Best Picture Noms Lift ‘Licorice Pizza,’ ‘Belfast,’ ‘Drive My Car’ – Specialty Preview

New couple alert? Rumer Willis and Eric Dane sparked romance speculation when they were spotted getting quite close in Los Angeles on Saturday (March 12). The House Bunny actress, 33, and the Euphoria star, 49, shared a hug outside the ultra-exclusive San Vincente Bungalows, which attracts celebrities for its strict privacy policies. The rumor mill churned even faster when Eric placed a kiss on Rumer’s head!

Glamour. “When I pulled it up in a bun, all you could see was the salt and pepper, which is what I am, you know, dark and silver.

There was some controversy this week on The Bachelor after a contestant told Clayton Echard that she couldn’t stay on the show if he had slept with the other women in the fantasy suites.

Saturday Night Takeaway's Stephen Mulhern has reportedly been 'discharged from hospital' after undergoing a 'medical procedure'.The TV present 44, who revealed he was 'on the mend' after he was absent from the ITV gameshow on Saturday 12 March, is said to have undergone a procedure and is believed to be 'focusing all his energy on his recovery'. Stephen is said to be 'resting up' and earlier revealed that he would be tuning into Saturday Night Takeaway with co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

Rod Stewart has taken matters into his own hands and repaired the potholes on a road near his house after he had trouble driving his Ferrari down the street. Sir Rod, 77, posted a video of the moment to Instagram, where he can be seen wearing a hi-vis vest and tracksuit bottoms as he works as part of a team shovelling gravel into the road.

Nearly one year after DMX’s death, his fiancée Desiree Lindstrom opened up about their 5-year-old son’s health problems.

Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley were spotted touching down in Los Angeles and getting into the same car together, shortly after reports say they want to give their romance ‘another try.’

Outlander actress Caitriona Balfe put on a jaw-dropping display tonight while attending the EE British Academy Film Awards 2022 Nominees' Reception in London.The star, 42, who plays Claire Fraser in Starz show Outlander, showcased her incredible figure in the skintight outfit as she stepped onto the red carpet at the glamorous event.Posing for snaps, Caitriona gave a barely-there grin to photographers as she flaunted her amazing figure, just seven months after giving birth to her son with her husband, Tony Gill.Donning a black, skintight jumpsuit, the Outlander star sent jaws dropping as she gave a generous view of her cleavage.The garment featured an intricate knot design just below her breasts and above her waist, cinching in her already tiny figure.The actress accessorised her outfit with a black Yves Saint Laurent clutch bag and pair of heels.Caitriona opted for a slick of a sultry red lipstick and heavily bronzed cheeks as she wore her dark brown tresses pulled back into a tight bun.The star's appearance at the London event comes days after she and Outlander co-star Sam Heughan attended the season six premiere of the hit show.Wearing a black maxi dress, the actress put on a more demure display as she clutched an orange bag while posing for snaps with her Jamie Fraser actor co-star.However, the star was unable to attend the London premiere of the show and took to Twitter to defend her no-show as fans branded her "shameful".She explained that as a new mum who currently lives in LA, she is not readily able to fly across the world any time like she was before.

In the first five minutes of his conversation with Universal Film Entertainment Group Chairman Donna Langley today at SXSW, CNN’s Frank Pallotta got to the aorta of what anyone in Hollywood wants to know from the studio boss: what’s the situation on theatrical-day-and-date, the state of moviegoing and whether the pandemic truly messed the business up.

Jared Leto is promoting two projects at the same time these days!

UK households which open up their homes to Ukrainian refugees will receive a “thank you” payment of £350 per month, the Government is expected to announce.

Clayton Davis The most shocking snub of the Oscar noms was Denis Villeneuve’s omission from the best directing category for his science-fiction epic “Dune.”The film’s 10-nomination haul includes best picture and adapted screenplay, the latter perceived to be its most difficult to attain. Yet, Villeneuve’s lack of recognition for directing could rally widespread support from Academy voters and result in the film tying or surpassing a 50-year record held by “Cabaret” (1972).Bob Fosse’s classic adaptation of the Broadway stage musical set a record at the 45th Academy Awards for the most Oscars received without winning best picture.

Zack Sharf Any comic book movie fan hoping Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” would be the first Caped Crusader film with an R rating was surely disappointed when Warner Bros. confirmed Jan.

Clayton Davis Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” defied expectations last week when it nabbed Oscar nominations for best picture, director, adapted screenplay and international feature. The Japanese movie, released domestically by venerable art-house distributor Janus Films, surpassed titles with more robust campaigns, including Amazon’s “Being the Ricardos” and Netflix’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!”Even Hamaguchi was surprised by the noms.“I could have never imagined that I would be a realistic contender,” he tells Variety, speaking through Stacy Lee, a Japanese interpreter.

Todd Gilchrist The push-pull relationship between an individual developing his or her sense of self and the external forces trying to steer them — be they parental, professional, political or cultural — creates a tension that is common, and formative, to many people’s lives. Despite the wildly different stories that they tell, many of this year’s best picture nominees vividly illustrate this universal conflict, examining the challenge of retaining or asserting one’s identity while the world around them attempts to impose pressure or exert its influence.As perhaps the most fantastical of the nominees, “Dune” sends young Paul Atreides ( Timothée Chalamet) on a journey that owes no small debt to Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, but director and co-writer Denis Villenueve weaves a complex tapestry between the lineage into which the character was born, the overlapping but sometimes dueling ambitions of his mother and father, the feudal aristocracy of the film’s futuristic setting, and the almost primal sense of home and harmony that Paul feels once he arrives on the desert planet of Arrakis.

Sony will release it’s first movie of 2022, and second Tom Holland title after Spider-Man: No Way Home over the 4-day Presidents Day weekend, Uncharted, in what is expected to be a $70M+ haul worldwide.

EXCLUSIVE: Warnermedia OneFifty has acquired the Japanese road drama Drive My Car to premiere on HBO Max on March 2, 2022.

Zack Sharf Denis Villeneuve recently told MovieMaker magazine that he is “deeply pleased” with “Dune” landing 10 Oscar nominations, second only to Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” as the most nominated film at the 94th Academy Awards. While “Dune” broke into the best picture race and landed nominations in every craft category, Villeneuve himself got shut out of the best director race.

Zack Sharf Josh Brolin has a bone to pick with the Academy after it nominated “Dune” for 10 Oscars but shut out filmmaker Denis Villeneuve from the director category. “Dune” landed in the best picture race and earned nominations in every individual crafts category, which made Villeneuve’s omission one of the biggest nomination snubs of the year.

When it comes to awards snubs, Josh Brolin has Denis Villeneuve’s back.

Zack Sharf Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron’s onscreen chemistry sizzles in “Mad Max: Fury Road,” but what is it like to experience that chemistry in person? For “Fury Road” casting director Ronna Kress, the answer is downright overwhelming. As part of Kyle Buchanan’s upcoming oral history book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road,” Kress revealed that she crashed her car after staring at the “intense” chemistry between Hardy and Theron for the first time.“The truth of it is that we didn’t end up casting Tom until we had Tom and Charlize together,” Kress said.