Category Archives: Entertainment

‘To a Land Unknown’ Wins Main Prize at Transilvania Film Festival in Year Focused on Future of Cash Rebate, Promise of Romanian Series 

Mahdi Fleifel’s “To a Land Unknown” won the Transilvania Trophy at the Transilvania Film Festival, Romania’s most prominent film fest. Noaz Deshe took the best directing award for “Xoftex,” while the Special Jury Award went to Julian Castronovo’s “Debut, or, Objects of the Field of

‘Borat’ Director Stopped Talking to Sacha Baron Cohen After He Started ‘Surrounding Himself’ With ‘Show Business People’ and ‘Pulling Away’ From Subversive Humor: ‘He Wanted to Be More of a Traditional Movie Star’

“Borat” director Larry Charles has lost touch with his once-frequent collaborator, Sacha Baron Cohen. In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, Charles said he once considered Cohen a “comic genius,” comparing him to the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Peter Sellers. However, when they

Jack Betts, ‘Spider-Man’ Actor and Spaghetti Western Veteran, Dies at 96

Jack Betts, an actor who appeared in Sam Raimi’s 2002 “Spider-Man,” “Sugar Colt” and several spaghetti Western films, died on June 19. He was 96. Betts’ nephew, Dean Sullivan, reported that the actor died in his sleep at home in Los Osos, Calif.  The actor

Eva Pervolovici’s ‘Oceane’ Lines Up Co-Production Partner, Casts Celeste Brunnquell and Adds Lucile Hadžihalilović as Consultant (EXCLUSIVE) 

Tudor Giurgiu’s Libra Film has boarded “Oceane,” Romanian Eva Pervolovici’s fiction follow-up to 2013 Berlinale entry “Marussia.” Giurgiu will co-produce the film with Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira, whose Bordeaux-based label so-cle launched in 2020. The French-Portuguese producer, who has over two decades of experience in the industry,

Shanghai International Film Festival Crowns Kyrgyzstan Drama ‘Black Red Yellow’ as Best Feature

The 27th Shanghai International Film Festival has announced its Golden Goblet Awards winners, with Kyrgyzstan’s “Black Red Yellow,” directed by Aktan Arym Kubat, taking home the award for best feature film in the main competition. Chinese cinema had a strong showing, with multiple wins across

Shanghai Launches Merged Film and TV Market With Industry-Public Hybrid Model

Shanghai’s newly merged International Film & TV Market kicked off Saturday at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, launching a five-day event that combines professional industry networking with public cultural experiences. The market, running through June 25, represents the consolidation of the Shanghai International Film Festival Market

From ‘Agatha All Along’ to ‘Wizards Beyond Waverly Place’: TV Witches Cast a Spell on Viewers

From Samantha Stephens on “Bewitched” to Sabrina Spellman on “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” the concept of a TV show about witches is an old (pointed) hat. And it’s not a trend that will soon disappear, if there’s any indication from buzzy shows like the upcoming

Amy Poehler Says ‘SNL’ Actors ‘All Played People We Should Not Have… I Misappropriated, I Appropriated’: Everything in Comedy Has an ‘Expiration Date’

Amy Poehler recently took accountability for her problematic “Saturday Night Live” characters while talking to former cast member Will Forte on her “Good Hang” podcast. Poehler said that every comedian who has appeared on “SNL” over the years has “played people that we should not