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Noah Wyle Is People’s Sexiest Man Alive

There are certain faces that feel stitched into the cultural fabric, the way a favorite cast recording can instantly put you back in a specific season of your life. Noah Wyle is one of those faces. And now, in a delightful full circle moment, the actor has been named People’s Sexiest Man Alive ....

Prince William’s Next Move After Harry’s Reconciliation Push

Royal stories rarely travel in a straight line. They loop, they echo, they arrive in waves. And right now Prince William is back in the center of the cycle for two reasons that feed each other: Prince Harry has publicly said he wants reconciliation, and a newly released state banquet portrait of...

Inside the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Wedding Details

Every so often, a celebrity relationship story stops behaving like gossip and starts acting like a scene you can practically walk into. That is the vibe around Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce right now, not because of vague whispers, but because the details are unusually vivid: a family member’s...

Academy Museum Gala 2026: How a Fundraiser Became Hollywood’s New Style Show

There are red carpets that exist to celebrate a finished movie, and then there are red carpets that exist to announce, loudly, that Hollywood still knows how to throw a night out. The Academy Museum Gala has become the latter, and in 2026 it leaned all the way into its role as a full-blown style...

Martin Short on Katherine and a Grief That Stays

Some gala moments are built for applause. Others land quietly, then linger. At the Rare Impact Fund Gala, Selena Gomez honored Martin Short’s late daughter, Katherine, and the room’s energy shifted. Afterward, Short spoke about what it means to carry that loss. He described the “heartbreak” of his...

Anne Carson Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

Canadian poet, essayist, and translator Anne Carson has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, honoured for work that crosses boundaries between poetry, fiction, and scholarship. The Nobel Prize committee said it selected Carson “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful...

Jamie Lee Curtis to Receive First Michele and Rob Reiner Champion for Change Award

Children’s Institute in Los Angeles has created a new honor to reflect the values and long-running commitments of the late Michele and Rob Reiner. The Michele and Rob Reiner Champion for Change Award will be presented for the first time on Nov. 8, with its inaugural recipient set: Jamie Lee Curtis....

‘Obsession’ Heads to the Golden Globes as Musical or Comedy

There are two kinds of awards-season conversations: the ones about artistry, and the ones about categories. Obsession , Curry Barker’s supernatural horror smash, is now very much in the second lane. Focus Features is planning to campaign the film in the Golden Globes’ Musical or Comedy race, not...

Skydance: The New Name for the Paramount-WBD Combine

David Ellison has put a name on the soon-to-merge Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery: Skydance . The planned combination is set to close on Oct. 6 , with Ellison serving as chairman and CEO of the new company. Paramount and Warner Bros. are expected to continue as sub-brands , while the corporate...

How to Submit a Short Film to Festivals

Submitting a short film to festivals is part paperwork, part matchmaking, and part calendar gymnastics. When it goes well, your film lands in rooms that feel made for it, with an audience primed to meet it halfway. When it goes badly, you can burn through fees, time, and momentum without ever...

What Happens at a Film Premiere?

A film premiere looks like pure glamour from the outside. Inside, it is more like a carefully choreographed night at the theater: timed arrivals, a few unwritten rules, and a room full of people who care deeply about what you are about to watch. If you have a ticket, an invite, or a plus-one and...

What Happens at a Red Carpet Event?

The “red carpet” can look like pure glamour from your couch, but in real life it is closer to a tightly choreographed mini-production. Think: security, check-in, a few minutes of posing that feel like a marathon, and then a quick pivot inside where the actual screening or ceremony happens. Whether...

Streaming Release Windows, Explained

There is a special kind of modern suspense reserved for movie lovers: not whether a film is good, but when you will be able to watch it at home. A title leaves theaters, your group chat starts asking, “Is it streaming yet?”, and suddenly you are knee-deep in acronyms and pricing tiers. Here is the...

Endgame Encore Rumors Point to Avengers: Doomsday

Avengers: Endgame already felt like Marvel’s big finale. Now it is back in the conversation thanks to online rumors about something fans are calling Avengers: Endgame Encore , a still-unannounced reissue of the 2019 blockbuster that could, according to posts circulating on X and TikTok, include...

How Film Festival Passes and Badges Work

A film festival is basically a pop-up city of movies: multiple venues, overlapping showtimes, surprise guests, and lines that feel like their own supporting characters. The good news is that most festivals sell access in a handful of familiar formats. Once you know what a single screening ticket...

Movie Premieres vs. Advance Screenings: What Changes for Viewers

On paper, “seeing a movie early” sounds like one thing. In real life, it can mean anything from a tux-and-spotlights premiere where you watch the cast walk the carpet , to a low-key advance showing where the only celebrity is the guy in Row H who brought a suspiciously noisy bag of candy. The good...

Film Festival Venues: Sundance, Cannes, and TIFF

Film festivals are a little like theater district nights on fast-forward: you’re juggling showtimes, weather, crowds, and that one friend who insists “we can totally make it” across town in seven minutes. You can, but only if you understand the venues as a living map, not a list of addresses. Below...

7 Documentary Film Festivals to Follow

There is a particular electricity to a great documentary festival lobby. It is part reunion, part group therapy session, part sprint. You will overhear a director explaining how they gained trust in a closed community, a programmer hunting for a missing link, and an audience member wiping their...

Networking at Film and TV Festivals

Festival networking has a reputation problem. Somewhere between the lanyards, the late screenings, and the seventh “let’s grab coffee” that never happens, it can start to feel like you are speed dating with a résumé. But when it works, it works because it is simple: you show up prepared, you talk...

Streaming vs. Theatrical: Film Distribution’s New Rules

Not long ago, movie distribution had the comforting predictability of a well-run stage manager: wide theatrical release, a long exclusive run, then home video, then premium cable, then maybe streaming. Today, the call sheet looks different every week. A film might premiere at a festival , pop into...