Berlin film festival gives top award to drama on fractured Israeli identity, 'Synonyms'
A critical drama about an Israeli expatriate in Paris wrestling with his identity, "Synonyms" by director Nadav Lapid, won the Golden Bear top prize at the Berlin film festival Saturday. Lapid said the sexually explicit, semi-autobiographical movie, which deals with a young man who has ...
Chef Wolfgang Puck orders extra 100 kg of Miyazaki beef for exclusive Oscars after-party
Miyazaki wagyu beef has in the past proven so popular at the official Oscars after-party that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ordered an extra 100 kg of the world-famous Japanese delicacy to serve this year. "Because it was so popular, we brought ...
Following an outcry from many of the movie industry's most prominent figures, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reversed its decision to present four awards during the commercial breaks of this year's Oscar broadcast. The film academy on Friday said all 24 ...
Awards during commercial breaks and no host: Oscar organizers struggle to keep show relevant
From going without a host to handing out key awards during commercial breaks to a quickly nixed idea for a popular film category — Oscar organizers are struggling to keep Hollywood's biggest night relevant while dealing with messy controversies. With less than two weeks to ...
New tape shows R&B superstar R. Kelly having sex with minor, lawyer says
The lawyer representing a porn star in a legal battle with U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday his office has previously unreleased footage of R&B superstar R. Kelly having sex with a young girl. Michael Avenatti said his team discovered the graphic tape as representatives ...
Chinese movies dodge Beijing censors to shine, spotlight taboos, at Berlin film fest
A moving Chinese epic looking at the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution, the one-child policy and forced abortion made it past censors to premiere at the Berlin film festival Thursday despite a widening crackdown. "Di jiu tian chang" ("So Long, My Son") by Wang Xiaoshuai, ...
Netflix row overshadows Berlin premiere of film about Spanish lesbians 'Elisa & Marcela'
A row over whether films produced for streaming platform Netflix should be shown at the Berlin Film Festival has overshadowed the premiere of "Elisa & Marcela," Isabel Coixet's tale of two Spanish lesbians. Independent arthouse cinema operators in Germany wrote to German Culture Minister Monika ...
George Clooney compares Meghan Markle coverage to hounding of Princess Di
George Clooney is frustrated by the way the media is treating Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, comparing it to how the media covered Princess Diana. Clooney told reporters the Meghan is "a woman who is seven months pregnant and she has been pursued and vilified ...
Harrison Ford attacks Trump and other leaders who deny climate change
Hollywood veteran Harrison Ford on Tuesday attacked U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders who deny climate change saying they were "on the wrong side of history." Ford, who famously played the title role of Indiana Jones and also Han Solo in the Star ...
George Clooney returns to high school read 'Catch 22' for Hulu show
George Clooney says he never expected his next project to be a miniseries based on a novel he read in high school. But against his initial inclination, he's directing and starring in Hulu's series "Catch-22," drawn from Joseph Heller's classic work about the insanity of ...
'Vice' star Christian Bale calls Dick Cheney a much richer film character than Trump
"Vice" star Christian Bale said Monday that Dick Cheney made for a much richer movie character than Donald Trump ever could because he exercised his massive power "in the shadows. Speaking at the Berlin film festival where the Oscar-nominated movie is screening out of competition, ...
Nancy Pelosi gets rock star treatment at Clive Davis pre-Grammy gala
The audience at Clive Davis' white-hot gala included Barbra Streisand, Joni Mitchell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who got the most requests to take a selfie. Pelosi received rock star treatment Saturday night from attendees at the annual pre-Grammy event, ...
