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Before making their feature directorial debut with Sundance entry Sorry, Baby — in which they also star and wrote the script — the longest film Eva Victor had ever directed came in with a running time of approximately 60 seconds. Victor, who uses they/she pronouns, found success in the late 2010s via viral videos on Twitter, often lampooning trending news stories like the creation of a Straight Pride parade in Boston. They regularly racked up millions of views while simultaneously writing stories on the female-focused satire website The Reductress with headlines like, ” ‘I Want Children Someday,’ Says Man Who…

Despite having the second-best showing for a film overall, Wicked director Jon M. Chu was shut out of the best director category for the 2025 Oscars. The beloved stage musical turned beloved box office hit managed to snag 10 nominations at Thursday’s announcement ceremony, hosted by Wicked’s own Bowen Yang and comedian Rachel Sennott. Wicked has been nominated for best picture, actress in a leading role and actress in a supporting role for Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, respectively. The film also raked in a slew of crafts nominations including production design, sound, visual effects, costume design, editing and hair…

The 2025 GLAAD Media Awards nominations have been revealed. Wicked, Queer, Love Lies Bleeding, Mean Girls and My Old Ass are among the nominees in the outstanding film — wide theatrical release category. Joining those three are Cuckoo, Drive-Away Dolls and Problemista. GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, also announced nominees in TV, music, journalism, Broadway and podcast categories. In the TV categories, notable nominees include comedy nominees Abbott Elementary, Ghosts, Hacks, Loot, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Shrinking, Somebody Somewhere and What We Do in the Shadows; drama nominees 9-1-1: Lone Star, The Chi, Doctor Who, Found, Interview…

Ayo Edebiri discovers that John Malkovich‘s life as a pop music sensation is not all it seems in the trailer for the A24 horror movie Opus. Writer-director Mark Anthony Green’s feature hits theaters March 14 following its forthcoming premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 27. Rounding out the cast are Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Amber Midthunder, Stephanie Suganami, Young Mazino and Tatanka Means. Opus centers on Ariel, a young writer sent to visit pop star Alfred Moretti (Malkovich), who has resurfaced after disappearing for 30 years. When she arrives, Ariel realizes that Moretti is a figure of obsession…

Brady Corbet’s award contender The Brutalist is coming under fire online after the film’s editor admitted in an interview some AI was used to enhance the performance of the film’s leads, Adrian Brody and Felicity Jones. In an interview with video tech publication Red Shark News, editor Dávid Jancsó said the filmmakers used AI tools from Ukrainian specialist Respeecher to tweak the Brody’s and Jones’ Hungarian dialogue in the film to make it sound more authentic. “I am a native Hungarian speaker and I know that it is one of the most difficult languages to learn to pronounce,” Jancsó says…

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“If I could do it with an iPhone and 50 quid, I was making this film,” says Rich Peppiatt about his award-winning feature Kneecap. The Irish hip-hop “print the legend” biopic on the Belfast-based rap trio — boasting Michael Fassbender among its ensemble — is a far cry from iPhone quality, and has taken the indie film world by storm. Peppiatt’s Irish-language film, riddled with expletives, hallucinogenics and baton twirling mischief, swept up at the British Independent Film Awards in December and on Wednesday, scored six BAFTA nods, including for best British film and outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer. It…

Bratt Pitt’s team has issued a response after a fan of the actor was allegedly scammed out of $850,000. The 53-year-old French woman, named Anne, previously revealed that she was conned after being convinced she was in a long-term relationship with the F1 star. The scammer allegedly used AI technology to impersonate Pitt, sending personalized photos and messages to the woman. Anne was convinced to send nearly $1 million for a cancer treatment, with “Pitt” claiming he was unable to access his bank accounts due to his divorce from Angelina Jolie. The scammer even sent AI-generated images of Pitt in…

Dan Slott, the Eisner-winning writer who has been the guiding force for Spider-Man stories at Marvel Comics for close to 15 years, has gone across the street to DC. Slott, who has been signed to an exclusive contract with Marvel since the late aughts, will make his DC debut with Superman Unlimited, writing the monthly comic that will be drawn by Rafael Albuquerque, the artist and co-creator of the award-winning horror comic American Vampire. DC announced the news Thursday. The title will be a driving force in a company-wide initiative named “Summer of Superman” that ties into James Gunn’s Superman…

The board of directors of the Cannes Film Festival has unanimously re-elected Iris Knobloch to serve a second term as festival president. Knobloch, a former executive at Warner Bros. France, took over from Pierre Lescure as the first-ever female president of the Cannes festival in 2023. Her new mandate will run for three years, through the festival’s 2028 edition. Announcing the decision, the board said it reflects “a renewed vote of confidence in [Knobloch’s] leadership, acknowledging her achievements, ensuring stability, and enabling the continuation of the Festival’s strategic initiatives.” In a statement, Knobloch said she was “profoundly honored to once…