“Official Competition” stars Cruz as a renowned filmmaker hired by a billionaire entrepreneur (José Luis Goméz) to create the movie of the century. Banderas is the Hollywood heartthrob set to star in the fictional feature, along with a radical theater actor played by Oscar Martinez. The legendary nemeses sling jabs at one another over who is a bigger sellout for money, all while Cruz is trying to teach them both how to really act....

Beyoncé was introduced by the Williams sisters, who noted it was the first-ever performance of the Oscar-nominated song. The elaborate performance featured an ensemble of dancers and an orchestra, many of whom were from the city of Compton, all dressed in tennis ball-colored garb. Last week, many fans noticed that the tennis courts were blocked off with large tents for the secretive rehearsals. The producers behind the Oscars have made no secret of their intention to boost the show’s dwindling ratings with an extra boost of star power and spectacle....

“This year’s show is all about uniting movie lovers. It’s apropos that we’ve lined up three of the most dynamic, hilarious women with very different comedic styles,” said Packer in an official statement. “I know the fun Regina, Amy and Wanda will be having will translate to our audience as well. Many surprises in store! Expect the unexpected!” Our original story from February 14 follows below. After three years without a host, the 94th Academy Awards will have three of them....

“The media report that you refer to is a rumor coming out of one of our distribution conversations that, quite frankly, if we weren’t having that conversation, you should fire all of us,” Bakish said at Communcacopia 2022. “It’s not like we’ve made a decision that we’re going to do something on such-and-such a date.” “I guarantee you media will continue to evolve,” he continued, “I guarantee you our product line will continue to evolve and get better....

While the “Terminal List” actor’s father Arnold Schwarzenegger played a man who could conceive and carry a child in 1994 comedy “Junior,” Schwarzenegger revealed he wore a “pregnancy belly” prosthetic to show his “The Staircase” character’s physical change over the course of the HBO limited series. “He got really heavy,” Schwarzenegger told Variety of playing real-life North Carolina resident Todd Peterson, who battles alcohol and drug abuse. “I had to wear a four-month pregnancy belly....

“I think that all of us DC directors tossed that out just as much as the fans did,” Jenkins said about Whedon’s “Justice League” theatrical cut. “But also, I felt that that version contradicted my first movie in many ways, and this current movie, which I was already in production on. So then, what are you going to do? I was like…you would have to play ball in both directions in order for that to work....

“[Peacemaker] was always on the periphery of characters I thought were really strange,” said James Gunn, during Wednesday morning’s TCA panel for the series. When he began work on “The Suicide Squad,” Gunn wasn’t planning to expand Cena’s character beyond the preexisting franchise. It wasn’t until DC approached him with the option that the opportunity for further strangeness clicked. “I found something interesting with Peacemaker because I loved John Cena,” said Gunn....