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Jacob Elordi thinks Paul Schrader's cinema language in 'Oh, Canada' doesn't take long to learn

Dec. 18, 2024 12:53 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jacob Elordi is suddenly everywhere in Hollywood — so much so that he thinks he must be dreaming. Amid a remarkable streak of high-profile projects with respected filmmakers — Sofia Coppola's “Priscilla,” Guillermo del Toro's upcoming adaptation of...

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Aaron Pierre ends his big year on a high note with 'Mufasa'

Dec. 11, 2024 09:16 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Pierre is closing out his big year on a literal high note. After donning Malcolm X’s distinctive browline glasses in the “Genius: MLK/X” series and getting his modern-day Rambo on in the Netflix action hit “Rebel Ridge,” the 30-year-old English...

'Wicked' and 'Gladiator' make gravity-defying theater debuts

Nov. 25, 2024 06:38 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu’s lavish big-budget musical...

Riding a 6-game win streak, the Eagles head to Hollywood again for a rematch with the young Rams

Nov. 21, 2024 17:23 PM EST

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — For the second straight season, the Philadelphia Eagles are headed to SoFi Stadium with a lengthy winning streak and a team that looks like one of the best in the NFC. The Los Angeles Rams (5-5) couldn't do much to slow them down last season, but they'll...

On the eve of Oscars honor, James Bond producers reflect on legacy and future of 007

Nov. 13, 2024 19:49 PM EST

For the late James Bond producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award was a true high point in his career. He said as much accepting the prize, a non-competitive honorary Oscar, at the Academy Awards in 1982. Roger Moore presented it to him...

Book Review: A new book about cult favorite Eve Babitz throws shade on reputation of Joan Didion

Nov. 11, 2024 14:09 PM EST

An entire generation of literary-minded women has not stopped telling itself stories influenced by master storyteller Joan Didion. The same, alas, cannot be said of Eve Babitz, a Hollywood bad girl whose life briefly intersected with Didion’s in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Few...

Yankees and Dodgers meet in World Series for 12th time in matchup of Broadway and Hollywood

Oct. 21, 2024 13:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway vs. Hollywood. Subway vs. Freeway. Judge vs. Ohtani. New York neighbors who became cross-country rivals, the Yankees and Dodgers renew their starry struggle in the World Series for the first time in 43 years. “I've always had that sense...

Javier Bardem on Gaza: ‘We cannot remain indifferent’ in call for hostage release and cease-fire

Oct. 02, 2024 13:39 PM EDT

Javier Bardem was no longer comfortable being silent on Gaza. The Spanish actor spoke out about the Israeli-Hamas conflict upon accepting an award at the San Sebastian Film Festival last week. In his nuanced remarks, Bardem condemned the Hamas attacks as well as the “massive...