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Judi Dench Says Robin Williams Was ‘Gently Supportive’ During Her Late Husband’s Cancer Battle: ‘I’ve Often Thought About’ His ‘Sensitivity and Understanding’

Judi Dench Says Robin Williams Was ‘Gently Supportive’ During Her Late Husband’s Cancer Battle: ‘I’ve Often Thought About’ His ‘Sensitivity and Unders...

Judi Dench is reflecting on her relationship with Robin Williams and how he supported her when her husband, Michael Will...

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23 Best Movies New to Streaming in November: ‘Tony,’ ‘Misty Green,’ ‘Possible Love’ and More

23 Best Movies New to Streaming in November: ‘Tony,’ ‘Misty Green,’ ‘Possible Love’ and More

With temperatures dropping and the holiday season right around the corner, streaming boosts are all but guaranteed in No...

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Savannah Guthrie Shares New Post Asking for Information About Her Mother’s Disappearance: ‘We Ache for Her, We Cry Out for Answers’

Savannah Guthrie Shares New Post Asking for Information About Her Mother’s Disappearance: ‘We Ache for Her, We Cry Out for Answers’

Savannah Guthrie has taken to social media to urge anyone with knowledge about her mother, Nancy, who was presumed kidna...

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Harry Styles Closes Out 30-Night Madison Square Garden Residency With Two ‘Harryween’ Shows, Dressed as Elvis and Pizza Rat, and a Jalen Brunson Guest Appearance

Harry Styles Closes Out 30-Night Madison Square Garden Residency With Two ‘Harryween’ Shows, Dressed as Elvis and Pizza Rat, and a Jalen Brunson Guest...

Harry Styles record-setting 30-night residency at New York’s Madison Square Garden came to a close over the weekend, wit...

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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything’ and ‘Clayface’ Battle for No. 1 With $10.5 Million in Sleepy Halloween Weekend

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything’ and ‘Clayface’ Battle for No. 1 With $10.5 Million in Sleepy Halloween Weekend

A24’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” and DC’s comic book adaptation “Clayface” are vying for firs...

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Michael Mann Hospitalized After Accidentally Shooting Himself in the Leg at Los Angeles Gun Range

Michael Mann Hospitalized After Accidentally Shooting Himself in the Leg at Los Angeles Gun Range

Michael Mann was hospitalized after he accidentally shot himself in the leg on Saturday a Los Angeles gun range, accordi...

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The Best Pop-Culture Advent Calendars for 2026: ‘Bluey,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ Marvel and More

The Best Pop-Culture Advent Calendars for 2026: ‘Bluey,’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ Marvel and More

Why wait until Christmas to start unwrapping? Advent calendars make the case for treating yourself all December long, an...

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Valladolid Festival Prizes: Alain Gomis’ ‘Dao’ Wins Golden Spike, ‘La Gradiva’ Takes Silver

Valladolid Festival Prizes: Alain Gomis’ ‘Dao’ Wins Golden Spike, ‘La Gradiva’ Takes Silver

French-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis’ “Dao,” an expansive family saga spanning Europe and Africa, was awarded the Gol...

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Inde Navarrette Wins Halloween With Penis-Destroying Robot ‘SNL’ Sketch ‘The Inventor’s Wife’

Inde Navarrette Wins Halloween With Penis-Destroying Robot ‘SNL’ Sketch ‘The Inventor’s Wife’

After a pretty weak cold open that was crashed by Tom Hanks’ David S. Pumpkins, Donald Trump (who admitted he “might be ...

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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Stars Relive Hollywood Ovation and Fan Chants for Yamazaki Takashi at Tokyo Festival

‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Stars Relive Hollywood Ovation and Fan Chants for Yamazaki Takashi at Tokyo Festival

The cast of “Godzilla Minus Zero” brought the glow of a Hollywood standing ovation to the 39th Tokyo International Film ...

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Finally Weighs in on Israel

‘SNL’ Weekend Update Finally Weighs in on Israel

The Halloween edition of “SNL” Weekend Update saw a cameo by Ben Marshall’s Pennywise as well as some jabs at President ...

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‘SNL’ Celebrates Milwaukee Brewers’ World Series Win With Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle on Weekend Update

‘SNL’ Celebrates Milwaukee Brewers’ World Series Win With Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle on Weekend Update

“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to the Milwaukee Brewers’ historic World Series win during the ‘Weekend Update’ segme...

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‘SNL’ Cold Open Crashed by Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump, Who Admits He ‘Might Be Gay’

‘SNL’ Cold Open Crashed by Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump, Who Admits He ‘Might Be Gay’

Tom Hanks returned to “Saturday Night Live” on Halloween night to revive his lounge-y David S. Pumpkins character in a c...

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Inde Navarrette Takes Swipe at Shane Gillis During ‘SNL’ Monologue

Inde Navarrette Takes Swipe at Shane Gillis During ‘SNL’ Monologue

Following a Trump-centric cold open that featured the return of Tom Hanks’ David S. Pumpkins, “Saturday Night Live” host...

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Heidi Klum Dressed Up as a Severed Human Hand for Her Annual Halloween Party

Heidi Klum Dressed Up as a Severed Human Hand for Her Annual Halloween Party

Is it really Halloween without Heidi Klum? The supermodel, who has become known for her over-the-top costumes, has retur...

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Pandemic-Era Longing to Gather Fed Qiu Jiongjiong’s Tokyo Competition Title ‘Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting’

Pandemic-Era Longing to Gather Fed Qiu Jiongjiong’s Tokyo Competition Title ‘Fuxi: Four Tales of Feasting’

Chinese painter and filmmaker Qiu Jiongjiong began shaping his new film during the pandemic. With the world suddenly for...

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Phoebe Bridgers Makes L.A.’s Intuit Dome Into an Intimate Space Full of Love, Grief, Light Shows, ‘Peter Pan’ Cosplay and a Great Billie Eilish Duet: Concert Review

Phoebe Bridgers Makes L.A.’s Intuit Dome Into an Intimate Space Full of Love, Grief, Light Shows, ‘Peter Pan’ Cosplay and a Great Billie Eilish Duet: ...

So, in talking about the marvel that was Phoebe Bridgers’ opening night at L.A.’s Intuit Dome Friday night, which part o...

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Judge Dismisses Trump’s Wall Street Journal Defamation Lawsuit Over Published Epstein ‘Birthday Book’ for a Second Time

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Wall Street Journal Defamation Lawsuit Over Published Epstein ‘Birthday Book’ for a Second Time

A federal judge has once again dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation claims against the Wall Street Journal over...

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Tokyo Asian Future Drama ‘Jani Be Good’ Probes Silence and Motherhood in a Chinese-Indonesian Family, Marking Ariani Darmawan’s Return

Tokyo Asian Future Drama ‘Jani Be Good’ Probes Silence and Motherhood in a Chinese-Indonesian Family, Marking Ariani Darmawan’s Return

Indonesian filmmaker Ariani Darmawan stepped away from directing for years to raise a family. Her first feature, “Jani B...

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‘Green Room’ Director Remembers Patrick Stewart as a ‘F—ing Sweetheart’ and Credits Him for Rescuing the Film: He ‘Swooped Down’ ‘Into Our Cruddy Ass Movie and Saved Us’

‘Green Room’ Director Remembers Patrick Stewart as a ‘F—ing Sweetheart’ and Credits Him for Rescuing the Film: He ‘Swooped Down’ ‘Into Our Cruddy Ass ...

“Green Room” writer and director Jeremy Saulnier paid tribute to late actor Patrick Stewart, who starred in the film and...

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Frank Miller on Why He’s Relieved There Are Fewer Comic Book Adaptations Now: They Were ‘Really in Danger of Losing Their Souls’

Frank Miller on Why He’s Relieved There Are Fewer Comic Book Adaptations Now: They Were ‘Really in Danger of Losing Their Souls’

Comic book writer and screenwriter Frank Miller – whose work includes “300,” “Sin City” and “Batman: The Dark Knight Ret...

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‘Before the Rain’ Director Milcho Manchevski on Tokyo Competition Title ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover,’ Whistleblowing and the ‘Death of Beauty’ in Cinema

‘Before the Rain’ Director Milcho Manchevski on Tokyo Competition Title ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover,’ Whistleblowing and the ‘Death of Beauty’ in Ci...

Milcho Manchevski, the North Macedonian director whose 1994 debut “Before the Rain” won Venice’s Golden Lion and earned ...

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Taika Waititi Slams ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics as ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Sad Lost Souls’ and Says He Hasn’t ‘Read a Review’ in 15 Years: ‘But I Do Listen to the People’

Taika Waititi Slams ‘Klara and the Sun’ Critics as ‘Irrelevant,’ ‘Sad Lost Souls’ and Says He Hasn’t ‘Read a Review’ in 15 Years: ‘But I Do Listen to ...

Taika Waititi has taken to social media to defend “Klara and the Sun” amid poor reviews and bleak box office numbers, sh...

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Paul Bettany Says He ‘Blew Out’ 10 Blood Vessels in His Eye While Filming ‘VisionQuest’: ‘I Was Just Wildly Overacting’

Paul Bettany Says He ‘Blew Out’ 10 Blood Vessels in His Eye While Filming ‘VisionQuest’: ‘I Was Just Wildly Overacting’

Paul Bettany might play Marvel superhero Vision, but an on-screen acting choice while filming “VisionQuest” nearly cost ...

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Amy Poehler: ‘Comedy Has Saved My Life Many Times’

Amy Poehler: ‘Comedy Has Saved My Life Many Times’

Amy Poehler got earnest about her love for comedy while accepting an honor at the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards. “There...

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‘The Mosquito Bowl’: How a Parrot Proved to Be Peter Berg’s Biggest Challenge

‘The Mosquito Bowl’: How a Parrot Proved to Be Peter Berg’s Biggest Challenge

Director Peter Berg faced numerous challenges shooting his latest film, “The Mosquito Bowl.” Based on Buzz Bissinger’s b...

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‘Paper Plane,’ ‘Helicopter’ and ‘Old Bogus Massacre’ Among Austin Film Festival Script and Film Competition Award Winners (EXCLUSIVE)

‘Paper Plane,’ ‘Helicopter’ and ‘Old Bogus Massacre’ Among Austin Film Festival Script and Film Competition Award Winners (EXCLUSIVE)

The Austin Film Festival has announced the winners of its script and film competition. The 33rd annual event received mo...

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‘Percy Jackson’ Stars on Learning to Scream and Sob on Set of Season 3: ‘I Love Playing the Dark Type of Scenes’

‘Percy Jackson’ Stars on Learning to Scream and Sob on Set of Season 3: ‘I Love Playing the Dark Type of Scenes’

Being a teenager is hard enough but when you’re a demigod, things get genuinely complicated. These complications along w...

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Joshua Jackson Teases ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll’ in New HBO Max Series ‘How to Survive Without Me’: ‘I’m Getting Too Old For This S—’

Joshua Jackson Teases ‘Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll’ in New HBO Max Series ‘How to Survive Without Me’: ‘I’m Getting Too Old For This S—’

Joshua Jackson is teasing his new HBO Max series, “How to Survive Without Me.” Co-created by husbands Greg Berlanti and ...

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Jack Nicholson Has ‘Disappeared’ but Is ‘Well,’ Says Michael Douglas: ‘I Still See Him’

Jack Nicholson Has ‘Disappeared’ but Is ‘Well,’ Says Michael Douglas: ‘I Still See Him’

Michael Douglas is giving fans an update on Jack Nicholson. While promoting his new memoir, “One Helluva Ride,” at a rec...

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Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ Feels More Relevant Than It Did 55 Years Ago. That’s Because It’s About a World Gone Mad

Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’ Feels More Relevant Than It Did 55 Years Ago. That’s Because It’s About a World Gone Mad

I’m an ardent fan of Ken Russell, yet I always considered “The Devils” to be a transgressive novelty: a voluptuous exerc...

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Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes: Kim Kardashian as North West, Paris Hilton as Britney Spears and More

Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes: Kim Kardashian as North West, Paris Hilton as Britney Spears and More

Halloween and Hollywood go hand in hand, especially given that most costumes draw inspiration from entertainment. From i...

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Producer Will Packer Stumps to Get Out the Vote and Launch a Private HBCU Fundraising Campaign

Producer Will Packer Stumps to Get Out the Vote and Launch a Private HBCU Fundraising Campaign

Producer Will Packer has never been shy about sharing his opinion, even as he’s become a public figure. In a season when...

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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Surprise Halloween Episode Drops on HBO Max

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Surprise Halloween Episode Drops on HBO Max

Happy Halloween, indeed! Just in time for the spooky holiday, HBO has released a surprise episode of “It: Welcome to Der...

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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything’ Fends Off ‘Clayface’ for Top Spot on Friday With $3.56 Million

Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything’ Fends Off ‘Clayface’ for Top Spot on Friday With $3.56 Million

A24’s “You Can See Everything” narrowly beat Warner Bros. and DC’s “Clayface” at the Friday box office, cementing its st...

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‘Ah Girl’ Wins Best Film at Singapore’s Silver Screen Awards as Shahrbanoo Sadat Takes Director Prize

‘Ah Girl’ Wins Best Film at Singapore’s Silver Screen Awards as Shahrbanoo Sadat Takes Director Prize

Singaporean filmmaker Ang Geck Geck Priscilla’s debut feature “Ah Girl” won best film in the Asian Feature Film Competit...

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Canelo Alvarez vs. Christian M’billi on DAZN: Here’s How to Watch the WBC Title Boxing Match Live Online

Canelo Alvarez vs. Christian M’billi on DAZN: Here’s How to Watch the WBC Title Boxing Match Live Online

In a title fight, Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez defends his WBC super middleweight title belts against Cameroonian French...

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Sanjay Gupta, Indian Director of ‘Kaante’ and ‘Zinda,’ Dies at 59

Sanjay Gupta, Indian Director of ‘Kaante’ and ‘Zinda,’ Dies at 59

Indian filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, whose credits include the crime thriller “Kaante,” the gangster saga “Shootout at Wadala”...

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Pink Film Veteran Zeze Takahisa Champions Original Stories at Tokyo Masterclass

Pink Film Veteran Zeze Takahisa Champions Original Stories at Tokyo Masterclass

The Tokyo International Film Festival’s Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the f...

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Japan’s Film Funds Look Beyond Production Committees to Build New Financing Models

Japan’s Film Funds Look Beyond Production Committees to Build New Financing Models

Japan’s production committee system, in which a group of companies jointly finance a film and share its rights, has help...

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