Arts Mar 12 Oscars producers have one main goal: entertain viewers Sunday night The opening of the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday is going to be a “moment,” the show’s producers promise. They won’t say what exactly it is, but Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner are certain that it’s going to pull audiences in and…
Arts Mar 10 Rolling out the champagne carpet, Academy Awards changes signature look for first time in more than 60 years Many things about the Academy Awards have changed over the years, but for the past six decades there has been at least one constant: The red carpet.
Arts Jan 20 Sundance welcomes audiences back to the theater as festival opens The Sundance Film Festival went virtual for the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. but on Thursday, there was a palpable sense of relief from the festival's leadership team at being in-person again. Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente,…
Arts Nov 07 Jimmy Kimmel to return as Oscars host for the third time The late-night talk show host will preside over the ceremony in March, the show’s producers said Monday.
Arts Jul 31 Nichelle Nichols, actress of 'Star Trek' fame, dies at 89 Her role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned Nichols a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies. It also earned her accolades for breaking stereotypes that had limited Black women to…
Arts Jul 25 'Goodfellas,' 'Law & Order' actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83 In his over 50 years in the entertainment business, Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty's "Reds," Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" and mob boss Eddie Valentine in "The Rocketeer."…
Arts Jul 07 James Caan, Oscar nominated actor for 'The Godfather,' dies at 82 James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of "The Godfather" and to television audiences as the dying football player in the classic weeper "Brian's Song" and the casino boss in "Las Vegas,"…
Arts May 29 'Top Gun: Maverick' wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 million opening The 59-year-old superstar just got his first $100 million opening weekend with “Top Gun: Maverick.” In its first three days in North American theaters, the long-in-the-works sequel earned an estimated $124 million in ticket sales, Paramount Pictures said Sunday. Including…
Arts May 26 Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' star, dies at 67 Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in "Goodfellas" and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams," has died. He was 67.
Arts Mar 22 'West Side Story' star Rachel Zegler is now invited to present at Oscars “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler has been invited to be a presenter at the ceremony, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. The gesture came two days after Zegler posted on social media that she had not been…