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Anna Wintour, the outgoing editor-in-chief of Vogue, has addressed Meryl Streep’s performance as a formidable glossy fashion-mag editor widely perceived to be based on her in the 2006 comedy The Devil Wears Prada. Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Weisberger, who previously worked as Wintour’s assistant, the film starred Anne Hathaway as an aspiring reporter who …

The actor James McAvoy was assaulted in a bar in Toronto, it has been reported. According to People magazine, McAvoy was “sucker punched” by another visitor to Charlotte’s Room bar on Monday evening, two days after the premiere of his directorial debut, California Schemin’, at the Toronto film festival. People magazine quoted “a source close to McAvoy” who said: “James …

What a way to kick off the season. Matt LaFleur gets to open the season at home for the first time in his career and the Packers knock off the Lions 27-13, in a game that didn’t even feel that close. In this space, we look at how the Packers passing game performed the previous week. So let’s start with …

James McAvoy was punched by a stranger at a Toronto bar on Monday night while in town to premiere his directorial debut, California Schemin’, at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. A source close to McAvoy confirms to Entertainment Weekly that the actor visited the bar Charlotte’s Room, just two blocks from TIFF HQ, where he was enjoying a quiet …

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, pictured here in Los Angeles in July 2025, is one among many Hollywood figures to pledge not to work with Israeli movie industry companies in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP More than 2,000 Hollywood figures, including well-known actors and filmmakers, have pledged to boycott the growing Israeli …

Representatives of the Israeli film industry are redoubling efforts to caution against the wisdom of a pledge signed by some 1,800 significant professionals vowing not to work with Israeli film institutions they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. The pledge, announced on Monday, was initially signed by 1,200 film-makers including Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Asif …

The actor Michael Caine has again come out of retirement for one last job – in this case, Vin Diesel sequel The Last Witch Hunter 2. Caine will be reprising his role as a priest who assists the immortal warrior played by Diesel to stop the plague ravaging the planet. Caine, 92, first retired in 2009, after shooting gang crime …

Regrets, he has a few, Guillermo del Toro told the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday night. The good thing, though, those regrets are creative fodder for the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s next movies. “I’m 60 now. So I’ve gone from asking who I am as a father and son to regret. I’m in the regret decade. Expect a lot of regret,” the …

Actors, entertainers pledge to boycott Israeli film institutions over Gaza  Reuters Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivia Colman, Ayo Edebiri and Josh O’Connor Among 1,200 Industry Names Pledging Not to Work With Israeli Film Institutions ‘Complicit in War Crimes’  Variety Hollywood Actors and Directors Pledge to Boycott Israeli Film Institutions  The New York Times 1,800 actors and filmmakers vow to boycott Israeli movie industry  The Times of …

Every day thousands of people are paying nearly $200 each to watch a film released more than 85 years ago. Of course, this isn’t just any film. It’s an all-time classic: The Wizard of Oz. And this isn’t just any movie theater: It’s the Sphere in Las Vegas. And it may be a sign of things to come. Wolfe Research …