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‘HARBIN’ TO BE PRESENT AT CHRISTMAS Poised to be one of the biggest blockbusters of an uneven year for Korean cinema, “Harbin” is finally confirmed to release on Christmas Day (Dec. 25). The movie had its premiere in September at the Toronto International Film Festival but its distributor and financier CJ ENM chose to hold […]

Denzel Washington may have said that his same-sex kiss in “Gladiator II” was cut from the movie because the powers that be got “chicken,” but, according to director Ridley Scott, the kiss may not have happened at all. “No, that’s bullshit,” Scott told me Monday night at the “Gladiator II” premiere in Hollywood.

A new trailer for Sabrina Carpenter’s “A Nonsense Christmas” arrived Monday night ahead of her final concert in the United States for her “Short n’ Sweet” tour. Before taking the stage at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, fans were treated to the live premiere of the official trailer for the Netflix event, revealing a […]

The suspense wasn’t killing anyone: Ashley Gorley was named songwriter of the year as the winners of the ASCAP Country Awards were revealed in Nashville Monday night, claiming the honor for the 11th time. Gorley came up for other kudos, too. One of the hits he co-wrote, Morgan Wallen’s crossover smash “Last Night,” earned ASCAP’s […]

SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “The Lovesick Widow,” the eighth episode of the first season of NBC’s “Brilliant Minds.” Teddy Sears is the kind of character actor whose face is often more recognizable than his name. After making his professional acting debut in an episode of the daytime soap “One Life to Live” […]

The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa is taking cinema to the streets — quite literally. India’s National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) have partnered with Picturetime Digiplex to screen a selection of films in inflatable theaters at the festival’s 55th edition.