Los Angeles residents have been waiting for the Metro D line to extend its reach down Wilshire Boulevard for more than a decade, and the time has finally come to unveil the new extension. Stations at La Brea Avenue, Fairfax Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard will open Friday, giving riders the ability to get from…
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) have been set to star in Brazilian filmmaker and Cannes habitué Karim Aïnouz’ (Firebrand) father-daughter story Last Dance. Tony, Emmy, and Grammy winner Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen) will co-star and write original music for the film, and fresh off…
If Conan O’Brien needs a friend, he’s certainly found one in the Academy. For the third year in a row, O’Brien has been tapped to host next year’s Oscars. Also back are live TV event producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan as the show’s executive producers for the fourth consecutive year. O’Brien’s producers Jeff Ross…
EXCLUSIVE: Bangkok-based production house Film Frame Productions is launching international sales on The Resident, an upcoming horror film from Thai Fighters co-director Chaiwat Sitalasai, here in Cannes. ‘Pie’ Rinrada Kaewbuasai and Toomtam Yuttana star in the film, which is currently in post-production for a theatrical release in the fourth quarter of 2026. The story follows…
EXCLUSIVE: WNBA star Angel McCoughtry has set the cast for her upcoming feature directorial debut, the psychological thriller Bolted. The drama follows a group of strangers who find themselves in a sealed, high-tech facility in L.A. with no memory of how they arrived. As paranoia intensifies and reality begins to fracture, each individual is forced…
EXCLUSIVE: The actor chosen to play the next James Bond has got “to ooze sex appeal,” as well as the obvious stuff, like well, actually being able to act, says 007 casting director Nina Gold. Plus, as this column noted way back, the successful applicant picked to take on Ian Fleming’s Commander Bond should be young enough…