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The Golden Globes may take place in Los Angeles but the weekend’s festivities kicked off on Palm Springs on Friday night at the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Film Awards. The annual event saw Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), the cast of “Emilia Pérez,” Ariana Grande (“Wicked”) and more being honored. The following morning Jennifer Lopez and […]

Film Independent announced the winners of its three Emerging Filmmaker Awards at its annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch on Saturday. Winners for the remaining categories are set to be announced on Feb. 22. Opening remarks were delivered by Brenda Robinson, chair of the board at Film Independent, who remembered the organization’s late president Josh Welsh […]

The man who exploded a Tesla truck outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel wrote of “political grievances,” armed conflicts elsewhere and domestic issues in the days leading up to his suicide, officials said Friday. Via CNN: The writings were found in the cellphone of Matthew Alan Livelsberger, the truck’s driver, said Sheriff Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in a news conference. In his writings, the driver of the Cybertruck said the incident was intended not as a “terrorist attack” but rather “a wake-up call,” according to police.

Lily-Rose Depp is standing up for Sam Levinson and their collaboration on HBO’s “The Idol.” During an appearance on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Depp defended Levinson against the backlash for his one-season HBO drama “The Idol,” which was panned by critics and viewers alike. Depp, who starred in the series as up-and-coming pop star […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said yesterday that he’s going to introduce legislation in the next Congress to fulfill one of RePresident-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promises. We pause now for a routine reminder that not everything Trump says is bad. Thank you. We now return you to your regularly scheduled newsfucking. Sanders said he was referring to Trump’s promise to cap your credit-card interest rates at 10%: This is an especially pertinent issue at the moment, as Americans burdened by predatory Wall Street debt are defaulting on their credit-card debts at rates unseen since the last economic crisis. The Financial Times reports that Wall Street credit-card companies wrote off $46 billion in unpaid debts during the first nine months of this year.