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The 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival starts on Wednesday, August 29th, on another planet. The moon, to be precise, when Damien Chazelle returns to the Lido to open the fest with First Man, covering the defining years in the life of Neil Armstrong.

Golden Globe winner James Cameron has been a sci-fi fan since he started to read and watch television. And a practitioner of the genre since 1984, the year he made The Terminator.

The global box office chart this week was dominated by Ant-Man and the Wasp. And no, this is not a mix-up with a report from seven weeks ago, when the second installment of the Disney and Marvel’s franchise had its domestic and international debut.

Fashion is less restrictive than ever. It’s never about what you wear but how you wear it.

Golden Globe winner Neil Simon, iconic playwright and screenwriter, has died, aged 91. One of the most prolific and influential American writers of stage and screen, Simon was nominated for a Golden Globe-Best Screenplay-Motion Picture three times: in 1973, for The Heartbreak Kid (directed by Elaine May); in 1976 for The Sunshine Boys (directed by Herbert Ross), and in 1978 for The Goodbye Girl, which he won.

Film Bios is an occasional series reviewing autobiographies of notable filmmakers.  It was October 24th, 1929 and Fred Zinnemann had just disembarked in New York after a seven-day crossing from Cherbourg, France.

Searching , a thriller directed by a former Google employee, Aneesh Chaganty, follows a father trying to find his missing 16-year-old daughter.  Sounds a little generic?  Think again.

Tomorrow Never Dies, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha are just a few of the hit movies Michelle Yeoh has starred.   The Malaysian-born actress has paved the way for younger Asian actors.

Three-time Golden Globe nominee Kelly MacDonald started her acting career with the iconic Trainspotting in 1997 and next December she will be seen in Etan Cohen's solo debut as a director in the action-mystery comedy Holmes and Watson. We met the brilliant Scottish actress for her starring role in the drama Puzzle and we asked her if she is inspired by music when she prepares for a part.

HFPA Grantee Founded in 1955, the Young Musicians Foundation was created by child piano prodigy Sylvia Kunin alongside legendary cellist Gregor Pitatagorsky and composer Elmer Bernstein in order to provide musical education to the youth regardless of social or economic background. Over the last 60 plus years, YMF, partnering with the Debut Chamber Orchestra, has premiered over 43 pieces, featuring the works of Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Ingolf Dahl, Michael Torke and Paul Chihara, among others.