Todd Phillips’ dark comic book film “Joker” won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on Saturday and cemented its place as a legitimate contender for the rest of the awards season. Jury president Lucretia Martel announced the winners of the prestigious ...

TORONTO — As another awards season kicks into high gear at the Toronto International Film Festival, one disappointment of last year’s Oscar campaign is still on the minds of some. Despite a number of films that ranked among the most critically acclaimed movies of the year — Debra ...

NEW YORK — Three years after being fired by NBC due to the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, Billy Bush is hoping to use his experience in television’s wilderness to his advantage in his new job. Bush begins Monday as host of the revamped pop culture news show, “Extra.” He was a ...

VENICE, Italy — Timothée Chalamet is already one of the most acclaimed young actors working today, but he says that the prospect playing young Henry V in “The King” was terrifying. “It was a real challenge for me,” Chalamet said Monday at the Venice International Film Festival, ...

VENICE, Italy — Joaquin Phoenix is having a hard time defining the Joker, but then again, he doesn’t really want to. The actor spent eight months exploring how a struggling stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck becomes Batman’s antagonist, the villain with a chilling laugh and a love of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Force is strong with Disney and Star Wars, but it may be no match for Hurricane Dorian. Expected to make landfall in Florida early next week, Dorian couldn’t come at a more inopportune time for Walt Disney World: It just opened “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge,” its ...