Latest Jacques Audiard News

Keynote Selena Gomez spotlights prioritizing mental health during Academy Women's Luncheon

Dec. 11, 2024 01:17 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While surveying a room packed with Hollywood's most influential figures, “Emilia Pérez” star Selena Gomez took center stage to spotlight a critical issue: Prioritizing mental health and supporting underserved communities often left behind in the conversation. ...

Golden Globes 2025: Who's nominated, hosting, ceremony honorees, what they'll eat and more

Dec. 09, 2024 15:58 PM EST

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globes will return in January with major star appeal thanks to a slew of big name nominees, including Zendaya, Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Denzel Washington, Ariana Grande and more. Nominations for the 82nd awards...

'Emilia Pérez' leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by 'The Brutalist' and 'Conclave'

Dec. 09, 2024 15:55 PM EST

Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical “Emilia Pérez,” about a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, led nominations to the 82nd Golden Globes on Monday, scoring 10 nods to lead it over other contenders like the musical smash “Wicked,” the papal thriller “Conclave”...

List of Golden Globe nominees

Dec. 09, 2024 11:18 AM EST

“The Bear,” “Shogun” and “Emilia Perez” are among the nominees for the 82nd Golden Globes announced Monday morning. Because the Globes split top awards between drama and musical/comedy, there isn’t always a clear read on the top Oscar contenders. That’s especially...

Sean Penn accuses Academy Awards of cowardice at Marrakech Film Festival

Dec. 03, 2024 16:10 PM EST

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Sean Penn on Tuesday blasted the organizers of the Oscars for being cowards who, in effect, limit the kinds of films that can be funded and made. The 64-year-old actor said at the Marrakech Film Festival that he gets excited about the Academy Awards only...

'Emilia Pérez' wouldn't work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

Nov. 13, 2024 12:53 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar....

What to stream: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, 'Bad Sisters,' Shawn Mendes and 'Deadpool & Wolverine'

Nov. 11, 2024 00:17 AM EST

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman starring in “Deadpool & Wolverine” and James Patterson’s psychologist detective Alex Cross finally having his own thriller TV show are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming...

Movie Review: A musical, pulpy crime thriller, ‘Emilia Pérez’ swings for the fences

Oct. 30, 2024 13:03 PM EDT

There is so much going on in “Emilia Pérez,” the audacious musical/melodrama/crime-thriller from filmmaker Jacques Audiard, it’s impossible not to appreciate the sheer ambition of it all. There is obvious craft and moments of true transcendence, beauty and horror. Set around...

At the New York Film Festival, an art form at play

Sep. 26, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — When you think of blockbusters, the first thing that comes to mind might not be a 215-minute postwar epic screening for the first time at Lincoln Center. But that was the scene last week when the New York Film Festival hosted a 70mm print of Brady Corbet’s “The...