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Cinema box office in South Korea amounted to a dismal $5.45 million over the weekend, propelling “Alien: Romulus” back to top spot, despite the film’s steep week-on-week decline. Among new releases there was joy for a Korean-produced panda documentary and disappointment for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.” “Alien: Romulus” earned $905,000 between Friday and Sunday, according to data […]

The prestigious EGOT club just gained two new members: Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The duo, who already have an Oscar for “La La Land” and a Tony and Grammy award for “Dear Evan Hansen” and “The Greatest Showman” secured their EGOT with an Emmy win for “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” […]

Director Giuseppe Tornatore is set to present a 4K restoration of his Oscar and Cannes-winning “Cinema Paradiso” at a new Italian film festival in Mumbai this September, marking his first-ever visit to India. The screening will headline Italian film festival “Cinema Italian Style – Celebrating Tornatore and the Masters Of Italian Cinema.” Organized by the […]

Jamie Lee Curtis has won an Emmy for her work on “The Bear.” The actress who has a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award, can add the Emmy to her accolades after taking home the award Sunday for best guest actress in a comedy for her work on the hit FX […]

For Rachel Morrison’s feature directorial debut “The Fire Inside,” there was a lot of pressure to “get it right” and do justice to the story of boxer Claressa Shields. But greater than the self-induced anxiety was the thrill of moving from behind the camera to the director’s chair, where she could see the project through […]

FX’s “Shōgun” dominated the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, taking home 15 trophies during the second half of the two-part ceremony held at the Peacock Theatre in downtown L. A. FX’s costume drama entered the weekend leading in overall nominations with a tally of 25 Emmy nominations this year. Overall, FX dominated the weekend with 27 […]