Filmmakers from Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the U.K. and Ukraine will present their first and second feature films in the New Directors lineup at this year’s San Sebastian International Film Festival. The Bad Son, the debut feature film from Money Heist star Jaime Lorente, will open the…
Polo legend Nacho Figueras says the centuries-old horseback sport could finally be poised for a mainstream breakthrough thanks to the recent success of the World Cup. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at The St. Regis British Open Polo Championship for the Cowdray Gold Cup in the UK last weekend, Figueras says the resounding buzz and…
Jennifer Lopez has been many things over the years—a dancer, actor, musician, mother, producer, fashion icon, philanthropist—but today, she’s a birthday girl. As the Hollywood and music legend turns 57, we’re marking the occasion by taking a tour through the early years of her sprawling career. From her promotional tour for the 1997 film Selena…
Researchers have found the first atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star. The researchers say that their discovery provides the strongest evidence yet that worlds with conditions similar to Earth could exist beyond our solar system. The gas detected in the atmosphere is helium, which would not…
The day I met Ruth Madeley in a hotel in central London was the peak of the last heatwave, the buttons on traffic lights almost too hot to touch. Eerily, this is a major theme of The Rapture, the BBC’s new adaptation of Liz Jensen’s 2009 bestseller. It’s set in a children’s secure psychiatric unit, and…
Sam Neill was the leading man’s leading man who achieved something no other actor could: he was charismatic and self-effacing at the same time. He could play handsome and good-humoured or devilishly sinister, often the husband and paterfamilias, perennially in some unspecified state of early middle age, sometimes in a period colonial setting, but the…
Ann Widdecombe, a former Conservative minister who defected to Reform UK, has died aged 78. She was a household name even before she reinvented herself as a reality TV star, with a high profile spell on Strictly Come Dancing, known for her forthright views and no-nonsense attitude. A leading figure on the right of British…
The Hamptons had plenty of sparkle this Fourth of July. The stars, however, were scarce. With nearly 1,000 guests attending Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Manhattan wedding celebration on July 3, the Hamptons seemed noticeably less crowded with celebrities over the holiday weekend than in previous years. “People come every July Fourth to spot celebrities…
“The Pitt” star Noah Wyle recently told the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast that he missed out on roles in “Saving Private Ryan” and “Good Night, and Good Luck” because he couldn’t get out of filming the long-running medical series “ER.” When asked if he had any roles that got away, Wyle said, “Yeah, tons. Happens…
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) gets to fete a dual anniversary this year, thanks to its 60th edition in its 80th year. And it will, as is tradition, celebrate world premieres from around the world, new hidden gems just waiting to be discovered and highlights from the recent festival circuit. But Central Europe’s biggest cinema party, running…
