Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award winning actress, on Thursday said she knew of the accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and "should've been braver" in voicing the claims.
In an interview with the BBC's "Hardtalk" programme to air next Monday, she said Weinstein had been able to sexually harass women for decades "because he's powerful".
A series of women,Read more
As an action star, Jackie Chan never expected to get an Oscar.
So he considers receiving an honorary Academy Award from the film academy's Board of Governors his proudest professional achievement.
Chan will accept his Oscar statuette Saturday at the eighth annual Governors Awards. Film editor Anne Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and documentarian Frederick Wiseman are also receivingRead more
Paolo Sorrentino, who won an Academy Award for The Great Beautyand whose work has often focused on the loneliness of ageing playboys with enormous power, is to make a film about Silvio Berlusconi.
According to Variety, the director is currently working on a screenplay for Loro, which they speculate may shoot as early as summer 2017.Loro translates as Them, but it also sounds in ItalianRead more
Australian actress Nicole Kidman said she was "incredibly honoured" to have been nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the biographical drama "Lion", as the Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday night.
"The strangest thing is the older I get, the more exciting it gets," she said, as she arrived at the Theatre National de Chaillot to attendRead more
George Clooney is making a film about the White Helmets — the Syria Civil Defense whose approximate 3,000 volunteers act as first responders in the war-torn country.
The actor is said to be in the early development on a feature version of Netflix’s “The White Helmets” documentary, reported Variety.
Clooney and producing partner Grant Heslov are seeking a writer throughRead more
New York's cityscape reverberates with pounding jackhammers and blaring car horns, but it's the cacophonous subway that perhaps best epitomizes the bustling metropolis.
A chorus of voices sans instrumental accompaniment will soon bring the transit system's rhythms to Broadway, the first time the famous theater district will host an a cappella show.
"In Transit" brings a rather unconventional touch toRead more
Yemen is competing for an Academy Award for best foreign language film for the first time, one of 85 countries submitting entries including Paul Verhoeven’s “Elle” and Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” organizers announced Tuesday.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars, will consider Yemeni director Khadija Al-Salami’s “I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced” — whichRead more
Sometimes you feel a moment in your throat. When Peter Copping, the new creative director at Oscar de la Renta, sent out the final look of his spring 2016 show, everyone present seemed to catch their breath at once. That mint-toned taffeta gown, pleated about the bodice and breaking free at the hip into a regal full skirt – itRead more