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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former Disney actor Adam Hicks was behind bars on Thursday in connection with a series of early-morning armed street robberies in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, police said. Hicks, 25, who lives in Burbank, is best known for his work on the Disney XD series “Zeke and Luther,” and had roles in other projects made by the studio as well as in 2015 erotic thriller “The Boy Next […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — A controversial Indian movie that has angered Hindu extremists finally opens on Thursday amid heightened security owing to fears of widespread riots. Police are on high alert across several states after protesters pledged to disrupt the release of “Padmaavat,” a Bollywood epic about a mythical Hindu queen. Radical groups say the film will portray queen Padmavati falsely, a claim producers vehemently deny, and have threatened to attack any cinema that shows it. Violent […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The nominations for the 90th Oscars were announced Tuesday, with “The Shape of Water,” “Dunkirk” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” leading the pack. But the statistical quirks that the annual event throws up can be as intriguing as tracking which movies get the most nods. Here are some fun facts and figures from this year’s list of nominees: Female filmmakers recognized The 7,000-plus voters of the Academy of […]
by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” topped the Oscars nominations list on Tuesday with 13 nods, one shy of the record, as the Academy also gave a rare nomination to a woman in the directing category. In second place was tense World War II epic “Dunkirk,” with eight nods, while crime drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” generally thought to be the favorite […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than 30 years after Mick Crocodile Dundee delighted audiences by wrestling wild animals and facing down New York muggers with his massive knife, a reboot is in the works. “Dundee: The Son of A Legend Returns Home,” the fourth film in the $600 million “Crocodile Dundee” franchise, will star Danny McBride as Brian Dundee, the son no one knew Mick Dundee had. “I’m not going to lie to […]
By Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Woody Allen faced widening isolation Friday over allegations that he molested his daughter more than 25 years ago, after Colin Firth joined the list of actors saying he would not work with the director again. Allen’s estranged, adopted daughter Dylan Farrow has revived claims that he sexually assaulted her as a seven-year-old in 1992, asking the world to finally believe her as […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Note to action movie directors: you probably don’t need to tell Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — juvenile crack dealer turned multi-millionnaire rapper and movie star — how to take a bullet. It was a liberty first-time filmmaker Christian Gudegast felt comfortable taking, however, during the filming of Jackson’s latest movie, gritty heist thriller “Den of Thieves.” “There’s a point where I get shot in […]
by Thomas Urbain Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Dismissed as “fiction” by the Versace family and met with mixed reviews, a controversial new drama depicting the 1997 murder of Gianni Versace makes its US television debut Wednesday. “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” is the second edition of a crime story franchise whose first iteration won rave reviews and a bevy of awards for revisiting the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The Lebanese government has allowed the release of Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “The Post,” overturning a ban by the General Security authority, a ministry said Wednesday. The security body had on Monday announced it was banning the Hollywood thriller to comply with an Arab League boycott targeting supporters of Israel. In a rare move, the interior ministry chose not to sign off on the decision by General Security, which in addition to controlling […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — A cinema in northern Israel is to be named after Israeli-born Hollywood celeb Gal Gadot, star of the blockbuster hit “Wonder Woman,” the town of Upper Nazareth said Tuesday. “We are going to name the new cinema after Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress who brings honour to this country,” municipal spokeswoman Orna Yosef told AFP. “This is a message for our young people because Gal Gadot is an example of success, who […]
by Khaled Soubeih Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese authorities have banned Steven Spielberg’s latest film, political thriller “The Post”, and Australian drama “Jungle” to comply with a boycott of Israel, an official told AFP Monday. “Screening of the film ‘The Post’ has been banned,” said the official from Lebanon’s General Security authority, speaking on condition of anonymity. Spielberg “is blacklisted by the Arab League’s boycott office, which Lebanon complies with”, the official explained. […]
MILAN, Italy (AFP) — The Versace family on Wednesday slammed a new television series on the murder of fashion giant Gianni Versace, saying it was based on nothing more than “work of fiction.” The show, filmed largely at Versace’s Miami waterfront mansion where the stylist to the stars was gunned down in July 1997, is set to be released next week in the United States and Europe. “The Versace family has neither authorized nor had […]
