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Isabella Rossellini has joined Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series “The Beauty” in a recurring guest star role, Variety has learned.

The “Blue Velvet” star and “Conclave” Oscar nominee joins previously announced series leads Evan Peters, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Rebecca Hall.

FX and 20th Century Television declined to comment. A representative for Murphy could not be immediately reached for comment.

“The Beauty,” from co-creators Murphy and Matthew Hodgson, was given an 11-episode order from FX. The series, which is currently in production, is based on the Image Comics series of the same name by Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley. While character and plot details are being kept under wraps, a description of the comic series reads as follows:

“Modern society is obsessed with outward beauty. What if there was a way to guarantee you could become more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease?...

A new viral video reveals Taylor Swift offering tips to service staff members as she leaves the recent 2025 Grammy Awards. In the clip, Swift can be seen handing folded-up bills to several staff after she says, “Thank you so much for all your hard work.”

As Swift, in a silver sparkly mini dress, exits Crypto.com Arena following the awards ceremony, she spots a group of service workers waiting to clean up. She backtracks to tip each of them as one of them responds, “We appreciate you so much.”

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Beyoncé Knowles has spent decades amazing fans with her voice. The recording artist has been heavily celebrated at music awards ceremonies, too. Still, one award had eluded her until now. Earlier this month, Beyoncé took home the coveted Album of the Year award at the Grammy Awards. It was her first win in the category. While the world can’t stop talking about the Grammy win, a lipreader revealed the sweet interaction Beyoncé had with her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, during the special moment.

Lipreader reveals Blue Ivy Carter and Beyoncé’s sweet interaction at the Grammys Blue Ivy reacts as Beyonce wins Album of the Year at the 67th Grammys Awards | Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images

While fans watched Beyoncé accept the award in a heartfelt moment, what the mics didn’t capture was just as sweet. Beyoncé’s interaction with her daughter,...

2025 looks like a bleak year for the leading ladies, at least in Hindi cinema. Worldwide, too, the really brawny ladies are hardly poised to shine this year: Meryl Streep has no release this year, while her desi counterpart Shabana Azmi will be shining on the Ott platform in Farhan Akhtar’s Dabba Cartel. Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, and Katrina Kaif have zero releases this year. Put simply, there are no big Shero films coming up in 2025.

There are exceptions, though.

1. Alia Bhatt: She is arguably the one Bollywood queen who will lord over the marquee this year, first in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love & War, where she plays the centre of Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal’s attention. Bhansali has modelled Alia’s looks on Vyjayanthimala. In Alpha, which comes at the end of the year, Alia acquires an action Shero’s avatar.

2. Priyanka Chopra: Straddling both the Bollywood and Hollywood hemispheres,...

Beyoncé’s Grammys curse is officially lifted.

After being passed over on four separate occasions, the icon formerly known as Sasha Fierce finally won Album of the Year during Sunday’s ceremony for her debut country effort Cowboy Carter.

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“I just feel very full and very honored,...

The Jet Li science fiction movie from 2001 where the famed martial artist played nine different characters accurately predicted a big franchise trend in the 2020s. Jet Li's best movies highlight his legendary abilities within the action genre, with many titles such as Hero and Fearless showcasing both his physical prowess and his strong acting skills. However, the action genre was not the only one to experience Jet Li's talents, especially in the early 2000s as he branched out into telling other kinds of stories.

Jet Li, during that time frame, tried to establish himself in the science fiction genre through his starring role in the 2001 film The One. While that film ended up being one of his less popular additions, it did allow Jet Li's wushu fighting style to be displayed in new ways and let the film experiment with certain concepts. Some of those concepts ended up becoming popular later,...

It’s hard to imagine many actors having as much bona fides in the world of boxing as Rosie Perez. The Oscar-nominated star of “Do the Right Thing,” “White Men Can’t Jump,” “Fearless,” and “Birds of Prey,” has been a boxing fan for decades and is so aligned with the sport that famed broadcaster Al Bernstein once dubbed her the “First Lady of Boxing.”

“I grew up like the boxers,” she once told the New York Times. “I grew up hard knocks. But I learned to fight my way through life. You get knocked down, you get back up again. I think that’s why boxing resonated with me so much even as a little girl.”

So it comes as little surprise that Perez jumped at the chance to sit down with actors Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal to discuss their new Hulu series “La Maquina.” The limited series...

The star-studded Indian spin-off of the Citadel franchise, Honey Bunny, is now streaming on Amazon Prime, and while the series has its fair share of drawbacks, it is definitely the most entertaining entry of the spy-universe so far. The regional offshoots of the original Citadel series were supposed to be independent entries that use the basic structure of the original narrative but explore characters and storylines of their own without depending on it. Set in Italy, the first spin-off of the franchise, Citadel: Diana, went down this route, where the connection with the original series was barely present aside from key continuity references. It’s a completely different story with Honey Bunny, where events are connected with the original series to such an extent that it can be termed a prequel to Citadel.

Honey Bunny reflects the interconnected nature of the narrative through two major plot details. Nadia’s identity...

The Democratic National Committee is meeting voters where they are — whether that be on Snapchat or in Miami, where Taylor Swift is performing three sold-out shows at Hard Rock Stadium this weekend. As the election approaches, the DNC is working to lock in support for Kamala Harris from large voting bodies in swing states, even if those people aren’t physically in the state they will be voting from.

Harris campaign billboards have been posted around the Miami area ahead of Swift’s performances. Across the three shows, Swift will perform for nearly 200,000 people,...

Taylor Swift is a historic artist at the Grammys with more Album of the Year victories than any other artist (four). She has prevailed for “Fearless,” “1989,” “Folklore,” and just this past year “Midnights.” While accepting one of her awards for “Midnights,” the prolific singer-songwriter announced her next album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which dropped in April and has become one of the biggest commercial hits of her career, spending 15 nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200 albums chart. But will she rack up more top Grammy wins so soon after her record-breaking “Midnights” triumph? She’s certainly going to try. Here are her nine submissions on the Grammy ballot:

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Record of the Year — “Fortnight” (with Post Malone)

Album of the Year — “The Tortured Poets Department”

Song of the Year — “Fortnight” (with Post Malone)

Best Pop Solo Performance — “I Can Do It with...

Dancing with the Stars brings back the fun and funk of the legendary television series Soul Train. Celebrities and their pro partners will strut their stuff to iconic soul tunes as they continue their quest for a mirrorball trophy. The most incredible music of all time will be honored as the Soul Train chugs its way onto the ballroom floor with guest judge Rosie Perez.

What songs and dances featured as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ honors ‘Soul Train?’

Season 33‘s remaining 11 couples of Dancing with the Stars get their groove on with performances worthy of Soul Train. The night begins with a soulful opening number to “T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)” by Mfsb, featuring The Three Degrees, plus guest dancer and Soul Train alum Popin Pete of The Electric Boogaloos, a street dance crew that popularized popping and electric boogaloo.

Celebrities and pros attempt to gain judges...

Coldplay’s Chris Martin always acts in the name of love. And he did just that during his latest tour stop in Vienna, Austria when he sang a cover of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” with opener Maggie Rogers. He dedicated the song to Swift and her fans following the forced cancellation of her shows in the city earlier this month after an attempted terror plot.

“Of course, we haven’t mentioned that Vienna was in the news all over the world for all the wrong reasons. But what reached...

Taylor Swift took fans for a trip down memory lane on Monday during her Eras tour run in London, delivering her first performance of “Change,” the track from her second studio album, 2008’s Fearless.

“London, welcome to the acoustic section,” she told the crowd gathered at Wembley Stadium. “This is a tradition I started on the Eras Tour.”

Swift performed a mashup of Speak Now‘s “Long Live” before announcing: “Okay so this next one I’ve never done on the Eras Tour. Wish me luck.” Swift dove into “Change,...

Fearless created a realistic plane crash scene using a specially grown cornfield, a camera truck, and miniature shots. The 1993 film explored profound grief and trauma, earning praise for performances by Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez. Director Peter Weir's impactful storytelling in Fearless continues to influence filmmakers today, possibly inspiring scenes in later films like Interstellar.

VFX supervisor William Mesa details how Fearless created its plane crash scene. Directed by Peter Weir, with a script written by Rafael Yglesias adapted from his novel of the same name, the 1993 film follows a man who survives a devastating plane crash, and the harrowing experience dramatically changes his personality. Jeff Bridges stars in the lead role alongside Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce, John Turturro, and Benicio del Toro.

On the latest episode of Corridor Crew's "VFX Artists React" series, Mesa detailed how Fearless created its plane crash scene. Watch the portion of the video below,...

Fred again.. has announced his new album, ten days, out September 6th via Atlantic Records. The vinyl release will follow on October 25th.

The project features contributions from Anderson .Paak, The Japanese House, Four Tet, Obongjayar, and Sampha. Other features include Emmylou Harris, Chika, Skrillex, Soak, and Jozzy. See the full tracklist below.

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In a statement, Fred again.. said the songs are about “very small quiet intimate moments.” He continued, “Some of them are like the most intensely joyful things I have felt, and some of them are the other side of things. And some days I don’t want to speak about loads cos I’m not the only person it was an important day for if that makes sense.”

Thus far, Fred again.. has previewed the album with three singles: the Obongjayar-assisted “adore u,” “ten” featuring Jozzy and Jim Legxacy, and “places...

Francine Pascal, best known for creating the hit young adult book series Sweet Valley High, died Sunday. She was 92.

Her daughter Laurie Wenk-Pascal confirmed to The New York Times that the author died of lymphoma at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Pascal’s agent also confirmed her death to the BBC.

A lifelong New Yorker, Pascal was born in Manhattan on May 13, 1932, and raised in Jamaica, Queens. She began her career as a journalist, contributing to such magazines as Cosmopolitan and Ladies’ Home Journal. She later joined the writers room, alongside her second husband John Pascal, for the soap opera The Young Marrieds in the mid-’60s. The couple left the series after being asked to relocate to Los Angeles. The duo joined forces again to write the 1968 musical George M!, based on the life of one of the earliest Broadway stars, George M. Cohan.

Besides her collaborative work with her spouse,...

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching its first major ad buy with its initial ad, “Fearless,” focused in part on the vice president’s background as a prosecutor as well as a central theme that Donald Trump “wants to take our country backwards.”

The spot will air as part of a $50 million buy across battleground states through the Democratic National Convention next month. It will run on local and national broadcast, cable and streaming, as well as on social media. In addition to shows like The Bachelorette, The Simpsons, The Daily Show and Big Brother, the campaign plans to air spots local and nationally during the Olympic Games. Shorter versions — including 15-second and six-second spots — will show up on Connected TV, audio and social platforms, the campaign said.

Harris says in the spot, “This campaign is about who we fight for. We believe in a future where every person has...

Taylor Swift performed two shows in Munich, Germany this weekend during her Eras Tour, where fans who didn’t have tickets gathered on a hill outside the Olympiastadion venue to watch and sing-along to the performances. On her final night of her two-day stint in Munich on Sunday, she debuted Fearless from the vault track “Don’t You,” which she mashed up with The Tortured Poet Department’s “Loml.”

Before dropping the live premiere of “Don’t You,” she opened the acoustic section with a mashup of “I Don’t...

Slim Shady has defeated the Swifties.

Eminem’s The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) debuts atop The Billboard 200 today, giving the Detroit rapper his 11th No. 1 album. It ends the 12-week reign of Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department, leaving her a week short of tying a nearly 50-year-old record. Only Stevie Wonder’s Grammy-winning classic Songs in the Key of Life spent more weeks on top (13) after debuting at No. 1. It later added a 14th nonconsecutive week.

Eminem was the first artist to score 10 straight No. 1-debuting albums. The Death of Slim Shady is the 15-time Grammy winner’s first album since Music to Be Murdered By, which streeted just before the Covid lockdown. The new set’s lead single, “Houdini,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The rapper, who won a Best Song Oscar in 2003 for “Lose Yourself” from the movie 8 Mile, was inducted...

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting 11 theme park attendees reported dizziness, chest pain, or lost consciousness that required hospitalization over a three-month period, according to a Florida state document.

The 11 incidents occurred at Disney World and Universal in Florida, including four at their water parks, between April and June, the media outlet reported.

Florida theme parks must self-report to the state each quarter guest injuries that require at least 24 hours of hospitalization.

High-speed roller coasters, in-the-dark rides, whitewater rafts, and attractions with motion-simulators caused most of the recent injuries.

No injuries were reported by SeaWorld Orlando, Legoland Florida in Winter Garden, or Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

The state does not monitor updates after the initial assessments. An Orlando Sentinel investigation last year said that descriptions of the injuries are often vague or inaccurate.

Disney reported one incident in April – a 60-year-old man who experienced chest pains after riding Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.

Fans of the Powerless Trilogy by Lauren Roberts can expect Fearless in April 2025. Fearless will serve as the conclusion to Paedyn and Kai's story, though Roberts could continue writing in this world. After a bombshell ending in Reckless, Fearless is set to take Kitt, Paedyn, Kai, and the Resistance to some intriguing places.

The Powerless Trilogy by Lauren Roberts has become one of the most popular series on BookTok, so it's no wonder readers are eager to get their hands on the next book, Fearless. The third Powerless book is still a while off, as the second installment just hit shelves in July 2024. Reckless was one of the most-anticipated fantasy books of the entire year, and judging by its 4.24 average Goodreads rating, it's a satisfying follow-up to 2023's Powerless. Clearly, Paedyn and Kai's story is hooking readers, which makes the wait for the next sequel even more agonizing.

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This season of The Bachelorette wasn’t filming at Bachelor Mansion.

And based on the premiere episode, it’s probably a good thing Jenn Tran and her remaining men are already on the move.

The Hummingbird Nest Ranch, where Jenn and her 25 suitors filmed The Bachelorette premiere, might have a bit of a rodent problem.

While most viewers didn’t even notice the blink-and-you-miss-it moment, some eagle-eyed viewers caught what was happening.

Thanks to social media, everyone knows two rats were on set during one of Jenn’s one-on-one chats that night.

With the internet buzzing about the rat-spotting on The Bachelorette, producers are clearly aware and aren’t horrified as one might assume.

Jenn Tran and Sam N joined by… rats?

Jenn did a great job of moving from one man to the next, giving as many as possible a chance to make an impression but she may have been a bit too inviting.

Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” was released in April and has been number-one on the Billboard 200 ever since. The album added an 11th week for the tracking week that ended July 4, Independence Day, achieving 114,000 equivalent album units based on its combined record sales, individual track sales and online streams. Read all about this week’s chart here at Billboard.com.

“Tortured Poets” has now tied Swift’s “Fearless” and “1989” as her longest-running number-one album. She also extended her record as the solo artist with the most weeks at number-one (she’s up to 80). And it became the first album by a woman to lead for 11 straight weeks since Whitney Houston‘s “Bodyguard” soundtrack back in 1992-1993.

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Speaking of indefatigable albums, Morgan Wallen‘s “One Thing at a Time” was back up to number-two with 74,000 units in its 70th week on the chart.

Taylor Swift‘s “The Tortured Poets Department” continued its domination of the Billboard 200 in the tracking week that ended June 27. It achieved another 115,000 equivalent album units based on its combined record sales, individual track sales and online streams. That gives “Tortured Poets” 10 straight weeks in the top spot. Only two Swift albums have had longer runs at number-one, “Fearless” and “1989” with 11 nonconsecutive weeks apiece. Read all about this week’s chart here at Billboard.com.

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The “Tortured Poets” stranglehold at number-one meant that Swift’s “Eras Tour” opening act Gracie Abrams had to settle for number-two with 89,000 album units for her sophomore album “The Secret of Us.” That was by far her best week ever, though. Last year her debut album, “Good Riddance,” peaked down at number-52. Moving back up one spot to number-three was Morgan Wallen‘s remarkably...

The Hollywood Insider: Taylor Swift and the British Royals Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte

Unless you live under a rock, you have definitely heard of a pop star called Taylor Swift. Even though she has millions of fans all over the world, she has a fair share of haters as well. So many people go online to say they hate the singer or that they don’t understand “the hype” – as they say. In fact, she is that artist that people are proud to hate and oftentimes praised for doing so. There is absolutely no denying that Swift has very loud haters, but her loyal fans will fight the dragons and shake it all off with her and block out any negative noise. You might be wondering how Taylor Swift became the phenomenon that she is? Why do people (and even the haters) keep listening to her music?...

Travis Kelce Flaunts Cannes Friendship Bracelet As A Nod To Girlfriend Taylor Swift. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Travis Kelce is stepping out at the Cannes Lions Festival in France, where he was seen carrying a souvenir related to his girlfriend and singer Taylor Swift. The NFL star is attending the festival on behalf of his podcast, New Heights, with Jason and Travis Kelce. Alongside Travis, his brother Jason and his wife, Kylie, were also in attendance.

While he walked around the festival, Eagle-eyed fans noticed Travis wearing a couple of friendship bracelets. One bracelet bore the word “Cannes”, while the other featured “Fearless,” the title of Swift’s second album. The “Cannes” bracelet was a gift from a fan who presented it to Travis after the panel discussion he and Jason participated in.

He also featured his initials and his team colors of red and gold; the jewelry had a special nod to Swift,...

Exclusive: Sausage Party and Addams Family animated feature filmmaker Conrad Vernon has opened the doors to the animation production company, Straight Up Creative with producer and development executive Danielle Sterling.

Under the shingle, the group will develop and produce a slate of original content focused on animation aimed at a global audience, not just for kids, and with an edgy take.

To spearhead development, Vernon and Sterling have hired producer Lauren Ito as Head of Development, and Jeremy Ross as Chief Operating Officer.

Straight Up Creative is currently developing an animated feature at Netflix Animation with John Stamos producing and written by Ali Adler and Zoë Worth.

“At Straight Up Creative, we are departing from the misconception of animation as solely a children’s genre and see animation as a versatile medium capable of expanding the ability to tell any story,...

Lady Gaga’s 2008 breakthrough “The Fame” was one of the most successful debut albums in recent history, not only a hot seller, but a critically praised record at that. Its impact could be measured in a million ways, but on its 15th anniversary the album’s Grammy success comes to mind.

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“The Fame” wasn’t an overnight sensation, it was a slow riser. Debuting at number-17 initially, the album was helped by word-of-mouth and its lead single “Just Dance” being a budding hit (number-27 that week). In December, when the Grammy nominations for 2009 came out, “Just Dance” was nominated in the category now called Best Dance/Electronic Recording, a major feat for Gaga, whose album wouldn’t even be eligible until the next Grammys cycle.

The album rose slowly as the song grew and reached the...

Exclusive: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring.

Netflix’s Eric about a desperate father battling his own demons on the streets of 1980s New York as he searches for his missing nine-year-old son features Benedict Cumberbatch and a custom-made seven foot puppet, which is visible only to Cumberbatch’s character, the flawed Vincent. Abi Morgan’s six-part series ties together themes of belonging, addiction, loss and police brutality in a familiar setting. It was described as Sesame Street meets Taxi Driver by one British reviewer, although Sister creative chief Jane Featherstone compared it in scope and theme to Steven Spielberg’s Et.

Speaking exclusively to Deadline, Featherstone said the show is testament to the Chernobyl and This is Going to Hurt studio’s commitment to taking a talent-first approach.

Taylor Swift has left the building. In Portugal anyway – but it seems the European country and its capital has left its mark on the record-breaking star.

After wrapping her second and final concert there Sunday evening, Swift took to Instagram to pen a loving thankyou note to Lisbon and its audience, writing:

“It’s official, I left my [heart] in Lisbon. My first time in Portugal and you all made me feel like I was right at home.

“I’ll seriously never forget the way you treated us, the overwhelming love and passion and hands in the air and dancing and how you screamed every lyric!! Muito obrigada.”

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And in a video on X (formerly Twitter), Taylor referred to her previous music eras, naming her albums Red, Fearless, and Speak Now, which she toured throughout the world:

“And during the course of those tours…...

Sophie Turner is breaking her silence about the days following her split from Joe Jonas in September 2023.

The actress sat down with British Vogue to discuss her upcoming series, Joan, the six-part ITV drama that follows the true story of Britain’s notorious jewel thief Joan Hannington. During the conversation, the Game of Thrones star got candid about her split from the Jonas brother and how much she was affected by the reports alleging she was a bad mother who liked to party.

“I mean, those were the worst few days of my life,” Turner told the publication. “I remember I was on set, I was contracted to be on set for another two weeks, so I couldn’t leave. My kids were in the States, and I couldn’t get to them because I had to finish Joan. And all these articles started coming out.”

She continued, “It hurt...

Taylor Swift removed six songs from the Eras Tour setlist to make room for the new The Tortured Poets Department set, five of which were featured in the extended cut of her concert movie, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor's Version), on Disney+. The only song Swift cut from the setlist that was never featured in The Eras Tour movie is "'tis the damn season" from Evermore. Two of the songs now cut from the setlist, "The Archer" and "Long Live," were initially excluded from the theatrical release of The Eras Tour movie. "Long Live" also wasn't added to the setlist until three months into the tour.

Taylor Swift has removed six songs from her Eras Tour concert setlist, five of which were featured in The Eras Tour movie on Disney+. After a two-month hiatus, Taylor Swift resumed The Eras Tour in Paris, France, on May 9, 2024. During her hiatus, Swift...

Taylor Swift resumed “The Eras Tour” by kicking off its European leg with a show in Paris, France on Thursday, May 9th.

As it marked her first concert since the release of her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, the setlist saw Swift perform eight of the album’s tracks live for the first time, including “But Daddy I Love Him,” “So High School,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”, “Down Bad,” “Fortnight,” “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart,” and “loml.” The first seven songs were played during the Ttpd “era” of her set, which also featured new visuals and choreography. Swift described the portion of the set as “female rage: the musical.”

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Swift then debuted “loml” alongside “Paris,” from Midnights, as part of the surprise songs portion. Watch fan-captured footage below.

To make room for Ttpd,...

The Venice Film Festival will fete Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir with its honorary Golden Lion at its forthcoming 80th edition.

Accepting the honor, Weir said: “The Venice Film Festival and its Golden Lion are part of the folklore of our craft. To be singled out as a recipient for a lifetime’s work as a director is a considerable honor.”

Born in August 1944, Weir was one of the pivotal figures in the Australian New Wave cinema of the 70s. He began his career in 1969 when he took a job with the government-funded Commonwealth Film Unit as a director. Weir struck out on his own in 1973 and directed his first feature film, the comic-horror The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), which he also wrote. He won an international audience with Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), followed by The Last Wave (1977), for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.

The Venice Film Festival will honor Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master and Commander) with its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st edition, running Aug. 28 to Sept 7.

The decision was made by the board of la Biennale di Venezia, based on a proposal made by festival director Alberto Barbera.

“The Venice Film Festival and its Golden Lion are part of the folklore of our craft,” said Weir. “To be singled out as a recipient for a lifetime’s work as a director is a considerable honor.”

Said Barbera: “With a total of only 13 movies directed over the course of 40 years, Peter Weir has secured a place in the firmament of the great directors of modern cinema. At the end of the 1970s, he made a name for himself as the main man behind the rebirth of Australian film thanks to two movies,...

The Venice Film Festival will honor Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir – whose body of work comprises “Dead Poets Society,” “The Truman Show,” and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” – with its 2024 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

“With a total of only thirteen movies directed over the course of forty years, Peter Weir has secured a place in the firmament of the great directors of modern cinema,” Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera said in a statement.

Barbera added that Weir made a name for himself at the end of the 1970s as the leading figure behind the rebirth of Australian cinema thanks to two movies: “The Cars That Ate Paris” (1974) and cult classic “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975). The international success of his following two films, “Gallipoli” and “The Year of Living Dangerously” then “opened Hollywood’s doors.”

“Weir combines reflections on personal themes and a need to...

Swift's track 5 songs are chosen for their emotional depth, vulnerability, and powerful storytelling. Not all track 5s are created equal - some, like "All You Had To Do Was Stay," fall short in conveying true emotion. The standout track 5, "All Too Well," remains a fan-favorite and showcases Swift's songwriting mastery.

Whether they're more fitting to the particular placement criteria or simply of higher quality, some of Taylor Swift's 11 track 5 songs across her vast musical discography are better than others. With the release of what turned out to be a double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, Swift brought her career total albums to 11 (along with four re-recorded Taylor's Versions). On every Taylor Swift album since her debut in 2006, the prolific artist has selected the most soul-baring song to occupy the fifth spot on the album's tracklist.

Although it's a completely deliberate practice now, Swift wasn't always aware...

The 49th Chaplin Award Gala saw dozens of stars take to the red carpet to honor Jeff Bridges. The annual fundraiser benefits the Lincoln Center’s nonprofit sector, which supports student programs, film festivals, and movie series. Bridges received the iconic Chaplin Award as his former co-stars Chris Pine, Cynthia Erivo, Sharon Stone, Chris Pine, and Rosie Perez applauded him. Many supporters couldn’t help but notice the latter actor. Perez turns 60 this year and still looks amazing.

Chris Pine, Rosie Perez, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, and Blythe Danner at the 49th Chaplin Award | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Rosie Perez was one of several presenters who spoke about Bridges before the large audience. Bridges’ career includes legendary roles in The Big Lebowski, Hell of High Water, Bad Times at the El Royale, True Grit, and Crazy Heart. Perez, his Fearless co-star, credited Bridges with getting her cast in the 1993 drama...

Chris Pine, Cynthia Erivo, Kieran Culkin, Sharon Stone and Rosie Perez celebrated Jeff Bridges’ seven-decade career at the 49th annual Chaplin Awards Gala in New York City on Monday night. But the Big Lebowski star almost chose a different career path.

During his acceptance speech for the Film at Lincoln Center‘s prestigious honor, the True Grit star shared that he originally “resisted” the idea of pursuing acting full-time for a few different reasons.

“It made me nervous, anxious, and I had other things I wanted to do,” he told the full auditorium at Alice Tully Hall. “I was very much into music. I loved ceramics, painting, and who wants to do what their parents do anyway?”

He recalled his father, actor Lloyd Bridges, explaining to him that he could do all of those things in this career path and use them all to some degree, which was one of the beauties of the job.

Rosie Perez is crediting former co-star Jeff Bridges for her casting in “Fearless” (1993). Perez says the studio “had a problem” with their on-screen “interracial relationship,” but that Bridges went “to bat” for her.

“Fearless” was distributed by Warner Bros. It centered on Bridges’ character Max Klein surviving a plane crash and connecting with his fellow survivor (Perez). Isabella Rossellini and John Turturro co-starred.

“Early in my career, I had auditioned for ‘Fearless,’ directed by Peter Weir. Although I knew I nailed it, they could see I was really, really, extremely nervous, so I wasn’t really sure,” Perez said during the 2024 Chaplin Award Tribute gala honoring Bridges. “I was extremely surprised to get a callback – surprised because I also knew the studio didn’t want me for the role. Then they said for round two that they wanted me to meet with Jeff Bridges. Holy shit! That’s Jeff Bridges!

Jeff Bridges isn’t like other leading men. So goes the tale for over 50 years and 70 films. Where other actors of his generation—Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson—brought volume and bravado, Bridges excelled in the shadows. A charming pretty boy turned weary and soulful iconoclast, his characters have never been showy. As The Dude in “The Big Lebowski” or Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart,” he’s moved into his roles and lived in them—“enough,” as one critic wrote as early as 1973, “to make a picture worth seeing.”

“I’m not sure what to make of all that,” Bridges told Variety at Film at Lincoln Center Monday evening, where the actor received the prestigious Chaplin Award. “It’s shocking for myself to think about how many films I’ve done,” he said. “Each film is like a little lifetime. I was a reluctant actor at first. It took many...

Every year in the spring, Film at Lincoln Center honors a luminary of the film industry with the prestigious Chaplin Award. This year’s honoree is Academy Award-winning actor, beloved screen icon, and the dude himself, Jeff Bridges, the actor known for unforgettable classics like “The Last Picture Show,” “Fearless,” “The Big Lebowski,” “True Grit,” “Heaven’s Gate,” “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,” “Starman, “Crazy Heart” and more.

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Yesterday Variety broke news that legendary Hong Kong producer Bill Kong has started production on a new action film called The Furious in Bangkok, Thailand, and he's enlisted the help of some of Asia's leading action talent. Like, the best of the best. The Furious will be directed by Japanese stunt director and action choreographer Tanigaki Kenji. His Pan-Asian cast includes former Chinese child actor and action star Xie Miao, Indonesia’s Joe Taslim (The Raid: Redemption), Thailand’s Jeeja Yanin (Chocolate), Yang Enyu and Indonesia’s Yayan Ruhian (The Raid: Redmeption). That's a lot of heavy hitters. Here's the scoop from Variety, of what to expect...

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After nearly two-hundred live performances spanning two international tours, Louis Tomlinson is celebrating the end of era on the road that spanned three years. On Thursday, the musician shared Live, a record captured across 15 different shows in 15 different cities.

“I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last 3 years touring the world twice over, the feeling I get sharing those live moments will be with me forever,” Tomlinson shared in a statement. “To be able to record these songs from all over the world and put them out as an...

Louis Tomlinson is going live with Live!

The album arrived with a surprise global drop on Thursday (April 25).

The digital album is released now on all streaming platforms and the physical album and vinyl will be released on August 23, which you can pre-order.

Keep reading to find out more…

“I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last 3 years touring the world twice over, the feeling I get sharing those live moments will be with me forever. To be able to record these songs from all over the world and put them out as an album like this feels so special, and a real tribute to the fans who make each and every show feel unique and incredible. Thank you! Enjoy!” Louis said in a statement.

The Live album comprises a collection of 15 songs, each recorded in a different city, at a different show, spanning the past 3 years across Louis...

Bill Kong is cautious, vastly experienced and has an impeccable reputation as a key gateway between Hollywood and China to maintain. He is someone far more likely to deadpan than gush.

So, to hear him getting into high gear with a pitch for his bucket list martial arts movie project “The Furious” immediately invites comparison with previous Kong-produced action pictures including Oscar-winner “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Jet Li’s Fearless” or the Zhang Yimou-directed “Hero.”

“I’m going to do an action movie that rocks the world. And to prove that Hong Kong still has something to give the film industry. I want to show that Asian people can still make an action movie that is better than the rest of the world,” Kong tells Variety.

Significantly, “The Furious” is a project made by Hong Kong, rather than made in Hong Kong. Kong’s Edko Films is financing and producing.

Taylor Swift started off as a country artist at a time when the genre was both less respectful and accommodating of the voices of women than at any other point in its storied history. The singer’s first four albums barely scan as country music in a meaningful way, instead embracing her preternatural gifts for pop conventions, and her output has gotten stronger the more openly she’s embraced those skills. In the 18 years since the single “Tim McGraw” launched Swift to country stardom, she’s jettisoned the genre’s ill-fitting signifiers and overcome the limitations of her early recordings—improvements captured in her “Taylor’s Version” re-recordings as a powerful statement of artistic agency.

After spending the last year traveling the world on her Eras Tour, Swift has returned with a double album, The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. To celebrate, we’ve revisited all 11 of her studio albums...

Of all the unpredictable creative exchanges Jack Antonoff has experienced, only one has been digitally immortalized forever — and it was the one. During sessions for Taylor Swift’s 2017 album, Reputation, there was a moment where she was so charged from the magic in the room that she literally screamed — as fans saw in a video she captured on her phone.

Antonoff had been staggering his way through the epic bridge on “Getaway Car.” “I’m in a getaway car, and I’m losing my … something,” the artist-producer offered. The pair...

Since 2009, Taylor Swift and Kanye West have been locked in one of the tensest battles in celebrity history. They mostly stayed out of each other’s ways after their first, infamous, televised moment together until a public reconciliation in 2015 made it seem like all of that was just water under the bridge. But who knew the worst was yet to come?

Things between Swift and West would not only worsen immensely in 2016, after West released his song “Famous,” but their web would soon entangle Kim Kardashian, Scooter Braun, and even Justin Bieber.

If the song title “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” doesn’t say it all, wait until you hear the lyrics.

“Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead?/Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed?/Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy?/In 50 years will all this be declassified?,” Taylor Swift sings on track 14 from The Tortured Poets Department. “I would’ve died for your sins/Instead I just died inside/And you deserve prison/But you won’t get time.”

It’s clear songwriting is Swift’s specialty, and her new album features her superb storytelling. As she processes a breakup, the lyrics will hit you in the gut or smack you in the face — sometimes both on the same song. As she turns another page in her personal diary on her 11th album, Swift bares it all, and the songs...