How ‘The Zone of Interest’ won big at L.A. Film Critics awards

A woman sits at her home in the French Alps.

Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” was the big winner Sunday at the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn.’s year-end voting meeting, taking prizes for best picture, director and music. The organization also honored four women […]

‘Sesame Street’ Meets ‘The Sopranos’ Is Simultaneously for No One and Everyone

‘Sesame Street’ Meets ‘The Sopranos’ Is Simultaneously for No One and Everyone

This post is brought to you by the letter “G” for Gabagool. There is, perhaps, no pair of TV shows that are as universally celebrated as they are completely dissimilar as The Sopranos and Sesame Street — except, maybe, for The […]

Dua Lipa reconnects with her childhood with ‘Dance the Night’

Dua Lipa

Singer-songwriter Dua Lipa had never written a song from a character’s point of view, she’d always drawn from personal experience — until “Dance the Night,” from “Barbie.” (Alex Harper / For The Times) Dua Lipa […]

23 of the Best Opening Scenes in Movie History

23 of the Best Opening Scenes in Movie History

You know how a book has to grab you with the first sentence or you’ll wander off to whatever Colleen Hoover published in the last five minutes? That goes double for movies. We all have […]

Emma Stone To Receive Palm Springs Film Festival’s Actress Award – Deadline

Oscar controversy Over ‘To Leslie’ Campaign Might Be Overblown – Deadline

UPDATED with latest: Emma Stone, the La La Land Oscar winner whose latest film Poor Things premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the Golden Lion prize, will receive the 2024 Desert Palm Achievement, Actress, award from the Palm Springs […]

Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Is a Moving and Timeless Masterpiece

A man and a woman hug in an open field in Killers of the Flower Moon

Paramount/Apple TV+ Earlier this year, 80-year-old Martin Scorsese told Deadline why he’ll quickly get to work on to his next film rather than take a break after Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese said he’s […]

The irrepressible joy of Tony Bennett

Tony Bennett with his Grammy Award in 1994.

Can a singer smile with his voice? Tony Bennett sure could. As instantly identifiable as any in pop music, Bennett’s voice was a source of warmth and welcoming, of quick wit and steady wisdom — […]

Trailer For Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

killers of the flower moon trailer

AppleTV+ The first trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon, the latest film from legendary director Martin Scorsese, is here. Killers of the Flower Moon stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, Lily […]

15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘Kingpin’

15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘Kingpin’

Arguably the greatest cinematic work by the filmmaking duo who also gave us “Ben Stiller zippering his scrotum” and “Jeff Daniels violently shitting for two and a half minutes,” 1996’s Kingpin starred Woody Harrelson as washed-up bowler Roy Munson, Randy Quaid […]

Canyon Country Store preserves Laurel Canyon’s music history

Firewood for sale outside.

As cars loudly race up Laurel Canyon Boulevard on their way from Hollywood to the Valley, the Canyon Country Store sits quietly in the middle of the street. Walking into the quaint, unassuming grocery store […]