Karla Sofía Gascón, the star of the French film “Emilia Pérez,” has become the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. Gascón was nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in the Spanish-language musical crime drama. The movie, directed by Jacques Audiard, is available on Netflix. Gascón has also…
Nominations for the 97th annual Academy Awards are being announced Thursday morning after being delayed twice due to the Los Angeles area wildfires. Actors Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott are tapped to host Thursday’s live announcement with the nominees expected to be revealed starting at 8:30 a.m. EST (5:30 a.m. PST). What movies are predicted…
The World’s busiest pedestrian crossing, Shibuya Crossing, grew in popularity after being featured in “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” in 2006. It has appeared in dozens of Hollywood films. getty Movie tourism has been on the upswing in recent years, even being dubbed “set jetting” to reflect peoples’ interest in traveling to far-flung…
Hong Kong will submit a martial arts blockbuster set in the underworld of the infamous Kowloon Walled City for next year’s Oscars race after it received a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association announced on Friday that Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In had been…