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Berlin (AFP) - Adam Sandler said Wednesday that playing a lonely astronaut hurtling through space in his latest Netflix movie convinced him of the therapeutic effects of total isolation. The US actor, at the Berlin film festival for the world premiere of his all-star sci-fi picture "Spaceman", said his hectic schedule left little room for the kind of reflection that he found at the outer reaches of the galaxy. "I don't have that much time to be alone. I get like maybe eight minutes tops and then I have to do something," Sandler told reporters. "So being alone on a spaceship -- I think I recom...
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Park City (United States) (AFP) - Packed full of nail-biting chases, hi-tech gadgets and an armed standoff, "Thelma" could be the next "Mission: Impossible" movie -- except its star, June Squibb, is 94. In the film, Squibb's hero takes matters into her own hands after she is swindled into sending $10,000 to a scammer, racing across Los Angeles on a souped-up mobility scooter with a dusty old gun, determined to confront the villain. Remarkably, the action-comedy, which premiered at the Sundance festival on Thursday, is the first leading film role for the veteran stage actor, who earned an Oscar...
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Berlin (AFP) - US director Martin Scorsese will collect a lifetime achievement award at next year's Berlinale film festival for his contributions to global cinema, organisers said Thursday. The 74th annual event, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, said Scorsese, as "one of the most influential filmmakers in the world of cinema", would be handed the Honorary Golden Bear prize at a gala ceremony in the German capital on February 20. "For anyone who considers cinema as the art of shaping a story in such a way that is both completely personal and universal, Martin Scorsese is an unm...
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New York (AFP) - As pop star Maggie Rogers powered through her headliner set at this weekend's All Things Go festival she teared up, telling thousands of screaming fans it was a rare moment onstage in which she felt "seen." "This is so... sick that there are so many people with uteruses that played on this stage today," the 29-year-old behind hits like "Alaska" said, adding an expletive for emphasis. Rogers was an integral force behind what the All Things Go event has blossomed into today: an indie festival whose lineup is women-led and queer-friendly, and where the crowd is reflective of that...
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Columbia (United States) (AFP) - Back in 2006, Spotify was a nascent start-up, your average stateside concert tickets went for $40 and many fans learned about the best new music from blogs like All Things Go. Nearly twenty years later, most people find new artists via algorithms and the average US concert ticket costs $250 -- double what it was just five years ago. All Things Go, however, has grown into a thriving indie music festival in a world where live events are increasingly owned by a handful of companies. Now in its ninth year, the festival -- whose name derives from a Sufjan Stevens l...
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Venice (AFP) - The Golden Lion in Venice was awarded Saturday to a hilarious and shockingly explicit reworking of Frankenstein, "Poor Things", starring Emma Stone as a sex-mad reanimated corpse, which had festival-goers in stitches. An ongoing Hollywood strike may have robbed Venice of its usual bevy of stars, but its strong selection showed the world's oldest film festival was still a launchpad for Oscar contenders. "Poor Things" by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos was labelled an "instant classic" by critics. It looks set to repeat the success of his 2018 film "The Favourite", which won two ...
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Black Rock City (United States) (AFP) - Thousands of revelers stuck in the mud for days at the Burning Man festival in the US state of Nevada were told they could finally trek home on Monday after torrential rain had prompted shelter-in-place orders. With the sun shining on the colorful makeshift community of 70,000 people called Black Rock City, the roads opened Monday afternoon, kicking off the official exit process known as the "Exodus." "Exodus operations have officially begun in Black Rock City," the festival said in a statement on its website. "The driving ban has been lifted." Organizer...
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Venice (AFP) - Priscilla Presley, whose romance with Elvis began when she was 14, said Monday it was "difficult to watch" the new movie about their marriage. She helped director Sofia Coppola during the production and joined the cast and crew for the world premiere of "Priscilla" at the Venice Film Festival. "Sofia did an amazing job, she did her homework," Presley told reporters. But she added: "It's very difficult to sit and watch a film about you, about your life and your love." She also spoke about the controversial age gap when the couple met in 1959 during the rock'n'roll legend's milit...
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Venice (AFP) - After a critical mauling for Roman Polanski, another blacklisted director -- Woody Allen -- arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Monday, insisting he supported the #MeToo movement "when it's beneficial". Allen arrived by gondola ahead of the premiere of his 50th film, "Coup de Chance" ("Stroke of Luck"), his first entirely in French -- reflecting the fact that the 87-year-old director is now more popular in Europe than the United States. "I thought to myself: it's my 50th film and I love Paris so much that I'll make it in French... And then I could think I'm a genuine European...
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Black Rock City (United States) (AFP) - The music kept blasting but not everyone was reveling this year at the Burning Man festival in the barren expanse of Nevada desert: rain turned the site into a muddy quagmire that made the festival a survival ordeal for some of the 70,000 participants. For some veteran "burners," a weekend of rain did not ruin the counterculture festival's vibe on the so-called playa, even as a few attendees fled the sodden Nevada desert for civilization. Despite reports of vehicles trapped in the sludge on the road out and warnings from organizers to shelter in place...
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