Oliver Stone Shares Frustration of Financing Films Early in His Career, Calls Trump a "Sad Figure"

Lise Pedersen One of several high-profile guests scheduled to attend the Lumière Festival in October, Oliver Stone will be screening a newly restored copy of 1989’s “Born on the Fourth of July” at its world premiere in the French city of Lyon.Other guests of honor include actor Viggo Mortensen, Danish director Thomas Vinterberg (1998’s “Festen”), Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher (“The Wonders” 2014; “Happy as Lazarro,” 2018) and Oscar winning composer Gabriel Yared.

The war of words between Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and Danbury, Connecticut MayorMark Boughton may finally be coming to a close. On Saturday,Boughton saidhe would accept Oliver’s challenge to name the city’s sewage plant after the HBO host following Oliver's offer to donate $55,000 to local charities.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmWhen Oliver Stone interviewed for a Deadline The Film That Lit My Fuse timed with the release of his memoir Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador and the Movie Game, the three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker gave Deadline permission to provide our readers with a few passages from the book that was recently published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.A dishy coming of age of a filmmaker tale, Chasing the

Billy Hayes Billy Hayes, author of the autobiographical book “Midnight Express,” on which the film directed by Alan Parker and written by Oliver Stone was based, disagreed with several of the assertions made in Stone’s new book, “Chasing the Light.”Oliver Stone, acknowledged master of revisionist history, has made several self-serving comments about me and the film version of “Midnight Express” in his new book.

captioned the drawing, which featured a man on a breathing machine.The man in the drawing is visibly struggling, showcasing protruding veins, bulging eyes, flushed skin and a baseball cap in the style of Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again” hats.

A Connecticut town's officials are showing comedian John Oliver what they think about his expletive-filled rant about their city — they're naming the local sewage treatment plant after him. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton announced the tongue-in-cheek move in a video posted on his Facebook page on Saturday that shows him at the plant.

Sean Penn held nothing back as he told CNN his thoughts on Donald Trump’s pandemic response.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorAfter the week that was — when a QAnon backer won a congressional primary and President Donald Trump embraced the, uh, fringe group during a White House briefing, Bill Maher felt it’s time that America learned the true identity of the shadowy figure behind it all.“It makes perfect sense that I — libertine, atheist, pot-smoking Trump-hating Bill Maher — am Q,” the Real Time said.

Sharon Stone has shared a video of her sister Kelly demonstrating how difficult she found breathing with suffering from COVID-19.The Basic Instinct star's sibling urged people to get behind mask wearing and increased testing as she spoke from hospital.Kelly said in the footage which saw her wearing a nasal cannula: "I beg you to know that this is real, I'm gasping for every breath without oxygen.

Sharon Stone has had two family members already die from COVID-19, and two more are now fighting for their lives. The actress, 62, revealed on Instagram that her beloved sister, Kelly, and Kelly’s husband, Bruce, contracted coronavirus despite social distancing and wearing protective gear. Sharon lashed out at people who refuse face masks, as well as President Donald Trump for his inaction during the crisis. She begged her fans to vote for Joe Biden in November — not a “killer.”

Sharon Stone is urging everyone to wear their masks as she shared that her sister is battling the coronavirus. In Instagram posts shared Saturday, the actress revealed that her sister Kelly is now "fighting for breath" after testing positive for COVID-19."My sister Kelly, who already has lupus, now has COVID-19.

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Cara Delevingne! In honor of the 28-year-old’s special day on Wednesday, August 12, Kaia Gerber shared a pic of their matching “solemate” foot tattoos.“Happy birthday to my soulmate @caradelevingne,” Cindy Crawford’s daughter wrote as a text overlay on an Instagram Story photo of the friends with their hands and feet intertwined.These little foot designs aren’t brand new, but this is the closest look we’ve had.