Apr 06 8 things you didn’t know about Super Mario Bros. By Kenichi Serino Generations have sent him bopping along under sunny skies, shimmying down pipes and eating very large mushrooms, but Mario has rarely crossed over into television or film. Continue reading
Jan 16 Film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at 95 By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the other arts. Continue reading
Dec 12 ‘Banshees’ and ‘Everything, Everywhere’ lead Golden Globes nominations By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The 2023 broadcast will mark the award show's return after scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked it off television for a year. Continue reading
Dec 31 Iconic actress Betty White dies at age 99 By Frazier Moore, Associated Press Her combination of sweetness and edginess gave life to a roster of quirky characters in shows from the sitcom “Life With Elizabeth” in the early 1950s to oddball Rose Nylund in “The Golden Girls” in the ’80s to '00s with… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 6:49 Actor Riz Ahmed on increasing Muslim representation in Hollywood By Amna Nawaz, Alison Thoet Riz Ahmed's acting and music careers have always gone hand-in-hand. And in his new film "Mogul Mowgli," which he co-wrote, the two art forms collide, with a story that hits close to home. Amna Nawaz speaks to Ahmed about his… Continue watching
Aug 14 How the talented Oscar Levant broke taboos by talking about mental health By Dr. Howard Markel In today’s socially mediated 24/7 news cycle, it is difficult to imagine just how taboo the topic of prescription opiate addiction was back then, let alone how much courage it took for Levant to bring it to such national prominence. Continue reading
Dec 31 2020 was a year like no other at the box office By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press “People have a desire to go outside the home and be entertained. That desire hasn’t changed but the ability to do that was profoundly limited.”… Continue reading
Nov 25 The pandemic is rewriting Hollywood By Jake Coyle, Associated Press COVID is accelerating a digital makeover and potentially reordering an industry that was already in flux. Continue reading
Nov 03 Sunset falls on a historic season for the drive-in By Jake Coyle, Associated Press With temperatures dropping — and even some snow flurries falling — in the northern half of the country, one of the pandemic's few bright spots is running low on time. Many drive-ins are staying open well beyond normal closing, and… Continue reading
Jun 22 Director Joel Schumacher dies at 80 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Schumacher shepherded the Brat Pack to the big screen in “St. Elmo's Fire” and steered the Batman franchise into its most baroque territory in “Batman Forever” and “Batman & Robin.”… Continue reading