Senator Bernie Sanders had a verbal tussle with FOX Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn after she inquired about his 32-hour workweek proposal. RELATED: Bernie Sanders’ Meme Is Now A Sweatshirt & All Proceeds Will Go To Charity Bernie Sanders And The Reporter Go Head-To-Head According to FOX News, Vaughn stopped Sanders …
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“Honestly,” says Aidy Bryant. “I never want to do anything.” The comedian, who left Saturday Night Live in 2022 after 10 years on the show, enjoys being picky in her work. So when her team approached with an offer to host the Spirit Awards, the first thing she asked herself …
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Identified only by their last name, Tu, the husband and wife in Brief History of a Family have built their comfortably middle-class life together in accordance with China’s one-child policy. Now, in less restrictive times, a chance to expand their nuclear unit arrives in the form of their teenage son’s …
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French writer Christine Angot has written many books, but Incest (1999) is arguably the one she is most famous for. Variously defined by Angot and others as a novel but also a work of autobiographical non-fiction (some call it “autofiction”), it features a protagonist also named Christine who, just like …
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If Renate Reinsve hadn’t been offered the lead in Joachim Trier’s 2021 feature The Worst Person in the World, she was planning to quit acting and become a carpenter. After years of frustration with the roles being offered her in Norway, Reinsve had decided to try out Plan B: Learn …
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Kent Melton, the animation sculptor who created maquettes made of clay for iconic characters found in movies including Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, The Incredibles and Coraline, has died. He was 68. Melton died Thursday at his home in Stone County, Missouri, of Lewy body dementia, family members told The …
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In early 2022, Pablo Larraín asked esteemed cinematographer Edward Lachman whether he’d be interested in shooting a movie about Augusto Pinochet, the 20th century dictator responsible for torturing, abducting or executing thousands of Chileans during his 17-year rule. Larraín is the master of the anti-biopic, having directed unorthodox films about …
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In writer-director Meryam Joobeur’s feature debut, Who Do I Belong To (Mé el Aïn), a family of Tunisian farmers is torn apart when their two eldest sons join ISIS, leaving their household a wreck and causing even more damage when one of them returns. If the plot sounds slightly familiar, …
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In January of 2021, Megan Ellison got a call from Erik Lomis, the former head of distribution at her company, Annapurna Pictures, asking if she’d like to take a look at a movie whose filmmakers needed a lifeline. Disney was days away from announcing that it planned to shutter Blue …
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The Creator won big at the 22nd annual Visual Effects Society Awards Wednesday night. The awards were handed out during a ceremony, hosted by actor-comedian Jay Pharoah, at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The Creator took home five awards in the feature competition, including outstanding visual effects in a …
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Micheline Presle, the standout French actress who starred in the controversial Devil in the Flesh before making a foray into Hollywood that included roles opposite John Garfield, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn and Paul Newman, has died. She was 101. Presle died Wedneday in the Paris suburb of Nogent-sur-Marne, her son-in-law …
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Barbie, Poor Things and Saltburn were among the winners at the 2024 Costume Designers Guild Awards. Barbie‘s Jacqueline Durran won excellence in sci-fi/fantasy film while Poor Things‘ Holly Waddington took the excellence in period film award, and Saltburn‘s Sophie Canale received the excellence in contemporary film trophy. Both Barbie and …
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