Turin, March 12 - Nineteen years after the death of Stanley Kubrick, auction house Aste Bolaffi has announced it will sell the most important collection of memorabilia of the iconic filmmaker's work and life. The items, which come from the collection of his former assistant Emilio D'Alessandro and wife Janette, will be auctioned on March 27 in Turin at the Sala Bolaffi.
Steven Spielberg 's new film Ready Player One screened at SXSW, and now the first reactions are coming in. For those unfamiliar with the film, it follows Wade Watts , who spends most of his time in a Virtual Reality space called the OASIS hunting for special keys that will give the winner control over the entire space.
There are less than three weeks until Ready Player One brings Ernest Cline 's nostalgic pop culture mash-up to the big screen, courtesy of director Steven Spielberg . The movie had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival last night, and for all the fans of the book who can't wait to see the movie, we've got something that should hold you over.
Cameron Diaz Cameron Diaz poses during a photocall for the film "Sex Tape" on September 4 2014 in Paris. - Patrick Kovarik, AFP Hollywood star Cameron Diaz has retired from acting in order to spend more time at home, according to Selma Blair.
Sex and power are stripped down and put on full-frontal display in GiANT Entertainment's production of Terry Johnson's Hitchcock Blonde - a pitch black, dark comedy timed perfectly for the era of Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump. "GiANT Entertainment started last year," says the play's producer, Ryan Matthieu Smith, "and the point of it was to celebrate the others.
In "Death Wish," the modern remake of the classic vigilante thriller, Bruce Willis steps into the role of Paul Kersey, a role occupied by Charles Bronson for five films beginning in the '70s and ending in the '90s. Like the original film, the new movie is based on Brian Garfield's 1972 novel, although the adaptation must be pretty loose.
Colonial Williamsburg invites revelers to an evening of 18th-century-inspired entertainment and frivolity at Mr. Jefferson's Palace Garden Party from 7-9 p.m. on May 4, featuring a timeless performance by star of stage and screen Betty Buckley, a 2018 Colonial Williamsburg Revolutionary in Residence. Dubbed the "Voice of Broadway," Buckley is a Broadway legend known for her role as Martha Jefferson in the original production of the Broadway musical "1776," for her Tony-winning performance of "Memory" in the original Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Weber's "Cats," as Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard" in London and on Broadway, and her Tony Nominated role as Hesione in "Triumph of Love."
Best known for his roles in films such as 'Jurassic Park' and 'Dirty Deeds', actor Sam Neill could have had a very different career if one particular audition for a role he never really wanted actually went well. Asked by his agent to go to the call for an actor to replace Roger Moore in the James Bond film series, Neill would lose out on the job to Pierce Brosnan - who had to then forfeit the role because of his connections to a television series - but it's not something Neill regrets.
Visual effects house MPC offers a fascinating glimpse into the remarkable work they did to digitally recreate Rachel in Blade Runner 2049. Each iteration of these technologies inches close to indistinguishable duplicates.