In HBO’s terrific documentary Ren Faire, a surly 86-year-old Texas Renaissance Festival owner who calls himself King George refuses to surrender control of his empire to a new generation of leadership. As a result, everyone around him is engulfed in anxiety and chaos. This week, we have a televised debate between two King Georges who …
It’s that time of year again in Europe! With the start of the official summer holiday season looming, movie fans, film industry folks, party seekers, and global stars are ready to congregate at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic. The Czech spa town has earned the reputation as one of …
Simone Biles, Jaylen Brown, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes and Shohei Ohtani are among the top nominees for the 2024 ESPY Awards. The winners will be announced at the July 11 ceremony, which will be hosted by Serena Williams and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on July 11 from Los Angeles. NFL quarterback …
Global streamer Netflix has picked up U.S. and international streaming rights to the much anticipated Chinese fantasy suspense series See Her Again. Currently in post-production, the show is expected to drop later this year simultaneously on Netflix and Chinese streamer Tencent Video — making for a rare day-and-date worldwide release at a time when China’s online …
Stuff the British Stole, the popular Australian-Canadian documentary series exploring the controversy surrounding cultural objects purloined by British colonialists, is set to be reimagined as a big-budget scripted heist series. The new version is backed by Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (The Twelve, Love Me) and Wooden Horse (The Clearing, Mother & Son). The partners describe …
Christos Nikou’s sophomore feature Fingernails, starring Riz Ahmed and Jessie Buckley, will screen as the closing film for the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in early July. Organizers of the film fest in the picturesque Czech spa town unveiled the news on Wednesday. “The tender and idiosyncratic romance co-produced by …
When asked to picture a black-tie opening ceremony for a big film festival, you will likely think of immaculately dressed people clapping and enjoying glasses of wine or champagne before or after the show. You will also likely imagine a comedic monologue and laughter filling the event venue. What you might not picture is flames, …
Spencer Milligan, who starred for Sid and Marty Krofft as the park ranger and widowed father Rick Marshall on the iconic Saturday morning kids show Land of the Lost, has died. He was 86. Milligan died April 18 at his home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, his family announced. Milligan played the heroic father of youngsters …
Al Schultz, who worked as a makeup artist for some of the top TV shows of the 1960s and ’70s and was married to Vicki Lawrence for five decades, has died. He was 82. Schultz died June 19 at his home in Long Beach, California, according to his publicist. A cause of death was not …
Near the end of Jennie Livingston’s Paris Is Burning, Venus Xtravaganza, an Italian Puerto Rican ballroom dancer who was one of the landmark queer doc’s subjects, describes a harrowing near-death experience. While Venus was hustling as a sex worker, a client realized she was a trans woman and reacted violently. “You’re a freak,” Venus recalls …