Wham’s story as told by the duo, Andrew Ridgely and the late George Michael
NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks to Chris Smith, director of Netflix’s documentary WHAM! — George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley went from school friends to global stars.
Remembering Oscar-winning actor and British Parliament member Glenda Jackson
Jackson, who died June 15, won Oscars for her performances in the 1969 movie Women in Love and the 1973 comedy A Touch of Class. She was elected to Pariament in 1992. Originally broadcast in 2019.
An Orson Welles film was horribly edited — will cinematic justice finally be done?
Citizen Kane made Orson Welles a superstar. But his next movie, The Magnificent Ambersons, was edited into incoherence by the studio. Now, a Welles fan has used animation to recreate lost footage.
Hollywood actors are pushing back against studios using AI to clone them
The rise of artificial intelligence has Hollywood actors on edge. Studios are interested in how the technology can allow for digital clones of actors – and actors are pushing back.
ND Stevenson on how he’s changed alongside his ‘Nimona’ series
The wildly successful webcomic is now an animated film on Netflix. Has anything been lost in translation?
Indiana Jones is back for his fifth (and perhaps final) adventure
The fifth (and possibly final) adventure for the intrepid archaeologist, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, is directed not by Steven Spielberg but by James Mangold.
Not coming to a screen near you – viewers will soon feel effects of the writers strike
Future films and TV series are being delayed, if not canceled. For audiences accustomed to a steady stream of new content, this dramatic slowdown will have a tangible impact in the year to come.
An original Princess Leia dress, expected to fetch $2 million at auction, went unsold
Film crews thought the gown, worn by Carrie Fisher’s character, had been destroyed after the production wrapped.
Thinking she had just months to live, Laura Dern’s mother ‘spilled the beans’
Actor Laura Dern and her mother Diane Ladd have always shared a profession. But when Ladd was diagnosed with lung disease, the two started sharing so much more. Their new book is Honey, Baby, Mine.
1993’s ‘Jurassic Park’ inspired some movie buffs to pursue the study of dinosaurs
Thirty years ago this month, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park was released — and created such a splash that many fans ended up pursuing a career in paleontology.
Striking Hollywood writers say major film studios don’t understand what a screenwriter does
Film and TV writers are now in their 8th week of a strike against the major film studios. Both sides are at odds with what is exactly meant by “writing” in Hollywood’s new streaming model.
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