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Lise Pedersen Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne shared his passion for film and his thoughts on contemporary American cinema with the audience at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon where he is premiering his eighth feature film, “The Holdovers,” under the French title “Winter Break,” on October 15th. In a conversation skilfully led and translated by Los Angeles-based French film journalist Didier Allouch, Payne drew laughs from the Lumière crowd when he explained that the secret to making good films was “keeping your budgets low.” “John Huston approached Luis Buñuel one day and asked him, ‘How is it that you make these wonderful films, like “Viridiana” and “The Exterminating Angel”?’ And Buñuel replied, ‘How much money do you make and how much money do you think I make?’” said Payne with a smile.

As told to Photography by Today, Glamour unveils our two global Women of the Year—America Ferrera and —who are being honored by Glamour in the US, as well as Germany, Mexico and Latin America, Spain, and the UK. The rest of our incredible class of 2023 will be announced on November 1, 2023.When I was five years old, I declared to my mother that when I grew up, I wanted to be both an actress and a human rights lawyer.

A popular Indian street food restaurant is bringing its famous build-your-own naan rolls and rice bowls to Manchester. Rola Wala will be opening its doors on Deansgate, next to KFC and Pret a Manger from early November.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief A dearth of new release films allowed Zhang Yimou’s “Under the Light” to retain a comfortable lead at the China box office over the weekend, in its third week of release. The contemporary crime drama film earned $13.5 million (RMB97.2 million) between Friday and Sunday, according to data from consultancy Artisan Gateway. Since releasing on Sept. 28, it has accumulated gross revenues of $163 million (RMB1.17 billion).

Valerie Wu Intern Hollywood is mourning Suzanne Somers, star of sitcoms “Three’s Company” and “Step by Step,” who died Sunday after a long battle with breast cancer. The actor would have celebrated her 77th birthday on Monday, Oct. 16.

Bruce Willis’ neurodegenerative disease is sadly advancing.

has been nominated for several Golden Globes and Academy Awards, becoming the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar for best supporting actress in 2009.All this to say, Penélope Cruz is and is often regarded as one of Hollywood's best dressed, regardless of the occasion. Among her best outfits is the she wore during the 2023 MET Gala 2023, and it's necessary to talk about the black she wore at the Goya Awards 2017.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic For anyone in southern California who had experienced FOMJ (fear of missing Joni) when Brandi Carlile led “Joni jams” with Joni Mitchell last year at the Newport Folk Festival or earlier this year at the Gorge, there was finally an antidote for that. Mitchell was — as hoped — one of the guests at the “Brandi Carlile and Friends” show Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl, singing her classics “Circle Game, “Ladies of the Canyon” and “Shine” along with the full cast of participants gathered around her.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Carrie,” the 1976 Cinderella-goes-to-the-bloodbath horror film that gave Piper Laurie, who died Oct. 14 at 91, the role for which she’ll probably be best remembered, is the movie that changed my life. I was 17, home for the Thanksgiving weekend of my freshman year at college.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A group of 22 Hollywood writers has penned an open letter calling out the Writers Guild of America for not issuing a statement condemning the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild of America each issued statements last week condemning the attack.

Over a week after Israel was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists, a number of showrunners today publicly called out the Writer’s Guild for their silence on the matter.

Quentin Tarantino has been pictured at an Israeli army base.The legendary film director made a surprise visit in a bid to boost morale during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Gaza.The official page of Israel War Room, shared the photo on X and wrote: “Legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino visits an Israeli base in southern Israel to boost IDF morale.”Tarantino has been living in Tel Aviv with his Israeli wife Daniella Pick, and their two children for the last two years.#BREAKING: Legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino visits an Israeli base in southern Israel to boost IDF morale pic.twitter.com/Vso6IgQlWa— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 13, 2023The couple previously tied the knot at a small private ceremony in Los Angeles in 2018.Tarantino first met the model in 2009 while he was on promotional duties for Inglorious Basterds, which starred Brad Pitt and Christopher Waltz.His visit comes after Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Mark Hamill and Jamie Lee Curtis were recently among 700 Hollywood figures who signed an open letter voicing their support for Israel amid the ongoing war.Hamas launched an early morning attack on southern Israel last weekend that has since gone on to trigger an Israel-Hamas war.Meanwhile, Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp also recently spoke out against Instagram users for celebrating violence against Israel.Elsewhere U2 frontman Bono paid tribute to more than 260 music fans killed during an Israel festival attack.The attack at the Paralello Universo festival in Re’im, Israel last weekend was carried out by Hamas operatives.The electronic festival reportedly saw rockets hit the site (via CNN) before gunfire opened up on those in attendance soon after at the event.

Guy Lodge Film Critic The list of Oscar-winning directors for short films who have gone on to major careers in the feature-length realm is shorter than you might imagine. Andrea Arnold, Martin McDonagh and Claude Berri achieved arthouse success; David Frankel made multiplex hits like “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Marley & Me.” But perhaps only Taylor Hackford, a winner in 1979 for an affecting little mockumentary titled “Teenage Father,” became a full-scale Hollywood brand — a name associated with a certain temperature of sleek studio gloss and versatile genre smarts.

Aaron Carter‘s twin sister Angel revealed her brother’s final resting place 11 months after his tragic death.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Saturday Night Live” opened this week’s Season 49 premiere without a skit, but instead with host Pete Davidson discussing “the horrible images and stories from Israel and Gaza.” Said Davidson: “And I know what you’re thinking, Who better to comment on it than Pete Davidson? Well, in a lot of ways, I am a good person to talk about it because when I was seven years old, my dad was killed in a terrorist attack. So I know something about what that’s like. “I saw so many terrible pictures this week.

Ciara is speaking out about the current crisis in Israel and Palestine.

Amber Heard‘s In The Fire director had so many good things to say about her in a new interview.

started July 14, Cooper can’t promote the upcoming film. But, in a stroke of incredible convenience, the 48-year-old actor is reportedly in the early stages of a new romance with supermodel Gigi Hadid, 28.As the actors’ strike drags on and prevents movie stars from doing traditional press such as talk shows and magazine interviews, A-Listers are still staying in the public eye — and in the minds of Emmy and Oscar voters — through less conventional means.

Liza Foreman Kids spend more than 60 minutes consuming content a day on any device, and that figure is higher in the U.S., according to Ivan Colecchia, senior VP business development, at analytics firm The Insights Family. Colecchia outlined several key trends for kids entertainment for the year ahead in a presentation at MipJunior kids content and co-production market. The global take-over of anime, a cinema renaissance amongst kids, the rise in popularity of popular Asian culture, like K-Pop boy bands, AI, customized content, and an increased income from toys related to favorite shows were the main talking points for Colecchia on Friday.

what she really thinks about Hollywood, sexism, Ozempic and everything in between.“Hollywood has changed a lot because it’s been taken over mostly by corporations, and corporations are the ones that are making the films now and choosing almost as if by rote,” she says, her inimitable British accent still able to cut glass.“I don’t know how they choose the subjects to make, but there’s been very few films that I have wanted to go to. I don’t want to be lectured.

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