Some of Hollywood's politically conservative insiders — a small group in famously liberal Tinseltown — gathered Wednesday for a secretive invitation-only screening of My Son Hunter, a film that promotes the accusation that President Joe Biden profited from his son's allegedly dubious dealings with foreign powers.

Brendan Fraser, the star of the Venice-premiering movie “The Whale,” says he needed to “learn how to move in a new way” in order to play his character Charlie, who weighs 600 lbs.

Review bombing by internet trolls has become a huge problem and has caused sites like Rotten Tomatoes to show user scores for films and movies that are far lower than they should be. To help combat that problem, Amazon has introduced a new delay tactic for its new shows like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Pop star Harry Styles may be in one of the most hotly anticipated movies at the Venice Film Festival, but he still considers himself a newbie in the acting world. The musician told journalists in Venice: “Music I’ve done a little longer so I’m a bit more comfortable. What I like about acting is I feel like I have no idea what I’m doing.”

Every recommendation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s body of work sounds like it’s overselling it. For a lot of people, the walking and talking and eating is pretty boring, and the scenes where incognito warrior women doff their helms and stab vile sorcerer kings in their stupid faces are too few and far between. The Peter Jackson movies, which have come to be regarded as the definitive adaptation of the meaty central tale of Tolkien’s work...

The actor Brendan Fraser has said playing the role of a severely obese man has taught him that those with similar bodies are “incredibly” strong people, both mentally and physically. The Whale, which premieres in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, has already generated buzz with speculation that it could be on the road to Oscar success.

Movie theaters and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad end-of-summer continues at the box office. Without any major releases on the calendar, Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — yes, a movie that debuted in December of 2021 — managed to return to the No. 1 spot in North America over Labor Day weekend.

Jane Fonda has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. The 84-year-old actress revealed the news in a note posted to Instagram on Friday (September 2nd).

As we recently learned, Mia Allen and David Allen from the Evil Dead remake are being added into Evil Dead: The Game on September 8 as brand new playable characters, and today Saber Interactive has provided us with more information about Mia’s character.

He was just horsing around. Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne revealed he once promised himself to never take acid again after finding himself in an hour-long conversation with a horse in the middle of a field. The former Black Sabbath frontman, 73, said he was left astonished when the horse apparently talked back to him — telling the rocker to “f–k off” at the end of their apparent exchange.

Bob Odenkirk better call his trainer because the “Better Call Saul” star is dead-set on becoming the action movie hero. The Emmy winner revealed during the 2022 Venice Film Festival while promoting Cecilia Miniucchi’s “Worlds Apart” that his turn as attorney Saul in the “Breaking Bad” prequel series inspired his hitman role in “Nobody.”

As quickly as Kanye West flooded Instagram with rants about those closest to him, he erased them. The Yeezy fashion designer wiped — or archived — all of angry posts about his children’s school, the Kardashian-Jenners’ “c-m donors” and Pete Davidson that he has posted Thursday.

HBO has released a trailer for a documentary about Bishop Sycamore High School called BS High. In case you may have forgotten, just last year the Bishop Sycamore Centurions appeared in a nationally-televised game broadcast by ESPN against high school powerhouse, IMG Academy.

Broadcaster Bill Turnbull has died at the age of 66, his representatives have confirmed. Turnbull hosted BBC Breakfast for 15 years, in both London and later Salford, and also fronted Songs of Praise and game show Think Tank. His family said: "Bill will be remembered by many as a remarkable broadcaster who brought warmth and humour into people's homes".

Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider lashed out at "MAGAT FASCISTS" who've used the band's hit song "We're Not Gonna Take It" during campaign rallies for former Republican President Donald Trump and candidates that have received his endorsement.

To be clear, the practice of nepotism — people parlaying their own success to benefit their friends and family members, children primarily — predates all of us, going back to the days of the old gods and young Earth. As does the act of identifying, bemoaning, and maybe even admiring it. “Nepo baby” is simply an extension of the “see something, say something” approach to nepotism.

Logitech’s new cloud gaming handheld has leaked weeks after the company teased it was working on the new device. Logitech G and Tencent Games confirmed their plans for a dedicated handheld earlier this month, and now Evan Blass has tweeted pictures of the handheld which reveal access to the Google Play store, alongside support for Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia’s GeForce Now service.

Sept. 3 is the first National Cinema Day with movie tickets costing a fraction of regular price.

Airplane drama takes off again following NBC cancellation

Movie adaptations don’t get any better than The Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation(opens in new tab). It isn’t just the best horror game on PC, but also a lovingly crafted and fanatically faithful recreation of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic. It got me thinking about what other films deserve to be adapted with the same passion for the source material, using dynamic, unpredictable enemy AI to make you feel like you’re being hunted by a fiercely intelligent predator.