Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed in London's High Court, the first-known lawsuit brought against him in the UK. The Sun newspaper reports that an anonymous claimant on February 6 lodged a personal injury sexual abuse case for damages. It comes…

Ten years ago, John Maclean launched his directorial debut Slow West at the Sundance Film Festival, and in that 1860s Western film, the writer-director populated the story with immigrants from Ireland, Germany and Scotland who all mixed on the American frontier with Native Americans. For his second…

The Zone Of Interest filmmaker Jonathan Glazer wasn’t on hand in Paris last night to accept his César award for Best Foreign Film but he did send a striking message which echoed the much-discussed speech he gave this time one year ago at the Oscars. Despite the controversy that Oscar speech…

The Canadian Chinese co-production Banr, written, directed and starring Eric Xia-Hou, made its world premiere at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival in its new home of Los Angeles, where it also had the designation of being the only narrative feature from Asia selected this year.  The heartfelt…

Peppa Pig will have a brand new piglet to play with come the summer, with news that the beloved character is to welcome a new sibling to the family. Morwenna Banks, who voices the character of Mummy Pig in the global hit cartoon, shared the news on ITV's Good Morning Britain in the UK Friday…

EXCLUSIVE: We understand Netflix has beaten out multiple suitors and is closing up a worldwide deal for Natalie Portman rom-com Good Sex in a pact around the $55M mark. It was a slow EFM in terms of splashy deals on the ground in Berlin but the wheels have been turning behind the scenes and this…

Jacques Audiard swept the board at the 50th Césars on Friday evening, winning Best Director and Film for Emilia Pérez against expectations after its award-season campaign was derailed by the uncovering of racist tweets by its star Karla Sofía Gascón. "It's such a pleasure although I fear you…

Days before the Oscars, a war of words has broken out between two key below-the-line workers over the credits on The Substance. Frédérique Arguello, who was head of the hair department on the Demi Moore-led horror movie, claims she was passed over for an Oscar nomination in the Achievement in…

Charles Finch fixes his beady eyes on me in that sort of British professorial manner to make it clear that the cocktail soiree followed by dinner that he and Chanel are throwing Saturday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge "is not about me meeting some famous people."  Actually, Finch…

Juliette Binoche, Pedro Almodóvar and Mohammad Rasoulof have joined a campaign in support of persecuted Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha. The wife and husband directorial duo have been in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic regime since 2023 over their…

EXCLUSIVE: Former NFL star Ricky Williams is fronting a documentary about the physical, mental and emotional toll of an American football career. Directed by Andi Budman, the doc made for streaming platform Rewarded TV will see Williams getting together with fellow football greats Jeff Garcia…

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