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Chinese actor Zhang Zhen joins 71st Cannes Festival's jury

ChineseactorZhangZhenisamongthe71stCannesFilmFestival'seightjurymembers,chairedbyAustralianactressandproducerCateBlanchett,thefestivalorganizerssaidWednesdayina

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Who is Gina Haspel? Trump's pick for CIA chief linked to torture site

DonaldTrump’spickforheadoftheCentralIntelligenceAgency,GinaHaspel,reportedlyoversawablacksiteprisoninThailandwhereterrorismsuspectsweretortured.Shebrieflyranthe

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'I think people are really disgusted' – Quentin faces Hollywood backlash

ItstartedwithUmaThurmanrevealingthatQuentinTarantinobulliedherintodrivinganunsafecarthatcrashedandnowdayslateritisTarantino’sreputationandpossiblycareerthatissk

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Del Toro wins top DGA prize for 'The Shape of Water'

GuillermodelToro'sbidforOscarsglorywasboostedSaturdayashetooktopprizeattheDirectorsGuildofAmericahonors--akeypredictorfortheAcademyAwards.TheMexicanfilmmakerwas

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'The Shape of Water' scores big with 13 Oscar nominations

Fantasyromance"TheShapeofWater"toppedtheOscarsnominationslistonTuesdaywith13nods,oneshyoftherecord,astheAcademyalsogaveararenominationtoawomaninthedirectingcate

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Trump appoints new head of financial watchdog

USPresidentDonaldTrumponFridayappointedWhiteHousebudgetdirectorMickMulvaneytoheadafinancialwatchdogthattheadministrationhassoughttooverhaulaspartofitsderegulati

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Can books by Nobel Literature Prize winners ever become good films?

Thisyear'swinneroftheNobelPrizeforLiteraturehasseenhistwobiggestworksmadeintotwoverydifferentfilms.KazuoIshigurohasreceivedwhatisconsideredtobethemostimportantl

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Protesters occupy legendary Berlin theatre

Berlin'slegendaryVolksbuehnetheatrehasbeenoccupiedbyagroupofprotestersobjectingtoanewdirectorwhotheyfearwillpushthefamouslyradicalvenueintoamorecommercialdirect

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J.J. Abrams to write and direct ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’

EightdayssinceColinTrevorrowwasfiredfromhisroleaswriteranddirectorof"EpisodeIX,"DisneyfinallyannouncedonTuesdaythathisreplacementwillbeJ.J.Abrams,makinghimtheon

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Venice Film Festival: Del Toro wins Golden Lion for The Shape of Water

GuillermodelToro'scritically-acclaimedromanticfantasyTheShapeofWaterhaswontheGoldenLionatthe74thVeniceFilmFestival.TheMexicandirector,knownforhisGothichorrors,s

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Hollywood royalty and British monarchy to rub shoulders in Venice

Hollywoodroyalty,intheshapeofGeorgeClooney,RobertRedfordandJaneFonda,willsharethelimelightwitha19th-centuryBritishmonarchatthisyear'sVenicefilmfestival,whichkic

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New FBI director tells agents: 'You can count on me to stand with you'

WithinminutesofbeingsworninasthenewdirectoroftheFBI,ChristopherWraymadeapromisetohisworkforce:"Youcancountonmetostandwithyou."InaprivatemessagesenttoFBIagentsan

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'Snowpiercer' to be made into American TV series

South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho's English-debut film "Snowpiercer" will be remade into a TV series in the United States, according to foreign news reports on Thursday.

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'Snowpiercer' to be made into American TV series

SouthKoreanfilmmakerBongJoon-ho'sEnglish-debutfilm"Snowpiercer"willberemadeintoaTVseriesintheUnitedStates,accordingtoforeignnewsreportsonThursday.Oscarwinningac

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Trump's communications director Mike Dubke resigns

White House communications director Mike Dubke has resigned just three months after being appointed by US President Donald Trump, ABC News reported on Tuesday.

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Trump's communications director Mike Dubke resigns

WhiteHousecommunicationsdirectorMikeDubkehasresignedjustthreemonthsafterbeingappointedbyUSPresidentDonaldTrump,ABCNewsreportedonTuesday.The47-year-oldPRdirector

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Roman Polanski picked for French film panel, sparking outrage

France's minister for women's rights said it was a "shocking" decision to appoint filmmaker Roman Polanski as head of the jury for the country's equivalent of the Oscars.