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Strange but true: after 15 years as an international movie star, propelled to fame in 2004 by Wolfgang Petersen’s historical epic Troy, German-born Diane Kruger won the Best Actress award in Cannes for her first-ever performance in her native language. Fatih Akin’s provocative 2017 drama In the Fade, in which …

“I took it hard. I wanted it to be special for him,” says Diane Kruger of performing in David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, a film the legendary director wrote as part of his grieving process after the death of his late wife, Carolyn.  The Shrouds, which is screening in competition in Cannes, follows …

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder. Reader discretion is advised. John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, was a fan of The Beatles and a former security guard from Hawaii, per USA Today. Chapman, a YMCA employee, fatally shot Lennon outside his New York City apartment on the night of December …

The body, as any fan of David Cronenberg’s cinema knows, will betray you. Canada’s greatest gift to genre film has spent half a century exploring how treacherous the human organism can be. How our frail frames can be infected, mutated or corrupted by outside invasion — see Rabid, Shivers or The Fly — or by …

NOTE: The following article contains content that some readers may find disturbing. Read at your own discretion. Magician David Copperfield has been accused of sexual misconduct by 16 different women, with more than half alleging they were underage when they interacted with the entertainer. The claims were made as part …

Near the end of the miniseries Lawmen: Bass Reeves, David Oyelowo’s titular character is told something all too familiar to many unsung real-life heroes: “No one’s gonna ever know, but you made history today.” “You can just imagine how many people from marginalized communities that is the truth for,” he says. …

King Charles and David Beckham Jonathan Brady-WPA Pool/Getty Images King Charles III reportedly met privately with David Beckham after declining to meet with son Prince Harry. Beckham, 49, met with Charles, 75, for a “private meeting” on Friday, May 10, to learn more about the King’s Foundation, an educational charity …

In a scene early in The Fall Guy, a nameless crewmember buckles Ryan Gosling‘s seat belt as his character is about to attempt a cannon roll, a classic car stunt, on the set of a fictional science fiction movie called Metal Storm. Gosling plays Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers, who is …

David Beckham has filed a lawsuit against former friend Mark Wahlberg over an 8.5-million pound (over C$14.3 million) business dispute surrounding the gym brand F45 Training, which Wahlberg partially owns. Beckham’s company DB Ventures claimed the owners of F45, a popular high-intensity cardio gym, “duped” the sports star into signing …

David Beckham and Mark Wahlberg have had a history together long before the pair had legal trouble with one another. After Beckham and his family moved to Los Angeles and brought the paparazzi with them, Wahlberg commented that it disturbed the neighborhood’s peace. “I’m not telling Beckham to take his …

David Choe, bad-boy artist and provocateur extraordinaire, is certainly no stranger to controversy. Yet, the latest kerfuffle surrounding his art and persona has tongues wagging whether the David Choe net worth will survive the storm of cancel culture. Will this art-world enfant terrible, whose edgy aesthetic and lax moral compass …

Italian actress and screenwriter Paola Cortellesi’s directorial feature debut, There’s Still Tomorrow (C’è Ancora Domani), and Matteo Garrone’s Io Capitano lead nominations at this year’s David Di Donatello Awards. There’s Still Tomorrow nabbed 19 noms, including best film while Io Capitano landed 15, including best director for Garrone. Trailing the …