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Golf is a year-round pastime, especially prevalent during the summer. There is no greater, more beloved, and highly quotable cinematic valentine to the most widely embraced adult sport in the world than Caddyshack, directed by Harold Ramis and anchored by a cast that includes Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and Bill Murray.

In pre-COVID times, more than 135,000 people would pack into the San Diego Convention Center each July to eagerly feast upon trailers, casting announcements and other parceled-out new details about their favorite superhero, fantasy, horror, and other genre shows and properties. But Comic-Con International, the largest comic book and popular arts fan convention of its kind, has basically been on ice for the last several years — its frequently raucous in-person events relegated to virtual gatherings.

Jennifer Jason Leigh – now part of the ensemble cast of Sharp Stick (2022) written and directed by Lena Dunham – received the first of two Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle directed by Alan Rudolph.

HFPA’s Anke Hofmann and Rocío Ayuso present a plaque to Comic-Con International’s Chief Communications and Strategy Officer, David Glanzer. This has been the 8th time that the HFPA has had an official presence at the festival celebrating comics and pop culture.

After he conducted “The Red Shoes Ballet” in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes, renowned conductor Sir Thomas Beecham suggested to the two directors that they do an entire filmed opera for their next project. According to Photoplay magazine from March 1951, he told Pressburger, “If you ever thought of putting opera on the screen as you have ballet, you might well consider Tales of Hoffmann .

    It’s almost a guarantee that if you ask someone about Don McLean’s 1971 iconic hit song, “American Pie,” they can recite the lyrics to you. Even more likely they’ll remember the classic vinyl album, reprinted for decades, that features the singer with his thumb up and painted as an American flag.

Unlike other superheroes who use shields, axes, hammers, or lassos, Kuya (older brother in Tagalog), portrayed by former UFC fighter Mark Muñoz, uses an unlikely weapon - lumpia (a Filipino spring roll) - in Patricio Ginelsa’s indie film, Lumpia with a Vengeance. Premiering at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con with an exclusive screening at the Grand Ballroom 5 of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, with a panel discussion held last July 21 at the San Diego Convention Center Room 7AB, Lumpia with a Vengeance marked the first time that an indie Filipino American feature film was showcased in the popular convention and multi-genre entertainment event.

On the fourth Saturday of July – falling on July 23rd this year – National Day of the Cowboy celebrates cowboy culture and history. For over forty years in the 20th century, the perception of a cowboy was symbolized by the “Marlboro Man” created by advertising executive Leo Burnett for one of the tobacco industry giants.

The Actors’ Gang is an experimental theatre and nonprofit group based at the Ivy Substation in California. It was founded in 1981 by a group of actors, including Tim Robbins, now a member of the board and Artistic Director of the troupe.

Thor: Love and Thunder is number 1 at the box office in France. Directed by Taika Waititi with Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, and Christian Bale, the movie is about Thor fighting Gorr the God Butcher who intends to make the gods extinct.