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Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Portugal’s preeminent Queer Lisboa – International Queer Film Festival kicked off Friday with a vast program showcasing the latest in LGBTQ cinema, from established filmmakers to new voices, and a look back at the underground countercul

There’s nothing more distressing in “Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie’ than the unflinching closeups of the author’s wounded body in the days and weeks after August 12, 2022, when he was repeatedly stabbed while on stage at a literary festival in upstate New York. Th

Ahead of the NBA season opener on Oct. 20, Nike has just released “Standard Issue,” its latest pro basketball collection. The collaboration is set to introduce a “new look for the league, reimagining how team identity and basketball culture are expressed across players, teams and

Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing’s latest role puts her at the center of an unusual dynamic: a Chinese caregiver drawn into the fixation of an aging, stroke-paralyzed Japanese widower. “Diary of a Mad Old Man,” Wayne Wang’s adaptation of Tanizaki Jun’ichirō’s 1961 novel, is having

Just days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens to the public, co-founder Mellody Hobson has stepped down from the board of directors of Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee LA28, Variety has confirmed. Hobson indicated that the demands of overseeing the Lucas Museu

Greta Gerwig is reuniting with her “Little Women” star Meryl Streep on “Narnia,” the director’s adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy series. Streep is voicing Aslan, the mythical lion who creates the mystical world of Narnia. “I wanted someone who was profound but not pretentious

Emmy-nominated “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” returns for its seventh season Oct. 27 on Shudder and AMC+. The series was renewed in April as part of drag stars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet’s multi-project deal with Shudder. The show is the platform’s highest-performing unscript

Cartoon Forum, the leading co-production event in Europe for animated series, has unveiled the winners of this year’s Cartoon Tributes, recognizing the dedication and creativity of key players in the European animation industry. Chosen by the event’s attendees gathered in Toulous

Ed Sheeran addressed the controversy surrounding Macklemore’s removal from his Loop Tour on Saturday night, speaking from the stage at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field during his first concert since the rapper was dropped from the trek. “Before I play some songs tonight, I

Ruby Rose got emotional when asked about her friend, Hayden Panettiere, who died Aug. 16 at 36. Rose told Entertainment Tonight that Panettiere was her “best friend” and that they “spoke every day for five years.” “I didn’t even think we were going to be friends,” Rose said, tear

Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Ed Sheeran’s concert at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night as the singer returned to the stage for the first time since Macklemore was dropped from his Loop Tour following his onstage remarks in support of Palestin

Following the news that “Sweet Magnolias” has been canceled at Netflix, creator and showrunner Sheryl J. Anderson is looking back on the romantic drama’s 5 Season run. “Living in Serenity for five seasons has been a privilege and a blessing,” Anderson shared in the caption of an

Premier Boxing Champions travels to Southern California for a prime title bout between two elite fighters for the interim WBC Super Lightweight championship. Mexican boxer Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz goes head-to-head against Puerto Rican fighter Nestor Bravo in a scheduled for 12 round

Finding out his name wouldn’t be used on the “Scream” poster wasn’t one of Henry Winkler’s happier days. The “Happy Days” star played Principal Arthur Himbry in the original “Scream” film, which went on to become one of the most successful horror franchises. But despite his chara

“There’s an epidemic affecting our nation’s young people. The epidemic is fear.” As I scrolled through Instagram on my ride downtown to the Snapple Island Ferry Comedy Show, a reel from The Free Press popped up. Professor Arthur Brooks was making the case that “Gen Z is perhaps t

Every surface period detail is present and correct to an eerie degree in “The Smell of Apples”: the gawkily short seasonal school uniforms, the ickily patterned kitchen tiles, the garden chairs like steel satellite dishes, the orange-and-brown daisy print that anyone of a certain

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Saturday morning issued a warning that President Donald Trump’s recent banning of CNN from the White House is a sign of things to come if Paramount Skydance settles with the states and is allowed to merge with Warner Bros. “As

Melissa Barrera, who was fired from the “Scream” franchise due to social media posts criticizing Israel amid the war in Gaza in 2023, is voicing her respect for the musicians who have dropped out of Ed Sheeran’s tour following Macklemore’s dismissal over his support for Palestine