The festival, scheduled to run from Sept. “Halloween Kills,” the latest movie in the “Halloween” horror franchise, will also premiere out of competition. Five of the 21 competition films are directed by women, Barbera said — down from eight last year. This year’s festival may see the return of blockbusters to Venice, but it will […]
In the not-so-distant past, only a few dozen hours of each Olympics were shown on television. Until a few years ago, there was simply not enough room for all the sports that are being shown at any given time, and the Olympics condensed this year-round problem into three weeks. By streaming, broadcasters can offer an […]
The day before, her fellow American ace Cat Osterman tossed six scoreless innings and struck out nine while surrendering just one hit to Italy. With a runner on first base, Canada’s starting pitcher, Sara Groenewegen, smacked a double into the right-center field gap. Its lone run came in the fifth inning, when McCleney reached on […]
The agreement, which will be in effect through the end of September, will also relax some pandemic protocols on production sets, even as the Delta variant climbs and Los Angeles County puts a mask mandate for indoor settings back in place. …Read the full story
CANNES, France — Gaspar Noé is a Cannes Film Festival fixture, but this year, he’s arriving just under the wire: After the director shot his new film “Vortex” in April and May under a cloud of secrecy, he rushed to complete it in time for a festival premiere. Maybe it’s fitting that “Vortex” arrived at […]
In the new film “Pig,” Nicolas Cage plays a prominent Portland chef named Robin Feld who left the city’s high-end restaurant scene to live in the Oregon wilderness, where he forages for truffles with his beloved pig. Robin Feld’s journey to find his pig unearths a dark side of the truffle industry, full of rivalry […]
The focus is on a few sentences of what an unknowing audience member would believe to be recorded audio of Bourdain, who died by suicide in 2018. And documentary experts who frequently consider ethical questions in nonfiction films are sharply divided. Using archival footage and interviews with Bourdain’s closest friends and colleagues, Neville looks at […]
Others called on Twitter and Instagram to crack down on the use of their platforms to traffic in racist language and tropes. In another era, this kind of loss — so numbingly familiar to England’s long-suffering fans — might have stoked a round of recrimination beyond the recesses of social media. “It all ends in […]
Whichever it was, that was the first time a person stopped him to say how much he liked the show. Through a program of dogged positivity and folksy aphorisms — “When it comes to locker rooms, I like ’em just like my mother’s bathing suits: I only wanna see ’em in one piece” — the […]
But following a year in which the pandemic forced many Americans to increasingly turn to on-demand streaming video for entertainment, the Television Academy is poised to reward streaming services in a big way when nominations for the 73rd Emmy Awards are announced at 11:30 a.m. It will likely be joined by a pair of HBO […]
Paul Orndorff, the WWE Hall of Famer known to fans as Mr. Wonderful, who fought against Hulk Hogan in the first-ever WrestleMania, died on Monday in Fayetteville, Ga. The next year, Mr. Orndorff fought against Mr. Hogan in an event that drew more than 60,000 spectators to Canadian National Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, which Mr. […]
This tangy, creamy sauce is the perfect home for all those extra herbs you may have on hand from other recipes — that leftover sprig of mint, the stemmy part of that bunch of cilantro, the droopy basil. It is a digital cookbook and cooking guide alike, available on all platforms, that helps home cooks […]
When the whistle blew to end the final, Messi — his relief palpable — dropped to his knees and was immediately surrounded by his teammates. “I needed to remove the thorn of being able to achieve something with the national team,” Messi said after the celebrations in the dressing room, according to The Associated Press. […]
William Smith, an actor known for his portrayals of villains and his onscreen movie brawls, died on Monday in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was throwing punches with Rod Taylor for the 1970 film “Darker Than Amber” when the two began fighting each other for real. The Columbia, Mo., native solidified his Hollywood status after tussling […]
Rosengart, a former federal prosecutor who has represented several celebrities in recent years, about having him take over and push for an end to the conservatorship, according to the person. Confidential court documents recently obtained by The New York Times revealed that Ms. Spears had expressed strong objections to the conservatorship over several years and […]
Harbour, who may be best known as the reluctantly heroic police chief Jim Hopper on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” can currently be seen in “Black Widow,” the Marvel movie directed by Cate Shortland that opened over the weekend. Alexei is the latest in a series of strangely compelling deadbeats for Harbour. As he explained in an […]
In the final fight of the early prelims, Jennifer Maia outlasted Jessica Eye by unanimous decision in a fight that remained close throughout. Jennifer Maia celebrates with a Brazilian flag around her shoulders as she earns a unanimous decision over Jessica Eye. Also, Maia and Eye have both been trending in the wrong direction — […]
Two documentaries take different approaches to their star subjects. CANNES, France — As the documentary “Val” begins, a young, bare-chested Val Kilmer lounges on the set of “Top Gun” and claims that he’s nearly been fired from every movie he’s made. At the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, two documentaries debuted about famously prickly pop-cultural […]
In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black, earned the job to host 2020 N.B.A. They were objecting to a production edict from executives that they believed was issued to benefit a sideline reporter and fellow star, Rachel Nichols, despite comments she had […]
The subsequent movies go further into the past — specifically 1978 and 1966 — building out a story that’s partly a spooky mystery and partly a knowing homage to the horror genre itself, in all its bloody and disturbing varieties. The first season of this offbeat, fast-paced sketch comedy anthology became a left-field hit, helped […]