Hathaway, McKenzie anchor stylish adaptation of ‘Eileen’
January 23, 2023 GMTPARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Eileen, the title character of Ottessa Moshfegh’s debut novel, is a strange young woman with a vivid, sensual, and sometimes dangerous imagination.
Her actual life, however, is anything but: She works a mind-numbing desk job as a secretary at a boy’s prison in Massachusetts in 1964 and goes home to a depressed, cruel father who seems content to drink himself to death.
After 2 virtual years, Sundance returns to the mountains
January 18, 2023 GMTRandall Park made a pact with himself some years ago that he wouldn’t attend the Sundance Film Festival if he didn’t have a project there.
Sundance Film Festival unveils lineup for 2023 edition
December 7, 2022 GMTDocumentaries about Brooke Shields, Judy Blume and Michael J. Fox, films from veteran directors like Nicole Holofcener, an adaptation of the viral New Yorker story “Cat Person” and the feature directorial debut of actors Alice Englert and Randall Park are among the world premieres set for the Sundance Film Festival in January.
For Anthony Hopkins, a grandfather role with personal echoes
October 24, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The “heart and soul” of a film is an often-overused term, but it’s practically unavoidable when it comes to Anthony Hopkins in James Gray’s “Armageddon Time.”
Review: Reimagining the fate of a doomed Renaissance duchess
September 6, 2022 GMT“The Marriage Portrait,” by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf)
Stories of high-born girls confined to castles, forced to marry young, and pressured to have sons or die trying are the stuff of dark fantasy these days on HBO.
‘Armageddon Time,’ portrait of white privilege, stirs Cannes
May 21, 2022 GMTCANNES, France (AP) — When the Cannes Film Festival audience stood to applaud James Gray's richly observed autobiographical drama “Armageddon Time," about the director's own 1980s childhood in Queens, Gray's voice quivered as he addressed the crowd.
Fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier dies at age 78
April 2, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Demarchelier, the French-born photographer known for his high fashion images of top models and celebrities, including Princess Diana, has died. He was 78.
His Instagram account broke the news of his death Thursday but offered no further details.
Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway recreate WeWork rise and fall
March 17, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — When Jared Leto last appeared in a TV series it was 1995 and he played Claire Danes’ high school crush, Jordan Catalano, in ABC’s “My So-Called Life.” His character was the perfect bad boyfriend who left Danes’ angsty Angela Chase analyzing every encounter.
Review: A generic modern fairy tale in ‘The Royal Treatment’
January 20, 2022 GMTIn the new Netflix movie “ The Royal Treatment,” the chief of staff for the prince of a fictional European country accidentally calls a run-down salon in the Bronx to schedule a haircut for His Royal Highness, Prince Thomas.
Review: ‘Locked Down’ mirrors our quarantine experiences
January 15, 2021 GMTDoug Liman's “Locked Down,” one of the first and most ambitious films to be conceived and shot during the pandemic, is, like our own quarantine experiences, erratic, a little absurd and sporadically delightful...
Doug Liman made the ultimate lockdown movie IN lockdown
January 14, 2021 GMTDirector Doug Liman was on a call with screenwriter Steven Knight and producer PJ van Sandwijk in July when they started wondering what it would be like to make a movie about the current moment IN the current moment...
Zemeckis’ ‘The Witches’ heads to HBO Max for Halloween
October 2, 2020 GMTThe Robert Zemeckis adaptation of “Roald Dahl’s The Witches” has found a new home on HBO Max this month just in time for Halloween...
Anne Hathaway, John Amos, Eli Manning in NJ Hall of Fame
August 5, 2020 GMTPALMYRA, N.J (AP) — Super Bowl champion Eli Manning, Grammy Award-winning singer Cissy Houston and “Good Times” actor John Amos are among this year's inductees into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
The winners for the Hall's 12th class were announced Wednesday morning.
Anne Hathaway opens up about fertility struggles
July 28, 2019 GMTBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Anne Hathaway, who announced this week she was expecting her second child, says she came forward about her struggles with getting pregnant because infertility can be deeply isolating.
Anne Hathaway: ‘Modern Love’ role gave her more compassion
July 27, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Anne Hathaway says playing a bipolar character in Amazon's new series "Modern Love" affected her emotionally long after she wrapped the role.
Hathaway plays Terry Cheney, a woman navigating romance with bipolar disorder, in an episode of the anthology.
Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is pregnant with baby No. 2
July 24, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Anne Hathaway is signing up for more diaper duty.
The 36-year-old actress announced Wednesday on her Instagram account that she and her husband, actor and jewelry designer Adam Shulman, are expecting their second child.
Anne Hathaway changed after dying hair blonde
January 29, 2019 GMTAnne Hathaway has more of a free spirit since dying her hair blonde.
The 36-year-old actress switched up her hair colour for her role in 'Serenity' and and admits she "felt funnier" as a blonde.
Goldberg, Hathaway, Bourdain among NJ Hall of Fame nominees
November 16, 2018 GMTATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Actresses Whoopi Goldberg and Anne Hathaway, comedian Chris Rock, "Seinfeld" star Jason Alexander, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Anthony Bourdain are among the latest nominees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame...
Anne Hathaway dedicates post to slain woman
July 27, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Anne Hathaway calls the fatal stabbing of a young black woman at a subway station in Oakland, California, unspeakable while condemning white privilege...
Box office top 20: ‘Ocean’s 8’ dethrones ‘Solo’
June 11, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The female-led reboot "Ocean's 8" stole the box-office crown from "Solo: A Star Wars Story" with $41.6 million in ticket sales at U.S. and Canada theaters over the weekend, according to final figures Monday.
‘Ocean’s 8’ opens with franchise-best $41.5M to top weekend
June 10, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — "Ocean's 8," the female-fronted overhaul of the starry heist franchise, opened with an estimated $41.5 million at the box office, taking the weekend's top spot from the fast-falling "Solo: A Star Wars Story."
New Movies: ‘Oceans 8’ & ‘Hotel Artemis’
June 9, 2018 GMTHere are the new movies opening nationwide today >>
" Hotel Artemis " -- Jodie Foster stars in this crime thriller about a nurse who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Why Rihanna got a criminal sense of deja vu at the Met Gala
May 11, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — When Rihanna attended this week's glitzy Met Gala, she was actually returning to the scene of the crime.
The Grammy-winning singer had earlier shot a spinoff of the "Oceans" film franchise that centers on a heist at the annual Met Gala...