Sam Mendes’ World War I tale “1917” followed up its big night at the Golden Globes with a nomination for best screenplay from the Writers Guild.
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Tom Hanks goes from laughter to tears accepting Globe award
Elton John and Bernie Taupin win their first Golden Globe, and Awkwafina makes history with her award for lead actress in a movie comedy/musical.
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Ex-HBO head to make TV shows, movies for Apple’s streaming service
Richard Plepler has signed an exclusive deal to produce content for the iPhone maker’s Apple TV Plus.
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Study finds 2019 was a ‘banner year’ for female filmmakers
Women directed 12, just 10.6 percent, of 2019’s top 100-grossing films – more than any year before.
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Ex-partner of Whitney Houston’s late daughter found dead in hotel room
Paramedics were called to Nick Gordon’s hotel room in Maitland, a suburb of Orlando, early Wednesday morning.
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Court will decide if defacing a $120,000 banana wall was a crime or artistic expression
Roderick Webber said he’s willing to let a court of law decide whether scrawling a reference to pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on the wall that once held the duct-taped banana is defacement or a political statement.
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Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremony
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Thursday that it wants the initiative to raise environmental awareness about food consumption and waste.
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Filmmaker uses home movies to show life in 20th-century Maine
‘Maine’s Home Movies’ will air at 9 p.m. Thursday on Maine Public Television and again at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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T.S. Eliot’s letters to muse will be unveiled after 60 years
Students, researchers and scholars can read the correspondence at Princeton University Library starting Thursday.
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Howland man wins first million-dollar Powerball of 2020
Blaine Marston is expected to take home about $710,000 from his winnings after taxes.