Новости за 06.03.2022

Alec Baldwin claims the wrong people are being charged in lawsuits related to the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the Rust film set. Speaking Saturday at the Boulder International Film Festival, Baldwin told moderator Rod Bostwick “deep-pocket litigants” are being targeted, rather than those who were potentially negligent in the incident. “What you have […]

EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of AMC CEO Adam Aron’s announcement during a recent earnings call that he’s raised ticket prices specifically on The Batman, there are some studio executives and producers who are miffed. It’s an audacious move at a time when moviegoing is desperate for a rebound following a financially disastrous pandemic, which saw circuits […]

Legendary singer Dame Shirley Bassey will open this year’s BAFTA Film Awards ceremony. The veteran powerhouse singer will perform the opening number at London’s Royal Albert Hall next Sunday evening, in a special performance to mark the 60th anniversary of the James Bond franchise. Dame Shirley will be giving an exclusive performance of an iconic […]

Management at some big tech companies is borrowing a requirement from an earlier, pre-internet period. They are demanding that workers come in to the office at least some of the time. While the pandemic appears to be waning, so are the moments where companies allowed most of their workforce to stay away from their cubicles […]

SUNDAY UPDATE, Refresh for latest…: Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman winged into 74 offshore markets this weekend, landing $120M at the international box office through Sunday. Combined with the $128.5M domestic start, the global launch is $248.5M. The Matt Reeves-directed Batman was No. 1 in 73 of its openings, and came in at the high end […]

Rocketman and Kingsman star Taron Egerton was unable to finish his Saturday night performance of the new play, Cock, collapsing in the middle of its first show at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.. The scary moment brought down the curtain and halted the play. A doctor in the audience quickly tended to Egerton, who is 32-years-old. […]

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are set to take place Sunday at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT at the Baker Hanger in Santa Monica. The annual shindig honoring the best in indie film will air live on IFC and stream for subscribers on AMC+. This year’s show is also available for the first time at […]

Actor Mitchell Ryan, who had a career in stage, film and TV lasting more than 50 years, has died at the age of 88. Ryan was best known for appearing in Lethal Weapon, and for his role in the TV sitcom Dharma & Greg. Other roles included soap operas Dark Shadows in the 1960s and […]

A Univision-broadcast game between two Mexican soccer teams became something much more serious this evening. The match was suspended in the 62nd minute as fights began to break out among the 30,000-plus attendees. The melee soon spread to the field as fans chased each other, some with weapons, and families fled the chaos. There were […]

Yellowstone star and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner paid emotional tribute to his longtime collaborator, production designer Ida Random as she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards tonight. And his tribute included the revelation that he might not have an an acting career without her intervention. From the […]

Who’d have thought the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards would be such a good party? Community alum and host Yvette Nicole Brown kicked things off with great energy and a few genuinely funny jokes. There followed two genuinely engaging acceptance speeches from Ethan Tobman and François Audouy and then a genuinely emotional — and […]

On tonight’s episode of SNL, Weekend Update‘s anchors tackled topics ranging from criticisms of HBO’s Euphoria and Wheel of Fortune contestants, to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and more. Colin Jost noted that fans of the hit HBO series Euphoria have been “harshly criticizing” creator Sam Levinson for “sexualizing” its teenage characters. “Plus, it’s just […]

Chloe Fineman channeled her inner Anna Sorokin in a sketch titled Inventing Chloe on Saturday Night Live, a nod to the Netflix drama Inventing Anna about Sorokin’s experience as a fraudster. Sorokin, under the alias Anna Delvey, pretended to be a wealthy German heiress while defrauding banks, hotels, and friends, among others. She was convicted […]

The hot pre-ceremony topic among attendees of the 26th annual Art Directors Guild Awards tonight was the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ controversial decision to pre-tape several artisan awards – including production design – and edit them into the live network broadcast. “Honestly, I think that the Academy’s throwing the baby out with […]

Oscar Issac nearly broke character during his Saturday Night Live hosting debut in a silly sketch about Paw Patrol, where he played City Councilman Herb Tangier. Herb, who has a permanent look of dismay on his face, is challenging a controversial initiative set in place by Mayor Goodway (Ego Nwodim) called the Paw Patrol initiative—and […]

Oscar Isaac tonight made his debut as host of Saturday Night Live, speaking in his opening monologue about the upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight, which will serve as his introduction to the MCU, and more. “I’m so excited to be here. This is my first time hosting SNL,” Isaac said up top. “They actually asked […]

One week after paying tribute to Ukraine in its cold open, Saturday Night Live this week went for laughs by skewering Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham for taking pro-Vladimir Putin stances as Russia threatened its neighbor. The cold open was presented as the Fox News Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular, with Carlson and […]

The American Cinema Editors used their ACE Eddie Awards on Saturday to fire back at the Oscars. Facing declining ratings and long running times, the Academy, the Oscars ceremony producers and ABC decided to award Oscars for editing and seven other categories outside the live telecast. ACE board member Kevin Tent introduced the awards saying, […]

Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story for 20th Century Studios and FX’s crime drama Snowfall claimed top honors at the Society Of Camera Operators Awards held virtually on Saturday night, with Mitch Dubin, SOC, and “B” Camera John “Buzz” Moyer, SOC taking home the award for Camera Operator of the Year in Film for their work on […]

Warner Bros. sports drama King Richard took the top Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) honor Saturday to cap the American Cinema Editors’ 72nd annual ACE Eddie Awards. Pamela Martin edited the pic, which sees Will Smith portraying the father to tennis sensations Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena Williams (Demi Singleton), who had a plan that […]

Mastercard has suspended operations in Russia, with Visa soon looking to do the same, according to multiple reports. The moves on the part of the financial services corporations are the latest to hit the country’s financial system, following its invasion of Ukraine. “We don’t take this decision lightly,” Mastercard said in a statement, noting that […]

Friday saw WWE’s Friday Night SmackDown on Fox pin the demo wars, scoring an 0.5 to easily top the night’s field. The show was highlighted by superstar Ronda Rousey’s first in-ring appearance on the blue brand, as she confronted current SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair ahead of their much-anticipated match-up at WrestleMania 38 on April […]

On Saturday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported 48 new deaths from Covid-19, as well as 1,382 new positive cases. The number of deaths and confirmed cases reported today may reflect delays in weekend reporting. But today’s data brings the County to a total of 31,005 deaths and 2,803,476 positive cases. At […]

An Oscar nominee for Best International Feature, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom marks a first for the country of Bhutan, which has only ever submitted two films for consideration (and actually entered Lunana two years in a row following its earlier disqualification on a technicality). Filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji and star Sherab Dorji joined […]

In the Oscar-nominated animated short film Boxballet, a gargantuan boxer and a willowy ballerina cross path unexpectedly. They develop feelings for each other, but given the enormous gulf between their backgrounds, the question becomes whether love can truly bring them together. Anton Dyakov directed, co-wrote and did the production design for the film, released by […]