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The next James Bond film has found its writer. Variety reports that Steven Knight, the man behind Peaky Blinders, will pen the script for the upcoming 007 adventure. The movie will be directed by Dune filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and produced by Amy Pascal and David Heyman for Amazon MGM Studios.

Knight is best known for creating the hit Birmingham gangster drama, but he’s also written films like Dirty Pretty Things, Eastern Promises, and Locke. His latest produced screenplay was Maria, the biopic about opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Pablo Larraín.

This will be the first Bond movie made under Amazon MGM’s full creative control after the company struck a deal with long-time Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. A release date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but the film isn’t expected until 2028.

The big question still hanging over the project is who will play 007.

A Amenábar se suman Laxe, Coixet y Touzani.

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El Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto, que celebra su 50.ª edición del 4 al 14 de septiembre, ha anunciado nuevos títulos de su programación. Por ahora, el certamen canadiense ha desvelado únicamente las selecciones Galas, Proyecciones Especiales y la competitiva Platform. España no estará presente en Galas ni en Platform, pero sí logra una presencia significativa en la sección Special Presentations, donde se han confirmado cuatro títulos con participación española. No se descarta que se sumen más en los próximos días, pero, por ahora, son cuatro las películas patrias confirmadas.

A la ya anunciada hace tiempo El cautivo, de Alejandro Amenábar, que tendrá su estreno mundial en el certamen canadiense, se suman Tres adioses, de Isabel Coixet; Sirat, de Oliver Laxe, tras su triunfo en la Croisette; y la coproducción Calle Málaga, que llegará tras su estreno en Venecia.

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Despite her issues with Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie fondly remembers their film together and ranks it as one of her favorite movies. Jolie and Pitt shared impeccable chemistry when they were paired together in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith. The chemistry eventually transitioned into a full-blown romance.

This relationship, however, caused a prominent scandal after Angelina Jolie was accused of causing Pitt and Jennifer Aniston to split. The former couple played a married couple who are secretly assassins belonging to competing agencies. Things go wrong between them when they are assigned to kill each other.

According to RadarOnline, Jolie not only had the film as one of her favorites but also spoke about how it brought her together with Pitt in real life. She shared that starting a proper relationship with Pitt came as a surprise to her, as she believed that she would always be a single mom.

The New York Times is revamping its lineup of arts and entertainment critics — replacing four of the paper’s TV, music and theater critics, who are being offered “new roles,” according to an internal memo obtained by Variety.

The quartet of Times critics — television critic Margaret Lyons, music critic Jon Pareles, theater critic Jesse Green and classical music critic Zach Woolfe — will “be taking on new roles, and we will be conducting a search for critics on their beats in the weeks to come,” New York Times culture editor Sia Michel wrote in a memo to staffers on Tuesday afternoon.

“We are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in American culture. New generations of artists and audiences are bypassing traditional institutions, smartphones have Balkanized fandoms even as they have made culture more widely accessible than ever, and arts institutions are facing challenges and looking for new opportunities,” Michel wrote.

From All Of Us Strangers to Hundreds Of Beavers to The Zone Of Interest, last year was by all metrics a banger of a year for cinema — just check out our 20 Best Movies of 2024 if you need any further reminder. And as your friendly neighbourhood Empire has pored over what the next twelve months has in store on screens both big and small, we've found a lot of movies that you simply must see in 2025. 133 to be exact.

In a year that's set to see James Gunn's Dcu take flight with Superman; Ethan Hunt take on quite possibly his last impossible mission; Yelena Belova return to our screens in Dark Av— er, Thunderbolts*; James Cameron whisk us away to Pandora in Avatar: Fire And Ash; Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan scare us up good and proper with Sinners; and new movies fly at us from seasoned auteurs, buzzy new filmmakers,...

“Tell me how it felt to be onstage,” the journalist played by Kodi Smit-McPhee says to Maria Callas in the new trailer for Maria. “An exultation,” she responds. “An intoxication. I thought the stage itself would burn.” Starring Angelina Jolie, Pablo Larraín’s Maria is a swooning portrait of that cocktail of emotion.

Jolie has already earned a Golden Globe nomination for her stunning performance as Maria Callas. Previously, she won an Academy Award for her performance in Girl, Interrupted and has displayed her incredible range in films including Changeling, The Good Shepherd, Maleficent, and Those Who Wish Me Dead.

Renowned Chilean filmmaker Larraín is known for such films as Jackie, Spencer, No, Neruda, and 2023’s El Conde, which garnered a Best Cinematography Oscar nomination for Edward Lachman’s chiaroscuro work.

Larraín says, “I’m excited to partner again with the Netflix team who care so passionately about movies. This...

Hollywood Insider - Biopics Are Back: How Music Icons Like Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan Are Taking Over Hollywood

The Revival of Music Biopics The biopic genre has made a striking comeback, gripping audiences with the stories of music legends who defined cultural history. From the awe-inspiring ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (2018) to the spectacular ‘Rocketman’ (2019), these films have shown over and over again the enduring allure of Cinema’s ability to blend storytelling with the universal language of music. Now, with Timothée Chalamet portraying Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s ‘A Complete Unknown’ (2024), the revival continues. Adding to the excitement is a series of Beatles biopics, set to transform the genre and bring back audience love for music legends in theaters. Notably, Angelina Jolie’s ‘Maria’, a biopic focusing on the legendary soprano singer Maria Callas, is adding a new layer to the resurgence of music biopics. The film explores Callas’ loss...

One of the most famous women in the world, Angelina Jolie, started acting right out of high school. Despite her outward appearance, she has described herself as an awkward outsider at Beverly Hills High School, where she was teased because by her rich classmates. She lived with her mother in an apartment, and the family existed only on child support from her father actor Jon Voight, who had financial problems of his own. She later transferred to a different school and found her identity as what she describes as “a punk chick with tattoos.”

She began her career in a series of forgettable films (“Cyborg 2” anyone?) but then suddenly grabbed attention in the TV mini-series “George Wallace.” The series depicted the life of the title character, who was a controversial governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate. Jolie received very positive reviews as his second wife, Cornelia. Later that same...

Alba Rohrwacher, Elio Germano y Francesco Carril encabezan esta producción italo-española. © Buenapinta Media

Hace unos días terminó en Roma el rodaje de Tre ciotole, la nueva película de Isabel Coixet, escrita por la directora catalana junto a Enrico Audenino, e inspirada en el libro homónimo póstumo y autobiográfico de Michela Murgia, reconocida intelectual italiana, activista feminista y defensora de los derechos Lgtbiq+.

En Tre ciotole, Marta (Alba Rohrwacher) y Antonio (Elio Germano) son una pareja que se separa tras lo que parece una discusión trivial. Marta reacciona a la ruptura encerrándose en sí misma. El único síntoma que no puede ignorar es su repentina falta de apetito. Mientras tanto, Antonio, un prometedor chef, es incapaz de olvidarla a pesar de ser él quien puso fin a la relación.

La película italo-española está protagonizada por Alba Rohrwacher y Elio Germano acompañados del actor madrileño Francesco Carril.

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As always, this week, Netflix leads the pack with six new titles, including a Tamil mass action film starring Ajith and a Bollywood thriller featuring John Abraham. Also premiering is the final season of a celestial family drama. Over on ZEE5, there’s a Bengali vigilante action thriller, while Prime Video offers two new releases, one centered on the selection of a new Pope. Scroll down to discover the names of new releases on Ott this week.

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Good Bad Ugly, directed by Adhik Ravichandran and starring Ajith Kumar, follows a reformed gangster who tries to escape his violent past but is drawn back into it for the sake of his son.

The Diplomat (Hindi) Release Date: May 9, 2025

Directed by Shivam Nair, this political thriller stars John Abraham as an Indian diplomat posted in Pakistan.

Exclusive: Oscar winner Angelina Jolie is set to star in the feature adaptation of hit Scandi novel Anxious People for A Man Called Otto and World War Z director Marc Forster.

Based on A Man Called Ove author Fredrik Backman’s novel, the film is being launched ahead of the Cannes market by Black Bear and Hope Studios with the former handling international sales and WME Independent handling domestic.

The uplifting comedy, set on the day before Christmas Eve, sees investment banker Zara (Jolie) begrudgingly find herself mingling with a group of strangers at an open house. When a reluctant bank robber inadvertently takes the group hostage, chaos and oversharing ensues, secrets are revealed and literally nothing goes according to plan. The movie is described as being “about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find...

Angelina Jolie As Maria Callas In Biopic(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Angelina Jolie is back with a role that veers away from her action-packed filmography — this time as Maria Callas, one of the most revered opera singers of the 20th century. Maria, a biographical drama set against the melancholic elegance of 1970s Paris, premieres exclusively on Lionsgate Play in India on May 9.

Directed by Pablo Larraín, the film traces the turbulent final years of Callas’ life, offering glimpses into her private struggles and the intense pressures that came with global fame. Known as La Divina, Callas was celebrated and scrutinized — a woman whose voice and persona captivated audiences but whose personal battles often stayed behind the curtain.

In this rare comeback role, Jolie embodies Callas with a restraint that speaks volumes. The film avoids showy melodrama, instead painting a quieter, more intimate portrait of the soprano shaped by loneliness, failing health,...

Crime thriller Yadang: The Snitch, led by Kang Ha-neul, opened in first place at the South Korean box office over the weekend of April 18–20, drawing $4.1 million from 608,149 admissions. The film was released on April 16 and played across 1,832 screens, taking 69.8 percent of weekend revenue, according to data from Kobis, the Korean Film Council’s tracking service. Its cumulative total reached $5.26 million from 786,077 admissions by the end of the weekend.

Directed by Hwang Byung-gook, the film follows a paid informant, or “yadang,” who becomes entangled in a criminal conspiracy following a drug raid involving wealthy individuals. Kang is joined by Yoo Hae-jin as a prosecutor and Park Hae-joon as a detective. Both actors have been featured in recent box office titles, including Exhuma and 12.12: The Day.

The strong launch contributed to a lift in total weekend revenue for the top 10 films, which reached $5.4 million, up from $3.4 million the previous weekend.

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South Korean crime thriller Yadang: The Snitch took the top spot at the South Korea box office on its opening weekend (April 18-20), ending The Match’s short reign and accounting for nearly 70% of all tickets sold.

Released on April 16, Yadang: The Snitch took $4.11m from 608,149 admissions across 1,832 screens, according to Kobis, the Korean Film Council’s box office tracking service. Its cumulative gross stands at $5.26m from 786,077 total admissions.

Directed by Hwang Byung-gook, the story revolves around the intertwined ambitions of a drug broker played Kang Ha-neul of Netflix hit Squid Game, a prosecutor played by Yoo Hae-jin from box office hit Exhuma,...

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Angelina Jolie’s 50th birthday on June 4 isn’t shaping up to be a celebration, at least not in her eyes. The Hollywood icon, instead of embracing the milestone, is reportedly dreading it, weighed down by stress, isolation, and lingering bitterness from her ongoing legal battles with ex-husband Brad Pitt.

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Sources close to the star reveal she’s even compiling a tongue-in-cheek list of “50 reasons to hate her birthday,” which serves as a reflection of her growing frustration.

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It was all just lights, camera, and heartbreak for Angelina Jolie, as the actress faced a brutal Hollywood reality check—and trust us, it stings. Despite Netflix pouring millions into her Oscar campaign for Maria, the golden statue slipped right through her fingers. Meanwhile, Demi Moore swooped in and grabbed her first-ever Oscar nod for The Substance.

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria | image: Netflix

Although the 1999 film, Girl, Interrupted, won Angelina Jolie her first Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Maria was supposed to be her Academy Award comeback. But sadly, Jolie was left in the dust, “steamrolled” by Demi Moore and her team—who apparently spent way less money on the Oscar campaign. Now, industry insiders are buzzing about what might be Jolie’s next move.

Despite spending more than Demi Moore’s team, Netflix failed Angelina Jolie Demi Moore in a still from The Substance | image: Mubi...

Martin Scorsese has paid tribute to David Johansen, who died on Feb. 28 at age 75. The filmmaker helmed the Johansen doc Personality Crisis: One Night Only, which featured interviews with the New York Dolls frontman and punk rock pioneer.

“With David Johansen, it started with the music, of course. Actually, with a New York Dolls song, ‘Personality Crisis.’ I heard that song, I can’t remember when or where, and it stayed with me. I listened to it obsessively,” Scorsese said in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. “The sound was rough,...

Editor’s Note: On Februrary 27 this article was updated to reflect changes in our predictions for the Best Sound and Best Production Design categories.

When it comes to the “technical” categories, we all know what the Academy voters like: large-scale world-building, showy “look at me” uses of craft, period detail, and, ideally, especially for certain categories (like Best Editing and Cinematography), it helps to be the Best Picture front-runner. But those aren’t always the ingredients that make for the best filmmaking and visual and aural storytelling.

With final Oscar voting having wrapped, the IndieWire craft team looks at eight categories to see who is most likely to win and who we would pick if we had a vote. A few notes before we jump in.

The “Will Win” sections below are based on the latest predictions by IndieWire’s Bill Desowitz, the best craft and animation awards analyst in the business.

Taron Egerton airport thriller Carry-On was the most-viewed film in the second half of 2024on Netflix on 137m views, while Oscar contender Emilia Pérez is way down the list on 1.5m views.

Jaques Audiard’s beleagueredmusical enters Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony on a field-leading 13 nominations and ranked 1,778th out of 8,686 features viewed from July to December last year.

However it should be noted that Netflix only holds US and UK rights for the film and cannot make it available in approximately 190 countries, as is the case when it has worldwide rights.

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IndieWire invited the cinematographers from the Oscar-nominated films to choose and analyze a pivotal scene that best showcases their craft. Here are the four who were able to participate: Lol Crawley (“The Brutalist”), Greig Fraser (“Dune: Part Two”), Paul Guilhaume (“Emilia Pérez”), and Ed Lachman (“Maria”).

For Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” Crawley resurrected VistaVision, the higher resolution, wide-screen variant of 35mm popularized in the ’50s (“Vertigo”). The strategy worked visually and thematically for a maximalist approach to this post-war immigrant drama about Holocaust survivor and visionary architect László Tóth (Best Actor nominee Adrien Brody). It brilliantly showed off the Brutalist style of Tóth’s work as an expression of his post-war trauma, with its massive blocks of concrete and steel. Additionally, the format provided a wider field of view of the compositions.

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Edward Lachman, Jomo Fray, and Sam McCurdy take home top honors at the 39th annual ASC Awards, while ‘Maria’ and ‘Nickel Boys’ stand out among the winners.

Edward Lachman won his first ASC Award for Maria, beating out Greg Frasier for Dune: Part Two and Lol Crawley for The Brutalist at the 39th annual ASC Awards, held on February 23 at The Beverly Hilton. Lachman’s surprise win comes after five previous nominations, marking a long-awaited achievement in his career.

Maria, Lachman’s collaboration with director Pablo Larraín, focuses on the final days of opera singer Maria Callas, reflecting on her life and the challenges of maintaining her voice. To capture this story, Lachman utilized Kodak film in 35mm, 16mm, and Super 8, shooting in both color and black-and-white stock. This film is part of Larraín’s Important Women Trilogy, alongside Jackie and Spencer.

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“Maria” cinematographer Edward Lachman won the Feature Film prize at the 39th annual ASC Awards, February 23 at The Beverly Hilton. His surprise win beat out Academy Award favorites “Dune: Part Two” (Greig Fraser) and “The Brutalist” (Lol Crawley), as well as “Nosferatu” (Jarin Blaschke), “Conclave” (Stéphane Fontaine), “A Complete Unknown” (Phedon Papamichael), and “Wicked” (Alice Brooks). The expanded list was due to how close the percentage of voting was.

This marks Lachman’s first win after five nominations at the ASC Awards. He was previously nominated for his work with Todd Haynes on “Mildred Pierce,” “Far From Heaven,” and “Carol,” as well as his previous effort with Pablo Larraín, “El Conde.” His second project with the Chilean filmmaker, “Maria,” follows the last days of opera singer Maria Callas as she reflects on her life and the struggle of maintaining her own voice. It serves as a culmination of Larraín’s “Important Women” Trilogy,...

Maria cinematographer Edward Lachman took the marquee Theatrical Feature Film prize at the 39th annual ASC Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton. It’s the first major award for the Netflix pic starring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas. See the full winners list below.

The ASC’s Theatrical Feature Film prize winner has gone on to claim the Best Cinematography Oscar nearly half of the time — 18 times in its 38 years — including Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer last year. Maria also is up for the Best Cinematography Oscar, which is its only nomination. Lachman will vie for the prize against Lol Crawley (The Brutalist), Greig Fraser (Dune: Part Two) Paul Guilhaume (Emilia Pérez) and Jarin Blaschke (Nosferatu). All five also were up for the ASC Award tonight.

Ed Helms hosted the American Society of Cinematographers’ ceremony, where Jomo Fray won the Spotlight Award for his work...

With the release of Maria in 2024, Chilean director Pablo Larraíncompleted his unofficial trilogy of biopics about famous, high-status women who, despite their luxurious lifestyles, experience unshakable melancholy. Before Maria, following esteemed opera singer Maria Callas, and Spencer, about Princess Diana Spencer's Gilded Cage in the Royal Family, Larraín's first historical protagonist, Jacqueline Kennedy, witnessed unimaginable levels of trauma that historical records could hardly account for. Jackie, Larraín's biopic starring Natalie Portmanas the First Lady in the wake of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, pivots away from the historical and political machinations of this monumental event to fixate on the inescapable horror of sitting within inches of your loved one's death and the challenges of moving on with your life. For Jackie Kennedy, with the whole world watching you and scrutinizing your legacy, the healing process becomes nearly unfeasible.

Angelina Jolie has proved her mettle in several movies, but her renowned performance in Maria where she played the legendary opera singer Maria Callas was her crowning achievement. But beyond her career, her personal life, and particularly her divorce with Brad Pitt has been publicized to no extent.

Angelina Jolie in Maria | FilmNation Entertainment

Even though her portrayal of Callas was brilliant, the role came with a lot of challenges that Jolie embraced with zeal. But unexpectedly, she has found herself absent from the list of Oscar nominees. So, is Pitt the reason that Jolie didn’t get a nod from the Academy?

Angelina Jolie’s Oscar snub for Maria and her reaction Angelina Jolie in Maria | FilmNation Entertainment

Angelina Jolie has not been nominated in the Best Actress category at the Oscars for Maria, and this news has sent ripples through the entertainment industry. Some considered it to be her best performance ever,...

It’s ironic that a quarter of the way into the 21st century, when studios have seemingly accepted home streaming as their primary means of movie distribution, Dp Lol Crawley has earned an Oscar nomination for “The Brutalist,” shot on VistaVision, a widescreen film process developed by Paramount Pictures in 1954 to help lure viewers away from their living room TVs and into the theaters.

Used for such films as John Ford’s “The Searchers,” Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” VistaVision was designed as a competitor to 20th Century Fox’s Cinema- Scope, which employed an anamorphic lens to compress a widescreen image on to standard 35mm film stock.

“As opposed to pulling the film down vertically in a motion picture camera, it’s actually pulling it horizontally across eight perforations at a time,” explains Crawley. “So you end up with a bigger format,...

Of all the surprises that came out of the 2025 Academy Awards nominations, Angelina Jolie’s snub for Maria was certainly one of the most dizzying. While she was previously considered seriously in contention for an Oscar—having already received a Best Actress Golden Globe nod for her performance—Jolie failed to receive recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences alongside Best Actress nominees Cynthia Erivo, Mikey Madison, Demi Moore, Fernanda Torres, and Karla Sofía Gascón. Even Maria, a biopic centered on the final days of legendary opera singer Maria Callas (Jolie), itself did not escape the Academy's indifference unscathed, only scoring a nod for Best Cinematography despite largely positive reviews from both critics and audiences alike.

If Angelina Jolie’s portrayal of Maria Callas in Maria made you cry, just wait til you get your hands on the most heartbreaking performance of her career. One of the most compelling and tragic biopics of its era, HBO’s 1998 made-for-tv film Gia chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of America’s first supermodel. Jolie gives an electric, career-defining performance as the titular Gia Marie Carangi, portraying the haunted supermodel with brutal honesty.

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Oscars release key art of Conan O’Brien with golden pompadour

You know it’s almost time for the Oscars when the key art starts rolling out. On Friday, ABC and Disney released the first official image for the 97th Academy Awards, which will be hosted by Conan O’Brien. The comedian’s infamous pompadour, usually light orange, has turned sparkly gold for this special occasion. See the high-res pic below.

“My hair is very susceptible to the weather, and there needs to be some moisture in the air,” O’Brien recently revealed on his podcast about his luscious locks. “So, when I’m in places like Seattle, Boston — where I’m from — when there’s some humidity in the air, my hair is absolutely fantastic. It’s big and springy, and it shoots out. So, moisture in the air is the Viagra for my pompadour.

Fledgling French sales outfit B-Rated International has added a trio of titles to its debut EFM slate.

Marta Bergman’s L’Enfant Belier is a people-smuggling drama based on the true story of a couple who arrive in Belgium illegally with their two year-old daughter en route to the UK. Producers are Belgium’s Frakas Productions and Canada’s Productions des Années Lumières.

B-Rated is also launching Olivier Meys’ Jahia’s Summer, about the friendship between two women, one from Eritrea, the other from Moldova, living in a Belgian centre for asylum seekers. It is produced by Belgium’s Michigan Films,...

You know the saying, “Nothing in life is free”? Well, it might just apply to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, as they allegedly joined the global chorus of support for Ukraine.

When Hollywood stars lend their support to global causes, their actions can often stir emotions, rally millions, and even sway public opinion. But what if the cameras are rolling for more than just a good cause? A recent report reveals that several A-listers, including Angelina Jolie, Orlando Bloom, and Sean Penn, took hefty sums from the U.S. Agency for International Development (Usaid) for their appearances in Ukraine.

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria (2024) | Credit: Netflix

These actors, who were vocal in their support for the country amid its conflict with Russia, reportedly received millions for their photo-ops and visits. Is it true? Let’s break down the surprising details and what’s being said about this celebrity involvement.

Ask Ed Lachman about the use of color and the cinematographer provides a perfect layman’s primer in art education.

“Why are hospitals blue and green? Those are restful, peaceful colors. Why are fast food restaurants red and orange? Because those activate our passion and our appetite,” Lachman said in his laid-back, easygoing voice. “Theoreticians on painting, like Goethe in his book in 1810 or Josef Albers in the 1960s, have talked a lot about how color affects the viewer. It’s all very primitive and emotional and I love to play around with that.”

Lachman, for sure, plays with color, as well as four different film formats, in Pablo Larraín’ “Maria,” which depicts the final days of opera star Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie). The work has earned Lachman his fourth Oscar nomination, following nods for “Far From Heaven,” “Carol” and “El Conde.”

Renowned for his artful, adventurous lensing, Lachman recently...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are back in court over their French winery, Château Miraval. The two actors, who separated in 2016 after over a decade together, have been fighting in court for years. Their legal battle, which involves the ownership and sale of their winery, has resurfaced.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at Canes | Credits: Georges Biard licensed under Cc By Sa 3.0

In January 2025, Jolie filed a response to a lawsuit Pitt had filed. The disagreement started when Pitt accused Jolie of violating an agreement related to the sale of her 50% stake in the winery. This lawsuit has reignited tensions between the former couple, just weeks after settling their long divorce case.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s dispute over the sale of Château Miraval Brad Pitt in a still from F1 | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

According to InTouch Weekly, the legal conflict started when Brad Pitt claimed that Angelina...

Live from London — it's Friday night! And it's also another bumper, jam-packed edition of the Empire Podcast that we've got in store for you this week, dear listeners. The great Angelina Jolie heads up our trio of amazing guests, as she talks to our very own musical icon, George Har— we mean, er, John Nugent about taking on the challenge of playing legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's Maria [20:48 — 34:02 approx.] Then, Chris Hewitt has a fascinating chat with Jason Reitman about how, exactly, he recreated the chaos of SNL's opening night in Saturday Night [56:33 — 1:15:42 approx.] And completing the hat-trick of guesting all-stars, finally Chris is back again and sitting down on Zoom with Ee Rising Star Award nominee David Jonsson, who joins us for a natter about that, about Rye Lane, about the difference between a stroll and a strut, and about tackling a very complex role in Alien: Romulus,...

Karla Sofía Gascón, the Spanish actress who recently became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, is facing intense backlash. The criticism stems from a series of resurfaced tweets in which she expressed controversial takes on sensitive topics, including racism, Islamophobia, and more.

A still from Emilia Pérez | Credit: Pathé

Among these resurfaced tweets, the Emilia Pérez star also shared her thoughts on Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s divorce shortly after their separation, making serious claims about the Oscar-winning actress and her split from the Bullet Train star.

Karla Sofía Gascón resurfaced tweet on Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s divorce

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s divorce has likely been one of the longest divorce battles in Hollywood, spanning eight years from their separation in 2016 to their settlement in December 2024.

However, over the years, their separation has been a topic of discussion for many,...

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Film critic Carla Renata speaks with director Gia Coppola, writer Kate Gersten and actors Pamela Anderson and Brenda Song about their new film The Last Showgirl.

Actress Angelina Jolie faces professional disappointment after her highly anticipated Netflix biographical film Maria was overlooked in the 2025 Academy Award nominations. This marks a significant moment in Jolie’s career, as the film represented her first serious dramatic role in nearly two decades.

The biographical drama, directed by Pablo Larraín, portrays legendary opera singer Maria Callas. Jolie dedicated substantial effort to the role, learning operatic singing techniques and promoting the film more actively than she has in recent years.

Industry sources close to Jolie described her reaction as deeply emotional. “She is absolutely devastated by the snub,” said one insider, highlighting the personal investment the actress made in the project.

Jolie’s Oscar history includes a Best Supporting Actress win for Girl, Interrupted in 2000 and a Best Actress nomination for Changeling in 2008. However, her recent career has focused more on action and fantasy films, which rarely receive serious awards consideration.

Angelina Jolie Snubbed, 2025 Oscar Nominations, Hollywood Politics ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The 2025 Oscar nominations were revealed a few hours ago. While several notable and deserving names, such as Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Timothee Chalamet, Ariana Grande, and more, received nods, there were also a few snubs, especially Angelina Jolie’s brilliant performance in Maria.

Fans were appalled that Angelina was not appreciated and acknowledged by the Academy for her stellar performance. A new report has claimed that the actress might have been snubbed at the Oscars due to her divorce from Brad Pitt and his connections in the industry. Here’s what we know.

Was Angelina Jolie Snubbed During The 2025 Oscar Nominations Due To Divorce From Brad Pitt?

Angelina spent several months working on her performance, singing, and emotional quotient as she portrayed the role of Maria Callas. The movie’s director could not stop gushing about her hard work and skill.

Despite dating Brad Pitt during the late 90s, Angelina Jolie wasn’t on board with having his kids. Well, that’s shocking—because women around the world were dying to have Pitt’s babies, with that blonde hair, blue-eyed features. So what was Jolie’s reason for avoiding the topic of having a biological child, especially since she was already a mother to two adopted children?

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in By the Sea | image: Jolie Pass, Plan B Entertainment

Well, apparently, that was the reason. Since Angelina Jolie already had two adopted kids and wasn’t sure how Brad Pitt might start treating them once they had a biological child, the actress refused to conceive their own. Talk about drama waiting to happen, right? But then, something unexpected happened that totally flipped the script, and now Jolie has three biological kids with Pitt. Guess what the game-changer was?...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were hailed as one of the most perfect couples in Hollywood. Their high-profile romance began on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, it led to a troublesome marriage and eventually a divorce that has long been under public scrutiny.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 20th Century Studios

The glamour of their relationship was certainly overshadowed by all the drama and allegations, and their drawn-out seperation made headlines for years. But now that the two have finally settled their divorce in December 2024, Pitt’s one move could negatively impact Jolie’s career.

Angelina Jolie’s subtle jabs at Brad Pitt and his counter-move Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria (2024) | Netflix

Even though Angelina Jolie hasn’t name-dropped Brad Pitt in her interviews, it’s quite obvious that she’s referring to him at times. During her press tour for Maria,...

Final voting is February 11-18. The 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt. We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

The Best Cinematography nominees are “The Brutalist” (Lol Crawley), “Dune: Part Two” (Greig Fraser), “Emilia Pérez” (Paul Guilhaume), “Maria” (Ed Lachman), and “Nosferatu” (Jarin Blaschke). “The Brutalist,” “Maria,” and “Nosferatu” were all shot on Kodak film. And “The Brutalist,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “Dune: Part Two” are up for Best Picture.

All but Guilhaume received ASC nominations, which also include “A Complete Unknown” (Phedon Papamichael), “Conclave” (Stéphane Fontaine), and “Wicked” (Alice Brooks). The additional two nominees pertain to the close voting percentages.

Crawley’s the favorite for the VistaVision buzz surrounding “The Brutalist,” followed by Guilhaume, Fraser (who won for “Dune”), Lachman (who...

Fifty years ago today, 18-year-old Vera Brandes organized a concert for jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in Cologne, West Germany, which went on to make music history: a recording of the concert became the best-selling solo jazz album ever as well as the best-selling piano recording ever. Now director Ido Fluk and producers Sol Bondy and Fred Burle from One Two Films have made a film, titled “Köln 75,” that dramatizes the events leading up to the concert, with its world premiere to be held at the Berlinale next month. Variety spoke to Brandes about her memories of the night. Bankside is handling the international sales on the film, whose poster is exclusively revealed below.

“Köln 75” starts with Brandes meeting Ronnie Scott, a British jazz musician and owner of a London jazz club. Scott asks Brandes to arrange some concerts for him in Germany and so, from that chance encounter,...

As the Oscars have announced their nominees for the 2025 ceremony, the world is feeling a lot of feelings. While some very surprising and deserving contenders have made their way onto the list, there are always others who also should have been on the list.

Demi Moore in a still from The Substance | image: Mubi

The list is certainly very long with the number of actors that gave the performance of their lifetime in excellent films last year. However, some snubbed projects and actors are more evident than the rest.

With this, here are the seven most upsetting snubs and surprising nominations from the 2025 Oscars.

Snub: Nicole Kidman in Babygirl Nicole Kidman in Babygirl | Credits: A24

Nicole Kidman has frequently been nominated by the Academy, having even won the award for Best Actress in 2002. Despite this, she was noticeably absent from the list despite her performance in Babygirl. While the project...

Of the infinite adjectives available to describe Ed Lachman’s cinematography on Pablo Larraín’s Maria, it is not a surprise that, in writing about the film, critics have often used the word “sumptuous.” Really, what choice did they have? Lachman knows how to blend the dream world and the real one like no other cinematographer. In Maria, he captures the last days of the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, as played by Angelina Jolie, in a haze of greens and oranges, as she attempts a comeback. You don’t watch the film so much as you swim in it.

For much of the movie, Jolie bounces between present day and moments throughout her life that are filmed in black and white and Super 8 format. In preparing to shoot, Lachman referenced photos of Callas by greats like Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, and Richard Avedon. He doesn’t re-create those moments,...

The Academy unveiled its full line-up of Oscar nods Thursday morning, with “Emilia Pérez” leading the field with 13 nominations, followed by “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” with 10 each. While guild nominations and other preliminary awards bodies can help provide a comprehensive forecast for Oscar nominations, there are always a few curveballs mixed into the proceedings. Big names like Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington missed out on acting nominations this year — and there were many, many more surprises.

Snub: Angelina Jolie Misses for ‘Maria’

The star earned some of the best reviews of her career out of the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of the opera icon Maria Callas. Director Pablo Larrain previously delivered Oscar nominations to two of his stars playing historical figures — Natalie Portman for “Jackie” in 2017 and Kristen Stewart for “Spencer” in 2022. But Jolie didn’t land a nod, falling behind in a highly competitive best actress field.

Exclusive: Following news that the 3x Golden Globe-winning movie The Brutalist used AI in post to smooth the Hungarian accents of its stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones as well as that of its cast, the pic’s director Brady Corbet has issued a response.

“Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own. They worked for months with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to perfect their accents. Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language was changed. This was a manual process, done by our sound team and Respeecher in post-production. The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them and done with the utmost respect for the craft.”

Additional generative AI usage is also utilized to conjure a series of architectural...

Pablo Larraín, who is known for his intimate, character-driven biopics like Jackie and Spencer—which follow international icons Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Diana, Princess of Wales, respectively—continues his exploration of complex, larger-than-life women with 2024’s Maria. A portrayal of the final days of Maria Callas, possibly the most iconic opera singer of the 20th century, Maria stars Angelina Jolie as the titular chanteuse, a role that has been considered one of Jolie's best performances. But, given the criticism levied at the artistic interpretation in his previous biopics, it’s important to ask: how much of Maria is rooted in truth, and how much is Larraín’s interpretation?...

Angelina Jolie is known for her unparalleled beauty and sense of gravitas, along with career-defining performances in films like Girl, Interrupted and Maleficent. Her journey through the industry is multifaceted, and even though she is often praised for her otherworldly looks, the actress’ charitable and kind nature is what sets her apart from everyone else.

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria | Netflix

Her humanitarian efforts and unconventional approach to helping people in need have earned her the reputation of an altruistic human being. But accounts from different people suggest that she’s just as authentic when it comes to her work.

Angelina Jolie has no publicist, her magnetic aura is enough Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria (2024) | Netflix

Many have met Angelina Jolie and shared how they felt intimidated by encountering her in person, and for all the right reasons. In a candid YouTube video, journalist Kjersti Flaa...

Few Hollywood starlets have had the kind of career that Angelina Jolie has had over the years in the business. She has most recently made waves with her performance as the opera singer Maria Callas in the newest Pablo Larraín trilogy film. However, long before spearheading the cast of Maria, Jolie's career was quite fruitful. Jolie, who began acting as a child in 1982, has grown tremendously as an artist, taking on roles in a variety of successful and challenging films.

Jolie has cemented herself as one of the most versatile actors of her generation, from performances like the trouble-making sociopath Lisa in Girl, Interrupted, to the classic evil sorceress in Disney's Maleficent, the latter leading up to a possible Maleficent 3. Though Jolie has occasionally taken breaks from acting to pursue humanitarian work and directing, her career has hardly slowed down, and it's clear why. Actors like Jolie are hard to come by,...

You can’t tell the story of a diva’s life without the right gowns — wardrobe and jewels are essential to our idea of the prima donna, one of many tools these formidable women use to transmit mythos and majesty. The songbird’s soul is what matters most; it’s her interiority that creates the magic, including the grit and beauty that pour out from the lungs and onto the stage. But the armor counts, too. And in filmmaker Pablo Larraín’s Maria, about the life of opera soprano Maria Callas, the clothing tells the tale of a complicated woman navigating the winding turns of a dramatic existence. “I re-created her entire wardrobe with extreme passion, trying to put myself in the shoes of the [icon],” says Massimo Cantini Parrini, the film’s Oscar-nominated costume designer. “Clothing is a status symbol, a nonverbal means of communication. I wanted Maria to appear true.