Arts Oct 29 'Rust' armorer attorneys blame producers for 'unsafe' set Attorneys for Hannah Gutierrez Reed, who was in charge of weapons on the movie set where Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, say she doesn’t know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe…
Arts Oct 26 'Dune' to get sequel, with theater-only release set for 2023 Legendary Entertainment announced Tuesday that Denis Villeneuve's “Dune," which adapts the first half of Frank Herbert's 1965 science-fiction epic, will get a sequel.
Arts Sep 22 Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89 Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89.
Arts Sep 10 Disney backs theatrical releases for all remaining 2021 films The Walt Disney Co. on Friday announced that all of its remaining films this year will open exclusively in theaters. That includes the Marvel release "Eternals" (Nov. 5), Ridley Scott's "The Last Duel" (Oct. 15), and the animated release "Ron's…
Arts May 19 Pioneering comic Paul Mooney, a writer for Pryor, dies at 79 Paul Mooney, a boundary-pushing comedian who was Richard Pryor’s longtime writing partner and whose sage, incisive musings on racism and American life made him a revered figure in stand-up, has died. He was 79.
Arts May 10 Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022 The press association is facing possible boycotts from Netflix, Warner Bros. and many Hollywood stars following an investigative report in February that recounted the organization's questionable record on diversity.
Arts Apr 12 Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions The film is the largest and most high profile production to depart the state since Georgia's Legislature passed a law that introduced stiffer voter identification requirements for absentee balloting.
Arts Mar 16 Yaphet Kotto of 'Live and Let Die,' 'Alien,' dies at 81 Kotto was best known for his infuriated FBI agent in "Midnight Run," the James Bond villain Mr. Big in "Live and Let Die" and the technician Dennis Parker in 1979's "Alien."…
Arts Mar 15 Chadwick Boseman is posthumously nominated for an Oscar Half a year after his death, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award on Monday for his final performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”…
Arts Mar 15 'Mank' leads Academy Awards nominations with 10 nods David Fincher’s “Mank” has led nominations to the 93rd Academy Awards with 10 nods, and for the first time, two women — Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell — were nominated for best director.