NEW YORK (AP) - The cast appears at first chatting amiably as they enter a theater. They're in street clothes - hoodies, sneakers and backpacks. They seem blissfully unaware that not all will survive the next hour or so.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Academy of County Music honors drew a record-low audience, joining other awards shows also finding dwindling viewer interest.
NEW YORK (AP) - Scott Rudin says he's "stepping back" from film and streaming projects, along with his Broadway productions, as the fallout continued for one of the entertainment industry's most powerful and prolific producers following renewed accusations of bullying.
Veteran film executives Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula who in their two decades at Searchlight Pictures oversaw the releases of major hits including "Juno," "Slumdog Millionaire," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" are retiring.
Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic.
Ahead of Sunday's 93rd Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that is forging on in the midst of the pandemic.
Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
The new film " Together Together " has a great premise: A single, straight man wants to be a father and decides to hire a surrogate to help. It's fertile territory that has been fairly unexplored in popular art and brings with it a host of built in dramatic and comedic opportunities, especially with someone like Ed Helms leading the cast.
Leo Carax's "Annette," starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, will open the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 6, festival organizers said Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) - The original principal cast of "Downton Abbey" are returning for a second film that will arrive in theaters December 22 this year, Focus Features announced Monday.
SYDNEY (AP) - A prequel to the "Mad Max" movie franchise starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth will be filmed in Australia, officials said on Monday.
The Oscar isn't the only one celebrating its 93rd trip around the sun at the Academy Awards ceremony this year. The shorts category features two documentaries, " A Concerto is a Conversation " and " Colette," about fellow nonagenarians who have led extraordinary and extraordinarily different lives.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Viola Davis was named Woman of the Year on Friday by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
NEW YORK (AP) - The big-screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights" will kick off the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9, two days before the film opens in theaters and begins streaming.
BUCHAREST (AP) - Seeing the day that her life changed forever played out on a big screen was an emotional moment for Tedy Ursuleanu.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For a dozen and more reasons, Diane Warren would be overjoyed to win a best original song Oscar for her work in "The Life Ahead" starring Sophia Loren.
ROME (AP) - The Venice Film Festival said Thursday it will give its lifetime achievement award this year to Oscar-winning director and actor Roberto Benigni.
MILAN (AP) - The great-grandchildren of Guccio Gucci, who founded the luxury fashion house that bears his name a century ago in Florence, are appealing to filmmaker Ridley Scott to respect their family's legacy in a new film that focuses on a sensational murder.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Right down to its production design, the Oscars have not always felt like the most welcoming place for people with disabilities.
New York (AP) - Mystikal, convicted almost two decades ago of sexual battery and recently cleared of a second allegation of rape and kidnapping, acknowledges his past puts him in a "horrible fraternity." But the rapper says he's ready to move on from the sexually-charged songs of his past and is seeing his career rekindle.
