What to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from Willie Nelson, Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in โEricโ on Netflix and home improvement gurus Chip and Joanna Gaines fix up a mid-century modern lake house on HGTV.
What's streaming now: Ed Sheeran, 'The Voice,' 'The Golden Bachelor' and Wes Anderson returns
This weekโs new entertainment releases include an album from Ed Sheeran centered on his relationships, a spinoff of โThe Bachelorโ starring a 72-year-old widower and Wes Anderson returns for a second time this year with โThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugarโ starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Bear Grylls goes into the wild with a new batch of celebrities, from Bradley Cooper to Rita Ora
For his latest role, Bradley Cooper leapt onto a hovering helicopter, rappelled down a 400-foot cliff and pulled himself across a 100-foot ravine in one of the harshest climates in North America.
Dr. Seuss' 'How the Grinch stole Christmas!' gets a sequel
Dr_ Seuss fans might find their hearts growing three sizes this holiday season with the release of a sequel to the 1957 classic childrenโs book โHow the Grinch Stole Christmas!โ.
'Monumental moment.' Billy Eichner on remaking the rom-com
In the classic format of an adult, R-rated rom-com, Billy Eichner's coming film โBrosโ depicts an uncommonly honest and insightful portrait of life as a single gay man.
Oscars diary: A yak in the classroom, a family in Hollywood
The unlikely Oscar contender โLunana: A Yak in the Classroomโ recently became the first film from the small Asian nation of Bhutan to be nominated for best international film.
'CODA' takes top honors at SAG Awards, Will Smith wins
In an upset, the deaf family drama โCODAโ has won top honors at a very unpredictable 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of โSquid Game,โ the cast of โTed Lassoโ and Will Smith.
'Dune,' 'The Power Of The Dog' lead BAFTA nominations
Sci-fi epic blockbuster โDuneโ and Jane Campionโs dark Western โThe Power Of The Dogโ lead the nominations for this yearโs British Academy Film Awards, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Leonardo DiCaprio and Lady Gaga among those up for acting awards.
Will Smith, Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck score SAG nominations
Will Smith, Lady Gaga and Ben Affleck landed individual nominations for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, while the casts of โBelfastโ and โCODAโ were among those nominated for the guildโs top award, best ensemble.
Golden Globe Awards carry on, without stars or a telecast
Even though NBC dropped the 2022 Golden Globe Awards, the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association proceeded with its 79th edition Sunday night without a telecast, nominees, a red carpet, a host, press or even a livestream.
โSpider-Manโ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant, โSpider-Man: No Way Homeโ stayed in the No. 1 spot, with $81.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
New York film critics name 'Drive My Car' best film of 2021
The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named โDrive My Car,โ Ryusuke Hamaguchiโs three-hour emotional epic and Haruki Murakamiโs short story adaptation, the best film of the year.
New this week: 'Power of the Dog,' 'Annie' live and Kenny G
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from saxophone legend Kenny G, a documentary about the 12 young soccer players and their coach trapped in a flooded Thailand cave, and Jane Campion makes a triumphant return to filmmaking in โThe Power of the Dog.โ.
New this week: 'Finch,' ABBA and 'The Harder They Fall'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include the first ABBA album in a whopping 39 years and a stylish and kinetic update to the Western in Jeymes Samuelโs โThe Harder They Fallโ starring Idris Elba and Regina King.
London Film Festival welcomes audiences back to the movies
Movies from 77 countries will screen at the 2021 London Film Festival, as Britainโs leading cinema showcase welcomes mass audiences back to movie theaters after a pandemic-disrupted year.
After over a decade, Jane Campion returns to film
After over a decade away from film, New Zealand's Jane Campion returns to the form with โThe Power of the Dog,โ a sweeping but intimate family drama set in the isolated hills of 1925 Montana and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons.
New this week: 'Clickbait,' Sturgill Simpson and Addison Rae
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a Sturgill Simpson's concept album called โThe Ballad of Dood & Juanitaโ and TikTok star Addison Rae making her acting debut in a gender-flipped remake of the 1999 Freddie Prinze Jr and Rachael Leigh Cook teen comedy โSheโs All That.โ.
New this week: 'CODA,' Chance the Rapper film and 'Heels'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include new music from Lizzo and Ben Platt and an animated series on Disney+ that features a bevy of heroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in reimagined events called โWhat If.
โSpencer,โ โThe Last Duel' set for Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled a starry lineup of world premieres for September including Pablo Larrainโs โSpencer,โ starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and Ridley Scottโs medieval drama โThe Last Duel,โ featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver.
Michelle Obama steps up to host in new kidโs cooking show
Film critic Greg Russell is back with his thoughts on the latest movies and TV series hitting screens this weekend, including new projects from Benedict Cumberbatch and former first lady, Michelle Obama. First up, Russell reviewed a true story of 1960โฒs Cold War espionage called The Courier. In the film, Cumberbatch plays a salesperson recruited by MI6 to go undercover in Russia during the Cuban missile crisis. The show follows Michelle Obama and a crew of puppets and guest hosts as they travel the world looking at international cuisine. AdThe showโs crew said that working with Michelle Obama just made sense, as so many of her initiatives aligned with their view of food.
Marvel's Wanda has a future, but 'WandaVision' fate unclear
This image provided by Marvel Studios shows Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in a scene from "WandaVision." (Marvel Studios via AP)LOS ANGELES โ When โWandaVisionโ wraps its initial run next month on the Disney+ streaming service, Elizabeth Olsenโs Wanda will make her next appearance in the big-screen โDoctor Strangeโ sequel. Itโs storytelling that determines how and when characters from the Marvel Comics universe hopscotch between TV and movies, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige said Wednesday. Feige wouldnโt say whether โWandaVision,โ Marvel Studios' first original series for Disney+, has a future after its March 5 season finale. Asked if Marvel Studios might be able to regain them, Feige said he believes it could happen, but added that โrumors online about things revertingโ to Marvel aren't always true.
Despite bleak 2020, celebrities make effort to brighten year
(AP Photo)LOS ANGELES โ Yes, 2020 may seem like a complete fail with all the constant bad news and tragic moments. Itโs been filled with gloom and doom(scrolling), but some celebrities and those inspired by them have tried to brighten a bleak year. He reassigned his 10 seamstresses in New York to produce thousands daily for health care workers on the frontlines. The singer and husband Emilio Estefan's restaurant Estefan Kitchen served up homemade meals for health care workers in Miami. The challenge coordinated offers by celebrities and athletes to raise funds to feed those in need during the pandemic.