Steven Spielberg

Oscars 2024 / Spielberg, Gosling, Blunt, and Ferrera in third list of Oscars presenters

Steven Spielberg, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and America Ferrera have been listed alongside the third slot of celebrities chosen to present during the 96th Oscars, announced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday.

‘RRR’ beats ‘The Fabelmans’ on US grounds

Since achieving the Golden Globes for 'Best Original Song' home, SS Rajamouli's "RRR" has been on a straight path of awards and achievements consecutively. Just a couple of days back, the film even claimed two more awards from the 28th Critics Choice Awards ceremony.

Should Netflix films be in Oscar contention?

Since Netflix began distributing movies, the industry has been rife with contention about whether such films deserve the same recognition as traditional, theatrically released films, particularly when it comes to the Academy Awards.

Clooney, Winfrey, Spielberg offer $500,000 each for gun control march

Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg says they would each donate $500,000 to the “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington in support of gun control following last week’s shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 dead.

Ten films to watch at Cannes

As the 2016 Cannes Film Festival opens, BBC Culture picks some highlights from a programme that includes big names, old favourites and plenty of excitement.

A simple photo of potato sells for a stunning $1.5m

That’s a lot of dough for a photo of a potato! Photographer Kevin Abosch, known for taking portraits of celebrities like Johnny Depp and Steven Spielberg, sold a photograph he took of an Irish spud for a cool $1.5 million.

Roald Dahl's 'The BFG' brought to life in teaser trailer

The movie starts rolling out internationally in late June next year.

40 years of “Jaws”

Today (June 20) marks the 40th anniversary of “Jaws”, which revolutionized the industry — even though the numbers seem pretty quaint by today's standards.

'Jurassic World' crushes Friday for $155M-Plus US debut

Universal’s Jurassic World is devouring everything in its path at the Friday box office for a projected North American debut of $155 million-plus, one of the best showings in recent times.

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

'Transformers' spinoff script writers revealed

The script-writing team for a series of spinoff "Transformers" sequel films has been revealed.

March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015

Can Louis Leterrier redeem the shark movie genre?

Forty years after "Jaws," Leterrier will helm his own shark movie, attempting to rehabilitate the genre. From the start of this decade, shark movies have become somewhat self-referential, and certain directors seem to embrace the genre's tendency towards cheesy premises and unconvincing special effects.

March 20, 2015
March 20, 2015

Spielberg replaces John Williams for “Bridge of Spies”

Having big time collaborators on board a project are almost always a sure fire way to make sure a filmmaker's cinematic vision makes it to the big screen intact.

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