The Way of Water Rises To $1.379B Global, Nears $1B Overseas – Deadline

The Way of Water Rises To $1.379B Global, Nears $1B Overseas – Deadline

Refresh for latest…: James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water rang in the New Year with another $186.7M from 52 international markets for a $1.379B global cume to date. Including China, the film rose 6% […]

An Oral History Of SNL’s ‘Christmastime For The Jews’

An Oral History Of SNL's 'Christmastime For The Jews'

(Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in 2018 but we’re republishing it today because it’s, well, that time of year. Enjoy.) “You grow up Jewish and you can’t help it, it’s a big part […]

Review: ‘Leonor Will Never Die’s’ wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Review: 'Leonor Will Never Die's' wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Equal parts midnight movie, psychodrama and reality-tripping goof, “Leonor Will Never Die” counts as one of the year’s most wonderfully offbeat debuts. Filipino writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar’s melancholically weird salute to the escapist pull of […]

Review: ‘Leonor Will Never Die’s’ wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Review: 'Leonor Will Never Die's' wonderfully weird homage to Filipinexploitation flicks

Equal parts midnight movie, psychodrama and reality-tripping goof, “Leonor Will Never Die” counts as one of the year’s most wonderfully offbeat debuts. Filipino writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar’s melancholically weird salute to the escapist pull of […]

“I Kept Hearing Your Name”: Babyface Ray Meets Babyface

"I Kept Hearing Your Name": Babyface Ray Meets Babyface

Photo by Mike Miller Besides a shared moniker based on their youthful looks, Detroit rapper Babyface Ray and chart-topping R&B singer-songwriter-producer Babyface don’t have much in common. The former is a newly minted star, whose […]

Eighties legend and movie star Irene Cara, who belted out the track to Fame, dies aged 63

Irene Cara concentrated on her music career in later life

ACTRESS and singer Irene Cara, who helped to define the ‘80s era of legwarmers and leo-tards, has died aged 63. The Oscar-winning former child star, who belted out the title tracks to films Fame and […]

‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Singer Irene Cara Dead at 63, Hollywood Mourns

'Fame' and 'Flashdance' Singer Irene Cara Dead at 63, Hollywood Mourns

“Her talent and her music will LIVE FOREVER! FOREVER REMEMBER HER NAME!” wrote Cara’s “Fame” co-star Debbie Allen. Hollywood is mourning the death of award-winning singer and actress Irene Cara, who has passed away at […]

‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ singer was 63

Cara dancing in 1980's hit "Fame."

To quote a legendary lyric from her most famous anthem: “I’m gonna live forever — baby, remember my name.” Irene Cara, the iconic ’80s singer and actress best known for massive soundtrack hits to the […]

Inside Irene Cara’s rise to fame from growing up on ‘rough NYC streets’ to pageant beauty queen and Flashdance starlet

Irene Cara died at he age of 63

THE late Irene Cara had risen to fame in the 1980s, acting in Fame and songwriting for Flashdance, but before that she spent her childhood on the rough streets of New York City. Cara, who […]