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At the heart of Sean Baker’s film Anora is Mikey Madison. Having seen her work in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Scream, Baker cast her as Ani, a young woman working as a dancer in a New York strip joint and living in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood. When Ani impulsively marries a rich but immature client (Mark Eydelshteyn), his oligarch father and mother descend from Russia in a bid to annul the union. For Madison, preparation and authenticity were key, so she set about not only learning Russian and dance, but cultivating a deep understanding of the world of sex workers.

In the 20 years since her breakout film Dig!, about the uber-cool post-rock cold war between rival bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ondi Timoner has positioned herself as a great explorer of the times we live in, usually while that history is still unfolding. In the case of 2009’s We Live in Public and, in particular, last year’s The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution, she was so far ahead of the game that those films still can’t be considered case studies in the past tense, anticipating as they did the still-to-be-assessed impact of the internet on the human psyche. All God’s Children is unusual in that, although it, too, is very much in and about the present moment, it’s a film that’s also in dialogue — thoughtfully, and powerfully — with the past.

Saoirse Ronan is having a moment. Which is not necessarily a new experience, given she has four Oscar nominations to her credit. Now 30, the Irish-born actress first made the Academy cut at 14 for her supporting role in Atonement, which she followed with leading roles in Brooklyn, Ladybird and Little Women. But this year, playing a single mother in Steve McQueen’s London wartime drama Blitz, and a woman fighting her demons in Nora Fingscheidt’s addiction story The Outrun — Ronan’s first project as a producer — the goalposts for what she can achieve have been widened. 

The Office US star John Krasinski has been crowned People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive 2024 but thought he was being 'punked' when he heard the news.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is hoping to be a free man by Thanksgiving.

sex trafficking charges, The Post can confirm. The disgraced music mogul, 55, has been behind bars in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since September after being arrested for alleged racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

As Sean Baker continues to swear by tried-and-true film, he worries it’s a dying medium in Hollywood.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs for rape earlier this month has been told she must reveal her name or her lawsuit will be thrown out.Per NBC, the woman’s complaint was filed under “Jane Doe” in the Southern District of New York and alleged Combs raped her in 2004 at a Manhattan hotel when she was a 19-year-old student.Texan lawyer Tony Buzbee – who revealed that he was working with 120 people who have come forward with new claims against the disgraced rapper – filed the lawsuit under the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, which allows victims to file older claims within a two-year window (ending in March 2025).The suit in question was one of six Buzbee filed on October 14, all of which were anonymous.The complaint alleged that Jane Doe had been invited to one of Comb’s photo shoots in Brooklyn in 2004, after which she and her friend attended an after-party where they were invited to a “more exclusive party” by Combs.Her complaint said she and her friend agreed and were taken to a Marriott hotel in the Manhattan area by a member of Combs’ entourage. Doe and her friend were allegedly grabbed and taken to a separate bedroom separate from the main party, and locked inside with the rap mogul.According to the filing, Combs allegedly gave them drinks, ordered them to use cocaine, and forcibly touched them.

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Circoloco — the famed, underground music party where wild and weird is the norm. The group has been throwing parties across the globe for 25 years, from Miami’s Factory Town to beaches in Phuket, and the pyramids of Egypt. Of course, attracting star-studded lineups and celebrity guests along the way (Gigi Hadid and Leonardo Dicaprio, circa 2022).In Brooklyn, Circoloco is put on by the Nightlife Collective TekkSupport, and tickets sell fast.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched the fall classic, beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 to win Major League Baseball’s 2024 World Series. The victory notched from a five-run deficit earlier in the game at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night marks the eighth World Series win in Dodgers’ franchise history. The contest this time around was made for high TV ratings, marking only the fifth time in more than a half-century that the Dodgers and Yankees have faced off for the world championship since the Dodgers relocated to from Brooklyn to the West Coast in 1958.

A judge is granting Diddy his wish, at least for one of the sexual assault lawsuits from an anonymous accuser.

Usher is coming back for an encore.After performing four (!) concerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in early September, the eight-time Grammy winner just announced he’s coming back later this year for two more ‘Past Present Future Tour’ shows at the Nets home arena.The new gigs are scheduled to take place Thursday, Dec. 5 and Friday, Dec.

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died at 68 from acute intoxication from drug use, including cocaine. A rep for the NY Chief Medical Examiner’s office told TMZ Thursday that Salazar died from the combined effects of cocaine, cyclobenzaprine — a muscle relaxant — and diphenhydramine, which is a type of antihistamine.

Alan Sacks, known for co-creating Welcome Back, Kotter and producing several Disney Channel projects, has died. He was 81.

Anora—the latest project from writer and director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project)—was released in theaters on October 18. Outside of the industry, the movie’s had a bit of a slow burn, but now, everyone is talking Anora tells the story of a sex worker who meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch whose family attempts to get the marriage annulled. It’s been billed as a Cinderella story, but with an “R” rating., who had previously appeared in , the Scream franchise, and Lady in the Lake, stars as Anora.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Film and TV writer-producer Alan Sacks, who had an eclectic career that included co-creating the popular 1970s series “Welcome Back, Kotter” and working on projects set in the 1980s L.A. punk scene, died of complications from lymphoma on Tuesday. He was 81.

Here at Genius, we’re in a unique position as a music lyrics site to discover rising artists while staying on top of the latest trends. Millions of fans come to Genius every day after using Google to find the lyrics for songs they truly love, whether they’re looking for their favorite buzzing artists or the most viral songs of the moment. Every week, we’re going to look at our data and pinpoint why fans have been searching for a selected artist.

Following Liam Payne‘s death at age 31 this week, loved ones in the music industry are continuing to pay tribute online and onstage.

Neon opens Anora, its fifth consecutive Cannes Palm d’Or winner, in limited release this weekend — the highest-profile awards contender to hit theaters this awards season in a lively specialty weekend.