SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty ImagesEmilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard is speaking out on Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive posts amid the backlash that his lead actress has recently received.In an interview with Deadline published Wednesday, Audiard condemned Gascón’s tweets, which contained Islamophobic, racist and other offensive remarks on a wide range of topics.”It’s very hard for…… Read More…
Paramount PicturesRihanna is, as she describes it, in her “blue era,” playing Smurfette, the self-described “coolest Smurf in the village” in the new live-action/animated movie Smurfs.In a newly released trailer for this iteration of the beloved franchise film, Papa Smurf, played by John Goodman, is kidnapped by the evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, so Smurfette…… Read More…
A star-studded cast has been gathered for the new comedy Old Pals. Henry Winkler, Brian Cox, Emma Roberts and Evan Rachel Wood will star in the film, Deadline reports. The movie comes from director Wendey Stanzler and writer Rick Cisario, and follows two recent widowers, played by Winkler and Cox, who are forced to become…… Read More…
ABC/Jeff LipskyJoy Behar returns to the stage in her new play, My First Ex-Husband.Written by Behar over the span of 12 years, the new show features a rotating cast of actresses playing women who tell stories about the people they used to be married to. While fictional, the play is based on interviews Behar conducted…… Read More…
Amazon MGM StudiosClean Slate is officially on Prime Video, a new series chronicling the reunion of an old-school car wash owner named Harry and his child, who returns home a proud trans woman named Desiree after more than 23 years away.Laverne Cox stars as Desiree, and serves as creator and executive producer of the show, and…… Read More…
John Shearer/WireImage via Getty ImagesThe first batch of Oscars presenters have been revealed.Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone, Robert Downey Jr. and Da’Vine Joy Randolph will return to the Oscars stage to present awards at this year’s ceremony, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.All four actors are returning to the awards ceremony after…… Read More…
AppleThe popular drama Shrinking, starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford, will continue production in Los Angeles as the members of the film industry urge shows to stay put after wildfires caused destruction throughout the city.The Apple TV+ show, which shoots in Altadena and Pasadena, begins production on its third season of television the week of…… Read More…
Universal PicturesJonathan Bailey, Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali star in the official trailer for Jurassic World Rebirth.The trailer, which was released online Wednesday, features the trio exploring a remote island research facility that’s inhabited by, as paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Bailey) describes them, dinosaurs that were “too dangerous” for the original Jurassic Park.Also on this…… Read More…
Juliette Binoche has been named the president of the jury for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The honor was announced Tuesday, falling almost 40 years after her first appearance at the festival with her film The English Patient in 1985. Binoche follows behind Greta Gerwig, who presided over a jury that awarded Sean Baker’s Anora…… Read More…
Monica Schipper/Getty Images for IMDbJesse Eisenberg wants you to know he doesn’t claim Mark Zuckerberg.The actor played the Meta CEO and Facebook creator in the 2010 film The Social Network, a portrayal for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. While speaking with BBC 4 on Tuesday, Eisenberg said he doesn’t want to think…… Read More…