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“Nai Nai & Wai Po” was selected as a finalist in this year’s ShortList Film Festival, presented by TheWrap. You can watch the films and vote for your favorite here.“Nai Nai & Wai Po,” (“Grandma and Grandma”), one of the finalists of TheWrap’s 2023 ShortList Film Festival, offers nothing less definitive than life itself.

“Oasis” was selected as a finalist in this year’s ShortList Film Festival, presented by TheWrap. You can watch the films and vote for your favorite here.Justine Martin’s short film, “Oasis,” is a deeply personal story on multiple levels. On the one hand, it’s an intimate look at the life of two twin brothers, Raphael and Remi Cormier, as they take a trip to the woods; the one place in their life where Raph’s disability isn’t the focus.

Alongside its top-billed stars, it features Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland and Owen Teague (who will soon headline the next “Planet of the Apes” movie alongside Freya Allen). Steve Pond at TheWrap called it “a blackly humorous riff on film noir and a tour de force for its cast,” and the film’s commercial hopes arguably lie in the two-hander at its core.

ActorsZar Amir-Ebrahimi – “Holy Spider,” “Bride Price vs. Democracy”Sakura Ando – “A Man,” “Shoplifters”Selma Blair – “Hellboy,” “Legally Blonde”Marsha Stephanie Blake – “I’m Your Woman,” “Luce”Austin Butler – “Elvis,” “Once upon a Time…in Hollywood”Raúl Castillo – “Cha Cha Real Smooth,” “The Inspection”Chang Chen – “The Soul,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”Ram Charan – “RRR,” “Magadheera”Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “Gold”Robert John Davi – “Licence to Kill,” “The Goonies”Dolly De Leon – “Triangle of Sadness,” “Verdict”Martina Gedeck – “The Lives of Others,” “Mostly Martha”Bill Hader – “Trainwreck,” “The Skeleton Twins”Nicholas Hoult – “The Favourite,” “Mad Max: Fury Road”Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”Tin Lok Koo – “A Witness out of the Blue,” “Paradox”Vicky Krieps – “Corsage,” “Phantom Thread”Joanna Kulig – “Cold War,” “Elles”Lashana Lynch – “The Woman King,” “No Time to Die”A Martinez – “Ambulance,” “Powwow Highway”Noémie Merlant – “Tár,” “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”Paul Mescal – “Aftersun,” “The Lost Daughter”Richard Mofe-Damijo – “Oloibiri,” “30 Days in Atlanta”Keke Palmer – “Nope,” “Hustlers”Park Hae-il – “Decision to Leave,” “Memories of Murder”Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”NT Rama Rao Jr.

savior of movie theaters, would love it if you bought a ticket next month to see “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning.” But he’d also love it if you went out to see the other films that will be competing against it in theaters this summer, too. On Wednesday, Cruise posted a picture of him with “Mission: Impossible 7” director Christopher McQuarrie holding tickets to see “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which comes out on Friday, as well as Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” which come out the week after “Mission: Impossible 7”“This summer is full of amazing movies to see in theaters,” Cruise tweeted.

helmed by Joachim Rønning, which will hopefully begin shooting in August in Vancouver. Emma Ludbrook, Jeffrey Springer and Leto are producing.

the studio forged in November, the company announced on Wednesday.The film was written, directed, and produced by Perry and stars Kat Graham (“The Vampire Diaries”), Tyler Lepley (“Harlem”), Meagan Tandy (“Batwoman”), Josh Adeyeye (“Ruthless”), RonReaco Lee (“First Wives Club”), Jimi Stanton (“Your Honor”), Shannon LaNier (“God’s Not Dead 3”), and Nick Barrotta (“The Oval”).The official logline is as follows: “Fela Blackburn’s life is shattered when she loses her husband, Rodney Blackburn, at the hands of a police officer. Determined to get to the bottom of the incident and seek justice, she leans on her best friend, Marley Wells, who is a lawyer, and her husband, Tony Wells, who is a former cop turned private investigator, to use their influence to find the truth.

on 37 counts related to his illegal possession of classified documents after leaving the white house and also the lengths he went to deceive government officials about it, it was reported that there were recordings backing the prosecution’s case.Specifically, Trump has for nearly a year claimed that he had the power to declassify the documents in his possession even after leaving the White House (he did not), and that he could do so just by thinking about it (also untrue). But in the recording in question, published by CNN on Monday, Trump, while showing classified documents to an aide who is not authorized to see them, admits that he was no longer able to declassify them, and also indicated that he knew he wasn’t supposed to possess them.

Prop Store Auction, which is handling sale of the dress.According to the company, the dress is the only surviving costume worn by Carrie Fisher in “Star Wars.”Designed by Academy Award-winning costume designer John Mollo, the dress is made of “cream lightweight silk fabric and includes intricate draping,” Prop Store Auction says. Mollo won the Oscar for costume design for his work on “Star Wars” at the 1978 Oscars.

How did this process happen? Did you pitch Lucasfilm? Did they reach out?Yeah. And well, it was funny because I’ve been a producer in the studio for a long time, since we started because I co-founded the studio with Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey. And it’s sometimes joke that it was I became the producer, just because I kind of was the first person sitting by the phone.

CNN on Monday, former President Donald Trump cracks jokes about Anthony Weiner after an aide quips that Hillary Clinton also allegedly mishandling classified information.Several of the details have already been reported about the July 2021 conversation that led to Trump being indicted on 37 counts of violating the Espionage Act for, but the newly released two-minute recording shows Trump in a jovial mood as he talks with his aides. After Trump mentions the papers are “highly confidential” and “secret information,” a female staffer jokes, “Hillary would print that out all the time, you know. Her private emails.”“No, she’d send it to Anthony Weiner,” Trump joked, referring to the disgraced former Democratic congressman, who served nearly two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of transferring obscene material to a minor. “These are the papers,” Trump says in the recording, claiming that they prove that it was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen.

Attorneys for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed a motion on Monday to dismiss the Walt Disney Co’s lawsuit against him, claiing it is “meritless” and that the governor has “legislative immunity.”It’s the latest in the legal battle between the Republican presidential hopeful and the studio which began with clashes over Florida’s now-binding “Don’t Say Gay” law and DeSantis’ failed attempts to strip the company’s special district status.“In 1967, a sweetheart deal with the State vested Walt Disney Parks and Resorts (Disney) with unprecedented power to govern itself,” the motion began, referring to the Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID). Attorneys went on to bash Disney’s “carte blanche,” writing, “Disney could exercise eminent domain, permitting it to annex territory even outside the District’s borders, all without legislative approval.

depict male rape fantasies. Additionally, PTC also demanded that the network’s streaming platform Max halt marketing directed to youth through social media for the show, and requested that the streamer tighten up its “wide gaps in its parental ‘controls'” that is responsible for younger audiences having access to watch “The Idol” and “other explicit TV-MA content like ‘Euphoria.'”A representative for HBO did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

first interview since his firing, slamming the journalist for positioning himself as what Hallberg deemed “the arbiter of the truth.”“I think it’s pretty laughable to most people,” she said. The “Fox & Friends First” discussion kicked off Monday with Shimkus introducing the fact that in his first interview since being fired from CNN in April, Lemon maintained that he has and will continue to always “tell the truth” and “abide by the promises of the Constitution.”“Someone we haven’t heard from in awhile is former CNN anchor Don Lemon,” Shimkus began.

Vanity Fair that Caruso should have put his money where his mouth is.“Caruso, you have $5 billion, why do you keep taking people to Skid Row?” Katzenberg told the magazine. “You just pissed away $104 million on a failed campaign, why don’t you put that towards the homeless on Skid Row?”Skid Row been around for decades and currently takes up around 50 square blocks in Downtown LA, causing problems with sanitation and security for businesses.Katzenberg has proposed funding a medical team from UCLA to provide basic medical care to homeless areas, along with other measures.Caruso said the homeless problem is probably the greatest threat to the city and told TheWrap during the mayoral race last year that new approaches, especially huge increases in affordable housing, are needed to combat the continuing crisis.“We can’t combat the same old problem with the same old measures that don’t work,” Caruso previously told TheWrap.In addition to his comments about Caruso, Katzenberg has spoken out recently on other political issues, including offering unequivocal support for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.

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pic.twitter.com/1WeBOeHpgU“They’re all going to ask you. This is all they’re going to ask you about. Are you serious?” Maher said after Kennedy said he wouldn’t talk about vaccines in his campaign.

turn in ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” in the show’s second season where she plays Vanetta, the unreliable, outrageous mother of steadfast and loyal protagonist Janine (Quinta Brunson).“I’m grateful for the career I’ve had, as opposed to starting as a comedic actress and proving myself as dramatic. But now this is easy, because this is just what I do.”But how does an Academy Award-nominated actress come to her role on an Emmy-winning workplace sitcom?“I was already a huge fan of the show, like everybody else in the world, but I was on ‘That’s My Jam,’ and I was competing against Quinta and told her, ‘Girl, if ever you want me on the show, I’m there.’ Next thing I know, she’s calling,” Henson said.Of course, the prospect of a stint on “Abbott Elementary” was made even more appealing by the character being offered to her.“The character breakdown just made sense.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” This latest — and last — turn for Harrison Ford’s famed archaeologist gave Mangold many features to pull inspiration from, starting with 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” as directed by Steven Spielberg.“When we talk about the ‘Raiders’ film, and even Steven’s work in general, which has always been a big influence on me, you have to kind of understand that Steven himself is highly influenced and inspired by the classical, Golden Age, Hollywood style,” Mangold told TheWrap. “So you’re talking about a compendium of influences.”But when it came to crafting the character of Helena, played by “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mangold went back to the 1940s screwball world of director Preston Sturges.

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former Menudo member Roy Rosselló revealed in an April appearance to promote the doc that he had been drugged and raped by Jose Hernandez when he was young.In a video shared to TikTok on Sunday, O’Donnell said that Lyle had initially reached out to her in 1996, but even though she believed they were innocent, she wasn’t ready to publicly support them.free the menendez brothers – new evidence – menudo freethemenendezbrothers resentence enough “I got a little story to tell. In 1996, Lyle sent me a letter [that] basically said, ‘I know you know. And I hoped we could connect.’ And you know, he was right.

Actor Angela Bassett, writer-director-actor Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars and the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy’s 2023 Governors Awards, the Academy announced on Monday.The recipients were chosen by the Academy’s Board of Governors, and the awards will be presented at the 14th annual Governors Awards ceremony, which will take place on Nov. 18 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.Bassett has been nominated for Oscars for “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Her other films include “Boyz N the Hood,” “Waiting to Exhale,” “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” and “Soul.”Brooks won an Oscar for the screenplay to his first film, “The Producers,” and has also been nominated for his screenplay to “Young Frankenstein” and for the title song to “Blazing Saddles.” He also wrote for Sid Caesar’s television shows, created the television series “Get Smart” and turned “The Producers” into a long-running and Tony-winning Broadway musical.

Clearly, Rice had already thought this through.“Well, I think it probably gives him too much credit,” she responded. “I at one point I thought, could this be staged? But you wouldn’t stage something that makes you look so weak, because really, dictators, authoritarians, rest on three principles: One, is there has to be fear in the population.

arrived. But then every time we achieve something, we start to look around and think, ‘Maybe this isn’t right.

new poll jointly produced by The Verge, Vox Media’s Insights and Research team and consultancy firm The Circus. The poll, which gathered responses from over 2,000 U.S. adults, revealed more than 60% of respondents felt, for instance, that AI improved their art.

beaches. And though she clarified, her co-hosts were already losing it.

Hannity was mum on the topic at the time, and Fox News denied that any such decision had been made.Shifting Watters’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” from 7 p.m. – where it was launched in January 2022 – to 8 p.m.

In addition to promising pardons to those involved with the January 6 attacks on the Capitol, Donald Trump has now promised to donate to the legal fund of the defendants still awaiting their fate. But the hosts and panelists of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” are a bit skeptical on that promise, considering it would mean the twice-indicted former president would have to “give away any of his own money.”In discussing Trump’s latest pledge on Monday morning, host Mika Brzezinski called it “pretty twisted,” but Jonathan Lemire was largely unsurprised.“The bottom just keeps getting lower.

https://t.co/NFEejQDyvcBohrman was the creator of the “Magic Wall,” now a staple of CNN’s election night coverage. He was also behind the creation of shows like “State of the Union” and “The Situation Room,” and produced many of the network’s presidential debates.Before CNN, Bohrman was part of the original “Nightline” staff at ABC News, where he created “World News Now”; he also worked at NBC News in the 1990s, and served as president of Al Gore’s Current TV.TV news institution David Bohrman died today.

nearly $2.5 million in 2020. The pair have gone on to help elevate the team’s popularity with an FX documentary called “Welcome to Wrexham.” Meanwhile, Formula 1 racing has become popular in the U.S.