Albert Brooks and Rob Reiner Get Real With Bill Maher On ‘Real Time’

The 2024 Golden Globe nominations have officially been announced!

The 10 celebrities who have been named to Google’s top trending searches list for 2023 have been revealed.

ABC has renewed and cancelled a lot of television shows this year, and we’re recapping the biggest decisions so far.

Five tones. That’s all it took for John Williams to convey a sense of a wider form of communication that stretches from the Earth to the Cosmos. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a film about (among many things) communication and the power of the universal language of music in particular. It is fitting, then, that the Royal Albert Hall would make room for Steven Spielberg’s 1977 Sci-Fi classic in its season of live orchestral performances this year. Not only is it a wonderful chance to revisit one of Spielberg’s finest, but it offers a means to greater appreciate just how emotionally complex William’s work is in this tale of making connection with beings not of this world. Seeing a film with a live orchestra is an experience that everyone should embark upon, be it your first time seeing the film for your 100th. It is a uniquely immersive experience, bringing you into the film in a way that no other screening format can quite muster. Music, and particularly the music of John Williams, is often used to heighten emotion and elevate scenes to their peak resonance, and the tangibility of seeing an orchestra play the score as the film progresses brings you even closer to those emotions in a truly profound fashion.The film and the score all build-up to one of the finest finales put to screen with the eventual meeting between our characters and the aliens who have been telegraphing their arrival. The moments of witty government conspiracy and deeply touching and devastating family drama give way to the meeting of human and alien, as the human race communicates to the huge, foreboding and colourful mothership through the medium of music. It is a sequence that never loses its grandeur on repeat viewing, a moment in which the

Meryl Streep has broken a Golden Globes record. Her own. Streep came in to today’s Globes nominations with 32 noms and eight wins and she has now notched her 33rd nomination — for her supporting turn as aspiring actress Loretta Durkin in Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building.

The nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards were revealed Monday morning, helping to kick awards season into high gear.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association displayed a fair amount of consensus with the Recording Academy when it unveiled its first Golden Globe nominations for Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television, giving nominations to such recently Grammy-nominated comedians as Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes and Sarah Silverman.

EXCLUSIVE: Squid Game: The Challenge producer Studio Lambert has promoted a trio of senior execs as drama boss Sue Hogg steps back from the day to day.

With only two weeks until Christmas, it’s definitely time to start thinking about your Christmas day looks or New Year’s Eve outfits if you haven’t already. If you want that celeb style on a budget then you’re in luck because George has dropped the most gorgeous sequin maxi dress that rivals Hailey Bieber’s £1.2k gown from 16Arlington. And to make it even better, it’s only £55 here or you can shop the dress in your local Asda store.The George dress features silver sequin embellishments alongside a keyhole cutout around the chest area, making it similar to the 16Arlington one.

Jada Pinkett Smith once said she “never” wanted to marry Will Smith — and even cried at their “horrible” wedding. Now, she says the actor slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars actually saved their marriage.In a new interview with the Daily Mail’s YOU Magazine, the 52-year-old actress called the altercation between Smith and Rock the “holy slap.”“I nearly didn’t even attend the Oscars that year, but I’m glad I did,” Jada told the outlet.

her older sister, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell.“This is one post I wish I didn’t have to make,” the reality TV star — Alana Thompson — wrote in a long Instagram post on Sunday. “Last night we all surrounded Anna with love & let her know it was okay to go.

Chicago duo Kathy, 64, and Cristina, 38 – who have been with the show since Season 1. Florida pair Mary, 59, and Brittani, 23, who have been with the show since Season 2, are also returning. Season 5 is also introducing four new pairs: Connecticut “pageant queens” Catherine, 56, and Gabriella, 23; Atlanta based dancers Sky, 45, and Skylar, 19; Houston, TX based Eva, 65, and Sunnie, 36.

Coleen Nolan has shared a positive update on her sister Linda's cancer battle, after doctors recently told her there is shrinkage on her tumours.The Loose Women star, 58, appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday, 11 December, where she discussed her older sister Linda, 64, who was first diagnosed with incurable secondary breast cancer on her pelvis in 2017. In March, Linda sadly announced her cancer had spread to her brain.

Kim Kardashian, known for her love of luxury, has given fans a peek inside her seasonal bathroom decor in her £45 million Los Angeles mansion. The reality star's home is famous for its cool, minimalist style with everything in crisp white and nude tones but in a switch-up for Christmas, Kim, 43 has transformed her bathroom decor. Fans have been wowed by her current festive theme, with dozens of twinkling Christmas trees lining the windows outside.

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have been at the helm of I’m A Celebrity for two decades. The pair were back for the final time this year in last night’s (December 10) final, which saw Made in Chelsea star Sam Thompson crowned the winner. It came after weeks of brutal trials, campmate rows, as well as some very wholesome friendships made.

If you're looking for a low maintenance plant to decorate your home with this festive season, a Christmas cactus may be the ideal choice for you.

Sam Thompson has said he cried at a video of his loved ones celebrating him being crowned king of the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! saying “its actually quite overwhelming”.

A Renfrew man who ordered a Christmas tree, a freezer and a mattress online in the name of his neighbour has been ordered to carry out community service.

Dermot Gallagher reckons penalties like the one Rangers got against Dundee are being given ALL the time in the Scottish Premiership.

A new tourism plan, which has promised a “bold new approach” in Renfrewshire has been approved by elected members.

A Barrhead thug has been ordered to carry out community service after grabbing a female police officer by the throat.

A sneaky NHS worker stole laptops that belonged to the health board and sold them on auction sites because his girlfriend was making him pay all the bills.

It’s early on a very wet March morning, the setting an empty independent cinema just off Leicester Square in London’s West End. The Hollywood News is here with filmmaker Richard John Taylor who, with some of his cast and crew, is putting together the final shots for his new film The Krays: Dead Man Walking. The film boasts an impressive British cast, including Rita Simons, Josh Myers, Guy Henry, Marc Pickering, Nathanjohn Carter, Janine Nerissa, Triana Terry, Christopher Ellison, Leslie Grantham, and many others.The plot of the piece isn’t just another rehash of the same old ‘Krays’ story, as Taylor tells us over a coffee in the bar area of the cinema, just prior to filming.

Rob Reiner, director, writer and star of This Is Spinal Tap, is talking about the sequel to the mockumentary and revealing when the follow-up film is set to start filming.

Rachel Zegler is spilling the details about her first day on the set of West Side Story with director Steven Spielberg!

Martin Scorsese has revealed that Robert De Niro wanted the whole of Killers of the Flower Moon to be filmed in the Osage language.Scorsese revealed the news during a Q&A session with fellow filmmaking legend Steven Spielberg after a screening of the film last week (November 14) at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles.The recently released film – which is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, De Niro and Lily Gladstone – is based on a non-fiction book of the same name published in 2017. It tells the true story of a series of murders of Osage Native Americans over the rights for the oil under their land in Oklahoma.The film includes several scenes in which the Osage language is spoken, and De Niro in particular enjoyed learning it so much that he asked the director whether the whole film could be made in that dialect.Scorsese said: “By the way, a lot of the Osage language is lost, but they’re putting it back together, so to speak.

For many younger film fans, the name James L. Brooks might not hold much significance.  Probably, this has much to do with the fact that most of his most influential work was at least 25 years ago, and Brooks hasn’t directed a film since 2010.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s been almost 13 years since James L. Brooks last directed a film and looks like fans of the Oscar-winning writer/director will soon have their wish granted as his next project nears production. Sources tell Deadline that not only as 20th Century come on to Brooks’ next film Ella McCkay but that Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edibiri, Albert Brooks, Kumail Nanjiani and Spike Fearn are in negotiations to star in the pic.

Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, and Danielle Brooks are stepping out to promote their new musical movie!

Bill Maher connected the dots between the Democrats’ abrupt clean-up of San Francisco ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit and former President Donald Trump’s potential election victory in 2024.This week, San Francisco hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference where world leaders and business giants hobnobbed and President Biden had a one-on-one meeting with Xi.But after years of deterioration in the Golden City, most notably the homelessness plaguing its streets, Democrats on a local and state level rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese leader by clearing the sidewalks.“I want to try a theory out on you why Trump is killing it — not just within the party, but he’s beating Biden heavily too,” Maher kicked off the panel discussion on Friday. “Because Xi, President Xi of China, came to our state this week and met with Biden up in San Francisco, and they had a little summit.”“And they did something very interesting in San Francisco.

Rachel Zegler and Josh Andrés Rivera are among Hollywood’s hottest couples, as they are currently sharing the big screen in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Bill Maher is not afraid to share his opinion on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Oil and water. Oscar and Felix. Entering tonight’s Real Time, you’d expect Sen. Ted Cruz and Bill Maher to fit into that “don’t mix” category.

When I heard Rob Reiner was planning to direct a documentary on a true comic icon and genius named Albert Brooks I thought ‘now this will be good!’. Reiner (When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, Stand By Me, This Is Spinal Tap etc etc) is not only a smart and highly talented filmmaker in his own right, but also a longtime friend of Brooks with whom he went to high school and even co-starred with him in drama dept productions. I am happy to report this HBO Original documentary, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life premiering Saturday night and then streaming on Max, not only more than met my high expectations, but exceeds them.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Director Rob Reiner and journalist Soledad O’Brien have dug into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — and they claim they have found evidence about who was really behind the killing. Reiner and O’Brien are the co-hosts of “Who Killed JFK?”, a 10-part podcast series featuring interviews with authors, witnesses, CIA officials and forensic experts as part of their investigation into JFK’s assassination 60 years ago, on Nov.

William Earl Netflix film chief Scott Stuber once ran Universal Studios – today he sometimes feels like the operator of “the AMC 6000” given the volume of movies that Netflix produces and acquires. From Greta Gerwig’s plans for Narnia adaptations to wooing Denzel Washington and Steven Spielberg, Stuber shared Netflix’s vision of film’s future in a wide-ranging Q&A with Variety executive editor Brent Lang that was held Nov. 8 as part of Variety’s Business Managers Elite Breakfast presented by City National Bank.