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Oscar Actors: Perrine, Valerie–Best Actress Nominee for “Lenny” Dies at 81

March 23, 2026 By

She then took the role of Miss Teschmacher for the first two Superman films starring Christopher Reeve

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Oscar Directors: Anderson, Paul Thomas–“One Battle After Another”

Anderson holds one of his three Oscars on Sunday night.

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Project Hail Mary: Lord and Christopher Miller’s Space Adventure, based on Ryan Gosling Chsrisma Scores Big at the Box-Office

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s space epic, starring Ryan Gosling, is only the second non-sequel or franchise film of the past decade to open to $80 million.

Reviews

Virtue (1932): Edward Buzzell’s Pre-Code Romantic Melodrama, Starring Carole Lombard

Virtue, a Pre-Code romantic melodrama, starring Carole Lombard in her first movie for Columbia Pictures

Viva Verdi! (2026): Yvonne Russo’s Docu about a Unique Music Home, Founded by Verdi

The feature follows residents, aged 77 to 107, as they continue to perform, teach, and mentor international young music students who live among them.

New Book about Cannes Film Fest, Camera d’Or (2008): Steve McQueen’s “Hunger”

Tough to watch due to the brutal treatment of prisoners in the Maze camp, and concluding with the graphic depiction of Sands’ starvation to death with all the details of such traumatic event, Hunger is an uncompromisingly harrowing and audacious film in the best sense of these terms.

As Deep as the Grave: Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in the Indie

Voorhees has realized his vision of having Kilmer in the ensemble by using state-of-the-art generative AI.