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JAKE COYLE

JAKE COYLE

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Arts|Entertainment

'A Minecraft Movie' stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend

After just two weeks in theaters, “A Minecraft Movie” is already the highest grossing Hollywood release of 2025

'A Minecraft Movie' stomps to $80.6 million in second weekend
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Europe

Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee

New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Wes Anderson and, yes, Spike Lee
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Europe

Tom Cruise to return to Cannes with 'Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning'

Three years after flying into the Cannes Film Festival with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise is returning to the Croisette with “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning.”

Tom Cruise to return to Cannes with 'Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning'
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

'The Friend': When the star of the movie is a very good boy

The star of “The Friend” has the loping stride of Robert Mitchum and the droopy, melancholy eyes of Peter Lorre

'The Friend': When the star of the movie is a very good boy
Business|Entertainment

'Coyote vs. Acme' finds a new home after being shelved by Warner Bros.

For once, things are working out for Wile E

'Coyote vs. Acme' finds a new home after being shelved by Warner Bros.
Business|Celebrity|Economy|Entertainment

Statham’s 'A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 at the box office

In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” has taken the No_ 1 spot at the box office, besting the rapidly declining performance of “Snow White.”

Statham’s 'A Working Man’ upsets ‘Snow White’ to take No. 1 at the box office
Arts|Entertainment|MidEast|Political

Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him

The organization that bestows the Academy Awards has apologized to “No Other Land” co-director Hamdan Ballal after mounting criticism following its response to the violent attack on the Oscar winner

Film academy apologizes for not naming 'No Other Land' co-director in response to attack on him
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Europe

Can the ‘feel-good’ movie exist in 2025? ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can

By the time a film arrives on movie screens, its makers often strive to find ways to articulate how relevant it is, how it speaks to now

Can the ‘feel-good’ movie exist in 2025? ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island' proves maybe it can
Arts|Business|Economy|Entertainment|Political

So long, Park City. Sundance Film Festival to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027

After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premiere independent film gathering its picturesque snowy backdrop

So long, Park City. Sundance Film Festival to relocate to Boulder, Colorado, in 2027
Arts|Business|Celebrity|Entertainment

‘The Studio’ is the defining portrait of modern Hollywood

The new Apple TV+ series “The Studio” may be the definitive portrait of contemporary Hollywood

‘The Studio’ is the defining portrait of modern Hollywood
Business|Celebrity|Entertainment

'Snow White' opens with a sleepy $43 million at box office

The Walt Disney Co.’s live-action, controversy-bedeviled “Snow White” opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday

'Snow White' opens with a sleepy $43 million at box office
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Jonathan Majors is on a redemption tour. For what, he won't say

Jonathan Majors is striving for an unusually swift rebound following a precipitous downfall

Jonathan Majors is on a redemption tour. For what, he won't say
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Jonathan Majors is on a redemption tour. For what, he won't say

Jonathan Majors is striving for an unusually swift rebound following a precipitous downfall

Arts|Entertainment

'Anora' Oscar win carries Academy Awards into a new era

When Sean Baker’s “Anora” swept the 97th Academy Awards, its five wins, including best picture, heralded a different kind of Oscar winner

'Anora' Oscar win carries Academy Awards into a new era
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Political

Strip club Cinderella story 'Anora' wins best picture at 97th Academy Awards

"Anora,” a strip-club Cinderella story without the fairy tale ending, was crowned best picture at the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, handing Sean Baker’s gritty, Brooklyn-set screwball farce Hollywood’s top prize

Strip club Cinderella story 'Anora' wins best picture at 97th Academy Awards
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the Oscars

Hollywood’s never-ending awards season can make it easy to get a little lost in the run-of-the-mill “best” categories

Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the Oscars
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Gene Hackman was more than an everyman: An Appreciation

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn’t a star until he was 40 and possessed a face he once described as “your everyday mineworker.”

Gene Hackman was more than an everyman: An Appreciation
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

What will win at a nailbiter Oscars? AP's film writers make their predictions

By the time the Oscars wind around after months of other award shows and constant handicapping, the prizes can feel almost predetermined

What will win at a nailbiter Oscars? AP's film writers make their predictions
Arts|Entertainment

'Captain America' dives in second weekend, 'The Monkey' adds to Neon's successes

“Captain America: Brave New World” soared on opening weekend, but crash-landed in its second go-around with audiences

'Captain America' dives in second weekend, 'The Monkey' adds to Neon's successes
Celebrity|Entertainment

'Conclave' triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée Chalamet wins best actor, upending Oscar predictions

The papal thriller “Conclave” won best ensemble at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards, a surprise twist that added one final wrinkle in an unusually unpredictable awards season

'Conclave' triumphs at SAG Awards and Timothée Chalamet wins best actor, upending Oscar predictions
Arts|Entertainment|Political|World

The Oscars are more international than ever. So why is the international film category broken?

The Oscars are more international than ever

The Oscars are more international than ever. So why is the international film category broken?
Business|Entertainment

Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007

In a James Bond shakeup that stirred the film industry, MGM Amazon announced that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control

Amazon MGM takes creative reins of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

What's going to win best picture? We rank the Oscar field

The inner-Vatican machinations of “Conclave” have nothing on this year’s Oscar race

What's going to win best picture? We rank the Oscar field
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Paul McCartney rocks the Bowery. Inside his surprise NYC concert

Paul McCartney has staged a surprise performance before a small crowd in New York

Paul McCartney rocks the Bowery. Inside his surprise NYC concert
Arts|Entertainment

Female protagonists reach parity with men in top-grossing films of 2024

For the first time in recent history, the percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists equaled the percentage of films with male protagonists, according to a pair of annual studies released Tuesday

Female protagonists reach parity with men in top-grossing films of 2024

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