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A mermaid splashed to the top and drowned out action stars and superheroes. The Little Mermaid, Rob Marshall’s live-action remake of the 1989 animation blockbuster, starring Halle Bailey in the title role, opened with $104 million in the three-day weekend frame.

The talent, the deep voice, the luminous screen presence: Annette Bening has it all. Add to that a sharp mind and impeccable taste in her choice of roles, and what you get is a truly successful career.

As legacy media and publishing platforms have grappled with fallout from the steady encroach of the internet over the past two decades, a lot of old barriers to entry (both overt and less obvious on the surface) have at least partially eroded. Remnants and engrained instincts of gatekeeping hurdles, though, remain.

Memorial Day, the public holiday which falls on the last Monday of May each year, honors the men and women who died while serving in the U. S.

Fast X, which opened last weekend in China, continued to dominate the box office in the territory, with $113. 86 million grossed over its run of 12 days and $18.

Denmark’s Norwegian Offspring by Marlene Emilie Lyngstad, from Den Danske Filmskole, was chosen as the winner of the 26th edition of La Cinef Selection in Cannes. “It was very surprising,” said director Marlene Emilie Lyngstad.

The 2023 iteration of the Cannes Film Festival truly had something for everyone. Superb new efforts from international auteurs existed alongside big-budget spectacle and premieres with huge movie stars.

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival ended on Saturday, May 27, 2023, with the awarding of the coveted Palme d'Or to Anatomy of the Fall, directed by Justine Triet. The Palme d’Or was presented by Jane Fonda.

Tits, from Norwegian writer-director Eivind Landsvik, was one of 11 short films selected out of nearly 5,000 entries competing for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival’s Short Film Palme d’Or. This story tells the tale of Oscar and Iben, two teenagers who unexpectedly develop a relationship during a summer’s day at the beach when they find themselves deserted by their group of friends.

Juliette Binoche cooks in La Passion de Dodin Bouffant, and former Cannes-winner Wim Wenders tells us the story of a janitor in Perfect Days, In between, there were more starlets than stars on the red carpet, save for – of course – the stars of the two films.  .