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Frederick Wiseman, a preeminent documentary filmmaker, has died. He was 96. The filmmaker’s death was announced by his family Monday in a statement released by Zipporah Films, Wiseman’s distribution company. In a career that lasted nearly 60 years, Wiseman produced and directed 45 films beginning in 1967 with “Titicut Follies,” a documentary on the the…

What does one do on the morning of the Academy Award nominations? Wake up early? Try to sleep in? Wait for your publicist to call? Having returned home late from a friend’s dinner the night before, Kate Hudson debated the best course of action ahead of last month’s nominations — before deciding she needed to…

In a smoothly run show peppered with sharp humor but, for the most part, a dearth of pointed political commentary — save for one unscripted expression of anti-ICE sentiment from “The White Lotus” star Natasha Rothwell — the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards celebrated its 41st edition on Sunday in Hollywood. The ceremony has long…

Thundering drums and shredding guitar solos cut through the crowd as pyrotechnics and streamer cannons blast. The energy and production feel like a show at the Hollywood Palladium or the Forum, but we’re at Knott’s Berry Farm, on the rooftop of a big red doghouse — that is if we can suspend our disbelief for…

Ryan Sickler is used to asking the question that people are afraid to ask: “Is there anyone here who has ever actually died and come back and would be comfortable talking about it in front of all of us?” It’s not your typical comedy show crowd work but it has profound results. During his special…

History is once again unfolding at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games as Team USA members break records and score dominant triumphs. But as the Games move into their second week, a different and more provocative history is starting to repeat itself, casting a politically charged shadow over the event. Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin, snowboarder Chloe Kim,…

Poor Sylvia Plath has found little rest in the afterlife. The New Yorker’s Janet Malcolm had choice words for the army of Plath’s biographers. She likened this species of writer to “the professional burglar, breaking into a house, rifling through certain drawers that he has good reason to think contain the jewelry and money, and…

Casey Wasserman, the embattled sports and entertainment mogul who is the face of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, is preparing to sell his talent agency. In a memo to his staff Friday, Wasserman acknowledged his appearance in a recently released batch of documents related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine…

Whether you’re already on the inside or new to the party, the Canadian meta-comedy “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie,” about a music duo’s epic undiscoveredness, shows little audience favoritism as it ping-pongs between timelines, formats, realities, cultural shout-outs and its two indefatigable lead characters. Make that four leads, since director and co-writer Matt…

The nation faces some tough questions following the unwittingly hilarious performance of U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi when she testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files, among other things. Viewers were left asking themselves if the over-the-top dramatics they witnessed were in fact a midweek…