941 with the release of John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon and died in 1958 with Marlene Dietrich traipsing down a long, dark, lonely road at the end of Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil. And while this period contains the quintessence of what Italian-born French film critic Nino Frank originally characterized as film noir, the genre has always been in a constant state of flux, adapting to the different times and cultures out of which these films emerged.

Noir came into its own alongside the ravages of World War II, with the gangster and detective films of the era drastically transforming into something altogether new as the aesthetics of German Expressionism took hold in America, and in large part due to the influx of German expatriates like Fritz Lang. These already dark, hardboiled films suddenly gained a newfound viciousness and sense of ambiguity,...

Eric Trump is once again sharing his thoughts on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

And it seems that Donald’s second son is still not a fan of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Back in August, Eric commented on the controversy surrounding Harry’s visa.

Eric Trump, son of former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

(Conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation had sued to have Harry deported after he admitted to past drug use in his memoir.)

Now, he’s speaking out about the Sussexes once again. And as you might’ve guessed, his views on the couple are still less than favorable.

Eric Trump Blasts Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex smile during...

Big screen Westerns might've been falling out of favor at the U.S. box office in 1965 (thus paving the way for Spaghetti Westerns to become a surprise sensation when Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy rode into movie theaters throughout the course of 1967), but television Westerns were still swaggering their way to strong ratings thanks to "Bonanza," "Gunsmoke," and the hybrid Western/spy/sci-fi series "The Wild Wild West." And with "Rawhide" finally drawing to a close that year (thereby allowing its star Clint Eastwood to become a modern Western star), there was suddenly room for a new, sudsy, ranch-bound saga about scheming landowners and warring heirs.

"The Big Valley" whooped it up for a solid four-season run, running out of steam in 1969 at around the same moment the television Westerns began going the way of classical big screen oaters. Until then, viewers were hooked on the doings at the Barkley Ranch,...

The opening sequences of Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz’s films are, for the most part, composed of immaculate static shots of nature—a detailed look into the place that his characters inhabit—as if to imply some sort of geographic determinism. In the particular case of “Motel Destino” (2024), the bordering red cliffs could signify the hardened, rough edges of its protagonist; while the occasional pops of lush green vegetation found in this arid land may represent the resilience and mutability of his character; and the brightly turquoise waters that ever so gently bathe the shore may very well comment on his pathological need for affection as he was abandoned by his father, abused by his step-father and neglected by his mother.

But perhaps most prominently, the blistering sunlight suggests the hot-headed temperament of everyone in this coastal town. If bodies aren’t drenched in sweat due to the extreme heat of the region’s climate,...

Sixteen-time Grammy nominee Snoop Dogg made his smoke-filled debut as a coach on “The Voice” Season 26 during the two-hour premiere on September 23, 2024. That’s where he traded friendly barbs with the other three coaches — Michael Bublé, Gwen Stefani and Reba McEntire — while he made himself at home in Blake Shelton‘s old chair. (Read our minute-by-minute recap to see how it all went down.)

Soon after the episode aired on NBC, Snoop took to social media where he asked his fans, “How’d I do?” Well, let’s hear it, Dogg pound! Grade his coaching style in our poll below and then sound off with your hot takes down in the comments section.

SEEAdam Levine returns to ‘The Voice’ as a coach … but there’s a catch

Snoop pushed his button multiple times during the season premiere, and the following three artists picked him as their coach: Jake Tankersley, Torre Blake and ChrisDeo.

Quick Links Pixars A Bugs Life Is Based on Aesops Fable the Ant and the Grasshopper Hopper Is a Disney Villain Who Uses Intimidation to Accomplish His Goals A Bugs Life Is an Overlooked Pixar Gem

Disney villains have earned a lot more space in the spotlight in recent years. Especially with Halloween time in Disney Parks focusing on them more with each passing season. Many of Disney's star villains have received their own stories in book and movie form. Actresses Angelina Jolie and Emma Stone, and Glenn Close have tackled villainesses like Maleficent (from Sleeping Beauty) and Cruella (from 101 Dalmatians) in live-action. And with the recent announcement of Walt Disney World getting a Villains Land, the brand is clearly picking up some major stream.

One Disney Villain who has fallen out of the spotlight since the release of his feature film in 1998 is Hopper -- the main antagonist of Pixar's A Bug's Life.

With the elections less than two months away and the highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and current vice president Kamala Harris on Sept 10, it’s time to revisit classic political movies. TCM is currently presenting a nine-week series “Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time.” Political films run the gamut from thrillers, to dramas (“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”), to the historical, to satirical comedies.

Speaking of satires, Preston Sturges received his one and only Oscar for his screenplay for 1940’s “The Great McGinty,” his smart, funny comedy about a hobo (Brian Donlevy) who rises to governor only to lose it all. Sturges had originally written a piece “The Story of Man” in 1933 with Spencer Tracy in mind. Tracy had just starred in 1933’s “The Power and the Glory,” which marked Sturges’ first film script. He attempted to sell it to Universal which also turned the story down; so,...

Subtle yet tough and fearless, the actor blazed a trail through American movies in the 70s – in particular in close collaboration with her husband John Cassavetes

• Gena Rowlands, star of A Woman Under the Influence and Gloria, dies at 94

‘I was always a Broad! I can’t stand the sight of Milk!” This is Gena Rowlands at her awe-inspiring toughest in John Cassavetes’ extraordinary drama-thriller Gloria from 1980. She is sexy, smart, a match for any man. Rowlands was a strong, passionate heroine in the tradition of Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis and Lauren Bacall. In fact, her director-husband John Cassavetes was in some ways Bogart to her Bacall. Rowlands staked a claim to the male prerogative of being sensual, dangerous and damaged; a natural survivor. In Gloria, and also in Woody Allen’s Another Woman (1988), in which she plays a severe philosophy professor, Rowlands wears a belted trenchcoat, the kind that Bogart would wear.

Some of Steve Martin's best films are underrated and relatively unheard of, showcasing his versatile talents beyond comedy franchises. Titles like Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and Shopgirl highlight Martin's nuanced humor and ability to tackle complex characters in underappreciated films. From a detective in a parody film to a struggling architect in a romantic comedy, Martin's range as an actor shines in lesser-known gems like My Blue Heaven and Housesitter.

Iconic comic actor Steve Martin has appeared in several huge Hollywood hits, but some of his best movies were underrated and relatively unheard of. Martin is generally remembered for his absurd humor and for appearing in some of the best comedy franchises of all time, such as Father of the Bride and Cheaper by the Dozen. He is also the most recent incarnation of Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther movies.

In recent years, Martin has made...

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There’s a good chance you’ve seen her name emblazoned on screen in at least one of the hundreds of opening titles that bear her name. Considered one of film history’s great costume designers, Edith Head began working for Paramount Pictures in 1924. In 1982, her name was still appearing on screen with the posthumous release of the Steve Martin comedy Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, which was dedicated to her memory. She initially made waves in the late 1930s for her association with the sarong dress (designed for Dorothy Lamour) and made history in 1938 when she became the first female head of a major studio's costume department after designer Travis Banton’s departure from Paramount. The establishment of the Academy Award for Costume Design in 1949 helped further introduce costume designers to the general public and led to a record-breaking run of nominations and wins for Head.

A mash-up of cheerleading and soccer tropes, Victory is like a shiny, bright beach toy that breaks the first time you use it. The opening-night presentation at this year’s New York Asian Film Festival, it has enough hit tunes and dance routines for K-pop fans, as well as some melodrama for their parents.

Most of all, Victory is a showcase for Lee Hye-ri, the South Korean superstar known more familiarly as just “Hyeri.” A member of the Girl’s Day band, Hyeri forged a career on Korean TV as an adorable little sister or the “cute girl next door.” That led to modeling and social media, where she has millions of followers.

In Victory, she’s Pil-Sun, a misfit and outsider. With her bulky clothes and ratty hair, she’s almost afraid to be pretty. Branded a troublemaker at her high school In Geoje, an island off the southern coast of Korea,...

Connecting an actor’s onscreen personality with his or her offscreen reality tends to be a dicey proposition. But in “Faye,” an addictive and essential portrait of Faye Dunaway, it turns out to be the right thing to do. Dunaway, now in her early 80s, is interviewed throughout this HBO documentary, and there’s a knowing snap to her self-reflections that grabs you. Seated on a couch in her New York apartment, she starts off by chastising someone for bringing her water in a bottle instead of a glass — a sign that the movie is going to have fun with what a diva she is. As “Faye” presents it, Dunaway was too volcanic and troubled a personality not to pour herself into her roles. That’s part of what made her great. Yet the film also wants to cue us to the gossipy and reductive way that this kind of...

Viggo Mortensen seems tireless. On Friday night, he opened the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) in the Czech Republic with his feminist western The Dead Don’t Hurt after being honored with the fest’s President’s Award. On Saturday, he discussed the film at a press conference and introduced another screening in the Czech spa town. On Sunday, Mortensen met the press for roundtable interviews.

In accepting his Kviff award, Mortensen shared that “all movies are difficult to make. But I was lucky to count on an amazing group of actors” for The Dead Don’t Hurt. He particularly lauded stars Vicky Krieps, who plays Vivienne, a strong woman who falls in love with Mortensen’s Olsen, who leaves her behind for a while to join a war, and Solly McLeod, who portrays the antagonist Weston Jeffries.

In an interview on Sunday, the star discussed his inspirations behind the film,...

Back in 2020, it was announced that Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again director Ol Parker would be following that film up by taking the helm of The Thursday Murder Club, an adaptation of the debut novel by Richard Osman (creator and co-presenter of the BBC quiz show Pointless), for Amblin. Given that Parker’s involvement was announced just days before the pandemic lockdowns, it’s not surprising to hear that iteration of the project didn’t hold together… but The Thursday Murder Club is still moving forward. A couple months ago, word came out that Pierce Brosnan (GoldenEye), Helen Mirren (The Queen), and Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3) were being eyed for lead roles in the film, which is now coming our way from Home Alone and Harry Potter director Chris Columbus. Now Deadline confirms that Brosnan, Mirren, and Kingsley are on board to star in the film alongside Celia Imrie...

Elmore Leonard — cinematically, perhaps the most influential writer of the 20th century whose name never gave rise to an adjective — casts a long shadow over Jeffrey Reiner’s Lake George, a satisfying L.A. noir that follows his legacy almost to the letter. There’s no chiaroscuro here, nothing bad happens even remotely in darkness, but there’s a moral shading that Leonard would most likely enjoy. For some reason, though, these sunshine-crime stories never seem to stick like their shadowy counterparts do, which means that Lake George might have to wait a while before it finds out where it sits in the whole noir canon.

Reiner’s script leans into a lot of traditional crime-movie tropes, and it begins with an ambiguous one: Don (Shea Whigham), a middle-aged divorcé, has just been released from jail after 10 years inside. But for what? Don doesn’t seem the type, and his first calls on the outside,...

King Charles has retained his patronage of the British Film Institute, the U.K. body for which he’s served as patron for more than 45 years.

The BFI revealed the news on Tuesday, which also marked the 25th anniversary of the opening of London’s BFI Imax, where King Charles — then Prince Charles — cut the ribbon on June 11, 1999.

“We are honored to have the Royal Patronage of Hm King Charles III and grateful for the support he has already given us as Patron as The Prince of Wales for 45 years, showing his commitment and passion for film along the way,” said BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts. “We take our responsibility for caring for the Royal Collection in the BFI National Archive very seriously and are dedicated to ensuring it is preserved for generations to come.”

A registered charity founded in 1933, the BFI has been governed by Royal Charter since 1983. In...

The femme fatale is a figure that dates back centuries. In Greek mythology there were The Sirens, whose song dragged sailors to the depths of the seas, as well as Clytemnestra — wife, seductress, and ultimately murderer of King Agamemnon. Even Eve can be considered one for luring Adam into eating the forbidden fruit. But it was motion pictures that elevated the archetype to common nomenclature, starting at the form’s inception with characters played by actresses like Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks, then flourishing in the ‘40s and ‘50s with the popularity of pulp crime narratives.

Bombshells like Rita Hayworth and Barbara Stanwyck came to define the femme fatale, with directors like Charles Vidor and Billy Wilder wielding their strength against the hapless men who populate their films. The ‘80s and ‘90s saw a revitalization of the character type with the rise of erotic thrillers. Glenn Close and Sharon Stone...

There’s always the risk of misusing 15 tightly mandated minutes on a director’s junket day. One imagines it increases twofold when the subject’s been of interest nearly your entire film-watching life, with whom you’d sooner exchange questions about a 2019 short produced for the Pompidou Centre than, say, what it’s like working with Glen Powell.

It was under these circumstances I had the fortune to interview Richard Linklater, who’s been on a major press jag for Hit Man, his biggest crowdpleaser in several years that arrives on Netflix this Friday, June 7. In a tight frame we managed to cover the strange connections it bears with his other recent premiere, and––an issue about which he clearly feels passionate––why the culture is asking us to remain 13 years old forever.

The Film Stage: I watched Gabe Klinger’s Double Play, and I loved seeing the many, many posters in your editing room.

Batman: The Caped Crusader has gotten fans excited about Bruce Timm’s novel take on the Dark Knight. The animated show will take Bruce Wayne and other aspects of the Batman mythos and set them in the 40s, a time when Batman’s modern gadgets and gizmos simply did not exist.

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Apart from Batman being stripped of all his gadgets, Caped Crusader will also be giving its other characters a slick 40’s makeover, among which is Selina Kyle, also known as Catwoman. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bruce Timm, co-creator of the show, revealed how the design of Catwoman was made distinct from her previous iterations.

Batman: Caped Crusader did not want to ape Batman: The Animated Series

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Bruce Timm talked about how the characters that he and his team were introducing Caped Crusader needed to be different and feel as dated as the time they were in.

Victoria Groce handily defeated self-proclaimed “final boss” James Holzhauer and 2024 Tournament of Champions winner Yogesh Raut to become Jeopardy! Masters champion on Wednesday (May 22) and is now opening up about her experience. The Chase star took to the Jeopardy! Reddit forum on Thursday (May 23) for an Ama (Ask Me Anything), where she opened up about her favorite TV shows, how she practiced her buzzer technique, and the shock she felt about being asked back on Jeopardy! Before being invited to (and winning) the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament, Groce had only played two games of Jeopardy! almost 20 years ago. In 2005, she ended David Madden’s impressive run of 19 games but lost in her second episode. However, since then, Groce has become a formidable figure in the trivia community, and in 2022, she joined ABC’s game show The Chase as “The Queen.” But even with those credentials, Groce said she never expected to...

David Leitch's The Fall Guy is a highly anticipated action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt. Loosely based on the 1980s television show of the same name, The Fall Guy is a tribute to stunt performers, the unsung heroes of action movies. Leitch began his career as a stuntman, doubling for major movie stars such as Brad Pitt and Matt Damon. Over the last decade, Leitch has established himself as a prominent action director, making movies such as John Wick, Deadpool 2, and Bullet Train.

Although not as well known to mainstream audiences, stuntmen such as Yakima Canutt, Dar Robinson, and Vic Armstrong played significant roles in the development of action cinema, inventing many stunt practices used in the moviemaking process. While stunt performers are an invaluable component of action films, some actors throughout history have transcended their craft by performing their own stunts. Movie stars such as Jackie Chan,...

It's been a long time coming but we've finally got our first real look at "Batman: Caped Crusader." The upcoming animated series from "Batman: The Animated Series" co-creator Bruce Timm and producers J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves has encountered a few setbacks on its journey to release, but is now set to debut on August 1, 2024, on Amazon's Prime Video.

Details about "Batman: Caped Crusader" were first revealed at DC FanDome back in 2021, where we were promised a show that would tell a whole new story rather than continuing where "Btas" left off. Timm also characterized the show as "more 'Batman: [The] Animated Series' than 'Batman: [The] Animated Series,'" revealing that "Caped Crusader" would return to the "original principles" of the '90s show but would have no limitations in terms of "adult content," "violence," and "adult themes." During its 1992 to 1995, "Btas" had to carefully navigate the Fox censors, who...

It is not a secret that relations between Prince Harry and his royal family, King Charles and Prince William, are strained. They have been that way since before Prince Harry moved to the United States.

Prince Harry is in the United Kingdom this week to celebrate a monumental milestone for his charity, the Invictus Games. However, it seems that none of his family will join him during the celebration.

The foundation is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a ceremony at St. Paul’s Cathedral, a panel discussion, and other special events.

Prince Harry will attend without his wife, Meghan Markle, and his children; unfortunately, it seems that King Charles and Prince William are not expected either.

Prince Harry was able to see his father briefly after the King announced his cancer diagnosis, and as any son would, likely misses his dad terribly.

It doesn’t look like Harry and his dad,...

The days are getting longer everywhere, except Palm Springs, where darkness is on the ascent each May. That’s when the city plays host to the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary May 9-12 with a program of a dozen classic films from the 1940s and ’50s. Great directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Rossen, Andre de Toth and Anthony Mann and stars like Humphrey Bogart, John Garfield, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Ryan will have desert dwellers and visitors alike eager to blot out the sun for four days, culminating in the festival’s customary Mother’s Day crime spree.

As always, the festival is curated and hosted by a face familiar to any serious modern-day noir aficionado, Alan K. Rode, one of the principals of the Film Noir Foundation and a co-host of the Noir City festival every April in Hollywood. Rode’s Noir City cohort,...

Jeannie Epper, the peerless, fearless stunt performer who doubled for Lynda Carter on Wonder Woman and swung on a vine across a 350-foot gorge and propelled down an epic mudslide as Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone, has died. She was 83.

Epper died Sunday night of natural causes at her home in Simi Valley, her family told The Hollywood Reporter.

Just one member of a dynasty of stunt performers that Steven Spielberg dubbed the “Flying Wallendas of Film” — starting with her father, John Epper, there have been four generations of Eppers in show business since the 1930s — she worked on 150-plus films and TV shows during an astounding 70-year career.

In 2007, Epper received the first lifetime achievement honor given to a woman at the World Taurus Awards and ranks among the greatest stuntwomen of all time.

Known for her agility, horse-riding skills and competitiveness, the 5-foot-9 Epper also stepped in...

Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight Screenshot: Fandango/YouTube 1944 signaled a high-water mark for film noir with the release of Double Indemnity. The film codified elements that we now think of as genre tropes: the detective delivering backstory via voiceover, the shadows of Venetian blinds on the wall. But,...

Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in GaslightScreenshot: Fandango/YouTube

1944 signaled a high-water mark for film noir with the release of Double Indemnity. The film codified elements that we now think of as genre tropes: the detective delivering backstory via voiceover, the shadows of Venetian blinds on the wall. But, really,...

Jeopardy! Masters viewers are wondering if host Ken Jennings unintentionally revealed some shocking news on Wednesday’s (May 1) episode when he implied ABC’s The Chase had been canceled. The comment came during the Masters premiere, which saw Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament winner Victoria Groce dominate super-champs Mattea Roach and Matt Amodio with 29,867 points. Groce is a pro-quizzer who appears on The Chase as “The Queen.” During the player anecdotes, Jennings addressed Groce, saying, “And our viewers probably remember you from The Chase, where you were known as The Queen.” “Are,” Groce replied, highlighting how Jennings spoke in the past tense. “Are, sorry,” Jennings replied as Groce laughed and told him, “That’s alright.” “Thank you for taking time out of your busy regal schedule to be with us on Masters,” the host added. Fans also picked up on Jennings’ wording and took to social media to share their concerns. “Is The Chase cancelled or not?...