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Demi’s Glorious Return

COVER STORY | Demi Moore conquered her fears for a career-best performance in 'The Substance.'

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VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 03: (L-R) Drew Starkey, Director Luca Guadagnino, and Daniel Craig attend the "Queer" red carpet during the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 03, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Earns 9-Minute Standing Ovation at Venice

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey's sensual -- and psychedelic -- sexual awakening has earned positive reviews from the film festival.

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Barry Manilow Sues Hipgnosis, Seeking $1.5 Million in Allegedly Unpaid Funds

In the latest move in an ongoing dispute, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, who sold a catalog of his music to Hipgnosis Songs Fund in 2020, and Nevada-based Stiletto Entertainment…

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‘The Apprentice’ Producer Kinematics Sells Stake in Trump Movie Over ‘Creative Differences’

“The Apprentice,” the controversial Donald Trump biopic, has removed a major hurdle as it plots a fall theatrical release. Kinematics, which is owned by Dan Snyder, the…

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Angelina Jolie Triumphs, Erotic Dramas Make a Comeback and More Venice Film Festival Takeaways

Angelina Jolie got her flowers. Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson got it on. And studios and streamers got busy playing “let’s make a deal.” The Venice Film Festival, which…

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‘Queer’ Review

VENICE | Daniel Craig shows a whole new side in Luca Guadagnino's bold and trippy adaptation of William S. Burroughs' ahead-of-its-time novel.

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‘Reagan’

Dennis Quaid's affable yet authoritative presidential performance leads a blatantly worshipful biopic.
‘Blink Twice’

Zoë Kravitz proves she's a total filmmaker in a #MeToo-meets-'Midsommar' thriller starring a sinister Channing Tatum.
‘Between the Temples’

Jason Schwartzman gives Carol Kane a belated Bat Mitzvah in a winningly off-kilter comedy.
‘Afraid’

Playing on current fears around artificial intelligence, Chris Weitz's tale of a family imperiled by its virtual assistant plumbs familiar terrain.

‘A Man in Full’

A one-note Jeff Daniels stars in this empty Netflix series.
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

Peacock's gruesome and grueling love story is set during the Holocaust.
‘The Veil’

Elisabeth Moss stuns in FX's fascinating spy thriller.
'Dead Boy Detectives’

This 'Sandman' spinoff adapts Neil Gaiman's comic as a zany teen procedural.

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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