Billy Joel Doc Makers Lament Ailing Subject Couldn’t Make Tribeca Opening Night But Insist “He’s Going to Be Fine”

Billy Joel Doc Makers Lament Ailing Subject Couldn’t Make Tribeca Opening Night But Insist “He’s Going to Be Fine”

The 2025 Tribeca Festival kicked off with the world premiere of the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So it Goes, but its subject was unable to attend the celebration. Joel announced last week that he had been diagnosed with brain disorder Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH), leading him to cancel his upcoming concerts and prompting concern…

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Riley Keough to Discuss New Series ‘In Process’ in ‘Through Her Lens’ Conversation at Tribeca Festival

Riley Keough to Discuss New Series ‘In Process’ in ‘Through Her Lens’ Conversation at Tribeca Festival

Riley Keough and her creative partner Gina Gammell will sit down for a “Through Her Lens” conversation, Tribeca Festival and Chanel announced on Thursday. Keough, a Chanel ambassador, and writer-director Gammell will discuss their new limited series In Process on June 6 at Metrograph, during the upcoming Tribeca Festival. Moderated by filmmaker, writer and producer…

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#Steven Spielberg Jokes ‘Sugarland Express’ Inspired O.J. Simpson Chase Reaction: “They’re Stealing My Thunder”

#Steven Spielberg Jokes ‘Sugarland Express’ Inspired O.J. Simpson Chase Reaction: “They’re Stealing My Thunder”

Most of the action in Steven Spielberg‘s 1974 directorial debut, Sugarland Express, unfolds over the course of an extended car chase as Goldie Hawn and William Atherton’s characters try to evade a long convoy of police vehicles in an effort to regain custody of their young son from foster care. While the film predated high-speed…

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#‘Bad Things’ Review: Gayle Rankin and Hari Nef in a Tame Queer Spin on ‘The Shining’

#‘Bad Things’ Review: Gayle Rankin and Hari Nef in a Tame Queer Spin on ‘The Shining’

Stewart Thorndike’s horror-psychodrama starts with the main character carrying a chainsaw, ominously trudging across an empty, snowy parking lot outside an abandoned building. The scene is like a giant sign reading: Horror Tropes Ahead. And Thorndike knowingly piles them on. The chainsaw-wielding Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) has arrived with three other women at the isolated hotel…

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#Cyndi Lauper on New Documentary, LGBTQ Fans and Not Loving Her First Recording of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”: “It Was Like Yawn and Boring”

#Cyndi Lauper on New Documentary, LGBTQ Fans and Not Loving Her First Recording of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”: “It Was Like Yawn and Boring”

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is one of Cyndi Lauper’s signature songs, but the iconic singer admits when she first recorded the track written by Robert Hazard, she thought: “It was like yawn and boring.” “It wasn’t right for me. I sang his version. I sucked,” Lauper tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was written…

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#Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, Timothy Olyphant Praise Steven Soderbergh’s Directing in ‘Full Circle’: “It Makes Me Rethink the Way Everyone Else Is Doing It”

#Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, Timothy Olyphant Praise Steven Soderbergh’s Directing in ‘Full Circle’: “It Makes Me Rethink the Way Everyone Else Is Doing It”

Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid and more of the cast of Max’s Full Circle hit the red carpet in New York City on Sunday to celebrate the premiere of their upcoming series. One thing the entire cast agreed on was how great it was to work with director Steven Soderbergh and how…

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