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Christopher Walken’s breakthrough was with The Deer Hunter, followed by many iconic characters in cult films, many with a jig in each role. He is also known for loving his cat, as well as his quiet life in Connecticut.

At this year’s Academy Awards, costume designer Ruth E. Carter became the first African American woman to win multiple Oscars in any category – winning her first for the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther, and this time for the 2022 long-awaited sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

If one stopped a hundred people on the street in the United States and asked them to name the most popular and successful artist of the past quarter century, it’s unlikely more than a few — if any — would name Thomas Kinkade. And yet sales estimates claim that at his peak, one out of every 20 homes in America owned a copy of one of his paintings.

Barbara Sarafian, born in Ghent on April 16, 1968, is a much-beloved veteran actress from Belgium. As a young student, Sarafian took a deep dive into acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp and at Parallax in Brussels.

Director Suzanne Hillinger’s new documentary Money Shot: The Pornhub Story, available now on Netflix, tells a nuanced story about the fight to destabilize, delegitimize and topple the titular adult video-streaming website — one of the top 15 most visited online destinations in the world. Money Shot: The Story of Pornhub hints at a broader story about the complicated relationship with sexualization in Western culture, and the social expediency of perhaps willfully conflating the distasteful with the criminal in service of a moral-minded mission.

Born in Portugal in the 80s, Carlos Amaral knew early on he was going to pursue cinema. After graduating in Porto, Amaral wore different hats in several Portuguese productions and managed to become one of the most sought-after visual effects artists in the country.

Intimacy coordinators are a relatively new but necessary element in the film and television industry which largely came about in 2018. Due to the #Metoo movement it became apparent that a third party on set could ensure the actors' safety.

The John Wick effect was felt at the Italian box-office for the week ending March 26: the 4th installment of the Chad Stahelski's action extravaganza with Keanu Reeves in the title role grossed € 2. 093,876, helping the domestic business to a 16% increase compared to the previous week.

It’s been almost a quarter-century since the death of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. But in the years since, his legendary stature has only grown, with fans and critics alike celebrating his filmography and debating the status of his many discarded or never-realized projects.

Despite a traumatic past that she could never recover from, Ethel Waters had a groundbreaking trajectory in show business. She had a thriving recording career and a string of nightclub hits.