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Francis Ford Coppola was celebrated Saturday night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles as he received the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest recognition from the American Film Institute. The evening brought together many of Hollywood’s most respected names, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver, Morgan Freeman, and Spike Lee.

Spielberg and Lucas, who share decades-long friendships with Coppola, presented the award. Spielberg, recalling their first meeting in 1967, praised Coppola’s openness and creative fearlessness. “On one hand, you are a warrior for independent artists,” Spielberg said. “But also, and always, you’re fearless in how open you are to ideas, opinions and inspiration.” He described watching an early five-hour cut of Apocalypse Now with other filmmakers, highlighting Coppola’s willingness to invite feedback and collaborate in the creative process.

“You have taken what came before and redefined the canon of American film,...

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Francis Ford Coppola is about to trade in his Razzie Award for an AFI Life Achievement Award.

The five-time Oscar winner has been named the 50th recipient of the American Film Institute's most prestigious honor. It couldn't come at a better time. Earlier this year, the 86-year-old filmmaker "won" the Worst Director Razzie for directing Megalopolis, his big-screen gamble that failed to connect with audiences.

Coppola's directing buddies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg will present the trophy on April 26. The televised special, titled The 50th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Francis Ford Coppola, will air on TNT with an encore on TCM at a later date.

The swanky tribute will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with other A-list guests and presenters including Gia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Robert De Niro, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, Ron Howard, C. Thomas Howell, Diane Lane, Spike Lee,...

As previously announced, Francis Ford Coppola is finally receiving the coveted AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Now, it’s revealed that fellow directors George Lucas, who co-founded American Zoetrope with Coppola, and Steven Spielberg will present the award to the auteur during the 50th AFI Life Achievement ceremony.

“There is only one Francis Ford Coppola,” Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO, said. “And it is AFI’s honor to gather the art and entertainment communities, along with his family, friends and colleagues to celebrate cinema — all of it — and the very best of it.”

Coppola has famously pushed the boundaries of cinema, most recently with his self-funded epic “Megalopolis.” When he won the Worst Director title from the Razzie Awards, Coppola brilliantly wrote on Instagram that he chooses to “not follow the gutless rules laid down by an industry so terrified of risk that despite the...

Gia Coppola’s drama starring Pamela Anderson peers behind the glamour of ‘the fun capital of the world’, but sin city has long seduced film-makers from Scorsese and Soderbergh to Sean Baker and Baz Luhrmann

(There’s a reason why film-makers are routinely drawn to the glaring, garish lights of Las Vegas: in its spangliest strips, it feels more movie set than city, the kind of place it’s hard to imagine people living everyday lives 24/7. Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl – streaming on Mubi from 18 April – is quite rare in its focus on one such person: Shelly, a dancer in a long-running revue on the Vegas strip, now pushing 60 and at a crossroads when said revue announces its imminent closure. Short and light on plot, it’s a character study built on a poignant night-and-day contrast, as Shelly literally performs a glitzy Vegas dream that all looks a bit...

Exclusive: The feature musical Kiss of the Spider Woman starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and Tonatiuh will be getting wide theatrical release October 10. Deadline first told you that the biggest movie at this year’s Sundance Film Festival had its North American rights acquired by Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment.

Also opening on October 10 is Disney’s Tron: Ares, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Animal Friends with Jason Momoa and Ryan Reynolds, and the exclusive launch of Amazon MGM Studios’ Luca Guadagnino thriller After the Hunt with Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri.

The Bill Condon-directed Spider Woman, an Artists Equity production, is based on the book by Terrence McNally and John Kander and Fred Ebb’s songs from the Broadway show. Argentinian author Manuel Puig wrote the original 1976 novel upon which the 1985 Oscar-winning movie starring William Hurt, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga is based. Luna and Tonatiuh...

In a surprising move, the partners at Slate PR — one of Hollywood’s highest-profile publicity firms that represents a long list of A-list stars, creators, talent and events — are dissolving the company.

The development was confirmed Thursday morning in a brief statement sharing that after 15 years together, the partners Stephen Huvane, Simon Halls, Robin Baum, Ina Treciokas and Andy Gelb have all “decided to move forward on separate paths.” The statement added that Treciokas will soon announce her next venture while the others, Huvane, Halls, Baum and Gelb, will “do the same.”

“The partners depart with mutual respect and appreciation for their joint accomplishments at Slate PR,” per a statement received by The Hollywood Reporter. “The partners sincerely thank their clients, colleagues and industry peers for their support throughout the years. They remain committed to providing thoughtful and strategic communications guidance in their new ventures.”

That announcement of a new...

“Sinners” is about to take a bite out of the spring film calendar in 2025.

Ryan Coogler’s ambitious big swing “Sinners” marks the “Black Panther” director’s first original project, out from under the weight of I.P., since his 2013 Sundance sensation “Fruitvale Station” put him on the map. The 38-year-old mega talent has had an impressive run directing both “Black Panther” movies along with the Rocky spinoff “Creed” (2015), while also producing that film’s two sequels — all major box office coups. But he wrote the Warner Bros. supernatural horror epic “Sinners,” out April 18, from his own idea, and first reactions are already praising a vision that welds classic vampire mythology to the metastasizing racism underlying the mid-century American South.

“Black Panther” and “Creed” star Michael B. Jordan plays dual roles as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, each representing their own side of a coin of good and corrupt. They...

For anyone who grew up watching movies in the 1980s, Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday, was something of an anomaly among the young Hollywood actors whose careers blew up during that decade.

Compared to Tom Cruise, Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Emilio Estevez, Robert Downey Jr., John Cusack or Tom Hanks, to name a handful of stars who emerged back then, Kilmer was not exactly a strapping action hero nor a smooth heartbreak kid. Nor did he come across as a brooding Method-style thespian, or as someone who could provide instant comic relief onscreen.

In some ways, Kilmer was all of these things at once, and therefore unclassifiable. He was mostly a great character actor with the looks of a leading man, capable of melting into roles that almost invariably had an edge to them.

His most memorable films, including Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone and Heat, were popular hits in...

People often describe the experience of working alongside a group of close-knit collaborators on a film or television show as being like a family. There’s no better way to say it for Billie Lourd regarding her newest credit on Hulu’s Mid-Century Modern.

The comedy reunites the veteran star with her Scream Queens, American Horror Story and American Horror Stories boss Ryan Murphy, who serves as an executive producer of the Max Mutchnick and David Kohan-created series. The latter two TV titans also have a tight connection with Lourd after finding a sweet spot for her on their Will & Grace reboot, playing Fiona, the granddaughter of a character played by her late grandmother, Debbie Reynolds. The legendary actress was a regular on the NBC sitcom as the mother of Debra Messing’s Grace Adler.

But in perhaps the sweetest familial connection, Lourd is the goddaughter of power publicist Simon Halls,...

Pamela Anderson, who was back on screen and all over the awards circuit last year with Gia Coppola’s film The Last Showgirl, said today that “vanity is a prison” as she accepted a Muse Award at New York Women in Film & Television’s 45th annual luncheon ceremony, in her now signature no-makeup look.

The Canadian-born actress opened her remarks with nod to “universal, free and fair healthcare” after noting that her father had just undergone cancer surgery. It went “smoothly and he had all the aftercare he needed,” said Anderson, who has dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship. She mentioned it because her appearance at the event, at Cipriani midtown, had been touch and go given his situation. She thanked “a blessed and generous Canadian health care system.”

She left it there. (U.S.-Canada relations are at a low due to Trump administration tariffs.)

On her move to...

What we first told you on Sunday is now official: Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment have officially picked up North American on the Bill Condon directed, Jennifer Lopez starring feature musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, which was one of the most buzzed about titles at this year’s Sundance. A fall wide theatrical release has been set just in time for awards season.

Look for Jennifer Lopez to be out there on the awards season trail, along with the new discovery in this pic, Tonatiuh, who wows as gay prisoner Molina during a 1980s Argentian dictatorship, an inmate who keeps his cellmate Valentín (Diego Luna) alive with stories about his favorite movie, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and its actress Ingrid Luna (Lopez). Molina’s stories are portrayed in colorful song and dance. An eight-figure P&a spend is in store to get the word out. Condon is...

The feature adaptation of the Broadway musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Jennifer Lopez and directed by Bill Condon, earned raves at this year's Sundance Film Festival, but word on the sale of the film has been pretty quiet since the festivities wrapped up...until now. With the film having huge awards season potential, a studio has now entered the chat to give the movie a domestic distribution deal that will allow the film to have the full theatrical experience.

Per Deadline, Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment are in the process of acquiring the domestic rights to Kiss of the Spider Woman. Details of the deal are still being ironed out and need to be finalized, but all reports suggest that it's all coming together nicely for the buzzed-about project. Stuart Ford's AGC is handling foreign sales of the film at EFM while WME and CAA Media Finance co-repped the U.

Exclusive: We hear that Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Ld Entertainment are in final talks to take domestic rights to Sundance’s most buzzed about movie this year, the Bill Condon directed, Jennifer Lopez feature take of Broadway musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman.

We’re hearing it took a lot for this deal to come together on this net low-$30sM Artists Equity production based on the book by Terrence McNally and John Kander and Fred Ebb’s songs. Stuart Ford’s AGC handled foreign sales at EFM. WME and CAA Media Finance co-repped U.S. rights on the movie.

Tonatiuh and Diego Luna in ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’

Details are still coming together. The pic follows Diego Luna and Tonatiuh as Valentín and Luis, jail cellmates in a military-run 1983 Argentinian. Gay widow dresser, Luis, keeps Valentín’s spirits alive with tales about his favorite actress, Ingrid Luna (Lopez...

Mubi has unveiled its lineup for next month’s streaming offerings, including the trio of Hong Sangsoo’s Isabelle Huppert collaborations, notably their latest A Traveler’s Needs. Also among the lineup is Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour following its theatrical release next week and a film we’ve been hoping would find distribution after its Sundance premiere last year, Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s debut Tendaberry.

Jordan Raup said in his Sundance review of Tendaberry, “A soulful coming-of-age story with far more on its mind than the here and now, Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Tendaberry is an ambitious directorial debut mixing various storytelling forms to achieve its poetic patchwork of ideas. Combining recollections of the past, a present way of life, and hopes for the future through the eyes of 23-year-old Dakota (Kota Johan), it follows her journey juggling romance, work, friendship, and family. The nature of its scattershot hybrid approach––incorporating narrative,...

Exclusive: Utopia is ramping up its content acquisition and partnership strategies with the hire of Charlie Sextro as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions & Business Development.

Sextro recently served as Sundance Film Festival’s Senior Film Programmer and Curator for the last 13 years.

With Sextro’s hire, Utopia is further bolstering its distribution, production and technology initiatives. Sextro’s long tenure at Sundance saw him help curate the festival program from over 4,000 feature film submissions each year to a lineup of fewer than 100, all the while developing and maintaining relationships with filmmakers, studios and industry leaders.

“Sundance has been responsible for elevating some of the most exciting and prestigious filmmakers who shape and challenge our creative industry. It’s all thanks to their incredible and dedicated programmers who continue to be a guiding light,” said Utopia Co-Founder, Robert Schwartzman. “We’re so honored to welcome Charlie into our company and to...

Film is so back. Shooting on Kodak film continues to be both a more popular choice among filmmakers and to gather more Oscar prestige. At this year’s Academy Awards Sean Baker’s Best Picture winner, “Anora,” was shot on 35mm by cinematographer Drew Daniels; Brady Corbet’s Best Cinematography winner, “The Brutalist,” was shot on 35mm VistaVision to great aplomb by Dp Lol Crawley; Walter Salles’ Best International Feature Film winner, “I’m Still Here,” was shot on both 35mm and S8mm by cinematographer Adrian Teijido; and the Best Live Action Short winner, “I’m Not a Robot,” was also shot on 35mm.

This year looks set to build on that success. There will be a cohort of prominent movies captured on film from some of the usual analog-loving directors: Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,...

UK-Ireland top five Mar 7-9 RankFilm (origin)DistributorMar 7-9 grossTotalWeek 1 Mickey 17 (US) Warner Bros £2.13m £2.1m 1 2 Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (UK-Fr-us) Universal £2.05m £40.4m 4 3 Marching Powder (UK) True Brit £1.1m £1.1m 1 4 Captain America: Brave New World (US) Disney £614,000 £16.8m 4 5 Dog Man (US) Universal £373,654 £12.5m 5

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Fantasy adventure Mickey 17 topped the UK-Ireland box office on its opening weekend, ending the three-week run atop the chart of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy.

Mickey 17 opened to £2.1m for Warner Bros, from 668 sites at a £3,182 location average. That is the biggest opening for a...

Universal’s “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” continued its reign at the U.K. and Ireland box office, pulling in £4.1 million ($5.2 million) in its third weekend, according to Comscore. The fourth installment in the “Bridget Jones” franchise has now grossed $45.6 million, maintaining a solid lead over the competition and proving to be one of the year’s biggest hits so far.

Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New World” held onto second place with $1.8 million in its third weekend, pushing its cumulative total to $19.8 million. While overshadowed by the continued success of “Bridget Jones,” the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is showing decent legs as it heads into its fourth week.

Universal’s “Dog Man” took third place, adding $861,838 in its fourth weekend. The animated family feature has now reached $15.2 million. Black Bear’s horror entry “The Monkey” earned $763,907 in its second weekend in fourth place, bringing its total to $2.7 million.

UK-Ireland top five Feb 28-Mar 2 RankFilm (origin)DistributorFeb 28-Mar 2 grossTotalWeek 1 Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (UK-Fr-us) Universal £4.1m £36m 3 2 Captain America: Brave New World (US) Disney £1.5m £15.7m 3 3 Dog Man (US) Universal £680,363 £12.1m 4 4 The Monkey (US) Black Bear £603,000 £2.2m 2 5 The Last Showgirl (US) Picturehouse £291,598 £384,166 1

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy topped the UK-Ireland box office chart for a third consecutive weekend as The Last Showgirl led the openers, and Oscar films experienced a bump.

Mad About the Boy added £4.1m on its third session for Universal – a 40% drop, that brought it to just shy of £36m.

Charles Finch and Chanel are hosting their 16th annual Pre-Oscars dinner!

The 16th annual intimate dinner took place on Saturday (March 1) at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, just ahead of the 2025 Oscars on Sunday (March 2), featuring a star-studded guest list of this year’s nominees, actors, musicians, directors, producers, writers, and Hollywood influencers.

Keep reading to find out more…

Lily-Rose Depp, Lupita Nyong’o, Riley Keough, Phoebe Tonkin, Adrien Brody and Georgina Chapman, Al Pacino, Ava DuVernay, Colman Domingo, Danielle Deadwyler and Dakota Fanning were the many attendees of the dinner.

Stars like Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Demi Moore, Elle Fanning, Felicity Jones, Fernanda Torres, Harvey Keitel, H.E.R, Jeff Goldblum, Jeremy Strong, Judd Apatow, Julie Delpy and Kim Kardashian all met and mingled at the event.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Louisa Jacobson, Natasha Lyonne, Malcolm Washington, Maria Bakalova, Maude Apatow, Mick Jagger and Melanie Hamrick, Michael Keaton, Miguel, Molly Gordon,...

The former Baywatch star’s turn as a veteran Vegas dancer single-handedly rewrites her career in Gia Coppola’s bruising and beautiful film

A life spent in the service of dreams and fantasy collides with unforgiving reality: Pamela Anderson’s veteran Vegas showgirl Shelly is forced to face a future that no longer has need of her 1,000-watt smile and glitter-smeared decolletage. The third feature from Palo Alto-director Gia Coppola, The Last Showgirl is a wisp of a thing, clocking in at under 90 minutes and shot in just 18 days. The film’s structure, more a series of vignettes than a linear narrative, feels like the fleeting reflections of a life captured in the facets of a mirror ball. It’s initially tempting to dismiss the picture, like its central character with her breathy, little-girl voice, as superficial. But there’s a bruising cumulative power to this melancholy little paean to an ending era.

The latest episode of the Empire Podcast is brought to you on a challenging week, one in which we have sadly had to bid farewell to some incredibly talented souls — Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Michelle Trachtenberg, Star Trek producer Roberto Orci, and the great Gene Hackman, who passed away at the age of 95 along with his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their family dog. Chris Hewitt, James Dyer, Alex Godfrey, and Helen O'Hara take a moment to discuss these monumental losses in this week's episode, but will convene to pay more in-depth tribute to Hackman in particular on next week's podcast, as news of his passing broke so quickly and unexpectedly on Thursday morning.

On with the show, and we have a brace of brilliant guests for your pod listening pleasure. First up, Pamela Anderson, star of Baywatch and Barb Wire, sits down with Alex Godfrey to tell him about...

Picturehouse’s The Last Showgirl leads the new titles in an otherwise quiet weekend for releases in UK and Ireland cinemas.

Gia Coppola’s drama is out in 277 locations and is Picturehouse Entertainment’s widest opening ever, ahead of Anatomy Of A Fall in 160 sites, which was released in partnership with Lionsgate in 2023.

The Last Showgirlstars Pamela Anderson -in a Golden Globe- and SAG-nominated performance - as a seasoned showgirl whose Las Vegas show is about to come to an end after a 30-year run. Other cast include Jamie Lee Curtis, Billie Lourd, Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song and Dave Bautista.

Pamela Anderson delivers the performance of her career in Gia Coppola’s drama. Here’s our The Last Showgirl review.

Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl would make an excellent double-bill with Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 sensation The Substance. Granted, you won’t see Pamela Anderson birth a younger version of herself in Coppola’s film, but The Last Showgirl might leave you pondering about aging as a woman and how showbusiness only values youth and beauty.

Anderson plays Shelly, a 57-year-old showgirl who has performed at the same revue show in Las Vegas for the last three decades. All good things must come to an end and so does Shelly’s show, but this is the only life and work she has ever known. Las Vegas isn’t friendly to women of a certain age as it is and Shelly becomes increasingly worried about her future.

Throw in Shelly’s...

Filmmakers celebrated shooting celluloid at the 7th Kodak Film Awards, where respected veteran Dp Ed Lachman – who won the American Society of Cinematographers top honor last weekend for “Maria” – was feted with a Career Achievement Award.

“It’s a lifetime of exploring, knowing it’s in the journey and not in the final destination,” the Oscar-nominated Dp of films including “Maria,” “Carol,” Far from Heaven” and “El Conde” said of cinematography. “There isn’t only one way to create images to tell our stories. The challenges of cinematography, for me, has always been revealing or trying to evoke the psychological authenticity of the image in the story. Images are about discovering with your camera the emotional immediacy of the moment, which you can translate and share in the documentary and narrative form which we’ve seen in everyone’s work here tonight, and maybe even to express some injustices that there are in the world.

The 7th Annual Kodak Film Awards celebrated the artistry of cinematography, honoring Ed Lachman, Gia Coppola, Lol Crawley, Greg Kwedar, and Ramez Silyan. Film enthusiasts gathered at the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Clubhouse on Thursday, February 27, 2025, to recognize their contributions

Attendees at the event included John “Divine G” Whitfield, Clarence Maclin, Brent Buell, Nick Pomeroy, Kelley Kali, Mitch Dubin, and Alex Prager.

Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC (Maria), was honored with the Kodak Career Achievement Award, recognizing his profound and unparalleled contributions to cinema. Lachman’s mastery of the moving image, coupled with his inspired creative vision, has shaped iconic collaborations with directors like Todd Haynes, Robert Altman, and many others, resulting in four Oscar nominations and five ASC nominations.

Gia Coppola, director and producer of The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson, received the Auteur Award for her exceptional directorial achievements. Academy Award nominee Lol Crawley, Bsc, The Brutalist,...

Kate Hudson has had a robust career, but “Running Point” marks a first for the actress. Believe it or not, this is her first leading TV role.

Now streaming on Netflix, the series focuses on Isla Gordon (Hudson), as she’s unexpectedly given control of her family’s basketball team, the Waves. Though a fictional team and story, “Running Point” is loosely based on Lakers president Jeanie Buss.

Here are all the major players you’ll need to know in the series.

Netflix Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson)

Isla Gordon is the sole daughter of the Gordon family, and is taken fully by surprise when her oldest brother hands her the reins to the team. She’s played by Kate Hudson, known for films like “Almost Famous,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” and many, many more.

Brenda Song as Ali and Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon in “Running Point...

Universal’s “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy” continued its box office dominance in the U.K. and Ireland, bringing in £6.8 million ($8.7 million) in its second weekend, according to Comscore. The highly anticipated fourth installment in the “Bridget Jones” franchise has now reached $34.6 million, maintaining a firm grip on the No. 1 spot.

Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New World” remained in second place with $3.7 million in its second weekend, pushing its total to £13.21 million ($16.74 million).

Universal’s “Dog Man” stayed in third place, earning $2.5 million in its third weekend. The animated family hit has now amassed $13.9 million. Black Bear’s “The Monkey” opened in fourth place with $1.3 million). The Stephen King adaptation, directed by Osgood Perkins and starring Theo James, Adam Scott and Elijah Wood, proved to be a strong draw for horror fans.

Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” continued its steady run in fifth place, earning $742,349 in its 10th weekend.

Anderson’s depiction of an older performer’s struggles, as youth slips away and family fractures, rivals Demi Moore’s in The Substance

Warm and generous performances carry this good-natured movie from director Gia Coppola; it’s actually the sort of approachable, actor-led drama for grownups that pundits complain Hollywood doesn’t produce any more. Pamela Anderson stars as Shelly, a middle-aged Las Vegas showgirl and 30-year veteran of a cheesy spectacle called Le Razzle Dazzle, gamely putting on the feathers and the sparkly rhinestones and revealing costumes alongside dancers in their teens – all for dwindling audiences who are looking for novelties and more overtly sexualised shows elsewhere.

Shelly is stunned to learn that the show is getting canned and must now figure out what to do with her life and how to repair relations with her grownup daughter Hannah (Billie Lourd), who always felt she came second in her...

Few celebrities have been as denigrated throughout their career as Pamela Anderson — and so a sober, wistful character study would seem the perfect vehicle for her to prove her acting chops. The former Baywatch star gives a quite literally glittering comeback performance in Gia Coppola’s latest, The Last Showgirl, a dreamy, understated ode to the underdogs of Las Vegas. After Mainstream and Palo Alto, Coppola jettisons her usual wryly humorous tone in favour of a more pensive mood. But the drama falls slightly short of being the heavy hitter it hopes to be.

Bedecked in feathers and rhinestones, Anderson embodies a livewire energy as Shelly, a Las Vegas Strip dancer who we first see lying about her age in an audition. Cut to roughly a week before, and Shelly is informed by her sweet-natured producer Eddie (Dave Bautista) that Le Razzle Dazzle, the show Shelly has been the face of for 38 years,...

It’s the actors’ turn to speak. The 2025 Screen Actors Guild Award got underway on Sunday night, with the Hollywood guild members awarding what they feel where the best performances and ensembles of the year across film and television.

Nominees include Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Pamela Anderson, Daniel Craig, Colman Domingo, Timothée Chalamet, Zoe Saldaña, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jonathan Bailey, Edward Norton, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman, Quinta Brunson, Adam Brody, Harrison Ford, Lily Gladstone, Colin Farrell and many more.

Check out TheWrap’s SAG Awards red carpet gallery below.

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Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis are hitting the red carpet!

The ladies, who star in the new movie The Last Showgirl, stepped out for the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (February 23) at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

For the event, Pamela, 57, wore a white dress with a dramatic cape while Jamie, 66, rocked a feathered top over a sparkling black dress.

Also in attendance was the movie’s director Gia Coppola, who wore a ruffled, gold and sheer dress.

Pamela is nominated tonight for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role while Jamie is nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for their roles in The Last Showgirl.

The SAG Awards will stream live on Netflix for the second year in a row. This also marks Kristen Bell‘s second time as host after previously serving as the emcee in...

This 88-minute film shows us what it could achieve with brilliant stars and an impressive story, yet it leaves little behind—just a crack in the wall where the whole wall needed to be torn apart. Gia Coppola’s latest feature, The Last Showgirl (2024) follows a legendary showgirl in LA who, after more than 30 years of experience, finds herself defending her career, her reputation, her life, and, most of all, herself.

Pamela Anderson plays the protagonist, Shelly Gardner, a 57-year-old showgirl who has worked at Le Razzle Dazzle for over three decades. The platform is the last of its kind— a French-style revue at a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Shelly is vulnerable yet kind to everyone around her in the beginning. One day, she receives heart-breaking news from her producer that her show is coming to an end. She has only a few more weeks left on...

Grab that tux from the cleaners and call your stylist, because it’s Oscar week. There’s champagne toastings, myriad pre-award shows galore and as always, Vanity Fair.

Scroll down for Deadline’s list of events around town leading up to and after the Oscars on March 2.

Note: All times Pt. This list is being continually updated. Email anthony@deadline.com for additions or changes.

Saturday, February 22

11a.m./2 p.m., 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards

Santa Monica Beach near the Pier

SNL alum Aidy Bryant return as host, Molly Shannon is honorary chair. What used to be an Oscar bellwether for Best Picture could be again with Neon’s Anora and Mubi’s The Substance also nominated here for Best Feature. Bulleit whiskey poured and hummus served.

Spirit Awards host Aidy Bryant last year

11 a.m. – The Academy Museum presents Oscar Nominee Spotlights: Animation

David Geffen Theater, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures,...

We have suggestions if you’re looking for an awards contender to watch on subscription streaming or on-demand video this weekend. Our list includes an Oscar-nominated top pick that just hit streaming; another Oscar-nominated new release on VOD; a movie that wasn’t nominated for an Oscar but picked up other nominations and wins; a potential future contender now on VOD; and a streaming recommendation that would make for a nice double feature with the top pick.

Top pick: Nosferatu

After a successful theatrical run where it became one of Focus Features’ highest-grossing movies ever, director Robert Eggers’ gothic horror remake has crossed the ocean in a dirt-filled coffin and come to rest on Peacock. The beautifully made film has been nominated for four Academy Awards in craft categories: Best Cinematography (Jarin Blaschke), Best Costume Design (Linda Muir), Best Production Design (Craig Lathrop), and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

The Brutalist (Brady Corbet)

Brady Corbet’s long-gestating architecture epic looks and feels as painstakingly crafted as its lead character’s intricate architectonics. For as barren and minimalist as László Tóth’s (a terrific Adrien Brody) designs are, they pack a beautiful, mysterious, occasionally revelatory punch, much like Corbet’s winding three-and-a-half-hour (complete with built-in intermission!) story about a Hungarian architect who immigrated to New York after WWII only to be mentally and emotionally sucked in by the tide of a momentous decades-long project initiated by a ruthless Pennsylvania business tycoon. Its scope is enormous––almost impossible not to get wrapped up in. A sense of impending gravity gives this film the weight of the real, as if we’re witnessing history.

Directed by Gia Coppola and starring Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl is a nostalgic drama about the fading away of showgirl culture from the Vegas night scene. Women adorned in feathers and rhinestones used to be one of the biggest attractions of Vegas. American showgirls took pride in celebrating the age-old tradition of burlesque, but as of recent times, the demand for such shows has declined. The erotic has taken over extravagance, and the film pays tribute to the relentless dedication of performers who truly believe in the greatness of traditional showgirl productions. Shelly Gardner had dedicated thirty years of her life to the art of showgirl. She enjoyed the glamour, the costumes, the elegance, and the power she felt onstage, and she never thought there would come a day when her production company, “Razzle Dazzle,” would shut down. She was in her early twenties when she joined the production...

Even a Hollywood dynasty gets tired of rewatching their iconic films.

“The Last Showgirl” director Gia Coppola, whose grandfather is iconic auteur Francis Ford Coppola, said during Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s “Dinner’s On Me” podcast that she had to eventually watch “The Godfather” with one of her pals since no one in her family was willing to revisit it with her.

Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather,” which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022, spurred two sequels, concluding with 1990’s “The Godfather: Part III.” Yet it took Gia Coppola a few decades to even get to see the first feature.

“I haven’t seen ‘Godfather’ until much later in my life because there was like a lot of pressure and intimidation,” Gia Coppola said, “but also all my family had sort of been a part of it and seen it, so no one really wanted to re watch that with me.

Two years ago, Brenda Song found herself in a professional stalemate. She’d been acting steadily since age 6 — her first big break was on the Disney Channel show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody — and though she’d successfully pivoted into more mature roles (like the Hulu series Dollface), something didn’t feel right.

After having two children back-to-back, she felt lost trying to find her place as a working mom and, for the first time, was considering a life outside of Hollywood. “I felt like the universe was constantly telling me to just go be a mom,” she says. “I said to my partner [Macaulay Culkin], ‘If the best years are behind me, I’m Ok with that because I’ve had these amazing adventures.’ And he was like, ‘Are you crazy?’ “

Instead of quitting the business, Song switched up her team, leaving her managers of 26 years for Emily Gerson Saines,...

“The Substance,” “Wicked.” and “The Last Showgirl” were the big winners at the 12th annual Muahs Guild Awards, held at The Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel. The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists ceremony was also livestreamed on YouTube and Vimeo.

The Oscar-nominated “Wicked” and “The Substance” won two awards apiece: Jon M. Chu’s Oz musical took home period makeup and period hairstyling, while Coralie Fargeat’s body horror satire grabbed contemporary makeup and special makeup effects. Gia Coppola’s Vegas showgirl drama earned contemporary hairstyling.

It’s an Oscar race between “The Substance” and “Wicked, with the former as the favorite for its amazing prosthetics for Oscar-nominated Demi Moore as the mutated Gollum and Moore and Margaret Qualley as the hideous Monstro. Transformations usually win Oscars and this is the standout. The other three Oscar nominees are “A Different Man,” “Nosferatu,” and “Emilia Pérez.”

TV winners included “The Penguin,” “Palm Royale,...

“The Last Showgirl” director Gia Coppola is set to be honored with the Auteur Award at the 7th annual Kodak Awards.

“Maria” cinematographer Ed Lachman will receive Kodak’s Career Achievement Award for his contributions to film. Lachman has collaborated with directors such as Todd Haynes, Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Ulrich Seidl, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard, and Pablo Larraín. His latest “Maria” earned him his fourth Oscar nomination. Lachman is also nominated at the ASC.

The 7th Annual Kodak Film Awards will take place at the Kodak House in Hollywood on Feb. 27 at an invitation-only event.

Other honorees include Lol Crawley, Greg Kwedar, and Ramez Silyan.

Vanessa Bendetti, head of Motion Picture and Entertainment at Kodak said, “It’s another great awards season for film and independent cinema with twenty-nine Oscar nominations for shot on film productions, including Best Picture consideration for ‘Anora,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ and ‘I’m Still Here.

Exclusive: Oscar winning Juno scribe Diablo Cody is producing the feature directorial debut of Meredith Alloway, Forbidden Fruits.

Alloway is co-adapting the feature with playwright Lily Houghton off the latter’s play Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die.

The project follows Free Eden employee Apple, who secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their “girl boss” ways, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.

Cody, Mason Novick, Trent Hubbard and Mary Anne Waterhouse are set to produce the feature, via Novick’s Mxn Entertainment banner.

EPs are Charlie Traisman and Katherine Romans from Madhouse Films alongside Casey Durant and Rachel Douglas from Range. WME Independent will be handling sales for the project.

“Forbidden Fruits...

The U.K. and Ireland box office kicked off 2025 with a robust £94.1 million ($116.6 million) in January, marking a 10% increase from January 2024’s £85.2 million ($105.6 million) and a 12% rise from January 2023, according to numbers from Comscore.

Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” led the month’s releases, haunting its way to $15.6 million, establishing itself as the sixth-highest-grossing horror film of all time in the region. The reimagining of the classic vampire tale surpassed “A Quiet Place” ($15.1 million) and is closing in on “The Final Destination” ($15.9 million).

Disney maintained its market dominance with a 30.8% share in January, claiming the next two spots on the chart. “Mufasa: The Lion King” roared to second place with $15 million for the month, bringing its total to $36.7 million, surpassing “The Little Mermaid’s” lifetime gross of $34 million.

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” struck a chord at No. 3 with $11.3 million, becoming the director’s sixth-highest-grossing film in the territory,...

The zany conspiracy comedy Operation Taco Gary’s is set to launch at the European Film Market this year, according to Deadline. The film rights to the comedy has recently been acquired by Archstone Entertainment and the company will be taking it to the EFM to find international distributors. Operation Taco Gary’s made its debut at the Austin Film Festival and stars Simon Rex, known for Red Rocket and Scary Movie 3, and Brenda Song, who has appeared in The Social Network and will be starring alongside Kate Hudson in Running Point.

Per Deadline, “The story follows conspiracy theorist Danny (Rex) and his skeptical brother Luke (Milligan) as they set out on a cross-country road trip and uncover a global plot that leads them to unassuming fast food chain Taco Gary’s — only to discover it’s the secret base of operations for an alien race intent on taking over the planet.

The year 2024 was an eventful one for the Coppola family. While the patriarch, Francis Ford Coppola, spent millions of his personal money on his passion-project Megalopolis, his nephews, Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage, delivered memorable supporting performances in the films Queer and Longlegs. But that's not all; Gia Coppola, the only daughter of the late Gian-Carlo Coppola, released her third feature film, The Last Showgirl, to considerable acclaim. This weekend, the drama passed a new domestic box office milestone, even as its star, Pamela Anderson, was overlooked by the Academy.

If you’re anything like us, right now you’re catching up on the deluge of exciting films that came out at the end of last year. While watching those films, you might wonder how they were made. Fear not, we have you covered. Film Independent Presents has insightful Q&As from some of the buzziest films of last year with the people who made them. Check out Jude Law getting into the mind of a domestic terrorist, Pamela Anderson talking about giving acting everything she has, and Atlantiques director Mati Diop talking about why she turned to documentary for her new project. Plus, we’ll answer the question everyone is asking this award season: why they turned Robbie Williams into a monkey in Better Man!

The Last Showgirl

Film critic Carla Renata speaks with director Gia Coppola, writer Kate Gersten and actors Pamela Anderson and Brenda Song about their new film The Last Showgirl.

This isn’t the way things were supposed to go for Pamela Anderson. As the 2020s dawned, she could reflect on a noteworthy career, from Playboy Playmate of the Month in February 1990 to playing Lisa the Tool Time Girl on Home Improvement to playing pin-up C.J. Parker on 110 episodes of Baywatch from 1992 to 1997 to starring in the Cannes-premiering feature Barb Wire (1996) to having another long series run as the head of an elite bodyguard agency on V.I.P. from 1998 to 2002. That’s all besides being a tabloid queen during her tumultuous 1990s marriage to Mötley Crüe cofounder Tommy Lee.

Anderson recognized she had done pretty well for someone who grew up in a small town on Vancouver Island. But at the same time, she felt unfulfilled.

“I came home a couple of years ago thinking, ‘Oh well, I guess I created this cartoon character, and there’s just no way out...

Pamela Anderson has in the industry since the '90s and had many iconic roles, but few of them offered her the opportunity to fully show her range. In 2024, she impressed everyone with The Last Showgirl.

Anderson became an international sex symbol thanks to her role in the drama series Baywatch and her appearance in Playboy. Although she had a series of critically panned films, the actress' career saw a resurgence in the 2020s, as she made her way to Broadway in the long-running musical Chicago, where she played Roxie Hart, her Netflix documentary, Pamela, a Love Story, and her new role in the drama The Last Showgirl. In an interview with Elle, the actress addressed the Oscar snub for Best Leading Actress, showing her gratitude for her recent nominations.

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The conversation about nepotism in the film industry has been going on for decades, with multiple "nepo babies" addressing whether they like the title or not. In Andie MacDowell's case, she's experiencing "reverse nepotism."

The actress has been acting for over four decades, but she's experiencing a new wave of recognition not thanks to her many rom-coms but her daughter, Margaret Qualley. Qualley's breakout role was in Gia Coppola's 2013 Palo Alto, with an appearance in 2019's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, but 2024 was huge for her thanks to her role in The Substance. During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, MacDowell explained that she's now "cool" because of her daughter.

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