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INGLEWOOD, CA - AUGUST 27: Kendrick Lamar attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Kendrick Lamar will perform at the Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

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‘Nightbitch’ Review

Amy Adams ferociously resists the changes that parenthood imposes in didactic but welcome ode to moms.

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A24 has landed U.S. distribution rights to “The Brutalist,” a historical epic directed by Brady Corbet and starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones. The 215-minute movie (which…

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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: It’s No ‘Iron Giant,’ Though DreamWorks’ Tale of a Wayward Droid Is a Keeper

A gorgeous computer-generated cartoon with a human heart beating beneath its sleek, state-of-the-art surface, DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” arrives at a time when the…

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VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 07: Director Kevin Costner attends the "Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2" photocall during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 07, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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Kevin Costner Says Scrapped ‘Horizon 2’ Theatrical Release Was ‘Probably a Reaction’ to First Film’s Box Office Performance: ‘It Didn’t Have Overwhelming Success…

At the film's Venice Film Festival press conference, Costner said the first "Horizon" "didn't have overwhelming success."

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Dennis Quaid's affable yet authoritative presidential performance leads a blatantly worshipful biopic.
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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!