Val Kilmer, quien falleció el martes a los 65 años, se puso la capa de Batman, interpretó a un pistolero, pilotó cazas supersónicos en Top Gun y cautivó la pantalla como un cantante torpe en una comedia de humor sobre la Guerra Fría. Kilmer fue uno de los protagonistas de Hollywood durante la década de…
The French movie star Gérard Depardieu admitted grabbing a female colleague by the hips and insulting her professional abilities but denied accusations of sexual assault, as he testified in court on Tuesday for the first time since a number of women have filed police complaints against him. Accusations against Mr. Depardieu have mounted since the…
The French actor Gérard Depardieu on Monday appeared before a Paris court where he faces two charges of sexually assaulting two women working on the set of a film in which he was starring. The trial will be the first time Mr. Depardieu has been forced to answer in court to accusations of groping, sexual…
Émilie Dequenne, who won best actress honors at age 17 at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the Belgian film “Rosetta,” died on Sunday in Villejuif, France. She was 43. Her death, at a hospital, was confirmed by Marie-Laure Calmette, an assistant to Ms. Dequenne’s longtime agent, Danielle Gain. Ms. Dequenne had been…
“Emilia Pérez,” the movie about a transgender Mexican cartel leader who reconciles with her past, enters the Academy Awards on Sunday with 13 nominations, the most of any film this year. It is also the most nods ever for any non-English language film. The film has already won several accolades, including best comedy or musical…
Although Gene Hackman, who died at age 95, was one of Hollywood’s most enduring and recognizable stars, it was nearly impossible to put the actor in a box. In a five-decade career, he portrayed cops, villains and men of the cloth, in thrillers, comedies and superhero blockbusters. His accolades included two Academy Awards and four…
South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron, a former child star whose promising career suffered a setback in recent years after a drunk-driving incident, was found dead in her home on Sunday afternoon, police said. Ms. Kim, who was 24, was discovered by a friend who had visited her house, according to the Seongdong Police Station in…
Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress, television host and pop star who catapulted to Pan-Asian popularity in 2001 as the star of the Cinderella-style teenage drama “Meteor Garden,” died on Feb. 2 in Tokyo. She was 48. Her death was announced to TVBS News in Taiwan by her sister Dee Hsu, who said the cause was…
A French court convicted the director Christophe Ruggia on Monday of sexually assaulting the actress Adèle Haenel when she was a minor, handing him a four-year sentence — two years under house arrest and the rest suspended. It was the first major case to examine an accusation of sexual misconduct in French cinema since the…
The star Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times in his house in an affluent neighborhood in Mumbai on Thursday, Indian police officials said. Mr. Khan, a prolific actor from a family of prominent celebrities, was injured in the pre-dawn hours in the neighborhood of Bandra by an intruder who managed to flee,…