The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola paid tribute to Diane Keaton Sunday following news of the legendary actress’ death. “Words can’t express the wonder and talent of Diane Keaton. Endlessly intelligent, so beautiful,” the filmmaker wrote of the actress who portrayed Kay Adams in the Godfather saga. “From her earliest …
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When we think of American cinema in the 1970s — that heralded period known as the New Hollywood, when studios were taking risks and adventurous young filmmakers were breaking all the rules — different actors spring to mind as emblems of the era. Jack Nicholson. Al Pacino. Gene Hackman. Warren …
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Francis Ford Coppola shared a chaotic, yet touching memory from early in his storied career of Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at the age of 89. Coppola posted photos of Redford on Instagram from the 1962 film War Hunt and The Great Gatsby in 1974. In the caption, Coppola recalled …
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Does Francis Ford Coppola thrive on chaos? Not exactly, the director claims in the new trailer for Megadoc, Mike Figgis’ behind-the-scenes documentary on the tumultuous making of Coppola’s 2024 film Megalopolis: “I’m confronting chaos.” Coppola spent $120 million of his own money on Megalopolis, a script he’d been working on …
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Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola “is fine” after he was taken to a hospital in Calabria, Italy, on Tuesday morning ahead of a previously planned procedure. “Da Dada (what my kids call me) is fine, taking an opportunity while in Rome to do the update of my 30 year old …
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Madame Web, Megalopolis, and Joker: Folie a Deux were the big “winners” at the 2025 Golden Raspberry Awards, Hollywood’s annual celebrations of the year’s worst movies. Arriving a day before the Academy Awards, the 45th annual Razzies handed Worst Picture to Madame Web, which earned (and deserved) three Razzies; the …
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Numerous actors and filmmakers have paid tribute to award-winning actor Gene Hackman following his death at 95. The actor, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 63, and their dog were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Feb. 26, adding an additional sense of tragedy to the loss. …
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Joe Biden held his final Kennedy Center Honors last night, paying tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, and Francis Ford Coppola, among others. A reception took place at the White House on Sunday and saw Biden celebrating the Dead’s career. “In the San Francisco Bay at an inflection point …
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Robert De Niro is a public hater of Donald Trump and the actor had some choice words for the former president at a New York screening of Megalopolis last night. During a Q&A session with Spike Lee and the film’s director Francis Ford Coppola, De Niro urged the audience to …
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Famed director Francis Ford Coppola has launched a $15 million libel lawsuit against Variety over the publication calling his behavior during the production of Megalopolis “unprofessional.” In the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday against Variety Media LLC and other defendants and obtained by Rolling Stone, Coppola’s …
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