Karen Gillan and Marton Csokas Join Russell Crowe in Cold Case Crime Film ‘Sleeping Dogs’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Last year, as the industry was looking to lift itself out the pandemic’s purgatory at the box office, SXSW lit the wick on A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which wound up dynamiting the 18-34 hipster moviegoer set in what became the highest-grossing indie film of 2022, the best ever for the New York-based distributor, and now a potential Oscar Best Picture winner.

Can a change of scenery save a relationship? That is the question at the heart of “Schmigadoon!” The Apple TV+ musical comedy placed a couple — played by Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong — into their very own magical world. What followed, in Season 1, was a search to find love again, all while living through a barrage of musical numbers.

Tunisian Murder Mystery ‘Ashkal’ Triumphs At FESPACOTunisian director Youssef Chebbi’s investigative thriller Ashkal has won the top prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO). The festival, which ran from February 25 to March 4, unfolds every two years in Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou and is regarded as Africa’s equivalent of Cannes. Chebbi’s murder mystery revolves around a series of killings at a construction site on the outskirts of the Tunisian capital of Tunis. The film world premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and then played a raft of other festivals including Toronto and London. The FESPACO jury head, producer Dora Bouchoucha, praised the film’s pairing of a strong aesthetic with a politically tuned-in storyline. Burkinabe filmmaker Apolline Traore won the Silver Stallion for Sira, about a woman kidnapped by Jihadists, and Kenyan director Angela Wamai took home the Bronze Stallion for Shimoni, about a schoolteacher rebuilding his life in his remote village after a harsh stint in jail.

Ed Sheeran, Snoop Dogg and Russell Crowe have been pictured hanging out together in Melbourne, Australia.Last week, Sheeran played two consecutive nights at Melbourne Cricket Ground as part of his 2023 ‘+ – = ÷ x’ Australia and New Zealand tour (March 2, 3). Snoop, meanwhile, is Down Under for a run of ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ headline shows.Images and footage have since emerged of the two artists partying backstage at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Saturday night (March 4) after Snoop performed the first of two gigs at the venue (via Joe).The pair were with actor Crowe next to two tables filled with Red Solo Cups, a glass of green buds, numerous burned out rolled cigarettes and a what appears to be Snoop’s setlist.In a 30-second video, Snoop jokes that Sheeran will be stealing “all your drink” and “smoking all your weed”.

No casting was announced for the title role of Dr. H.

Keanu Reeves returns as the titular hitman in, once again embodying his latest iconic character -- who came out of retirement in the franchise's first film to avenge his dead puppy, and has been on the run ever since.  finds John Wick fighting his way around the world as he searches for a way to defeat the High Table. Despite the harrowing action scenes, Reeves says he had a blast returning to the role.«I love playing the character. I love the world of ,» he raved. " is so ambitious.

EXCLUSIVE: Lana Turner’s mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato was allegedly stabbed to death in her house by her daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958.

Still friendly! Gwyneth Paltrow shared an adorable tribute to ex-husband Chris Martin in honor of his birthday.

Emily Longeretta “Thoughts and Prayers,” an emotional short film that debuted at Hollyshorts Film Festival and made its rounds at numerous festivals, is now available for global audiences to watch for the first time, exclusively on Variety. The movie was helmed by Evan Miller, who directed, produced and co-wrote the script with Hardy Janson. Zachary Levi and Adrianne Palicki star in the film and also serve as producers alongside John Trefry and the co-founders of the ATX Television Festival, Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson. Per the official logline, “A powerful United States Senator lives out every American parent’s worst nightmare when she receives a call from her teenage son and talks him through the horror of an active school shooting as she desperately makes her way to him, unsure of what she’ll find once she arrives.”

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Martial arts veteran Sammo Hung is to be presented with a lifetime achievement honor at the upcoming Asian Film Awards. The ceremony is back as an in-person event after a two-year absence and shifts back to Hong Kong after previously being held in Hong Kong, Macau and Busan. Hung is expected to accept the award on Sunday March 12 at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. “I’m so happy and surprised that I can still win awards these days, especially an award that affirms my entire performing career,” said Hung in a forwarded statement. He has a career as actor, action choreographer, director and producer that stretches some 60 years.

Carmen,” a musical starring Paul Mescal, will have its West Coast premiere March 25 at the 2023 Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF). Another debut set to take place during the five-day festival is the world premiere of “Jules,” with director Marc Turtletaub and stars Ben Kingsley and Jane Curtin planning to make an appearance for the occasion. The screening will kick off the opening night of the festival on March 22. Capping off the event are closing night films “The Eight Mountains,” which received a grand jury prize after its Cannes premiere, and Stephen Williams’ “Chevalier.”

Love Island star Martin Akinola, who was brutally dumped from the villa when Tanya Manhenga chose to recouple with Shaq Muhammed, has opened up about his time in the villa, revealing unaired conversations he had with Casey O'Gorman. Having returned to the UK, Martin appeared on Sunday night's Aftersun where he discussed his time in the villa with host Maya Jama and panellists Indiyah Polack and Sam Thompson.

Daily Mail Australia.The restaurant described itself as “casual but fancy” where “work gear, activewear, singlets, and thongs (flip-flops)” are forbidden.Mr. Miyagi’s management doubled down on their decision to kick out the Gladiator star, saying no one is above their rules. “We treat everyone the same.

Adam Scott, Ken Marino and others, is officially back with new episodes after being revived for season 3 on Starz. The newest installment, which comes 13 years after the series first ended, reunites most of the original cast, with one notable exception: Lizzy Caplan as struggling comedian and Henry Pollard's (Scott) on-and-off love interest, Casey Klein. «Lizzy wanted to do it badly.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Avatar: The Way of Water” was the surprise winner of the best film award at the AACTA International Awards, the overseas awards backed by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. The pre-event nominations had seen six acknowledgements each for “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All At Once. And while “Banshees” collected three awards, making it the biggest winner at the virtual event, “Everything” collected nothing. The wins for “Banshees” came for Brendan Gleeson as best supporting actor, Kerry Condon as best supporting actress and for Martin McDonagh’s best screenplay.

Guardians Of The Galaxy poster.Gillan, who plays Nebula in the superhero franchise and will be reprising her role in the third film, took to social media to poke fun at her much-discussed pose.“Okay, can anybody tell me what I was thinking when I decided to pose like this on an international, worldwide poster that will remain forevermore?” she said in a video on TikTok.The Nebula pose

Surprise! Karen Gillan got secretly married to her partner Nick Kocher last year!

Scottish actress Karen Gillan has hit back at trolls who passed comments on the new Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3poster.

Russell Crowe is back and he’s got some demons to battle.“The Pope’s Exorcist,” out in April, follows Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (played by Crowe), as he takes on his most mysterious case yet – the possession of a young boy whose experience has ties to an ancient Vatican secret. And, yes, it looks pretty spooky.Amorth was a real person (he passed away in 2016), an exorcist for the Vatican who spoke openly about his work, authoring several books about exorcism and frequently offering his opinion on the subject.

Ever since “The Exorcist” terrified audiences decades ago, Hollywood has been obsessed with possession horror. The idea of a demon taking over the body of a helpless person is the perfect mix of realism with the supernatural that it has become a story told over and over again.