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‘Festival on Wheels’ brings AI innovations, Hollywood classics to Ankara
Gezici Festival, widely known as the Festival on Wheels, will bring an innovative blend of artificial intelligence and New Hollywood classics to audiences from Nov. 1 to 3.
Set to take place at Kült Kavaklıdere, the festival explores AI's role in creative industries, while also reviving films from a transformative era in American cinema.
Outrage in Corleone, Sicily, over “provocative” post by son of notorious mafia boss
A social media post by the son of a notorious Cosa Nostra mafia boss has sparked outrage in the town of Corleone, Sicily, as it was seen as undermining the community’s efforts to rid itself of the stigma associated with its dark past in organized crime.
Oscars Academy makes amends over 1973 Native American protest
Almost five decades after she refused an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando over the treatment of Native Americans by the U.S. film industry, Sacheen Littlefeather was honored on Sept. 17 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Academy apologizes to indigenous star
Nearly 50 years after she was booed off the Oscars stage for declining Marlon Brando's award on his behalf in protest at the film industry's treatment of Native Americans, Sacheen Littlefeather has received an apology from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group said on Aug. 15.
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‘The Godfather’ star James Caan dies at 82
James Caan, the tough-guy U.S. actor best known for playing tragic and hot-tempered gangster heir Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," has died aged 82, his manager said on July 7.
Caan, who also had roles in "Misery," "Thief" and "Rollerball," received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of a mafia family's eldest son in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic "The Godfather."
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Festival brings film soleil, rediscovered horror film
Ljubljana – This year’s Festival of Genre Film, dedicated to film soleil, an offshoot of film noir, will get under way tonight with a screening of John Sturges’s Bad Day at Black Rock at Kinodvor cinema in Ljubljana. Another highlight will be a screening of The Amusement Park, a rediscovered film by the horror visionary George A. Romero.
US news star Larry King hospitalized with COVID-19: Report
Veteran talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19, U.S. media reported on Jan. 2.
Citing a "source close to the family," CNN reported that King, one of the network's biggest stars, has been hospitalized for more than a week at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Greek-American actor, painter Billy Zane honored at Thessaloniki art fair
The fourth Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair that kicks off on Thursday at the northern port city's International Exhibition & Congress Center and runs to Sunday, is honoring the Greek-American Hollywood actor Billy Zane.
Gorilla warfare: Behind the visuals of 'Planet of the Apes'
As Caesar sits astride a horse rallying his legions to battle you'd be forgiven for thinking you were watching a Roman-era war epic -- except that the protagonist is a chimpanzee.
"War for the Planet of the Apes," the third installment of the rebooted simian sci-fi franchise, opens on July 14 to reviews lauding some of the most breathtaking visual effects ever seen in cinema.
John Avildsen, director of Rocky and The Karate Kid, dies aged 81
John G Avildsen, who directed hugely successful underdog fables Rocky and The Karate Kid, has died at age 81.
Avildsen’s son Anthony said his father died on Friday (local time) in Los Angeles from pancreatic cancer.