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‘One Battle After Another’s Sean Penn Won His Third Oscar, But Didn’t Show Up To Collect It

Sean Penn won his third Oscar for his role in One Battle After Another but was nowhere to be seen at the Dolby Theater. Penn won Best Supporting Actor, beating his One Battle co-star Benicio del Toro, Frankenstein’s Jacob Elordi, Sinners’ Delroy Lindo and Sentimental Value’s Stellan Skarsgård. However, after his name was called out […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/TJpqntA

Conan O’Brien Skewers Donald Trump With Joke About POTUS’ Size-Driven Drive To Rename Things For Himself

Conan O’Brien got in a few digs at Donald Trump in the initial hour of the Oscars, not just in the opening monologue but in between introducing presenters. “We’re coming to you live from the ‘Has A Small Penis Theater,”’ O’Brien said after one commercial break. “Let’s see him put his name in front of […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/w6xcBrS

‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker Says He Cut “Six Or Seven” Head Smashes In One Gory Scene To Avoid NC-17 Rating – SXSW

Curry Barker’s buzzy horror Obsession made the jump from TIFF to SXSW tonight with one change – a few less head smashes in what may be the film’s goriest scene and biggest jump scare. In Toronto, where Obsession screened at the Midnight section, “there was about six or seven more smashes. And we were getting […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/wAsTnXp

‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ Author Laura Dave Unpacks That Episode 204 Twist: “I Was Writing Toward That”

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for Season 2 Episode 4 of The Last Thing He Told Me, titled “Ghosts.” When The Last Thing He Told Me author Laura Dave thought about continuing Hannah Hall’s story and writing The First Time I Saw Him following the cliffhanger ending in both the first book and Season […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/eikWA6j

‘Family Movie’ Review: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick And Kids Put On A Hoot Of A Horror Show – SXSW

There are no degrees of separation between the cast of this film. Many interesting projects seem to be born out of the pandemic quarantine and just now coming to fruition. Filmmakers with all this time on their hands apparently with nothing else to do were inspired to develop some interesting movies, it seems. The latest […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/zMo9nba

Paramount Moves Up André Øvredal’s ‘Passenger’ To Memorial Day Weekend

The André Øvredal directed horror pic Passenger will now go on May 22, over Memorial Day weekend instead of May 29. The Melissa Leo-Jacob Scipio-Lou Llobell starring movie will now join the competitive, yet heavily traffic-ed weekend, against Disney/Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian & Grogu, NEON’s Boots Riley comedy I Love Boosters which world premiered last night […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/ekDtRI3

‘I Love Boosters’ Review: Keke Palmer Deconstructs Capitalism With Absurdist Stakes In Boots Riley’s Surreal Sophomore Film

Writer-director Boots Riley kicked off the 40th SXSW film and television festival in Austin with a surreal, hyperpop love letter to creatives living under capitalism. In I Love Boosters, Corvette (Keke Palmer), Sade (Naomi Ackie) and Mariah (Taylour Paige) squat in an abandoned chicken restaurant while they make a living by stealing designer goods and […] from Deadline https://ift.tt/UmPFQeT