By Alissa Simon
Romanian helmer-writer Călin Peter Netzer, a 2013 Golden Bear-winner for "Child's Pose," returns to the Berlinale competition this year with a very different tale of family dysfunction in "Ana, Mon…
By Elizabeth Wagmeister
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched “How to Get Away With Murder” Season 3, episode 3, titled “It’s War,” which aired on Thursday, Feb. 16. Yet another suspect was unveiled…
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By Elizabeth Wagmeister
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the episode of “Scandal” that aired on Thursday, Feb. 16. Following last week’s shocker the revealed Tom Larsen (Brian Letscher) as Frankie…
By Dave McNary
New Line Cinema has hired “Fist Fight” director Richie Keen to helm the long-in-development LAPD action-comedy “Partners.” Keen is making his feature film directorial debut with New Line’s “Fist…
By Brent Lang
This year’s Oscars has been hailed as more inclusive than previous awards shows. After two straight years of only recognizing white actors, seven of the 20 acting nominees this year are performers of…
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By Dani Levy
After all the drama that’s sure to mark the 89th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 1,500 guests will leave the ceremony and begin a “magical transformation” at the Ray Dolby Ballroom. That’s the theme of…
By Sonia Saraiya
Simply put, “Planet Earth” is the most important program of our generation. It makes writing about it almost beside the point; the program, whose second installment "Planet Earth II" is debuting on…
By James Rainey
UPDATED: Twentieth Century Fox conceded on Thursday that using a series of fake news sites and bogus stories to promote its new film, “A Cure for Wellness,” was a mistake. The studio apologized for a…
By Dave McNary
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights to Oliver Murray's authorized Bill Wyman documentary “The Quiet One.” "My life has been an extraordinary adventure,” Wyman said. “The time feels…
By Todd Spangler
Great white sharks are swimming into Snapchat’s media menu. Under a deal between Discovery Communications and Snap Inc., the companies will together develop short-form shows exclusively for…
By Ted Johnson
Shepard Smith, the Fox News anchor, on Thursday afternoon seemed to have had enough of Donald Trump’s slams at the media as peddlers of “fake news” — or, when it comes to CNN, “very fake news.” “It…