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Cannes weighs the reception to its world premieres in standing ovations, however, at SXSW they’re measured by screams.

Karla Mosley opened up about her departure from The Bold and the Beautiful.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Al Pacino spent time with some old friends, attending a 50th anniversary screening of “Dog Day Afternoon” at the American Cinematheque‘s Aero Theatre — those friends being the other collaborators he misses from making the classic bank-robbery-gone-wrong drama a half-century ago. The avuncular Pacino also made a lot of new friends at the Aero, with Tuesday’s capacity crowd reveling not just in his tales of making “Dog Day Afternoon” but assorted takes on other aspects of his career.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Eviscerated bodies. Purple blood.

Firmly established in the digital age as its own genre, Screenlife defines movies taking place in their entirety on computer screens. A real pioneer in all this is filmmaker/producer Timur Bekmambetov who has shepherded some of the best known and better films in the format including 2015’s horror film Unfriended, 2018’s suspense-driven Searching and its 2023 sequel Missing. Now in the age of Cryptocurrency, Bekmambetov and his company are behind LifeHack, a digital cousin of the Ocean’s 11 concept and a heist film born out of a new generation never having to leave their bedrooms to pull off the big steal and –hopefully – elude capture. For my money this is hands down the best Screenlife movie yet, a dazzling marriage of online skill, clever storytelling, brilliant editing, and acting within the confines of your computer screen that rivals the best of any heist film in recent years. This format is an ideal fit and takes the concept to new levels.

Although writer-director Alex Scharfman makes a big swing with his A24 horror comedy debut, Death of a Unicorn struggles to live up to its bold premise.

Karla Sofia Gascon opened up about the controversy that consumed the end of awards season for her.

Amanda Seyfried opened up about having a serious wardrobe malfunction during a conversation with Glen Powell.

Blu DeTiger, who is known as the “Bass Queen” thanks to her stellar bass skills, shut down the streets of downtown San Francisco with a free DJ set this week.

Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig addressed Blake Lively‘s contributions to the movie’s wardrobe.

Jenna Ortega gets all suited up to attend the premiere of her new movie Death of a Unicorn during the 2025 SXSW Conference and Festival on Saturday (March 8) in Austin, Texas.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) blasted Marco Rubio as well as “co-Presidents” Donald Trump and Elon Musk as she defended the haphazard response of Democratics at Trump’s address last week during a SXSW live taping of podcast On With Kara Swisher.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic When I was four, my parents took me to a planetarium for the first time. It was a huge one, in Chicago; it seemed as big as space itself. I enjoyed many more visits to planetariums over the years, but none could ever match the experience I had when I was four.

Lauren Coates While All Elite Wrestling fans know her as high-maintenance, low-saturation champion “Timeless” Toni Storm, moviegoers will meet her Clara Mortensen in Ash Avildsen’s Mildred Burke biopic “Queen of the Ring,” in theaters now. As both a lifelong wrestling fan and an active participant in the sport, Storm says she was honored to embody an early women’s wrestling pioneer like Mortensen. “It was surreal for me, very surreal.

Emily Longeretta Michael Bay‘s “We Are Storror” begins with a warning on screen: “Don’t attempt anything you see here.” It’s safe to say the audience at SXSW, the first to see the documentary on a big screen on March 8, was extremely impressed and a little bit scared, but definitely not jumping to attempt any of the wild stunts front and center in the documentary, which follows parkour team Storror. Instead of wires, green screens and editing tricks that Bay fans are used to, this time, it’s all real.

Abigail Lee Tim Baltz picked up a new, unexpected skill for the fourth and final season of “The Righteous Gemstones.” Viewers can look forward to seeing Baltz’s character BJ, husband of Judy Gemstone, showcasing his pole dancing hobby during this season, which premieres on Sunday. And it is largely Baltz actually on that pole. “I did most of my own stunts,” he told Variety at the show’s fourth season premiere in Los Angeles Wednesday.

Amazon shoppers are snapping up a Welsh whisky that's now a third off. Penderyn Single Malt Welsh Whisky would usually cost £42 for a 70cl bottle, but has been reduced down to just £28 as part of a limited time deal.

R Kelly has said he’s written 25 albums and has continued singing and making music while in prison.The disgraced singer was found guilty of six of 13 counts of owning and producing child pornography and enticing a minor back in September 2022. He was also found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking in 2021. R Kelly is serving 31 years in prison.The singer recently appeared on an Inmate Tea with A&P podcast episode, where he was asked if he’s continued his music practice while incarcerated.“Well, singing is a beautiful disease that’s incurable,” he said.

Blake Lively stepped out for South by Southwest (SXSW) as she appeared unfazed by her ongoing legal battle with actor Justin Baldoni. Lively made one of her first public appearances since she and "It Ends With Us" director and co-star Baldoni filed lawsuits against one another. On Friday, Lively was all smiles as she posed for photographers, took photos with fans and signed autographs during the world premiere of her new movie, "Another Simple Favor." The actress wore a light pink latex dress with a black-laced embellished floral design.The ensemble featured a corset with a black rim that cinched her waist, and she wore a matching collared latex cover-up over it.

Jack Dunn Better make it a large popcorn, because James Cameron‘s next “Avatar” film, “Fire and Ash,” will be even longer than 2022’s “The Way of Water,” which clocked in at three hours and 12 minutes. In a recent sitdown with Empire, Cameron said he and his writers developed too much material for “The Way of Water,” and when production began, had to move some of the story from that movie into its sequel, “Fire and Ash.” “In a nutshell, we had too many great ideas packed into act one of movie 2,” Cameron said.

. It’s officially eclipse season as Friday’s full moon fades out to a deep red blood moon. To catch it, you’ll have to stay up late—it peaks at 2:55 a.m.