Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

“Most actors recognize there’s something different in Val than meets the eye,” Mr. Stone said in a 2007 interview for a segment of the television series “Biography.” David Mamet, the playwright and screenwriter who directed Mr. Kilmer in the political thriller “Spartan” (2004), added, “What Val has as an actor is something that the really, … Read more

Hollywood Work Was Already Drying Up. Then the Fires Hit.

Hollywood Work Was Already Drying Up. Then the Fires Hit.

“Is this our get-out-of-jail-free card?,” the cinematographer Gabriel Patay, 40, said he wondered after he and his wife, a documentary producer, lost the home they spent nine years restoring. “We are tied to this property, we are stuck in L.A.,” he has thought. “Should we leave?” Patay is cleareyed that his insurance will not cover … Read more

Alec Baldwin Sues New Mexico Prosecutors Over Dismissed ‘Rust’ Case

Alec Baldwin Sues New Mexico Prosecutors Over Dismissed ‘Rust’ Case

Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing New Mexico prosecutors and law enforcement officials of waging a “malicious prosecution” against him after the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the “Rust” film set. Their involuntary manslaughter case against Mr. Baldwin in the shooting death of the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, came to a dramatic end … Read more

Amazon Prime Will Release a Melania Trump Documentary

Amazon Prime Will Release a Melania Trump Documentary

Amazon said on Sunday that its Prime Video streaming service would release a “behind the scenes” documentary about Melania Trump’s life. The film will head to movie theaters and stream on Amazon Prime in the second half of this year, the company said in a statement. Mrs. Trump will be an executive producer of the … Read more

Jeff Baena, Film Director and Husband of Aubrey Plaza, Dies at 47

Jeff Baena, Film Director and Husband of Aubrey Plaza, Dies at 47

Jeff Baena, the director and screenwriter who co-wrote the dark comedy “I Heart Huckabees,” and who directed films including “Life After Beth” and “Horse Girl,” died on Friday at a residence in Los Angeles. He was 47. His death was confirmed by a press representative, who did not cite a cause. The Los Angeles police … Read more

Search of BBC offices by Indian government ends after three day raid | CNN Business

Search of BBC offices by Indian government ends after three day raid | CNN Business

New Delhi CNN  —  Indian tax officials have ended their days-long search of the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, the British broadcaster announced Thursday. Officials had spent three days raiding the spaces following the country’s ban on a BBC documentary that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in deadly riots … Read more

Indian authorities raid BBC offices after broadcast of Modi documentary | CNN Business

Indian authorities raid BBC offices after broadcast of Modi documentary | CNN Business

New Delhi CNN  —  Indian tax authorities raided the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the country banned a documentary from the British broadcaster that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in deadly riots more than 20 years ago. BBC News reported on television that people had … Read more