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Sharon Osbourne, left, Liev Schreiber and Mayim Bialik are among the 1,200-plus Hollywood figures who have signed an open letter pushing back against a previous, widely-signed industry boycott of Israeli film groups. Matt Winkelmeyer; Jeff Spicer; Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matt Winkelmeyer; Jeff Spicer; Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images Hollywood is divided over the war in Gaza and is …

Around 1200 artists and executives from the entertainment world have signed an open letter condemning any Israeli film boycott calls amid the Gaza conflict. “To censor the very voices trying to find common ground and express their humanity, is wrong, ineffective, and a form of collective punishment,” the letter released on Thursday by the non-profit organizations Creative Community for Peace …

More than 1,200 entertainment industry figures have signed a new open letter rejecting the recent high-profile pledge by thousands of their peers to boycott Israeli films over the war in Gaza. Stars including Liev Schreiber, Mayim Bialik, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Debra Messing are among those who have lent their names to the letter, which says the previous pledge “advocates” …

What attracted you to the role of the radicalised father in new thriller Sovereign? SkillWizardThe script is a work of art, about the “sovereign citizen movement”, which – like any other conspiracy theory – is based on the extreme edge of American thought. It made me think of the 6 January attack on the US Capitol; what drives normal working …

Claudia Cardinale was part of the great wave of Italian movie stars whose postwar career took them from Europe to Hollywood; these included Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and Monica Vitti, who the American film industry prized not merely for their beauty but also for their mystery: an exotic feline allure and sense of toughness and survival, and even tragedy. But …

Earlier this month, we received some troubling news that Jordan Peele‘s fourth feature film, previously scheduled for release in October 2026, had been removed from the calendar. Variety reported the guild strikes had something to do with it when it was first dated for Christmas 2024, and though Peele suggested he knew exactly what he had in mind for his next …

Claudia Cardinale, a glamorous symbol of post-war Italian cinema who enjoyed a long and varied acting career on film and in the theatre, has died at age 87, according to AFP and other French media. Raised in Tunisia to a family of Sicilian origin, Cardinale’s introduction to the movie world came in 1957 after she won a beauty contest in …

Two former executives at the Los Angeles Film School allege in a lawsuit that the school has operated a massive student loan scam for years that involves arranging for thousands of fake job placements for its graduates. The executives also claim that the school, located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, lied to the Department of Education during a 2017 audit …

“Star Wars” fans are one step closer to returning to a galaxy far, far away. The first trailer for director Jon Favreau’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” the upcoming “Star Wars” film starring Pedro Pascal from his “Mandalorian” Disney+ series, has been revealed. “The Mandalorian and Grogu” was first announced in January 2024 as the next “Star Wars” movie in development, …

Taylor Swift is bringing fans together to celebrate the release of her new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” with a movie, “The Official Release Party of a Showgirl.” The pop sensation announced the theatrical release in an Instagram post, writing, “I hereby invite you to a *dazzling* soirée, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl.” The film will premiere …