Award-winning German director Wim Wenders said Wednesday he was withdrawing his 1975 film “Wrong Move” after a campaign by actress Nastassja Kinski against a scene in which she appeared topless when she was 13 years old. In a statement on his foundation’s website, Wenders apologised to Kinski and said that the Wim Wenders Foundation, which […]
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‘Backrooms’ born of ‘itch to explore’ online horror meme
Bringing a horror series that went viral on YouTube to the big screen, “Backrooms” smashed box office records in its opening weekend in the US. Ahead of the release, 20-year-old director Kane Parsons told AFP how the project developed from a creepy story that spread online about a claustrophobic, labyrinthine alternate dimension.- When did you […]
CBS News fires ’60 Minutes’ veteran Scott Pelley
CBS News fired longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday following clashes over the show’s future, the latest shakeup under the network’s new leadership. Last year CBS became a part of Paramount Skydance and brought in Bari Weiss — a longstanding critic of progressive politics — to lead its news division. Many CBS News […]
Indian stars push to end elephants in Bollywood
Bollywood stars are campaigning to end the use of elephants in Indian films, saying that life-size robot replicas and AI-generated images do the job without cruelty. Top directors, producers and actors have backed the campaign by animal rights group PETA India, which this month highlighted how the rise of slick AI images provide even less […]
‘Animalistic horror’: Russia puts war art on display
In a dark exhibition space in Saint Petersburg, visitors stare at giant paintings of Russian battles down the centuries, including World War II, Afghanistan — and Z-marked fighters in Ukraine. In four years of Moscow’s full-scale offensive against Ukraine, war has become omnipresent in Russia — even if the battlefield seems distant. Hundreds of thousands of […]
By the power of great skills: Nicholas Galitzine on He-Man transformation
In “Masters of the Universe,” the insecure Adam transforms into He-Man simply by wielding the Sword of Grayskull. But for actor Nicholas Galitzine, the transformation into the muscular 1980s hero required a Herculean effort. “I wish I could just point the sword in the sky, and then transform,” laughed Galitzine, who stars in the film which hits […]
Turkey raps Kanye West for offending ‘spiritual sensitivities’
Turkey on Tuesday expressed alarm over a weekend gig by Kanye West in Istanbul attended by nearly 120,000 fans, saying it included elements that offended its spiritual sensitivities. The US rapper has had shows banned in several European venues over his antisemitic remarks, but Muslim-majority Turkey’s objections were focused elsewhere. In a post on X, […]
Indie horror flicks ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ draw Gen Z to cinema
The multi-million-dollar openings of indie horror flicks “Obsession” and “Backrooms” have Hollywood buzzing about the 20-something YouTuber directors who are driving Generation Z audiences to the theater in droves. The endless yellow hallways of A24’s “Backrooms,” directed by 20-year-old Kane Parsons, terrified tens of thousands of people in its opening weekend to rack up $118 […]
‘Dictatorship of monsters’: Richard Gere slams ‘maniac’ Trump
Hollywood legend Richard Gere criticised Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling the US president a “maniac” who has “dismantled almost everything that was good” about the United States. “We’re living in the darkest moment that I’ve experienced on this planet,” the 76-year-old “Pretty Woman” star told an awards ceremony in Oslo for the Vaclav Havel International Prize […]