Tunisia submitted relatively few submissions for the International Academy Award, but thanks to director Kaouther Ben Hania, the country recently received a nomination for The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) and a place on the shortlist for Four Girls. (2023). This year’s submission, Take My Breath, comes from another director, Nada Mazni Hafeez, but … Read more
Thirty-seven-year-old Darren Criss is a Broadway star and frequenter of piano bars. “Keep the music playing, you know?” He said. “I think the expression goes: ‘Life is a cabaret!’ When he’s in Los Angeles, it’s Tramp Stamp Granny’s, where he and his wife Mia own. “It’s kind of a nice little Hollywood tale,” he said. … Read more
Louis Fuller was a photochemist. This was evident to those who enjoyed the dancer at the Folies Bergère in Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century. It’s even clearer for those who remain fascinated by the many imitators spawned by the famous “Serpentine Dance” more than a century ago. Obsessed with Light, Sabine Krähenbühl … Read more
Blake Lively accuses Justin Baldoni, star of “It Ends with Us,” of sexual harassment – CBS News Watch CBS News Hollywood star Blake Lively has accused Justin Baldoni, her It Ends With Us co-star, of sexual harassment in a new lawsuit. His lawyer denied these accusations. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for … Read more
What is a place if it is not on the map? What are people if they are not recognized? Felipe Holguin Caro’s La Suprema asks these questions in an intimate drama set in a remote Caribbean town in Colombia. La Suprema is not on any map and its Afro-Colombian population feels similarly erased. Modest in … Read more
With its long, static shots of domestic life, “Family Time” resembles the “Paranormal Activity” of deranged vacation movies: There’s a sense of spying on people who don’t realize they’re under a microscope. Of course, Tia Kovu’s debut feature film was professionally written, directed and acted. But her style is so simple, you can sometimes forget … Read more
Harlem Apollo Theater Honored by Kennedy Center for Cultural Contributions – CBS News Watch CBS News For 90 years, the Apollo Theater has shaped American culture, launching icons like James Brown and Aretha Franklin. This year, it became the first institution to be honored by the Kennedy Center, cementing its legacy as a center for … Read more
Stories about survivors in a post-apocalyptic world continue to fascinate viewers in streaming series like “Fallout” and “The Last of Us,” but “Homestead” likely marks the first time such a scenario has been used in a faith-based film. . This is certainly the first time that a theatrical film of this type has been designed … Read more
Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington bring an untold story from World War II to life with ‘Six Triple Eight’ – CBS News Watch CBS News Tyler Perry and Kerry Washington team up for “Six Triple Eight,” which highlights the only black women’s battalion in Europe during World War II. Washington plays Charity Adams, the highest-ranking … Read more
Traveling through the underground airwaves, Kurt Cobain landed in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. During the island nation’s period of severe economic hardship after the fall of the Soviet Union, the “Special Period” prompted thousands of Cubans to emigrate, risking their lives at sea. Those who remained suffered from great scarcity (the American … Read more