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‘Oppenheimer’ a warning to world on AI, says director Nolan

The story of the invention of the atomic bomb told in the new film "Oppenheimer" is a "warning" to the world as we grapple...

AFPJuly 20, 2023

Barbie and Ken: Canadian actor Ryan Gosling and Australian star Margot Robbie on the pink carpet

Entertainment

‘Let’s go party!’ Barbie readies to paint world pink

The world is about to be hit by a pink tsunami as "Barbie" — Hollywood's ironic new take opens with a vast marketing campaign.

AFPJuly 18, 2023

Entertainment

Indiana Jones swings on to red carpet at Cannes

"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" got its world premiere on the French Riviera, with Harrison Ford walking the red carpet.

AFPMay 19, 2023

Workers installing the official poster, featuring France's Catherine Deneuve, of the 76th Cannes Film Festival

Entertainment

Cannes opens with Johnny Depp’s French comeback drama

The Cannes Film Festival was set for a stormy start on Tuesday, with Johnny Depp making his comeback in the opening film, showing off...

AFPMay 16, 2023

Twenty-one films are competing for the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival including a record seven women directors

Entertainment

Cannes braces for stars and protests

The Cannes Film Festival was preparing to roll out the red carpet on Monday for a star-packed edition featuring Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp and...

AFPMay 15, 2023

Leterrier wanted to return to the 'integrity' of the first film

Entertainment

French fan takes over final Fast and Furious films

French director Louis Leterrier was a regular fan of “The Fast and the Furious” when the multi-billion-dollar franchise started more than two decades ago....

AFPMay 12, 2023

Shah Rukh Khan's blockbuster "Pathaan" is the first Bollywood movie to get a full release in Bangladesh in more than half a century

Entertainment

Bangladesh audiences see first Indian movie in 50 years

Thousands flocked to cinemas in Dhaka on Friday as Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbuster “Pathaan” hit the big screens, the first Bollywood movie to get...

AFPMay 12, 2023

The Writers Guild of America represents 11,5000 screenwriters, and ordered a strike after talks with Hollywood studios and streamers over better pay and conditions collapsed

Business

Striking Hollywood writers decry the Uber-ization of their trade

Television and film writers, on strike over the “existential crisis” of a Hollywood dream factory that mistreats the source of its stories, are fed...

AFPMay 3, 2023