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Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter released from prison in northern Iran after 17 days - report

Mehdi Mahmoudian, who is nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, was imprisoned after he signed a letter condemning Khamenei.

Mehdi Mahmoudian, Oscar-nominated co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s "It was just an accident."
Actor Robert Duvall arrives for the world premiere of Widows at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 8, 2018.

Godfather actor Robert Duvall dies aged 95

Photo from Emily in Paris showing Lucas Bravo.

Emily in Paris' Lucas Bravo seen in Tel Aviv for photoshoot with fashion label Renuar

Catherine O'Hara arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party during the 97th Academy Awards, in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., March 2, 2025.

Catherine O'Hara, actress from Home Alone, Schitt’s Creek dies at 71 in Los Angeles home


Mel Gibson credits Robert Downey Jr. with saving his career after infamous antisemitic rant

In an Esquire interview published on Monday, Gibson reflected on the incident, saying, "I was drunk in the back of a police car, and I said some stupid shit, and all of a sudden: blacklisted."

89th Academy Awards - Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals - Hollywood, California, U.S. - 26/02/17 - Actor Mel Gibson

151 Jewish creatives sign letter supporting Jonathan Glazer's Oscar speech

The report comes only a few weeks after 1,200 Jewish creatives pinned a letter denouncing Glazer's speech.

 Jonathan Glazer poses on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024.

Rebel Wilson calls Sacha Baron Cohen 'a**hole' in new memoir

On March 15th, Wilson initially teased the conflict on Instagram, revealing she had dedicated an entire chapter to a "massive a**hole" she encountered in Hollywood without naming anyone.

 The 76th Cannes Film Festival - The amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2023 charity gala - Antibes, France, May 25, 2023. Rebel Wilson poses.

Engines of growth, innovation & community in medical aesthetics

Engines of growth, innovation, and community in the medical aesthetics industry: the beauty industry's promising sector.

 Kate Hudson was chosen as Alma's presenter and shows the differences between trends and clinically proven treatments

Jewish actor reportedly offered the role of the next James Bond

The iconic superspy who has become a fixture on the big screens may soon be played by a Jewish actor with significant acting chops.

 Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson attends a photo session after a Buddhism ritual to pray for success for his movie 'Bullet Train' at Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin Temple in Tokyo, Japan, August 22, 2022.

Jonathan Glazer's Oscars speech slammed by 1,200 Jewish Hollywood stars, creators

The letter says that "The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years distorts history."

 Director Jonathan Glazer poses with the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for "The Zone of Interest" of United Kingdom in the Oscars photo room at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US, March 10, 2024.

Hollywood is failing Jewish-Americans despite a history together - opinion

Far from Jews controlling Hollywood, it would seem that in order to get ahead, they must bury their Jewishness, or else prostrate to antisemites.

 BILLIE EILISH, Mark Ruffalo, Ramy Youssef, and others wore a pin of a red hand at the Oscars (left), failing to understand that the red hand is a symbol of the red hands of Aziz Salha after he killed two Jews in a lynching in Ramallah in 2000 (right.)

Hollywood star chosen as an ambassador for the Kérastase hair brand

American actress Sidney Sweeney, known for her roles in "The White Lotus" and "Euphoria", chosen as global ambassador for luxury hair brand Kérastase.

  Like Lotus: Sydney Sweeney was chosen as an ambassador for the hair brand Kérastase /

Hollywood goes bananas for 'The Monkey House'

In spite of the movie theaters being closed for much of October due to the war, the movie has continued to draw audiences.

 ADIR MILLER in Avi Nesher’s ‘The Monkey House.’

‘Origin’ story: How Ava DuVernay’s new movie connects the Holocaust, slavery and caste

The film opens with the 2012 murder of Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, later recreating Nazi-era Germany, the Jim Crow South and other moments it connects through the idea of caste. 

 Jon Bernthal and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a scene from "Origin."