become a TV punchline. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex — who are now 39 and 42, respectively, and share children Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 2 – have provided lots of fodder for jokes.
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“The events of the last couple of days have been quite difficult for everybody,” said filmmaker Jonathan Glazer as his film about a Nazi commander at Auschwitz screened Sunday at the New York Film Festival.
‘Zone of Interest,’ Glazer’s first appearance on the NYFF main slate, played after the worst assault on Israel in decades. Rocket and ground attacks from Gaza over the weekend have killed some 700 Israelis. Retaliation has resulted in over 400 Palestinian casualties so far. Israel has declared war against Hamas.
The Zone of Interest, which won the Cannes Grand Prix Award then screened at Telluride and Toronto,”
is about “a subject that I’ve been drawn to and thinking about for many years, actually, before I read the book,” said Glazer (Sexy Beast, Birth, Under The Skin) at a Q&A following the screening — referring to the book by the late Martin Amis on which the film is loosely based. “It felt like it was important to somehow dive into.”
Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller star as Rudolf Höss, head Commandant of Auschwitz, and his wife Hedwig. The couple lead an idyllic life in a handsome villa, cavorting with their numerous children at a nearby lake and in their pool and large garden that abuts the wall of the concentration camp.
It was like “Big Brother in the Nazi house,” Glazer said. “We were all about dropping in and joining…what was happening in that house.” Muted clanking, screaming, barking guard dogs and gunshots sound only in the background. Höss rose in the ranks by perfecting the processing and selection of prisoners, speeding up the camp’s crematoriums. At home, he celebrates his birthday and reads his children bedtimes stories. “It was watching from a Western sort of anthropological perspective.”
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become a TV punchline. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex — who are now 39 and 42, respectively, and share children Archie, 4, and Lilibet, 2 – have provided lots of fodder for jokes.
David Fincher is opening up about the scrapped World War Z sequel and revealing that it was going to be like HBO’s The Last of Us.
Warner Bros. Discovery is restructuring its Global Brands, Franchises, and Experiences — overseeing worldwide consumer products, themed entertainment, franchise management and DC Comics businesses – following the departure of the division’s president Pam Lifford.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent France’s Musée Grévin took Dwayne Johnson‘s comments and social media outcry over the star’s botched wax figure to heart. Within 24 hours, his figure was updated by artists who gave it a slightly darker skin tone with meticulous strokes of oil painting.
Ethan Shanfeld Jay-Z has weighed in on one of social media’s favorite debates, or, the half-million dollar question. When asked by CBS News’ Gayle King if it’s smarter to take $500,000 in cash or have lunch with Jay-Z, the rapper and entrepreneur said bluntly: “You’ve gotta take the money.” When King explained the other side of the argument — that the insight one might glean from a meal with Jay-Z could be valued higher than half a million dollars — Hov insisted that all his wisdom is embedded in his records.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has submitted plans to build a fence around his country home following a protest by Greenpeace activists earlier this year.
The Last Dinner Party made their Later…with Jools Holland debut by playing two songs – watch the videos below.The band played two of the three singles they have so far released, ‘Nothing Matters’ and ‘My Lady of Mercy’, both of which were produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence + the Machine, Foals).Alongside the band, the episode also featured performances from Johnny Marr, Take That, METTE, Frankie Archer and Skindred.The Last Dinner Party recently completed their UK tour, and they are now preparing to cross the Atlantic Ocean and make their way to the US.They will play five gigs there, with stops in New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago. They will then make their way back to Europe as opening support for Hozier on his arena tour.Earlier this month, they also announced details of an “intimate variety show” that they will play at London’s Roundhouse on February 1, 2024, with support from Heartworms.Check out their full tour dates below and visit here for any remaining US tickets.In a five-star review of their live show in London in April, NME wrote: “The Last Dinner Party’s ability to go straight from something as potent and wrenching as slow-burning ballad ‘Mirror’ to hamming up the theatrics of ‘Lady Of Mercy’ is a hugely impressive skill: even this early on in their career, on stage, they prove to be masters of contrast.
It's one of the most disturbing crime sprees in British judicial history. And it escalated here, in Greater Manchester, with the shooting of a sub-postmaster, before the culprit went on to commit a string of murders - including that of a teenage girl. The killer's name was Donald Neilson - and he stalked the North in the 1960s and seventies. Here, Lee Grimsditch looks back at the life and crimes of the serial killer dubbed 'The Black Panther'.
Matthew Vaughn had a long conversation with “Happy Sad Confused” this week about his new film “Argylle” and just about everything else he’s done in his career. That includes Vaughn’s aspirations for an MCU-like spy cinematic universe at MARV that combines “Argylle,” the “Kingsman” franchise, and a third franchise he has in the works.
Ethan Shanfeld Britney Spears‘ “The Woman in Me” won’t hit the shelves until Oct. 24, the memoir has already made headlines for its shocking and scandalous revelations about the embattled pop star.
Searchlight Pictures and the L.A. Times Studios on Wednesday announced their boarding of The Last Repair Shop, an acclaimed documentary short, which just received two Critics Choice Association nominations and a spot on DOC NYC’s Short List, on the heels of its premiere at Telluride.
Dennis Harvey Film Critic As if paying penance for starring in all five “After” films to date — a series that’s been criticized for glamorizing toxic, controlling relationships à la “Twilight” and “50 Shades” before it — Josephine Langford now dallies on the decidedly wholesome side of romantic complication in “The Other Zoey.” This innocuous comedy, hinging on a gimmicky plot contrivance, doesn’t transcend formula even when it’s winking at the clichés it caves to. Still, it’s a pleasant enough diversion for those who want familiar genre beats sounded by the usual attractive actors in the customary attractive settings.
Matthew Vaughn is opening up about one of the reasons he had for quitting directing X-Men: The Last Stand. The director revealed during New York Comic Con he left the film after finding out a scheme to get Halle Berry to sign on to reprise her role of Storm by tricking her with a fake script.
Over the weekend at the New York Comic-Con, filmmaker Matthew Vaughn (“X-Men: First Class”) was doing a panel chat to help promote his upcoming Apple/Universal spy comedy “Argylle” and gave some insight into the casting process for “Kingsman: The Secret Service” as Taron Egerton wasn’t the only up-and-coming talent considered for the lead role. READ MORE: Matthew Vaughn: ‘Kingsman 3’ & ‘Kick-Ass’ Reboot Are Still In The Works & ‘King’s Man 2’ Explores The “Rise Of Hitler” Vaughn has now stated during a chat with Collider at that panel that other young British actors were considered for the lead role of Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, a London hooligan who becomes a reformed gentleman secret agent taking a bit of a cue from the Roger Moore era of the James Bond franchise meets “My Fair Lady.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Before Matthew Vaughn earned critical acclaim for rebooting the “X-Men” movie franchise with 2011’s “X-Men: First Class,” he was courted to replace Bryan Singer as the director of 2006’s “X-Men: The Last Stand.” That tentpole served as the third film in the storyline led by Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, but Vaughn recently revealed at New York City Comic-Con (via ScreenRant) that he rejected the offer to direct the sequel after discovering a studio executive’s plan to deceive Halle Berry into reprising her role as Storm. “One of the main reasons I quit ‘X-Men 3,’ and this is a true story,” Vaughn said. “I went to an executive’s office and I saw an ‘X3’ script.
Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed she has been secretly separated from Will Smith for seven years.
The Last Dinner Party have shared their third and latest single ‘My Lady Of Mercy’ – check out the video below.The track marks the third single the band have released so far. It sees the band lean toward a darker route, differing from their previous releases ‘Nothing Matters‘ and ‘Sinner’.
Following Queen Elizabeth's death last year at the age of 96, her cousin Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent became the oldest living member of the Royal Family. Born on October 9, 1935 in Belgrave Square, London, Prince Edward was the son of Prince George and Princess Marina, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary. He has led a very interesting life which has included being thrust into his role at a young age, carrying out decades of royal service, heading up one of the most secretive organisations and experiencing religious scandal within his own family.
More than 200 people in Greater Manchester may have died due to air pollution since the Clean Air Zone was supposed to start, campaigners have claimed. The controversial scheme which was set to come into force last year before it was delayed could have also prevented 496 days spent in hospital due to respiratory conditions if it cut pollution as intended, they argue.
"I didn't know whether to run around jumping for joy or cry buckets."