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‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ resurrects a once-forgotten anti-apartheid photographer

When the photographer Ernest Cole died in 1990 at the age of 49 from pancreatic cancer at a Manhattan hospital, his death was little noted.

Is ‘Glicked’ the new ‘Barbenheimer’? ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ collide in theaters

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Movie Review: Netflix’s ‘Joy’ is a loud cheer for fertility, for never giving up — and science

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Jude Law reflects on childhood love for ‘Star Wars’ and joining its universe

Jude Law steps into the “Star Wars” universe with Disney+'s “Skeleton Crew,” calling it a childhood dream come true after growing up wanting to be Luke, Han —or even Darth Vader.

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Viola Davis to receive Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award

Viola Davis became one of Hollywood’s most revered actors through an array of powerful roles, from “Fences” to “The Woman King,” and now, her decorated career has earned one of the Golden Globes’ highest honors.

Alec Baldwin film ‘Rust’ has world premiere with dedication to cinematographer killed on set

Alec Baldwin’s Western “Rust” had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland, three years after the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set.

Movie Review: ‘Wicked’ fans, rejoicify! Erivo, Grande shine in lavish adaptation of Broadway classic

“Wicked” lovers, prepare your pink outfits – and your green ones. It’s time for Elphaba and Glinda’s Hollywood moment. Director Jon M.

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‘Interior Chinatown': Its cast has faced Hollywood struggles uncannily like its characters

There’s no escaping the layers of meta around the new Hulu series “Interior Chinatown.” It’s an adaptation of Charles Yu’s satirical novel that jabs at how Asian American men have been treated by Hollywood and in life, one trope at a time.

Wrestling with the ghosts of ‘The Piano Lesson’

The August Wilson adaptation “The Piano Lesson” is an impassioned family drama but it is also a profound ghost story.

What to stream: ‘The Piano Lesson,’ ‘Wicked’ album, ‘Spellbound’ and ‘Cruel Intentions’ TV series

The animated movie “Spellbound” with a heroine voiced by Rachel Zegler and Denzel Washington’s son Malcolm directing August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” for Netflix are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

Hollywood stars gather for honorary Oscars event celebrating Quincy Jones, Bond producers, more

Many of Hollywood’s biggest stars have gathered at the annual Governors Awards in Los Angeles to honor the late Quincy Jones, James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, filmmaker Richard Curtis and casting director Juliet Taylor.

Dwayne Johnson’s $200 million-plus Christmas pic opens to $34.1 million

The big budget, star-driven action comedy “Red One” is topping the North American box office charts. The Christmas-themed movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans earned an estimated $34.1 million in ticket sales this weekend.

From ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘Heretic,’ why holy horror can be a hit with moviegoers

Religion is well-suited for terrifying and entertaining thrill-seeking moviegoers. In the new horror movie, “Heretic,” Hugh Grant plays a diabolical religious skeptic who traps two scared missionaries in his house and tries to violently shake their faith.

Payal Kapadia, director of ‘All We Imagine as Light,’ sees another way

Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” is about as rich a movie experience as you’ll find this year.

Meet the woman behind some of your favorite casts, from ‘The Exorcist’ to ‘Sleepless in Seattle’

Juliet Taylor does not give herself credit for Meryl Streep. In her over 40 years as top casting director behind so many classics, “Annie Hall,” “Heartburn” and “Sleepless in Seattle” to name just a few, she did, technically give Streep her first film role.

Martin Scorsese on faith in filmmaking, ‘The Saints’ and what his next movie might be

A year after the release of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese is still looking for his next feature. For now, he’s debuting “The Saints,” a new docudrama series he’s releasing on Fox Nation.

Q&A: ‘Love, Actually’ filmmaker Richard Curtis on charity, the Oscars and the state of rom-coms

Richard Curtis is known for his contributions to romantic comedies with “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually.”

‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar.

John Krasinski named People magazine’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive

Let the office debates begin — John Krasinski is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick Tuesday night during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

Ethan Slater landing the role of Boq in ‘Wicked’ has an element of magic to it

Ethan Slater, best known for his Tony-nominated starring role in Broadway’s “SpongeBob SquarePants” brings his talent to the big screen in the musical adaptation of “Wicked,” out Nov. 22.

Q&A: Lashana Lynch is on the hunt for Eddie Redmayne in ‘The Day of the Jackal’

Lashana Lynch has been running away from spies since she starred in James Bond film “No Time To Die.” After appearing as Nomi in the 2021 movie alongside Daniel Craig, she’d been inundated with offers to play another secret agent character.

Movie Review: ‘Red One’ tries to supersize the Christmas movie

Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where — let’s just pick one scene from “Red One” — Dwayne Johnson, playing Santa’s body guard, faces off with a witch-possessed mercenary and ice-sword-wielding CGI snowmen on the sandy beaches of Aruba.

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Book Review: Reader would be ‘Damn Glad’ to pick up a copy of actor Tim Matheson’s new memoir

Actor-director Tim Matheson takes readers behind the scenes of more than a few of his hundreds of credits in the new memoir, “Damn Glad to Meet You: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.”

Movie Review: ‘Gladiator II,’ with Denzel Washington, goes back into the arena

“Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film that the first one, a best-picture winner, was. It’s more a swaggering sword- -and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else.

★★★★

‘Heretic’ and Hugh Grant debut with $11 million, but ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ tops box office again

For the third weekend in a row, “Venom: The Last Dance” was the No. 1 movie at the box office, collecting $16.2 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters.

Actor Tony Todd, known for his role in the movie ‘Candyman’ and other films, dies at 69

A representative of actor Tony Todd, known for his haunting portrayal of a killer in the horror film “Candyman” and its sequels says he has died at his home in California. He was 69. Todd was known for roles in many other films and television shows.

After 20 years of acting, ‘My Old Ass’ filmmaker Megan Park finds her groove behind the camera

Megan Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. The 38-year-old writer-director of “My Old Ass,” the Sundance breakout that’s now streaming on Prime Video, came to filmmaking a little backwards.

Movie Review: The Washington family tells a ghost story in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson’

An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” Generational ties also permeate the film adaptation, in theaters Friday and streaming on Netflix on Nov. 22.

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Movie Review: In Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird,’ a gritty fairy tale doesn’t take flight

British filmmaker Andrea Arnold specializes in capturing souls, human and otherwise, in soulless environments.

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Sorrentino’s ode to Naples, ‘Parthenope,’ gets mixed reviews in Italy over San Gennaro sex scene

Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film “Parthenope,” has gotten mixed reviews and an early thumbs down from Italy’s Catholic Church. That has only seemed to pique interest in the film, which isn’t about the church at all.

Q&A: Cillian Murphy on following ‘Oppenheimer’ with the Irish drama ‘Small Things Like These’

Cillian Murphy went back to Ireland for his first film after “Oppenheimer.” He stars in and produces “Small Things Like These,” which is based on Claire Keegan’s Booker Prize-nominated story about the Magdalene laundries in Ireland.

Hugh Grant spent half his career in rom-coms. Now he plays monsters, and he’s never been happier

After decades in romantic comedies, Hugh Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career.

Movie Review: ‘Heretic’ is a fascinating mix of high discourse, gore and a shifty Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant turns his natural charm into a weapon in “Heretic,” a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper.

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What to stream: ‘Yellowstone’ starts its end, Eddie Redmayne as a sniper and Aubrey Plaza gets high

Eddie Redmayne’s return to TV starring as a sniper for hire in the new limited series “The Day of the Jackal” and “Yellowstone” riding off into the sunset with the launch of its final episodes are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.