Inside Richard Linklater’s Nostalgic Childhood and the Animated Houston of ‘Apollo 10½’

A martial arts instructor from Cumbernauld was able to see his teenage daughter score in a Murrayfield final thanks to a new antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

Naman Ramachandran Comedian, actor, artist, writer, musician and presenter, Billy Connolly (“Mrs. Brown”), will be honored with the BAFTA Fellowship at this year’s Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards.The fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s contribution to film, television or games across their career. Previous TV honorees include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Jon Snow, Bruce Forsyth, Joanna Lumley, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Palin, Trevor MacDonald, David Attenborough, Julie Walters, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Katie Adie and Joan Bakewell.In 1995, Connolly won the BAFTA Scotland entertainment category for “Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland.” He has since received five BAFTA nominations, and has been presented with a BAFTA special award in 2002 and the BAFTA Scotland outstanding contribution to television and film in 2012.

Peter Caranicas Deputy Editor“Smyrna My Beloved,” a tale weaving together tragic refugee stories of the past and present on the island of Lesbos, and “Holy Emi,” portraying the lives of two Filipino sisters living in Athens who are beset by mysterious forces (pictured above), will serve, respectively, as opening and closing night presentations at the 16th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF), set to unspool on May 9-15.LAGFF returns live this year following a pandemic hiatus in 2021 and 2020. “We’re thrilled to physically welcome back filmgoers and filmmakers,” says artistic and festival director Aristotle Katopodis.

this year's Met Gala was the perfect date night opportunity for some of showbusiness' hottest couples.The carpet kicked off in earnest with the splashy arrival of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds.

Wendy Williams is stepping out for the night!

Regina King was listed as one of the co-chairs for the 2022 Met Gala, so she was expected to be in attendance at the annual event this year.

Kim Kardashian was only allowed to wear her actual Met Gala dress for a matter of minutes and she spent the rest of the evening in a replica outfit.

Sophie Turner has appeared to confirm she's expecting her second child with husband Joe Jonas as they attended the Met Gala on Monday 2 May evening.The couple, who are already parents to daughter Willa together, put on a loved-up display as they arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Game of Thrones actress Sophie, 26, looked stunning in a floor-length Louis Vuitton gown that featured embellishments on the chest and shoulders. The star styled her dark red mane down into waves and donned a red-themed make up look, complete with eyeshadow and a bright lip.

Christine Lampard was hard at work on Bank Holiday Monday, stepping in to replace Lorraine on her hit morning show.As usual, she later posed backstage to share details of her outfit – a ruched Mango design – but this time she also had a cheeky surprise in store for fans. Christine, 43, shared a second snapshot showing her posing with an oversized cardboard peach covering her derriere.“NoButts #bowelcancerawareness #bowelcance #lorraine @Lorraine,” Christine captioned her post, adding a peach emoji at the end. The star was showing her support for Lorraine’s recently launched Bowel Cancer UK's awareness campaign, No Butts.

A family who are being evicted from their rented home have been warned by the council that they could be moved to a new property 250 miles away - and told that they should see it as a "holiday".

Politico published a leaked draft opinion, written by Samuel Alito, that at least in its current form unequivocally and unambiguously overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in America.

A few days after “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered at CinemaCon, now you can listen to the song Lady Gaga wrote for the film.The song, “Hold My Hand,” was posted on Spotify Monday night. Listen to it now:The singer posted about the song on Instagram last Wednesday, describing her process of making it.“When I wrote this song for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ I didn’t even realize the multiple layers it spanned across the film’s heart, my own psyche, and the nature of the world we’ve been living in,” she wrote in the caption.

@JeffreyToobin says. He calls it a "shattering experience for the justices" and says "I really don't know how the institution is going to recover." pic.twitter.com/ndkFO9vq0uToobin, a lawyer and legal analyst, was caught masturbating during a work zoom call in 2020.

Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.

It's been a brilliant season for Alejandro Garnacho and Alvaro Fernandez and they have achieved yet another milestone after being added to Manchester United's first-team squad.

Peter Crouch is joining the judging panel for the new series of ITV's The Masked Dancer.The footballing legend, 41, is stepping in for Mo Gilligan, who has touring commitments, and will join Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Oti Mabuse on the panel. However, Mo, 34, will be back to join Peter, Davina, Jonathan and Oti on the panel for a surprise appearance during the series and the judges will also be joined by some "very special guests" throughout the show.Talking about joining the panel, Peter said: "The show is a firm favourite in our household and when asked I jumped at the chance to take part.

So many stars were representing Moschino at the 2022 Met Gala!

There were over 200 celebs at the 2022 Met Gala, but we were still sad that a bunch of our favorite stars weren’t in attendance at the event this year.

Olivia Rodrigo is looking pretty in purple.

Dwyane Wade put his hot body on display while attending the 2022 Met Gala with wife Gabrielle Union!

Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are together again!

Dove Cameron hits the red carpet in a very unique look for her debut at the 2022 Met Gala on Monday evening (May 2) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Cardi B‘s 2022 Met Gala look does not disappoint!

Miranda Kerr and Evan Spiegel are having a glamorous night out together.

Kodi Smit-McPhee steps out in exciting red, white and blue look at the 2022 Met Gala on Monday (May 2) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Nearly 30 years after his nostalgic high school throwback flick, “Dazed And Confused”, writer and director Richard Linklater says he still hasn’t earned any money from the movie.

Dazed And Confused.The award-winning director, who went on to helm films including the Before trilogy (1995-2013) and Boyhood (2014), said while promoting his new Netflix movie ‘Apollo 10 ½’ that it ended up being a passion project despite being adored by generations of fans.The Daily Beast remarked to him that next year will be the 30th anniversary of Dazed And Confused, to which Linklater responded: “Yeah, and it’s like… where’s my money? How come a movie that cost less than $7million has $12million in interest against it?”“Wait – you didn’t make any money off Dazed and Confused?” interviewer Marlow Stern asked. “Fuck no!” Linklater answered.“How does that happen? We’re talking about one of the biggest cult hits ever,” Stern continued.“I don’t know.

Zack Sharf “Dazed and Confused” is one of the defining American independent films of the 1990s and one of the most beloved cult classics of all time, but it turns out the film’s enduring legacy has never resulted in money for writer-director Richard Linklater. The filmmaker was recently asked by The Daily Beast if he made money off “Dazed and Confused,” to which he responded, “Fuck no!”“It’s like… where’s my money?” Linklater asked. “How come a movie that cost less than $7 million has $12 million in interest against it?”When asked how “Dazed and Confused” can be a cult hit for nearly three decades and counting and not make money for him, Linklater responded, “I don’t know.

Jack Black's new animated Netflix film, , is about the Apollo 11 moon landing, but hits surprisingly close to home for the actor and musician, who has a personal connection to the historical moment.Black's late mother, Judith Love Cohen, was an aerospace engineer who worked on the Apollo space program in the 1960s and is credited with helping to develop the Abort-Guidance System in the Apollo Lunar Module. «She worked on an Apollo mission at that time, but the stuff that she did wasn't used until Apollo 13, a few years later, when the astronauts were in an emergency situation and her Abort-Guidance System that she worked on as a programmer helped save some astronauts' lives,» Black explained when chatting about his upcoming film with ET's Matt Cohen.In fact, Cohen was such a devoted worker, that her son recounted, «There is the legend of how when she went to the hospital to give birth to me [on Aug. 28, 1969, just one month after the Apollo 11 moon landing], that she had some paperwork, she was still working on a problem. And after she delivered the baby, she called into work and they said, 'Hey, congratulations, you just had a baby! How are you?' And she goes, 'Fine, fine, I'm faxing you over the papers, the mathematical equations.'»Black and his mother at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.«She was much smarter than me, I did not inherit those mathematic genes,» Black added with a laugh, «but there's a sense of pride and connection to telling this story, 'cause I know my mom was in there working on it too.»In which was shot in live action by writer and director Richard Linklater, and later animated in a process similar to his early 2000s films and, Black narrates the story of an elementary-aged boy growing up in Houston

Do you remember what you wanted to be when you grew up? Do you remember what adventures you fantasized about having? While some of us may not recall the answers to these questions, Richard Linklater (“Boyhood“) has used his childhood fantasy to create his new film “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood.” While the space race reached its peak with the launch of NASA’s Apollo Program (1968-1972), the wonder of those years carries on.