A celebrity from the age of 11, Elizabeth Taylor was practiced at public relations for almost all her life, so there arent many personal revelations in Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes. But Nanette Bursteins elegantly constructed documentary, mostly in Taylors own words backed by illuminating archival images, works as a lively bit of film history about movie stardom in the...

Paul Schraders Oh, Canada, the new drama that reunites the director with his American Gigalo star Richard Gere, had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival Friday night, where it was welcomed with a three-minute-plus standing ovation for Schrader and his team at the Grand Lumiere Theatre. With typical Canadian politeness, the crowd even applauded the films producers. Before...

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If youre looking for the Connections answer for Friday, May 17, 2024, read onIll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, Ill explain the meanings of the trickier words and well learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for May 17, NYT Connections #341! Read on if...

Peacock does many things well, but its sci-fi section is sorely lacking. The science fiction films on Peacock are almost entirely comprised of knockoff blockbusters or embarrassingly bad B-movies. And instead of having a permanent library of Universal Pictures sci-fi hits like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrialor Back to the Future, Peacocks best science fiction movies tend to come and go inside...

The final episodes of Young Sheldon drew a big crowd for CBS. The comedy ended its seven-season run Thursday night with 9.32 million viewers for its series finale, according to final same-day ratings from Nielsen (which dont include streaming). Thats the biggest same-day audience for the show in four years since its third season finale on April 30, 2020. Young...

Diane Ford, a stand-up comic and Las Vegas headliner who drew laughs on HBO specials and AEs An Evening at the Improv, died April 30 of cancer in Sarasota, Florida, her nephew Wes Roberts announced. She was 68. Ford also showed up 13 times on Foxs Comic Strip Live and eight times on Jerry Lewis Labor Day telethon, which raised...

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is finally here. This fight has been brewing since Usyk took Anthony Joshuas belts in 2021, but rematches, injuries, and money talks have delayed the fight for years. But its officially here, and if you arent sufficiently hyped up, lets break down why this is so important. Contents Watch Fury vs Usyk live stream on...

Were finally getting an undisputed heavyweight champion. Boxing fans have been waiting 25 years for this to happen. Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs), the lineal champion and WBC and The Ring belt holder, fights Oleksandr Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs), who holds the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO belts. It took years for this fight to manifest, and it was delayed...

The fringe benefits of subscribing to Amazon Prime are many, but one of the best is Amazon Prime Video, which gives you access to a whole library of great movies and TV shows. Finding something to watch on Prime Video can range from pretty easy to remarkably difficult. Because streaming interfaces dont always surface the stuff youre looking for, it...

New York City FC and New York Red Bulls clash in the Hudson River Derby tonight at Citi Field. Rivalry matches are always entertaining, but theyre even better when both teams are good, which will be the case in this one. The Red Bulls sit third in the East with 23 points through 13 matches, while NYCFC are nipping at...

Dabney Coleman, the popular comic actor from 9 to 5, Tootsie and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman whose many redeeming qualities including a knack for portraying characters who had none, has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, his daughter, singer Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter. My father crafted his time here on Earth...

Yorgos Lanthimos revealed his particular brand of niceness as the Cannes Film Festival presented the world premiere of his twisted Kinds of Kindness on Friday night. The film, which reunites The Favourite and Poor Things director Lanthimos and star Emma Stone, was greeted with a 4-minute ovation inside the packed Grand Lumiere Theatre. As far as Cannes ovations go, thats...