Hollywood Reporter
This year's star-studded special marks the largest show to date, celebrating both the 50th anniversary of Macy’s annual fireworks and the 250th anniversary of the United States.
Hollywood Reporter
Swift and Travis Kelce both wore Christian Dior by Jonathan Anderson for their Madison Square Garden wedding, confirming THR’s couture call. The officiant, however, was a surprise.
Variety
At Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Saturday, Dustin Hoffman said the U.S. was as divided as during the Vietnam War, and he also joked he was still trying to figure out who he was. The double Oscar winner, who received the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony of […]
Variety
Home saunas, once relegated to the Hollywood elite, have become increasingly more mainstream alongside the popularity of the overarching wellness industry. And for those that can afford it, and have enough space, an at-home sauna is the easiest way to enjoy the spa without leaving the house — and incorporate heat sessions into their daily routines. Saunas have long been used as a recovery ritual, […]
Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood legend introduced a special screening of the iconic film at the Karlovy Vary film fest a day after being honored with the Czech event's Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contributions to World Cinema.
Variety
While President Trump has chosen to mark America’s 250th anniversary with gaudy displays honoring himself, a team of actors, activists, scholars, comedians and writers have assembled to deliver an urgent warning about the fragility of our democracy. Timothy Snyder, the bestselling author, historian and expert on fascism, recruited dozens of luminaries to recite lines from […]
Hollywood Reporter
The actor, writer and director was welcomed with a huge ovation and honored with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival President’s Award before a screening of Richard Ayoade's 'The Double' in the Czech spa town.
Hollywood Reporter
The actor, writer and director was welcomed with a huge ovation and honored with the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival President’s Award before a screening of Richard Ayoade's 'The Double' in the Czech spa town.
Hollywood Reporter
Joey Chestnut runs it back for another year, seeking his 18th title, while Miki Sudo is after her 12th.
Variety
Future Frames is a next generation showcase comprised of prize-winning short works by students and recent graduates of European film schools, curated by the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in cooperation with European Film Promotion, with the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, and Allwyn as its new main partner. […]
The Guardian Culture
In coup for Dior, couple wear French haute couture designed by Northern Irish creative director, Jonathan AndersonYour English teacher and your gym teacher wore Dior: Jonathan Anderson, the Northern Irish creative director of Dior, has been revealed as the designer of haute couture wedding looks for Taylor Swift and her new husband, Travis Kelce.Photographs have not yet been released, with Swift’s team in charge of timing, but a Dior statement confirmed that Swift is the first bride for whom And
The Guardian Culture
With unexpected programming and a community ethos, independent cinemas across the US are giving multiplexes a run for their moneyOn a quiet street in New York City’s Ridgewood neighborhood stands an unassuming, windowless white building. Its lone door, covered with an amalgamation of cut-outs, looks like a teenager’s bedroom; the building numbers are displayed via peeling stickers above it. But if you look closely, herein lies Low Cinema, an indie movie theater which boasts just 42 seats and thr
The Guardian Culture
It’s full of heart, humanity and such extreme competence it’s actually comforting to watch. No wonder it’s swept the boards at awards‘Let’s go save some lives.” That’s the mantra of Noah Wyle’s A&E doctor at the start of every shift in The Pitt. The gritty US hospital drama seems an unlikely contender to be the most hopeful show on air. Yet despite the death, disease and pointed social commentary, The Pitt somehow pulls it off.The smash HBO hit’s second season climaxed last night in a blaze
The Guardian Culture
(Polydor)Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Jagger confronts war and autocracyMick Jagger recently launched the Rolling Stones’s 25th album declaring, “The thing about this record is, the Stones are a rock band that also has the capacity to do ballads, country music or dance music. So we don’t get stuck in one kind of style.” The same could be said of numerous bands, but what the singer was probably driving at was
Hollywood Reporter
‘Against Nature’ Explores Humanity’s Dark Sides in Haunting and Hypnotic Fashion (Exclusive Trailer)
Mexican writer-director Axel Bertha's debut feature, world premiering in Karlovy Vary's Proxima competition, asks: "Is human progress taking us away from nature and the world or bringing us closer to it?"
The Guardian Culture
As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of fiction in an age of ChatGPTThree paragraphs, from three different hotel reviews. Can you tell which, if any, were AI‑generated?“The hotel is in a great location for everything. Lots of places to eat and drink. The hotel itself is always abuzz. The tavern located on the ground
The Guardian Culture
You’d think there was nothing new to learn about the glamour model-turned-tabloid sensation. You’d be wrong…‘Boobs,” says Katie Price, expressionlessly. “I always wanted a boob job. Always wanted them bigger.” Price, 48, places her tiny, tanned hands on the mountainous upper region of her pastel pink sweatshirt, under which lurk the latest results of this glandular restlessness. “I never wanted natural. I wanted stuck-on,” she says. “I wanted fake.” And so it came to pass. Now, 17 or so operatio
The Guardian Culture
The first time I saw a show, I felt like I had discovered a new language. It’s since become one of my greatest pleasuresWhen I was a young girl living in suburban London in the early 1960s, I was looking for ways to find excitement. The first time my mother took me to see the London Festival Ballet (now the English National Ballet), I felt a sense of rapture as I realised that the body could say things words could not.I was yearning for more, and that nigh
Hollywood Reporter
The Iranian auteur discusses the Karlovy Vary-debuting Berlin-set drama, his calls with his friend — who edited and produced the film but can't leave Iran — and why "everybody needs" the ancient practice that gives the movie its name.
Variety
Šimon Holý Turns Drag, Family and Small-Town Life Into a Tender Political Statement in ‘Chica Checa’
A drag queen comes out to his small-town mother but all hell doesn’t break loose in Šimon Holý’s heartfelt and crowd-pleasing feature “Chica Checa.” The film screens on Saturday in the Crystal Globe Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Holý, who wrote, directed and composed the music for the film, spent “seven or eight […]