4 h. ago Steven Spielberg names the ‘greatest American movie of all time’

The Hollywood maestro has spoken

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6 h. ago Steven Spielberg hails epic film as ‘greatest American movie of all time’

The Hollywood filmmaing maestro has spoken

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14 h. ago Terrified experts say US volcano set to erupt will trigger international travel chaos

An Alaskan volcano that is 'moving closer to eruption' could blow at any time, and when it does, it could set of a chain reaction that would cause international chaos.

Events

16 h. ago Dallas star Priscilla Pointer dead at 100: Hollywood actress was once Steven Spielberg's mother

Her passing was announced this Tuesday by her actress daughter Amy Irving, who was married to Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989.

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47 h. ago Playing to win: are video game movies replacing superhero blockbusters?

The record-breaking box office for A Minecraft Movie has been followed by a rush of announcements for more films based on gamesMargot Robbie and Sydney Sweeney are two of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood. As such, they’ve both logged their time in superhero movies of recent vintage (though Robbie’s turn as Harley Quinn is probably better-known than whatever Sweeney found herself doing in Madame Web). It feels notable, then, that in recent weeks they’ve both been connected to multiple projects based on video games. Robbie’s Lucky Chap plans to produce a movie based on The Sims; Sweeney, meanwhile, will produce OutRun, based on a 30-year-old arcade game, and has also signed to star in a movie based on the more recent hit game Split Fiction. Score a bunch of points for the gamers. Is the dawn of gamer cinema finally here?Regardless of this Hot Lady defection, superhero movies and other comics-based properties will likely stick around for years to come. Marvel still kicks off the ...

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50 h. ago Royal fans share bizarre conspiracy connecting Lilibet to classic Judy Garland movie after hearing the little Princess speak for the first time

The Duchess of Sussex , 43, posted a video in which she can be heard asking Lilibet, three, what she thinks of her jam while at their home in Montecito, California.

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53 h. ago ‘Like sinking into a warm bath’: why Jaws is my feelgood movie

The next pick in our ongoing series of comfort movie favourites is Steven Spielberg’s defining shark thrillerWhat makes a film “feelgood”? If it’s not a romcom, or otherwise setting out to impart warm fuzzies, familiarity plays a big part. I’ve seen Jaws so many times that watching it now truly feels like sinking into a warm bath.It’s always been my favourite film; I’ve read the book, got the hat, seen the play. (Did you know that, on set, the animatronic shark was called Bruce?) Far from keeping me out of the water, Jaws stoked my interest in marine life, even inspiring me to get my scuba qualification. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Netflix now streaming hit blockbuster that's regarded 'best movie of all time'

Netflix has started streaming one 1981 action-adventure film which set the standard for the modern day blockbuster and is widely regarded one of the best movies of all time.

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3 d. ago Spielberg, De Niro, Freeman praise Francis Ford Coppola as he accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award

The annual AFI Life Achievement Award presentation is always a starry night in Hollywood, but Saturday’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema to honor Francis Ford Coppola

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3 d. ago Mother accused of 'mistreatment' after giving her baby an unusual name

An image of a mother's newborn baby containing their name ended up being posted on the American anonymous chat forum, Reddit.

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5 d. ago LIZ JONES: Meghan's glamorous mask had slipped... and this is the ugly truth it's exposed

Earlier this week, the Duchess of Sussex revealed the real reason why she ditched her verbose brand name American Riviera Orchard: it was a 'word salad'.

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7 d. ago Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial to open Wednesday with majority

Opening statements are set in former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial, this time with a majority-female jury deciding the landmark #MeToo case

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8 d. ago Meghan labels her old brand name American Riviera Orchard a ‘word salad’

The Duchess of Sussex renamed her business As Ever after running into trademark issues.

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9 d. ago ‘Aspirational in the silliest sense’: why The Lizzie McGuire Movie is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers calling attention to their comfort watches is a look back at the frothy 2003 comedyThree years ago, my fiance and I were winding through the narrow streets of Seville when he began a sentence with the words: “Imagine if.” Imagine if, he pondered, you went to a foreign country and it turned out that you looked exactly like one of their local celebs. People would approach you for autographs they would scream at you on the street you wouldn’t know what was going on. I stopped still and gawped at him. “That’s the plot of The Lizzie McGuire Movie,” I said. And that’s when I found out that the man I was going to marry had never seen the greatest film of all time.Movies with the word “movie” in the title are not usually considered the world’s best and yes, officially The Lizzie McGuire Movie is a flop, with a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But the coming-of-age comedy was released in 2003, at a time when critics were allowed to hate teenage girls a littl...

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9 d. ago Looking for the last human place on the internet? Try Google Maps

The navigation app might be built for function – but dig deeper and you’ll find a trove of inside jokes, neighbourhood quirks and charming errors• Read more in the Internet wormhole seriesThere is a certain kind of guy who looks at Google Maps for fun. I am that guy. As a kid I went through a cartography phase, drawing elaborate maps of fictional islands and poring over the family street directory in an effort to reconcile the lines and dots on the overcrowded pages with the streets, shops and friends’ houses in my mind’s eye. You could say that phase never really ended.In much the same way as some people will pull up a movie’s IMDb entry the second they start watching, any time I come across an interesting town, country or geographical oddity (which is often in the news business), I’m firing up Maps to see what topographical morsels I can uncover. I’m no GeoGuessr savant, but I’ve spent many pleasant hours puzzling over interesting enclaves and panhandles, or pootling around far-fl...

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1 week ago ‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners

The highest grossing Black film-maker of all time is known for his superhero movies and reinventing the Rocky franchise. Now he’s made his most personal film yet – and it’s a vampire thrillerWe’re supposed to be talking about movies, but Ryan Coogler has family on his mind when we have our video call – parents, siblings, twins, ancestors and, most of all, his two daughters. “It’s all good, kids not up yet,” the director says in his Oakland drawl. He’s speaking from a New York hotel room, the morning after the premiere of his new movie, Sinners. But, sure enough, 10 minutes into our conversation, his daughters, three and five, come into the room and bundle on to his lap. “Aw, here’s my little ones, bro.” A toy boomerang flies into and out of shot. “Daddy’s gotta work,” he patiently explains. Noises off-screen and doors closing.Anyway, where were we? Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Valerie Bertinelli stuns Drew Barrymore with revelation about dating legendary director

The best-selling author claimed she has history with Steven Spielberg

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2 w. ago 'I was in my early 30s clinging to the side of a hospital corridor – then I saw something that saved my life'

Chloe's lips began turning blue whenever she started moving. By the time she went to see the doctors in hospital she ‘couldn’t even walk to the department’. Then a chance daytime TV encounter 'gave her a new life'...

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2 w. ago Apple TV+ price slashed to £2.99 per month for a limited time

The discount arrives just in time for the streaming service’s summer slate of shows and movies, featuring Brad Pitt’s F1 and the new season of Slow Horses

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2 w. ago Classic teen comedy makes 'top 10 best movies of all time' list

One of the most iconic movies of the 1980s, The Breakfast Club, has been hailed as one of the best movies of all time - and it's easy to see why.

Culture