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Lifestyle

‘Toy Story 5’ scores Hollywood’s best opening weekend of 2026

After a contentious, months-long battle, Paramount outbid Netflix in February to win the deal, which will create a sprawling media empire.
Lifestyle

Hollywood stars unite to oppose Paramount-Warner deal

Director Paul Thomas Anderson and cast members celebrate as they accept the Oscar for Best Picture for "One Battle after Another" at the 98th Academy Awards.
Lifestyle

‘One Battle After Another’ wins Oscar for Best Picture

In acting, as elsewhere, the elites are accruing ever more riches, and the rest face uncertain prospects.
Opinion & Features

What nobody clutching their Oscar this weekend will tell you

Delroy Lindo and cast and crew from "Sinners" accept the award for Best Movie Cast in a Motion Picture during the Actor Awards in Los Angeles, California, March 1, 2026.
Lifestyle

‘Sinners’ wins top Actor Award, boosting chances at the Oscars

Director of One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson, while accepting the best film prize, had a few choice words for anybody who claims movies are not good anymore and called for the audience to join him “at the bar”.
Lifestyle

One Battle After Another wins best film at BAFTAs

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the Netflix logo on one of the company's buildings in the Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Companies & Markets

Hollywood merger threatens movie theatres just as they recover

Duvall, seen here at his farm in northern Virginia in 2010, told entertainment journalist Fred Robbins in 1984: “I have to have my freedom when I act. I like to be left alone – that’s it. Leave me alone, or hire somebody else.”
Lifestyle
OBITUARY

Robert Duvall had a message for directors: ‘Get out of my way’

Sara Murphy, Teyana Taylor, Paul Thomas Anderson and Chase Infiniti pose with the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award for 'One Battle After Another' at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes.
Lifestyle

‘One Battle,’ ‘Hamnet’ claim top trophies at Hollywood’s Golden Globes ceremony

"A Minecraft Movie" grossed US$958 million worldwide, with about US$424 million from the North American box office.
Lifestyle

Repeat moviegoers help Hollywood eke out a slightly better 2025

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