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Annette Bening Addresses Lack of Female Directors at Venice: 'Things Are Changing'

Annette Bening Addresses Lack of Female Directors at Venice: 'Things Are Changing'

Annette Bening, in Venice to preside over the film festival's competition jury, said Wednesday at the festival's opening press conference that female filmmakers needed to concentrate on making …

By Elsa Keslassy

Summer Box Office Tracking to Miss $4 Billion Mark for First Time Since 2006

The summer box office is, indeed, in dire shape. As the movie business heads into the final stretch of summertime, 2017 could be the first year in over a decade that the season's domestic box o …

Will Warner Bros. Confuse Fans With Two Joker Stories -- and Its New DC Banner?

Fans of DC Comics aren't in a laughing mood about Warner Bros.' plans to develop two new films based on the Joker. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the executive producers of NBC hit "This Is Us," …

Fox News Signs Tomi Lahren as Contributor

Conservative media host Tomi Lahren has joined Fox News in a contributor role, the cable news network announced Wednesday. She will make her debut as a contributor on tonight's edition of "Hann …

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With “Star Trek: Discovery,” a big-budget take on the classic sci-fi franchise, CBS is betting that fans will boldly go into streaming.

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