All posts tagged "Cinema"

Los Angeles (AFP) - Television and film writers, on strike over the "existential crisis" of a Hollywood dream factory that mistreats the source of its stories, are fed up with seeing their profession become more precarious in the age of streaming. "What the studios are trying to do is basically turn our work into gig work, and make it impossible for writers to have a career," said Sarah Fischer, on the picket line Wednesday outside major studio Warner Bros. After 10 years working as an assistant on major series such as Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," the 30-year-old scribe was only recently......

US actress Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82 after a short illness, her management told dpa. Born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago in 1940, her breakthrough came in 1966 with "One Million Years B.C." She worked with Hollywood greats including James Stewart, Frank Sinatra, John Huston and Burt Reynolds. Her talent for comedy was recognized with a Golden Globe for Best Comedy Actress for "The Three Musketeers."...

In front of an applauding crowd of thousands in Lyon, world-renowned American film director Tim Burton was recognized for his 35-year-long career in the birthplace of cinema. “In all my life, I've never received so much love," he said while wiping away tears as he received the Lumière lifetime achievement award in the French city. "It is such an honour to be honoured in the cradle of cinema ... And so, I'm kind of speechless, but thank you so much. I will never forget this." The Lumière Institute created the award in 2009, which has since become one of France's most prestigious film awards. Ly......

New York (AFP) - Disgraced movie star Kevin Spacey takes the stand at his New York trial, rejecting as "not true" accusations he sexually assaulted fellow actor Anthony Rapp when he was a minor. Rapp, who stars in the series "Star Trek: Discovery," is claiming damages of $40 million against the two-time Oscar-winner for "emotional anguish," for what allegedly happened in 1986, when he was 14 and Spacey was 26. Spacey said he had no recollection of attending a private party in a Manhattan apartment with Rapp, as the now 50-year-old claims. Before appearing in court Monday, Spacey, 63, won a sma......

Venice (AFP) - Transgender issues have taken centre stage at the Venice Film Festival this year, with Italian director Emanuele Crialese even using the platform to reveal he was born a woman as he presented his new film starring Penelope Cruz.  The revelation by Crialese came at a press conference for his new film, "L'Immensita", which is inspired by his difficult adolescence.  "I am never going to be like any other man... I was born biologically a woman," Crialese said.  He added that, despite his transition, there was still a "huge part of my character that is female".  In the film, Cruz's c......

Los Angeles (AFP) - The armorer on the set of "Rust" sued the film's ammunition supplier Wednesday, accusing him of leaving real bullets among the dummy cartridges, resulting in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the armorer in charge of weapons on the Western movie set in New Mexico, where actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot Halyna Hutchins in October after being told his firearm was safe. Film industry safety rules completely prohibit live ammunition on sets, precisely to avoid such an accident. In her civil suit filed Wednesday in a New Mexico court, Gutierrez-Re......