Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85
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Tony Roberts, Nonchalant Fixture in Woody Allen Films, Dies at 85

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines His first movie with Mr. Allen was the comedy “Play It Again, Sam” (1972), written by Mr. Allen but directed by Herbert Ross. Mr. Roberts played a businessman who had had “the foresight to buy Polaroid at 8 1/2” but is too busy…

Phyllis Dalton, Oscar-Winning Costume Designer for Historical Epics, Dies at 99
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Phyllis Dalton, Oscar-Winning Costume Designer for Historical Epics, Dies at 99

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Phyllis Dalton, a British costume designer whose unflinching attention to detail earned her Oscars for “Doctor Zhivago” and “Henry V” and acclaim for her emotive, striking costumes in “Lawrence of Arabia,” died on Jan. 9 at her home in Somerset, England. She was…

Opinion | Why Are the Oscars Scared of Horror Films?
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Opinion | Why Are the Oscars Scared of Horror Films?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The continued snubbing is confounding. Horror’s appeal now extends well beyond the weirdos who once flocked to double features and midnight madness screenings. The genre has proved to be one of the few that can reliably lure audiences to see original, non-franchise fare…

2025 Oscar Nominations: See the Full List
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2025 Oscar Nominations: See the Full List

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After a delay following the fires in Los Angeles, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, with “Emilia Perez,” “The Brutalist” “ and “Wicked” garnering multiple nods. “Emilia Pérez” led with 13 nominations, including best picture. “The Brutalist” and…

2025 Oscar Nominations: ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Get Multiple Nods
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2025 Oscar Nominations: ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Brutalist’ Get Multiple Nods

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences showered little-seen movies rooted in progressive politics with nominations for the 97th Oscars on Thursday. “Emilia Pérez,” a musical exploration of trans identity, and “The Brutalist,” a three-and-a-half-hour study of immigrant trauma and antisemitism, emerged…

5 Scenes That Define David Lynch’s ‘Lynchian’ Vision
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5 Scenes That Define David Lynch’s ‘Lynchian’ Vision

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The directorial thumbprint of David Lynch spawned its own adjective decades ago, perhaps most thoroughly codified by the writer David Foster Wallace. Sent by Premiere magazine to the set of Lynch’s 1997 film “Lost Highway,” Wallace gave a definition of Lynchian: “a particular…

David Lynch Showed Us Who We Are in Dark Masterpieces Like ‘Eraserhead’
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David Lynch Showed Us Who We Are in Dark Masterpieces Like ‘Eraserhead’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It felt fitting that my city was burning when I heard the news Thursday that David Lynch had died at 78. Few filmmakers grasped the complexities of Los Angeles better than Lynch did and fewer still seemed so at home with its distinct,…

David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78
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David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Lynch, a painter turned avant-garde filmmaker whose fame, influence and distinctively skewed worldview extended far beyond the movie screen to encompass TV, records, books, nightclubs, a line of organic coffee and his Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, has died. He…

‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends
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‘The Interview’: Ben Stiller Knows How ‘Severance’ Ends

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In my reading of your career, around 2010, a real change happens. You started doing fewer of the big, broad comedies and instead made films like “Greenberg,” “While We’re Young” and “The Meyerowitz Stories.” You did “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and…