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Screenwriters around the world are organizing pickets and other actions on June 14 in support of the ongoing Writers Guide of America strike. Above, Writers Guild of America workers picket outside the Warner Brother studios, on May 2, 2023 in Burbank, Calif.

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International screenwriters organize 'Day of Solidarity' supporting Hollywood writers

12:29pm June 14, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

"Screenwriters Everywhere: International Day of Solidarity" is scheduled to take place in 35 countries on Wednesday with rallies, social media campaigns and picketing.

In The Blackening, Lisa (Antoinette Robertson) and her friends try to survive a weekend getaway turned deadly.

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Racist horror tropes are the first to die in the slasher comedy 'The Blackening'

10:02am June 14, 2023

by Aisha Harris

A group of Black friends hosts a weekend getaway at a cabin in the woods, and a played-out scary movie trope is turned cleverly on its head.

U.S. actors, from left, Don Dacus, Annie Golden, Treat Williams, Beverly d'Angelo, director Milos Forman, and Cheryl Barnes arrive for the presentation of Hair during the 32nd Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France May 10, 1979.

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Actor Treat Williams, star of 'Hair' and 'Everwood', is killed in a motorcycle crash

2:25am June 13, 2023

by The Associated Press

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.

A scene from the Brazilian film "Nurses Facing Covid" ("Na Lihna de Frente"), one of the "Grand Prix" winners in this year's Health for All Film Festival.

From lead poisoning to 'miracle feet,' sample the winners of the WHO's film festival

9:30am June 10, 2023

by Max Barnhart

From the harms of lead poisoning in Bangladesh to the stony resolve of COVID nurses in Brazil, we sample the award-winning films in the Health for All Film Festival from the World Health Organization.

'Some Like It Hot' on Broadway remixes the original 1959 charm for a modern audience

4:43pm June 09, 2023

The Broadway adaptation of the 1959 classic movie Some Like It Hot is the most Tony nominated show this year.

Teo Yoo and Greta Lee star as Hae Sung and Nora, childhood sweethearts who reconnect decades later in Past Lives.

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Across continents and decades, 'Past Lives' is the most affecting love story in ages

1:42pm June 09, 2023

by Justin Chang

Two childhood sweethearts reconnect decades later in this thoughtful film. You've seen the more conventional romantic-triangle version of this story — but there are no heroes and no villains here.

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Relevant today, 'Blue Jean' depicts impact of anti-gay legislation in 1980s Britain

4:22pm June 08, 2023

by Bob Mondello

The title character in Blue Jean, the debut feature by writer-director Georgia Oakley, is a lesbian gym teacher on a journey of self acceptance in Margaret Thatcher's England.

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In a climate rife with hate, Elliot Page says 'the time felt right' to tell his story

1:38pm June 07, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

For much of his life, the Canadian actor experienced gender dysphoria that made him extremely uncomfortable in his own body. "It's like a constant noise," he says. His new memoir is called Pageboy.

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Contract negotiations for TV and movies are stealing the spotlight in Hollywood

5:08am June 07, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

NPR's Mandalit Del Barco reports the latest updates on Hollywood's labor negotiations led by writers and the strike authorization vote by SAG-AFTRA, the union representing screen actors.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is earning a lot of praise.

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The new Spider-Man film shows that representation is a winning strategy

5:14pm June 06, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The early box office figures for the new Spider-Man film — and the demographic data of moviegoers — paint a vivid picture.