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Piano Prodigy Lang Lang Gets a New Biopic — With Fight Scenes!
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Why Hollywood Is Flocking to “The Hamptons of Europe”
Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender — they’ve all scooped up property in Portugal, land of cinematic sunsets, low property taxes, and no Trump
BY Lexy Perez - Movies
Does Your Script Suck? Let Shane Black Decide
The veteran scribe is launching a new competition — Gauntlet — designed to help promising spec scripts find their way to the screen.
BY Lexy Perez - General News
Was It Good for You? Inside the First-Ever Intimacy Coordinators Film Festival
Plus, 'Chicago Fire' raises eyebrows with a seemingly Trumpy season opener and Don Rickles’ daughter launches a podcast.
BY Lexy Perez
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Piano Prodigy Lang Lang Gets a New Biopic — With Fight Scenes!
Based on its trailer, this Chinese movie based on the maestro’s memoir looks like a manic, absurdist romp — but will it ever be shown in the U.S.?
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Why Hollywood Is Flocking to “The Hamptons of Europe”
Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender — they’ve all scooped up property in Portugal, land of cinematic sunsets, low property taxes, and no Trump
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Does Your Script Suck? Let Shane Black Decide
The veteran scribe is launching a new competition — Gauntlet — designed to help promising spec scripts find their way to the screen.
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Was It Good for You? Inside the First-Ever Intimacy Coordinators Film Festival
Plus, 'Chicago Fire' raises eyebrows with a seemingly Trumpy season opener and Don Rickles’ daughter launches a podcast.
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Has the Black List Lost Its Mojo?
The survey’s latest scripts, 'Him' and 'Big Bold Beautiful Adventure,' were more box office sleepers than hits. Plus, how nine figures has become the new eight in L.A. real estate and why the “Timothée Chalamet effect” is driving casting directors crazy.
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When Elon Met Ye: A Love Story
In a shocking new documentary, Musk and West open up about their… love lives? Plus, Robert Pattinson has trouble with the new Batman script and Jason Alexander and Richard Kline bring “Three’s Company” back to life.
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The Little Round Pill That’s Winning Awards Season
Plus, how Emily Bronte got her bra-like font and the man who really launched Armani in Hollywood (hint: it wasn’t Richard Gere).
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Taylor and Kelce’s Prenup? She Gets the Cats, He Gets the Cleats
Plus, Kanye’s gutted Malibu mansion is back on the market and Blake Lively subpoenas…everyone.
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Will Trump’s Kennedy Center Honorees Actually Show Up?
Plus: AIexander McQueen’s dramatic reincarnation and an AI malfunction at a Hollywood summit.
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Another James Bond Casting Rumor — This Time a Redhead!
Sources claim little-known British actor Scott Rose-Marsh has tested for 007 — he’d be the first ginger Bond.
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Are Pam and Liam for Real? Or Is This Another Hollywood Fauxmance?
Plus, how Jeffrey Epstein has been a boon for books.
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Those Elizabeth Holmes Billboards That Are Popping Up All Over Town? Meet the Mystery Man Behind Them
Plus, Harry Potter fanfic authors hit the bestseller list, Nancy Pelosi rocks out with the Grateful Dead, and an acclaimed Chicago restaurant pops up at the Maybourne.
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Vegas Oddsmakers Say Aaron Taylor-Johnson Will Be the Next James Bond. Don’t Bet on It.
Plus, a jaw-dropping (literally) screening at Comic-con and a RealReal robbery in Santa Monica (yet again).
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The Emmys Love Middle-Aged Men — At Least Statistically
Plus, why Chaplin Studio may get its name back and the hair-raising tale of Tina Turner’s wig.
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The Academy Museum’s Big Summer Blockbuster … Comes Out This Fall?
Did the museum miss the boat on the 'Jaws’ 50th anniversary? Plus, George Costanza gets (another) bobblehead and Target gets flamed for its “aggressively ashamed” Pride month merch.
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The Outrageous 20-Year-Old Movie That Predicted Trump’s America
In 2004 ‘A Day Without a Mexican’ was intended to be a political satire. In 2025 it seems all too real. Plus, Joel Grey auctions off his old lederhosen (and some nudes!) TikTok star Khaby Lame demands $1.2 million to talk, and Chet Hanks is a no-show at his book reading.
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