Veteran Hollywood director and movie producer Steven Spielberg credited actor and producer Tom Cruise with saving Hollywood, with the release of “Top Gun: Maverick.” Spielberg and Cruise were both in attendance at the Academy Awards luncheon on Monday (Feb. 13) when Spielberg approached Cruise and gave him a hug. A cameraman recorded the pair as […]
NEW YORK—The prize for best film of the year at the National Board of Review Awards went to “Top Gun: Maverick.” Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” took home the most trophies. But the night belonged to its best-director honoree, Steven Spielberg, and the parade of tributes paid to the 76-year-old filmmaker. So effusive was […]
PARIS—An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” died Saturday in the airport that he long called home, officials said. Nasseri lived in the airport’s Terminal 1 from 1988 until 2006, first in legal limbo because he lacked […]
Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) top prize, the People’s Choice Award, solidifying its early status as Academy Awards frontrunner. Toronto’s audience award was announced Sunday as the largest North American film festival wrapped up its 47th edition and first full-scale gathering in three years. Toronto’s audience […]
LOS ANGELES—Netflix added acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg to its roster with a joint announcement on Monday of a deal for his Amblin Partners production company to supply multiple movies a year for several years. The Academy Award-winning director of big-screen classics such as “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan” will continue to […]
LOS ANGELES—When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens and few dissent. But reports that he intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated, and unwieldy, debate online this weekend. It has found the legendary filmmaker at odds with some industry heavyweights, who have […]
“Schindler’s List” is having a special theatrical re-release by Universal Pictures on Dec. 7, in order to celebrate the film’s 25th year following its first opening in 1993. The Oscar-winning film follows the true story of a German businessman and a member of the Nazi Party, Oskar Schindler, played by Liam Neeson, who saved more […]
Netflix documentary series “Five Came Back” premiered in New York. The series will be available for Netflix subscribers on March 31. “Five Came Back” is about five Hollywood directors who enlisted to document the events of World War II. Steven Spielberg serves as executive producer and is among the five current Hollywood filmmakers who provide […]
Steven Spielberg is to direct Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in new movie, “The Post.” The drama will focus on the Washington Post’s publication of the 1971 Pentagon Papers, which made headlines around the world when the newspaper’s editor and publisher challenged the federal government over the paper’s right to publish the sensitive documents. According […]
