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Entertainment The papal thriller Conclave won best ensemble and Timothée Chalamet took best actor at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, a pair of twists that added a few final wrinkles to an unusually unpredictable awards season. The two twists added a few final wrinkles to an unusually unpredictableContinue Reading

Entertainment In accepting the directing prize for Anora, Sean Baker spoke passionately about the difficulty of making independent films in an industry that is no longer able to fund riskier projects. Director Sean Baker champions importance of indie films in acceptance speechThe Associated Press · Posted: Feb 22, 2025 8:35Continue Reading

Entertainment The Brutalist used artificial intelligence to adjust Adrien Brody and co-star Felicity Jones’s Hungarian lines. As the roles the two played as Hungarian immigrants earned them best actor and supporting actress nominations, it raises a question: Should an acting award be given for an AI-aided performance? Academy Award organizersContinue Reading

A month ago it seemed the 97th Academy Awards were on the edge of cancellation Los Angeles was still smoldering after a series of out-of-control wildfires, which saw thousands residents displaced, leading to serious questions about whether the Oscars could or even should continue. Flash forward to today, the Watch Duty fire alert website is finally clear asContinue Reading

A New Jersey man was convicted on Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on stageContinue Reading

Entertainment Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 17-year-old son, Xavier Trudeau, marked his official launch into the world of music on Friday with the debut single of his R&B track Til The Nights Done. Song draws inspiration from fellow Canadian artists Drake, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber The song draws inspiration fromContinue Reading

Entertainment·REVIEW The Monkey turns out to be is something more like a personification of its demon than an examination of it — perhaps because Stephen King and Osgood Perkins may just be the two worst possible creatives to bring together.  Cursed monkey movie by Longlegs writer/director Osgood Perkins revels in kills,Continue Reading

Entertainment A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died in October. 2 others still face charges in connection with singer’s death in ArgentinaThe Associated Press · Posted:Continue Reading

Entertainment In a major shakeup for the film industry, Amazon MGM Studios said on Thursday it will take creative control of the James Bond franchise from long-serving producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. Deal gives Amazon more freedom in its approach to the series The last Bond film, No TimeContinue Reading