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The top stories in the Historic Triangle in 2024 ranged from breaking ground on a regional sports center to a William & Mary graduate winning an Oscar.

Pitt is reportedly now free to build a new life with his jewelry designer girlfriend, while Jolie continues to heal her family and promote her Oscar-buzzy movie Maria.

By finalizing their acrimonious, eight-year divorce battle, Pitt is reportedly now free to build a new life with his jewelry designer girlfriend, while Jolie continues to 'heal' her family -- and promote her Oscar-buzzy movie 'Maria.'

As 2024 draws to a close, Deadlines film critics have each chosen their Top 3 international movies of the year. A trio of those selected recently made the International Feature Oscar shortlist though not all titles below were put forth by their country of origin. Overall, as Deadlines Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic […]

Oscar winners Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have settled their divorce eight years after filing to end their two-year marriage.

Abigail Breslin posted a lengthy statement on both her Tumblr and Instagram accounts in which she remembered being called “hysterical” after speaking out about a co-star’s unprofessional behavior. The “Little Miss Sunshine” Oscar nominee implied that she was inspired to post after Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment complaint against her “It Ends With Us̶...

Paul Rust said in a recent episode of the “With Gourley and Rust” podcast that he saw James Franco “flip out” on a set a few days after he co-hosted the 2011 Oscars with Anne Hathaway. “I saw James Franco flip out once,” Rust claimed. “When ‘Your Highness’ came out, CollegeHumor was going to try […]

Movie, TV and music fans are remembering notable figures who have died since the start of 2024. “Beverly Hills 90210” star Shannen Doherty, “Bob Newhart Show” star Bob Newhart, “An Officer and a Gentleman” Oscar winner Louis Gossett Jr., “Alice” star Linda Lavin, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actor Richard Lewis, “Starsky and Hutch” ...

Charles Shyer, the Oscar-nominated writer and filmmaker known for classic comedies like Private Benjamin, Baby Boom, and Father of the Bride that he made alongside Nancy Meyers, has died. He was 83. Shyer died in Los Angeles on Friday, his daughter, filmmaker Hallie Meyers-Shyer told The Associated Press on Sunday. No cause was disclosed. A […]

Leading Spanish production house Morena Films is teaming with A Contracorriente Films, one of Spains top indie distributors, and The Beasts French co-producer Noodle Productions to produce Fairy Queen (Reina de las Hadas, Reina de les fades in Catalan), a feature inspired by Paris 70 which was shortlisted on Dec. 17 for the 97th Oscars. […]

Michael Moore has joined the production team of “From Ground Zero” the recently shortlisted Palestinian entry for the 97th Academy Awards’ best international film category as executive producer. A collection of shorts made by 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war in present day Gaza, “From Ground Zero” blends animation, documentary and fiction to R...

There’s a stilted, soap opera quality to Hany Khalifa’s “Flight 404,” Egypt’s submission to the Academy Awards. It never quite transcends these visual and narrative trappings, but its tale of a woman escaping her past, en route to her Mecca pilgrimage, is led by a deeply layered performance from Mona Zaki. While the actress brings […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smithadmitting that correction officials were not following their own execution protocolsthe state has announced a new method that could allow it to resume executions halted since May 2022. But that wont happen right away. The Tennessee Department of Correction announced in […]

Deadlines Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts fueling the years most talked-about movies continues with Flow, Janus Films and Sideshow’s dream-like animated feature from director Gints Zilbalodis. Matss Kaa and Zilbalodis crafted a 35-page cinematic script featuring no dialogue, solely comprised of directorial instructions. The acclaimed Cannes Film Festival darling...

While William & Mary alumnus Cord Jefferson won an Oscar, Virginia Beach native Pharrell Williams caused a ruckus: Check out the biggest headlines of 2024 in local arts and culture.

Nearly 20 years later, James Mangold is still finding inspiration in the musical biopic genre, despite previous jabs at his work. The 2x Oscar nominee, who co-wrote and directed the 2005 Johnny Cash pic Walk the Line, has not been scared off from paying cinematic tribute to other legendary musicians after the parody Walk Hard: […]

When night falls in the Australian Outback, the hunt begins. The prey: kangaroos roaming hopping in the wild. Rifle shots ring out, killing them by the millions, including hundreds of thousands of female roos, some with tiny joeys in their pouches. This is the stark reality explored in the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Chasing Roo, […]