No figure in world cinema is as productive as South Korean one-man band Hong Sang-soo, or as consistent in exploring variations on similar themes, always from a fresh angle. With such a prolific output — he has 33 features under his belt, all but three of them made since 2000 — they can’t all be perfectly formed jewels. But when …
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Timed to The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Oscars issue, the second edition of The Art of the Oscar opens Friday evening for art lovers and Oscar fanatics alike. Displayed at AF Projects in Los Angeles until March 21, the multimedia portfolio, commissioned as a partnership between THR and writer and curator Michael Slenske, arrives just in time for the Oscars. The …
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[This story contains spoilers from the third episode of Yellowjackets, “Them’s the Brakes.”] Yellowjackets just took us on a ride. But what does it mean for the journey? The third episode in season three, “Them’s the Brakes,” ended with a hallucination sequence that merged the nightmarish dreams of three characters in its 1996-set wilderness timeline: Shauna (Sophie Nélisse), Van (Liv …
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Lyle and Erik Menendez are now changing their tune regarding Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story. After Erik previously slammed the Netflix series, which was released in September last year, Lyle recently shared on TMZ‘s 2 Angry Men podcast that Monsters “really did actually move a lot of people to understand the childhood trauma that Erik and …
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Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man 4 is going to take slightly longer to swing into theaters. Sony Pictures announced Friday that the Marvel superhero’s next feature will now hit theaters July 31, a week later than previously scheduled. Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton is helming the movie that does not yet have an official title. This change now gives the movie extra distance …
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Nicole Kidman is practicing what she preaches. During a recent interview for Time magazine, the Oscar winner opened up about surpassing her 2017 goal of working with a woman director every 18 months since the height of the #MeToo movement. Over the past eight years, she’s collaborated with at least 19 female filmmakers on movies and TV shows. Kidman explained …
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The Associated Press is suing three members of the Trump administration after being banned from Trump’s events, the Oval Office and Air Force One. As the suit states, the ban came after the Associated Press continued to use the phrase “the Gulf of Mexico” after Trump said he had renamed it “the Gulf of America.” The AP claims the ban …
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Mayor Karen Bass has dismissed Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley following the deadly Los Angeles wildfires last month. Bass shared on Friday that she met “met with and removed Kristin Crowley as fire chief effective immediately” because 1,000 firefighters were sent home the day the fires broke out on Jan. 7. Former Chief Deputy Ronnie Villanueva has been …
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A freshly acquitted A$AP Rocky isn’t wasting any time in getting back to work. The rapper and fashion magnate, found not guilty at a jury trial in Los Angeles on Tuesday of firing a handgun amid a beef with former friend A$AP Relli in 2021, has been named Ray-Ban’s first creative director. Per the leading eyewear brand, the role will …
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Attention industryites, the final stretch of awards season is here and it’s all leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night with the 97th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. It’s best to pace yourself as the momentum will be building in a big way with a packed schedule of soirees, celebrations and exclusive parties in the coming days. While the …
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