Host: Zoë Kravitz Naturally, with the latest Catwoman in the building, the opening monologue devolved into an assortment of Catwomen (and ladies… and Williams) of years past. As Kravitz attempted to get through her monologue, Kate McKinnon (dressed like Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman, from “Batman Returns”) interrupted her to set up the bit, introducing “the Cat Signal.” (It’s like the Bat Signal… but with a cat.) And then came Ego Nwodim (channeling Earth Kitt’s Catwoman, from the 1960s “Batman” series), explaining the subtle difference between “camp” and “super gay....

Boyega said upon seeing the reference to being a “Jedi” in the script, he was initially taken aback. “I was more like, ‘Is this a moment where professional actors are supposed to come and say, ‘Oh, Steve, don’t you think this is a bit too much?’” Boyega said. “And then something in my brain said, ‘Do you actually even care?’” The actor said, ultimately, he was fine with the reference being put in there considering the context....

Meanwhile, Russia-based Hopper (David Harbour) hunts an unseen villain. Could that be Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower), the star of our nightmares since Volume 1 concluded? Star Joseph Quinn recently told The Guardian, “All the seeds that have been planted bear fruit and it’s just carnage. You know the finale is two and a half hours, right? Ending with this monster, feature-length episode is so bold.” The Duffer Brothers crafted “Stranger Things 4” with a running time more than double that of any previous season, with episodes well over the one-hour mark....

Sundance selected the organizations through nominations by a network of arts organizations, funders, and Sundance Institute alumni, representing a cross-section of expertise across media, arts, racial justice, theatre, humanities, philanthropic, social science, and human rights organizations. Among the recipients is the Black TV & Film Collective, which seeks to advance the careers of Black and brown artists through production support, workshops, and networking events; the Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, which seeks to collect and safeguard Cambodian audiovisual archives following three decades of war; and the First Peoples Fund, which aims to support indigenous artists....

In today’s dollars, “The Godfather” grossed nearly $740 million. That’s enough to make it #26 of all time, with “Gone With the Wind,” “Star Wars,” “The Sound of Music,” “Titanic,” “Avengers: Endame,” and now “Spider-Man: No Way Home selling more tickets. Even so: “The Godfather” may rank higher when it comes to influence. Here’s why. Before it was an iconic film, “The Godfather” was a bestselling book. Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel sold over 9 million copies and revived dormant interest in gangster stories....

Nearly 130 years since its original publishing, Henry Lawson’s short story “The Drover’s Wife” is more popular than the Aussie writer could have ever dreamed. Mostly, that’s thanks to the tireless efforts and creative obsession of filmmaker, playwright, author, and actress Leah Purcell. Over the course of the past five years, Purcell has made Lawson’s work — originally, an Outback-set story about the eponymous wife of a drover, who drives out a snake that threatens her children while her husband is (again) away at work — into her own, complete with a play, a novel, and now a film version dedicated to her reimagining of the tale....

The first trailer for HBO Max’s “The Staircase,” which premieres Thursday, May 5, revealed the lengths to which Michael went to avoid investigation for the murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette). Based on Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s true crime docuseries of the same name that spanned from 2004 to 2018, limited series “The Staircase” is created by Antonio Campos and follows the events of December 9, 2001 in the Petersons’ Durham, North Carolina home....