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They don’t come along often, but I’m a sucker for a good animated documentary. From Flee to Tower to Waltz With Bashir to definition-stretchers like the Aardman Creature Comforts shorts or Grand Theft Hamlet, animated documentaries offer an aesthetic remove that draws attention to how little visual imagination so often goes into the genre. Endless…
Nick Reiner, under arrest after the murders of parents Rob Reiner and Michelle Reiner, has hired criminal defense attorney Alan Jackson for legal representation. Jackson on Tuesday confirmed to the assembled media while walking into a Dec. 16 hearing before the L.A. District Attorney that he was representing Nick Reiner. He added Rob Reiner’s son…
The Directors Guild of Canada has ratified a new contract with the Canadian Media Producers Association, representing local indie film and television producers, to ensure labor peace north of the border. The new three-year CMPA-DGC standard agreement will take effect Jan. 1, 2026 and spells out pay rates and workplace conditions for directors and other…
Oona Chaplin was living in a treehouse in the Cuban jungle that she built herself when she got the call to audition for James Cameron. “There are not a lot of things that would have gotten me out of my treehouse, but a call to meet Jim Cameron definitely did,” says Chaplin, who is probably…
Netflix is doubling down on what appears to be a new Christmas Day tradition of top-tier halftime performances, announcing Tuesday that Snoop Dogg will headline the streamer’s NFL Christmas Gameday on Dec. 25. The West Coast rap icon will take the stage during halftime of the Minnesota Vikings–Detroit Lions matchup, live from U.S. Bank Stadium…
Bestselling novel The Housemaid is coming to life on screen — but don’t expect an exact retelling of what happened on the page. The twisty thriller follows Millie (played by Sydney Sweeney), a young woman with a troubled past who is hired as a live-in housemaid for a wealthy couple, Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew…
Joe Ely, the influential Texas-born singer-songwriter whose blend of honky-tonk, rock and roadhouse blues made him a favorite among other musicians and led to collaborations with Bruce Springsteen and the Clash, has died. He was 78. Ely died Monday at his home in Taos, New Mexico, of complications from Lewy Body dementia, Parkinson’s and pneumonia,…
The screenplays of Frankenstein, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Peter Hujar’s Day and Train Dreams, as well as the source material from which they were drawn, are nominated for the USC Scripter Award for best film adaptation, and the teleplays for episodes of Dark Winds, Death by Lightning, Dept. Q, Slow Horses and Wolf Hall:…
Anthony Geary, the thoughtful General Hospital actor who as the complex Luke Spencer raped and romanced Genie Francis’ Laura Webber Baldwin on the way to an unprecedented eight Daytime Emmy Awards and soap opera superstardom, has died. He was 78. Geary lived in the Netherlands and died Sunday of complications from a scheduled operation in…
Serayah McNeill, star of Empire and Ruth & Boaz, has signed with Kensington Grey for representation. McNeill played Hakeem’s ex Tiana Brown in the role of a rising star singer on the Fox drama for five seasons to 2020, having been promoted from a recurring to a regular role in the second season. She also…
