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The Cannes Film Festival has kicked off its 76th edition Tuesday with the opening ceremony followed by the world premiere of Jeanne Du Barry, starring and directed by Maïwenn and featuring the return of Johnny Depp to the big screen. The premiere was attended by Maïwenn, Depp and co-stars Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre Richard, Pascal Greggory,

EXCLUSIVE: Normal People and Where the Crawdads Sing star Daisy Edgar-Jones is the latest star attached to Oscar winner Ron Howard’s next movie Origin Of Species, which is a hot project at the Cannes market. The in-demand Jones is in talks to join the buzzy project which — as we told you on Sunday —

EXCLUSIVE: Elle Fanning (The Great) is set to star alongside Timothée Chalamet and Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic that two-time Oscar nominee James Mangold is directing for Searchlight Pictures. The film heading into production in New York this summer watches as a young Dylan (Chalamet) shakes up the music world

UPDATE: The WGA East has confirmed that it will be out on the picket line for this week’s upfronts on all three days of events, starting Monday. The pickets will be supported by guest speakers Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Congressmember Maxwell Frost. Presentations are scheduled from NBC, Fox, The

Amid fickle Riviera skies and the looming potential that the WGA strike and France’s own heightened tensions over pension reforms could simmer to a boil here, the red carpet is partially rolled out and technicians have been milling up and down the Croisette today as preparations continue for the start of the Cannes Film Festival

Tom Holland and Dwayne Johnson are opening up about mental health battles they have experienced in life. The Spider-Man: No Way Home star has been transparent about the importance of mental health. In August 2022, Holland announced he was taking a break from social media as he “spiraled” from reading negative comments about him on

France’s Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the world’s biggest festival devoted to short films, is protesting an unexpected funding cut, amid claims by politicians that the move is politically motivated. The festival learned on Friday that Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council had voted to cut its funding by half to $121,000 (€111,000 euros), during a meeting allotting

A scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood resonated with Michael J. Fox and came rushing back when he decided to retire from acting in 2020. Speaking to Empire Magazine, Fox said he — like the Tarantino film’s Rick Dalton character (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) — had difficulty remembering his lines while on set

EXCLUSIVE: Addison Rae is set to join the ensemble cast of Legendary’s live-action hybrid, Animal Friends, which already stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Vince Vaughn and Aubrey Plaza. Emmy-winning director Peter Atencio is set to direct the R-rated road trip adventure from writing duo Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider. The logline is currently being kept

When it comes to acting, talent counts. But as Elle Fanning told Josh Horowitz on his “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, there’s another factor that sometimes counts even more. Fanning said that she wasn’t considered for a role in an unnamed franchise movie because her Instagram following wasn’t large enough for the studio’s taste. “I didn’t

Students at Boston University will have to cross a Writers Guild picket line to attend their May 21 graduation ceremony, where Warner Bros. Discovery President & CEO David Zaslav, an alumnus of the school, will be making the commencement address. The guild previously had warned the school that its members would picket there if he

The appeal of iconic 1994 film Forrest Gump wasn’t immediately obvious to its star, Tom Hanks. He made the confession Tuesday night at the New Yorker Live event in New York City. “I say, ‘Hey Bob, I’ve got a question for you. Is anybody going to care about this movie?’ ” Hanks said to the

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his acting return at the Cannes Film Festival, Johnny Depp has set a buzzy cast for Modi, his first directorial effort in 25 years. The biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani will be led by Italian star Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick Chapter 2), Cesar Award winner Pierre Niney (Yves Saint

Pedro Pascal will star in New Line’s Weapons from the filmmakers behind 2022’s critically acclaimed breakout hit Barbarian. The film is writer/director Zach Cregger’s next feature after the smash success of his debut solo outing Barbarian which opened #1 at the box office last year and sits at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. The feature grossed

Tom Hanks has weighed in on the Writers Guild strike, saying that “like minds” are going to have to come together for the “common good” of the industry. Promoting his new book on CBS Mornings, Hanks was asked by co-host Gayle King about the strike, which is now in its second week. “The entire industry

Pete Davidson jumped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a secret cameo on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Director James Gunn shared on social media what role the Saturday Night Live alum played in the MCU film. “My friend Pete not only voiced but actually came to visit us in Atlanta for a day

Nicolas Cage (Renfield) and writer-director Andrew Niccol (Anon) will reteam with Vendôme Pictures, the Academy Award winning studio behind CODA, on Lords of War — a sequel to the 2005 crime thriller Lord of War, which starred Cage as Yuri Orlov, a composite character based on numerous arms dealers. Bill Skarsgård (John Wick: Chapter 4)

Drew Barrymore dropped out of hosting the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards in solidarity with the writers strike. However, the opening bit that was pretaped before the WGA strike still aired during the telecast and Never Been Kissed fans were treated to the actor reprising her role of Josie Grossie. Barrymore appeared in the

Jeremy Renner is getting stronger each day, as registered in the two Instagram videos he shared today. The 52-year-old star of “Mayor of Kingstown,” “The Avengers” and “Hawkeye” continues to train in his comeback from a January 1 accident that saw a 14,000-pound snow plow fall on him, breaking more than 30 bones. “UPDATE: I’ve

Richard Dreyfuss is receiving backlash on social media over his comments about the new diversity rules to be eligible for the Best Picture award at the Oscars. “They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said on PBS’ Firing Line. “This is an art form. It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art.