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Since 1964, Irving “Swifty” Lazar had hosted Hollywood’s premier see-and-be-seen soiree, an annual Academy Awards watch party that by the early 1990s was held at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago. Swifty was a legendary talent agent who had represented icons like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He masterminded his party like a Lilliputian Stalin, enforcing a seating chart that separated A-listers from B-listers and chastising guests who attempted to stand up and use the restroom during the ceremony. Entry was coveted and sternly policed; in 1983, on assignment for Time, Graydon Carter himself donned a tuxedo and tried to sweet-talk his way past the door. The valet refused to even park his car.

When Swifty died in 1993, Graydon — recently anointed as the new editor of Vanity Fair — seized his chance.

Arrow Video’s August line-up turns up the heat with six distinct genre restorations landing on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray. The month kicks off with the brutal origins of a horror icon in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning before moving through the dusty final stand of a Hollywood legend in The Shootist, high-octane gang warfare in Enemy Territory, James Caan’s debut triumph Thief, Jennifer Reeder’s twisted coming-of-age shocker Perpetrator, and Wolfgang Petersen’s epic disaster thriller Poseidon.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning arrives on 25 August in Limited Edition 4K Uhd, unearthing the Hewitt clan’s backstory in both its theatrical cut and an extended Uncut Version for the first time on 4K disc. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes prequel recreates the grotesque birth of Leatherface and his kin in lurid fashion. A reversible sleeve, poster and collector’s booklet complete this collector’s package.

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There are lots of great movies out there, but only a few can claim to have created their own genre. John McTiernan’s action classic “Die Hard” is one of them. Sure, it didn’t come from out of nowhere — the premise of villains taking hostages, and a hero taking them down from within dates back at least as far as the Oscar-winning John Huston thriller “Key Largo,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall — but it put all the pieces together in one lucrative, easy to copy framework. And boy, did Hollywood copy it. Over and over and over again.

Yes, in the wake of “Die Hard” there have been borderline countless riffs on the same basic premise: Bad guys take over a thingy, a good guy just happens to be at the thingy, the good guy foils all the bad guys’ plans. Just change the thingy, and/or change the heroes/villains,...

Throughout Hollywood, there are many couples working together.

Whether they met on set, a la Zendaya and Tom Holland, or decided to work together after they got together, there are plenty of real-life couples who share the big and small screen, and most fans eat it up.

Who has more chemistry than a couple who are madly in love when the cameras stop rolling?

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Despite the crazy chemistry, not all fans are interested in seeing couples act together, especially if it happens frequently.

So, what camp do you fall in?

Which is Better: The Will Trent TV Series or The Books? Cast Your Vote!by Laura Nowak Broadcast Used to Be Weird, Fun, and Take Risks — What Happened?by Jasmine Blu Do Real-Life Couples Make Better On-Screen Partners?by Whitney Evans

Do you find real-life couples acting together cute and fun?

Or does it annoy you?

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Kathleen Kennedy, who runs Lucasfilm and is one of the top names behind the Star Wars universe, is pushing hard for Disney CEO Bob Iger to receive an Honorary Oscar.

According to a report from Variety, Kennedy has been personally reaching out to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, trying to build support for Iger to be honored at this year’s Governors Awards.

Kennedy’s efforts are apparently focused on board-level members inside the Academy, where she’s been encouraging them to put Iger’s name forward for one of the special honors.

The sources say she’s doing this as the Academy is in the middle of its membership meetings and while talks are ongoing about other matters, which Kennedy has used to her advantage to advocate for her boss.

Related: Kathleen Kennedy Teases Star Wars Future—but Mysteriously Omits Rey’s Return

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In Star Wars, “the Force” is a mystical energy field that can be harnessed into supernatural powers by a chosen few. In Hollywood, it’s called “leverage.”

Kathleen Kennedy, president of “Star Wars” creator Lucasfilm, certainly knows how to use the Force — specifically within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The producer-executive has been ardently lobbying members of the group to obtain an Honorary Oscar for her boss, Disney chief Bob Iger, four insiders with knowledge of the matter told Variety.

Kennedy has reached out to select players at the board level inside AMPAS, encouraging them to recommend one of the annual honors go to Iger – the man who secured Marvel, Pixar and Lucasfilm for Disney’s war chest of intellectual property, selling billions of dollars’ worth of movie tickets in the process. All branches of the Academy have been active in recent weeks, meeting about new membership matters,...

Billy Bob Thornton reveals that he almost had a role in Misery. The psychological thriller, based on Stephen King’s 1987 novel, is largely considered a genre favorite and earned Kathy Bates an Academy Award for Best Actress. Directed by Rob Reiner, of Stand by Me and When Harry Met Sally…, the movie follows a dangerous encounter between author Paul Sheldon and devoted fan Annie Wilkes, who holds him captive after a car crash. Along with Bates, the cast of Misery includes James Caan, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen.

During an Actors on Actors conversation for Variety, Thornton revealed to Bates how he was almost cast in Misery. As Thornton explained, he auditioned to play a deputy to Sheriff Buster and, despite landing the role, he was later informed by Reiner that his part would not actually make the movie. However, Thornton noted that Reiner still gave him an opportunity to film his scenes,...

Hollywood stars Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates have been friends for decades after first appearing together in the 1998 film Primary Colors. However, the two nearly met much earlier, as Thornton was initially set to appear in the movie that won Bates an Academy Award.

Based on the Stephen King story, 1990's Misery starred Bates as Annie Wilkes, an obsessive fan who takes her favorite author (James Caan) captive, forcing him to rewrite the finale of his popular novel series. With Bates' win for Best Actress, the film remains the only King adaptation to have won an Oscar. Per Variety, Thornton recently revealed to Bates that he'd been cast for a role in Misery, something she hadn't even known until now. Unfortunately for Thornton, however, creative changes led to his character getting dropped.

"There was a time I went in and read for Rob Reiner for Misery," Thornton explained. "I swear to God.

Marion Morrison belongs on the Mount Rushmore of movie stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Never heard of him? We bet you have. He went by John Wayne. The American Film Institute inexplicably put him at number 13 on their list of 100 Biggest Stars (what were they smoking and where can we get some?). Sure, we love Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, and Cary Grant too, but you won't see their mugs at highway gas stations nationwide splattered on every sort of memorabilia you can imagine. John Wayne, and John Wayne alone, was more than a movie star. He was a symbol of the country he called home, with all of its greatness and contradictions. These roles are the reason why.

This is not "John Wayne's Best Movies," though naturally there's considerable overlap. Sure, these are great movies, but we're not ranking the film's overall quality. This is about Wayne's work.

Looks can be deceiving, especially regarding the distances between towns in the South of France. When heading out to explore, plan for an hour to be more like two because of the mountainous terrain and winding roads. Nice Côte d’Azur Airport has a good selection of electric cars ideal for daytrips and more [make sure the hotel valet keeps it charged]. Whether just going for the day or charting an overnight, follow these ABCs of the communes.

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On May 22, Louis Vuitton presents its Cruise 2026 show at Palais des Papes.

Avignon celebrates its 25th anniversary as a Unesco World Heritage Site and hosts artistic and cultural programming throughout the year. The Avignon experience centers around the Palais des Papes monument, the most important Gothic palace in the West. On May 22, Louis Vuitton gets in on the action and will present its Cruise 2026 show at the landmark, carrying on its...

Charles Strouse, the famed Broadway composer who received Tony Awards for his scores for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died Thursday at his home in New York City, his family announced. He was 96.

A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Theater Hall of Fame, Strouse wrote music for more than a dozen Broadway shows.

He and lyricist Martin Charnin were responsible for the immortal tunes “Tomorrow” and “It’s the Hard Knock Life” from Annie, and he and his most frequent collaborator, lyricist Lee Adams, partnered on such classic show tunes as “Put on a Happy Face” from Bye Bye Birdie, “You’ve Got Possibilities” from It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman and “This Is the Life” from Golden Boy.

Asked by Playbill in 2009 why he got into the theater, Strouse replied: “You can make a lot of money and you meet beautiful girls.

Charles Strouse, the musical composer for such Broadway hits as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, films including Bonnie and Clyde (1967) The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968) and All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989) and for the TV series All In The Family, died at his home in New York City on May 15. He was 96.

His death was announced by his children Benjamin, Nicholas, Victoria, and William Strouse., and was nominated for Golden Boy, Charlie & Algernon, Rags, and Nick & Nora.

Strouse was born on June 7, 1928 in New York City, the son of Ethel (Newman) and Ira Strouse. After graduating from the Eastman School of Music in 1947, he received two scholarships to Tanglewood, where he studied under composer Aaron Copland. Subsequently, Copland arranged for Strouse to get a scholarship with legendary teacher, Nadia Boulanger, in Paris.

Strouse met songwriting partner, lyricist Adams, at a party in 1949, and the duo began a longtime collaboration starting with writing songs for summer resorts in the Adirondacks. Strouse and Adams contributed material to numerous Off-Broadway musical revues, including Catch a Star, Shoestring Revue, The Littlest Revue and Kaleidoscope, and wrote specialty material for Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Jane Morgan and Dick Shawn.

In 1958, Strouse and lyricist, Fred Tobias wrote the chart-topping pop song “Born Too Late” (recorded by The Poni-Tails), and it was in that same year that Strouse and Adams had their Broadway breakthrough. They were hired by producer Edward Padula to write a satirical musical about rock and roll and teen idol culture. The show, Bye Bye Birdie, became their first Tony Award-winning hit. The production starred Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke and won four 1961 Tony Awards including Best Musical, earning Strouse the first of his three Tony Awards.

The show introduced the world to such songs as “Put On A Happy Face,” and “A Lot of Livin’ to Do.” A 1962 movie version, starring Ann-Margret, was one of the top-grossing films of the year, and featured Margret’s now iconic performance of the film’s newly added title song, “Bye Bye Birdie.” Strouse would later win a 1996 Emmy Award for the new song, “Let’s Settle Down,” written with Adams and added for the musical’s 1995 TV adaptation, starring Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams.

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Additional collaborations with Adams include the Mel Brooks musical All American (1962) starring Ray Bolger. Though the show was not a commercial success, it featured what would become the popular American standard “Once Upon a Time”. Golden Boy (1963), a musical adaptation of the play by Clifford Odets starred Sammy Davis Jr., garnered Strouse his second Tony Award nomination. It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane… It’s Superman! gave audiences another popular Strouse & Adams song, “You’ve Got Possibilities” (first recorded by Linda Lavin). And in 1970, when the team wrote the score for Applause (based on the film All About Eve and Mary Orr’s The Wisdom of Eve and starring Lauren Bacall), Strouse would win his second Tony Award.

Strouse’s biggest Broadway success was with collaborators Martin Charnin and Thomas Meehan on Annie (1977), based on the comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie,” by Harold Gray. The Depression-era musical about a plucky red-headed orphan girl who wins the heart of billionaire Oliver Warbucks, was one of Broadway’s biggest hits of the 1970s, winning seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and garnering Strouse his third Tony Award and a Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album. Strouse’s score included “Tomorrow,” “It’s the Hard–Knock Life,” “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile,” and “I Don’t Need Anything But You.” Annie ran for over 2,300 performances on Broadway, where it has been revived twice and has inspired hundreds of worldwide productions. It has also been adapted for two film and two television productions.

Strouse was passionate about collaboration and would earn Tony Award nominations for his scores with lyricists: David Rogers, Charlie & Algernon (1980), based on the novel Flowers for Algernon, Steven Schwartz, for Rags (1986), with book writer Joseph Stein starring Teresa Stratas, and Nick and Nora (1991), a musical based on Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man characters, written with Richard Maltby, Jr.

Strouse’s film scores include Bonnie and Clyde (1967) starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, There Was a Crooked Man (1970), with Henry Fonda and Kirk Douglas, Sidney Lumet’s Just Tell Me What You Want, and the animated feature All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989).

In addition to his awards, Strouse was the recipient of several honorary doctorates. He was a longtime member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, inducted in 1985, and the Theatre Hall of Fame.

Strouse also composed orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos, and an opera. His original piano work, Concerto America, was composed in 2002 to commemorate 9/11 and premiered at The Boston Pops in 2004. His opera Nightingale (1982), starring Sarah Brightman, had a successful run in London, followed by many subsequent productions.

In 1977, Strouse founded the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, through which many young composers and lyricists honed their craft and developed their work. Strouse authored the autobiography Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir, published by Union Square Press in July 2008.

In addition to his four children, Strouse is survived by eight grandchildren, Sam and Arthur Strouse, Navah Strouse, Vivian, Weston and Ever Brush, and Owen and Theodore Strouse.

A private ceremony will be held at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York City.

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When principal photography commenced on "Rooster Cogburn" in the fall of 1974, John Wayne was 68 years old and not thinking about retirement. By the end of the shoot, the star was on oxygen after contracting viral pneumonia. Almost a year later, when it came time to promote the film's theatrical release, Wayne was Mia due to the same lingering case of pneumonia -- a frightening proposition given that the longtime smoker had lost a lung to cancer a decade prior.

If Wayne wasn't well enough to do a perfunctory round of interviews, he certainly wasn't in good enough shape to shoot another movie. But the star was determined to get back in the saddle and justified his eagerness by pointing out that he was still cancer-free. Even with one lung, a persistent cough wasn't going to take down the Duke. According...

In the early- to mid-1970s, a number of prominent filmmakers found modest success with star-studded whodunnits. In 1972, Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine in a splendid adaptation of Anthony Shaffer's intricately plotted play "Sleuth." A year later, Herbert Ross directed the wickedly clever "The Last of Sheila," a mystery concocted by Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim, and featuring such marquee names as James Coburn, Dyan Cannon, Richard Benjamin, Raquel Welch, and James Mason. Then in 1974, moviegoers got a double dose of Agatha Christie with Sidney Lumet's "Murder on the Orient Express", and Peter Collinson's "And Then There Were None".

There was no cultural development driving this sudden spate of whodunnits; it was just a reminder that people love to watch a bunch of great actors get thrown into the same location where foul play has been committed, and then try to work out...

In the 1990 Stephen King adaptation Misery (watch it Here), Kathy Bates’ character Annie Wilkes breaks author Paul Sheldon’s ankle with a sledgehammer and shoots another man in the back with a shotgun – but in King’s book, Annie cut off Sheldon’s foot with an axe instead of breaking his ankle, and stabbed the other man before running him over with her lawnmower. While appearing alongside director Rob Reiner at a special TCM Classic Film Festival 35th anniversary screening of the film, Bates revealed that she was disappointed Reiner toned down the violence for the film version.

Directed by Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman (which received rewrites from Reiner and and producer Andrew Scheinman), Misery has the following synopsis: After a serious car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by former nurse Annie Wilkes, who claims to be his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover,...

Though she became known to the world for playing the feisty rebel champion Princess Leia Organa in the "Star Wars" franchise, Carrie Fisher tended to take roles in comedies. Many of her best roles are in comedies, ranging from starring in a sex scene opposite Warren Beatty in "Shampoo" as a teen to playing a middle-aged nun who picks up some stoner hitchhikers in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back," but in 1988, she starred in a deadly serious Agatha Christie mystery. "Appointment with Death" follows Christie's most famous detective, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov), as he tries to solve the murder of the wealthy Emily Boynton (Piper Laurie) while on holiday in Europe with her family following the death of her husband and some concerns about his will. 

It might seem kind of unusual based on the rest of her amazing filmography, but Fisher starred as Nadine Boynton, the wife of...

Among the most legendary actresses of all time, Ingrid Bergman looms large. Bergman's career extended across decades, and she was able to work with some of the greatest filmmakers of all time, from Alfred Hitchcock to Michael Curtiz to Leo McCarey. And moreover, many of the films in her filmography are widely, and correctly, considered among the best English-language films ever made, from "The Bells of St. Mary's" and "Gaslight" to one of the most iconic American and World War II films ever, "Casablanca." Bergman, unsurprisingly, was well rewarded for her immense talent and acting craft, netting three Oscars (as well as being nominated four other times). That she wasn't even nominated for "Casablanca," a film that has a near-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes and walked away with the Best Picture Oscar, says something about how good she was and how not every one of her performances could get the golden statuette.

Known for her sultry pout, icy stare, and hushed, husky voice, Lauren Bacall is regarded as one of the greatest stars of classic cinema and an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age. Born Betty Joan Perske in New York City, Bacall started out performing on the stage while also working as a model for the Walter Thornton Modeling Agency before making her feature film debut in To Have and Have Not at the age of twenty. During filming, she met and co-starred alongside her future husband, Humphrey Bogart, becoming one of the most beloved silver-screen couples.

Call it Chekhov’s editing win. When Anora filmmaker Sean Baker beat Conclave editor Nick Emerson at the Oscars on Sunday night, it all but confirmed the night’s final result would be Anora crowned as Best Picture. That’s because Baker’s upset win in the category ahead of Conclave — the favorite in the odds and the presumed alternate pick to Anora in the Best Picture race — exploded the Edward Berger film's potential win package. Most pundits agreed that Conclave could win Best Picture with Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing, just like Argo did in 2013. But without the editing win, Conclave would’ve had to be Spotlight and won Best Picture with just a screenplay Oscar. Well, Conclave was never as strong as Spotlight throughout the season (and Spotlight didn’t have to face off against an industry juggernaut like Anora). So, Baker’s editing triumph was the ballgame.

When "Family Guy" first came on the air, it was quick to draw comparisons to other animated adult sitcoms. The dynamics, such as having Peter Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) as the bumbling patriarch against his much more forgiving wife, Lois (Alex Borstein), were certainly similar, but "Family Guy" broke the mold, too. It utilized cutaway gags that were funny even divorced from the context of the episode. Plus, the show leaned far more into pop culture references than many of its contemporaries.

Plenty of shows reference movies and other TV series, but "Family Guy" turned it into a work of art, such as by having an extended sequence ripping off "Amadeus." This can also be found in the way "Family Guy" utilizes its guest stars. Sometimes, a person returns repeatedly to voice a recurring character, but oftentimes, celebrities play exaggerated versions of themselves to hilarious effect.

MacFarlane has already said "Family Guy...

Stephen King's Misery has become a free streaming hit after dropping on Tubi a few weeks ago. Users of the free streaming service are finding the 1990 adaptation to be a worthy psychological horror thriller that just has to be revisited. At the time of writing, Misery sits in third spot on Tubi's list of most popular films. Other titles currently vying for attention on the platform include the Wesley Snipes thriller, Murder at 1600, Patrick Swayze's 80s hit, Road House, and the demonically delightful Megan Fox horror movie, Jennifer's Body.

Written by American playwright William Goldman, and directed by Rob Reiner, Misery is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The story follows a writer named Paul Sheldon, who's returning from his retreat where he wrote the end of a successful series of romantic novels centering around the fictional character Misery Chastain. Sheldon has...

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This February, Tubi is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the brilliant epic space opera film Dune: Part One to the classic sci-fi action film The Terminator. However, this article only includes the films coming to Tubi this month with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films coming to Tubi in February 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Licorice Pizza (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% Credit – United Artists Releasing

Licorice Pizza is a coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The 2021 film is set in the 1970s in California’s San Fernando Valley, and it follows Gary Valentine, a teen actor who falls for Alana Kane, an older girl. Licorice Pizza stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie.

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The 2025 Academy Award nominations have been announced after delays caused by the devastating fires in Los Angeles, and the numerous nods got us thinking about how the Star Trek movies have fared at the Oscars. And the answer is… terribly. Not counting Section 31, which can be classified as a telemovie, there are 13 features spanning from The Motion Picture in 1979 to Beyond in 2016. Together, they have been nominated for a grand total of 16 Oscars, all in tech or makeup categories. And they've won exactly one Oscar. You read that right. One Oscar.

And the Oscar went to Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, and Joel Harlow, who triumphed in the Best Makeup category for their work on Star Trek (2009). Interestingly, Star Trek (2009) accounted for a full quarter of all of the Star Trek franchise’s Oscar nominations, as it was also up for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, and Best Sound Editing.

The...

Between 1976 and 1990, there were 11 Stephen King adaptations that hit theaters, and most of them were pretty good. The 1980s gave us such classics as Stand By Me, The Dead Zone, Christine, and The Shining, and while they're remembered fondly today, there was one film during that time period that stood head and shoulders above the rest: 1990's Misery. Based on the novel of the same name, the film starred James Caan as Paul Sheldon, an author held captive by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates). Directed by Rob Reiner, Misery was a hit both critically and commercially, and now, after being unavailable to stream for a while, it's found a new home where you can watch it for free.

Per Tubi, Misery will hit the streaming service on Jan. 31, making it perfect viewing for the cold winter month of February. Hitting theaters on Nov. 30, 1990, the psychological horror masterpiece...

Selena Gomez's chances at earning her first acting nomination at the Oscars could now be ruined. Although she is perhaps best known as a pop star and businesswoman, Gomez has also been an actor since she was a child. After being cast on Barney & Friends in the early 2000s, she went on to play roles in a variety of prominent film and television projects, including Wizards of Waverly Place, Only Murders in the Building, Hotel Transylvania, and Spring Breakers.

However, she delivered one of her best performances yet after joining the Emilia Pérez cast. The 2024 Jacques Audiard musical, which also stars Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón, sees Gomez playing the wife of a Mexican cartel leader. In addition to allowing her to showcase her musical chops in performances of songs such as the Oscar-shortlisted "Mi Camino," the movie has allowed her to be considered an Oscar frontrunner...

Despite not boasting widespread recognition in the modern era, The Big Heat remains one of the greatest big-screen revenge stories ever told. Released in 1952, The Big Heat is a celebrated film noir featuring three major names in Hollywood: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Lee Marvin. Glenn Ford, an actor who helped headline some of the best film noir movies of all time, played the lead role of Detective Dave Bannion, the subject of The Big Heat's revenge narrative.

Revenge is among the most common motifs in Hollywood films, with Westerns and crime thrillers utilizing it regularly for decades. Over the years, bloody crusades to right a wrong have delivered all sorts of riveting adventures, ranging from High Plains Drifter to John Wick. Older movies, even those bound by numerous content restrictions, have also found great success in making a quest for vengeance the central focus of a story. In fact,...

Depending on your generation, you probably had a different reaction to the news that the Sam Goody record store chain may be down to just one store, in Oregon, as of next year. If that was a shrug or blank stare, we hear you: The once-mighty stores peaked two or three decades back, along with the shopping malls in which many of them thrived.

But for those whose response to the imminent collapse of Sam Goody was a nostalgic sigh, we hear that too. Long before online music existed, Sam...

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are rightfully classified as one of the best actor pairings in the film noir genre, but Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake aren't far behind them. Each pair made a total of four movies together in the 1940s. But of course, it's the work of Bogart and Bacall that's received the most attention, due in part to their real-life relationship.

The pair, often dubbed "Bogie and Bacall," worked together for the first time when the latter was just 18 years old on the set of To Have and Have Not. The movie, which now has a reputation as one of the best film noir movies of all time, spawned an extremely successful Hollywood partnership. The chemistry between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall prompted Warner Bros. to make them the headlining attractions of three more films: Key Largo, Dark Passage, and The Big Sleep. While it may be...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Bikeriders (Jeff Nichols)

Using photographer Danny Lyon’s iconic The Bikeriders’ imagery as a jumping-off point, Jeff Nichols’ latest feature imagines a fictionalized Chicago motorcycle club, the Vandals. Motorcycle club culture might be a distinctly American phenomenon, but Nichols casts two Brits in the lead, with varying returns: Jodie Comer as Kathy narrates the story in a clear Goodfellas conceit, adopting a Midwest accent flashy (and divisive) enough to ensure sustained awards-season chatter; Tom Hardy is Johnny, a truck driver who gets the idea to start a motorcycle club while watching Marlon Brando’s The Wild One. This low-stakes “why not?” starting point for founding the club works early in the film, until, following the Goodfellas trajectory, it all comes crashing down.

Celebrity documentaries are commanding lofty price tags at the moment, even though “star power” itself seems to be losing its sizzle.

The facts are nasty: Superstar endorsements carried zero clout in the presidential elections. Further, studios have lost their zeal for the once pivotal pre-opening star interview circuit. Superstar vehicles like Wolfs (George Clooney and Brad Pitt) drifted before audiences with limited exposure to blurbdom. Sequel numbers carry greater weight than festival fervor.

Defying this algorithmic blur, Apple TV still felt its Billie Eilish caper was worth $27 million, and Disney forked out $32 million for Elton John: Never Too Late. Disney also paid handsomely for a new/old doc titled Beatles ’64 from Paul McCartney, premiering this week. Could Taylor Swift be far behind?

Intriguingly, audiences still register an appetite for docs about past legends like Humphrey Bogart as well as semi-present ones like Bob Dylan — even litigating about their validity.

Academy Award-winning actor Humphrey Bogart’s life might have turned out a whole lot different had he taken to heart criticism his parents showered on him through his entire early life, calling him an “inadequate” actor and scholar, and an outright “failure.” But a distinctive, raspy voice, the character in his face that he once said had “taken an awful lot of late nights and drinking to put it there,” and that unparalleled talent for playing an emotionally complex tough guy — all fueled by an incredible drive — made him a Hollywood legend. And, as told in the new documentary streaming today, “Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes,” five women in his life defined the trajectory of his career.

“Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes” is chock full of never-before-seen photos and is told using Bogart’s own words from letters, diaries and historical interviews as the narrative backbone. But what makes the...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani condemned U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman during a Manhattan courtroom hearing, claiming that he was “against” him.

Giuliani owes $148 million to Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, two former Georgia election workers after he was found guilty of accusing them of 2020 election fraud.

On Oct. 22, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Giuliani must hand over property expected to fetch several million dollars for Freeman and Moss.

This included his Manhattan apartment, estimated at more than $5 million, which he needed to give to the election workers within the seven days following the ruling.

The former New York City mayor was ordered to give the former Georgia election workers his 1980 Mercedes-Benz Sl 500, formerly owned by Lauren Bacall, a shirt and picture signed, respectively, by Yankees legends Joe Dimaggio and Reggie Jackson, a signed Yankee Stadium picture, a diamond ring, costume jewelry and 26 watches,...

What’s it like to grow up the son of Hollywood legends? Stephen Bogart, whose parents left him for six months even after his nanny dropped dead, reveals how he finally shook off the past

In the spring of 1951, Humphrey Bogart flew across the Atlantic to make The African Queen, John Huston’s classic Technicolor yarn about an odd couple on a boat. He took his wife, Lauren Bacall. He took his whisky and his cigarettes. But he left his two-year-old son in the care of the nanny, reasoning that the jungle was dangerous and that he’d only be gone for six months. Bogart and Bacall waved goodbye from the airport gangplank. The kid waved back from the employee’s arms. And it was at this moment, as the plane left the runway, that the nanny had a brain haemorrhage and dropped dead on the tarmac.

Stephen Bogart takes up the tale.

Released in 1944 by Howard Hawks and based on Ernest Hemingway's novel of the same name, To Have and Have Not is a timeless adventure that throws romance and intrigue into the mix, starring none other than one of cinema's most iconic duos Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, with their palpable chemistry, in addition to the movie's dialogue, being huge standouts.

In Dennis Dugan's widely maligned 2011 comedy film "Jack and Jill," Adam Sandler played Jack, an advertising executive who was desperate to close a valuable account with Dunkin' Donuts. Jack million-dollar idea for the campaign is to secure the services of Al Pacino, as his name sorta-rhymes with the bakery's new coffee product, the Dunkaccino. Pacino plays himself in "Jack and Jill," and Jack repeatedly tries to get the actor's attention in public, as to make an impromptu ad pitch. Jack only becomes successful after Pacino expresses romantic interest in his twin sister Jill (also Sandler). 

Audiences are then "treated" to the complete version of Jack's Dunkin' Donuts commercial, and it has become the stuff of cinematic infamy. Pacino raps awkwardly about the Dunkaccino, making references to his own filmography. Sample lyrics: "Attica, hoohah, latte lite/This whole trial is out of sight/They pulled me back in with hazelnut,...

Hollywood couples sometimes bring their relationships into their work, resulting in some natural on-screen chemistry. Acting couples are nothing new, of course. The media has fixated on famous relationships many times over the years, and couples like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor or Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart gained a lot of attention when they decided to work together.

In the 21st century, famous couples still like to team up on-screen when they have the chance. This isn't always the case, since some couples would prefer to keep their business and their personal lives separate, but a few couples work together brilliantly. Actors who do enjoy working with their spouses will often do so time and time again, leading to long-lasting collaborations in both movies and TV.

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Although many older mystery movies lose their edge over the years, there are still some classics from the 1970s which can shock modern audiences. More so than most other genres, mystery movies are constantly seeking new innovations and quirks, or else they risk becoming stale and predictable. This means that certain mystery movies have a disappointingly short shelf life. Some old classics prove that this isn't always the case.

The 1970s produced a few outstanding mystery movies which have aged beautifully. Many of these movies adapted the works of revered crime authors like Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler. Whether they were period pieces or set in the 1970s, the best of these movies found ways to revitalize old ideas so that they could shock their audiences. There were also some truly original mystery movies which charted a path forward for the entire genre, like Chinatown and Deep Red.

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When it comes to acting in a major motion picture, one of the most important qualities actors can have is excellent chemistry with their co-stars. Even some of the greatest performers ever can struggle on camera when they fail to achieve a good rhythm with the other members of the cast, which has led to some infamous co-star feuds. When the actors mesh together perfectly, however, it can be pure magic to watch them perform. These connections don't always appear out of the blue, though.

Sometimes, great chemistry on-screen is the product of great chemistry off-screen. Over the years, many famous co-star movie couples who married each other have actually appeared together in films. In fact, when their on-screen dynamic is particularly entertaining to viewers, some couples even go on to star in multiple projects together. After all, there is no better way to showcase chemistry on-screen than by finding...

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on November 14th, reviewing the new documentary “Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes,” an overview of one of the most memorable movie stars in history. In select theaters November 15th, and for digital download December 10th.

This film is is the first official feature documentary to explore the remarkable life and career of Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart. Set from the glitz of Jazz Age Broadway to the Golden Age of Hollywood, and framed around the five key women in his life – his mother and four wives, including his final marriage to screen icon Lauren Bacall – the film weaves together those relationships against a backdrop of outside events which defined Bogart’s career trajectory.

”Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes” is in select theaters on November 15th, see local listings, and will be available for digital download on December 10th.

In the new documentary “Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes,” the late actor himself does most of the talking. “Acting is a nice racket,” he says. “The words ‘movie star’ are so misused they have no meaning. The studios can make anyone a star if they get behind them. That’s why I don’t kid myself, why I can’t take myself or the business seriously.”

Born 125 years ago this December, the “Casablanca” star remains one of the most recognizable icons of the silver screen. Those careworn features full of irony and pathos, that ever-present trenchcoat and fedora, are as familiar as Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate or Audrey Hepburn clutching a cigarette holder. But when director Kathryn Ferguson was approached to make a feature-length documentary about his life, she knew she wanted to get behind the actor’s movie star façade.

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“10 Days of a Curious Man” is a Turkish movie starring Nejat Isler. With Riza Kocaoglu, Kadir Çermik, Ilayda Akdogan, and Senay Gürler. It is directed by Uluç Bayraktar, and written by Damla Serim. Based on the novel by Mehmet Eroglu.

Our friend Sadık, played by the magnetic Nejat İşler, returns—seductive, resilient, and now, an aspiring novelist. You know, it’s a tough profession and quite challenging, so his quest for fresh narratives propels him into a new case, this time entwined with real estate speculation.

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Sadık is a seasoned man who has left behind the vices of drugs and alcohol. In an attempt to rebuild his life, he pens a novel that is dismissed for its lack of suspense. Determined to infuse some excitement into his existence, he starts investigating the disappearance of a woman, an online dancer, which leads him into the murky underworld of real estate speculation in Istanbul.

It’s shaping up to be a Huston family Christmas.

Siblings and Hollywood royalty Anjelica and Danny Huston are teaming on a new project, The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana, a hybrid animated and live-action feature film that is currently shooting in Los Angeles and Ontario, Canada.

HighballTV confirmed the details of the film, which was written by David James Brock and HighballTV’s Melissa D’Agostino based on an idea they conceived with Matt Campagna who is also directing with D’Agostino, a frequent creative partner. Johnathan Sharp is producing.

The plot follows a peculiar court case that unspools after the children in a rural Italian village kidnap their legendary Christmas witch, played by Huston, and put her on trial in an attempt to stop her annual judgment from their lives. While casting a spell through witches, fantasy and Italian folklore, the project is said to touch on universal themes of grief,...

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Don’t Move is a crime thriller film co-directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto from a screenplay co-written by Tj Cimfel and David White. The Netflix film follows the story of a grieving young woman who recently lost her son. One day she is kidnapped by a seasoned serial killer and given a paralytic agent which will soon render her paralyzed but until then she has to do everything she can to save her life. Don’t Move stars Kelsey Asbille and Finn Wittrock in the lead roles with Moray Treadwell and Daniel Francis starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intensely thrilling experience, heart-pumping horror, and compelling characters in Don’t Move here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are among Hollywoods most iconic couples who shared a romance that is immortalized both on and off the silver screen. The stars first met in 1943 on the set of Howard Hawks' romantic war film noir, To Have and Have Not. After the success of the timeless love story of Casablanca, Hawks enlisted the services of its stars Bogart, Marcel Dalio, and Dan Seymour for To Have and Have Not. Already a big name, Bogart was joined by Bacall in her debut feature film. Bacall's role opposite Bogart marked the beginning of one of the most talked about partnerships in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Not only did their magnetic chemistry in the film make way for four more collaborations, it spilled off-screen, with Bogart spending the rest of his life beside Bacall.

Venice Prize Winner ‘Familiar Touch’, ‘ ‘Black Dog & ‘Eephus’ Set For Red Sea Fest

In the first film program announcement for its upcoming edition, Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has unveiled the 12 titles in its Festival Favourites line-up. The sidebar celebrates films that have enjoyed a high-profile outing on the festival circuit in recent months such as Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch, which won the Luigi de Laurentiis prize for best first film at Venice, and Cannes Un Certain Regard winner Black Dog by Guan Hu. The other titles comprise Agora (Tunisia), East Of Noon (Egypt), Eephus (U.S.), Freedom Way (Nigeria), The Inevitable Journey To Find A Wedding Dress (Egypt), The Legend Of The Vagabond Queen Of Lagos, Little Jaffna (France), Quiet Life (Greece), Santosh (UK) and U Are The Universe (Ukraine). “This year’s selection continues to demonstrate our commitment to showcasing diverse...

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was ordered to turn over his sports memorabilia and luxury items to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers.

On December 15, 2023, a jury in Washington, D.C., ordered Giuliani to pay Freeman and Moss $148 million for false and defamatory claims he made about them, which led him to declare bankruptcy six days later.

Following the 2020 election, the former mayor falsely claimed that the election workers involved in Fulton County, Georgia’s ballot counts, participated in election fraud.

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The property Giuliani needs to hand over is expected to fetch several million dollars for Freeman and Moss.

On October 22, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan ruled that Giuliani must hand over his Manhattan apartment, estimated at over $5 million, within seven days.

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Rudy Giuliani recently lost a civil lawsuit, and will now be forced to turn over his most valuable assets in order to pay off his debts.

According to court documents unsealed on Tuesday, Giuliani has been ordered to turn over some of his most valuable possessions — including property jewelry, and even sports memorabilia — to the two Georgia election workers who won a $150 million defamation lawsuit against the Trump ally late last year.

Included in the list of items to be turned over to Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss is a trove of valuable sports memorabilia,...

Every year sees the rise of one anime trend or the other. Some of them are positive, while others are annoying at best, and there’s one man who always has the guts to speak against them: Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Studio Ghibli himself.

Over the years, Miyazaki has ruffled quite a few feathers by speaking against the mass production of anime as well as the rise of otakus. Another one of his criticisms, though not well known, is about a weird trend among Japanese voice actors.

Hayao Miyazaki Spoke Up Against the Rise of a Weird Voice Acting Trend Sophie and Calcifer from Howl’s Moving Castle. [Credit: Studio Ghibli]

Hayao Miyazaki was interviewed by the Guardian in 2005, prior to the UK release of Howl’s Moving Castle. The filmmaker was discussing the foreign actor cast for the movie’s English dubbed version. The conversation shifted to Lauren Bacall, who voiced the Witch of the Wastes.

"I never was happy... until I met That one." Which one? Freestyle Digital Media has revealed the official trailer for a documentary film called Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes, an intimate look back at the life of Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart. Narrated in his own words from recordings, this is the first official real doc to explore the remarkable life & legacy of Hollywood legend and cultural icon Humphrey "Bogie" Bogart. Framed around the five key women in his life, including Lauren Bacall, the film intricately weaves together his most important relationships against a backdrop of world events. With rare footage and his own voice. Described as "a nuanced portrait of the man behind the myth, and a fresh perspective on the legacy of one of Hollywood’s most revered stars." This looks like an enchanting and lively look at an enormous figure in Hollywood history, focused on the ladies in his life.

The details of Humphrey Bogart’s epic marriage to Lauren Bacall will now be on the big screen.

Just months after late icon Bacall would have been 100 years old, the new documentary “Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes” puts her romance with longtime collaborator and co-star Bogart front and center. The duo’s son Stephen Humphrey Bogart worked closely with Humphrey Bogart Estate CEO Robbert de Klerk and director Kathryn Ferguson, who previously helmed the Sinéad O’Connor doc “Nothing Compares.”

“Life Comes in Flashes” is billed as an “inside look at one of Hollywood’s greatest cinematic icons, telling Humphrey Bogart’s story through his relationships with the five formidable women in his life – his mother and his four wives. Each relationship offers a deep and intimate understanding of a man for whom stardom was hard-won and richly deserved.”

BIFA-winning, IDA-nominated, and BAFTA Breakthrough-selected filmmaker Ferguson opted for the narration...