Rich Peppiatt’s “Kneecap” and Luna Carmon’s “Howard” are among the titles on the longlist of new talent from British independent filmmakers for 2024, revealed on Friday. The selections highlight 31 British films across four premier filmmaking categories, including fiction and documentaries. Peppiatt and Carmon join a group of new directors competing for the Douglas Hickox … Read more
Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik issued a statement on Thursday saying: They were “completely devastated” by his death. Payne Officials in Argentina said that a man died on Wednesday after falling in the inner courtyard of a hotel in Buenos Aires. He was 31 years … Read more
Tove Jansson’s 1972 novel The Summer Book was not a memoir, but a piece of memory—its lean account of largely unspoken grief and recovery imbued and enriched by the author’s palpable feelings for the remote Gulf of Finland. The island setting, where she herself kept a holiday cottage. That it has taken more than half … Read more
Mitzi Gaynor, star of big musicals of the 1950s, including “South Pacific,” “Les Girls” and a series of beloved 1970s specials, died Thursday. She was 93 years old. Gaynor’s management team, Rene Reyes and Shane Rosamunda, confirmed the announcement diverse She died of natural causes. “For eight decades, she has entertained audiences in films, television … Read more
One Direction singer Liam Payne has died after falling from a hotel in Argentina – CBS News Watch CBS News Former One Direction member Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentine police confirmed to CBS News. He was 31 years old. Be the first to know Get browser notifications … Read more
Portraying the life of a pop star diva — or at least doing so convincingly — is not the easiest thing a film achieves. There are too many real-life counterparts. Director Brady Corbett (“The Brutalist”), teaming with Natalie Portman, is about halfway through the Vox Lux film. Lady Gaga draws on elements of her own … Read more
When Cameron Diaz stars in the Netflix comedy Back in Action alongside Jamie Foxx next year, it will be her first film in 11 years. The actress left Hollywood for a decade to focus on her family (she has two children with husband Benji Madden) and launching businesses like the popular wine Avaline. Speaking at … Read more
Legendary explorer of Antarctica Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance It sank more than a century ago and its wreck remained undiscovered at the bottom of the Weddell Sea until March 2022. Now, the team behind its discovery has joined forces with the Oscar-winning film crew to produce a new National Geographic documentary showcasing how the ship’s … Read more
“Joy” has been a much-used title in recent years, as a new film about the battle to develop an in vitro fertilization treatment justifies recycling once again with a late-in-the-film reveal: That was the middle name given to Louise Joy Brown. The first so-called “test-tube baby” in the world, and the first successful result during … Read more
Two female films, Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” and Dia Kolumbegashvili’s “April,” lead nominations at the Asian Pacific Screen Awards. The two films will compete in five categories – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Performances – which were revealed on Wednesday in the nominations announcement. Also competing for … Read more