Drew Barrymore and Steven Spielberg have a special bond and it all stems from their time filming E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In a profile for Vulture, Barrymore opened up about her childhood and said the director was “the only person in my life to this day that ever was a parental figure.” While shooting the sci-fi ..read more

Michael Grimm, the musician that won America’s Got Talent Season 5, is in intensive care and his wife is sharing a health update. Lucie Zolcerva-Grimm took to social media to share news on her husband’s whereabouts in an 11-minute video she posted on Instagram. “I know you all love Michael and while I want to ..read more

The Directors Guild’s national board voted unanimously tonight to approve a tentative agreement for a new film and TV contract. The deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which was reached late Saturday night, goes this week to the guild’s membership for ratification with the board’s recommendation to vote “yes.” Prominent members ..read more

The winners of the 2023 Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival Awards were announced this weekend in Toronto where $32,000 in prizes were handed out to various 2SLGBTQ+ filmmakers. Top honours went to Juan Sebastián Torales’ Almamula (Best First Feature), Lulu Wei’s Supporting Our Selves (Best Canadian Feature), Beth Warrian’s Adore (Best Canadian Short), and Karimah Zakia Issa with Scaring Women At Night (Emerging Canadian Artist).  The Audience Award ..read more

Debra Messing is recalling her time on Will & Grace and spilling the tea on behind-the-scenes happenings. The star of the sitcom revealed during a Paley Center panel in L.A. that the former NBC president wanted her to “have big boobs.” “The very first fitting, they had the chicken cutlets to make me bigger,” Messing ..read more

Israeli director Guy Nattiv’s biopic Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s iconic Prime Minister Golda Meir, will open the 40th edition of the Jerusalem Film Festival, running from July 13 to 23. The festival has also announced that Justine Triet’s Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall will be the closing film. Golda, which world ..read more

George Winston, the singular pianist who fused inspirations from stride, R&B and New Age styles to create his own smooth instrumental music, died June 4 at age 73. He had been battling cancer for the past 10 years, according to a statement on his website. The news comes after the Grammy-winning musician — he also ..read more

Reddit is joining a growing list of tech companies contracting due to the bumpy economy, telling workers it plans to lay off 5% of employees and scale back new hiring. The moves, reported by multiple media outlets, were conveyed in an internal memo from CEO Steve Huffman. The privately held, San Francisco-based company is understood ..read more

The HBO Original documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore reveals the life of the titular actress, producer and philanthropist who dazzled family, friends and fans both on and off screen until her death in 2017. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker James Adolphus and produced by Lena Waithe, Debra Martin Chase and Ben Selkow, Being Mary Tyler Moore ..read more

The Tribeca Festival brings its unusual brand of film, music, TV, games, reunions and talks, audio and immersive storytelling to New York City this week, a blend that draws fans out in (hopefully) sunny summer weather and is the latest stop for the film community after a short post-Cannes break. The fest, which runs June ..read more