Entertainment - Friday, May 29, 2026

In the final days before the Tuesday election, L.A. Councilwoman Nithya Raman urged candidates for governor on Friday to support uncapped tax incentives for film and TV production. Raman appeared outside Radford Studios with entertainment figures who support her mayoral campaign, including Mike Schur, Cord Jefferson, and Kay Cannon. “We must ensure that Hollywood remains […]

Variety • 58 days ago

Sheffield DocFest is adding to its program just a few days before the start of the 33rd edition of the UK’s leading nonfiction film festival. Announced Friday: Oscar winner Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna) will take part in what DocFest is calling a landmark conversation about the Up series, which began in the 1960s by chronicling […]

Deadline • 58 days ago

In an incensed social media post, President Trump suggested that the ruling might prompt him to cast the center aside after more than a year at its helm.

NYT Arts • 58 days ago

Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing the original Star Wars and scored a nom for American Graffiti, both directed by her then-husband George Lucas, died May 27 of cancer in Rancho Mirage, CA. She was 80. Her family’s attorney confirmed the news to the San Francisco Chronicle in a statement from her family. […]

Deadline • 58 days ago

Having already grossed more than $10 million in previews, “Backrooms,” the latest feature from A24 and the debut directorial effort of 20-year-old Kane Parson, is already posed to be a box office hit. Out in theaters nationwide now, the horror film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Avan Jogia, Lukita Maxwell and […]

Variety • 58 days ago

A tall, commanding ballerina, she led one of the world’s top dance institutions for decades, though her rigorous methods eventually drew criticism.

NYT Arts • 58 days ago

Marcia Lucas, the film editor who won an Oscar for editing “Star Wars,” directed by her former husband George Lucas, and shaped several influential films of the 1970s, died Wednesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 80. The family’s attorney confirmed she died of cancer. “Marcia will be remembered as a brilliant storyteller, a trailblazer […]

Variety • 58 days ago

Devyn Simone has been added to the cast of The Real Housewives of New York City Season 16. The television personality will be featured in the new season of the Bravo reality series as a friend, a source close to the show told Deadline. Simone will join returning RHONY stars Erin Lichy, Sai de Silva, […]

Deadline • 58 days ago

Following 28 Years Later: Bone Temple, Danny Boyle is looking forward to completing the trilogy as soon as possible. The Oscar-winning director recently noted that he would have liked to have filmed the 28 Years Later III consecutively with the previous two movies, but he “literally ran out of time” with the location. “We ran […]

Deadline • 58 days ago

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the fourth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Start With a Bullet,” which is now streaming on Paramount+. Welcome back to another week at the Dutton Ranch, but instead of rip-roarin’ action, everyone is drunk and depressed. We’ve got sick animals, teen angst and trailer explosions. Can Rip (Cole Hauser) and […]

Variety • 58 days ago