After a year when Hollywood strikes stripped festival red carpets of their stars, the 81st Venice Film Festival marked a return to oh so glamorous form Wednesday night with an A-list opening night. The Venice fans, many of whom spent up to 10 hours in the searing Italian heat for a glimpse, rarely stopped screaming …
Acting icon Sigourney Weaver will be honored with the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. Inarguably one of the most acclaimed and versatile actors of her generation, Weaver, a triple-Oscar nominee, has moved easily across budgets and genres, from big-budget action franchises (Aliens, Avatar), comedy (Ghostbusters, Galaxy Quest), biopics …
FX on Hulu’s limited series Clipped is certainly a surprise watch of the summer. Based on the viral Los Angeles Clippers scandal a decade ago, Clipped, the screen adaptation of the hit ESPN 30 for 30 podcast The Sterling Affairs, takes a fly-on-the-wall approach (similar to HBO’s now-canceled Lakers series Winning Time, but with a lot more fireworks) to dive into …