Last Face: Sean Penn’s War Drama, Starring Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem

The Last Face, Sean Penn’s latest film as a director, stars Oscar winners Charlize Theron (“Monster”) and Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”), along with Adele Exarchopoulos (“Blue is the Warmest Color”). The story, written by Erin Dignam, concerns humanitarian doctors in a war-torn African country. Principal photography began on August 1, 2014, in Capte Town,  According to […]

Oscar 2015: Back to Five Best Picture Nominees?

The Hollywood Reporter investigates: How many best picture nominees should there be? Five? Ten?

Nimoy, Leonard: Last Tweet of Star Trek Star

Leonard Nimoy, who starred in the original “Star Trek” film series, died Friday. The thesp posted his final message on Twitter on Sunday, time-stamped at 11:36 p.m. Pacific Time, which said: “A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP.” The last abbreviation, of course, is a reference […]

Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary: Scores Big with 23 Million Viewers

NBC’s star-studded Saturday Night Live anniversary special on Sunday scored some of the network’s best ratings in years,

Oscar Actors: Mo’Nique–Finally Acting after 2009 Oscar for Precious

Remember Oscar-winner Mo’Nique? Robert L. Johnson’s Urban Movie Channel has acquired U.S. rights to the coming-of-age film “Blackbird,” starring Mo’Nique and Isiah Washington. “Blackbird” is Mo’Nique’s first movie since 2009’s “Precious,” for which she won the best supporting actress Oscar. “Isaiah sent me the script and told me that I had to do,” she told […]