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Brady Corbet’s odyssey into the artistic realms of the 20th century promises, on paper, to be a time-spanning epic. But though the running time is a whopping 3hrs 35 minutes — with a 15-minute interval whether you want it or not — The Brutalist is, surprisingly, much more intimate than that. The type of 70mm he uses, shot by regular collaborator Lol Crawley, is not the epic canvas of Lean or Kubrick but a way to propose a sense of scale. It’s the story of a man who thinks big, from a director who also has a vision that doesn’t fit easily into the modest confines of American independent cinema. It falls somewhat short of its lofty target, but it casts a strange spell and often swells with imagination.

Angelina Jolie detailed her preparation to play opera icon Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” at its Venice Film Festival press conference, saying she trained for “almost seven months.” “Maria” reunites Larraín and writer Steven Knight — whose last project, “Spencer,” bowed in Venice in 2021 — and tells the “tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris.” “Everybody here knows, I was terribly nervous,” she said of learning to sing opera. “I spent almost seven months training because when you work with Pablo you can’t do anything by half. He demands, in the most wonderful way, that you really do the work and you really learn and train.” Jolie said she “had not sung in public” before, which added to the pressure when filming packed theater scenes at Paris’ La Scala theater.

1970s New York. 

Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones is breaking his silence six months after filing his bombshell lawsuit against Diddy. Back in February, the music producer launched a

Gwyneth Paltrow is returning to acting and the big screen!

The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Sussex could be set for an unexpected reunion in New York City next month, amidst years of reported tension. Prince Harry, 39, announced on Tuesday that he'll be heading to the Big Apple in September, in a visit which coincides with the UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week (runs from September 22 to September 29).

pizza reviewer turned philanthropist told Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain. “John’s of Bleecker, Lucali and Luigi’s. Those would be three that are all up there.”Each of the NY locations will be at Portnoy’s One Bite Pizza Festival, coming Sept.

Ramones‘ legacy.The New York punk band’s intellectual property is owned in equal parts by two heirs – Hyman (better known as Mickey Leigh) and Cummings-Ramone – following the deaths of its four members.The pair famously don’t get along with each other, and in a new lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court last Friday (August 23), Leigh’s lawyers accuse Cummings-Ramone of violating federal trademark law by pursuing an “unrelenting quest” to associate herself with the Ramones.In the suit, Cummings-Ramone is described as a former “groupie” who has an “insatiable personal desire to shine a spotlight on herself”.It reads: “Ms. Cummings-Ramone has made and continues to make blatant attempts to exploit and personally capitalise on and benefit from the name, goodwill and legacy of the Ramones – that is, to try to push the false narrative that she is the heiress to… the Ramones’ legacy.“She most certainly is not.

Ben Affleck’s final act of generosity toward Jennifer Lopez? He supposedly “let” her be the one to file for divorce! Hmmm…

One of the many questions on our minds amid Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s divorce: What will happen to her engagement ring?!?

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A judge on Monday allowed Julia Ormond to proceed with allegations that Disney and CAA failed to protect her from Harvey Weinstein in the mid-90s. Suzanne J. Adams, a state court justice in Manhattan, denied the companies’ motions to dismiss the lawsuit, which claims that the entertainment conglomerate and the agency enabled Weinstein’s predatory behavior because he “made them too much money.” Ormond sued the companies last October, alleging that Weinstein sexually assaulted her in New York in December 1995.

sued three months ago to break up Live Nation, arguing the concert promoter and Ticketmaster illegally inflated concert ticket prices and hurt artists like Taylor Swift.Some states had sought damages under state law in the original lawsuit. By adding claims under the federal anti-monopoly law, states can seek three times the monetary damages.On Monday, 10 states joined the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, and 26 states and the District of Columbia added claims for treble damages on behalf of their residents.New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement that her office is seeking damages for what state residents were overcharged by Live Nation and Ticketmaster.“It’s time for a new era where fans, venues, and artists are not taken advantage of by big corporations that run the world of live events,” she said.Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Vermont joined the lawsuit, boosting the total to 39 states and the District of Columbia.The lawsuit says Live Nation directly manages more than 400 musical artists and controls around 60% of concert promotions at major venues.

Deadline. A24 is reportedly in talks to produce the project. Sessa, 21, rose to fame in “The Holdovers” playing Angus Tully, a boarding school student left at his school over Christmas break while classics teacher Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) was forced to chaperone.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal know they’re inextricably linked as Mark Cohen and Roger Davis, the characters they played in the original Broadway cast of “Rent.” Their status as one of musical theater’s most recognizable duos was part of the inspiration for their latest collaboration, “Adam Pascal & Anthony Rapp: Celebrating Friendship & History,” a 10-night residency that’s running at midtown Manhattan’s 54 Below through Aug. 17.

Addie Morfoot Contributor In our current tumultuous political climate, with the concept of truth seemingly tested daily, the future of democracy feels like it’s hanging in the balance. Variety and Rolling Stone will explore some of the ways the media industry is navigating the disinformation age during the fourth annual Truth Seekers Summit. CNN anchor and senior political correspondent Abby Phillip, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney and Susan Zirinsky, president of CBS News’ See It Now Studios, are among the luminaries who will attend the Aug.

behind-the-scenes photos of her doused in fake oil from filming her hit Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show.”Aniston had the sticky liquid thrown at her while playing her character, Alex Levy, in New York City last weekend.In the first photo, Aniston posed on a chair with the fake oil all over her white shirt and beige pants. The Emmy Award winner kicked one of her feet in the air as she smiled at the camera.

A big change is happening at The View!

If it’s too loud, you’re not necessarily too old. You may just be in El Segundo.

Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature The Room Next Door with Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton will be the Centerpiece selection at the 62nd New York Film Festival. The drama, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez’s 2020 novel What Are You Going Through, make its U.S. premiere at Alice Tully Hall on Oct. 4, said the fest’s parent Film At Lincoln Center.

Jennifer Aniston was photographed looking tearful during an emotional phone call.The “Friends” star, 55, is currently in Manhattan filming her Apple TV+ hit “The Morning Show,” and was crying on the phone as part of the show. This comes on the heels of Aniston recently getting photographed looking furious, rushing through a crowd of protestors who threw fake oil on her — also as part of the series. Now onto the filming of Season 4, the Emmy-nominated drama follows rival news anchors Alex (Aniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon, 48) through the cutthroat and chaotic world of morning TV.

New York Times.The Post has reached out to Pascal’s agent.Pascal was born on May 13, 1932 in Manhattan and raised in Queens. She studied journalism at New York University and then worked as a freelance writer for online websites.Her first young adult novel, “Hangin’ Out With Cici,” was published in 1977 and adapted into a TV special, called “My Mother Was Never a Kid.”Pascal and her husband, John Pascal, also wrote scripts for the soap opera “The Young Marrieds.”In 1983, she published the first book in the “Sweet Valley High” series, which follows identical twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield who live in a fictional suburb in Los Angeles.She previously spoke to Entertainment Weekly about how she was inspired to write the book series. “A friend of mine had lunch with a [book] editor, a man, who said, ‘Why isn’t there a ‘Dallas’ for young people?’ I thought about it, and I actually had a book [proposal] due.