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Lucy Liu has gotten candid about an altercation with Bill Murray on the set of Sony’s 2000 film Charlie’s Angels. The actress shared her perspective on the matter for the first time, on an episode of the Los Angeles Times podcast Asian Enough, hosted by Johana Bhuiyan, Tracy Brown, Suhauna Hussain and Jen Yamato. Liu…

The spirits of Ghostbusters Past are strong in Sony Pictures’ new trailer for director Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the upcoming sequel to the hit 1984 comedy. You can catch a glimpse of original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis in a sort of video callback, Annie Potts reprises her role of…

With Cannes winding down tonight—just one last movie in the festival’s official selection, by Gaspar Noe, was left to play—Bill Murray took to the stage at the Debussy theater with cellist Jan Vogler, pianist Vanessa Perez and violinist Mira Wang for a 25-minute concert of music following the premiere of Andrew Muscato…

If Wes Anderson hasn't already been ordained as the king of twee, he certainly will be with The French Dispatch. There can never have been a film so entirely marked and dominated by preciously perfectionist compositions, arcane detail, meticulous camera moves, ornate décor, historical and design minutiae, styles of…

As expected, the Cannes Film Festival has made several additions to its lineup for the 74th edition which runs July 6-17. Among the major new titles are the latest from Gaspar Noé and Ari Folman, as well as a concert film starring Bill Murray who will be present in Cannes. Noé’s Vortex, starring Dario Argento…

On Saturday, Bill Murray appeared virtually to accept the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award. Presented by Sofia and Roman Coppola, the award recognized the screen icon for his long-standing contributions to the film industry. Most recently, Murray starred in Sofia Coppola’s On the R…

UPDATED with latest: Oscar-nominated directors Chloé Zhao, David Fincher, Lee Isaac Chung and Thomas Vinterberg are the recipients of this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival Director of the Year Award. They will be honored during a ceremony April 6 at the festival, which this year runs March 31-April 10. Earlier this…

With the Golden Globes ceremony going virtual, the dress code was far from formal for several nominees who opted for a rather casual look. Social media was abuzz Sunday night over the Hawaiian shirt sported by Bill Murray, nominated for his role in On the Rocks, who completed the tropical vibe with a martini in his…

The old guard versus the young blood is the spark for HBO Max’s upcoming untitled Jean Smart comedy series which debuts this spring. Smart plays a Las Vegas legend who is paired with a young comedy scribe to freshen up her act (played by SNL alum Laraine Newman’s daughter, stand-up Hannah Einbinder). The two clash…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. When I glanced at a headline Thursday saying that Donald Trump had resigned from SAG-AFTRA in a huff, the very same morning SAG announced its awards nominations, I thought to myself, “Is Trump really that upset about Zendaya getting snubbed?” — only…

EXCLUSIVE: Nearly 17 years after Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation earned her the Original Screenplay Oscar, she returns to writing and directing duties with that film’s star Bill Murray for On the Rocks, a New York-set dramedy starring Murray and Rashida Jones. The first film partnership between Apple Original…

It really hasn’t been broadcasted widely, but Sofia Coppola’s latest dramedy from Apple/A24, On the Rocks, is opening in key markets next weekend, October 2. I hear it will be a very limited run followed by a debut on the Apple TV+ streaming service on October 23. The movie made its world premiere at the New York Film…