‘Anora’ Named Best Picture At 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Winners List

Voting kicked off Sunday for the 50thLos Angeles Film Critics Association(LAFCA) Awards. Her co-star Yura Borisov won Best Supporting Performance, along withA Real Pains Kieran Culkin. LAFCA members hold their annual awards vote, honoring screen excellence on both sides of the camera. Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’Neon See all the winners of the 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards below.

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 60 words · Jeffrey Gomez

‘Frida’ Director Carla Gutierrez Wanted Audience To Feel Kahlo’s Emotions – Contenders Documentary

Fridais not just a documentary about the art and life of Frida Kahlo. DirectorCarla Gutierrezwanted to use the tools of the format to capture Kahlos emotions. Those tools included narration, archival material, score and the creative touch of animating Kahlos paintings. Youre seeing her eyes looking at us in her paintings, Gutierrez said. We wanted the audience to also look at her universe through her eyes. A lot of those accidents, unfortunately, happened in Mexico City....

December 8, 2024 · 2 min · 231 words · Mariah Arias

‘John Wick’ Spinoff ‘Ballerina’ Unveils Featurette During Comic-Con Brazil Livestream

The featurette was introduced by Reeves andJohn WickdirectorChad Stahelskiin a pre-recorded message. Today is a big day, said the latter. And we couldnt be happier that the amazingIan McShanecould be there with you in person. Ana de Armas as Eve in ‘Ballerina’ (2025).Larry D. Horricks/Lionsgate Well, it turns out there was a lot of stuff you didnt see. Im actually surprised I came out of it in one piece. This is not a female John Wick, noted Wiseman....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 119 words · Michael Lambert

‘Mediha’ Director Hasan Oswald’s Camera Became Mediha Alhamad’s “Best Friend,” She Says – Contenders Documentary

Oswald gave Alhamad the camera to film her life and her familys search for other kidnapped family members. Camera was my best friend, I always say Alhamad said at DeadlinesContenders Documentaryevent. She was my best friend. I called the camera she because I dont have a sister, thats why. It was making me feel so good and so strong. We allowed them to just be kids, Oswald said. What are we filming today?...

December 8, 2024 · 2 min · 265 words · Dr. David Kane

‘Moana 2’ Sails To $600M Global; ‘Wicked’ Tops $450M; India’s ‘Pushpa 2’ Breaking Records – International Box Office

The running split is even for the splashy sequel, with$300Mdomesticand$300Mfrom theinternational box office. 3 biggest launch weekend for Walt Disney Animation Studios (behindFrozenandFrozen 2). 8 studio release of the year overseas (andsansholidays). Disney, Universal, Mythri Movie Makers The worldwide cume through Sunday is$455.6M, including$135Mfrom the international box office. The overseas weekend added 18 markets and grossed$26.9M. The offshore frame was down 38% in the holdovers. More detail to follow. Note that these numbers will be updated when more information becomes available....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 206 words · Claire Ramirez

‘Moana 2’, ‘Wicked’ & ‘Gladiator II’ Driving Record Post-Thanksgiving Frame Near $132M – Sunday AM Update

Great holdovers from the holiday weekend before. That surpasses the previous record set in 2018 when all movies totaled $120M. And thats because this weekend is powered byMoana 2($52M, still a record for a No. ‘Moana 2’, ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection/Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection/Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection And its certainly not good for Zegler. Over the summer, Neon opened the Hunter Schafer movieCuckooto $3M, with a $6....

December 8, 2024 · 2 min · 320 words · Jonathan Bernard

‘Pushpa 2: The Rule ’ Review: Sukumar Delivers A Rollicking But Surprisingly Emotional Blockbuster Sequel

Hugely anticipated, it was smashing box office records even before it opened. But the fans dont care about story crafting, really. When it comes to fighting, hes an unleashed fury. ‘Pushpa 2’AA Films Devi Sri Prasad provides pumping music to match. Fudged in the background is Pushpas story. Against the odds in this kind of film, however, he is not just a one-dimensional hard man. That massive ego, meanwhile, is easily bruised....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 108 words · Kelly Flynn

‘Saturday Night Live’ Cold Open Features Dana Carvey’s Reprise Of The Church Lady As She Scolds David Spade’s Hunter Biden

I havent been here in a while. I have been laying low a little bit, Spades Biden told her. Oh, I think thats okay. At least you havent been doing a podcast, Carveys Church Lady told him. Spade and Carvey do theFly on the Wallpodcast. Easy, church woman, Hunter Biden told her. Watch on Deadline Oh, well, pardon me. Who do you think I am, your daddy? And on the shtick went....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 206 words · Sarah Brown

‘SNL’ Brings On Trisha Paytas to Participate In Sketch About Paul Mescal’s Spotify Wrapped For 2024

Internet personalityTrisha Paytasmade a surprise appearance onSaturday Night Liveto participate in a sketch aboutPaul Mescals Spotify Wrapped for 2024. Besides a few obvious additions like Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar, Mescals No. 1 on Spotify by far was a rando personality named Satoshi Gutman. Played by Bowen Yang, Satoshi is apparently an anti-instrumentalist sound guru out of Dundalk, Maryland. Mescal spent over 170,000 minutes listening to him. Oh, and he calls his fans bastards....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 160 words · Matthew Delgado

‘SNL’s Chloe Fineman Pulls Out Timothée Chalamet Impression For ‘A Complete Unknown’ Red Carpet

AsBob Dylanfans awaitTimothee Chalamets portrayal of the folk music legend,Chloe Finemanhas reprised her portrayal of Chalamet. My forever babygirl, Timmy, is it safe to say you had a brat summer? asksHeidi Gardneras Buzzfeed reporter Lacey Shay. James Austin Johnson and Chloe Fineman play Bob Dylan and Timothée Chalamet on ‘Saturday Night Live’.NBC Its nuts, man, its nuts. As Dylan, Johnson responded to the same question with a confused what? before answering nearly incoherently....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 174 words · James Gordon

‘SNL’s Heidi Gardner Fangirls Over Chiefs In ‘Sunday Night Football’ Opening

Its a full weekend atNBCforSaturday Night LivestarHeidi Gardner, the latest celeb to appear in aSunday Night Footballpromo. Unbelievably spectacular or just the same thing over and over and over again. Im talking about winning. Heidi Gardner hypes up the Kansas City Chiefs in NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ opening.NBC The promo featured clips of the Chiefs back-to-back wins at Super Bowl LVII and LVIII. But then maybe do something about it....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 115 words · Madison Calderon

‘SNL’s Heidi Gardner On Why She Broke “So Hard” In ‘Beavis & Butt-Head’ Sketch: “It Just Killed Me”

Heidi Gardneris reliving theSaturday Night Livesketch that made her completely lose it during the live show. Gardner likened the moment to Rachel Dratch playing Debbie Downer, where she often made her co-stars break character. The audience was so sweet to me. Mikey Day and Heidi Gardner on ‘SNL’NBC And I thought, This is okay, but get it together. But then right after, I feel I was just unaware of the amount of time I broke for…....

December 8, 2024 · 1 min · 91 words · Brianna Thomas

‘SNL’s Weekend Update Takes On Donald Trump At Notre Dame Cathedral, Fox News Star Pete Hegseth & Joe Biden

Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update segment took one of the weeks hot topics, including Donald Trump at the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening, digs at former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, and jabs at Joe Biden. Trump returned to the world stage after being elected the 47th president of the United States and made an appearance in Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral. Related Stories Saturday Night Live Cold Open Features Dana Carveys Reprise Of The Church Lady As She Scolds David Spades Hunter Biden SNL Imagines Gladiator II As A Musical, With Paul Mescal Singing About Being A Killing Machine Donald Trump today made his first trip abroad since the election traveling to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral where he rang the bell,Michael Chesaid as an image of Trump as DisneysThe Hunchback of Notre Damecharacter....

December 8, 2024 · 2 min · 380 words · Gabrielle Smith