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Denzel Washington hands over to his son Malcolm and keeps August Wilson in the family
TORONTO (AP) — August Wilson ’s “The Piano Lesson” deals profoundly with ancestry and heritage, which makes it all the more fitting that the new film adaptation, produced by Denzel Washington and directed by his son Malcolm, is a family affair. “The Piano Lesson,” which...
Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
TORONTO (AP) — Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams. There’s the young artist’s urge to break through, fallow creative periods...
Patti Scialfa, Springsteen's wife and bandmate, reveals cancer diagnosis
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen's wife and E Street bandmate, says she has been dealing with multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. In a documentary about the band that premiered Sunday, the 71-year-old Scialfa said she was diagnosed in 2018 with the...
Amy Adams and Marielle Heller put all of their motherhood experiences into 'Nightbitch'
TORONTO (AP) — The day after the premiere of their film “Nightbitch,” Amy Adams and Marielle Heller are sitting in a Toronto restaurant reflecting on all that went into, as Heller puts it, “birthing” a movie that captures some of the truest, rawest but seldom Instagrammed things about...
'Unstoppable' captures Anthony Robles' singular life, with Robles as his own stunt double
TORONTO (AP) — A few hours before the film about his life, “Unstoppable,” was to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Anthony Robles, sitting alongside the actor who plays him, Jharrel Jerome, was remembering the moment he won the NCAA wrestling national title. ...
Pamela Anderson takes a bow at TIFF for 'The Last Showgirl'
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto International Film Festival has played host to many comeback stories over the years. Brendan Fraser was cheered here two years ago for his performance in “The Whale.” This year's unlikely comeback story might be Pamela Anderson. On Friday, Gia...
Almodóvar returns to Venice with 'The Room Next Door' and gets a nearly 20 minute ovation
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar returned to the Venice Film Festival with stars Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Their film, “The Room Next Door,” had its world premiere on the Lido Monday evening, where it received a standing ovation for nearly 20 minutes. ...
Venice Film Festival welcomes Pitt and Clooney, and their new film ‘Wolfs’
VENICE, Italy (AP) — George Clooney and Brad Pitt returned to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday for the world premiere of “Wolfs.” Before hitting the red carpet, the Hollywood stars reflected on reuniting, the rise of streaming and Clooney’s New York Times op-ed urging...
At Venice Film Festival, Jude Law debuts ‘The Order’ about FBI manhunt for a domestic terrorist
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jude Law plays an FBI agent investigating the violent crimes of a white supremacist group in “The Order,” which premiered Saturday at the Venice Film Festival. An adaptation of Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s nonfiction book “The Silent Brotherhood,”...
Trump film 'The Apprentice' finds distributor and will open before the election
NEW YORK (AP) — After struggling to drum up interest following its Cannes Film Festival premiere, “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump, has found a distributor that plans to release the film shortly before the election in November. Briarcliff...
