Jennifer Lawrence opened up to Vogue about her relationship to cosmetic procedures and said she resists going overboard when it comes to botox because she is a working actor and facial movement is of the upmost important. The Oscar winner’s comment was published just a few weeks
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RSS →Amber Eggers, who appeared in the 2019 season of WE TV’s reality series “Love After Lockup,” died Sept. 3 of acute liver failure at a hospital in Georgia. She was 41. Her death was confirmed to TMZ by her mother Monica Eggers. “Love After Lockup” follows couples meeting face-to-
Maria Bartiromo’s attorney railed at reporting that suggests the longtime business-news anchor was fired by Fox News Media, and suggested she was ready to take the company to court. “The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is n
The U.K. may have just had the hottest August since records began but, in more positive news, it also had the hottest August at the box office in almost a decade. Thanks to the incredible performances of both “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” a total of $161.3 million
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"Bass Persuades" is the first glimpse into the singer's tenth studio album of the same name
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is the third subject to now appear on Netflix’s “Famous Last Words,” the series that banks interviews with notable figures meant to be shared only after their death. Steinem died Wednesday at her home in New York City. She was 92. Her interview with h
Everyone’s a main character in “Too Much Sugar,” a scrappy, agitated, spikily entertaining study of an extended family with a whole community’s worth of backstory, present-tense drama and diverging plans for the future. Only one person in it, however, has main character syndrome.
"Gloria’s near-century on earth were years well-lived, and she continued working for equality until the very end," her representatives write
‘Chad Powers’ Season 2 Ending: Who Knows the Truth About Russ Holliday and What Happened to Gerry? and more — today's davao signal.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “12th Quarter,” the Season 2 finale of “Chad Powers,” now streaming on Disney + and Hulu. It sure is tough being Chad Powers. Infamous quarterback Russ Holliday (Glen Powell) knows this well. But he’s not going to let anything stop
The showrunner takes us inside the making of her acclaimed crime procedural-thriller and the challenges of writing about abuse and trauma. Plus: What's in store for Season Two
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JSON →“You carry a lot of weight around, don’t you?” In Guy Nattiv’s observant, harrowing and unmistakably feminine “The Liberation,” this line marks the first time someone truly sees through fortysomething protagonist Rita Cooper. Based on Nattiv’s own grandmother (alongside various c
Both well-established and up-and-coming Swiss filmmakers are taking part in the Venice Film Festival’s Production Bridge industry strand, where Switzerland will be one of the country’s in focus at the Gap-Financing Market. Seven Swiss projects and co-productions are among the tot
The idea for “The Difficult Bride” traces back to a story Rubaiyat Hossain heard as a 7 year old, visiting a Dhaka beauty parlor with her mother. “There was a bride who died there,” Hossain says. “Everyone knew this story from our generation, and I remember being seven, and even
Pan-Arab distributor Mad Solutions and Egyptian multihyphenate Haitham Dabbour’s Irth platform dedicated to supporting standout writers across the Arab world announced a strategic partnership on Saturday at the Venice Film Festival that aims to boost quality content output from t
Lav Diaz is developing a film about false prophets and a screen adaptation of José Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere,” the Filipino auteur reveals, alongside details on “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” (“Makikiraan Po”), his Spanish colonization drama premiering in the Venice Open section
Swiss cinema is resonating domestically and abroad as homegrown films and international co-productions continue to entice local audiences and festival goers around the globe. At Venice this year, Swiss titles and co-productions boasting high-profile talent unspool throughout the
The tender power of "Elsinore" is the way Scott’s performance takes us right inside Ian’s state-of-mind — his belief that what’s left of his life needs to mean something, and that playing Hamlet will give it that meaning.
Spanish indie studio Impulse Cinema and Italy’s Fandango have forged a strategic partnership to boost Spanish and Italian productions through co-production, financing, distribution and global sales. The agreement was announced on Saturday at the Venice Production Bridge, the Veni
“The Echo Chamber,” Andrea Pallaoro’s drama starring Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon, has already landed distribution across a raft of key international territories ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Paradise City Sales has closed deals fo
With war still ravaging Iran — six months after the country was attacked by U.S. and Israeli forces — the Venice Film Festival is set to launch two Iranian films that will provide viewers vivid on-the-ground insight on the conflict’s societal impact as the country contends with b
"I hope that someday a young Filipino kid comes to Hollywood, sees my name and thinks, 'Oh, maybe I can get here too,'" said the Broadway legend
A representative for Sony Pictures Television said Thornton's employment has been "terminated"
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