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Of all the things on “Better Call Saul” to happen by accident, “one person directing two episodes in back-to-back seasons that heavily feature a dangerous showdown in an apartment living room” doesn’t seem like one of them. Yet, two years after “Bad Choice Road” found Kim (Rhea Seehorn), Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), and Lalo (Tony Dalton) converging on the same Albuquerque unit square footage, the trio had an unexpected reunion in the show’s Season 6 midseason finale....

Kramer, whose background is in fine arts and museum curation, will lead the vast Academy organization, overseeing global membership, the Oscars, education and emerging talent initiatives, the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive, and the Academy Museum. After a long and arduous Museum launch, Kramer emerged as a White Knight, proving to be a decisive leader and efficient administrator. After prolonged construction as well as pandemic delays, Kramer successfully launched the Academy Museum in September 2021....

The tagline for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s DC Comic Book film “Black Adam” says it all: He’s no superhero, but not everything is black and white. Johnson stars as Black Adam aka Teth-Adam, an extraterrestrial who was imprisoned on planet Kahndaq for 5,000 years. Black Adam shares his powers with an ancient wizard and visits Earth to go head-to-head with the Justice Society of America. The film premieres October 21. Noah Centineo is Atom Smasher, a Justice Society member who can manipulate his size and strength....

Both “Haunting” seasons found Flanagan putting a remix on a famous literary ghost tale: “Hill House” was inspired by Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel of the same name, while “Bly Manor” used Henry James’ 1898 ghost story “The Turn of the Screw” as its jumping off point. Neither Flanagan nor Macy have pinpointed the next ghost story they want to adapt, but creator and director Flanagan knows whatever story they choose will be a redefinition of the genre....

For awhile it seemed like Bong was heading into a long hiatus following his record-breaking “Parasite” campaign, which started in May 2019 at the Cannes Film Festival and ended in February 2020 at the Academy Awards. In a March 2019 conversation published on The Atlantic, Bong admitted to fellow director Kelly Reichardt that he was having a hard time overcoming the exhaustion of Oscar season and getting back to working on his new scripts....

The Academy Award-winning actor/producer has turned winemaker, sculptor, pottery enthusiast, and now, skincare maven. Pitt launched genderless skincare company Le Domaine and let it slip that while he will not be the face of the company, the concept of playing a salesperson onscreen did cross his mind years ago. “I wouldn’t know how to do that, unless it was a comedy,” Pitt told British Vogue. “Actually, Sandy [Sandra Bullock] and I did once try to develop a whole idea of a husband and wife team, who were QVC’s most successful salespeople, but we’re getting a divorce, we hate each other, and we’re taking it out on air as we sell things…That’s as far as we got....

To create Brian’s house, production designer Hannah Purdy Foggin took her lead from both the script and the real Welsh farmhouse that was used as a set. “It was such an inspiring place,” Foggin told IndieWire. “We went in and immediately the history of the family that lived there was everywhere. You saw the generations of this rural family’s life, and because it was so rural — the location manager did an amazing job finding it — you could see how that could directly relate to Brian and who he was, having lived in that isolated environment....