Summarize this content to 100 words One week after backing Kamala Harris with an electrifying speech during the Democratic National Convention, Oprah Winfrey was in Venice on Thursday. Winfrey was there to present her friend fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg’s DVF Awards, which celebrate the work of extraordinary women. At the event, held on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival, Oprah spoke to Variety about Harris whom, she said, has gone
Summarize this content to 100 words A24 has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Queer,” the newest film from Academy Award-nominated director Luca Guadagnino. The Daniel Craig-led movie, which will be released this year, makes its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival on Sept. 3. Set in 1950s Mexico City, “Queer” follows William Lee (Craig), an American expat in his late 40s, as he leads a solitary life amidst
Summarize this content to 100 words LACMA’s Art + Film Gala is going to be brat this year. The museum has announced that Charli XCX will perform at this year’s event. The evening will honor filmmaker Baz Luhrmann and artist Simone Leigh. Art + Film is one of Los Angeles’ must-attend events for Hollywood’s most famous faces, as well leaders in media, tech, fashion and art. This year’s festivities, co-chaired
Summarize this content to 100 words Social media personality Alix Earle has addressed recent claims about her trademarking offensive comments she previously made on Askfm. In a statement shared on her Instagram story on Monday, Earle admitted she had repeatedly used a racial slur on the question-and-answer website in 2014. She apologized for making those comments. “A couple of weeks ago, screenshots surfaced from my old ask.fm account showing me
Summarize this content to 100 words After a 27-year hiatus from television, veteran Indian filmmaker Anubhav Sinha is making his streaming series debut with Netflix‘s “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.” The six-episode thriller, based on the 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight, marks Sinha’s first return to long-form storytelling since his early days in television, which includes DD Metro series “Sea Hawks.” The drama, adapted from the book “Flight
Summarize this content to 100 words For seven years, if you weren’t named John Oliver, you were just happy to be nominated in the talk series category at the Emmys. Between 2016 and 2022, HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” dominated the category, a streak beaten only by Oliver’s former employer, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” which won variety talk series the entire decade between 2003 and 2012.
Summarize this content to 100 words SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Blink Twice,” in theaters now. In Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, paradise is not quite what it seems. At the beginning of “Blink Twice,” roommates and cocktail waitresses Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) find themselves working at a party for Slater King, a charming, handsome, vaping billionaire tech CEO played by Channing Tatum. Frida is enchanted
Summarize this content to 100 words It’s been more than 12 years since “Wizards of Waverly Place” ended in 2012 after four seasons, but reuniting for the spinoff, “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place,” it was if no time had passed for stars Selena Gomez and David Henrie. “It felt like I was home again,” Gomez told me Thursday at the “Only Murders in the Building” Season 4 premiere in Hollywood. “I’m
Summarize this content to 100 words The reviews are in for DJ Cassidy‘s 75-minute DJ set Tuesday night… and they’re coming from unusual quarters. Said conservative commentator Meghan McCain: “I’m sorry but this #DNC2024 roll call with DJ Cassidy, themed state music and party/club atmosphere is blowing the RNC’s roll call out of the water. It looks like a giant party and celebration and everyone in that room looks like
Summarize this content to 100 words Ana Navarro was always supposed to serve as a celebrity host at this year’s Democratic National Convention. In fact, she was offered the role when President Joe Biden was still in the race. “I was supposed to do Kamala Harris’ night,” Navarro told me Tuesday night during a phone call from a car. The “View” co-host and CNN commentator was traveling from Chicago’s United
