Movie premieres – The News Desk

Strike a pose — see AP’s top entertainment photos of 2023

9Dec

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

Strike a pose — see AP’s top entertainment photos of 2023

NEW YORK -- 2023 was the year Barbie busted out of her box and Taylor triumphed again (and again). Actors abandoned red carpets and grabbed picket signs even as, around the world, the entertainment industry shook off the last remnants of the pandemic.Fashion houses resumed large-scale, eye-popping shows. The Oscars returned to full capacity and moved past The Slap. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” took the top prize, bringing Oscar glory to Michelle Yeoh and reviving the once-dormant career of the infectiously optimistic Ke Huy Quan.Fun was back.Phoebe Waller-Bridge and newcomer Ethann Isidore playfully posed in Cannes at the premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks and other “Asteroid City” stars looked overjoyed to be together at the glitzy Frenc...

2023 (Taylor’s Version): The year in pop culture

7Dec

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

2023 (Taylor’s Version): The year in pop culture

In weather terminology, they call it “rapid intensification” — the process by which a storm strengthens dramatically in a short period.In pop culture terminology, they call it Taylor Swift.It’s not like Swift didn’t have big – huge! – years before this. But 2023? This was ridiculous. From the blockbuster “Eras” tour that conquered the United States before a planet-vanquishing international leg, to the re-release of more albums on the road to reclaiming her catalog, to the record-smashing concert film, to becoming a billionaire — and yeah, that thing with “the guy on the Chiefs” — it all made for a year you could reasonably call “2023 (Taylor’s Version).” There were, of course, non-Swiftian developments in pop culture. Beyoncé, ever the superstar, had a huge tour herself, and ruled the box...

Projects featuring Lady Bird Johnson’s voice offer new looks at the late first lady

11Nov

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

Projects featuring Lady Bird Johnson’s voice offer new looks at the late first lady

DALLAS -- Texas college student Jade Emerson found herself entranced as she worked on a podcast about Lady Bird Johnson, listening to hour upon hour of the former first lady recounting everything from her childhood memories to advising her husband in the White House.“I fell in love very quickly," said Emerson, host and producer of the University of Texas podcast “Lady Bird.” “She kept surprising me."The podcast, which was released earlier this year, is among several recent projects using Johnson's own lyrical voice to offer a new look at the first lady who died in 2007. Other projects include a documentary titled “The Lady Bird Diaries” that premieres Monday on Hulu and an exhibit in Austin at the presidential library for her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson, who died in 1973.Lady Bird Johnson ...

Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour is over. But it’s coming to movie theaters soon

2Oct

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour is over. But it’s coming to movie theaters soon

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced MondayByJAKE COYLE AP film writerFILE - Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2016. Beyoncé shined the brightest in a city full of Hollywood stars during the second night of her epic Renaissance Tour show on Saturday night, Sept 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)The Associated PressNEW YORK -- A documentary chronicling Beyoncé's just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday. The film adds a second blockbuster from a music superstar to a fall s...

What to stream this week: Drake, ‘Fair Play,’ Assassin’s Creed Mirage and William Friedkin last film

1Oct

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

What to stream this week: Drake, ‘Fair Play,’ Assassin’s Creed Mirage and William Friedkin last film

Drake's latest album called “For all the Dogs,” the corporate movie thriller “Fair Play” starring Phoebe Dynevor, and a game show on CBS that's being described as Mexico’s version of Bingo are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near youAmong the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are the late director William Friedkin’s final movie, “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial,” and season two of “Quantum Leap” premieres on NBC.— The corporate thriller “Fair Play” stars Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton”) and Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo”) as two analysts at the same hedge fund in a secret relationship. The workplace environment — sexist, cutthroat — is not exactly a healthy one for romance. In Chloe Domont’s film, that tur...

Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland

24Sep

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

Director of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland

WARSAW, Poland -- Right-wing Polish leaders denounced a new feature film by director Agnieszka Holland as it premiered in the country Friday, accusing the work of defaming Poland with its exploration of a migration crisis along the border with Belarus.“Green Border” won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. Government officials in Poland have harshly criticized the film for weeks, although most of them acknowledge not having seen it. The film is a harrowing exploration of human suffering in the border zone of forests and swamps between Belarus and Poland, and its fictional characters include Polish security officials mistreating migrants from the Middle East.Holland was born in Poland and has worked on films there, but now lives in France.In an unusual mov...

Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival

10Sep

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival

The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film FestivalByThe Associated PressSeptember 10, 2023, 4:02 PMLil Nas X arrives on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of "Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero" at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Toronto. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)The Associated PressTORONTO -- The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Saturday night premiere of the film at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall was delayed by about 20 minutes while authorities verified that the threat wasn't credible. Lil Nas X was kept off the red carpet ...

A funeral home in El Salvador offers pink coffins with Barbie linings

5Aug

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

A funeral home in El Salvador offers pink coffins with Barbie linings

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- A funeral home in El Salvador has taken Barbie mania to an extreme, offering pink coffins with Barbie linings. It's all designed so you can be a Barbie fan till the day you die — and even after that. The pink metal coffins are on sale at the Alpha and Omega Funeral Home in the city of Ahuachapán, near the border with Guatemala. Owner Isaac Villegas said Friday he had already offered the option of pink coffins before the July premiere of the Barbie movie. But the craze that swept Latin America convinced him to decorate the cloth linings of the coffins with pictures of the doll. The coffins are also decorated with little white stars. “I said, ‘We have to jump on this trend,’” Villegas said of the coffins, noting “it has been a success.”He said the funeral home h...

Films directed by Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick to premiere at Toronto festival

24Jul

By adminNo Comments

Entertainment

Films directed by Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick to premiere at Toronto festival

NEW YORK -- The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a starry lineup to its 48th edition on Monday, even if remains unclear if stars will be there to walk red carpets due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes.Among the films making their world premieres at TIFF this year are Craig Gillespie's GameStop drama “Dumb Money,” with Paul Dano and Pete Davidson; Ellen Kuras' “Lee,” starring Kate Winslet at war photographer Lee Miller and Tony Goldwyn's Ezra," with Robert De Niro and Rose Byrne. Also headed to Toronto are Michael Keaton's “Knox Goes Away,” starring Al Pacino and James Marsden; Kristen Scott Thomas' “North Star,” featuring Scarlett Johansson and Sienna Miller; David Yates' Netflix drama “Pain Hustlers,” starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans; and Maggie Betts' “The Burial...