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Social media influencer Andrew Tate stated he will return to the United States after the 2024 election.

“I’m moving back to America,” Tate wrote on X. After the news spread about the projected winner, he offered more posts on X.

Before he announced returning to America, Tate called the former president “the best president in history.”

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“The Patriarchy Is Back,” he then declared in an X post before restating his belief that women should not be allowed to vote.

On Sept. 29, Tate claimed on X that “women shouldn’t vote because they don’t care about issues outside of how They feel.”

“They literally can’t see the bigger picture for the good of a society, and they certainly won’t ever sacrifice for it,” he added. “When you tell this to a woman,...

After defying all odds and remarks, Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential elections and is all set to take over the official duties earlier next year. However, in the midst of this several celebrities have not shied away to express their not-so-subtle comments about the president-elect. While Robert De Niro’s rant against him was legendary, actor Jim Carrey was also not far behind with his unique form of artwork.

Donald Trump in a still from an interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live | Credits: YouTube

He brought his art to the forefront to mock Trump all the way back in 2017 when he assumed office for the first time.

Jim Carrey Found an Artful Way to Express His Frustration on Donald Trump

Jim Carrey had humble beginnings in the Hollywood industry as a stand comedian mostly participating in supportive roles. But In Living Color changed everything for him and gave him the much-deserved recognition in the industry.

Kerem Bürsin never planned to be a Turkish megastar.

Though he was born in Istanbul, he spent his formative years living internationally and attended high school in Texas, where he began acting in theater productions. He then set off for L.A., where he worked with the legendary Roger Corman, but still “kept coming across the matter of my nationality,” as he tells Variety.

“Some agents were telling me, ‘I have to change your name,'” he says. “I would ask them why, and they would say: ‘Because you don’t look Turkish, you don’t sound Turkish and you’re pretty much American. So it’s just not going to work.'”

Eventually he returned to his home country — which turned out to be the right decision, as lead roles in globally exported TV shows “Waiting for the Sun” and “Love Is in the Air” have made him one...

Peter Weir's 1998 film "The Truman Show" was ahead of its time. The film tapped into a common paranoid fantasy born of the ultra-saturated media age, increasingly interested in "reality television." What if, the movie asked, you were being filmed by hidden TV cameras 24 hours a day, and your life was being broadcast around the world for an eager viewing public? By extension, what if all the people you meet are paid actors, only pretending to be your friends and lovers, inserted into your "show" for dramatic purposes? All life is now public, and it's being used as fodder for entertainment. "The Truman Show" was an existential crisis for the MTV generation, and the original script was even darker if you can believe it.

"The Truman Show" imagined such a scenario, with one Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) at its center. Truman was adopted by a TV company at birth, and...

Peacock’s November programming contains the streamer’s debut of several films like summer box office hit and sequel Twisters starring Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and more. Shows premiering on the streamer include St. Denis Medical Nov. 13, The Day of the Jackal Nov. 14 and new seasons of Based On A True Story Nov. 21 and Night Court Nov. 20.

For the full schedule of new arrivals, which include some Christmas films later on in the month, read on.

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The American President Angels Sing Annie (1982) Annie (2014) Appetite for Love Atomic Blonde* Back To The Future Back To The Future II Back To The Future III Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead Belfast* Billy Madison Black Hawk Down Black Nativity Blockers* The Bourne Identity The Bourne Legacy The Bourne Supremacy The Bourne Ultimatum Casino Cbgb A Christmas In Vermont Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas The Day After Tomorrow The...

Throughout the 2010s, Brian Duffield more than did his part to keep the art of the original genre movie alive and thriving. Between his screenplays for the babysitter slasher-comedy "The Babysitter," the post-apocalyptic monster adventure "Love and Monsters," and the underwater survival thriller "Underwater", Duffield emerged as one of the hottest talents in Hollywood before fully coming into his own as the writer-director behind the well-received high school horror rom-com "Spontaneous" and essentially dialogue-free alien invasion thriller "No One Will Save You" in the 2020s. But before any of that happened, the first produced film based on one of Duffield's unique scrips became something of a disaster.

The movie in question, "Jane Got a Gun," has the makings of an inventive spin on a familiar tune, much like Duffield's other work. Directed by Gavin O'Connor, the Western casts Natalie Portman as the eponymous firearm-wielding cowlady, a woman whose husband is...

Welcome to our rundown of the most-watched branded YouTube videos of the week.

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Welcome to our latest Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report, which starts with some nuts and ends with a nutty product. Science reenters the field this week with an in-depth look at dam failure from Practical Engineering, Revolt holds strong as more footage from its recent festival (sponsored by Walmart) makes spot #3, and Patrick Cc: goes into what’s been happening with one of Hollywood’s most well-known celebrities.

Chuck Palahniuk’s latest novel is an experimental and subversive coming of age satire that skewers an increasingly commodified society through hallucinogenic hubris.

“Clarity is paramount. Even when the goal is to create confusion.”

Chuck Palahniuk is one of this generation’s most explosive and subversive storytellers, but there have been increasingly diminishing returns for his more recent works, many of which have even felt like parodies of what’s expected from a Palahniuk novel. Palahniuk has released more than 20 novels, novellas, and short story collections in under three decades, which reflects a constant desire to speak to the world and eschew it. He’s not a writer who necessarily hoards ideas, which can sometimes lead to more hits than misses. That being said, when the hits hit, it’s really something special; and Shock Induction, Palahniuk’s latest novel, hits hard.

Shock Induction is a pitch black, postmodern social...

February 2009. Legendary late-night talk show host David Letterman introduces his next guest: Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix. He’s sporting an unkempt beard, dark sunglasses indoors, and behaving like it was his first talk show appearance rather than his hundredth. Even Letterman, who could improv with the best of them, struggles to keep up with Phoenix’s short answers, insisting that he was done with acting so he could focus on becoming a rapper. Turns out, it was an attempt at viral marketing for the upcoming mockumentary, I’m Still Here. Okay, so maybe the interview didn’t tell us much about the movie or drive anyone t to see it, but it did tell us a lot about Joaquin Phoenix, the person and the performer, his deep commitment to his art form, and his obsession with authenticity that brought him through a difficult upbringing and into a wildly successful acting career.

Ben Stiller is due to produce and star in the pickleball comedy 'The Dink'. The 58-year-old actor will appear alongside 'New Girl' star Jake Johnson, 'Step Brothers' actress Mary Steenburgen, 'The Truman Show' actor Ed Harris and former tennis champion Andy Roddick in the upcoming flick, which follows a washed-up tennis pro (Johnson) as he finally relents and plays pickleball in an effort to save a club in crisis and earn his father's respect. As well as starring in the comedy, the 'Zoolander' actor's production company Red Hour Films will be collaborating with Rivulet Films on the movie.Stiller was last seen in the comedy-drama 'Nutcrackers' where he played a workaholic who leaves the city and travels to rural Ohio to care for his four orphaned nephewsThe movie marked Stiller's first film role in seven years, and previously revealed the...

Former tennis champion Andy Roddick will star alongside Jake Johnson, Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris in the upcoming pickleball comedy “The Dink.”

Josh Greenbaum, the filmmaker of “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and the upcoming documentary “Will & Harper,” is directing the film. Ben Stiller’s company Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films will serve as producers. Sean Clements wrote the screenplay for “The Dink,” which is set to begin principle photography this November in Los Angeles.

Johnson will play a washed-up tennis pro who is trying to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect. But in the process, he’s forced to break a solemn vow and do the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball. It’s unclear who anyone else is playing in “The Dink,” but Stiller will appear in a supporting role.

Rivulet will also be...

When Jon M. Chu announced in 2022 that his Wicked film would be split into two parts, fans experienced a feeling sudden but not new. For this writer, it wasn't quite loathing, but more of a resigned frustration that yet another exciting adaptation had fallen into the trap of making two...

Think you’re the coolest in the room? Well, hold up—because Jim Carrey just set a whole new standard for ‘cool’ by casually bodying Drake with a diss track straight out of the ‘90s. Imagine, the rubber-faced king of comedy dropping bars harder than your average rapper. Yep, that happened.

Jim Carrey in a still from The Truman Show | Credits: Scott Rudin Productions

Carrey, usually the one to make us laugh until we cry, went full savage mode on Drake, delivering a roast that makes Hotline Bling feel like a lullaby. It’s not every day you witness a comedic legend step out of their lane to deliver an unexpected mic drop, but when it happens? Oh, you better believe it’s iconic. Let’s dive into this pop culture moment where Jim Carrey went full rap god.

Jim Carrey’s 90s Comedy Song Feels Like the Perfect Diss...

The tragedy of being the most successful person on a job is that all eyes are trained on the star. For celebrities and filmmakers, that attention and scrutiny increases tenfold due to the nature of their profession. When it comes to Hollywood in the 1990s, Julia Roberts happened to be the most in-demand A-lister after the actress’s interminable acclaim after Pretty Woman.

Pretty Woman feat. Richard Gere and Julia Roberts [Credit: Walt Disney Studios, Touchstone Pictures]

Soon after, Roberts’ magical reputation spread like wildfire across Hollywood with filmmakers wanting to work with her in every upcoming project. Fortunately for her, the release of Pretty Woman in 1990 was immediately followed by a role opening up in Steven Spielberg’s Disney fantasy adventure film, Hook. What happened soon after would go on to be the stuff of legends.

Julia Roberts and Steven Spielberg Declare War

Apart from the renowned power couples of...

Image Source: Paramount Pictures One of Jim Carrey’s most memorable career moments was his outstanding performance in The Truman Show in 1998. The film follows Truman Burbank, an insurance salesman blissfully unaware that his entire life is the subject of a reality TV show. Everyone around him, including friends and family, is acting and participating in this elaborate setup. As Truman begins to notice oddities and anomalies, he embarks on a daring journey to uncover the truth and regain his freedom. Laura Linney’s portrayal of Truman’s wife, Meryl, is one of the film’s standout performances. Meryl is a clever and endearing nurse who deftly incorporates product placements into her daily routine. Thanks in large part to Peter Weir’s insightful direction, Linney brings nuance and complexity to Meryl, presenting her as a woman driven by ambition and financial aspirations within Truman’s manufactured world. (Click on the...

Jim Carrey became a significant name in the industry for his slapstick roles. However, apart from his contributions to comedy, the Canadian actor also garnered widespread fame for dramatic roles in films like The Truman Show and Man on the Moon. Sadly, Carrey never got his deserved respect for his serious roles. His role in The Truman Show did not even get an Oscar nod.

Jim Carrey in a still from The Truman Show | Credits: Scott Rudin Productions

Jim Carrey became a comedy sensation worldwide for his roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty. The first three films led the actor to create a unique record of leading three box office no.1 films in a year. But, this also raised a massive problem in his career as he was typecasted as a comedic actor.

Jim Carrey’s The Truman Show faced...

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir captured the hearts of his master class audience at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday by telling a myriad of untold tales about some of his biggest films including The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society and The Year of Living Dangerously.

The six-time Oscar nominee spoke at Venezia Tennis Club to a crowd of fans who were hanging onto every word, particularly when Weir divulged an intimate issue he had with a 25-year-old Mel Gibson and 32-year-old Sigourney Weaver on the 1982 romantic drama.

“I was very interested to do a love story for the first time, and it was the first time that Mel Gibson had done one,” Weir revealed. “And the first time Sigourney had done a love story. So we came to the scene where they had to kiss, and neither of them had ever kissed, it was like two virgins on screen.”

Weir...

Jim Carrey is one of the most versatile actors of all time, having played several iconic characters over the years. One of these characters is that of Dr. Ivo Robotnik in the commercially successful live-action Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Carrey’s return for the franchise’s third installment was recently revealed in a new look at his character.

Jim Carrey will return as Dr. Robotnik in Sonic 3 (Credit: Paramount Pictures).

After seeing Carrey’s new look for the upcoming film, fans took to social media and praised the actor’s transformation. With the veteran actor taking on fewer and fewer roles at this stage of his career, his appearance in the film is a welcome delight for his fans. At the same time, Carrey also proved that he remains the master of one art that makes him a far superior actor than even Tom Cruise.

Jim Carrey’s Sonic 3 First...

Jim Carrey is known for his comedic roles in films such as The Mask, Liar Liar, and the Ace Ventura series. Popular for his intense physical comedy and loud expressions, Carrey was extremely popular in the early ‘90s and even ventured into dramatic territory with films like The Truman Show and The Majestic.

Before he had his breakthrough with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, however, he was a stand-up comedian and struggling actor. Carrey credited actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood for giving him a chance in his Dirty Harry series as a heroin-addicted rockstar named Johnny Squares. He even mentioned how impressed Eastwood was with his audition tape.

Jim Carrey Showed His Gratitude For Clint Eastwood As He Gave Him A Small Role Clint Eastwood in The Dead Pool | Credits: Warner Bros.

Clint Eastwood has an eye for talent like no other filmmaker. He has chosen many talented artists to headline...

Venice Film Festival attendees will be treated to masterclasses from Ethan Hawke, Sigourney Weaver, Peter Weir and more.

As previously announced, both Weaver and Weir are receiving Golden Lion for Career Achievement awards at this year’s festival. Oscar-nominated actor Weaver is best known for her roles in the “Alien” and “Avatar” franchises, while retired director Weir has collected various accolades for his films like “Dead Poets Society,” “The Truman Show” and “Master and Commander.”

Hawke had his breakthrough performance in “Dead Poets Society,” and went on to star in Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy and “Boyhood” as well as Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed.” Also set to give a masterclass is director Pupi Avati, who helmed Venice’s closing film “L’orto Americano” and is also known for his horror films “The House With Laughing Windows” and “Zeder.”

Three conversations will also take place, organized by festival sponsor Cartier. These will comprise composer Nicola Piovani,...

With six Oscar nominations under his belt, Australian-born director Peter Weir has firmly established himself as one of our most respected filmmakers thanks to a number of visually striking, narratively ambitious movies. But how many of his titles remain classics? Let’s take a look back at all 13 of his movies, ranked worst to best.

Born in 1944, Weir helped usher in the Australian New Wave of cinema with “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975), “The Last Wave” (1977), “Gallipoli” (1981) and “The Year of Living Dangerously” (1983). He brought his unique brand of filmmaking to Hollywood with the romantic mystery “Witness” (1985), which brought him his first Oscar nomination for Best Director. He earned a subsequent bid in the category for the inspirational teacher drama “Dead Poets Society” (1989), competing once again for the media satire “The Truman Show” (1998) and the swashbuckling epic “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” (2003), for which he also contended in Best Picture.

By itself, the opening 10-minute salvo of Harold and the Purple Crayon — Carlos Saldanha’s live-action feature debut — is a thing of rare beauty, a near-perfect stand-alone preface that effortlessly summarizes Crockett Johnson’s 1955 picture book. Neatly capturing the quirky simplicity of the original illustrations but adding a kinetic energy worthy of the postwar boogie-doodles of animator Norman McLaren, it’s a thoughtful overture to a refreshingly straightforward family film, one that runs with the concept of Johnson’s story but doesn’t try to fluff it up with excess sentiment or any similarly distracting romantic subplots.

When we meet him, Harold is a cartoon boy with a purple crayon who can draw anything he wants, including his two best friends: Moose (a moose) and Porcupine (a porcupine). Together, they live in a 2D world that grows bigger as Harold becomes an adult. Finally, Harold becomes fascinated by the concept of his creation,...

Fans will be surprised to hear that Jim Carrey’s comedy film, Ace Ventura, and Anthony Hopkins’ thriller, The Silence of the Lambs, have a weird connection. Hopkins once revealed to Carrey that they had both used the same method to bring their respective characters to the screen. While Carrey’s titular character was an animal detective, Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter was a serial killer who ate his victims.

Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Warner Brothers

Hopkins managed to creep out The Mask actor by bringing this up during their dinner conversation. The Thor actor went on to bag the Best Actor Award at the 64th Academy Awards for his performance in the film. Interestingly, Hopkins is not a fan of method acting as he has clearly stated his disdain for it.

Jim Carrey Was Spooked When Anthony Hopkins Shared One Thing Their Characters Had In Common Jim...

This week marks the arrival of "Twisters" (read /Film's review), a sequel arriving nearly three decades after the original blockbuster hit "Twister." Because of how much time has elapsed between films, the cast for "Twisters" is entirely different. Although "Twisters," like its predecessor, boasts plenty of flashy special effects to create the sensation of powerful tornadoes popping up throughout Oklahoma as it tracks different groups of storm chasers trying to wrangle these bouts of Mother Nature's anger, the film doesn't quite live up to the secret weapon that "Twister" had: surprisingly committed character actors delivering better-than-needed supporting performances. But character actors popping up to steal the show in big-budget blockbusters isn't unique to "Twister" or its sequel, so let's rank the 10 best blockbuster performances by character actors.

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10. Paul Giamatti, Planet Of The Apes

With more than 25 years of hindsight, there's not too...

When the internet was first introduced, it was labeled as the most revolutionary development in the history of humankind, where one could stay connected with everyone in the world. However, the very same place has lost its original essence because now it is just full memes and TikToks

Jim Carrey in The Truman Show. Credits: Paramount Pictures

From pets being silly to people’s amusing antics, it will either make you laugh till your tummy hurts or it will leave you flabbergasted. The recent trend will make you question everything, potentially making you feel that you are living in The Truman Show, where random experiments are being shown.

Well, if you are an ardent scroller on the internet, chances are that you will be aware of the viral ‘Hawk Tuah’ girl. The viral video has exploded on the internet, catching the attention of several brands online. But seems like that was not enough,...

Hollywood’s favorite quipster, Jim Carrey, might be a cherished actor, but it turns out he’s also a ladies’ man, especially when it comes to high-profile actresses in the industry.

Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (1998) | Paramount Pictures

Not only has he been married twice (and divorced both times), but The Truman Show star has also been romantically involved with a throng of A-listers, and that too unabashedly publicly.

Inside Jim Carrey’s Scandalous Romance With Lauren Holly

While Jim Carrey‘s professional life is star-studded with accolades and acclaim, his personal life has been nothing short of a roller-coaster of turbulent relationships. Carrey’s first nuptial collapse came circa 1995 followed by his divorce from Melissa Womer (they’d filed for divorce in ’93 and were legally separated before it got finalized) after eight years of marriage.

Meanwhile, the Canadian-American actor was occupied with newfound stardom thanks to megahits like...

It’s showtime!

Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” will open the 81st annual Venice Film Festival, IndieWire has confirmed. The film will be screened out of competition on Wednesday, August 28 at the Sala Grande, marking its world premiere. Warner Bros. will release “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” in theaters September 6.

The full Venice lineup will be announced July 23.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” stars Michael Keaton as the titular ghoul who is summoned by the Deetz family once again. This time, Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) and her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) realize that the portal to the afterlife has been accidentally opened. Catherine O’Hara returns, and is also joined by newcomers Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe.

The original “Beetlejuice” came out in 1988.

“‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ marks the long-awaited return of one of the most iconic characters of Tim Burton’s cinema, but also the happy confirmation of the extraordinary visionary talent and the masterly realization...

The decade of the 1990s brought us tons of movie gems that are now considered iconic and can’t be beaten by their modern twins. If you miss those days’ cinema, we have a perfect list of must-see 90s drama gems, and we bet you haven’t seen them all, and if you have, it’s a good reason to rewatch the classics.

Here are 6 movie treasures that should be on your bucket list, picked by Reddit.

1. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

First comes the best movie ever made, according to IMDb and other surveys. Adapted from Stephen King’s 1982 novella, this gem tells the story of a man sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover, despite his claims of innocence.

2. The Truman Show (1998)

Blending comedy and drama, this Jim Carrey-starring flick follows a man who is unaware he is the star of a...

Guy Ritchie‘s Young Sherlock series adds more players to the television project, focusing on the early days of Arthus Conan Doyle’s legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, with Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone. The duo joins the series as Sherlock’s parents. Fiennes plays Sherlock’s father, Silas, while Elhone plays the protagonist’s mother, Cordelia. Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars as the young Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock’s father is a scientist, explorer, and self-made businessman. His mother is an artist and the matriarch of the Holmes family unit. Ritchie’s Young Sherlock takes inspiration from Andy Lane’s novels. Prime Video’s eight-episode series follows a nineteen-year-old Sherlock, known as a disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed genius. When he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University that threatens his freedom, Sherlock feels compelled to solve the case. Young Sherlock joins the investigator when he’s at his most undisciplined.

Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone have joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s “Young Sherlock” as series regulars.

Fiennes — the uncle of Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who plays Sherlock Holmes — has been cast as Silas Holmes, Sherlock’s father, who is described as a “scientist, explorer and self-made businessman.”

McElhone will play Cordelia Holmes, described as “Sherlock’s devoted mother, artist and matriarch of the Holmes clan.”

Fiennes is best known for playing William Shakespeare in 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love” and Commander Fred Waterford in the first four seasons of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” His other prominent credits include starring in “The Mother” opposite Jennifer Lopez, the Cate Blanchett-led biopic “Elizabeth” and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Enemy at the Gates.” Most recently, he led the James Graham play “Dear England.” Fiennes is repped by the Artists Partnership and WME.

McElhone is best known for playing Karen Van Der Beek...

Just last month, we learned that Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Ed Harris (The Truman Show) had signed on to star in the revenge thriller Huntington for A24 and writer/director John Patton Ford. Now Huntington has gone into production, and Deadline has revealed that the cast also includes Jessica Henwick (Glass Onion), Topher Grace (That 70s Show), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley), and Raff Law (Masters of the Air). Details on the characters they’ll be playing have not been revealed.

Drawing inspiration from the 1949 crime comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Huntington will see Powell taking on the role of Becket Redfellow, the heir to a multi-billion-dollar fortune who will stop at nothing to get what he deserves… Or what he thinks he deserves. Kind Hearts and Coronets told the following story: When Louis D’Ascoyne Mazzini, who hails from a royal family,...

Sling Freestream leads the way with nearly 600 channels, but is quantity the most important thing for Fast platforms?

When streaming services first began to offer free ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) channels, many viewers didn’t see the point. Traditional TV listings were already packed with channels that never attracted much in the way of viewers, so why clutter up the digital spaces with little-watched channels as well? But streaming providers have stacked free ad-supported services with a wide range of desirable content, and now these platforms draw tens of millions of viewers per month to watch live and on-demand content. As demand has grown for this type of free streaming option, so has the supply; a new report from the FASTMaster shows that there are nearly 2,000 individual Fast channels available in the United States alone, and The Streamable’s experts will steer you to the right platform for your viewing preferences.

Bankside Films is in development on Everything I Ever Knew, a true-life story to be directed by Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady filmmaker Phyllida Lloyd.

It explores the story of a woman named Jacqui who discovers, after 25 years, that the father of her eldest son was an undercover police officer. The case is the subject of an ongoing public inquiry that reveals one of the worst cases of state-sanctioned abuse of women in recent British history.

The UK feature is based on a screenplay by Suzie Miller, the writer behind Olivier and Tony-award winning hit one-woman play Prima Facie,...

Alberto Barbera has extended his contract with the Venice International Film Festival and will remain on as artistic director on the Lido through 2026.

The board of directors of La Biennale di Venezia, the umbrella organization that runs the Venice festival, approved the two-year contract extension, unveiling the decision on Friday.

In a statement, the board said in his time as festival head, Barbera had been successful in “discovering and launching new talents on the international stage, in spreading and advancing the culture of cinema, and in expanding audiences” at the world’s oldest film festival.

“I felt an immediate understanding with Alberto Barbera and I have great respect for the expertise, professionalism, and passion he has demonstrated in the years that he has directed the Venice Film Festival, which have enhanced the prestige of the oldest film festival in the world. I am extremely pleased that La Biennale will continue down this path with him,...

Australian director of Gallipoli and Dead Poets Society praised by festival for his impact in Hollywood ‘while keeping his distance from the American movie industry’

Peter Weir, the Australian director and screenwriter behind The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society and Gallipoli, will receive a prestigious Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at this year’s Venice film festival.

“With a total of only 13 movies directed over the course of 40 years, Peter Weir has secured a place in the firmament of great directors of modern cinema,” said the festival’s artistic director, Alberto Barbera, on Thursday.

Peter Weir, the legendary Australian director of “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Gallipoli,” “Witness,” “Dead Poets Society,” “The Truman Show,” and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” is getting some richly deserved recognition. Following his honorary Oscar in advance of the 2023 Academy Awards, he will now receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Venice Film Festival this fall.

“With a total of only 13 movies directed over the course of 40 years, Peter Weir has secured a place in the firmament of the great directors of modern cinema,” said Alberto Barbera, the artistic director of the Venice Film Festival, in an official statement.

Weir has been nominated for six Academy Awards throughout his career — three times for Best Director, for “Witness,” “The Truman Show,” and “Master and Commander,” for which he also received a Best Picture nod, and once for Best Original Screenplay for “Green Card.

Australian filmmaker Peter Weir will receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 81st Venice Film Festival (August 28-September 7).

The director and screenwriter is a six-time Oscar nominee for films including Dead Poets Society and The Truman Show, both of which premiered at Venice in 1989 and 1998 respectively.

“The Venice Film Festival and its Golden Lion are part of the folklore of our craft. To be singled out as a recipient for a lifetimes work as a director is a considerable honour,” said Weir.

The filmmaker first rose to prominence in 1975 with Picnic At Hanging Rock, followed by The Last Wave...

The Venice Film Festival will fete Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir with its honorary Golden Lion at its forthcoming 80th edition.

Accepting the honor, Weir said: “The Venice Film Festival and its Golden Lion are part of the folklore of our craft. To be singled out as a recipient for a lifetime’s work as a director is a considerable honor.”

Born in August 1944, Weir was one of the pivotal figures in the Australian New Wave cinema of the 70s. He began his career in 1969 when he took a job with the government-funded Commonwealth Film Unit as a director. Weir struck out on his own in 1973 and directed his first feature film, the comic-horror The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), which he also wrote. He won an international audience with Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), followed by The Last Wave (1977), for which he also co-wrote the screenplay.

The Venice Film Festival will honor Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir (Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Master and Commander) with its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st edition, running Aug. 28 to Sept 7.

The decision was made by the board of la Biennale di Venezia, based on a proposal made by festival director Alberto Barbera.

“The Venice Film Festival and its Golden Lion are part of the folklore of our craft,” said Weir. “To be singled out as a recipient for a lifetime’s work as a director is a considerable honor.”

Said Barbera: “With a total of only 13 movies directed over the course of 40 years, Peter Weir has secured a place in the firmament of the great directors of modern cinema. At the end of the 1970s, he made a name for himself as the main man behind the rebirth of Australian film thanks to two movies,...

The Venice Film Festival will honor Australian director and screenwriter Peter Weir – whose body of work comprises “Dead Poets Society,” “The Truman Show,” and “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” – with its 2024 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

“With a total of only thirteen movies directed over the course of forty years, Peter Weir has secured a place in the firmament of the great directors of modern cinema,” Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera said in a statement.

Barbera added that Weir made a name for himself at the end of the 1970s as the leading figure behind the rebirth of Australian cinema thanks to two movies: “The Cars That Ate Paris” (1974) and cult classic “Picnic at Hanging Rock” (1975). The international success of his following two films, “Gallipoli” and “The Year of Living Dangerously” then “opened Hollywood’s doors.”

“Weir combines reflections on personal themes and a need to...

Jim Carrey is one of the most prolific comic actors in Hollywood. The actor changed the way comedy stars were looked at in the industry by giving solid hits in the ‘90s with films such as Ace Venture: Pet Detective, The Mask, Liar Liar, and more. Though he has done great work in dramas such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, he is known for his comedic work the most.

Carrey scored a trio of incredible hits including his breakthrough release Ace Ventura. After the success of the comic book adaptation The Mask, Carrey played the role of Lloyd Christmas in the comedy Dumb and Dumber. The actor was so committed to the role of a stupid limo driver that he chipped the cap off of his tooth to give him the iconic look.

Jim Carrey’s Extreme Commitment To Make People Laugh Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura:...

His name is Nasubi. He sits alone and naked in a small apartment for months on end, trying to win food and clothing as mail-in sweepstakes prizes. He doesn’t quite know it, but his strange predicament is being broadcast to 17 million people. It sounds like a work of fiction about a torturous psychopath — something out of a “Saw” film — but in 1998, it was the premise of a Japanese reality TV show, and is now now the subject of documentary Clair Titley’s wildly intriguing (if often imbalanced) “The Contestant.”

The British documentary, now available on Hulu, chronicles the inception of this cruel and unusual game through the eyes of not only its subject — wannabe comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, a.k.a. Nasubi — as well as TV super-producer Toshio Tsuchiya, who created the bizarre challenge for comedy/prank reality series “Susunu! Denpa Shōnen.” Starting with six-minute segments of Nasubi’s life,...

Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Ed Harris (The Truman Show) are set to star in the revenge thriller Huntington for writer/director John Patton Ford, and Deadline reports that A24 has just boarded the project to handle its domestic distribution.

Drawing inspiration from the 1949 crime comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Huntington will see Powell taking on the role of Becket Redfellow, the heir to a multi-billion-dollar fortune who will stop at nothing to get what he deserves… Or what he thinks he deserves. Kind Hearts and Coronets told the following story: When Louis D’Ascoyne Mazzini, who hails from a royal family, is denied dukedom, he plans to kill all the potential threats in his way.

Kind Hearts and Coronets is in the Studiocanal library, and the company is fully financing this take on the concept. Studiocanal’s EVP Global Production...

A man walks into a room. He’s just picked a winning ticket in a lottery, been blindfolded, and led through the snow. Now, inside a windowless and mostly bare apartment, he’s being asked to disrobe. I have to take off everything, the man asks? Everything. The fact that a TV producer is telling him this is cause for concern. Besides, isn’t this supposed to be some sort of televised contest? Why is he being left au naturel? Don’t worry, the producer says. Most of this won’t be aired.

Trap Screenshot: Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube What if the public event you were attending was entirely a setup just to getcha? That’s the nightmare of paranoiacs and Truman Show fans everywhere, and also the premise of M. Night Shyamalan’s new film Trap, premiering in theaters August 9. A new...

TrapScreenshot: Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube

What if the public event you were attending was entirely a setup just to getcha? That’s the nightmare of paranoiacs and Truman Show fans everywhere, and also the premise of M. Night Shyamalan’s new film Trap, premiering in theaters August 9. A new trailer...

Alan Ritchson is the man of the moment. Success and the spotlight have not come to him overnight. Despite his professional and personal struggles, he never gave up on his dream of becoming a star one day. He might be one of the most in-demand action heroes now but his resilience as an actor is truly commendable.

As a young boy, Ritchson used to perform in school musicals and improv around the cafeteria. His inspiration behind this was Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minds star Jim Carrey. He got the chance to meet his idol once, but things turned out to be a little awry.

Alan Ritchson Was a Huge Fan of Jim Carrey Jim Carrey in a still from Ace Ventura

It is not uncommon for artists to have grown up with another artist as their idol. Considering Jim Carrey has made some of the best movies, it does...

"For months, my life has just been a struggle between sanity and madness." Hulu has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Contestant, a fascinating, unbelievable true story about a game show contestant in Japan in the 1990s known as "Nasubi". It's a bizarre cross between The Truman Show and Oldboy (and predates both of these films), but it actually really happened. This true story of a Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food & clothing, prompts innumerable questions about our culture of oversharing. Before the reality TV craze, there was this ominous harbinger in Japan of what was to come in oversharing-obsessed culture. The Contestant traces the experience of aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, who unwittingly became an extreme case study. The doc film brings a revelatory depth of insight by interviewing Nasubi and others,...

Hulu documentary “The Contestant” is putting “The Truman Show” to shame.

Centered on the shocking true story of Japanese comedian Tomoaki “Nasubi” Hamatsu, the feature is written and directed by Clair Titley. “The Contestant” charts the early days of reality TV in the 1990s, with Nasubi an unknowing participant in a twisted reality show. Nasubi was trapped alone and naked in an apartment for 15 months with cameras surrounding him as he fulfilled tasks like entering magazine sweepstakes to earn food and clothing. The show was watched by more than 15 million people and titled “Denpa Shonen: A Life in Prizes.”

Per the official synopsis for “The Contestant,” Nasubi thought he was attending an audition when a successful Japanese TV producer, Toshio Tsuchiya, enlisted him to take part in a challenge. Tsuchiya led Nasubi into a room, ordered him to strip naked, and left him with a stack of magazines. Nasubi’s...

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