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Known as Clark Kent/Superman or Man of Steel, several iconic directors like Zack Snyder and Bryan Singer have tried their hands on the character. James Gunn is the next in line and fans are excited.

Henry Cavill in a still from Man of Steel | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

As the release date for James Gunn’s Superman gets closer and closer, the hype of fans is increasing day by day. Amidst all the promotion and anticipation, Gunn revealed that he talked to former Dceu director Zack Snyder to discuss one aspect of Superman.

When James Gunn talked with Zack Snyder

After releasing Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Snyder and Warner Bros. parted ways for good. In 2022, it was announced that James Gunn would be the co-head of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran.

We got the iconic red trunks on Superman! | Credits: DC Studios

Things got really intense when Gunn...

In the early-to-mid eighties, Jason Voorhees dominated the horror box office. The masked slasher went from jump scare at the end of a movie to a pop culture icon in impressive fashion; enraging conservative parents while delighting teenagers who loved seeing him stalk and kill other teenagers on the big screen. Of the first four films, three of them made over $30 million at the U.S. box office, an impressive feat for the time. However, starting around 1985, with the much-criticized Friday the 13th: A New Beginning the series’ grosses started dwindling. Yes, they were still making money for studio Paramount thanks to their low budgets, but the air was seemingly coming out of the franchise the longer it went along. The low point, in several ways, was the release of Jason Takes Manhattan, a movie where the fans finally had to admit Jason’s machete blade had become quite dull.

Contrary to what many people assume, most forms of film criticism are indifferent to whether or not the ideas present within a movie were placed there intentionally. The only “rule” is that the critic should be able to justify their personal interpretation with examples taken from whatever is being examined. After all, art discourse usually says more about the people discussing the work than the artist themself, and that’s why I don’t mind it if you read this article and end up thinking that I’m reading too much into a silly slasher flick.

Naturally, the slasher in question is Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. And with the film celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, this seems like the perfect opportunity to discuss why I believe this over-hated sequel deserves to be re-evaluated as an oddly fascinating (and likely accidental) homage to Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Screenwriter, musician and director who won an Oscar, with Woody Allen, for the screenplay of Annie Hall

Marshall Brickman, who has died aged 85, was a successful musician, writer and film director, but will be remembered best for his collaborations with Woody Allen on three of Allen’s best movies: Sleeper (1973), Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979). The pair won an Oscar for the original screenplay of Annie Hall, which also took the awards for best picture, best director for Allen and best actress for Diane Keaton.

Allen skipped the awards ceremony, and when Brickman accepted the best writer statuette, he said: “Half of this little piece of tin, if not much more, belongs to Woody, who is probably the greatest collaborator anyone could ever wish for. He does a lot of brilliant work. He takes our script and makes it into what you saw. He picks up my lunch check for about five months,...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on Twitter and Instagram.News The Scarlet Drop.John Ford’s The Scarlet Drop (1918), presumed to be lost for over 100 years, has been found in a warehouse in Santiago, Chile, that was slated to be demolished. “I think there are some films that decide to live,” says Jaime Cordova, who rescued and digitized the film, which stars Harry Carey as a defector from the Union Army who joins a gang of marauders.The Berlin government’s decision to slash its cultural funding budget by 13 percent (€130 million) has prompted widespread backlash from the city’s arts community. Roughly 450 institutions rely upon state subsidies and Berlin cultural workers predict closures and mass layoffs will be the inevitable result of this budget reduction. Sinema Transtopia...

Ralph Fiennes, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film saga, has an idea about who should play the villain in the HBO TV series.

In a new interview, Fiennes named Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy as the actor who should play the villain in the television adaptation.

“Cillian is a fantastic actor,” Fiennes said while making an appearance on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live after a view suggested the 28 Days Later star. “That’s a wonderful suggestion. I would be all in favor of Cillian. Yeah.”

Fiennes first played Voldemort in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment of the film saga. The Maid in Manhattan actor would then reprise his role in 2007’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2009’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and the two-part finale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Related: ‘Harry Potter’ TV...

Screenwriter co-wrote Annie Hall and Manhattan, penned the Jersey Boys musical, and wrote for Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show and The Muppet Show

Marshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote some of Woody Allen ’s best films, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died aged 85.

Brickman died Friday in Manhattan, his daughter Sophie Brickman told the New York Times. No cause of death was given.

Marshall Brickman, the writer and director known for co-writing some of Woody Allen‘s earlier works, died November 29 in Manhattan. He was 85.

The Oscar winner’s daughter Sophie Brickman announced that her father died Friday in Manhattan, following more than 50 years of writing, directing and producing for the stage and screen.

A cause of death was not provided, according to The New York Times.

After teaming up with Allen on the 1973 sci-fi comedy Sleeper, they co-wrote the hit satirical romantic-comedy Annie Hall together, earning both men an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. The duo also collaborated on Allen’s 1979 followup Manhattan, which earned them another screenplay nomination. They teamed again on the 1993 dark comedy Manhattan Murder Mystery.

Born Aug. 25, 1939 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brickman studied science and music with plans to become a doctor. After joining folk band The Tarriers in 1962, recording a banjo album that would later become...

Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote hit films with Woody Allen including Annie Hall, and the musical Jersey Boys, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 85. His daughter Sophie Brickman confirmed the news to The New York Times.

Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Brooklyn, Brickman originally wanted to be a musician and graduated from University of Wisconsin with degrees in science and music. He was in the folk group the Tarriers, playing alongside Eric Weissberg and they scored the hit single, “Dueling Banjos.” Several of their songs from their...

Marshall Brickman, who won an Oscar for writing “Annie Hall” alongside Woody Allen and also collaborated with him on “Sleeper,” “Manhattan” and “Manhattan Murder Mystery,” died Friday in Manhattan. He was 85.

His daughter Sophie confirmed his death to the New York Times.

Brickman co-wrote Broadway musicals “Jersey Boys” and “The Addams Family” and started out writing for “Candid Camera” and “The Tonight Show,” where he developed the famous Johnny Carson character, Carnac the Magnificent. He also worked on the pilot for “The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence,” which later became “The Muppet Show.”

Brickman and Allen’s script for “Annie Hall” became one of the most frequently quoted and well-remembered screenplays ever, winning numerous other awards in addition to the original screenplay Oscar. “‘Annie Hall’ contains more intellectual wit and cultural references than any other movie ever to win the Oscar for best picture,” wrote Roger Ebert in a 2002 appreciation.

Marshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning co-writer of Annie Hall, has died. Per The New York Times, Brickman’s daughter, Sophie, confirmed his death but did not report a cause. He was 85.

Best known as the co-screenwriter of Woody Allen’s most revered work, Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, and, later, Manhattan Murder Mystery,...

Helen Gallagher, who won Tony Awards for Pal Joey and No, No, Nanette before starring as Maeve Ryan in all 13 seasons of daytime soap Ryan’s Hope, died November 24. She was 98.

Playbill confirmed the news on social media.

Born on July 19, 1926, in New York City, Gallagher already was a singing, dancing and acting veteran of numerous Broadway shows when she was cast as Gladys Bumps in the Chicago-set 1952 musical Pal Joey. Starring opposite Harold Lang and Vivienne Segal, she won the Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

She went on to appear in such Golden Age Broadway musicals as The Pajama Game, Mame, Finian’s Rainbow and Sweet Charity, earning a second Featured Actress Tony nom for playing Mickie alongside Gwen Verdon and Ruth Buzzi. She also performed in revivals of such classics as Guys and Dolls and Brigadoon.

In 1970 she was cast as the original Lucille Early in Broadway’s No,...

Woody Allen is a four-time Academy Award winner who has proved incredibly prolific in his decades-long career, writing, directing, and oftentimes starring in nearly a film a year for over 50 years. But how many of those are classics? Let’s take a look back at 25 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

After years as a joke writer and standup comic, Allen transitioned into filmmaking penning such screenplays as “What’s New Pussycat?” (1965) and starring in such titles as “Casino Royale” (1967). His first credit as a director was the comedically overdubbed Japanese spy thriller “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?” (1966).

The Woody Allen as we know him emerged in 1969 with the farcical mockumentary “Take the Money and Run” (1969), made when he was 34 years old. The success of that film led to a string of critically acclaimed absurdist comedies, including “Bananas” (1971) and “Sleeper” (1973).

He established himself as an important filmmaker with the romantic...

Hey everyone, I’m Mike, and today, we’ll be talking about something horror fans across the globe have been discussing amongst each other in our blacked-out bedrooms since Terrifier 2 graced the screen a few years back. Should Art the Clown at this point, or ever be mentioned alongside the biggest names in slasherdom? Names like Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Ghostface, and Pinhead? Today we’ll take a look at just why the answer is a resounding yes. Or at the very least will be. When it’s said and done. Welcome to ‘The Best of the Bad Guys’. Where we celebrate the best of horrors worst villains on a case-by-case basis.

For starters, we’ll talk about the main arguments that Art isn’t a horror icon already.

Let’s start with longevity. Some of you folks are no doubt angrily typing as you read...

“It’s so nice to talk to The Hollywood Reporter,” Olivia Williams says, as we start our interview, “because I really had that Hollywood experience. I went from living in a damp basement flat in Camden Town to, in a matter of days, flying in a private jet to go on set of a huge Hollywood movie.”

Over the course of a single year, from 1997 to 1998, Williams (before then a jobbing British theater actress, doing commercials for Dove shower cream — “they asked me to audition in a bikini…I felt like giving up”) starred in three studio films: Kevin Costner’s The Postman, Wes Anderson’s Rushmore and M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense. The Postman was a legendary flop. Rushmore an indie breakout. The Sixth Sense a gargantuan, global hit. Williams, it appeared, had arrived.

“I went from galloping horses with Kevin Costner — doing my own stunts, thank...

As the truth about the many crimes that Diddy has been accused of continues to unravel, the heat continues to catch up to him. Things have been going south for the Last Night rapper ever since he was caught in the net for trafficking and racketeering charges.

As if those charges alone were not enough, he finds himself caught in the eye of a storm that had subsided decades ago – one where someone else took the bullet for him. But it’s all coming back to bite him.

Diddy and Jennifer Lopez shared a romance full of controversies Diddy was involved in a shootout at a NYC night club back when he and JLo were a thing || Image by Reckless Dream Photography, licensed under Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ever since Diddy‘s arrest, his relationship with Jennifer Lopez has sneaked its way into the news. Having made headlines several...

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice seems very proud of her daughter rising up to her own reality TV show. Giudice has spoken about her daughter getting into a new Bravo spinoff series with several other celebrity kids. Of course, Teresa will be involved as well with the new show.

Here is what you need to know about the new Gia Giudice spinoff Bravo series.

Teresa Giudice Talks Gia’s New Bravo Reality TV Series

Gia Giudice is starring in a new Bravo reality TV series along with other Bravo kids. The show is called Making it in Manhattan, and Teresa Giudice will also be involved in the new series. Teresa seems excited about it even if she doesn’t know the names of all the kids in the show.

Teresa Giudice/Credit: YouTube

Other than Gia, Meredith Marks’ son Brooks, Kandi Burruss’s daughter Riley, and Kim Zolciak...

A recent Netflix docuseries has captured the attention of subscribers, and it's one that deserves a slightly deeper dive. "The Manhattan Alien Abduction" tells the alleged true story of a woman named Linda Napolitano, who claims to have been abducted by aliens in the late '80s. This series attempts to get to the bottom of it all. The true story behind the documentary is, as one would expect, a bit messy, given that we're dealing with an uncertain phenomenon. That said, it's worth going over the history of this case for viewers who are either reckoning with what they just witnessed or who are looking to ride the wave of popularity surrounding this doc right now.

Netflix using true stories to craft popular television is nothing new. The success of stuff like "Files of the Unexplained" on the streaming service is proof enough of that, but there are near-countless examples.

Robert Zemeckis’ Here isn’t a movie. It’s a carousel. From his fixed point of view, the film travels around and around and back home again. Here is an ambitious project filled with technical innovation and formal know-how that, like Megalopolis, has a reach that extends beyond its grasp.

HBO has greenlit the limited series “Dtf St. Louis” with Jason Bateman and David Harbour set for two of the lead roles, Variety has learned.

HBO has given the series a seven-episode order. The show was originally announced as being in development back in 2022 with Harbour and Pedro Pascal attached to star and executive produce. The project was originally inspired by the James Lasdun New Yorker article “My Dentist’s Murder Trial: Adultery, False Identities, and a Lethal Sedation.”

However, according to an individual with knowledge of the project, the creative direction of the series evolved over time and is now based on a wholly original idea with no connection to the original article. In addition, Pascal is no longer attached in any capacity. He remains in business with HBO, though, with the second season of “The Last of Us” set to debut in 2025.

The official logline for “Dtf St.

David Schwimmer may be out of his mind as he begins acting incredibly erratic in the official trailer Goosebumps: The Vanishing.

“I want you to have a really fun and also safe summer out here,” Schwimmer’s Anthony tells his twins Cece (Jayden Bartels) and Devin (Sam McCarthy) at the beginning of the trailer when they arrive at his Brooklyn home for the summer in the Goosebumps anthology series‘ second season. “I only have one rule: Stay out of the basement.”

As things begin to go awry, Anthony may be behind it all as he investigates his brother’s death when they were kids and went missing.

According to the series logline, “A threat is stirring, and [the kids] quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, Cece, Devin and their friends — Alex (Francesca Noel), Cj...

“Monster” Season 3 has added Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hollander, and Olivia Williams to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively.

The trio join previously announced cast member Charlie Hunnam, who will star as Ed Gein in the next season of the Netflix anthology series. According to sources, Metcalf will play Gein’s mother, Augusta, while Hollander will play Alfred Hitchcock and Williams will play Alma Reville, Hitchcock’s wife.

Given that Gein served as one of the inspirations for Norman Bates and Hitchcock’s film “Psycho,” it would appear Season 3 of the hit Netflix anthology will delve into how Gein’s crimes influenced the film and the novel upon which the film was based.

Gein became infamous in the 1950s when authorities discovered that he not only had killed multiple people, but had dug up graves from a cemetery near his home and fashioned all manner of household items and clothing from human remains.

Nathy Peluso and Álvaro Díaz and are tired of each other’s antics — but won’t let their imperfections stop things from getting heated. On Tuesday, the Argentinian vocalist/rapper and the Puerto Rican rap star released their collaboration “Xq Eres Así,” alongside a video filmed in Mexico City.

In it, the musicians play a pair of imperfect lovers in a Nineties-set home in Mexico, and they question their dynamic in the lyrics. The visual jumps between the musicians fighting, and then making up, in different parts of their home.

It’s not often that we get time to speak with figures from the golden age of horror, so when we do, we can’t help but get carried away. Today, we have the distinct pleasure of presenting an exclusive interview with a beloved icon of the genre, Lauren-Marie Taylor. Best known for her unforgettable role as Vickie in the cult classic Friday the 13th Part 2, Taylor has etched her name into the annals of horror history by being part of one of the most important slashers of the 80s.

More recently, she has made a return to horror in the critically acclaimed film, In a Violent Nature, which hit UK screens just last week. Taylor’s return to the genre has rekindled the interest and excitement of classic horror fans from all over. We were lucky enough to get an extensive slot of time with Lauren-Marie – and too much...

It’s Friday the 13th, that special time of the year when flights are cheaper (thanks to our collective stupidity) and everybody celebrates the murderous exploits of Jason Voorhees. The iconic slasher first showed up, albeit very briefly, in 1980’s Friday the 13th, before later taking Manhattan, and eventually journeying to outer space, where he went on a Holodeck killing spree.

In addition to the roughly 5,000 Friday the 13th movies, Jason has also occasionally popped up here in the real world — not to disembowel horny camp counselors, but to sell stuff, like the time he visited his local RadioShack.

But no doubt the most famous of Jason’s promotional appearances was the time he guested on The Arsenio Hall Show. Yes, back on July 28, 1989, the late-night host welcomed Bo Derek, Ursula Andress and an axe-wielding undead monster.

Remaining in character for the entire interview, Jason didn’t say a word.

Will the industry draw the right lessons from this summer’s successes and failures?

It’s a tradition at the end of the summer to opine on lessons learned about what kinds of movies worked and why, and to extrapolate from that “what audiences want.” This focus is always too narrow and tries to prove too much. It also drives a mad chase after what worked or didn’t work in this season as markers for what will or won’t work in the future. Never mind that every movie is different, even ones carefully tailored to match the parameters of recently successful movies and to reassemble the same lucrative audience.

This leads to foolish generalizations – not least of which is that “shrinking audiences” mean that America is “overscreened.” Yet no one can tell you by how many. Where? Across the large swaths of the Great Plains and the South that powered “Twisters'” success?...

Fans have two questions about Owning Manhattan Season 2.

Is it happening? When is it coming out?

Netflix has struck gold more than once in the realm of high-end real estate reality television. Owning Manhattan was no exception!

And now, we’re happy to report that the show will be returning to the streamer – and we even have some news about the cast!

Ryan Serhant visits the SiriusXM Studios on July 17, 2024. (Photo Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Netflix rolled out another hit

Owning Manhattan follows Ryan Serhant and his real estate agents at Serhant. Serhant (the person) of course starred for years on Million Dollar Listing New York.

Clearly a kindred spirit to Selling Sunset, this series follows luxury real estate properties in a place with more skyscrapers and much better weather: Manhattan.

Thus far, the show’s only critics seem to be folks who either don’t like reality TV...

Kings of Leon have hit the road for the North American leg of their 2024 world tour and the set list has been revealed following the first show.

The family band launched the tour with a show on Wednesday (August 14) at the Moody Center in Austin, Tex.

Brothers Caleb, Jared, Nathan and cousin Matthew Followill performed shows across Europe earlier this summer and now they’ll be touring around the U.S. and Canada through early October.

The tour is supporting the band’s most recent album, Can We Please Have Fun.

Head inside to check out the set list…

Keep scrolling to check out the full set list…

**This set list is representative of recent shows on the tour and might not be completely accurate for every show.

1. Ballerina Radio

2. Waste a Moment

3. The Bucket

4. On Call

5. Manhattan

6. Supersoaker

7. Razz

8. My Party

9. Sex on Fire

10. Revelry

11. Beautiful War

12. Nowhere to Run...

Scarlett Johansson is herself a force to reckon with but even she felt a little nervous while working with the renowned director, Woody Allen. Known for films like Annie Hall, Manhattan, Midnight in Paris, and so on, Woody Allen has won four Academy Awards, 10 BAFTAs, 2 Golden Globes and so much more. All in all, he is a well-decorated filmmaker and it’s no surprise that actors would feel a little intimated in front of him.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Scarlett Johansson in Match Point (2005) | BBC Films

Despite the fact that Scarlett Johansson had been in plenty of projects before starring in Woody Allen’s Match Point, she was still a tad bit nervous. Due to her nerves, the actress had a hard time filming on her first day but eventually decided to put her head in the game.

Scarlett Johansson was Nervous to Film with Woody Allen

A still from...

Ahead of its release next month, Warner Bros give us a first proper look at its ‘faithful’ take on Watchmen: Chapter 1. Here’s a full red band trailer.

There’s yet another adaptation of Watchmen on the way – a CG animated movie that is said to be more faithful than earlier takes on the graphic novel. Called Watchmen: Chapter 1, it’s targeting an 13th August 2024 release on disc with the second part coming in 2025. Warner Bros has now released the full red band trailer to promote the upcoming release, which you can catch below.

The voice cast for the films includes Matthew Rhys as Nite Owl, Katee Sackhoff as Silk Spectre, Titus Welliver as Rorschach, Troy Baker as Ozymandias, Corey Burton as Captain Metropolis and Michael Cerveris as Dr Manhattan.

The tale regards a group of retired superheroes in alternate 1980s timeline who for better or worse, changed the world.

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios announced a two-part animated feature based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' iconic graphic novel, Watchmen, during last year's Sdcc, and the first full trailer is set to be released online at some point tomorrow.

The movies will utilize a CG animation style, with Chapter 1 set to debut later this year and Chapter 2 in 2025. The project has been described as "a leap forward for our DC Cinematic Animation."

The first trailer teased some key moments from the story that are sure to be familiar to fans of the comic - and Zack Snyder's live-action adaptation! There's no getting away from the fact that this looks a lot like the 2009 movie, which, to be fair, did also recreate numerous panels from the page.

The motion poster below spotlights The Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, Nite Owl, and Rorschach.

The movie was recently rated...

“New York has a new problem,” declared the tagline for Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, complete with a picture of Jason’s hockey mask behind the city’s iconic skyline. To some modern readers, that tagline might seem silly. Sure, New York has its problems, but the arrival of a near-invincible, teleporting killer is orders of magnitude worse than anything currently happening in the Big Apple. Why would producers lump Jason Voorhees in with those other issues?

But when the movie released back in 1989, New York City existed in the popular imagination as a cesspool of violence, corruption, and danger. It was a nigh apocalyptic hellscape and promised to be a true challenge for the world’s most proficient killer of horny teens.

Sadly, it turns out that New York didn’t need to worry about Jason at all. Outside of a killer crane shot in Times Square,...

Jonathan Nørmølle has come forward with some shocking claims, exposing the production team on Owning Manhattan. The real estate reality television program, which airs on Netflix, recently made the decision to fire Jonathan. Now, he is airing the show’s dirty laundry for everyone to see. Continue reading to see what he’s revealed.

Jonathan Nørmølle Says He Planned His Exit From The Show

Drama is unfolding in the real estate world right now as Jonathan Nørmølle comes forward with some shocking claims. Radar Online reported that Jonathan has alleged that he orchestrated his exit from Owning Manhattan.

It was previously reported that Ryan Serhant fired Jonathan, but the former Netflix star said that he wanted out of his contract so that he could pursue other things.

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Jonathan said that he had planned his departure from the show for a while. He claims that he became disillusioned when...

Who watches the Watchmen?

Maybe the better question is, who wants to watch another direct adaptation of Watchmen?

Updates have been scarce since we first got word that Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios were developing an animated feature based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' iconic graphic novel during Sdcc last year, but the first teaser trailer has now been released online.

The two-part event movie utilizes CG animation style, with Chapter 1 set to debut later this year and Chapter 2 at some point in 2025. The project has been described as "a leap forward for our DC Cinematic Animation."

The trailer teases some key moments that are sure to be familiar to fans of the comic - and Zack Snyder's live-action adaptation!

There's no getting away from the fact that this looks a lot like the 2009 movie, which, to be fair, did also recreate numerous panels from the page.

Diane Keaton has impressed the audience with remarkable performances in timeless classics like The Godfather, Manhattan, and Reds. She has quite the collection of awards to her name including some very prestigious ones and why wouldn’t she? She’s Diane Keaton, after all. Diane Keaton redefined the modern heroine in cinema and brought absolute authenticity to every character she set out to conquer.

A still from The Godfather (1972) | Paramount Pictures

One of the finest works of Diane Keaton’s career so far has got to be the 1977 film, Annie Hall, where she played the titular character. The actress’ performance was so raw and well-received that she went on to win her first and only Academy Award. However, she starred in yet another brilliant film in the same year that was equally deserving of the nomination and many fans believe that she should’ve won an Oscar for this film instead.

Watching Woody Allen's 1979 romantic comedy "Manhattan" in 2024 is certainly a fraught affair. For decades after its release, "Manhattan" was hailed as one of the filmmaker's best, frankly and stylishly telling a story of modern New York life, revealing the embarrassing impulses of a neurotic man struggling through his own acknowledged sexual and romantic weaknesses. In the film, Allen plays Isaac, a 42-year-old, twice-divorced comedy writer trying to pen a book about how much he loves New York City. As part of his midlife crisis, he is romantically and sexually involved with Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), a 17-year-old prep school student.

Allen's fictional relationship with an underage girl was, at the time, seen as a strange quirk of the modern cosmopolitan arts milieu, and many critics remained unconcerned. It wouldn't be for a few more years, in 1991, that details of Allen's personal life would begin to emerge. He married the much-younger...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Zach Bryan paints a moving picture of mourning on his first track off his upcoming album, Clairo returns with a charming summer slow burner, and Vince Staples is back in full poetic glory. Plus, new music from New Jeans, Charlie Puth, Rm, and more.

Zach Bryan, “Pink Skies” (YouTube)

Clairo, “Sexy to Someone” (YouTube)

Vince Staples, “Shame on the Devil” (YouTube)

New Jeans, “How Sweet” (YouTube)

Charlie Puth,...

Chrissy Teigen, Andy Cohen, the cast of The Valley and numerous Real Housewives will be celebrating today after Bravo unveiled its latest programming slate.

The NBCUniversal cable network has ordered one new show, New York-set reality series Making It In Manhattan, revealed it is developing a South African Bush series produced by Chrissy Teigen and handed out a large swathe of renewals including for buzzy Vanderpump Rules spinoff The Valley and Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

Making It In Manhattan follows a tight-knit group of friends navigating the trials and triumphs of young adulthood. While some hail from the spotlight of well-known families, others have created a legacy of their own, but they all are looking to thrive in the city that never sleeps. Together they will challenge societal norms, redefine success, juggle personal and romantic relationships, and lean on each other for support in order to turn their skyline-high aspirations into reality,...

E!, USA Network and Oxygen True Crime have revealed their programming slates for the 2024-25 season which include a docuseries that follows the daughter of Snoop Dogg and a true crime series about homicides in Philadelphia.

USA Network also confirmed new competition show from the producers of The Traitors, as revealed by Deadline last month.

At E!, the network will launch its untitled Cori Broadus and Snoop Dogg Project, a three-part docuseries that follows Snoop’s daughter Cori Broadus and her fiancé, Wayne Deuce. It’s produced by Death Row Pictures and 101 Studios.

E!’s returning slate includes Season 2 of House of Villains, E!’s most-watched freshman series since 2020; the entertainment news series E! News, hosted by Justin Sylvester and Keltie Knight; and Live from E! hosted by Laverne Cox.

Oxygen True Crime has seven new series and specials planned for the new season. Among them: Dateline: The Smoking...

Meryl Streep will receive the Cannes Film Festival’s honorary Palme d’Or at the opening night ceremony of the 77th edition, the festival has confirmed.

The Academy Award-winning actress’ attendance at the festival will mark her first trip to Cannes since accompanying Fred Schepisi’s Evil Angels a Cry in the Dark in 1989 for which she won best actress.

The actress has appeared in two other Cannes selected films across her career, kicking off Woody Allen’s Manhattan, which played Out of Competition in 1979, and Tommy Lee Jones’ The Homesman which played in Competition in 2014.

The Cannes Film Festival runs May 14 to 25.

How is it forty years since 1984?? Well, that’s just how time works, my friends. It was a time before mobile phones. Before the internet. Before we got worried about and then forgot about Y2K. It was the year in which George Orwell envisioned a world of doublethink, room 101 and Big Brother. And it was several years before Room 101 and Big Brother would come to mean TV shows and not dystopian ideals. But we digress…

Fortunately, the very nature of films is that the passing of time does not erode the quality of a classic movie, and even more fortunately, 1984 was absolutely packed with them.

We have rounded up some of the best loved films across multiple genres from action, horror and comedy to family films and epics. All you have to do is identify the film from the quote.

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Did you spot all the references? Can you always notice them all? Madman Films has debuted a wonderful new promo video for the beloved animated film Robot Dreams, which first premiered at the 2023 Cannes & Annecy Film Festivals last year. The film also snuck in and ended up nominated for Best Animated Film at the 2024 Academy Awards earlier this year, but it didn't win. This fun 60-second video examines references in this movie that are inspired by other shots & scenes in other classic movies - including from Manhattan, The Wizard of Oz, The Big Lebowski, and Psycho. A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. The dialogue-free animated film is based on the popular graphic novel by Sara Varon, about the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the '80s. Dog is lonely so he orders a Robot companion, but then Robot gets stuck in the...

Presented by Lisa Frankenstein, 1989 Week is dialing the clock back to the crossroads year for the genre with a full week of features that dig six feet under into the year. Today, Alex Divincenzo revisits the great slasher slump of 1989.

While horror fans often look back on the ’80s with a nostalgic glow, 1989 was not what most would consider a strong year for the genre — particularly when compared to the embarrassment of riches spawned by the rest of the decade. Not even Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger were safe from the slasher slump.

Each franchise had its ups and downs across a cumulative 17 movies in the ’80s, but the decade came to a close with low points — creatively and financially — in all three sagas: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers.

Cillian Murphy first cut his teeth at the Corcadorca Theatre Company in his hometown of Cork, Ireland at the age of 20, where he nailed the audition for his first acting role in Enda Walsh’s “Disco Pigs” play. Murphy made enough of an impression to not only land the role for the theater part, but he also starred in the film adaptation years later. Although the movie wasn’t necessarily a renowned success, his performance caught the eye of Danny Boyle: the legendary filmmaker, then searching for a lead in his post-apocalyptic thriller, “28 Days Later.” That movie would significantly boost Murphy’s profile, earning him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards and Breakthrough Male Performance at the MTV Movie Awards.

With 40 movies and 27 years to his career, Murphy seems to be progressing with each appearance, and his latest role was his biggest yet. As the titular...

Tisa Farrow, an actor and sister of Mia Farrow, died in her sleep on Jan. 10 in Rutland, Vermont. She was 72.

Her sister Mia shared the news in a post on Instagram, writing: “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there. She was the best of us – I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life and never complained. Ever. She was a nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.”

Farrow was born Theresa Magdalena Farrow in Los Angeles to actor Maureen O’Sullivan and film director John Farrow and was the youngest of seven siblings. She was the subject of a New York Times profile in 1970, in which she discussed her family connections in the entertainment industry.

“None...

Tisa Farrow, a former actor born, like sister Mia Farrow, to show business parents Maureen O’Sullivan and John Farrow, died unexpectedly Wednesday morning. She was 72.

Her death was announced on social media by Mia Farrow, who said that Tisa apparently died in her sleep.

“If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there,” Mia wrote on Instagram and X. “She was the best of us — I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever. She was nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life.”

While never achieving the fame of sister Mia – or, for that matter, sister Prudence, who was immortalized by John Lennon in the classic 1968 Beatles White Album song “Dear Prudence” – Tisa Farrow nonetheless...

We have some sad news to report as we head into the weekend: Rosemary’s Baby star Mia Farrow has confirmed that her younger sister Tisa Farrow, who genre fans may remember as the star of Lucio Fulci’s 1979 classic Zombie and Joe D’Amato’s 1980 gross-out slasher Anthropophagus, has passed away at the age of 72.

Yesterday, Mia Farrow took to social media to write, “If there is a Heaven, undoubtedly my beautiful sister Tisa is being welcomed there. She was the best of us – I have never met a more generous and loving person. She loved life & never complained. Ever. She was a nurse for 27 years, a wonderful sister to Steffi, Prudence and me, a devoted mother to Jason, who died in Iraq, Bridget and little grandson Kylor – the lights of her life. She died unexpectedly yesterday morning (January 10th). Apparently in her sleep. This is a hard time for...

Jon Wax has exited Amazon to head up Disney’s international TV division.

In his newly created role of EVP of international original television at Disney, Wax is set to work directly with global regional leaders and their teams to create local content for Disney+. Wax will report to Eric Schrier, president of Disney television studios and global original television strategy for Disney Entertainment.

Wax will also work alongside EVP of international TV strategy and operations Kristen Finney, as the duo leads a team focused on global original television strategy for Disney+. Wax will focus on the creative aspect of the content while Finney helms business operations of the international slate.

“At Disney Entertainment, our regional teams have done an incredible job building an exceptional slate of locally produced content that has fueled the growth of our streaming platforms,” Schrier said in a statement announcing Wax’s appointment. “Jon’s...

Jon Wax is heading to Disney.

Wax joins from Amazon, where he previously overaw its genre development division, which was responsible for series including The Rings of Power and The Boys spinoff Gen V. From last summer, he was also Head of Global Content Synergy – TV, working with the streamer’s global TV content groups, not too dissimilar to his new role at Disney.

He takes on the new role of EVP, International Original Television for Disney Entertainment. He will work alongside Kristen Finney, Disney Entertainment’s EVP, International Television Strategy & Operations.

In the newly created role, Wax will work with regional leaders and their teams across the globe to create local content for Disney+. He will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Eric Schrier, president of Disney Television Studios and Global Original Television Strategy for Disney Entertainment.

Wax and Finney, who took on the role in...

Robert Downey Jr. has taken the Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a motion picture drama for his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Universal’s Oppenheimer. This was Downey Jr.’s fifth Golden Globe nomination and third win.

“Yeah, yeah, I took a Beta blocker so this is going to be a breeze,” a clearly exhuberant Downey Jr. began his acceptance speech tonight.” A sweeping story about the ethical dilemma of nuclear weapons grosses 1 billion dollars, does that track? No, unless and but because Universal went all in on Christopher Nolan, to direct Cillian Murphy with Emma Thomas producing with Emily [Blunt] and Florence [Pugh] and this cast and crew and helped them render a goddamn masterpiece.”

Downey Jr. also gave a shout-out to his agents, whom he referred to as his dueling career counsels. “They had the gall to say I needed to re-start my career, it’s so fun proving agents right.