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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – The Oscar nominations for a year in which the big-screen box office finally bounced back from the pandemic will be unveiled Tuesday, with Academy voters expected to reward blockbusters such as “Top Gun: Maverick” for helping to save movie theaters. Tom Cruise’s long-awaited sequel to his huge 1986 hit is the most likely crowd-pleaser to make the cut for best picture — Hollywood’s most coveted prize — but other popular […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” musical biopic “Elvis” and the long-awaited sequels to “Top Gun” and “Avatar” will do battle Tuesday at the Golden Globes, as the Hollywood awards show seeks to rebuild its reputation after being tarnished by recent scandals. The Globes gala, traditionally a raucous celebrity-packed event that kicks off the annual movie awards season, has not had its usual glitz for two years, due to the pandemic and revelations […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) – Chinese internet giant Tencent said on Friday it will take a stake in the US production company behind the “Mission: Impossible” and “Terminator” series, marking China’s latest incursion into Hollywood. The deal will give Tencent the opportunity to co-finance Skydance Media films, which will benefit from the Chinese firm’s distribution and marketing in the world’s second-largest movie market, firms said in a statement. It did not provide financial details but the Los Angeles […]
CAMBRIDGE, England, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A small fly the size of a grain of rice could take the title of Top Gun of the insect world after Cambridge scientists identified its remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, changing direction mid-flight if necessary before sweeping around for the kill. The robber fly Holcocephala is relatively small - at 6 millimeters (mm) in length but can spot and catch prey more than half […]
