Zainab Ado Bayero, the daughter of a former Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, who ruled from 1963 to 2014, has opened up about her unconventional journey into filmmaking. Her father was the longest-serving emir in Kano’s history. Her recent biopic, ‘My Father, the Emir: A Portrait of Ado Bayero,’ chronicles the life and times of … Read more
A former assistant of actor Vin Diesel has accused him of sexual assault during the filming of “Fast Five” in 2010. The woman, identified as Asta Jonassan, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles claiming that the actor assaulted her in his hotel room at the St. Regis Hotel in Atlanta. She has also sued … Read more
In 1955, Leonard Bernstein explored the art of conducting on an episode of the CBS show “Omnibus.” After leading a studio orchestra through the opening bars of Brahms’s First Symphony, Bernstein walks away from the podium and turns to the camera, leaving the orchestra to continue playing behind him. “Well, you see, they don’t need … Read more
Spread your arms, face up, close your eyes and say “Aura!” and everyone will know which popular K-drama character you are referring to. Park Seo Joon’s reputation as a rom-com hero was cemented because of his character from What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim. Despite being a narcissist and self-indulgent character, Park Seo Joon’s Lee Young … Read more
A jolly old Santa crawl Saturday. In just over a year, the craft brewery scene on South Broadway in Denver has undergone a nearly complete overhaul as two breweries closed and three opened. You can check all three of them out, along with the street’s matriarch, Grandma’s House, during the first annual South Broadway Santa … Read more
Greta Gerwig will be president of the 77th Cannes Film Festival jury in 2024, making her the first female American director — and the youngest person since 1966 — to receive the honour. The role is widely considered to be a marker of career achievement and excellence within the international film industry. Gerwig most recently … Read more
For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, “The Boy and the Heron,” debuted with $12.8 million, according to studio estimates. “The Boy and the Heron,” the long-awaited animated fantasy from the director of “Spirited Away,” “My … Read more
The next Oscar winning film is out there, somewhere—and it may be on this year’s Black List. The 2023 Black List—a compilation of the best-liked screenplays bouncing around Hollywood that have yet to be produced—has arrived, and it’s full of stories about everything from Sam Bankman-Fried and the fall of FTX to the making of … Read more
For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki’s latest enchantment, The Boy and the Heron, debuted with $12.8 million US, according to studio estimates. The Boy and the Heron, the long-awaited animated fantasy from the director of Spirited Away, My Neighbor … Read more
Ryan O’Neal made his name as a clean-cut, swoon-worthy leading man in films such as the tragic Love Story, Stanley Kubrick’s historical drama Barry Lyndon, and the madcap What’s Up Doc, but earned perhaps his most enduring acclaim for the father-daughter act in 1973’s Paper Moon, in which he verbally sparred with his real-life, 8-year-old … Read more
