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The Art Directors Guild (Adg, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, set to be held Feb. 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Feature nominees include the production designers on A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night in the period film category; Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Wicked for fantasy film; and Civil War, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Twisters in the contemporary film category.

Over the past six years, the winner of the Adg’s fantasy film prize has gone on to win the Academy Award for production design three times: Poor Things in 2024, Dune in 2022 and Black Panther in 2019. During that time, the winner of the period film prize won the production design Oscar twice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2020 and Mank in 2021. In 2023, the...

“Wicked,” “Dune: Part 2,” “Conclave,” “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Nosferatu” and “The Brutalist” were among the film nominees for the 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, which the Art Directors Guild announced on Thursday. Notably, Steve McQueen’s WWII drama “Blitz” and Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas fantasia “Maria” were shut out.

On the TV side, “Shōgun,” naturally, scored yet another nomination to add to its Mt. Everest of accolades. “Pachinko,” “Bridgerton,” “Fallout” “Slow Horses,” “Squid Game,” “Hacks” and “Only Murders in the Building” were also nominated.

“This year’s nominees showcase the incredible artistry and vision that define our craft and our industry,” award show producers Michael Allen Glover, Adg, and Megan Elizabeth Bell, Adg, said in a joint statement. “We’re thrilled to bring the Guild together to celebrate the achievements of these incredible Production Designers and their Art Departments.”

The Adg Awards celebrate achievement in production design in movies,...

Awards-season regulars A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Substance are among the nominees revealed Thursday for the Art Directors Guild’s 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.

A Complete Unknown and The Brutalist, the latter coming off a Best Picture – Drama win at the Golden Globes on Sunday, are nominated in the Period Feature Film Category, joined by Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night. In the Fantasy category, Dune 2 and Wicked are up against Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

This year’s Contemporary nominees are Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance, Civil War and Twisters.

Last year, the Adg bestowed its top movie honors to Poor Things for Fantasy, Oppenheimer for Period and Saltburn for Contemporary, with Poor Things and designers James Price and Shona Heath going on to win the Oscar for Production Design.

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It’s clear Hollywood stylists worked through the holiday season, securing an abundance of high style in time for Jan. 5, from haute-couture gowns to bespoke suits and veritable piles of diamonds and status watches, all to ensure stars achieved maximum glamour at the 2025 Golden Globes.

Indeed, “glamour” was the word of the night, especially among actresses who embraced an old-Hollywood vibe, in looks that distinctly channeled 1950s or ’60s style, evoking the likes of Grace Kelly in High Society, Audrey Hepburn in Charade or Faye Dunaway in The Thomas Crown Affair. From hair and makeup to jewelry, the addition of evening gloves and exquisite satin gowns — some indeed taking their cues from archival designs — the women’s style at this year’s Globes felt equal parts captivating and sophisticated. When Wicked director Jon M. Chu accepted his award for cinematic and box office achievement, he mentioned the work of everyone...

One of the leading figures of Hollywood, Oliva Hussey is no more. She sadly passed away at the age of 73. Born in Buenos Aires but having spent most of her early years in England, the actress gained worldwide fame when she starred in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.

Olivia Hussey in Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet (1968) | Credit: Paramount Pictures

As we look back on her life, here is a remarkable story from her early years in Hollywood. After moving to Los Angeles to make her career in Hollywood, the actress moved right into the house where the infamous Mason family killings took place.

Olivia Hussey was not scared moving into the house where Sharon Tate was brutally murdered Late actress Sharon Tate in Valley of the Dolls | Credit: 20th Century Studios

Tragedy often tends to leave an indelible mark on a place, transforming it into one with...

Sharon Tate, a name that once sparkled with promise, became synonymous with tragedy the night of 1969. The very woman who once graced magazine covers with a smile, was now at the mercy of one of the most horrific crimes in Hollywood history. She was the radiant actress, the model, the adored wife of director Roman Polanski, and, above all, the expectant mother who would never see her dreams realized.

Sharon Tate in Valley of the Dolls (1967) | Credit: 20th Century Fox

However, fate dealt a cruel hand on the night of August 9, 1969, when she and four others were brutally murdered by the notorious Manson Family, a crime that rippled through Los Angeles and left a lasting scar far beyond. This devastating event took not only her life but also her unborn child’s.

But beyond the glamorous image Hollywood painted, her last words before her murder, spoken in sheer desperation, remind...

As one Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) says, “Pack your bags, we’re going to Hollywood/the movies!” Only Murders in the Building is about to be a major murder picture.I

Season 4 of Hulu’s cozy murder mystery series arrives Tuesday, August 27, and the ensemble cast will make it the biggest installment yet. The story will go bicoastal with yet another murder in the Arconia and the Hollywood treatment of Mabel’s (Selena Gomez), Charles’ (Steve Martin) and Oliver’s podcast in Los Angeles.

For the full episode release guide, find details about Season 4 below:

When does Only Murders in the Building Season 4 premiere?

Season 4 debuts on Tuesday, August 27.

How many episodes are in Season 4 of Only Murders in the Building?

Season 4 contains 10 episodes, just as the past three seasons have.

Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Tobert (Jesse Williams) in Only Murders in the Building

Are new episodes streaming weekly or all at once?...

Plot: From his early days as a jazz pianist to his 54 Oscar® nominations and five wins, the documentary takes an in-depth look at Williams’ countless contributions to film including many iconic franchises, as well as his music for the concert stage and his impact on popular culture. The film features interviews with artists and filmmakers whose lives have been touched by his timeless music.

Review: There is no one like John Williams. From Star Wars to Superman to Jurassic Park to Harry Potter and beyond, Williams has left an indelible mark on the landscape of cinema and music in general. In his nineties, John Williams became synonymous with movie soundtracks thanks to his collaborations with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and several other filmmakers and film franchises. The new documentary Music By John Williams, directed by the composer’s longtime friend and documentarian Laurent Bouzereau, is an ode to Williams’ creative...

Their characters came to blows in the Oct. 8 episode of Only Murders in the Building, but Meryl Streep and Melissa McCarthy both had enthusiastic reactions to their fight scene. The actors had funny words for series co-creator and executive producer, John Hoffman, upon learning of his plans for Lorretta (Streep) and Doreen (McCarthy).

Streep and McCarthy were eager to film the fight scene

Only Murders in the Building co-creator and executive producer John Hoffman revealed to TV Line how McCarthy and Streep were immediately on board with their characters’ “catfight.”

For those who haven’t had the scene on repeat since the “Valley of the Dolls” episode dropped, it involves Oliver (Martin Short), Mabel (Selena Gomez), and Charles (Steve Martin) going to Long Island, New York, to stay with the latter’s sister, Doreen, only to have Loretta, Oliver’s long-distance girlfriend, make a surprise appearance.

“There’s going to be a catfight,...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce seemingly got a subtle nod in a new episode of Only Murders in the Building!

The 34-year-old entertainer’s Bff Selena Gomez is, of course, a star and executive producer on the Hulu television show and it seems she worked in a little reference.

Keep reading to find out more…

In this week’s episode, “Valley of the Dolls,” Mable (Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) get out of New York City and go to Charles’ sister’s home in Staten Island.

There, fans noticed Selena sitting on a couch surrounded by dolls, and one of the dolls looked very familiar.

Seen next to Selena was a doll with blonde hair and bangs who vaguely seemed to resemble Taylor. And if you’re wondering how Travis plays into this, the doll was also wearing an outfit with the number 87 on it. This is,...

Unlike seemingly every other celebrity of his generation, singer-songwriting legend Billy Joel never begged to be featured on the mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building, but if he did, maybe the show wouldn’t have turned his masterwork and his hometown into a punchline.

The ongoing fourth season of Hulu’s breakout hit about an unlikely group of homicide investigators, podcasters and neighbors has already treated its audience to a slate of A-list guest stars that any crowd-pleasing comedy series would envy. Thus far, Meryl Streep has made her reappearance as Martin Short’s struggling actress lady friend, Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis and Eva Longoria have played themselves as another true crime investigator trio, and, in the most recent episode, “Valley of the Dolls,” Melissa McCarthy appeared as Steve Martin’s estranged younger sister whose creepy Long Island home serves as the hideout for the protagonists amidst mounting danger.

And,...

Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7 adds Melissa McCarthy to its growing roster of guest stars. 

The new episode, "Valley of the Dolls," sees the main trio escape New York after they realize that Sazz's killer installed cameras in their apartments. The episode also introduces Charles' estranged sister. 

Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7 premiered on Hulu on October 8. 

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Spoiler Alert: The following reveals major plot points from episode 7 of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building titled “Valle of the Dolls.”

If anyone had told Only Murders in the Building co-creator John Hoffman he’d have Meryl Streep and Melissa McCarthy in a full-on girl fight on the series, he’d have never believed you.

The thought itself sounds totally bonkers but it actually happens in this week’s new episode titled “Valley of the Dolls,” currently available to stream via Hulu. Streep’s Loretta Durkin and McCarthy’s character Doreen, Charles’ (Steve Martin) sister, duke it out in the suburbs as the latter is distressed her advances on Oliver (Martin Short) aren’t working because the former showed up unannounced.

As Hoffman tells Deadline, the epic tumble was originally meant to play out with stunt people but the seasoned actresses wanted to do it themselves, pigtails flying and all.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Only Murders in the Building Season 4, Episode 7, “Valley of the Dolls.”] Only Murders in the Building‘s fourth season continues to deliver plenty of twists and turns, and in the show’s latest installment, “Valley of the Dolls,” all signs of guilt have begun to point at the Westies. Introduced earlier in the season, the Westies are the group of people living in Arconia’s west tower across from Charles’ (Steve Martin) bullet-pierced window. But who was responsible for pulling the trigger that ultimately killed his stunt double Sazz (Jane Lynch)? Only time will tell, but as Charles, Mabel (Selena Gomez), and Oliver (Martin Short) sought protection outside of Manhattan at Charles’ sister Doreen’s (Melissa McCarthy) Long Island abode, friend Howard (Michael Cyril Creighton) was tasked with seeking out those responsible for cashing Professor Dudenoff’s (Griffin Dunne) checks following his death. Hulu In the episode’s final moments,...

Disney has released the trailer for the upcoming Music by John Williams documentary that offers a long-overdue focus on the legendary composer! Check it out!

In the world of movie soundtrack composers, there are two categories: John Williams and everyone else. His early works showed his skills, such as The Towering Inferno, Valley of the Dolls, The Cowboys, and Fiddler on the Roof, which won him his first Oscar. It was in 1974 that Williams first worked with director Steven Spielberg on The Sugarland Express, beginning an amazing partnership.

A year later, they combined forces on Jaws, the mega-blockbuster hit that earned Williams a second Oscar and launched him to fame. Since then, Williams has crafted some of the most iconic movie music of all time: Star Wars, the Indiana Jones trilogy, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Superman, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films.

Oscar winner John Williams is the subject of a new documentary coming to Disney Plus. “Music by John Williams” from Lucasfilm Ltd, Amblin Documentaries, and Imagine Documentaries, which offers a fascinating and insightful look at the prolific life and career of the legendary composer, will hit the streamer and have a limited theatrical release in New York, Los Angeles, and London on November 1. The documentary will also open the 38th edition of AFI Fest on October 23. Watch the trailer below.

From his early days as a jazz pianist to his 54 Oscar nominations and five wins, the documentary takes an in-depth look at Williams’ countless contributions to film, including many iconic franchises, as well as his music for the concert stage and his impact on popular culture. The film features interviews with artists and filmmakers whose lives have been touched by his timeless music. Directed by award-winning filmmaker and best-selling author Laurent Bouzereau,...

Actress Sharon Case is about to reach a milestone through her work on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. The series is planning a special episode to honor her. Case herself has also discussed the upcoming episode and what it was like first getting on the show.

The Story Won’t Be A Standalone Episode

Case is about the celebrate the 30th anniversary on the show. Back in 1994, the actress took on the role of The Young and the Restless‘ Sharon Newman. Beforehand, the character had been played by Monica Potter and Heidi Mark.

The series is planning a spotlight episode to honor Case’s years on the show. In an interview with TV Insider, she even gave a bit of a preview on what fans can expect.

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Case’s scenes will tie into the main storyline, which sees her character dealing with the loss...

When Sharon Case heard that The Young and the Restless was interested in her for the role of Sharon Collins in 1994, she didn’t jump at the chance to audition. “I had just finished shooting a season of Valley of the Dolls, a primetime show based on the book and the movie and that was an exhausting shoot,” she recalls. “So once I had finished, I was on a much-needed vacation and that was when Young and the Restless called. But I was at this excruciating point where I had to carry on with my vacation; I needed the rest.” Nevertheless, she agreed to cut her trip a little short, auditioned for Y&r, and landed the role. But having already appeared on General Hospital as Dawn Winthrop and As The World Turns as Debbie Simon, she didn’t think she’d be sticking around. “At the time, I was thinking...

Three films by Russ Meyer, the sexploitation director film critic Roger Ebert described as “the ultimate auteur,” are coming to physical media in December.

The estate of the pioneering independent filmmaker has reached an agreement with media company Severin Films to distribute three of his signature films, “Vixen,” “Supervixens” and “Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens,” on home video for the first time in decades. Working in collaboration with Janice Cowart and The Russ Meyer Trust, Severin’s discs — available in 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD — mark the first remastering of Meyer’s films from the original camera negatives since the early 1980s, and each will be accompanied by both new and archival special features curated exclusively for these releases.

“As a filmmaker, distributor and First Amendment warrior, Russ Meyer is one of the last great icons of American cinema,” David Gregory, co-founder and CEO of Severin Films said in a statement.

Six weeks since her sudden anointment at the top of the Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris has not only galvanized her party in advance of the Nov. 5 presidential election, but also one of the much-buzzed-about sentiments at the heart of her campaign — joy — is also being embraced by the designers who unveiled their Spring 2025 collections in New York this week. If not for President Joe Biden dropping out of the race against former President Donald Trump — after the Democratic incumbent was trailing the GOP nominee in polls — New York Fashion Week would have exuded a decidedly different vibe. “I was feeling very dejected; I remember thinking, is this the America I came for?” Prabal Gurung recalled about the first half of 2024, as he spoke with The Hollywood Reporter prior to Saturday’s debut of his collection.

Months earlier Gurung had visited his native Nepal to see family and friends and celebrate Holi,...

Lee Daniels tried to warn everybody before The Deliverance dropped on Netflix: “Y’all are not ready for Glenn in this.”

The director is talking about Glenn Close, who plays the chain-smoking, cancer-riddled mother of Andra Day in the film that’s inspired by real events. Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.

In The Deliverance, Alberta is the mom of Ebony (Day), an alcoholic single mom whose hands are full with three kids, no money and a haunted home that’s fooling a social worker (Mo’Nique) into thinking that she’s beating her kids. The story is inspired by the 2011 case of Latoya Ammons, who moved with her family into a scary Indiana rental...

One of the few moments of calm in Lee Daniels‘ new Netflix thriller “The Deliverance” comes when the tormented Jackson family sits down together to watch a favorite movie. The movie Daniels chose to bring three generations together in a communal viewing experience? The 1967 adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s camp classic “Valley of the Dolls.”

For Daniels, it was a tip of the hat to a movie he loves even though he doesn’t exactly think it’s good. “It’s one of my favorite films, and I still don’t know why,” he told IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “It really is camp, but in a bad way camp. Not in a good way. But I love it, I live for it.”

The “Valley of the Dolls” reference in “The Deliverance” isn’t just a tribute to a favorite movie; it’s also a callback to one of Daniels’ unrealized projects.

“Only Murders in the Building” is back for Season 4, once again bringing a murder with it. Charles, Mabel and Oliver really don’t have great luck in avoiding that.

But the show will also bring some very famous faces into the mix as story for the fourth season finds the trio getting a proper Hollywood movie made about them. In addition to the actors playing them, fans will also see some beloved returning cast members. But more on that momentarily.

First and foremost, we need to get into when you can actually watch the new episodes. Well, here’s everything you need to know.

When does “Only Murders in the Building” season 4 come out?

Season 4 premieres on Tuesday, August 27th.

Where is it streaming?

Once again, new episodes of the series are streaming exclusively on Hulu.

Are the episodes released weekly or all at once?

In keeping with past seasons,...

Inspired by the alleged 2011 haunting of a rental home in Gary, Indiana, occupied by Latoya Ammons and her three children, Lee Daniels’s The Deliverance generally abides by the tried-and-true Amityville Horror playbook when it comes to its scare tactics. But Daniels isn’t one to turn in an anonymous genre effort, so his stab at a haunted house story leaves plenty of room to explore the toxic cycles of abuse endured by the family at its center, freely indulging his penchant for robust miserabilist melodrama and showy performances.

Ebony (Andra Day) is a single mother from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who’s struggling to provide for her three children, the teenaged Nate (Caleb McLaughlin) and Shante (Demi Singleton) and younger Dre (Anthony B. Jenkins), on a low-wage salary while their estranged father is away on indefinite duty in Iraq. Ebony has also taken in her patronizing mother, Alberta (Glenn Close), while...

“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” continued its 9th season on Friday, June 21 with the seventh episode featuring returning queens from seasons past. Making their way back into the Werk Room for the second time are Angeria Paris VanMichaels (season 14), Gottmik (season 13), Jorgeous (season 14), Nina West (season 11), and Plastique Tiara (season 11). Three queens are returning for the third time: Roxxxy Andrews (season 5 and All Stars 2), Shannel (season 1 and All Stars 1), and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo (seasons 10 and 11).

In addition to their chance at the coveted crown, this season the queens are competing to have a $200,000 contribution, provided by The Palette Fund, to a charity of their choice. Series judges RuPaul Charles and Michelle Visage will be joined on the dais by friends and series regulars Carson Kressley, Ts Madison, and Ross Mathews as well as a rotating cast of guest judges to help determine episodic winners and their choice for “next drag superstar.

Few creative talents have the breadth of a career equal to Lee Grant. The 98-year-old director, actor, and writer has a storied body of work, debuting on screen in 1951 in William Wyler’s Detective Story, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination and Cannes Best Actress win, while also receiving a Supporting Actress Oscar for Shampoo. Grant, who has also appeared in Mulholland Drive, Valley of the Dolls, and In the Heat of the Night, has also set a few records: she’s the oldest living film director, while 1980’s Tell Me a Riddle was the first major American film to be entirely written, produced and directed by women, and she’s the only Academy Award-winning actor to also direct an Academy Award-winning documentary with 1986’s Down and Out in America.

Among the most revelatory repertory cinema I saw last year, the much-deserved 4K restorations of Grant...

Splashy and flashy (but not really trashy), Palm Royale on Apple TV+ fits easily into the ranks of high-gloss, high-concept, female-driven dramas that have enjoyed a Golden Age on premium streaming channels this past decade.

Recent series like Bad Sisters (also on Apple TV+) and Max's Big Little Lies drew a substantial audience with a combination of star-studded ensemble casts, heavy themes, and plots from best-selling domestic thrillers like those written by author Liane Moriarty.  

Palm Royale ticks many of those boxes (it's based on the 2018 novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel), but instead of sexual violence and trauma, it brings big laughs and a soapy jewel-box mystery to the female-centric limited series tablescape. 

Palm Royale's opening credit sequence immediately places the series in time and taste by evoking Valley of The Dolls and James Bond with its graphic animation.

The series follows the current social...

Starfish is quickly becoming one of The Masked Singer judges’ favorite contestants this season, despite them having absolutely no clue who she really is. (Seriously, those guesses have been way off.)

Based on the clues provided thus far, it’s clear to TVLine that Starfish — who returns to compete with the rest of Group A on Wednesday (Fox, 8/7c) — is Kate Flannery, best known for playing Meredith Palmer on all nine seasons of NBC’s The Office.

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Lashana Lynch became the first woman to own the 007 title in the 2021 James Bond tentpole “No Time to Die,” but it turns out a plan to make James Bond a woman was actually pitched over 60 years prior. In Nicholas Shakespeare’s upcoming biography of Bond author Ian Fleming, titled “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man,” it’s confirmed that producer Gregory Ratoff floated the idea of casting Susan Hayward in a film adaptation of Fleming’s first Bond novel “Casino Royale.”

Shakespeare writes in the biography (via IndieWire): “Since the mid-1950s, many well-known actors had been approached [to play Bond]. Gregory Ratoff had the arresting idea of having Bond played by a woman, Susan Hayward. Ian had entertained several possibilities, from Richard Burton (‘I think that Richard Burton would be by far the best James Bond’), to James Stewart (‘I wouldn’t at all mind him as Bond if he can slightly...

Yes, a female James Bond has been over a half-century in the making.

Before Lashana Lynch briefly donned the 007 title in “No Time to Die,” the film adaptation of “Dr. No,” a woman was in talks to lead the franchise 50 years prior.

In Nicholas Shakespeare’s upcoming biography of Bond author Ian Fleming, titled “Ian Fleming: The Complete Man,” it’s revealed that original “Casino Royale” producer Gregory Ratoff had imagined a woman in the titular lead role. In fact, Oscar-winning actress Susan Hayward was in Ratoff’s mind to take the part.

Prior to “Casino Royale,” the two Bond films had floundered with “Thunderball” and “Casino Royale” receiving poor reviews, hence the proposed gender-swap.

Shakespeare writes in the biography, “Since the mid-1950s, many well-known actors had been approached. Gregory Ratoff had the arresting idea of having Bond played by a woman, Susan Hayward. Ian had entertained several possibilities,...

On David X. Cohen and Matt Groening's 31st-century sci-fi sitcom "Futurama," the world's citizens are hooked on a high-octane ultra-soap-opera called "All My Circuits," a long-running TV series starring a cast of mostly robots. The main character in "All My Circuits" is a tall, egocentric blowhard named Calculon who is constantly discovering evil twins, engaging in robotic infidelities, and discovering multiple personalities. In a strange metanarrative twist, the Calculon on "All My Circuits" is played by a robot ... that also happens to be named Calculon, and also happens to be an egocentric blowhard.

In reality, Calculon is played by veteran voice actor Maurice Lamarche, one of the best voice actors currently working. Maurice Lamarche plays Calculon with a bloviating confidence that only seems to infect famous actors. Calculon eventually reveals that he is many hundreds of years old, and changes his identity every few decades. In previous lives, he...

Oscar winners John Williams and Martin Scorsese continue to prove that age is just a number with their 2024 nominations.

Williams, 91, already the most nominated person alive and second most nominated ever behind Walt Disney, added an Original Score nomination for Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny, his 54th overall. Meanwhile, Scorsese surpassed Steven Spielberg to become the living director with most Oscar nominations, 10, with a directing nom for Killers of the Flower Moon.

Related: ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’s Lily Gladstone Makes History As First Native Actress Of American Descent To Be Oscar Nominated

This is Williams’ second consecutive Oscar nomination; he was nominated in the same category last year for The Fabelmans when he became the oldest Oscar nominee at 90. Williams’ nominations, which include mentions for four movies in the Indiana Jones franchise, span seven decades, with the first one coming in 1968 for Valley of the Dolls.

After his short battle with cancer, actor Kamar de los Reyes has died at age 56.

The actor is best known for his long-time role, Antonio Vega, on the television soap opera One Life to Live and for his voice acting in the video game Call of Duty.

De los Reyes was born on November 8, 1967, in Puerto Rico and grew up there until he moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s.

He landed a few small roles in several projects including Valley of the Dolls. He went on to secure a recurring role in One Life to Live where his character, Antonio Vega, appeared in 287 episodes over the course of a combined 13 years.

Over the years, de los Reyes has built up his repertoire and starred or guest-starred in many shows and movies.

One of these major appearances was in 2012, when he provided voice work as well as physical motion capture...

Call of Duty and One Life to Live actor Kamar De Los Reyes is being remembered by Hollywood following news of the actor’s death on Christmas Eve at 56 following a cancer diagnosis.

Reyes’ death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday by a family spokesperson. The late actor shared two children with his wife and fellow performer Sherri Saum, who co-starred with Reyes on ABC’s long-running soap One Life to Live.

The Locke & Key and The Fosters star posted a tribute to her late husband and fellow actor on Tuesday on her Instagram, writing “Of The Kings.”

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Kamar de los Reyes, a veteran film, TV and voice actor best known for his portrayal of Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and as the villain Raul Menendez in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, a rep for the family confirmed to Deadline. He was 56.

Born in Puerto Rico but raised in Las Vegas, de los Reyes moved to Los Angeles in the late ’80s to begin an acting career which spanned the next 30-plus years. In 1994, de los Reyes originated the role of Pedro Quinn in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play, Blade to the Heat, which led to the role of Ferdinand in George C. Wolfe’s Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest. From there, he went on to work alongside big names such as Oliver Stone in Nixon,...

Kamar de los Reyes, the compelling Puerto Rican actor who portrayed the troubled cop Antonio Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live and the villain Raul Menendez in Call of Duty video games, has died. He was 56.

De los Reyes died on Christmas Eve in Los Angeles after a brief battle with cancer, a family spokesperson announced.

De los Reyes also appeared as Watergate burglar Eugenio Martínez in Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995) and starred as Tomas in Lisa France’s Love & Suicide (2005), a feature shot clandestinely in Cuba while the principals were attending the Havana International Film Festival.

Most recently, he had recurring roles as Jobe on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow in 2017, as a detective on ABC’s The Rookie in 2021 and as a college football coach on the CW’s All American since 2022.

On One Life to Live, de los Reyes first showed up in Llanview...

Paul Reubens' Pee-wee Herman wasn't always kid friendly.

My introduction to the most lovable dweeb in the history of dweebs came via "The Pee-wee Herman Show," the stage show that, in 1981, announced Reubens as the most inventively bizarre comedic talent since Ernie Kovacs. The production caught fire at Los Angeles' Groundlings theater, and eventually moved to the Roxy, where a performance was taped as an HBO special. I was eight years old when I saw a promo for the special, and I was both excited and perplexed. Why was something this zany and childlike airing at 10 Pm, which was, with few exceptions, exactly my bedtime?

Fortunately, one of those exceptions was the weekend, when I was allowed to stay up for "Saturday Night Live." While 11:30 Pm was a tall order for an eight-year-old who woke up early for cartoons, 10 Pm was doable. Honestly, any excuse to skip "Fantasy Island" was welcome.

This article contains spoilers for the Black Mirror episode “Beyond the Sea” and the books mentioned.

Black Mirror’s darkest, bleakest episode yet is stuffed to the brim with references to film, television, and music. From the obvious visual references to 2001: A Space Odyssey as well as the key name “David” taken from that film, to the romantic dance around a car in a barn taken from Witness, to the highly appropriate lyrics of the featured song “Beyond the Sea,” heard only in French in the episode, to the perhaps surprising plot similarities to Red Dwarf’s “Bodyswap,” in which Rimmer tries to convince Lister to lend him his body repeatedly, this episode is steeped in pop culture history.

But there is another set of pop culture references that really stand out in this episode. The books that come to form part of the plot are all carefully chosen...

This article contains spoilers for the Black Mirror episode “Beyond the Sea.”

Black Mirror Season 6 Episode 3

David Ross (Josh Hartnett) has it all – a beautiful family, a designer home, wealth, good looks, and the kind of job that makes young guys stop him at the movies because they want to shake him by the hand. The man we meet in the opening scenes of Black Mirror’s “Beyond the Sea” is everything American society in 1969 told men they should be – except real.

The fact that David and his colleague Cliff Stanfield (Aaron Paul) are robotic replicas on Earth who timeshare their consciousnesses with their human bodies while they man a mission up in space is not this episode’s Black Mirror twist. That comes much later, and is not so much a twist as the sobering reminder that nothing is so dangerous to women and children as a man with a bruised ego.

Joseph Williams was eight years old when his father John earned his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the sudsy big-screen adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls." Yes, the legendary composer whose music would whisk moviegoers off to a galaxy far, far away, and make us believe a man could fly once flung us into the ugly, pill-popping drudgery of 1960s Hollywood.

John Williams was the son of jazz drummer Johnny Williams, so music has always coursed through the blood of this brood. But while John could occasionally knock out a magnificently jazzy score, he didn't become the Max Steiner of his era until he delivered the nerve-jangling, two-note motif for Steven Spielberg's "Jaws." Almost 50 years later, he is the most beloved scorer of the post-New Hollywood era. He's practically a rock star. Wherever he conducts an orchestra, there will be a roaring, sold-out crowd.

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Puns grow knee-high – and in bawdier moments a bit higher – in Shucked, the new musical comedy that combines the winking hayseed humor of Green Acres and Hee Haw with the decidedly urban, gently subversive camp that peppered the Off Broadway scene in the ’90s with kitschy fare like Ruthless!, The Real Live Brady Bunch and Theatre-a-Go!-Go!’s Valley of the Dolls parody.

The musical comes by its unlikely spiritual DNA honestly, or however it can, through the combined and disparate talents of book writer Robert Horn and composers Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally.

Consider that pedigree for a moment: Horn won a Tony for 2019’s Tootsie, and has written for Dame Edna, Designing Women, Bette Midler and RuPaul. Clark and McAnally have stacked up a big barnful of CMA Awards, Grammys and country music hits. Together this trio is a match made in some bizarro Broadway cornfield of dreams,...

Sharon Case is famous for playing Sharon Newman on The Young and the Restless. Since 1994, Case has portrayed the beloved coffee shop heroine. But before stepping into the role, Case got her start on General Hospital.

The Young and the Restless star Sharon Case I Tommaso Boddi/WireImage ‘The Young and the Restless’ star Sharon Case got her soap opera star on ‘General Hospital’

Before hitting it big on The Young and the Restless, Case was a model/dancer embarking on an acting career. At 17 years-old, she landed her first acting gig on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. Case played Dawn Winthrop, the long-lost daughter of Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson).

While the role helped launch Case’s soap opera career, she admits she was scared. In an interview with The Locher Room, Case reflected on her time with the ABC drama. “That was frightening. I had not gone to acting school yet.

With the Academy Awards just a month away, it’s the perfect time to look at fun facts, trivia and tidbits for both this year and historically.

John Williams, who just turned 91, reaped his 53rd Oscar nomination for scoring Steven Spielberg’s movie memoir “The Fabelmans.” Three of his five Oscar wins are for Spielberg films. His first Oscar nomination was for Best Music for 1967’s “Valley of the Dolls” and his first win was for Best Music (scoring adaptation and original song score) for 1971’s “Fiddler on the Roof.” And what was the first film he scored? The long-forgotten 1958 Aip release 1958 “Daddy-o.”

In terms of nominations, Williams is second only to Walt Disney. During his 40-plus year film career, he received 26 Oscar — 22 of those were competitive — and a staggering 59 bids. At the 5th Oscars, he won an honorary Oscar for creating Mickey Mouse, while winning the Academy Award for...

Awards season always turns up note-worthy moments: showstopping outfits, witty speeches or egregious faux-pas are instantly turned into memes and circulated endlessly on social media.

In 2021, one moment in particular captivated viewers worldwide, and that was watching eight-year-old actor Alan Kim – dressed in a tuxedo – tear up while accepting a Critics Choice Award for his scene-stealing part in the critically acclaimed film Minari.

After a successful season, however, which included a Bafta nod, the young star was eventually shut out of the Oscars. It was a shame – in a year of history-making nominations for the Academy Awards, seeing Kim recognised would have been the cherry on top.

But it was always a long shot. Child actors are a welcome but infrequent inclusion at the Oscars – their rarity though, does make every instance especially memorable.

In the run-up to next month’s ceremony, here is a list of the 13 youngest stars...

Composer John Williams beat his own record of being the most Oscar-nominated person alive on Tuesday for his work on The Fabelmans, garnering his 53rd Academy Award nomination as part of the 95th Academy Awards.

Williams only trails the late Walt Disney, who holds the records for most wins (22) and most nominations (59) for an individual in Academy Awards history. Disney won his first competitive Oscar at the 5th Academy Awards in 1932 for Flowers and Trees.

Williams’ first nomination was in 1968 for Valley of the Dolls, and he has won five times since, the first time in 1972 for Fiddler on the Roof. His other wins include Jaws in 1976, Star Wars in 1978, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in 1983 and Schindler’s List in 1994. Of course, his other credits include Jurassic Park, the Indiana Jones series and the first three Harry Potter films.

The Fabelmans was nominated in the best score category alongside All Quiet on the Western Front,...

Team Experience revisited nine Judy Garland movies for her Centennial. Here's Nick Taylor on her final film.

Judy’s last film was always going to be an event. Released six years before her death to positive reviews but poor box office, I Could Go On Singing plays like a morbid echo of her final months. But for all the film’s metatextual readings into Garland’s life and career, this isn’t a self-conscious reckoning or farewell from a beloved star to her audience. Her regular talk of staging yet another comeback, even after her brief and very publically heralded casting in Valley of the Dolls before being canned by the studio, gives I Could Go On Singing an aura of lost time and unrealized potential heavier than the film’s bittersweet ending implies. I Could Go On Singing leaves Garland as alone as she’s ever been but still singing with all her heart,...

On the March 22, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about what they've been up to at the virtual water cooler.

Opening Banter:

At The Water Cooler:

What we've been Doing:

Brad went to The Office Experience in Chicago

What we've been Reading:

The Art of the Batman

What we've been Watching:

Ben watched Deep Water and Licorice Pizza.

Brad watched Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks, The Empty Man, No Exit, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Valley of the Dolls, and Kimi

What we've been Eating:

Brad tried Coca-Cola Starlight, Monster Juice Aussie Lemonade,...

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In the March 29, 1972 issue of weekly Variety, Paramount ran a 10-page ad for “The Godfather.” This was two weeks after it opened at five Manhattan theaters on March 15 (then unheard of for a top-tier release), and one week later added around 290 more in nearly every state. The ad listed each theater, the gross to date for each city, and noted that it broke gross records for the theaters, cities, and even the states.

In today’s dollars, “The Godfather” grossed nearly $740 million. That’s enough to make it #26 of all time, with “Gone With the Wind,” “Star Wars,” “The Sound of Music,” “Titanic,” “Avengers: Endame,” and now “Spider-Man: No Way Home selling more tickets. Even so: “The Godfather” may rank higher when it comes to influence. Here’s why.

Before it was an iconic film, “The Godfather” was a bestselling book. Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel sold over 9 million copies and...

Diana, The Musical begins its Act II with the shirtless, well-toned actor portraying the princess’ studly consort James Hewitt doing his best Urban Cowboy riding-the-bull impression, much to the dirty-dancing delight of the smitten royal.

Finally, you think, Diana has fully embraced itself, director Christopher Ashley has rediscovered the campy aesthetic that served him so well from Jeffrey to The Rocky Horror Show and hope may not be entirely lost. But then the pink-bedecked romance novelist Barbara Cartland (don’t ask) stops the action to announce that she just made up that steamy bit, and the ripped stable boy covers up his abs and Diana sinks back to its high-decibel mediocrity.

By now you’ve probably read, heard or seen for yourself, via Netflix, just how deliciously bad Diana is, but the truth isn’t quite so much fun. Diana, opening tonight on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, is not a so-bad-it’s-good disaster.

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s penultimate Season 5 Animal Kingdom. If you’d rather be surprised when you watch, vamoose.

As Season 5 of Animal Kingdom neared the finish line Sunday, so it seemed did a character who’d been in Smurf’s orbit since the 1980s (and on the show since Season 3). Who left Pope so steamed that he ended the episode cleaning his gun as if for a special occasion? Read on and find out…

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