It was a risky roll of the dice, but one that hits the creative jackpot. Hong Chaus performance is remarkable, Owen Gleiberman says in his review forVariety. Sometimes its true that the best things come in small packages. Paramount Pictures What a spry, nuanced, winningly digressive movie this is. A less polished director might have become lost and confused along the films lengthy running-time. But Paynes handling is perfect. Inside its a giant....

Alfonso Cuarons next feature film is officially in the works. The as-yet-untitled project will chronicle the life of a middle-class family in early 1970s Mexico City. This film is close to my heart, Cuaron said in a release. Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival I am thrilled to be making it with the Participant team. He won an Oscar for Best Director with 2013sGravity, which starred Sandra Bullock and George Clooney....

Her friend and executor, the actress June Gable, confirmed the news toThe New York Times. She was a spooked librarian inGhostbusters, a catatonic patient inAwakening, and an ailing nun inDoubt. (The couple divorced in 1976). Credit: Everett Collection; Paramount Pictures Drummond also became a Broadway regular in the 1960s and 70s. Everett Collection

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Its a story that not only highlights her incredible physical accomplishments but delves deeper into her humanity. Credit: Graham Bortholomew/Warner Bros Images For her part, VikandertoldVanity Fairshe sees Croft as a model for many young women. Shes trying to carve out her place in the world and connect her future with her past....

In 1967, the Justices decreed their punishment utterly unconstitutional and banned laws against mixed marriage nationwide. Lovingis Nichols fifth film but hardly the first to subtly tackle a political issue. He began writingLovingin 2012, when the world was a different place. Credit: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection; Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Neither same-sex marriage equality or the Black Lives Matter movement two things thatLovingtacitly addresses were in existence. Yeah, and Im still grappling with that, Nichols said....

(Audiences metaspace jockey, but notthespace jockey.) The voyage hits its first snag when the ships computer, MUTHUR (the crowd roars! Its a human voice, originating from a nearby planet with specifications that make iteven betterfor colonizing. Sounds too good to be true, right? So good that the crew would never jeopardize their human cargo to check it out? From there, everything begins to go badly. It grosses you out and then laughs at you while you puke (not literally)....

Meet the crew of the ship in a prologue title ‘Last Supper.’ But a new teaser, above, has revealed a bit more. It kinda spooks me out a big old sea of nothing. Well, not exactly. Well, thats one word for whats to come. Michael Fassbenders android Walter is advising Katherine Waterstons Daniels on her vitamins and hydration prior to her cryosleep. After the captain, whos feeling queasy, goes to lie down, a party breaks out....

Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scotts return to the franchise that made him famous, invades theaters this weekend. Its, naturally, a scary movie full of dramatic moments. I said, Are you sure he has the right guy? Fox; Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection He wants me?' McBride says with a laugh. Ridley is a fan ofPineappleExpress, says McBride. I always thought it was really funny. Equally amusing to McBride was showing up to the sci-fi set and seeingPineapple Expresscostar James Franco....

Michael Fassbender is back as the android David in a new ‘Alien: Covenant’ photo. Prometheuswill have at least one major connection toAlien: Covenant, other than the ferocious space beasts: David. A new photo from the sequel teases the return of Michael Fassbender as the calculating android. I think Walters a real different kettle of fish, the actor toldComingSoon. David was definitely a work-in-progress, somewhat of a prototype I suppose. Pretty logical, much more of a servant without the ego....

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. Ridley Scotts promising-lookingAlien: Covenantwont be the last of the franchises resurrection, the visionary director says. If anything, Scott is more interested than ever in continuing the saga further. I thought about that for awhile, and I said, I can bring this back. [Covenant] answers who and why. We asked him to confirm that:Two or three or four more films? You never know, he said....

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. I can never write a long book ever again in my whole life. But also, I felt that story was finished, and that Id completed it. Credit: Candlewick Press (2) That was the genesis. It was another story I felt I could write. But I was like, I dont want to do footnotes. Candlewick Press I was mildly making fun of some of my academic friends....

The charges againstEmpirestarJussie Smolletthave been dropped. No one will ever know how much that has meant to me, and I will forever be grateful. I want you to know that not for a moment was it in vain. Paul Beaty/AP/REX/Shutterstock I have been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. This has been an incredibly difficult time, honestly, one of the worst of my entire life. But make no mistake, I will continue to fight for the justice and equality for marginalized people everywhere....

See the stars of ‘Arrow,’ “The Flash,' ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,’ and ‘Supergirl’ get together Brandon Routh (The Atom), Stephen Amell (Green Arrow), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Grant Gustin (The Flash), and Caity Lotz (White Canary) Grant Gustin (The Flash), Stephen Amell (Green Arrow), and Melissa Benoist (Supergirl) Grant Gustin (The Flash), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), and Stephen Amell (Green Arrow) Nick Zano, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Melissa Benoist, Stephen Amell, Dominic Purcell, Emily Bett Rickards, Brandon Routh, David Ramsey, and Carlos Valdes Grant Gustin (The Flash), Stephen Amell (Green Arrow), and David Ramsey (John Diggle) Katie Cassidy (Laurel Lance) and Caity Lotz (Sara Lance/White Canary) Melissa Benoist (Kara Danvers), Grant Gustin (Barry Allen), and Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon) DC Superheroes On The Cover of EW To read more on Berlantiverse, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, orbuy it here now andsubscribefor more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW....