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In his 30-year career, Billy Porter has tackled a wide range of roles in television, movies, and theater. The trailblazing actor, singer, and activist garnered two Golden Globe nominations for his portrayal of Pray Tell in FX’s groundbreaking drama Pose, the LGBTQ+ icon has also won a number of noteworthy awards, including a Tony, a Grammy and a Primetime Emmy.

Back in 1975, the film Jaws created such terror of sharks in the audience, that the film’s tag line “Don’t go into the water” became a mantra for those afraid of venturing into the ocean in case they encountered the dreaded predator. In The Rental, director Dave Franco might be resurrecting a bit of that same anxiety; but instead of aquatic peril, he has turned his focus to the possible threats of rental properties.

It is very tempting, when opening Josef von Sternberg's autobiography, “Fun in a Chinese Laundry”, to go straight to the pages about Marlene Dietrich. For many cinephiles, their names are forever linked.

In the US, only 30% of moviegoers are comfortable with the idea of going back to the cinema; in most European countries, the percentage is even less; and as far as Asia and Australia are concerned, in a lot of areas stricter regulations prevent them from opening altogether – for now. Regular movie theaters, that is.

Back in July of 2010, filmmaker Kevin Macdonald challenged the inhabitants of Planet Earth: “Help me make a movie about a day in your life,” and with that, the director threw open an opportunity that more than 80,000 people in 189 countries responded to. Pick up a camera and show what a day in your life looks like.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actors, actresses, and filmmakers. The world’s largest collection of its kind – over 10,000 items – is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

Having battled a Demogorgon, a spider monster, the mind flayer and demo dogs, Natalia Dyer is quite used to stranger things in her life. So, when the 25-year-old Nashville native was asked to search the internet looking for sex, for her the challenge was just another day on the job.

Greta Thunberg’s strong words that have loudly echoed across the Globe for the past three years, her actions, her personality, and her mission is compelling enough for an upcoming documentary titled Greta. This week 17-year old climate activist Greta Thunberg was named as the first recipient of the Gulbenkian “Prize for Humanity” which comes with a 1 million euro endowment from the Portuguese fund.

A brilliant sense of humor. That made Daisy Edgar-Jones connect to her breakout role as Marianne on Hulu’s limited series Normal People.

In 1959 I was introduced by Bertil Unger, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the time, as a new member along with Yani Begakis in a general membership meeting held at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood. Hilda Ulloa was vice president Alan Hunter was secretary and Victor Holguin was the treasurer.