LOS ANGELES — John Bailey, a cinematographer who led the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the initial #MeToo reckoning, died Friday at 81. Bailey died “peacefully in his sleep” in Los Angeles, his wife, Carol Littleton, said in a statement distributed by the film academy. Bailey — […]
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LOS ANGELES — In a room filled with several influential Hollywood figures, “Barbie” star America Ferrera used her platform to address an ongoing industry issue: Latino representation in film. “According to the numbers, the dominant narrative our industry puts into the world is that Latinos either don’t exist or they […]
Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color? Tuesday, November 7, marks the 20th anniversary of the modern classic Christmas movie, “Elf.” The movie stars Will Ferrell as Buddy the Elf – a human who is mistakenly raised among elves at the North Pole – as he takes a journey to […]
Taylor Swift has scored an impressive 20 nominations at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, making her the most-nominated artist at the upcoming ceremony. Swift is up for Top Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Billboard 200 Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, and many more at the data-led awards show. Swift already […]
Hollywood star John Travolta has joined those praising the late Bill Kenwright, speaking publicly of how the Everton manager showed great “kindness” to his late wife Kelly Preston. Both Bill and Kelly lost their lives to cancer, with the latter dying just three years earlier at the age of 57. […]
Sex isn’t selling like it used to. Nearly half of Gen Zers (47.5%) polled in a new study said that showing characters do the deed on-screen is inconsequential to the plot of most TV shows and movies — with 51.5% asking to be shown more stories of platonic friendship. Not that […]
Richard Roundtree, the actor who helped define cinematic cool with his iconic title role in Shaft and its sequels, has died at age 81. Roundtree died on Tuesday afternoon after a short bout with pancreatic cancer, according to Deadline. He was surrounded by family at the time of his death. […]
There’s an episode in an early series of Friends in which Monica (Courteney Cox) spots a famous face on a New York street. ‘Oh my God, oh my God. It’s Jean-Claude Van Damme,’ she squeals to Rachel (Jennifer Aniston). ‘He’s so hot!’ Rachel surveys the brawny Belgian actor sceptically: ‘You […]