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Demi Moore Embraces ‘Overlooked’ Horror Films While Accepting Best Actress at Critics’ Choice: They’re ‘Not Recognized for the Profundity They Can Hold’
Demi Moore is inching closer to winning an Oscar after picking up best actress honors at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards for her performance in “The Substance.” Moore won the prize over fel...
Zack Sharf Feb 07, 2025
‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu Jokes ‘I’m Gonna Win That Oscar’ After Academy Snub in Stunned Acceptance Speech at Critics’ Choice
“Wicked” director Jon M. Chu beat out several Oscar nominees for best director at the Critics’ Choice Awards Friday evening, taking home the prize from that body. The filmmaker seeme...
J. Kim Murphy Feb 07, 2025
FCC Chief Brendan Carr Says Trump ‘Has Been Right’ on Media Bias Claims Amid CBS Probe; Anna Gomez Decries ‘Chilling Effect’ and ‘Weaponization’ of Agency
The Federal Communications Commission has broken with decades of precedent for the independent regulatory agency by charging into the highly politicized debate about bias in media and the fairness of ...
Cynthia Littleton Feb 07, 2025
Laverne Cox Gives Powerful Speech Against Trump Agenda at SCAD TVfest: ‘They Are Committed to Eradicating Trans People from Public Life’
Laverne Cox got the SCAD TVfest crowd to its feet on Friday evening, as the star delivered a powerful, emotional speech about the new Trump administration’s attack on trans rights, civil rights ...
Varietyschneider Feb 07, 2025
New York City Pension Funds Seek to Pause Paramount-Skydance Merger
A group of New York City pension funds asked a judge in Delaware this week to issue an injunction that would pause the $8 billion Paramount-Skydance merger. The litigation comes as investors are linin...
Gmaddaus Feb 07, 2025
Zoe Saldaña Hails ‘Emilia Pérez’ as the ‘Little Movie That Could’ in Critics’ Choice Speech: ‘I Hope We Can All Be Curious and Open-Hearted’
Zoe Saldaa continued to cement her Oscar frontrunner status by winning best supporting actress honors at the 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance in Netflix’s “Emilia Prez...
Zack Sharf Feb 07, 2025
Cynthia Erivo Denies Speaking With Academy About Performing ‘Wicked’ Songs at the Oscars: ‘I Don’t Know Why We Would Be Doing That’
Cynthia Erivo is already going to the Oscars as a best actress nominee for “Wicked,” but some have expected the star to have a bigger spotlight during the ceremony. As reported by Puck, th...
J. Kim Murphy Feb 07, 2025
Tony Roberts, ‘Annie Hall’ Actor and Broadway Star, Dies at 85
Tony Roberts, who appeared in Woody Allen films including “Annie Hall” while enjoying a long, bountiful career on Broadway, died Friday due to complications of lung cancer. He was 85 years...
J. Kim Murphy Feb 07, 2025
Critics Choice Awards 2025 Winners (UPDATING LIVE)
The 2025 Critics Choice Awards have begun. “Conclave” and “Wicked” dominate the film nominations with 11 nods each, including best picture. Other features in that category incl...
Michaela Zee Feb 07, 2025
Donald Trump Says He Will Fire Kennedy Center Board Members and Name Himself Chairman
President Donald Trump has declared his intention to take over the leadership of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. D.C. After The Atlantic first reported the news, Trum...
Katcy Stephan Feb 07, 2025