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Daniel Craig’s Racy Turn in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Earns Raves at Venice Film Festival With 9-Minute Standing Ovation
The Venice Film Festival showered Luca Guadagnino’s Queer with lots of love Tuesday night at the film’s world premiere. In particular, the capacity crowd inside Sala Grande went wild for star Daniel Craig, who broke away from his James Bond persona for a provocative and challenging role opposite Drew Starkey, who also earned cheers from […]
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Pink to Perform With Dallas Green as You + Me at Rock4EB! Fundraiser in Malibu
Superstar Pink and singer-songwriter Dallas Green will reunite as you + me at Rock4EB! The pair committed to headline the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation’s annual fundraiser by performing as you + me, their former music duo. The event, typically a star-packed affair set against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, will take place once […]
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From Saying No to Drugs, Losing “15 Kilos” and Counting His Lovers: ‘Queer’ Director Luca Guadagnino Gets Candid in Venice
Wait, did he really just say that? He did, and Luca Guadagnino doesn’t care. The director got candid in front of a jam-packed room of journalists Tuesday afternoon — who were lapping up every word — at the press conference of his new film Queer. The racy movie gets its world premiere at the 2024 Venice […]
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‘Queer’ Stars Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey on Creating Intimacy for Their Sex Scenes: “We Just Tried to Make It as Real and Natural as We Possibly Could”
Local Italian hero Luca Guadagnino swept into the Venice Film Festival Tuesday to debut his much-anticipated erotic period drama, Queer, starring Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey as fleeting lovers in 1950 Mexico City. Craig, speaking at the film’s first press conference in Italy, described the process of building a rapport with Starkey to shoot the […]
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Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz Have Date Night at W Mag Dinner Ahead of His ‘Queer’ World Premiere
Daniel Craig cruised to Italy and is now on land at the Venice Film Festival for the Queer world premiere. Ahead of the Luca Guadagnino film’s festival debut — taking place at Palazzo del Cinema’s Sala Grande in the early evening on Tuesday — Queer was toasted at a pre-premiere celebration courtesy of Loewe creative director […]
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Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton and Pedro Almodóvar Make Bold Fashion Statement in Venice
The red carpet remains the hottest spot on the Lido where Venice Film Festival rolled on into a new week on Monday with a fresh infusion of fashionable actors and auteurs. Leading the pack, and turning heads tonight, were The Room Next Door stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton with their director, Pedro Almodóvar. The […]
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Brad Pitt and George Clooney Whip Venice Film Festival Into a Frenzy With ‘Wolfs’ World Premiere
The Lido is in a frenzy for Wolfs. Backed by the star power of its veteran A-list stars, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, the Jon Watts-directed film from Apple and Sony had a triumphant world premiere at the Venice Film Festival late Sunday night on the Lido. Expectedly, the crush of fans and media situated […]
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Brady Corbet’s Wildly Ambitious Period Epic ‘The Brutalist’ Blows Minds at Venice Premiere, Gets 13-Minute Standing Ovation
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist was the talk of the Lido on Sunday as the seven-years-in-the-making period epic finally received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival’s historic Sala Grande cinema. The audience inside the premiere erupted in applause as the credits began to roll on the film’s epic three-hour, 35-minute running time, giving Corbet […]
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Harmony Korine’s ‘Baby Invasion’ Delivers Wild Message From Mercenary Group Duck Mobb: “Nobody Is Safe”
This story should come with a disclaimer or spoiler alert, something. Consider yourself warned. In advance of the Venice Film Festival world premiere of Harmony Korine‘s newest big-screen experiment, Baby Invasion, press notes were distributed featuring an explainer of the film’s message. Maybe? We’re assuming the message will make more sense after having seen the […]
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Justin Kurzel’s Neo-Nazi Thriller ‘The Order’ Debuts at Venice Film Festival With Lengthy Standing Ovation
The Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of Justin Kurzel’s new neo-Nazi crime thriller The Order on Saturday night on the Lido. The audience inside Palazzo del Cinema’s Sala Grande responded to the dark tale with a rapturous standing ovation for stars Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult. The applause went on more than seven […]
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Armani Delivered a Parade of Stars to Venice Film Festival Red Carpet for ‘Babygirl’ Premiere
The house of Armani always has a strong showing at the Venice Film Festival — this is Italy, after all — and that was even more true on Friday night at Palazzo del Cinema. A parade of stars in Armani ensembles assembled on the red carpet ahead of the world premiere of Babygirl, the erotic […]
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Nicole Kidman Steamy Pic ‘Babygirl’ Wows Venice Film Festival Crowd at World Premiere
The Venice Film Festival finally got to meet Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. The erotic thriller from A24 had its world premiere inside Palazzo del Cinema on Friday evening on the Lido. The capacity crowd seated inside Sala Grande responded with a wild standing ovation for star Nicole Kidman and her cast of collaborators Harris Dickinson, Antonio […]
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