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As ITV’s Mr. Selfridge shoots its fourth season it can be somewhat difficult for us, in the audience, to imagine Harry Selfridge as anyone but the buoyant, assertive personality that Jeremy Piven lends to him.

Tilda Swinton, Johnny Depp, Idris Elba and Eddie Redmayne will swing by Venice’s Lido island before making an appearance in Toronto: their movies, A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagino, director), Black Mass (Scott Cooper, director), Beasts of No Nation (Cary Fukunaga, director) and The Danish Girl (Tom Hooper, director) have been picked up by both festivals. The LINE-UP for this year’s Venice Film Festival highlights European and North American titles, with Latin America in the mix as well.

A key stop in the festival circuit and an important element in shaping the fall season, the Toronto International Film Festival has some of the year’s most anticipated pictures on its 2015 program. Demolition, directed by Canadian Jean-Marc Vallée (Wild, Dallas Buyers Club) and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, will open this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, on September 10.

It was a busy week in New York City: stars from the Showtime series The Affair – launching Season 2 in October – and Netflix’s entry in the Marvel Multiverse, Jessica Jones – premiering later in the Fall – were in town to promote their work … and to show off their flair for fashion. HFPA’s own Janet R.

It doesn’t matter that funny man Ed Helms is looking suave in a Gant Jacket and John Varvatos shoes – people are going to laugh at him anyway. Despite credits that include The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, NBC’s The Office, and The Hangover trilogy, the native from Atlanta, Georgia was a little nervous about taking on Vacation, the latest installment in a slew of films that began with National Lampoon’s Vacation, back in 1983.

We’ll have to wait some weeks to check out The Man from U. N.

Jeremy Piven is in London, on set of the final season of the ITV series Mr. Selfridge, looking sharp and relaxed in a J.

Written by Graham Greene (possibly inspired by the adventures of his friend and double British agent Kim Philby) and directed by Carol Reed, The Third Man (1949) was a collaboration of two legendary producers: Alexander Korda and David O. Selznick.

Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s The Kindergaten Teacher won the International New Talent Award at the 17th Taipei Film Festival. The HFPA's Barbara Gasser met with the emerging director at the festival to discuss cinema, poetry and the power of recognition.

For a 128-year-old character, Sherlock Holmes is doing very well. As we anticipate Benedict Cumberbatch’s turn as the Victorian version of the famous detective in his series’ Christmas Special, and enjoy Sir Ian McKellen’s turn in Bill Condon’s Mr.