Jury selection began for Harvey Weinstein’s retrial Tuesday morning in New York City after his landmark #MeToo conviction was overturned last year. Weinstein, in a wheelchair and carrying a book with the cover torn off, had a brief smile on his face as he approached
“Home Alone” director Chris Columbus said in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that he wishes he could remove Donald Trump’s cameo from the 1992 sequel, “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” The filmmaker said Trump’s seven-second appearance in the movie has “become
The Locarno Film Festival has re-upped Italian film critic Giona A. Nazzaro as its artistic director for the next three years. Nazzaro, a former head of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, has been leading the prominent Swiss event dedicated to indie cinema since 2021,
Jimmy Kimmel was asked in a new Rolling Stone interview about what is acceptable in comedy today, which prompted the ABC late-night host to say that increasingly attacking what comedians can or can’t say is one of the reasons Donald Trump is president again. “I
Kevin Bacon joined Variety for a game of “Know Their Lines?” and revealed that a dead body was discovered during the making of his 1998 erotic thriller “Wild Things.” “We were out in the swamp one night — a lot of mosquitoes, wow — and we were
Trevor Noah’s Day Zero Productions will launch a climate-themed video game competition on Earth Day in partnership with indie developer Anima Interactive and “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” producer Cinereach. Dubbed “Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam,” the competition will run April 22 through May
The Annecy Festival continues to champion cutting-edge global animation, from studio tentpoles to indie darlings. This year’s Work in Progress showcase – always one of the most popular sidebars at any edition of the fest – offers an enticing glimpse into 12 upcoming features and
Paris-based Indie Sales has acquired international sales rights to “Peak Everything,” a romantic comedy directed by Canadian helmer Anne Émond, in the run-up to its world premiere at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. “Peak Everything” stars Patrick Hivon (“A Brother’s Love”) and Piper Perabo (“Yellowstone). Hivon plays