Bono presents Steven Spielberg with lifetime award at Berlin film festival
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Bono made a surprise appearance at the Berlin international film festival to present Steven Spielberg with a special lifetime achievement award.The U2 frontman described Spielberg as one of the biggest big shots in Hollywood, as he presented the Oscar-winning director with the honorary Golden Bear award on Tuesday.
Jerrod Carmichael to Host Golden Globes as Broadcast Returns From Scandal
The stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael will serve as host of the Golden Globes next month, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday.It's the first time the tarnished film and television awards ceremony will be broadcast since a 2021 scandal over the ethics and diversity of the H.F.P.A., the group behind the Globes.
Paul Newman Begged People Not to Watch This Movie&Apologized for His Performance
Paul Newman left behind an impressive Hollywood legacy and remains one biggest movie stars of all time, nearly 15 years after his death.But that doesn't mean you need to check out every film he ever made-especially if you consider the actor's opinion of his own work.Newman hated one of his movies so much that he took out ads begging people not to watch it when it aired on TV.
Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young to star on Desert Island Discs
Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young are to appear on Desert Island Discs in a series of festive specials.The three guests will share the eight recordings, the book and luxury item they would take with them if they were cast away on a desert island with presenter Lauren Laverne over the Christmas period as the BBC Radio 4 show marks its 80th birthday.
Bono presents Steven Spielberg with lifetime award at Berlin film festival
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Bono made a surprise appearance at the Berlin international film festival to present Steven Spielberg with a special lifetime achievement award.The U2 frontman described Spielberg as one of the biggest big shots in Hollywood, as he presented the Oscar-winning director with the honorary Golden Bear award on Tuesday.
Jerrod Carmichael to Host Golden Globes as Broadcast Returns From Scandal
The stand-up comedian Jerrod Carmichael will serve as host of the Golden Globes next month, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday.It's the first time the tarnished film and television awards ceremony will be broadcast since a 2021 scandal over the ethics and diversity of the H.F.P.A., the group behind the Globes.
Paul Newman Begged People Not to Watch This Movie&Apologized for His Performance
Paul Newman left behind an impressive Hollywood legacy and remains one biggest movie stars of all time, nearly 15 years after his death.But that doesn't mean you need to check out every film he ever made-especially if you consider the actor's opinion of his own work.Newman hated one of his movies so much that he took out ads begging people not to watch it when it aired on TV.
Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young to star on Desert Island Discs
Cate Blanchett, Steven Spielberg and Kirsty Young are to appear on Desert Island Discs in a series of festive specials.The three guests will share the eight recordings, the book and luxury item they would take with them if they were cast away on a desert island with presenter Lauren Laverne over the Christmas period as the BBC Radio 4 show marks its 80th birthday.
The Golden Globes had an average of 9.4 million viewers, an increase from last year but significantly lower than previous years.
The pandemic and the scandal surrounding the organization administering the Globes have impacted its ratings and the ability to find a streaming service to pick up the rights. [ more ]
A Pianist Who Changes Key from Liberace to Cardi B
Name: Chloe Flower Age: 37 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pa.Now Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in a Frank Gehry-designed tower in Lower Manhattan.Claim to Fame: Ms. Flower is a classical pianist and composer known for her self-titled crossover genre, Popsical, which merges classical music with pop and hip-hop.
Want to win your Oscar pool? Pick the personal stories, not the pictures | CBC News
In the 1950 Oscar-winning film Sunset Blvd. the once shining star Norma Desmond rebuffs a reporter with the withering retort, "I am big, it's the pictures that got small."As the 95th Oscars approach, Norma would be right at home with this year's race, where the personalities, not pictures, have driven so much of the awards season narrative.
Lady Gaga Isn't Performing At The 2023 Oscars For This Annoying Reason
Lady Gaga soared sky high with the theme song to 2022's Top Gun: Maverick, with "Hold My Hand" earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.Given her history with the Oscars, including several stunning performances and touching moments presenting with Liza Minnelli, fans are wondering what Gaga will bring to the ceremony this year.
All Quiet on the Western Front' Wins Big at the BAFTAs
Image Felix Kammerer starred in the antiwar movie All Quiet on the Western Front, which won best film at the BAFTAs.Credit...Reiner Bajo/Netflix, via Associated Press In a shock to this year's awards season, All Quiet on the Western Front, a German-language movie set in the trenches of World War I, was the big winner at the EE British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards in London on Sunday night.
On TikTok, #Hopecore Will Inspire You - & Get You Excited For The Oscars
Underdog stories, comeback stories, redemption stories, success stories - we love them all.TikTok is celebrating the most feel-good moments in pop culture history with the new trend called "Hopecore," and it's just as sweet as it sounds.From acceptance speeches to dark horse victories, TikTok's Hopecore trend is sure to warm your seemingly cold heart.
Austin Butler: I Wish Lisa Marie Was Here Right Now to Get to Be a Part of It'
It has been a tremendously emotional month for Austin Butler, who on Tuesday was nominated for a best actor Oscar for his captivating, and often haunting, performance as the title character in Baz Luhrmann's fever dream of a biopic, Elvis.Exactly two weeks ago, Butler accepted the best actor Golden Globe for the role, as Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley sat in the audience, enamored and touched.
A Pianist Who Changes Key from Liberace to Cardi B
Name: Chloe Flower Age: 37 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pa.Now Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in a Frank Gehry-designed tower in Lower Manhattan.Claim to Fame: Ms. Flower is a classical pianist and composer known for her self-titled crossover genre, Popsical, which merges classical music with pop and hip-hop.
Want to win your Oscar pool? Pick the personal stories, not the pictures | CBC News
In the 1950 Oscar-winning film Sunset Blvd. the once shining star Norma Desmond rebuffs a reporter with the withering retort, "I am big, it's the pictures that got small."As the 95th Oscars approach, Norma would be right at home with this year's race, where the personalities, not pictures, have driven so much of the awards season narrative.
Lady Gaga Isn't Performing At The 2023 Oscars For This Annoying Reason
Lady Gaga soared sky high with the theme song to 2022's Top Gun: Maverick, with "Hold My Hand" earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.Given her history with the Oscars, including several stunning performances and touching moments presenting with Liza Minnelli, fans are wondering what Gaga will bring to the ceremony this year.
All Quiet on the Western Front' Wins Big at the BAFTAs
Image Felix Kammerer starred in the antiwar movie All Quiet on the Western Front, which won best film at the BAFTAs.Credit...Reiner Bajo/Netflix, via Associated Press In a shock to this year's awards season, All Quiet on the Western Front, a German-language movie set in the trenches of World War I, was the big winner at the EE British Academy Film and Television Arts Awards in London on Sunday night.
On TikTok, #Hopecore Will Inspire You - & Get You Excited For The Oscars
Underdog stories, comeback stories, redemption stories, success stories - we love them all.TikTok is celebrating the most feel-good moments in pop culture history with the new trend called "Hopecore," and it's just as sweet as it sounds.From acceptance speeches to dark horse victories, TikTok's Hopecore trend is sure to warm your seemingly cold heart.
Austin Butler: I Wish Lisa Marie Was Here Right Now to Get to Be a Part of It'
It has been a tremendously emotional month for Austin Butler, who on Tuesday was nominated for a best actor Oscar for his captivating, and often haunting, performance as the title character in Baz Luhrmann's fever dream of a biopic, Elvis.Exactly two weeks ago, Butler accepted the best actor Golden Globe for the role, as Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley sat in the audience, enamored and touched.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler announce first comedy tour
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are teaming up for their first-ever joint live tour this spring.Their "Restless Leg Tour" kicks off with four shows at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC in late April.They'll then visit Rosemont and Chicago in May, and Boston and Atlantic City in June.See the full itinerary below.
Several Golden Globe winners were not there to pick up their awards.
When the Golden Globes returned to NBC on Tuesday night after last year's telecast was canceled amid concerns about the organization that gives out the awards, it was an open question whether Hollywood's biggest stars would come back.Plenty did, making the evening feel in many respects like a return to shows of the past.
How 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' captures my family's immigrant experience
Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is an average Chinese mother who reluctantly becomes a superhero, jumping alternate worlds and absorbing powers to fight an evil villain.A24 I'll admit, this movie is a family hot pot of ridiculousness.From people with hot dog fingers to fight scenes with dildos, you couldn't blame Rick, my puritan movie partner (who I dragged to the theater with me), for throwing his hands up in flabbergast.
On the one hand, the ratings were only marginally worse compared with the last telecast of the Golden Globes.On the other hand, viewership for the awards show has officially collapsed from the highs of the past decade.The Globes drew an audience of 6.3 million people on Tuesday night, only slightly fewer than the pared-down ceremony of 2021 because of the pandemic, but down drastically from the 18 million who watched it in 2020 the last time the ceremony was in early January.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler announce first comedy tour
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are teaming up for their first-ever joint live tour this spring.Their "Restless Leg Tour" kicks off with four shows at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC in late April.They'll then visit Rosemont and Chicago in May, and Boston and Atlantic City in June.See the full itinerary below.
Several Golden Globe winners were not there to pick up their awards.
When the Golden Globes returned to NBC on Tuesday night after last year's telecast was canceled amid concerns about the organization that gives out the awards, it was an open question whether Hollywood's biggest stars would come back.Plenty did, making the evening feel in many respects like a return to shows of the past.
How 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' captures my family's immigrant experience
Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is an average Chinese mother who reluctantly becomes a superhero, jumping alternate worlds and absorbing powers to fight an evil villain.A24 I'll admit, this movie is a family hot pot of ridiculousness.From people with hot dog fingers to fight scenes with dildos, you couldn't blame Rick, my puritan movie partner (who I dragged to the theater with me), for throwing his hands up in flabbergast.
On the one hand, the ratings were only marginally worse compared with the last telecast of the Golden Globes.On the other hand, viewership for the awards show has officially collapsed from the highs of the past decade.The Globes drew an audience of 6.3 million people on Tuesday night, only slightly fewer than the pared-down ceremony of 2021 because of the pandemic, but down drastically from the 18 million who watched it in 2020 the last time the ceremony was in early January.
SAG Awards 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once' and Michelle Yeoh Win Big
The Screen Actors Guild handed its top award for outstanding cast on Sunday night to Everything Everywhere All at Once, the hit sci-fi comedy that recently dominated the Directors and Producers Guild Awards and now appears to be a strong best picture front-runner at the Oscars.Three of the four individual acting trophies went to Everything Everywhere cast members, too.
Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced.Relatives of the 67-year-old Hollywood actor previously said that he would be stepping away from his successful career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a condition affecting his cognitive abilities.In a post shared on Instagram on Thursday, Willis's daughter Rumer offered an update on her father's health, confirming his condition has progressed and he had been given the more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
What's on TV This Week: Independent Lens' and Night Court'
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one.Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Jan. 16-22.Details and times are subject to change.INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BIG PAYBACK (2023) 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).In 2021, Evanston, Ill., became the first American city to approve a compensation program intended to address historical racism and discrimination, a significant step for proponents of racial reparations, an issue that has long been frozen by political concerns.
Baz Luhrmann recalls Lisa Marie Presley's kind embrace' on set of Elvis biopic
Baz Luhrmann, director of the Elvis Presley biopic, has said he will miss US singer Lisa Marie Presley's warmth, smile and love following her death at the age of 54.In a statement, the Presley family said they were shocked and devastated to announce the only child of Elvis died shortly after being rushed to hospital on Thursday.
Nicolas Cage says ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley lit up every room'
Nicolas Cage said his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley lit up every room and had the greatest laugh of anyone I ever met.The Hollywood actor said he was heartbroken by news of the US singer's death, but found solace in the belief that she had been reunited with her son, Benjamin Keough.The pair were married briefly in August 2002, though Cage filed for divorce shortly after in November, which was finalised in 2004.
Tarnished Golden Globes Attempt a Comeback, After Years of Controversy | KQED
A view of the stage during the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 09, 2022.The Golden Globes are attempting a comeback on television Tuesday evening, after two scandal-ridden years for the organization that hosts the annual ceremony honoring film and TV.The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association plans to hand out its awards with a lavish Hollywood party emceed by comedian Jerrod Carmichael.
SAG Awards 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once' and Michelle Yeoh Win Big
The Screen Actors Guild handed its top award for outstanding cast on Sunday night to Everything Everywhere All at Once, the hit sci-fi comedy that recently dominated the Directors and Producers Guild Awards and now appears to be a strong best picture front-runner at the Oscars.Three of the four individual acting trophies went to Everything Everywhere cast members, too.
Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family has announced.Relatives of the 67-year-old Hollywood actor previously said that he would be stepping away from his successful career after being diagnosed with aphasia, a condition affecting his cognitive abilities.In a post shared on Instagram on Thursday, Willis's daughter Rumer offered an update on her father's health, confirming his condition has progressed and he had been given the more specific diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.
What's on TV This Week: Independent Lens' and Night Court'
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one.Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, Jan. 16-22.Details and times are subject to change.INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BIG PAYBACK (2023) 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).In 2021, Evanston, Ill., became the first American city to approve a compensation program intended to address historical racism and discrimination, a significant step for proponents of racial reparations, an issue that has long been frozen by political concerns.
Baz Luhrmann recalls Lisa Marie Presley's kind embrace' on set of Elvis biopic
Baz Luhrmann, director of the Elvis Presley biopic, has said he will miss US singer Lisa Marie Presley's warmth, smile and love following her death at the age of 54.In a statement, the Presley family said they were shocked and devastated to announce the only child of Elvis died shortly after being rushed to hospital on Thursday.
Nicolas Cage says ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley lit up every room'
Nicolas Cage said his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley lit up every room and had the greatest laugh of anyone I ever met.The Hollywood actor said he was heartbroken by news of the US singer's death, but found solace in the belief that she had been reunited with her son, Benjamin Keough.The pair were married briefly in August 2002, though Cage filed for divorce shortly after in November, which was finalised in 2004.
Tarnished Golden Globes Attempt a Comeback, After Years of Controversy | KQED
A view of the stage during the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 09, 2022.The Golden Globes are attempting a comeback on television Tuesday evening, after two scandal-ridden years for the organization that hosts the annual ceremony honoring film and TV.The 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association plans to hand out its awards with a lavish Hollywood party emceed by comedian Jerrod Carmichael.
Zelensky thanks the free world' in a video message at the Golden Globes.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine struck a confident tone in a prerecorded video message at the Golden Globes on Tuesday, delivered as the war with Russia continues to rage, telling the audience that the tide is turning and thanking the free world for its support.Introduced by the actor Sean Penn, who was filming a documentary in Ukraine when the war broke out and has been a vocal supporter of the country, Mr. Zelensky said the struggle was, in part, for the right of the new generations to know about the war only from movies.
The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship | Zoe Williams
Everyone likes a photo of Jamie Lee Curtis because everyone likes Jamie Lee Curtis, but the moment caught at the Golden Globes on Tuesday was something else.Combining the razzle-dazzle of the red carpet with the raw emotionality of war photography, the shot captures the moment when Michelle Yeoh wins best actress (comedy/ musical) for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Steven Spielberg truly regrets' decimation of shark population due to Jaws
Steven Spielberg said he truly regrets the decimation of the shark population following the success of his 1975 film Jaws.Joining Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs he discussed his successful directing career, including his latest project semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans.Spielberg, 75, is known for Hollywood blockbusters including ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Jaws.
The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship | Zoe Williams
Everyone likes a photo of Jamie Lee Curtis because everyone likes Jamie Lee Curtis, but the moment caught at the Golden Globes on Tuesday was something else.Combining the razzle-dazzle of the red carpet with the raw emotionality of war photography, the shot captures the moment when Michelle Yeoh wins best actress (comedy/ musical) for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Steven Spielberg truly regrets' decimation of shark population due to Jaws
Steven Spielberg said he truly regrets the decimation of the shark population following the success of his 1975 film Jaws.Joining Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs he discussed his successful directing career, including his latest project semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans.Spielberg, 75, is known for Hollywood blockbusters including ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Jaws.
Golden Globe nominations are led by 'Banshees,' 'Everything Everywhere'
This image released by A24 Films shows, from left, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in a scene from Everything Everywhere All At Once.Allyson Riggs/A24 Films via AP NEW YORK After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return by showering nominations on the black comedy The Banshees of Inisherin and the multiverse mash-up Everything Everywhere all at Once.