Timothée Chalamet is enlisting his lookalikes for help pulling off double duty on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. In a promo skit for the episode, for which he’ll be both host and musical guest (playing songs from Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown”), Chalamet confesses: “I’ve never done this before. I’m having to be ‘SNL’ […]

Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon,” starring Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley, and Michel Franco’s “Dreams” with Jessica Chastain are slated to compete at the 75th edition of the Berlin Film Festival. This year’s jury will be presided over by “May December” filmmaker Todd Haynes. “Blue Moon,” which also stars Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott, is a […]

Laura Dern shared a heartfelt birthday message on Instagram Monday to her lifelong collaborator David Lynch, four days after news broke of his death. “Happy birthday, tidbit,” Dern wrote. “I will love and miss you every day for the rest of my life.” Since casting Dern in “Blue Velvet” at the age of 17, Lynch […]

President Joe Biden has issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the Jan. 6 House committee just hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration. Biden made the move to guard against possible “revenge” from Trump’s administration, according to the Associated Press. “The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken […]

Paul Schrader is sounding off in support of using ChatGPT to come up with ideas for films. In a recent Facebook post, the “Taxi Driver” writer and “First Reformed” director said he asked the AI platform to generate plots for movies by famous filmmakers, including himself, and was impressed by the results. “I’M STUNNED,” Schrader […]

Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, has died. She was 71. According to an announcement from her family, van Kampen died on Saturday morning — also Rylance’s 65th birthday — in Kassel, Germany. The cause was cancer. Van Kampen was the first female musical director for […]

Isabella Rossellini has paid tribute to the late David Lynch, who died on Thursday at 78. The legendary actress, who had her breakthrough role in Lynch’s 1986 film “Blue Velvet” and was in a roughly five-year relationship with the director afterwards, shared a photo of the two of them on Friday morning with the simple […]

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and screen in her own right, especially in her native England, and was a Tony winner for “A Taste of Honey.” The actress had retired in […]

Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard and more have paid tribute to David Lynch, the visionary director behind “Twin Peaks” and “Blue Velvet” who died at 78 years old. “I loved David’s films. ‘Blue Velvet,’ ‘Mulholland Drive’ and ‘Elephant Man’ defined him as a singular, visionary dreamer who directed films that felt handmade,” Spielberg said in a […]

Wendy Williams spoke out against her guardianship on “The Breakfast Club” Thursday morning, saying “I feel like I’m in prison.” The former daytime host has been under a guardianship since 2022, and last year her care team said she had been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia, which affects language and communication abilities. However, when calling […]

The BRIT School, a free performing and creative arts school in South London that has spawned the likes of Adele, Amy Winehouse, Tom Holland, Jessie J and Raye, has earned an outstanding rating from the government agency Ofsted. This comes at a time when the school is in urgent need of funding to continue to […]

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards are in, and as always, they have their fair share of snubs and surprises. At the top of the list of snubs this year are “Wicked,” which missed out on the best film category, and Denzel Washington (“Gladiator II”) who, despite being one of the most celebrated […]

Neil Gaiman has responded to a New York Magazine cover story in which several women accused the “Sandman” and “Coraline” author of sexual assault, writing on his personal blog, “I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever.” In the full statement, posted Tuesday morning, the author expressed regret for how he has […]

Kate Middleton is officially in remission after revealing in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer. The Princess of Wales shared the news in a post on X Tuesday after visiting current cancer patients at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital, where she said she was treated “during the past year.” “My heartfelt thanks goes to […]

Tony Slattery, a British actor and comedian known for his improv skills on Channel 4’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” died on Tuesday. He was 65. Slattery’s longtime partner, Mark Michael Hutchinson, confirmed the news to the BBC, saying that he died after having a heart attack. “It is with great sadness we must announce […]

Multiple women have accused “The Sandman” and “Coraline” author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault in a New York Magazine cover story, speaking on the record about their experiences. Back in July, Tortoise Media broke the news that Gaiman had been accused of sexual assault by two women and released a six-part podcast, “Master,” which covered […]

Zara Larsson is set to headline TikTok’s second annual Global Live Fest, hosted by Jason Derulo. TikTok’s Global Live Fest will bring together creators from around the world on Jan. 16 in London. It will feature several musical performances from artists who have come up on TikTok Live, headlined by Larsson, who is fresh off […]

It’s 3 p.m. on a Wednesday, and I’m smashing shit with Lambrini Girls. Singer and guitarist Phoebe Lunny lets out a guttural scream as she snaps a vase in two with a hammer. Meanwhile, bassist Lilly Macieira is going at a TV that just won’t crack with an axe. We’re at Smash It Rage Rooms […]

Jamie Lee Curtis got emotional on “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday night while talking about the devastation of the multiple fires raging across Los Angeles. Earlier in the day, the Oscar winner — who just earned a SAG supporting actress nomination for her performance in “The Last Showgirl” — shared via Instagram that […]