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Jodie Foster is heading into Night Country. The Silence of the Lambs star is to lead the fourth iteration of HBO's True Detective franchise, True Detective: Night Country. Foster, who will also exec produce the series, will play Detective Liz Danvers in the series, which comes from writer and director Issa López and…

After receiving her honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival's opening night on Tuesday, Jodie Foster this afternoon reflected on her career in a wide-ranging discussion that touched on her early years, the role of women in the industry and what the future holds. Foster, who spoke in fluent French for the…

The 74th Cannes Film Festival kicked off in earnest Tuesday evening as big names came out to support the event that's just getting back to business after last year's cancellation and this year's delays. Assembled together, 2019 Oscar and Palme d'Or winner Bong Joon-ho, Cannes veteran Pedro Almodóvar, jury president Spi…

Jodie Foster will receive Cannes Film Festival's honorary Palme d'Or this year. She will be a special guest of the opening ceremony on July 6 to pick up her award. The prize, which has previously been given to the likes of Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jane Fonda, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Manoel de Oliveira…

UPDATED with video: George Clooney, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jim Gianopulos and more gathered virtually on Tuesday, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Motion Picture Television Fund, and lay the foundation for its future, as a means of support for working and retired industry members. During the press conference…

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…

Rosamund Pike, Jodie Foster, and Andra Day pulled off some sweet upsets among the three actress categories tonight at the Golden Globes, but in terms of predictable winners the rest of it went as you might have expected based on pundits’ forecasts. But what it means for Oscars is anybody’s guess at this point. This is…

The Golden Globes usually pop off a surprise or two, and Sunday they continued the tradition in some marquee categories. The most notable upset was Andra Day, in her first acting role, winning Actress in Motion Picture – Drama for Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday and taking a strong category that included…

UPDATED with video: Jodie Foster is adding another Golden Globe statuette to her collection. The actress nabbed her third Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actress In A Motion Picture for her performance in the legal drama, The Mauritanian at tonight’s ceremony. “I think you made a mistake. I’m a little speechless…

STX Entertainment’s The Mauritanian follows the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was unjustly jailed by the U.S. for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay for being a 9/11 plot suspect, and his attorney Nancy Hollander who crusaded against the legal system for his freedom. French actor Tahar Rahim plays Slahi and Jodie…

Jodie Foster is back in the awards game this season, having recently been Golden Globe-nominated for her supporting role in The Mauritanian and getting renewed Oscar buzz as well. This represents her eighth Globe nomination (she is also a past recipient of the Hollywood Foreign Press’ Cecil B. DeMille Award), the…

True stories provide fertile breeding ground for awards-season contenders, but few biographies are as rich and strange as that of Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who spent 14 years in Guantanamo Bay on flimsy terrorism charges as the U.S. fought an often-directionless war on terror. The story of how he came to be tracked and…