The Santa Barbara International Film Festival, a key stop on the road to the Oscars, has announced the dates for its 2027 edition, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively report: Feb. 3-13. Held shortly after the Oscar nominations announcement and shortly before the final round of voting, a mere 90 miles from Los Angeles in a coastal city that is home...

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Its time for a piece of film history to hit the auction block. The TAG Heuer Monaco worn by Steve McQueen in the 1971 racing epic Le Mans is set to be auctioned at Sothebys New York as part of the houses important watches auction on June 15. The iconic timepiece will be presented with a trove of documentation and...

In Lena Dunhams second memoir, Famesick, the Girls creator details the highs and lows of creating the hit HBO series, which included contending with erratic behavior from her onscreen co-star Adam Driver, as well as the accompanying anxiety that came with acting as head writer and star of the series and being alternatively praised and torn apart online. In the...

The return of the longest crewed space flight in history drew a big TV audience Friday evening, with ABCs coverage leading the way. Just under 27.3 million people watched the re-entry and splashdown of the Artemis II mission on the six largest TV news outlets. ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MS NOW and NBC all carried special coverage of the...

The 2026 Tribeca Festival will kick off with the world premiere of the documentary Earth, Wind Fire (To Be Celestial VS Thats the Weight of the World), directed by Ahmir Questlove Thompson. The world premiere screening at New Yorks Beacon Theatre on June 3, kicking off the 25th edition of the festival, will be followed by a live performance by...

For those who are not chronically online (like me), you may have seen images of Ryan Gosling floating around, next to the word hopecore, and wondered what it all means. Per the Urban Dictionary, its a genre of videos that invoke a feeling and emotions of hope, glee and wholeness. That sounds pretty nice given the current state of the...

Sony Pictures dropped some exciting news at CinemaCon 2026. The beloved gothic horror video game Bloodborne is getting an R-rated animated film adaptation. According to a Variety report, the film will stay very true to the gory, nightmarish spirit that made the game so iconic. And honestly, that is exactly what fans needed to hear. For the uninitiated, Bloodborne is...

At one point, the trailer for David Lowerys Mother Mary swears its not a love story. But at the New York premiere for the upcoming A24 musical drama, stars Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel revealed how much it is about love and what one does for the craft, for partnerships, and oneself in the name of it. The other day...

Lin-Manuel Miranda has revealed the cast list for his upcoming feature film Octet. In an Instagram post Tuesday, Miranda listed Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Philipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Tramell Tillman and Paul-Jordan Jansen as cast members in the musical adaptation. He added that rehearsals on the project have begun. View this post on Instagram The...

Controversial they may have been, but Timothe Chalamet comments on ballet and opera might have done some good. In a new interview with The Times, the chief of Londons flagship opera house has thanked the Hollywood actor for boosting ticket sales amid his outrage-sparking remark that no one cares about the art forms anymore. Alex Beard, of the Royal Ballet...

Peacock has handed out a second-season order for The Burbs, the series-length reboot of the 1989 cult classic starring Tom Hanks. Set in present-day American suburbia, The Burbsfollows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husbands childhood home. Their world is upended when a new neighbor moves in across the street, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to...