Movies

Actor-comedian Elon Gold and pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky are facing backlash after making an "offensive" joke in an interview on the red carpet for "The Wedding Entertainer (The Tale of Moishe Badhan)" at the Tribeca Festival. In the interview, Gold said the film was shot in Israel. "I was only raped by two Israeli dogs," he said. "I thought they only rape Palestinians," Savetsky ...

James Handy, an actor known for appearances in "Arachnophobia," "Jumanji" and "Top Gun: Maverick," has died after allegedly being stabbed by his girlfriend's son. He was 81.

What if He-Man was just a goofy guy? That’s how the new, ironically self-aware “Masters of the Universe” reimagines this paragon of 1980s cartoon masculinity, and there’s only one actor who could simultaneously fill out that leather harness, rock a feathered bob and tackle the comedic task at hand — Nicholas Galitzine. The British hunk has the aristocratic pretty-boy good looks to have played ...

When Bruce Campbell announced in March that he had been diagnosed with cancer, the outpouring of support from fans took even the Royal Oak-born cult actor and "Evil Dead" star by surprise. But he wouldn't be Bruce Campbell if he didn't have a campy line to share to describe the experience.

Marcia Lucas, the Oscar-winning film editor of "Star Wars," died Wednesday in Rancho Mirage after a battle with cancer. She was 80.

On the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Jan. 11, 1992, Nirvana's "Nevermind" unseated Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" at No. 1, marking a generational shift, a symbolic changing of the guard, the moment when the '90s truly arrived and a new era dawned for not only the music biz, but for culture at large. A similar earthquake hit the Hollywood box office over the weekend. "Backrooms," a creepy ...

Live-action PG-rated movies are becoming a rare breed these days. It’s also where cinematic newcomer Nate Bargatze wants to spend his time.

Portland’s NBA franchise, the Trail Blazers, won its only championship in 1977. Behind the efforts of the late Bill Walton, the team defeated the Philadelphia 76ers four games to two.

The premise of “Pressure,” the new World War II movie from director Anthony Maras and writer David Haig, is a hyperfocused look at the days leading up to D-Day with a special focus on the meteorologists. It’s a one-setting thriller set in the pressure cooker of General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s war room at an English country estate that works backwards from the 1961 Eisenhower quip to JFK that attributed his success in Normandy to the Allies having “better meteorologists than the Germans.”

In a squeaker race for Cannes' top prize, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu prevailed on Saturday, taking the Palme d'Or for his tense community drama "Fjord." The movie, a widely admired conversation-starter at the festival, stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as religious parents who come into conflict with the child protection services of their tiny Norwegian town where they have ...

Grief is a personal experience. How we react to it depends on how we view the experience of life itself. Just ask the comic actor Martin Short.

Not to shock anyone, but it’s important to disclose that I’ve never seen an episode of “The Mandalorian” (or any “Star Wars” show). But the breakout star of the series, “Baby Yoda,” aka “The Child,” aka Grogu, has become a ubiquitous pop cultural sensation, so it’s nearly impossible to go in completely cold to the big screen adaptation of the series, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu.” Still, I can report that it's possible to go in colder than most and still maintain your footing, to alleviate any concerns of fellow casual “Star Wars” fans.

Playwright Aleshea Harris makes a bold cinematic debut with the screen adaptation of her Obie Award-winning play “Is God Is,” a harrowing and beautiful slice of surrealist neo-noir. Her fable depicts twin sisters on a revenge road trip, setting out to right the wrongs of their early childhood at the behest of their estranged mother, finding some catharsis along the way.

Four months after Catherine O'Hara's death, Macaulay Culkin is opening up about the loss of his "Home Alone" costar.

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Conan O’Brien will return to host the 99th Academy Awards set for March 14. O’Brien, known for his self-deprecating humor, emceed the Oscars this year and in 2025. “Conan has created remarkable energy around the Oscars,” President of Disney Television Group Craig Erwich said in a statement Tuesday announcing O’Brien’s return. “His singular comedic voice makes Hollywood’s ...

If there’s one thing that the actress Sally Field can do better than anything else, it involves her ability to cry on cue.

Be careful about reading too many detective novels to your pet sheep – they just might solve your murder. Or perhaps the fantastical plot of the appealing “The Sheep Detectives” is the best endorsement for exposing animals to works of mystery fiction, and an important correction to the stereotype that sheep aren’t the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's year-and-a-half long legal battle has come to an end weeks before they were scheduled to go to trial in New York City.

The bestselling “Remarkably Bright Creatures” comes to life on screen on Mother’s Day weekend. To celebrate this debut, author Shelby Van Pelt will join Northwest Passages Book Club in Spokane on May 12.