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Colman Domingo credited Paris Jackson for offering him advice on playing her grandfather Joe Jackson in forthcoming film Michael. The Antoine Fuqua-directed biopic about Michael Jackson stars the late singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop and will be split into two separate films, as announced earlier this …

Chris Columbus, who directed 2001’sHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneand 2002’sHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, doesn’t expect the films’ cast to reunite for related future projects. In an interview with The Times, the filmmaker confirmed that author J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans views make actors reluctant to be associated with …

Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has spoken out against indie film distributor Mubi after learning the company received investment from Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital film with ties to the Israeli military. Mubi co-produced the director’s latest effort, Father Mother Sister Brother, which premiered yesterday at the Venice International Film …

Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson reflected on the opportunities he’s been given in Hollywood since becoming an actor during a press conference at the Venice Film Festival. Johnson plays UFC champion Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s wrestling biopic The Smashing Machine, which premieres at the festival today and is due in …

Girls aren’t the only ones weeping over Jacob Elordi. The Australian actor found himself in tears following the premiere of his new film Frankenstein, which received a 14-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Both Elordi and his director, Guillermo del Toro, were so moved by the …

As we learned from the original Spinal Tap, all things must pass — or choke on someone else’s vomit, or die in a bizarre gardening accident, or explode onstage. So it’s appropriate that the film’s long-delayed sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (in theaters Sept. 12), functions as a …

Glen Powell plays a disgraced college quarterback who attempts to rebuild his career in disguise in the upcoming Hulu series Chad Powers. The streaming service shared the first trailer for the sports series Saturday, with Powell’s character explaining, “I’m gonna do a Mrs. Doubtfire, but with football,” alluding to the …

Devon Walker is feeling sanguine about leaving Saturday Night Live. Although he said in an Instagram announcement of his departure that his former workplace could be “toxic as hell,” Walker tells Rolling Stone he’s “grateful” for the experience. And he’d like to remind folks that, really, it’s not all that …

Step aside, Emily — Belly is now in Paris. On Friday, Prime Video dropped a trailer for the final three episodes of Season Three of The Summer I Turned Pretty, teasing the aftermath of Wednesday’s heartwrenching episode. As fans know (and if you don’t, stop reading immediately!), the latest episode …

Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has assembled a characteristically stacked cast to dig into some prickly family dynamics in the new teaser for his next film, Father Mother Sister Brother. Like some of Jarmusch’s most renowned works — Mystery Train, Night on Earth, Coffee and Cigarettes — Father Mother Sister Brother is …