BERKELEY, Calif. >> Berkeley, California, long associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, has a reputation for erring on the side of compassion when it comes to the enforcement of drug use and homelessness. The city is such a liberal outlier that Vice President Kamala Harris downplayed her origins there as she tried to appeal to moderate American voters this year.

U.S. health officials confirmed on Saturday the first case of a more severe strain of mpox that infected an individual who recently traveled to Africa. California health authorities identified the first known case of clade I mpox in the U.S. through laboratory testing. The person was treated in San Mateo County, according to the California...

Over eight decades later and filmmakers are still finding innovative ways to unearth different perspectives of World War II. This time, Oscar winning director Steve McQueen tackles the harrowing subject through the eyes of a young child. [The narrative] makes us refocus our gaze, McQueen said at Deadlines Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday speaking […]

Over eight decades later and filmmakers are still finding innovative ways to unearth different perspectives of World War II. This time, Oscar winning director Steve McQueen tackles the harrowing subject through the eyes of a young child. [The narrative] makes us refocus our gaze, McQueen said at Deadlines Contenders Film: Los Angeles on Saturday speaking […]

The Boston Red Sox have been predicted to sign 2023 National League Cy Young winner Blake Snell away from the San Francisco Giants this offseason.

In The Room Next Door, writer-director Pedro Almodvar builds upon his feminocentric repertoire with some beautiful performances from Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. As the trio appeared on a panel Saturday at Deadline’s Contenders Film event, the actresses opened up about working with the acclaimed filmmaker on the Golden Lion-winning film that centers a years-long […]

The San Francisco 49ers boast one of the deepest WR groups in the league, but they could be ditching one of their best weapons soon.The post 49ers Star Named Potential Trade Candidate by ESPN Insider appeared first on Heavy.com.

Just past the halfway mark of her first of three Los Angeles shows last night, Sabrina Carpenter cracked a Colgate smile as she arrived at evening’s roulette moment, where she spins a bottle to determine which song she’ll cover. “Do you guys like to play games here?” she said. Recent picks at other dates on […]

Saoirse Ronan said alcoholism was a subject she was always threatening to explore. When she found Amy Liptrots book The Outrun, she decided to also make her producorial debut in developing it. Alcoholism for me was like the monster in the corner that I hadnt dealt with for a very long time, Ronan said. It […]

The real world story behind Im Still Here, which chronicles how a Brazilian family had their life upended when the patriarch, a former congressman, goes missing in the 1970s, held such a deep personal meaning for director Walter Salles he felt compelled to depict it on film. But he never expected that the resulting movie might be […]

City Hall glowed pink and yellow as San Francisco rang in the Festival of Lights with dancing, feasting, and live music.

Kevin Costner said on Saturday at Deadline Contenders Los Angeles that hes not giving up on his sprawling four-part Western film series,Horizon: An American Saga, whoseChapter 2was pulled from a planned August theatrical release afterChapter 1fell short at the box office in July. Im hoping, Im dreaming, I’m meeting all the billionaires that we all […]

California has detected the countrys first case of a new mpox strain in a person who recently traveled from Eastern Africa

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While one-legged wrestler Anthony Robles and his mother Judy, the subjects of the sports drama Unstoppable, knew turning their story into a film could inspire audiences to overcome their own obstacles, they also had to overcome their own trepidation about revealing the pain of their personal struggles on a massive platform. As we thought about it […]

After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Megan Parks sophomore directorial feature My Old Ass arrived in theaters with the last of the summer sun in a September 13 limited release. The coming-of-age comedy film is equal parts hilarious and heartfelt, tackling the young-adult approach to growing up and the idea of […]

Ill tell you the moment I knew that Luca [Guadagnino] was the perfect director for this,Challengerswriter Justin Kuritzkes said. He had just read the script and we were talking on the phone and Luca said, I know next to nothing about tennis but I know a great deal about desire. At a panel for Challengers at Deadlines […]

Writer/director Sean Baker does his own casting so he was reviewing many contenders for the role of Ivan, son of a Russian oligarch in Anora. Mark Eydelshteyn impressed Baker by sending him a self-tape where he performed all of his lines in the nude. Its very risky in Hollywood to send nude self-tapes, Eydelshteyn said. […]