Новости за 21.04.2024

Lourdes Portillo, filmmaker of the 1994 documentary “The Devil Never Sleeps” and a visual artist, investigative journalist and social activist, died Saturday in her San Francisco home. She was 80. Portillo focused her work on writing, directing and producing film and videos that centered the emotions and circumstances of Latin American, Mexican and Chicano experiences. […]

A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood injured 15 riders on Saturday night, authorities said. The Los Angeles County Fire Department units were dispatched shortly after 9 p.m. PT to the theme park, the department said in a social media post. A total of 15 people who sustained minor injuries were transported to local hospitals. […]

The Spice Girls reunited at Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday party on Saturday, where they danced to their hit song “Stop” in a video posted by David Beckham on Instagram. Posh Spice did the signature dance to the hit alongside fellow former bandmates Mel B, Geri Halliwell, Melanie C and Emma Bunton at her birthday celebration at […]

Joe Hall has been named president and CEO of Manhattan Neighborhood Network, an award-winning cultural organization. The non-profit is also the largest community media center in the country, overseeing two state-of-the-art facilities in Hudson Yards and East Harlem. In his new role, Hall is tasked with setting the vision of Manhattan Neighborhood Network and building out a development […]

Box office sands continue to flow for “Dune: Part Two,” which is nearing $700 million worldwide. Director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic has grossed $276 million in North America and $419 million overseas, bringing its global tally to $695.8 million after eight weeks of release. It’s an impressive benchmark in post-COVID times; only five movies in […]

New York real estate scion Robert Durst has been at the forefront of Andrew Jarecki’s mind for close to 20 years. In 2005, the director began working on “All Good Things,” a narrative film inspired by Durst and the 1982 disappearance of his first wife. That was followed by Jarecki’s 2015 HBO bombshell six-part docuseries […]

A24’s dystopian thriller “Civil War” conquered the box office again, fending off three new releases to retain the top spot on North American charts. Alex Garland’s film, starring Kirsten Dunst as a photojournalist who traverses a violently divided United States, added $11.12 million in its second weekend of release. It has generated $44.8 million so […]

“Baahubali” star Rana Daggubati’s Spirit Media has teamed with Tinkle Comics to launch a graphic novel featuring Indian superhero Minnal Murali at the Mumbai Comic-Con. “Minnal Murali” is a 2021 Malayalam-language film directed by Basil Joseph, produced by Sophia Paul’s Weekend Blockbusters and starring Tovino Thomas as the eponymous superhero. Set in a village in […]

Bangladeshi filmmakers Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Nusrat Imrose Tisha‘s “Something Like an Autobiography” has been acquired for U.K. broadcast by Channel 4. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Busan International Film Festival, where was in the prestigious Jiseok competition. It was also a part of the South Asian icon strand at the 2023 Mumbai Film Festival. […]

In a triumphant night for Spain, J.A. Bayona’s Oscar-nominated “Society of the Snow” swept the top prizes at Platino Xcaret, named after the venue of the annual Platino Awards this year, which took place at the Xcaret Park, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Argentina cinema’s plight, exacerbated by far-right president Javier Milei’s closure of its film institute, […]

Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams, stars of the seminal horror film “The Blair Witch Project,” released a public letter to Lionsgate on Saturday asking for more robust compensation for their work on the 1999 blockbuster, as well as “meaningful consultation” on any future “Blair Witch” projects that use their names or likenesses.  The […]

“Hell’s Kitchen” opened on Broadway on April 20, 2024. The following is Aramide Tinubu’s review of the show’s Off Broadway premiere published on Nov. 19, 2023. The credits and copy have been updated to reflect any changes for the Broadway transfer. “Hell’s Kitchen,” playwright Kristoffer Diaz’s new musical with songs by Alicia Keys, begins at […]

After premiering in 2018 in the U.S., “Bluey” has become an Australian-made pop culture phenomenon with 151 episodes under its belt and more to come. While the animated TV show is made for five to seven year-olds, adults have also come to enjoy “Bluey” for its heart-warming and sometimes sad episodes with positive messaging and […]

Netflix has acquired the series “Calabasas” from executive producers Kim Kardashian, Emma Roberts and “Pretty Little Liars” creator I. Marlene King, Variety has confirmed. Based on the 2021 book “If You Lived Here You’d Be Famous by Now” by Via Bleidner, the upcoming series adaptation follows a 16-year-old sheltered Midwestern Catholic school girl who’s thrown […]

After meeting six times at the amateur levels (the pair split the contests 3-3), Devin “The Dream” Haney looks to defend his WBC Super Lightweight Title tonight against his rival Ryan “Super Ry” Garcia. Haney vs. Garcia happens at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, April 20 with a start time of […]

“Bluey” has returned for a surprise episode set to drop this weekend. Appropriately titled “Surprise,” little is known about this sneaky new episode. Will the latest edition to the Bluey-verse emotionally devastate the parents of the world, similar to last weekend’s TV special? Details are scarce, but what we do know is that the brand-new […]

Watcher Entertainment has drawn millions of fans for their unscripted and comedic videos on YouTube — and now the studio’s three creators have drawn the ire of a significant number of them. On Friday, Watcher, formed in 2019 by former BuzzFeed hosts Steven Lim, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, announced that going forward, full seasons […]

One of the oldest rivalries in sports takes to the soccer pitch Sunday as Real Madrid hosts FC Barcelona for the 2024 El Clásico game. The La Liga Clásico takes place Sunday, April 21 at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT. Pre-game coverage begins at 2 p.m. ET. How to Watch El Clásico Online […]