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The joys of fatherhood. Nicolas Cage gushed about his daughter August Francesca Coppola, 6 months, who he shares with wife Riko Shibata, at the premiere of his new movie, Renfield.

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Revenge is a dish best served cold, or maybe as a vodka sauce pasta for Sofia Coppola's teenage daughter. The "Lost in Translation" director and daughter to "The Godfather" mastermind Francis Ford Coppola inadvertently went viral via her 16-year-old daughter Romy, who candidly revealed the outrageous reason she was grounded. "Make a vodka sauce pasta with me," Romy said to the camera, in a since deleted TikTok.

Sofia Coppola has been married for nearly 12 years, but she has kept her relationship very private so you might not know much about her husband Thomas Mars.

Anne Heche, “Saving Private Ryan” star Tom Sizemore and Charlbi Dean, who appeared in this year’s Best Picture nominee “Triangle of Sadness.”Fans also noted the absence of Cindy Williams: While she was best known for the ’70s TV sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” she notably appeared in two classic films of the era, George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation.”And while the tribute included “Goodfellas” star Ray Liotta, who died unexpectedly on May 26, 2022, his costar Paul Sorvino, who died in July 2022, was left out. Also missing from the tribute: two-time Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” legendary acting coach Sandra Seacat, “The Nutty Professor” actress Stella Stevens, “Creature From the Black Lagoon” stuntman and cinematographer Ricou Browning, Fred Ward of “The Player” and “The Right Stuff,” “The Wild Bunch” actor Bo Hopkins, “Magnolia” and “Boogie Nights” star Philip Baker Hall, French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stanley Kubrick regular Joe Turkel, David Warner of “Titanic” and “Time Bandits,” veteran actor Clu Gulager, blacklisted ’40s star Marsha Hunt, Henry Silva of “The Manchurian Candidate” and “Ocean’s 11,” British actor Leslie Phillips, and Sacheen Littlefeather, who famously appeared on behalf of Marlon Brando to explain why he wasn’t accepting his Best Actor Oscar for “The Godfather.” Among the stars and Hollywood vets honored at the 95th Academy Awards were James Caan, Angela Lansbury, Raquel Welch, Louise Fletcher, Jean-Luc Godard, Gina Lollobrigida, Robbie Coltrane, Nichelle Nichols, Kirstie Alley, and Olivia Newton John.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Harry Potter series, revealed his picks for the greatest films ever in a poll for Sight And Sound magazine.Since 1952, the magazine has asked filmmakers every decade for their lists of the greatest films of all time. As part of the Winter 2022-23 issue, directors including Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson and Barry Jenkins were invited to contribute.While Oldman is primarily known for acting, he’s also served as an executive producer and directed 1997 film Nil By Mouth. You can check out his list of favourite films below.01. Les Enfants Du Paradis (1945) 02. The Conversation (1974)03. 8 ½ (1963)04. The 400 Blows (1959)05. Dr. Strangelove (1963)06. In The Mood For Love (2000)07. Le Salaire De La Peur (1953)08. Husbands A Comedy About Life Death And Freedom (1970)09. Roma Citta Aperta (1945)10. Le Vent Nous Emportera (1999)Oldman’s top pick, Les Enfants Du Paradis aka Children Of Paradise, is a romantic drama directed by Marcel Carné.

Adam Driver looks like a totally different person while on the set of his new movie, Megalopolis.

Ruben Östlund has been named president of the jury at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes organizers announced Tuesday morning in Paris.Östlund is a two-time winner of Cannes’ highest honor, the Palme d’Or, which he won in 2017 for “The Square” and last year for “Triangle of Sadness,” which is currently an Oscar nominee for Best Picture. He is one of only nine directors to have won the Palme twice, and one of only three to win the award for consecutive films.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Ruben Östlund, the Oscar-nominated director whose latest film “Triangle of Sadness” won last year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes, will be back at the French festival to preside over the jury of its 76th edition. Östlund is a Cannes regular, having won the festival’s top prize twice, for “Triangle of Sadness” in 2022 and for “The Square” in 2017. Before that, he presented two films at Un Certain Regard, including “Force Majeure,” which won the Jury Prize. “I am happy, proud and humbled to be trusted with the honor of jury president for this year’s competition at the Festival de Cannes,” said Östlund, who will be the first Swede to head the jury in 50 years, following the footsteps of Ingrid Bergman. “Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in competition at the  festival.”

Shalini Dore Features News Editor Variety will present Nicolas Cage with the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award at the Miami Film Festival on March 5. Previous recipients of the prestigious award include Francis Ford Coppola, Hans Zimmer and Ron Howard. “Year after year, Nicolas Cage proves to be an actor of great range, exhibiting dramatic power and great comedic verve, making his work surprising, delightful and moving,” said Steven Gaydos, Variety EVP global content & executive editor. “We’re excited to see the Oscar-winner’s turn in Universal Pictures’ ‘Renfield’ this year and celebrate his entire career at the Miami Film Festival.” “Nicolas Cage is the very definition of a legend. An Academy Award-winning actor, a global superstar, and a cult icon, everyone the world over is familiar with his inimitable persona and larger than life presence,” said Lauren Cohen, Miami Film Festival Director of Programming. “He is truly one of a kind — the very essence of what we’re celebrating at our milestone 40th edition.”

Shia LaBeouf is sporting yet another interesting costume for his new movie Megalopolis.

Diane Keaton is celebrating Valentine's Day with a steamy make-out video.Specifically, she posted an epic montage from different films throughout her impressive career showing her making out with a slew of different male co-stars.«HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY TO ALL THE MEN WHO WERE PAID TO KISS ME,» Keaton captioned the montage, which included passionate kissing scenes with the likes of Keanu Reeves, Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson and others.A post shared by Diane Keaton (@diane_keaton)Filmmaker Nancy Meyers — who directed Keaton in, and has worked on four films starring Keaton in total — commented on the post, calling it «hilarious.»«But as someone who was around for a few of those — those guys always wanted one more take,» Meyers joked.In August, Keaton spoke with ET about her memories of her early career and recalled one particular male co-star whom she managed to get cast in one of his biggest-ever roles.Speaking with ET's Nischelle Turner, Keaton recalled how she inadvertently got Al Pacino his job on .«I auditioned for  having never read it and I knew nothing about it, and just was there, I was standing there like every other woman,» she remembered. " I didn't know what the hell I was there for. And they cast me in that role!«While she had been cast, the producers and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola were still looking for the right actor to play Michael Corleone, the reluctant heir to the Corleone crime family and beating heart of the entire movie.»Nobody wanted Al Pacino.

Cindy Williams, who rose to stardom on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley, has died at age 75 following a brief illness.

Cindy Williams, who starred in the smash Happy Days spinoff Laverne & Shirley after appearing in George Lucas’ American Graffiti and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, has died. She was 75. Her family told the Associated Press today that the actress died Wednesday after a brief illness.

When filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola moved forward with his ambitious self-financed feature film, “Megalopolis,” there were some people who were skeptical that the director could manage such a large project without the help of a major studio paying the bills and navigating such a large cast/crew in the modern era. Yesterday, there had been word from The Hollywood Reporter that the pic, currently shooting in Atlanta, might be in serious trouble by citing the exodus of crew members and a ballooning budget.

There are many film fans who are excited by the prospect of Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming film, “Megalopolis.” Not only does it feature an incredible cast and is the latest work from one of the most iconic American filmmakers of all time, but with Coppola financing it himself, he has full creative control over a feature that he has spent decades trying to get made.

Bill Pence, a former VP at Janus Films who co-founded the integral Telluride Film Festival in 1974, has died. He was 82. The Telluride Daily Planet said Pence died December 6 after a long illness.

After two truncated years of pandemic-related disruptions, film festivals around the world returned with full-flowing in-person events this year.

Why, yes — Aubrey Plaza is showing up in just about everything these days. After getting rave reviews for her Sundance thriller Emily the Criminal this year, Plaza voiced the mother of Satan’s daughter in FX’s Little Demon before hopping a plane to Italy to join the second iteration of HBO’s The White Lotus. Now filming Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis before turning her attention to Marvel’s Agatha: Coven of Chaos for Disney+, Plaza looks back on playing a criminal for the big screen and a possible murderess on the HBO anthology.

Director James Gray gave us an ambitious sci-fi film with the Brad Pitt-led “Ad Astra, “making his off-world version of Joseph Conrad’s classic novel “Heart of Darkness.” The novel helped previously influence Francis Ford Coppola’s nightmare-esque vision of the Vietnam War film “Apocalypse Now,” and Gray seemed to borrow ideas from the book and the film.

Guy Lodge Film Critic The possessive claim in the title “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is a gutsy one. There’s confidence — some would even say arrogance — in filming an oft-told story at least as old as the hills, and suddenly branding it as your own: Even two auteurs as ballsy as Francis Ford Coppola and Baz Luhrmann didn’t slap their own names on “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet,” respectively. Still, you can hardly blame del Toro’s stop-motion spin on Carlo Collodi’s 19th-century chestnut “The Adventures of Pinocchio” for wanting to advertise its distinguishing vision up top: After umpteen tellings of the wooden-boy tale, and coming on the heels of Robert Zemeckis’ wretched Disney remake, Netflix’s rival adaptation has to announce itself as something different. That it is; it’s often delightful too.

Francis Ford Coppola is betting big with his upcoming film, “Megalopolis.” Not only is the film going to cost a reported $100 to produce, but the filmmaker is actually footing most of the bill himself. So, to help bring his passion project to life, he continues to add to his already massive cast.

Nicolas Cage's son, Weston Coppola Cage, is all grown up with a family and career of his own, but it looks like he's inherited some of his famous dad's sense of style. The 31-year-old musician made a rare public appearance in photos published on the Daily Mail away from the stage when he stepped out recently in Los Angeles rocking snakeskin pants and matching cowboy boots.RELATED: Who are Nicolas Cage's four ex-wives? From Lisa Marie Presley to Patricia ArquetteAt 6ft 4inches, Weston, certainly turned heads and his long hair was worn loose and he sported a beard and eye-liner too. WATCH: Remember Nicolas Cage in The Scorceror's Apprentice Weston was filming and took his crew into a restaurant as he dined in front of the cameras.Nicolas shares Weston with actress Christina Fulton and Francis Ford Coppola is his great-uncle. He has made his father incredibly proud and Nicolas gushed about how talented he is.READ: Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim to divorce after 11 years of marriageMORE: Nicolas Cage and Riko Shibata celebrate major first after Las Vegas wedding"He can do things I dream about doing, compose music, sing, act, sculpt and cook and now he is a loving father," the actor said at the time. To see my son with my grandson is as close to a sense of blissful completion I ever had."A post shared by Weston Cage Coppola (@westoncagecoppola)Weston is a proud father himself Weston has also heaped praise upon his dad and says he's a great father because of him."I believe that a lot of the morals and philosophies that I will teach to my son definitely comes from my father," he told ET.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent The dream child of 10 Basque businessmen who hoped to prolong San Sebastián’s summer season into late September, the San Sebastian Film Festival was born on Sept. 21, 1953.  Presented by bullfighter Mario Cabré, who romanced Ava Gardner, and comprising just 19 films, won by “La guerra de Dios,” directed by Rafael Gil., rescued from a potential Republican firing squad by Luis Buñuel not so many years before. Fireworks, bullfights and quayside parties regaled the film week. From that first edition remain the beauty and gastronomy of San Sebastian, a Belle Epoque resort boasting the spectacular white-sand Concha Bay, steep-backed hills, an old quarter of higgeldy-piggeldy streets and a trio of three-star Michelin restaurants. 70 years later, San Sebastián still stuns.     

Nicolas Cage has welcomed his first child with his wife, Riko Shabita. The 58-year-old’s wife and new mum Riko, 27, is “doing fine” after the birth of their baby girl in Los Angeles, a rep confirmed. “Nicolas and Riko are happy to announce the birth of their daughter,” the rep told People.

Nicolas Cage has welcomed his first child with his wife Riko Shabita. The 58-year-old’s wife and new mum Riko, 27, is “doing fine” after the birth of their baby girl in Los Angeles, a rep confirmed. “Nicolas and Riko are happy to announce the birth of their daughter,” the rep told People.

Nicolas Cage’s cutie! The actor’s wife, Riko Shibata gave birth to their first baby together — daughter August Francesca Coppola Cage, Us Weekly can confirm.

Sylvester Stallone is opening up about how he was almost a background extra in The Godfather.

Megalopolis.The actor has been cast in an undisclosed lead role in the forthcoming feature, per Giant Freakin’ Robot.The film shoot is set to begin this autumn, and alongside LaBeouf the film stars Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight, Aubrey Plaza and more.A logline for Megalopolis reads: “The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius and conflicted love.”Meanwhile, Shia LaBeouf recently admitted the depiction of his father as an abusive man in the film Honey Boy was “fucking nonsense”.The 2019 film, which was written by LaBeouf, was said to be based on his his relationship with his father, whom he portrayed in the movie.“Here’s a man who I’ve done vilified on a grand scale,” the actor said (via The Independent). “I wrote this narrative, which was just fucking nonsense.“My dad was so loving to me my whole life.

Shia LaBeouf is taking on a new role.

The cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating dramatic epic, “Megalopolis”—a film he’s been trying to make for nearly 20 years— has added a bevy of new actors, including Shia LaBeouf, Jason Schwartzman (Coppola’s nephew), Talia Shire (his sister), Grace Vanderwaal, Kathryn Hunter and James Remar. READ MORE: Shia LaBeouf Acknowledges FKA Twigs’ Abuse Accusations: “I Hurt That Woman” The controversial eye-opener in this list is, of course, LaBeouf, who is attempting something of a comeback after his ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs accused him in a February 2021 lawsuit of abuse, mental, physical, and sexual.

previously announced, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Forest Whitaker, Jon Voigt, Aubrey Plaza, Laurence Fishburne are set to headline the cast.Details are being kept under wraps, but the film’s official logline reads: “The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius, and conflicted love.”The “Godfather” filmmaker will write, direct and self-produce the film from a budget clocking in at just under $100 million. Production will begin this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: The Fast & Furious franchise and The Invitation actress has signed with APA.

“The Invitation” stars Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty know how tough it can be to make a horror movie – the long nights, constant state of fear and, surprisingly, the pressure to deliver a spot-on American accent.Emmanuel stars in “The Invitation” as a young woman named Evie, who takes a trip to Europe and soon discovers that she is being wooed – not to be someone’s wife but to be one of the wives … of Dracula himself (Thomas Doherty). (Don’t you hate it when that happens?) What makes “The Invitation” so refreshing is that it reinvents Bram Stoker’s Dracula mythology through the lens of one of his wives, who are mostly seen (in other adaptations) as sexy femme fatales, usually occupying some musty pit in Dracula’s castle.TheWrap sat down with Emmanuel and Doherty to talk about the film, where they revealed their favorite Dracula adaptations (“Bram Stoker’s Dracula” from Francis Ford Coppola rightfully gets a hearty endorsement) and Emmanuel lets us in on how she crafted a flawless American accent.

Guy Lodge Film CriticSwedish director Ruben Östlund opened this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival with his raucously entertaining new social satire “Triangle of Sadness,” continuing a festival tour that began this spring at Cannes — where he nabbed the Palme d’Or, joining the likes of Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Haneke in the select club of filmmakers to have earned the honor twice. In Sarajevo, where he also received the festival’s Heart of Sarajevo Award, he joined us at the Variety Lounge presented by Sarajevo Film Festival to talk about privilege, masculinity and embracing bad reviews.Following his Oscar-nominated art-scene comedy “The Square,” Östlund’s latest sees him taking aim at the One Percent, western entitlement, the fashion industry, the arms trade, you name it — all colliding on a luxury cruise that goes spectacularly awry.

Entertainment Tonight.Keaton, who played school teacher Kay Adams-Corleone in the film opposite Pacino, said it was “weird” she was cast before the actor, given that the film is based wholly around his Mafioso character.“I had been cast before Al Pacino in Godfather 1! Is this not weird?” the Oscar-winning actress said. “What would ‘The Godfather’ have been without Al Pacino? It’s just one of those weird, unusual things in life.”Keaton was present during Pacino’s second audition execs ultimately “gave him the job.”“Do you believe that? After he had auditioned before and they didn’t want him,” she said.The hit film, which later became a trilogy, was based on Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel of the same name.And despite the fact the novel topped all bestselling lists, Keaton admitted she didn’t read it before auditioning for the film.“I think the kindest thing that someone’s ever done for me … is that I got cast to be in ‘The Godfather’ and I didn’t even read it.