Jackie Chan. Charlie Chaplin. Pierre Étaix. Jerry Lewis. Each actor created a blueprint for filming comedy in his country and era. But when you dig deeper, you find that they’re also pioneers of stunt performance who made the jump to directing — not unlike David Leitch, the filmmaker behind The Fall Guy. “Since the beginning of cinema, action...

A new study has found that there is a lot less movie sex today than there was at the turn of the millennium. The study, conducted by movie data analyst Stephen Follows, shows that the amount of sex and nudity in major live-action films has dropped by almost 40% since 2000. Follows has analyzed the 250 highest-grossing movies in...

Former Nickelodeon children’s show creator Dan Schneider is suing the producers of the ID docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV for defamation. Schneider’s lawyers Jana Moser and Richard McKie filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday. The defendants in the case are Warner Bros. Discovery, Maxine Productions, Sony...

When extramarital affair website Ashley Madison was hacked in 2015, it was one of the largest data breaches in the world, according to the trailer for the new three-part Netflix docuseries Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal. “At that time cyber security was just starting to enter the public consciousness,” an interviewee...

“It is a deeply courageous thing to share something you’ve written, that is 100 or more pages long, and ask for judgment. That requires courage,” says The Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard. “That is the courage that defines all artists on some level, right? So I think that we have an obligation given that dynamic to be as respectful...

The Slamdance Film Festival is leaving Park City in favor of Los Angeles. The festival announced the decision on Tuesday, with plans in motion to relocate to its new home in West Hollywood in time for the next year’s festival taking place from February 20-26, 2025. Slamdance has been held in Park City, Utah since it started in 1995. ...