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US actress/singer Jennifer Lopez arrives for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 15th Annual Governors Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on November 17, 2024. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Jennifer Lopez on ‘Unstoppable’

Jennifer Lopez talks about her performances in 'Unstoppable' and 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' as well as her attraction to strong female characters.

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Justin Baldoni Sues New York Times

Justin Baldoni and other plaintiffs filed a $250 million lawsuit against the New York Times for its story on Blake Lively's allegations against him.

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Josh Welsh, Film Independent President and Champion of Filmmakers, Dies

Josh Welsh, longtime president of Film Independent, died Dec. 31 after a five-year battle with colon cancer. His age was not immediately available. Welsh started out as an…

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 01: A sign for the Allstate Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame is seen outside the Louisiana Superdome after at least ten people were killed on Bourbon Street when a person allegedly drove into a crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day on January 1, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dozens more were injured after a suspect in a rented pickup truck allegedly drove around barricades and through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street. The suspect then got out of the car, opened fire on police officers, and was subsequently killed by law enforcement. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

College Football’s Sugar Bowl Postponed Following New Year’s Day Crowd Attack in New Orleans

UPDATED with new start time for the postponed Sugar Bowl. The Sugar Bowl, a college football tradition for 90 years, has been postponed for one day following the horrific…

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Women Directed Just 16% of 2024’s Top 250 Grossing Movies; New Report Faults Hollywood for Lack of Progress

From thrillers like “Babygirl” and “Love Lies Bleeding” to genre-bending horror flicks like “The Substance” to inspirational sports dramas like “The Fire Inside,” women directed…

By Brent Lang

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Critics Pick
‘A Complete Unknown’

Timothée Chalamet is uncanny as Bob Dylan in James Mangold's scruffily offbeat and incandescent biopic. The effect is that of a musical, as Dylan's songs become the story the movie is telling.
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‘Babygirl’

Nicole Kidman is fearless in Halina Reijn's erotic office drama about the age of control. It recalls 'Unfaithful' and '9½ Weeks,' but with a corporate kinkiness that's up-to-the-minute and humane.
‘Nosferatu’

Robert Eggers' obsessive take on the vampire classic looks great but is eerily drained of life. It's weighed down by somnolent pacing and an off-putting new image for Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård).
‘The Brutalist’

In Brady Corbet's epic, Adrien Brody plays an architect from Budapest who arrives in the U.S. after WWII. The film is engrossing, but whether it means something big is in the eye of the beholder.

‘Interior Chinatown’

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‘Dune: Prophecy’

HBO Prequel Series 'Dune: Prophecy' Capably Tailors the Epic Franchise to Television
‘Landman’

Taylor Sheridan's 'Landman' Gives the West Texas Oil Fields the 'Yellowstone' Treatment
'The Day of the Jackal’

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch's 'The Day of the Jackal' Is an Exhilarating Assassin Thriller

‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’

Billie Eilish and producer Finneas keep up their winning streak with a surprising and intimate third album.
‘Atavista’

Childish Gambino's latest is a masterpiece, and a kaleidoscopic showcase for his seemingly endless talents.
‘Dark Times’

Vince Staples searches for light on his new album, his most vulnerable project to date.
‘Radical Optimism’

Dua Lipa's new album is a joyous blast of pop savvy.

‘An Enemy of the People’

Sam Gold's production is an actorly face-off between Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, but the script ultimately let's the audience off the hook.
‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

Patricia Clarkson gives a luminous performance in an otherwise uneven revival of Eugene O'Neill's family drama.
‘Tommy’

Strictly for the boomers.
‘Water for Elephants’

The stage adaptation has escapism, enchantment and heart, all elevated to new, literal heights that blend theater and cirque.

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Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound. Then digital angels stepped in, and glory, glory, hallelujah!