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Veteran French filmmaker Olivier Assayas returned to the Venice Film Festival competition today with The Wizard of the Kremlin, a topical drama revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power in the 1990s. It just world premiered on the Lido, receiving an 11-minute, 42-second ovation. Writer/director Assayas beamed at the enthusiastic response from the …

Roman Reigns was stretchered out of WWE Clash in Paris. Following his win over Bronson Reed to open the show, Reigns demanded that Paul Heyman return the two pairs of shoes that Reed has been wearing as a shoe-la-fala of late. After Heyman complied, Reigns attacked him, putting him in a choke hold, then celebrated on top of the announce …

For decades, trailblazing journalist E. Jean Carroll had been among the most influential voices in media, penning a dedicated advice column for Elle Magazine until 2019, after countless accolades to her name as a TV host, “SNL” writer, bestselling author and pioneering woman editor at Esquire, Playboy and Outside magazines. Since 2019, after coming forward with her sexual assault and …

As we learned from the original Spinal Tap, all things must pass — or choke on someone else’s vomit, or die in a bizarre gardening accident, or explode onstage. So it’s appropriate that the film’s long-delayed sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (in theaters Sept. 12), functions as a very funny elegy for the entire rock & roll era, …

Braxton Keith cut a performance short last week, thanks, he said, to fans throwing beer. He had enough. In a TikTok video shared by a fan at the show on Aug. 22, Keith asked his band to stop playing before addressing the crowd and ending the show. “Y’all, I know that most of y’all are behaving yourselves tonight,” he said, …

Syko Stu has been released from the hospital a week after being brutally assaulted by Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s son Raja during a Kick stream. The pro wrestler, whose real name is Stuart Smith, had agreed to participate in a work spot with Jackson during a KnokXperience event on Saturday, August 23rd. But Jackson — who holds a 4-0 amateur and …

TELLURIDE, Colo.  — Jeremy Allen White asked all the questions any normal human being would ask when offered the chance to play Bruce Springsteen in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.” In theaters Oct. 24, it’s a movie that examines a slice of the rock legend’s career when he was battling depression and creating 1982’s incomparable exploration of alienation “Nebraska,” a record …

Featuring a much-anticipated performance by Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, this new drama looks to explore how the Russian president came to power – and presents him as mild-mannered. Olivier Assayas’s new drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, which has just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, features Jude Law as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. But the film may …

K-pop is taking over the United Kingdom’s Official Singles Chart! For the week of August 28 to September 3, a record-breaking seven K-pop tracks landed in the top 40 of the Official Singles Chart (widely regarded as the U.K. equivalent to Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the United States). Leading the pack was “Golden,” the long-running hit by the fictional …

How ‘Clanker’ Became an Anti-A.I. Rallying Cry  The New York Times “Clanker” explained: Meet the internet’s newest slur for A.I. like ChatGPT.  Slate How ‘clanker’ became Gen Z’s viral slur and rallying cry against AI  Business Standard Source link