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When you think of anime adaptations, your mind probably goes straight to manga or light novels. But from global masterpieces to obscure gems, anime has a rich, often overlooked history of bringing classic literature to life. These adaptations don’t just retell familiar stories; they reinterpret them with bold visuals, emotional nuance and cultural twists that make them feel entirely new. You might not expect to see characters like Sherlock Holmes, Anne Shirley, or the Count of Monte Cristo on an anime screen, and yet, here they are. From high school mysteries to sci-fi revenge tales, from Swiss Alps nostalgia to literary action fantasy, anime has proven time and again that great stories transcend borders. Here’s a list of must-watch anime inspired by novels, literary icons and the authors behind them. Anne Shirley Based on: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (1908) Anime: Nippon Animation (1979), The Answer Studio (2025) L.

Bungo Stray Dogs has a brilliant range of characters, all based on authors and important historical figures. One character stands out amongst them, and it’s Sigma. He serves as the main antagonist of the Sky Casino Arc, and then becomes somewhat of an ally of the Armed Detective Agency (Ada).

Sigma was created from the Book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, making him a blank slate. He struggles with his identity and purpose, making him a relatable and fan favorite character quite quickly. He has fairly simple motivations and personality in Bungo Stray Dogs, as compared to everyone else.

He also isn’t a direct reference to any author or historical figure, giving Kafka Asagiri freedom to choose how to write him. In Bungo Stray Dogs, he might be the most innocent character. Sigma’s appeal lies in his normalcy as compared to the others, something the author even admitted.

Despite being born from the Book,...

New highlights been released of the West End cast of The Great Gatsby. The new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's landmark novel began previews at the London Coliseum on Friday 11 April and will play until Sunday 7 September 2025. Watch the video! Jamie Muscato (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) stars as Jay Gatsby, alongside Frances Mayli McCann as Daisy Buchanan, Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) as Nick Carraway, Amber Davies (Pretty Woman) as Jordan Baker, Joel Montague (Hamilton) as George Wilson, John Owen-Jones (Les Misérables) as Meyer Wolfsheim, Jon Robyns (Phantom of the Opera) as Tom Buchanan and Rachel Tucker (Wicked) as Myrtle Wilson. Completing the cast are George Crawford (Waitress), Jordan Crouch (Anything Goes), Kiara Dario (Miss Saigon), Frances Dee (Matilda), Aimée Fisher (Waitress), Tom Andrew Hargreaves (Pretty Woman), Alyn Hawke (Come From Away), Ediz Mahmut. (Hadestown), Jamel Matthias (Why Am I So Single?), Nevé McGuiness-Dyce (Starlight Express), Rose Ouellette...

Osamu Dazai can easily turn his head, raise a peace sign with a ‘teehee’ sound, and get fans to swoon over him. Or he could get morbid as he slays his enemies in the most torturous ways possible. Dazai’s duality and eccentricity in Bungo Stray Dogs has made him a fan-favorite character.

As beneficial as that is for the character’s popularity, his antics take away the focus from the complex narrative of Bungo Stray Dogs. The story is riddled with references from literature and the lives of famous authors. The complexities are a treat for those who like to dig deep, but Dazai doesn’t allow most fans to look beyond the surface.

Defining Dazai is a task due to his complexity Osamu Dazai in Bungo Stray Dogs | Credits: Studio Bones

The first few seasons of Bungo Stray Dogs follow a simple narrative structure. The audience gets introduced to the protagonist,...

There are things that define the styles of various filmmakers. While the atmosphere of a David Fincher film is always new and darker than the previous one, there are certain roots that he touches now and again. The uniqueness and genius of David Fincher, however, isn’t being a better version of a M. Night Shyamalan or being a filmmaker inspired by a certain Alfred Hitchcock; it’s in being and making something that stands on its own. He doesn’t weave around expositions and makes solid ground with the written work in his hands. He believes in his writers and the actors involved, and he squeezes them till the last drop of perfection.

As Fincher turns a year older and definitely wiser, we take a look back at his amazing filmography. Making a toast to him, we rank his films from the weakest to the best. We haven’t...

On Thursday 3 April 2025, BBC Four broadcasts Omnibus!

Midnight in Manhattan Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Omnibus” titled “Midnight in Manhattan” promises to be a fascinating look into the life and work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This episode airs on BBC Four and focuses on a profile from the year 2000, coinciding with the seventy-fifth anniversary of Fitzgerald’s most famous novel, “The Great Gatsby.”

Viewers will be taken on a journey through Fitzgerald’s world, exploring the themes and impact of his writing. The episode raises an intriguing question: is “The Great Gatsby” just an entertaining story, or does it hold a deeper significance as one of the most important novels of the twentieth century? This discussion is sure to spark interest among literature lovers and those curious about the legacy of Fitzgerald.

As the episode unfolds, it will delve into the social context of Fitzgerald’s time, examining how his experiences influenced his writing.

Handsome leading man Richard Chamberlain, who came to prominence in the 1960s medical series “Dr. Kildare” and then became king of the miniseries with such ratings blockbusters as “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds,” has died. He was 90.

Chamberlain’s death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Harlan Boll. The actor died Saturday, March 29 in Waimanalo, Hawai’i, of complications following a stroke, according to Boll.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain’s longtime partner, said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

Chamberlain’s All-American matinee idol looks stood in the way of his acting career at times until he proved himself onstage in a highly lauded production...

Ryan McCartan got his start on the Disney Channel and later starred in the Broadway musicals Wicked and Frozen, but we still didn’t know he could sing like This!

The 31-year-old actor is putting his incredible vocal chops on display with his role as Jay Gatsby in the Broadway show The Great Gatsby and we have an exclusive video of him performing the Act 2 showstopping ballad “Past Is Catching Up to Me.”

Ryan recently took over the lead role from Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan and he’s currently leading the musical alongside Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland as Daisy Buchanan.

April 10 marks the 100th Anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original novel, and the musical has been celebrating the banner year in true Gatsby-like style – in addition to welcoming its new stars, the production broke two Broadway Theatre box office records, hosted a star-studded Centennial Gala event at the New York Public Library,...

“Midnight in Manhattan” is set to air on BBC Four at 9:30 Pm on Thursday, April 3, 2025. This episode of “Omnibus” takes a closer look at the life and work of F. Scott Fitzgerald, particularly in light of the seventy-fifth anniversary of his iconic novel, “The Great Gatsby.”

The program dives into Fitzgerald’s world, exploring the themes and characters that have made “The Great Gatsby” a lasting piece of American literature. It raises an interesting question: Is the novel just an entertaining story, or does it hold a more significant place as one of the most important works of the twentieth century?

Viewers can expect a blend of historical context and literary analysis. The profile will feature insights from scholars and experts who discuss Fitzgerald’s impact on literature and culture. With its rich storytelling and thought-provoking questions, “Midnight in Manhattan” promises to be a captivating exploration of one of...

Few directors have a penchant for precision, like David Fincher. He is a master of mood, method, and mischief, and there is something inherently hypnotic about his style of cinema. While films like Fight Club, The Social Network, and Se7en have come to define the filmmaker’s legacy and filmography, another side of his work often gets relegated to the B side.

A still from David Fincher’s Se7en | Credits: New Line Cinema

Here, we’re ranking ten of his most underrated projects and discussing why they deserve your attention.

10. Mank (2020)

David Fincher rarely gets credit for his playfulness as much as he does for his precision. Mank is a homage to 1930s and ’40s Hollywood that isn’t a love letter to its Golden Age but a look at its hypocrisies and ambitions.

Gary Oldman (who was nominated for an Academy for his role) stars as Herman J. Mankiewicz,...

Navigating the tricky terrain of friendship and ambition can sometimes lead to unexpected results in pursuing success. Take, for instance, Jay R. Ferguson, an actor known for his role in The Conners and a close friend of The Great Gatsby actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

When he auditioned for the 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s timeless classic, Ferguson found himself in a surprisingly awkward position.

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby | Credits: Village Roadshow Pictures

Ferguson recounted feeling “uncomfortable” during The Great Gatsby audition as the weight of his friendship with DiCaprio loomed. He believed the audition was being passed down to him just because he was a close friend of the lead actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, who played Jay Gatsby in the movie.

Jay R. Ferguson shares how Leonardo DiCaprio helped him land an audition for The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby | Credits: Village Roadshow Pictures

During his appearance on the...

Hollywood has produced many famous actors in decades of filmmaking with great movies. Still, even the best actors occasionally take on roles in films that become major failures. Yet some greats can still shine with their talents despite bad scripts and directing.

Sometimes, a terrible film can include a stellar performance by a talented actor. In fact, some less-than-stellar films have even earned Academy Award nominations for roles where an actor outperformed their subpar surroundings, marking one of the most unique trends in cinema.

Al Pacino’s Commitment to His Craft Is Commendable Jack and Jill (2011)

Adam Sandler’s film Jack and Jill often lands on the list of the worst comedies ever made, and for good reason. Crude, repetitive jokes and an incoherent plot earned Jack and Jill 10 Razzie Awards, including one for “Worst Film.” Sandler had many hits in his career, but his dual role in this movie was rather annoying,...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Monday, 24 February 2025 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, 24 February 2025 Today's Final Jeopardy American Authors - Enlisting in the army in 1917, he was sent to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, where he met the woman who became his wife Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Monday, 24 February 2025 Final Jeopardy Answer Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald? Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Monday, 24 February 2025

The results of today’s game will be updated when it airs – warning: spoilers below!

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Avi Gupta

Originally Portland, Oregon

Law Student

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Round 1 Score: $TBCAmy Schneider

Oakland, California

Writer

Final Score: $Tbc

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Round 1 Score: $TBCLuigi De Guzman

Arlington, Virginia

Attorney

Final Score: $Tbc

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Round 1 Score: $Tbc Final Jeopardy Video & Today’s Highlights Jeopardy!

Find out everything you need to know about the Jeopardy! Monday, 24 February 2025 episode, including the Final Jeopardy, answer and who won Jeopardy tonight!

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, 24 February 2025

The Final Jeopardy for the Monday, 24 February 2025 episode is as follows:

Today's Final Jeopardy American Authors - Enlisting in the army in 1917, he was sent to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, where he met the woman who became his wife Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Monday, 24 February 2025

The answer for Today’s Final Jeopardy for the Monday, 24 February 2025 episode is:

Final Jeopardy Answer Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald? Who Won Jeopardy Tonight? – Monday, 24 February 2025

Looking to find out how the contestants did on Monday, 24 February 2025? Find out all the contestant scores below.

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Avi Gupta

Originally Portland, Oregon

Law Student

Final Score: $4,367

Round 2 Score: $11,600

Round 1 Score: $2,600Amy Schneider

Oakland, California

Writer

Final Score: $4,200

Round 2 Score: $14,200

Round 1 Score: $5,200Luigi De Guzman

Arlington,...

Quick Links Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby Contained Intentionally Modern Elements Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby Had a Stellar Cast With a Subpar Script Baz Luhrmann Changed The Great Gatsby From a Social Commentary Into a Love Story

Director Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby film was a feast for the eyes. In true Luhrmann fashion, it presented the 1920s F. Scott Fitzgerald novel as an over-the-top visual smorgasbord with glitzy costumes and modern music. Its stylistic choices set it apart from other adaptations and, in doing so, it has cemented itself a place in the public consciousness for years following its release. Luhrmann also boasted an all-star cast who embraced their roles with verve and fervor. Truly, Luhrmann's adaptation comes so close to being one of the greatest, if not the greatest, in capturing the tone of Fitzgerald's novel.

Still, despite its glittering cast and execution, major...

Brad Pitt has worn the face of many over the years. Be it classic characters from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works or Chuck Palahniuk’s works, he certainly knows how to capture the essence of the characters that he plays. Considering this, and the amount of success that he has gained over the years, one would assume that he would be anyone’s first pick for a documentary.

Brad Pitt in Ocean’s 11 | Credit: Warner Bros.

However, this wasn’t the case when it came to Jeff Buckley’s mother. After the Grammy winner’s untimely passing, his mother was trying to perfectly encapsulate his essence in a project that detailed his life.

While Pitt would have been the perfect pick to play the legendary singer, it would seem that things got too complicated between the actor and Buckley’s mother.

Brad Pitt desperately wanted to play Jeff Buckley in...

We've seen the finale of Skeleton Crew, though we hope this isn't the last we see of the characters, and the culmination of this kid-centric show was emotional and exhilarating. Before I ever saw a minute of the show, I hoped to feel watching this the way I did watching coming-of-age adventures from the 1980s, and my hope was satisfied. What I found outstanding about the series was its depiction of defeat and triumph for each of its characters. I'll explore how that's true in alphabetical order since I can't otherwise decide who should be in first place.

Is Fern a leader or not?

Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) in Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & Tm. All Rights Reserved. | The Walt Disney Company Getty Images

F. Scott Fitzgerald said, "Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy." I saw...

The debate about what constitutes The Great American Novel is never-ending, yet F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" always finds its way into this conversation. It might be tempting to simply reduce the author's work to an enduring portrayal of the Roaring Twenties, but Fitzgerald's book also cuts through the illusions while sustaining the enthralling mystery surrounding its titular figure. Once the mist dissipates, and both Jay Gatsby and his (only) friend Nick Carraway are laid bare for who they are, what remains is a profound sense of emptiness. Don't get me wrong: "The Great Gatsby" is a story about the inherent hollowness of spectacle, obscene wealth, and relationships of convenience that have the illusion of depth. However, once we confront the rare flashes of moving sincerity in a tale so luridly tragic, the empty lure of the green light at the heart of the novel takes on a terribly haunting sheen.

In a year marked by personal losses as well as national strife, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about time. Strange how hours can feel eternal, days brief and weeks like they are bleeding into each other so that it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.

I had all that in mind while compiling my favorite arts and culture picks from this year. Some of these works consider time on a personal level, like when you pick up a book and can’t put it down. Others ask how much time we have as a society considering the impact of climate change on vulnerable communities. A handful think of time more linearly — offering reflections on the past so we might better understand the future.

Here are some works, in alphabetical order, that rearranged time for me:

Alvin Ailey

Two recent works offer a portrait...

Leonardo DiCaprio’s rain scene just happened (Photo Credit – Facebook)

From his unforgettable turn in Titanic and that tear-jerking goodbye to Rose became instant classics to his mind-bending performance in Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio’s scenes always stand out.

Then there’s The Revenant, where his rugged, bloody face became a memorable visual of raw survival. But let’s not forget The Great Gatsby, the glittering spectacle where Leo brought Jay Gatsby’s charm and mystery to life. With that iconic green light and his suave, yet tortured performance, DiCaprio cemented his place as the king of cinematic moments. But did you there is one iconic moment that happened by chance?

The Great Gatsby This Scene Happened By Chance

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, producer Lucy Fisher spilled the beans on how one of The Great Gatsby’s most iconic moments wasn’t planned at all. He shared that...

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Jack Nicholson is singular for many reasons, but one of his most fascinating attributes is that he was commercially bulletproof. Don't get me wrong, Nicholson made a flop here and there, but there was never a sense with the star that he needed a hit. Even when he was slumping, everyone figured Nicholson would get it straightened out one way or another. He was just too damn appealing to not score a hit once every few years.

If Nicholson was ever kinda-sorta in trouble, it was probably in 1977. Yes, he was only two years removed from winning Best Actor Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" (which was an incredibly competitive year), but he was more immediately on the hook for two box office bombs in Arthur Penn's "The Missouri Breaks" (a pricey Western that paired him with...

Leonardo DiCaprio's career has been characterized by iconic scenes. This trend began with his role in Titanic, which changed his career forever. While the film is full of quotable and noteworthy moments of cinema, it is hard to name just one key moment for the actor in that film. Both Jack's embracing of Rose on the ship's bow, and his final goodbye to his lover, stand out among the most recognizable moments from the movie. Titanic helped launch DiCaprio's career, and it is these key scenes that keep the film so notable.

Even in the years since Titanic, DiCaprio has had iconic role after iconic role. The Christopher Nolan film Inception has been cited as a seminal work of science-fiction, with several of its visual sequences acting as key cinematic moments of the 21st century. In a similar vein, the lighting and cinematography of The Revenant is considered to be peak cinema,...

Today in "Well, you only get to write that headline once" news: A minor mystery about this summer's Deadpool & Wolverine has now been solved, revealing the one line from the script that Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy said Disney asked them to cut from their R-rated comic book brawl.

Exclusive: Ryan McCartan, the former Liv & Maddie actor who transitioned to Broadway in Heathers the Musical and Wicked, will take over the role of Jay Gatsby in the Broadway hit musical The Great Gatsby, succeeding Jeremy Jordan after the start of the new year.

McCartan will play his first performance as the F. Scott Fitzgerald protagonist on January 21, 2025. No official word on Jordan’s plans, but Deadline hears the actor will have some rather mammoth casting news of his own coming later this week.

McCartan joins the Gatsby company as the musical kicks off The Great Gatsby Centennial Celebration, a year-long party in honor of the Fitzgerald classic, with a benefit performance and Gatsby-style soiree on January 16 in partnership with The New York Public Library. The evening will begin with a gala performance of the musical starring Jordan and costar Eva Noblezada at The Broadway Theatre, and culminate with...

Godzillaand Spider-Man may not be the first mash-up to spring to mind, but one unused cover idea by artist Tom Scioli paired the two unlikely subjects together. The writer/artist behind IDWs current Godzillas Monsterpiece Theater is known for his wild, off-the-wall imagination, but the melding of Spider-Man and Godzilla might be the zaniest idea hes had yet.

Sharing in a post to Instagram, Tom Scioli describes the sketch as an unused cover concept for Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater #2. The piece shows Godzilla carrying Anguiras while swooping through the air, taking the same position as Spider-Man did when he made his debut on the cover to Amazing Fantasy #15 by Steve Ditko.

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The unused concept is in keeping with Sciolis cover to the recently-released Godzillas Monsterpiece Theater #1, which paid homage to Jack Kirbys iconic cover to Fantastic Four #1.

Tom Scioli...

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Actress Christina Ricci rose to stardom in her childhood roles in the 1990s. She appeared in comedy-horror movies like The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), Casper (1995), and family comedies like That Darn Cat (1997). She's never shied away from the darker or more challenging roles, even as she reached adulthood. In 1999, she starred in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow alongside Johnny Depp. Later, she gained praise for her performance as Rae Doole in Black Snake Moan (2006) opposite Samuel L. Jackson. Still, she has had bouts of dry spells of work over the years, and unfortunately, more than one canceled television project to her name.

One of these failed television projects was of...

Well, the thing about Brad Pitt is that once he walks into a camera frame, it is almost impossible to not have one’s focus entirely locked onto his face, with a total disregard for the backdrop and rest of the players. With his effortless magnetism that seems to suction every light molecule toward his direction, Pitt has made a career that defies his superficial beauty and leans into his creative and artistic exploits.

Brad Pitt in Fight Club [Credit: 20th Century Studios]

David Fincher, being one of the oldest and long-time collaborators of Pitt knows all of this, having directed him in 3 movies since their Oscar-nominated 1995 film, Seven. However, it is neither Seven nor Fight Club (for which they reunited again in 1998) that Fincher considers Pitt’s ultimate cinematic pinnacle. That unique credit goes to another movie entirely.

Brad Pitt Impresses David Fincher With Third Film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) [Credit: co0026840 autoWarner Bros.

[This story contains spoilers from the season two finale of Pachinko, “Chapter Sixteen.”]

Soo Hugh knows full well about the challenges of trying to get anything made for television. After cutting her teeth as a writer and producer on the CBS sci-fi mystery Under the Dome, ABC sci-fi drama The Whispers and first season of AMC horror anthology The Terror, the Korean American showrunner has spent the better part of the last six years adapting Min Jin Lee’s epic historical novel Pachinko into a breathtaking Apple TV+ series, which just wrapped its sophomore run on Oct. 11. (Read a full breakdown of the season finale.)

One of the most ambitious shows on television, Pachinko examines the enduring impact of the Japanese occupation of Korea on four generations of a Korean family. Whereas the first season found the characters fighting for their own survival and the preservation of their culture, the second found the Baek family, after surviving World War II, reckoning with their...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Friday, 18 October 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy 10/18/2024 (Literary Geography) – Friday, 18 October 2024

A N.Y. Times article recognized Sands Point & Kings Point as the real “old-money” & “nouveau riche” settings in this novel

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Friday, 18 October 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: The Great Gatsby

Final Jeopardy Explanation – Friday, 18 October 2024

The novel referred to in the New York Times article, which recognized Sands Point and Kings Point as the real “old-money” and “nouveau riche” settings, is “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the novel, these locales are fictionalized as East Egg and West Egg, respectively. East Egg represents the more established, aristocratic wealth, while West Egg is seen as the home of the newly rich, those who have recently acquired their fortunes...

From British private school outcast to anaconda-wrestling cowboy to philanthropist, Paul Michael Angell’s documentary is of a life less ordinary

As unbelievable life trajectories go, British private school outcast to South American cowboy to US primetime TV naturalist to American healthcare saviour must be up there with the weirder ones. The late philanthropist Stan Brock singlehandedly disproves the old F Scott Fitzgerald dictate about American second acts by – starting in 1985 – supplying free medical treatment to millions of uninsured people through his non-profit Remote Area Medical (Ram). Related in this documentary with flashes of Boy’s Own brio, this flip into altruism is all the more remarkable in light of Brock’s borderline-abusive upbringing that pushed him as a young man into a stony self-reliance.

Even in his 70s and ushering in-need citizens into Ram’s mobile clinics, Brock still cuts a strapping, athletic figure. In his heyday, droving on...

“Megalopolis” is now playing in theaters, and director Francis Ford Coppola is in the Oscar hunt yet again after already winning multiple Academy Awards throughout his esteemed career. Let’s look back at his many Oscar races.

After building his credits as a screenwriter and director in the 1960s, Coppola’s breakthroughs arrived in the early 1970s with “Patton” and “The Godfather.” He wrote the screenplay to the beloved epic drama “Patton,” directed Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott, both of whom won Oscars for the film. Coppola also received his first Academy Award for his original screenplay, which he shared with co-writer Edmund H. North. His only threat in the category that year was “Five Easy Pieces,” which got into Best Picture, but with “Patton” dominating in a bunch of categories that year, winning the Screenplay prize was all but inevitable.

See Ray Richmond: ‘Megalopolis’ trailer...

The iconically seductive silent film star Clara Bow is being further immortalized courtesy of a festival at New York City’s Film Forum.

1920s superstar Bow, who recently inspired a track named after her on Taylor Swift’s “Tortured Poets Department” album, is at the center of a career retrospective screening series at the New York City indie theater. Deemed the very first “It Girl,” Bow starred in films such as “Wings,” “The Saturday Night Kid,” and short “The Pill Pounder” which was recently rediscovered and subsequently restored after 101 years.

Bow’s turn in silent comedy “It” also inspired the very term “It Girl,” which refers to “sex appeal” as coined by British author Elinor Glyn, who also appears in the feature as well as a young Gary Cooper.

The festival will run on most Mondays at Film Forum from October 7 to December 30, with an additional screening on Thursday, October...

The stars are stepping out in style during Milan Fashion Week!

Shailene Woodley and Normani strutted their way into the Fendi Womenswear Spring/Summer 2025 Fashion Show on Tuesday (Sept. 17) in Milan, Italy.

Other stars in attendance included Jade Thirlwall, Mission Impossible actress Hayley Atwell, and British singer Raye.

“The foundations of how women dress today and, in many ways, how we think are in the 1920s. It’s about modernity in style and attitude,” Kim Jones, Fendi‘s Artistic Director of Couture and Womenswear, shared in a statement about the collection.

“1925 has so many milestone moments. It is the founding year of Fendi, but also the year of the Art Deco exhibition in Paris – The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts – from where the name is taken,” he continued. “Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby are also published. There’s modernism in dress,...

The Life of Chuck features a wide-ranging cast full of familiar faces. The project is an adaptation of the Stephen King novella published as part of the 2020 collection If It Bleeds, composed of the achronological stories "Thanks, Chuck," "Buskers," and "I Contain Multitudes." The movie was written and directed by Mike Flanagan, who has previously helmed the Stephen King movie adaptations Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep and has also acquired the rights to develop a television series based on The Dark Tower as of late 2022.

Mike Flanagan is a director who has become known for having a stable of actors with whom he frequently collaborates across a variety of projects, bringing stars back to play different characters in different contexts. The upcoming The Life of Chuck sees him following this habit, as it features more than a dozen memorable stars with whom he has worked before. However, the movie, which...

With a career spanning over 50 years, Sigourney Weaver has showcased her versatility across Broadway, television, and film, creating iconic heroic characters in both dramatic and comedic roles. Her remarkable talent has earned her three Academy Award nominations.

Born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949, in New York City, she adopted the name Sigourney at age 14, inspired by a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby.

Weaver graduated from Stanford University and obtained a master’s degree from the Yale School of Drama. Even as she found fame and success on the screen, she would maintain her love for the stage throughout her career. Her many theater credits include four Broadway productions: Sir John Gielgud’s production of The Constant Wife in 1975, the groundbreaking 1984 production of David Rabe’s Hurlyburly opposite William Hurt, Harvey Keitel and a newcomer named Cynthia Nixon, and the 1996 production of Sex and Longing, written...

“It was a bear,” the actor Robert Downey Jr. acknowledged on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast as we began discussing The Sympathizer, Park Chan-wook’s HBO limited series in which he appeared earlier this year just one month after winning an Oscar for his performance in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer.

In The Sympathizer, an adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about Vietnam, Downey plays five different characters who cross paths with “The Captain,” a North Vietnamese mole in the South Vietnamese army: Claude, a CIA operative; Professor Hammer, an Asian-American Studies professor; Rep. Ned Godwin, a war-hawk congressman; Niko Damianos, an arrogant filmmaker; and a French priest.

“It was exhausting,” Downey continues. “I really had to prepare. In a lot of ways, it was the ultimate in extremes: You can’t fake it if you haven’t prepared for each one individually, and you also want to kind...

“Thank you, Rolling Stone. Thank you, Variety. But you have screwed up. I can’t quite understand; it’s all backward because I’m an old magazine writer. From the age of twelve, I was sending off ideas to magazines in New York. And my dream was to write for Rolling Stone, not get an award from Rolling Stone. My dream was to be seen reading Variety in a little coffee shop in the basement of the Beverly Hills Hotel…not getting an award from Variety. Here’s the thing,...

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Deirdre “Didi” O’Hearn, who worked as an executive at A&e Networks, died Aug. 12 in hospice care in St. Augustine, Florida of lung cancer. She was 63.

O’Hearn, a longtime cable executive who also worked for WeTV and other channels, served as senior vice president of programming and development for the Food Network and Cooking Channel from 2014 until 2017, where she oversaw existing programming and the creation of new shows.

The exec was nominated for six Emmys throughout her career, and served as vice president of nonfiction and alternative programming at A&e Television Networks. There, she developed “Gene Simmons Family Jewels,” a reality series which followed Simmons, his wife Shannon Tweed and their two kids.

O’Hearn worked at the network for 16 years, and served as an executive producer and supervising producer on the series “Biography,” where she produced episodes exploring the lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mike Tyson, Sylvester Stallone,...

Deirdre “Didi” O’Hearn, an industry veteran who most recently head of programming and development for Food Network and Cooking Channel, died Monday after a long battle with lung cancer, her husband Richard Eckerstrom confirmed to Deadline. O’Hearn had recently entered hospice in Florida and passed away this morning with her husband, two sons and two of her brothers by her side. She was 63.

During her tenure at Food Network and Cooking Channel, she oversaw the existing programming slate, both daytime and primetime, and the creation of new shows for both networks.

O’Hearn joined Food Network and Cooking Channel from We tv where, as VP Development and Talent, she was responsible for creating brand defining original series and specials and was instrumental in developing a number of We tv’s popular series, including Mary Mary, Kendra On Top and L.A. Hair. Prior to We tv, O’Hearn...

Deirdre “Didi” O’Hearn, a veteran cable executive who spent 16 years at A&e Television Networks and also worked for WeTV and the Food Network, among other channels, died Monday. She was 63.

O’Hearn, nominated for six Emmys and a winner of five Golden Eagle Awards, died in hospice care in St. Augustine, Florida, after a long battle with lung cancer, a publicist announced.

Most recently, O’Hearn served as senior vp programming and development for the Food Network and Cooking Channel from 2014-17. In that role, she oversaw existing programming slates, both daytime and primetime, and the creation of new shows.

“In cable, we’re all looking for hits,” O’Hearn told THR after she got the job. “You’ve got to be a destination. You’ve got to be on the map. You’ve got to be the place that viewers tune in to, and a hit just puts you on the map.

Searchlight Pictures has brought on Pachinko creator Soo Hugh to write and direct a feature adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel Tender Is The Night.

LuckyChap, Putnam Pictures, Hugh and Margo Klewans’ Moonslinger Productions are serving as producers on the project.

Tender Is The Night was published in 1934 and was Fitzgerald’s fourth and final novel. It follows a glamorous and wealthy couple whose relationship unravels in a web of romantic entanglement, manipulation and deceit when they meet a young actress on holiday.

Searchlight vice president Richard Ruiz will oversee the project for the studio, reporting to heads...

Clint Eastwood, the man who made squinting an art form, once thought he’d ride off into the sunset, leaving acting behind for good. But then, a script with an epic tale came along—so irresistible, even this Hollywood legend couldn’t turn it down. Enter the $216 million blockbuster that roped Eastwood back in front of the camera, a film so powerful it not only reignited his passion but also landed him two Oscars.

Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | United Artists

Just when he thought he was out, the allure of a story this grand pulled him right back in. What movie could possibly be so compelling? Let’s dive into the film that Clint just couldn’t refuse.

Clint Eastwood’s $216M Epic That Pulled Him Back to Acting and Snag 2 Oscars Clint Eastwood in a still from In The Line of Fire by...

Some Luchino Visconti grandeur in Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman’s Coup! with Jay Horton (Billy Magnussen) and his wife Julie (Sarah Gadon) In Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman’s fleet-footed Coup! (which had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival), shot by Conor Murphy, with costumes by Stacy Jansen (Marc Turtletaub’s Jules) and a score by Nathan Halpern (Chloé Zhao’s The Rider), starring Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen and Sarah Gadon with Skye P Marshall, Faran Tahir, Kristine Nielsen, Willa Dunn, Callum Vinson, and Fisher Stevens as Upton Sinclair, the Spanish Flu of 1918 turns a well-established world inside out.

We start out by discussing how the global events of 1918 correlate with the present, the mystery of a missing finger left on the cutting room floor, pacifism and vegetarianism. We move on to nods to F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, George Bernard Shaw and Upton Sinclair,...

Warning: spoilers for all six episodes of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.

When TV audiences first meet 17-year-old Pip Fitz-Amobi (Wednesday‘s Emma Myers), she’s carrying a copy of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Months later, like the titular heroine of that book, Pip discovers a woman kept secretly locked in an attic. Literary allusions are threaded through this modern whodunnit, from village tearoom The Moonstone sharing a name with Wilkie Collins’ classic detective novel, to Pip’s discovery of a hit-and-run plot and an overt reference to a story that hinges on one in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, to her sharing a name with the protagonist of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations.

Our Pip may not meet an escaped convict on the moors like her book namesake, but like him, she does question the nature of good and evil, and do plenty of soul-searching growing-up throughout her story.

Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his Shampoo, The Last Detail and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He was 89.

PR firm McClure & Associates announced the news on behalf of Towne’s family.

Towne also earned BAFTA, Golden Globe and WGA awards for Chinatown, the L.A.-set 1974 thriller starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. It was one of three Writers Guild Awards he won during his career, along with Shampoo and the drama series Mad Men, on which he was a consulting producer during the final seventh season. He also was nominated for The Last Detail (1973) and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1985). He was honored with the guild’s Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement in 1997.

Thoughtful and soft spoken, Towne was a perfectionist who hated studio meetings and script notes and famously would disappear for...

Steven Spielberg is now a legendary filmmaker in the industry, having directed many acclaimed and award-winning films over the years. The filmmaker is arguably the most versatile director who does not limit his films to one genre. He has made dramas, sci-fi films, historical epics, thrillers, action adventures, and big-budget extravaganzas.

Steven Spielberg made Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom in the 80s | Paramount Pictures

By the late 80s, Spielberg was already a big filmmaker with many successful films elevating his power in the industry. In addition to directing, he produced several projects under his production company Amblin Entertainment. The director pulled off the impossible, as he convinced Disney and Warne Bros to license their iconic cartoon characters for 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Steven Spielberg Pulled Off An Epic Crossover Event With Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Bob Hoskins and Roger Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit...

Chinatown is a masterclass in filmmaking and screenwriting, paying tribute to classic Film Noir with an unforgettable performance by Jack Nicholson. The movie delves into themes of corruption and entitlement, with characters like Noah Cross embodying the greed and evil that plagued 1930s Los Angeles. Despite its timeless quality, some character actions in Chinatown, like Jake's violence towards Evelyn, may not sit well with modern audiences.

The following contains brief discussion of child abuse and sexual assault, including director Roman Polanski's guilty plea for unlawful sexual contact with a minor.

50 years ago, cinema was in a unique position as both an industry and an art form, and Chinatown was a film that bridged two eras of Hollywood. Movies were changing in the '70s thanks in part to the burgeoning New Hollywood movement. Instead of the clean and palatable movies of Hollywood's Golden Age, these new auteur filmmakers told...

The world of anime and manga is rapidly spreading throughout the world. It is no longer subjected to only a particular audience and accessible to basically the entire world. Kadokawa has taken the initiative to bring these mediums even closer to the general public. Mangas have been adapted into many forms for decades now.

Kadokawa Masterpiece Comics

From movies, animes, and live-action adaptations to even novels. There is no medium that hasn’t seen the masterpiece born of the most talented mangakas. Complains have been rising slowly and steadily, concerning the pace and future of the Anime and Manga industry. This pertains to the fact that Western influences have very quickly taken over the craft that held a lot of cultural significance. However, Kodakawa has other plans.

Kadokawa’s Masterpiece Comics Initiative

Kadokawa, a popular publishing house for manga, light novels, and magazines has taken up an initiative unlike any other.

Japanese publisher Kadokawa today announced a new label called "Masterpiece Comics" with the aim of adapting well-known, classic books from Japan and other countries into manga by up-and-coming artists. Kicking off the initial lineup is Paul Gallico's The Silent Miaow , which is being adapted by I'm a Cat, Said the Dog 's Katana Sajima and will be published on July 20. The Silent Miaow cover (not final) Sample page Related: Viz Media Announces Vagabond Definitive Edition, One Piece: Heroines and More An adaptation of Kunio Yanagita's Tono Monogatari by Kujiraba will follow suit in September, then Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist by Tamaki Nakamura in November, Yasutaka Tsutsui's Zanzo ni Kuchibeni wo by Hiroaki Terada in January 2025 and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby by an undisclosed artist in March 2025. Source: Comic Natalie...