Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the few Star Wars Disney+ series that pays direct homage to the original George Lucas film canon, versus series such as The Mandalorian ,which heavily incorporate the animated lore created by Dave Filoni…

“Grease is the thing that really made me want to dance,” says choreographer Jamal Sims, “seeing John Travolta dance was like magic for me.” Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is a spinoff prequel to the 1978 musical Grease. Four years before the original film's events, the series follows the…

Justine Triet won the the Palm d’Or, the top prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival becoming only the third woman to receive the honor in the 76-year history of the event. Triet directed the film Anatomy of a Fall which stars Sandra Hüller, a writer trying to prove her innocence in her after her husband’s death. RELATE…

The Writers Guild of America is asking members that are nominated for the Tony Awards not to attend the ceremony on June 11, sources confirm to Deadline. While the WGA is asking its members that are also nominated for the Tonys not to attend the award show, it has allowed them to pre-tape an…

At least once, I can say the winners of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival competition are actually the right ones. Maybe not exactly in the order I would have put them, but still, out of the 21 movies competing, it is hard to argue about almost all of the…

UPDATE: French filmmaker Justine Triet has become only the third woman to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Palme d'Or in the event's 76-year history, scooping the award for Anatomy of a Fall. She joins Jane Campion (1993’s The Piano), and, more recently, Julia Ducournau who won for Titane in 2021…

The 76th edition of the Cannes film festival concludes today with the Closing Ceremony and presentation of the coveted award, the Palme d'Or which was awarded to Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall.  The Jury, presided over by director Ruben Östlund and includes director Maryam Touzani, actor Denis Ménochet…

Victoria Clark and Jessica Stone met in 1996 when both were appearing on Broadway in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying – Clark had originated the revival’s role of Smitty and Stone replaced Megan Mullally as Rosemary. The friendship would prove both lasting and fruitful. Twenty-seven…

In less than 10 years, Alice Rohrwacher has carved out a formidable reputation for herself, notably by gatecrashing the boys' club that is traditionally the Cannes competition, and the fact that she did so in 2014 with only her second film, The Wonders, is further proof of a distinctive talent. One…

Only nine directors have ever won the Palme d'Or twice. Francis Ford Coppola did it in the '70s with The Conversation and Apocalypse Now. Ruben Östlund joined the club last year after following The Square with Triangle of Sadness. But this year, there is a very real possibility that, at 86, Ken Loach may…

The Television Academy has abruptly canceled its planned May 31 Television Academy Honors. "After discussions with the WGA and out of deference to those impacted by the ongoing labor dispute, the Television Academy is canceling next week's planned Television Academy Honors reception," a TV Academy…

amFAR, the organization founded by the late Dr. Mathilda Krim and Dame Elizabeth Taylor (the International founder), dedicated to funding AIDS research since 1985, held its annual Cannes Gala at the Hotel du Cap tonight as it has done for the past 29 years…