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Then, there’s “Dune: Part Two,” a movie so expensive looking, so smoothly, tastefully, artfully done that it’s easy to remain passive in the face of all that’s weird about it. But look! It’s Stellan Skarsgard, plumped, pursy and a-vape, as a baron whose kink, in part, arises from stadium-size gladiatoring. When this series is complete, … Read more
“Emilia Pérez,” the movie about a transgender Mexican cartel leader whoreconciles with her past, enters the Academy Awards on Sunday with 13 nominations, the most of any film this year. It is also the most nods ever for any non-English language film. The film has already won several accolades, including best comedy or musical at … Read more
The streets of Rio de Janeiro have been littered with Fernanda Torres imitators. They drink beer, clutch plastic Oscars and deliver the impromptu acceptance speeches that they hope their idol, the Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, will give on Sunday night at the Academy Awards. “It’s the peak of fame in Brazil: to become a costume … Read more
Years after Gene Hackman retired from acting, he was at dinner with a friend in New Mexico who wanted to know how actors were able to cry on cue. “He put his head down at the table for about 30 seconds and raised his head up and there are tears coming down,” the friend, Doug … Read more
A Movie Game: Can You Match the Oscar-Nominated Film to Our Headline?
When Clint Eastwood needed a performer who could persuasively go boot-toe to boot-toe with him in his brutal 1992 western “Unforgiven,” he needed an actor who was his towering equal onscreen. Eastwood needed a performer with strange charisma, one who could at once effortlessly draw the audience to his character and repulse it without skipping … Read more
The actor Gene Hackman was found dead in a mud room in his New Mexico home and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, was found dead on the floor of a bathroom on Wednesday, according to a search warrant affidavit. An open prescription bottle and scattered pills were discovered near her body on a counter in the … Read more
The New York Times 2025 Oscars Ballot Best Picture ☐ “Anora” “The Brutalist” ☐ “A Complete Unknown” ☐ “Conclave” “Dune: Part Two” ☐ “Emilia Pérez❞ ☐ “I’m Still Here” ☐ “Nickel Boys” “The Substance” ☐ “Wicked” Best Director ☐ Jacques Audiard, “Emilia Pérez❞ ☐ Sean Baker, “Anora” ☐ Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist” ☐ … Read more
other image(s) documented on any media, photography and/or videography equipment, photography and/or videography accessories and/or devises apparently used to facilitate photography and/or videography. 7. Clothing belonging or worn by Eugene “Gene” Allen Hackman or Betsy Arakawa. 8. Photographs of the residence, including the interior and exterior. 9. Latent and/or visible print(s), including but … Read more
Gene Hackman, a celebrated actor whose death at 95 was announced on Thursday, stood out in Hollywood for his ability not to stand out. Not until he was 42 did he make his star turn, winning the Oscar for best actor for playing a gruff narcotics detective in “The French Connection.” But at that point … Read more