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NFL play-offs: Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos to reach Super Bowl, says Phoebe Schecter
If you asked the question halfway through the season, everyone would have said, "oh, the Rams are going to the Super Bowl". But Matthew…
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‘The History of Concrete’ Review: John Wilson Constructs an Entire Film Around a Subject No One Cares About
With “The History of Concrete,” John Wilson takes the least interesting subject imaginable — the dull gray composite used for sidewalks,…
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Oscars: Eight surprise takeaways from the nominations
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter British actor Delroy Lindo says he was half-asleep when he found out he got his first Oscar…
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Sundance: Chris Pine, Jenny Slate and Judd Apatow Kick Off Bittersweet Opening Night of Final Park City Edition
“We are sad it’s the last Sundance in Park City, but we will see what Colorado is all about,” Judd Apatow said at Thursday’s opening night…
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Delroy Lindo was in bed when he found out he had received his first Oscar nomination
British actor Delroy Lindo says he was "in bed" when his son rang to tell him he had been nominated for his first Oscar. The 73-year-old…
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Freeport says it’s on track to restart Indonesia copper mine after deadly mudslide
The company has already restarted two unaffected areas of the mine since the incident in September Freeport-McMoRan is making progress on…
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‘Carousel’ Review: Chris Pine and Jenny Slate in a Painfully Languid Neorealist Drama of Lonely-Hearts Romance
Who says they don’t make ’em like they used to? “Carousel,” starring Chris Pine and Jenny Slate in a painfully languid neorealist drama of…
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Kerry Washington Receives Elevate Foundation Catalyst Award, Boards Pro-Democracy Series ‘Nevertheless’ Season 2 as Executive Producer
Kerry Washington was honored with the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award at the Democracy on the Screen – and on the Line event Thursday at the…
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'The Secret Agent' earns 4 Oscar nominations, boosting Brazilian cinema
Brazilians celebrated the nomination of "The Secret Agent" film to four Oscar categories on Thursday, which many said confirmed the rise…
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‘The Lake’ Review: Climate Change Doc From Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi Raises Alarms About the Fate of the Great Salt Lake
After seeing Abby Ellis’ urgent Sundance documentary “The Lake,” on the imminent collapse of Utah’s Great Salt Lake due to water…
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‘Barbershop’ TV Series Adds 8 to Cast, Including Zack Fox, Ego Nwodim, Ziwe, Tituss Burgess
Amazon Prime Video‘s “Barbershop” TV series has added eight new actors in guest star roles, Variety has learned. The new additions are:…
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Raye Announces Sophomore Album ‘This Music May Contain Hope.’
Raye has announced her highly anticipated sophomore album “This Music May Contain Hope.,” releasing on March 27 via Human Re Sources.…
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The 2026 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Been Picked
Wes Anderson (“The Phoenician Scheme”) Ryan Coogler (“Sinners”) Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”) Josh Safdie (“Marty Supreme”)…
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Can California’s Improved, $750M Incentive Really Revive Production in the Golden State?
For the most part, Nikki Glaser was plugged into the zeitgeist with her Golden Globe Awards monologue earlier this month. She was funny,…
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Max Mara Art Prize for Women Becomes Itinerant, Partners With Museum MACAN in Indonesia
MILAN — After two decades, the Max Mara Art Prize for Women is becoming nomadic. The first partner in this new phase of the initiative…
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Sinners Makes History With Most Oscar Nominations Ever
“There’s a firm argument to be made that this art form, the Delta blues, is our country’s most important contribution to global popular…
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How the Director of Wu-Tang Clan Doc ‘The Disciple’ Unraveled the ‘Wild’ and Untold Story of Cilvaringz and the ‘Once Upon a Time in Shaolin’ Saga
A fun fact perhaps not known by many industry folk is that Netflix’s first Oscar win didn’t come from one of its big, noisy and…
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Warner Bros. Ties Own Oscar Studio Record With 30 Nominations for ‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’
Warner Bros. scored a leading 30 Oscar nominations on Thursday morning, collecting a record 16 nods for Ryan Coogler’s vampire thriller…
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‘Sinners’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Becomes Most-Nominated Black Woman in Oscar History
Ruth E. Carter continues to set milestones for Black women at the Oscars. The legendary artisan earned her fifth Oscar nomination for best…
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Netflix is live broadcasting ‘Free Solo’ climber Alex Honnold’s ascent of this Taipei skyscraper
Towering high above Taiwan’s capital city at 1,667 feet (508 meters), Taipei 101 dominates the skyline. The earthquake-proof skyscraper of…
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BAFTA Boss on Alan Cumming’s First Time Hosting Film Awards, the Logic Behind Longlists and Late Nominations Date: ‘It’s Nice to Have Oscar’ as a ‘Bellwether’
For the first time in a very long time, this year’s BAFTA Film Awards nominations are being announced after the Oscar nominations are…
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The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 Co-Produce Spanish-Language Thriller ‘The Blue Box’
The Mediapro Studio, Infinity Hill and IP4 have banded together to co-produce “The Blue Box” (“La Caja Azul”), a Spanish-language thriller…
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“The Beauty” Is a Hot Mess
In the new Ryan Murphy horror thriller “The Beauty,” a virus turns its hosts into perfect physical specimens overnight. Men wake up with…
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Netflix Unveils Turkish Slate, Headlined by Series Adaptation of Nobel Prize-Winning Author Orhan Pamuk’s ‘The Museum of Innocence’
Netflix has unveiled its Turkish production slate for 2026, which is headlined by a hotly anticipated series adaptation of Turkish Nobel…