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Jean-Luc Godard: Legendary French film director dies at 91
PARIS — Film director Jean-Luc Godard, who spearheaded the revolutionary French New Wave of cinema, has died at the age of 91.Godard burst onto the scene with 1960s À bout de souffle (Breathless), which started a run of acclaimed releases that rewrote the rules of film.His work brought a new verve and daring to cinema and influenced directors from Quentin Tarantino to Martin Scorsese.French President Emmanuel Macron said Godard "had the vision of a genius".In a tribute on Twitter, Macron wrote: "He was like an apparition in French cinema. Then he became a master of it."Jean-Luc Godard, the most iconoclastic of New Wave filmmakers, invented a resolutely modern, intensely free art. We have lost a national treasure, a man who had the vision of a...
September 13, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard: Legendary French film director dies at 91

Squid Game actor Lee Jung-jae (left) and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk with their Emmy awards
Emmy Awards: Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae is first Asian to win best drama actor
LOS ANGELES — Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae has become the first Asian star to win the Emmy award for best male actor in a drama.The South Korean won for playing the main role of the increasingly desperate Seong Gi-hun in the hit Netflix show.The show's creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, won the best drama series director prize, also the first Asian to do so.Ted Lasso won best comedy series for the second year in a row, while outstanding drama went to Succession, also for a second year running.The drama's British creator Jesse Armstrong made a jibe about the monarchy during his acceptance speech at the US TV industry's most prestigious ceremony of the year."It's a big week for successions — new King in the UK, this for us," he joked. "Evidently a bit more voting...
September 13, 2022

Emmy Awards: Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae is first Asian to win best drama actor

Britney Spears and Sir Elton John, pictured here in 2013, reportedly recorded their duet last month.
Elton John gives diners preview of Britney Spears' first music since 2016
LONDON — Sir Elton John has given French diners a preview of Britney Spears' first new music since the conservatorship running her life was lifted last year.Sir Elton has recorded a duet with Spears, called Hold Me Closer, which will be released on Friday.However, he couldn't resist sharing the track with the patrons of a restaurant in Cannes on Tuesday night.After approaching the restaurant's DJ, he sang along with the track, streaming the reaction on his Instagram page.Wearing a colorful shirt and matching shorts, Sir Elton, who had hip surgery last year, remained seated for the performance.Hold Me Closer is a mash-up of Sir Elton's hits The One and Tiny Dancer, with Spears singing lyrics from both songs over a bouncy club beat.In style and sound, it's similar to...
August 24, 2022

Elton John gives diners preview of Britney Spears' first music since 2016

The award was presented by Roger Moore and Liv Ullman — but rejected.
Oscars apologizes to actress Sacheen Littlefeather after 50 years
LOS ANGELES — The Oscars has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American woman booed off stage nearly 50 years ago.The activist and actress appeared on live TV in 1973 to refuse an Oscar that Marlon Brando won for The Godfather.Brando rejected the best actor award because of misrepresentation of Native Americans by the US film industry — and sent Littlefeather in his place.The Academy said Littlefeather endured "unwarranted and unjustified" abuse following her brief speech."I never thought I'd live to see the day I would be hearing this," she told the Hollywood Reporter.Littlefeather, then 26, was heckled and shunned by the entertainment industry following her speech at the awards.Her speech was, organizers said, the first political statement at the...
August 16, 2022

Oscars apologizes to actress Sacheen Littlefeather after 50 years

Anne Heche attended the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards in California in March.
US actress Anne Heche not expected to survive, says family
LOS ANGELES — US actress Anne Heche is not expected to survive, her family has said, after a car crash earlier this week that left her vehicle engulfed in flames.She remains in a coma and had "a severe anoxic brain injury" — when the brain is deprived of oxygen, they said."We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne's recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses," they added.Her car crashed into a two-story home in Los Angeles last week.Police said on Friday that preliminary blood tests had revealed the presence of drugs in her system, but extra testing was needed to rule out any substances given in hospital.The Los Angeles Police Department told the PA news agency the incident was being investigated as a felony...
August 12, 2022

US actress Anne Heche not expected to survive, says family

Aamir Khan's adaptation appears to have avoided the moral ambiguity and portrayed Rupa (played by Kareena Kapoor Khan) as a woman with a troubled childhood and unfulfilled ambitions.
How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood
MUMBAI — Bollywood star Aamir Khan waited for a decade to secure the rights of the 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump.It was only in 2018 that he began work on Laal Singh Chaddha, a formal adaptation of the Tom Hanks classic, which opens in theatres on Thursday.Khan teamed up with debutant screenwriter Atul Kulkarni and director Advait Chandan to bring the film to the theaters. He wanted to make it a "respectful tribute to the original and take it in an exciting new direction", according to the film's production notes.During the first script reading, the makers set up some chairs in a room trying to recreate the atmosphere of a train."We put people in their places and started reading. Khan had internalised Laal so much that it immediately came out so organically. He...
August 10, 2022

How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood

Olivia Newton-John attends the 2018 G'Day USA Los Angeles Gala in 2018. (file photo)
Friends and fans pay tribute to superstar singer and actress Olivia Newton-John
LOS ANGELES — Tributes have been paid from around the world to Olivia Newton-John, who has died from cancer aged 73.The Grammy-winning superstar reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with a string of hits and won countless hearts as everyone’s favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of “Grease”, one of the most successful film musicals ever made.The British-born Australian singer and actress died peacefully at her California ranch surrounded by family and friends on Monday, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. “We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time,” the message said.Her Grease co-star John Travolta said she "made all of our lives so much better" while its...
August 09, 2022

Friends and fans pay tribute to superstar singer and actress Olivia Newton-John

Roger E. Mosley was involved in a car accident in Lynwood, Los Angeles last week
Magnum P.I. star Roger E. Mosley dies after car crash
LOS ANGELES — Actor Roger E. Mosley, who appeared in all eight seasons of the original Magnum P.I., has died aged 83.He portrayed Theodore "T.C." Calvin, the helicopter pilot and friend of Tom Selleck's character.Mosley died from injuries sustained in a car accident in Lynwood, Los Angeles last week.His daughter Ch-a, who previously told followers about the car crash, confirmed his death to the Hollywood Reporter.She later wrote on Facebook: "We could never mourn such an amazing man. He would hate any crying done in his name. It is time to celebrate the legacy he left for us all."I love you daddy. You loved me too. My heart is heavy but I am strong. I will care for mommy, your love of almost 60 years. You raised me well and she is in good hands. Rest...
August 08, 2022

Magnum P.I. star Roger E. Mosley dies after car crash

Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah pictured on the film's set in January.
Batgirl: Directors shocked at film's cancellation
RABAT — The directors of Batgirl have said they are upset their film was axed months before its planned release, by Warner Bros Discovery."We are saddened and shocked by the news. We still can't believe it," directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah wrote on Instagram.They said it had been a dream to work with stars including Michael Keaton.Both had been in Morocco for El Arbi's wedding, which had been attended by Will Smith as guest of honor.The film, which featured Keaton as Batman, was also due to star Leslie Grace as Batgirl, Brendan Fraser as villain Firefly and JK Simmons as Commissioner James Gordon."As directors, it is critical that our work be shown to audiences, and while the film was far from finished, we wish that fans all over the world would have had...
August 04, 2022

Batgirl: Directors shocked at film's cancellation

Festivalgoers at Splendour in the Grass 2022
Australia's largest music festival sinks into the mud forcing first day cancellation
Australia's largest music festival sinks into the mud forcing first day cancellationSYDNEY — Australia's largest music festival has turned into a mud pit, forcing organizers to cancel the first day of acts as concertgoers complained of quagmires and flooded tents.Fans had been excited about the return of Splendour in the Grass, a three-day festival featuring international acts like Liam Gallagher, Gorillaz, Tyler The Creator and The Strokes, after a two-year pandemic-enforced hiatus.But non-stop rainy weather along the New South Wales coast throughout the week has created hazardous conditions at the festival site near Byron Bay, the upmarket coastal town popular with Hollywood celebrities.As they canceled Friday's program, organizers said the "weather and staff shortages...
July 22, 2022

Australia's largest music festival sinks into the mud forcing first day cancellation

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