Barbara Ling, production designer who won Oscar for recreating 1969 Los Angeles for Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, dies at 73.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Ling, Barbara–Oscar Winning Production Designer, Dies at 73
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Macho Dancer (1988): Revisiting Lino Brocka’s Unabashedly Excessive Melodrama of Defiance and Survival
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The film’s frank depiction of homosexuality, prostitution, drag queens, crooked cops, the porn industry, sexual slavery, drugs and violence led to extensive edits by Filipino government censors.
Oscar Actors: Gosling, Ryan–Why and How He was Fired from Jackson’s “Lovely Bones”
July 10, 2026 by
Peter Jackson: “Anytime We Recast an Actor, It’s Actually Our Fault.”
Anderson, Paul Thomas: Auteur, Vision, Films Ranked–Licorice Pizza (5th)
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Set in 1973 and named for a beloved SoCal record chain, Licorice Pizza brings writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson back to the neighborhoods where he grew up.
Royal Wedding 2026: Taylor Swift Paid $160K Fee for Star-Studded Event, Says Zohran Mamdani
July 10, 2026 by
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said Taylor Swift has paid the city $160,000 for the permit required for police to have supervise her July 3 Madison Square Gardens wedding to Travis Kelce.
