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Alexander Payne Announced As Jury President At 2025 Venice Film Festival
Alexander Payne has been announced as Jury President for the 82nd Venice Film Festival, running from August 27 to September 6. The director follows in the footsteps of recent...
SAG-AFTRA National Board Overwhelmingly Approves Commercials Contracts Deal
SAG-AFTRA’s National Board overwhelmingly approved 2025’s Commercials Contracts tentative agreements reached with the Joint Policy Committee April 12, meaning the agreements will now move on to the membership for...
Protests Against Israeli Official Heat Up Outside Synagogue in Brooklyn
The Police Department is investigating reports that pro-Israel counterprotesters at a pro-Palestinian demonstration assaulted two women, injuring one of them, during protests in Brooklyn over a visit by a...
Dick Barnett, Champion Knick With a Singular Jump Shot, Dies at 88
Dick Barnett, who helped propel the Knicks to their glory days in the 1970s with his strange jump-shooting style, and who played on the only two N.B.A. championship teams...
Homes destroyed and 1,500 detained in Kashmir as India cracks down following attacks
People stand near the razed house of Kashmiri militant Ahsan Ul Haq Sheikh's family house in Murran area of Pulwama district on April 26, 2025. Bilal Kuchay/NPR hide caption...
The 50th AFI Life Achievement Award Dinner For Francis Ford Coppola Is One Of The Starriest And Most Heartfelt Tributes Of Them All
On a night saluting the independence and go-for-broke cinematic life of Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino perhaps summed up why the legendary filmmaker has opted out of accepting many...
‘Sinners’ DoP Autumn Durald Arkapaw On Her Tight Collaboration With Ryan Coogler, Shooting Large Formats & Drawing Inspiration From PTA’s ‘There Will Be Blood’
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has clocked a second commanding week at the box office, taking the flick’s worldwide tally to $ 161.6 M. The film’s rollout has been impressive and...
‘Prophetic’ letter written by Titanic survivor sells for nearly $400,000 at auction
Archibald Gracie wrote a letter from aboard the Titanic five days before it sank. It has sold at auction for the equivalent of $399,000. Henry Aldridge & Son/via AP...
Authorities Make Arrest Linked to Noem’s Stolen Purse
Investigators have arrested a person accused of being involved in the theft of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s handbag at an upscale Washington hamburger restaurant last weekend, the Secret...
The DEA says 114 immigrants in the U.S. illegally were arrested at a Colorado nightclub
This screenshot from a video posted on X by the Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division shows law enforcement officers raiding a nightclub in Colorado Springs. Drug Enforcement Administration...
