‘Problemista’ Review: Julio Torres Debuts With A Charming Immigration Fairy Tale [SXSW]

Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey are showing off more photos of baby daughter Matilda, revealing the newborn is already a “daddy’s girl.”

The sky’s the limit for Tyler Perry!

Music City is coming together for a benefit concert to honour the victims of the horrific school shooting at Nashville’s Covenant School, where six people — three children and three school employees — were killed last week.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor The WGA and Hollywood’s major employers are set to resume contract talks on Wednesday as the sides aim to make progress in sorting through complicated compensation issues and averting a strike. Negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are expected to sit down again in person Wednesday morning at AMPTP headquarters in Sherman Oaks. The WGA had planned to take a two-week break after March 31 to begin the process of a strike authorization vote, with talks tabbed to resume the week of April 17. The guild’s current three-year contract expires on May 1. A rep for the AMPTP declined comment. The WGA did not immedately respond to a request for comment.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief To stimulate travel to Singapore through TV series and films, the city state’s Infocomm Media Development Authority and the Singapore Tourism Board are launching a $7.53 million (S$10 million) fund. The fund will support selected projects by international media and entertainment companies. These must be set in Singapore and launched before the first quarter of 2027. Successful projects will receive funding support of up to 30% of their qualifying costs related to featuring Singapore, including production and marketing costs. Project proposals will be evaluated based on their distribution and market reach, content concept and creative merit, opportunities to feature Singapore’s offerings and experiences, as well as the number of local talents involved in credited roles.

Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) has opened up about the origins of his 2018 smash-hit ‘This Is America’ revealing that it was initially written as a diss song aimed at Drake.In a new interview with GQ, Glover sat down in an orange grove to unpack the stories behind some of his most iconic characters. In addition to the story behind his actual origins in music – which involved “love at first sight” with renowned composer Ludwig Göransson, who worked on Community and every one of Glover’s records as Childish Gambino – the multi-hyphenate talked through the hectic process he went through to make his biggest hit.“Time is the oven that makes something special,” Glover said, noting that he and Göransson “did a lot of work” to make the track work.

Cindy Crawford is sharing a glimpse into what her 25-year marriage to Rande Gerber looks like. In an interview with People magazine, the former supermodel, 57, admitted that their relationship is "more traditional." "I was going to joke and say I can barely get him to pick up a wet towel, which is partly true, but I will say if something around the house needs repair — he'll repair it if he knows how," Crawford told the outlet. Crawford described Gerber, 60, as having a "strong sense of style." "You know, if the air conditioning's not working, he deals with that," Crawford continued.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are giving fans an inside look at their three weddings!

American Idol is currently in the middle of Hollywood Week and there was some drama during the duet round, which aired during the episode on Monday night (April 3).

Season two of Schmigadoon! premieres this week on Apple TV+ and the show’s creator, Cinco Paul, is opening up about his regrets for season one and how he fixed them in the new season.

Alessandra Ambrosio is having some fun on vacation!

Amid the news that two contestants quit the show during American Idol‘s Hollywood Week for season 21, we’re taking a look back at other contestants who have quit the show.

Lea Michele rocks a chic brown dress while arriving for Variety’s 2023 Power of Women held at The Grill on Tuesday (April 4) in New York City.

Donald Trump has been f**king around for years, and on Tuesday, he finally started finding out!

Lisa Ling is setting the record straight on Barbara Walters‘ departure from The View.

Blake Shelton is leaving this year after 23 seasons on the singing competition — but he'll always have his memories with his best frenemy, Adam Levine.Blake gave the former coach a teasing shout-out during Tuesday's Battle Rounds when a contestant was faced with a unique situation. Neil Salsich had to perform his Battle solo, after Team Blake competitor Adam Whalen dropped out of the competition for personal reasons.«I told him backstage, if you lose this Battle, it will be the worst fail in history,» Blake said of his advice for Neil before his solo performance.

Blake Shelton hit his first major stumbling block on season 23 of on Tuesday, when one of his team members had to drop out of the competition.Host Carson Daly first made the announcement during the final night of the Battle Rounds, sharing with the crowd, «Team Blake's Alex Whalen could not be with us tonight, so in this case, his Battle partner will be singing solo.»That left Neil Salsich onstage by himself, but it didn't seem to faze him. He impressed Blake and fellow coaches Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan and Chance the Rapper with his energetic rendition of Marvin Gaye's «I Heard It Through the Grapevine.»«Alex had personal reasons that he had to bow out of the competition,» Blake shared.

— and Niall Horan's team had more than a few surprises up their sleeves!The rookie coach's first pairing of the night was Jerome Godwin III and Talia Smith, who took the stage with a soulful rendition of Sam Smith's «Like I Can.» The coaches praised Jerome for stepping up to the moment while marveling at Talia's range throughout the complex track.Niall agonized over his decision, but ultimately decided to name Jerome the winner of the battle, who will be moving on to the season 23 Knockout Rounds — which kick off next week.Talia was nothing but gracious in defeat, and even shared some happy news of her own before she went home.«This whole journey started with a sad story and now I'm standing here and my life has changed, so I'm just grateful,» she told the coaches and the crowd. «Thank you for the opportunity, I'm just happy to be here.»Rubbing her belly, she added, «I want my future baby to look onstage and be like, 'That was my mommy!'»The news dropped Kelly Clarkson's jaw. «Did she just say baby?» she asked Niall, who immediately got up to hug his former team member.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Some folks have it easy, and others make life difficult for themselves. Guess which type “Problemista” is about. The perpetually unsatisfied title character, a demanding New York art critic played by Tilda Swinton as a hag with hair the color of hibiscus tea, is obsessed with archiving the life’s work of her late husband (RZA), who left behind a series of egg paintings no one seems to understand. Swinton feels like a future Halloween costume in search of a movie in writer-director Julio Torres’ overly kooky and all-too-quixotic debut — another attention-deficit comedy from the studio that made “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” except that Torres lacks the technical experience to pull off even a fraction of the ideas to which he aspires.

When I saw the poster for Problemista, I wondered why Tilda Swinton–who stars in the film–was on the poster. After seeing this, I now understand. Written and directed by Julio Torres, the movie tackles issues of immigration, and isolation, all packaged in a sweet surrealist bow. Alongside Torres, the film stars Tilda Swinton, Rza, Isabella Rossellini, Catalina Saaverdra, and James Scully. 

Selome Hailu Half of the jokes in “Problemista” fell on deaf ears at the film’s SXSW world premiere, but not because the audience didn’t want to hear them. Rather, the Austin crowd covered up several lines of dialogue with howling laughter seemingly every other time writer-director-star Julio Torres opened his mouth as Alejandro, an aspiring toy designer in New York City doing his best not to get deported back to El Salvador. Catalina Saavedra, who played Alejandro’s mother, Dolores, pointed out the uproar during the post-screening Q&A. When asked if it felt good to hear the reactions to the film, she joked that she didn’t get anything from it. Speaking in Spanish, she said that American audiences react that way to everything they see.