Maggie Gyllenhaal has been announced as Jury President for the 83rd Venice Film Festival, running from September 2 to 12. The actress and director follows in the wake of Alexander Payne (2025), Isabelle Huppert (2024), Damien Chazelle (2023), Julianne Moore (2022), Bong Joon-ho (2021) and Cate Blanchett (2020). The decision was made by the Board of
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The Baltimore Orioles are paying tribute to Turnstile by giving the hometown hardcore band its own night on July 10th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The MLB team will be facing the Kansas City Royals that night, and fans who purchase a special ticket package will receive a limited-edition jersey with “Orioles” on the
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Percival Everett won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his novel James, a modern masterpiece that retells The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, the enslaved man who accompanies Huck on
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A former employee at Beast Industries has sued the production company founded by YouTuber MrBeast (legal name Jimmy Donaldson), alleging she was subjected to “years” of sexual harassment by company leaders. In the federal lawsuit, filed on April 22 in the Eastern District Court of North Carolina, Lorrayne Mavromatis alleged she faced sexual harassment from Beast
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The life of Bernard Loiseau, the late French culinary giant who inspired the character of Chef Auguste Gusteau in Pixar’s Ratatouille, is set to be explored in a biopic.   Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, which is part of the Mediawan Group, and 31 Juin Films announced on Thursday that they are joining forces in partnership with Loiseau’s family,
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EXCLUSIVE: Vas Saranga (You’re My Hero, The Handmaid’s Tale) has been cast in a major recurring role in the Netflix limited series I Will Find You, based on Harlan Coben’s bestselling novel. He joins previously announced lead Sam Worthington and cast members Chi McBride, Logan Browning, Britt Lower, Erin Richards and Jonathan Tucker. Saranga will play Agent Dev
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Russell Brand is admitting to having sex with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30, as it was still the age of consent in the United Kingdom. The now 50-year-old comedian and actor made an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show to address the various allegations against him, including accusations of rape and sexual assault.
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As expected, sibling U.K. electronic music duo Boards of Canada will shake off a 13-year silence with the new album Inferno, which will arrive May 29 through longtime label home Warp Records. A 42-second trailer for the 18-track album can be sampled below. Over the past two weeks, fans started posting online about mysterious VHS
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Ryan Reynolds is teasing what the future looks like for Deadpool, and he seemingly already has some ideas. After starring in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel fans have been wondering where the character would go next, and in a new interview, Reynolds shared some hints. While making an appearance on Today’s Sunday Sitdown Live, Reynolds was
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There are bad movies, and then there are movies that drain all life and joy out of a person’s soul. The new animated Animal Farm falls firmly into the latter category. Directed by Andy Serkis and adapted from the original George Orwell novel, this is a movie aimed at children but is really for no
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EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) are leading cast in Oscar winner István Szabó’s (Mephisto) under-the-radar period drama Embers, which has begun filming in Budapest, Hungary. Also joining the cast in the prestige pic are Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why), Louis Hofmann (All
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Some of the genre’s biggest and most beloved artists will assemble July 31-Aug. 2 for the 72nd Newport Jazz Festival, which will return to Rhode Island’s Fort Adams park with a bill led by 86-year-old Herbie Hancock, Kamasi Washington and Chief Adjuah’s Miles Davis/John Coltrane centennial celebration, Thundercat, Flea, Robert Glasper and Gary Clark Jr.
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Most Challenged Books in the US in 2025 The American Library Association has released its list of
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Kimora Lee Simmons and estranged husband Tim Leissner are getting divorced. Tim, who is a former Goldman Sachs banker, reportedly went to court in February to file for divorce after 12 years of marriage, according to documents obtained by TMZ. He put the reason for their split as “irreconcilable differences.” There isn’t an official date
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