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Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup artist Kazu Hiro has been in the industry for over 30 years. He’s transformed Bradley Cooper, Gary Oldman, Charlize Theron and, most recently, Dwayne Johnson in “The Smashing Machine.” This year, he was tasked with transforming Tom Cruise in “Digger,” in which Cruise plays a Texas oil tycoon. But this isn’t the […]

Chiro Puurs is op zoek naar mensen die mogelijk iets gezien hebben van een poging tot brandstichting en vandalisme in hun lokaal aan Vijverbos. Dat gebeurde in de nacht van vrijdag op zaterdag. "Dat de brandstichting gebeurde terwijl er duidelijk volk aanwezig was, maakt het nog erger", zegt Wim Raes van de Chiro. De politie is bezig met een onderzoek.

Japanese auteur Kore-eda Hirokazu, whose films are known for their natural performances from child actors, said there is one thing he has decided never to put on screen: a child crying. “It’s not that I can’t, or that it’s difficult. I don’t shoot it,” the Japanese director said at an In Conversation event at the […]

Olympijská vítězka z Tokia 2021 a úřadující mistryně světa v maratonu Peres Jepchirchirová má pozastavenou činnost kvůli dopingu. Oznámila to Jednotka pro bezúhonnost atletiky. Třiatřicetiletá Keňanka měla při mimosoutěžní kontrole pozitivní test na krevní doping EPO.

Kore-eda Hirokazu ran the screenplay for his AI-themed Cannes title “Sheep in the Box” past a generative AI chatbot, then cut it loose after concluding that notes from something with no personal history with cinema were of no use to him. Kore-eda, who is receiving the Cinema Honorary Award at the Singapore International Film Festival, […]

Japanese filmmaker Ishikawa Hiroshi, whose credits include “Tokyo.sora,” “Su-ki-da.” and “Petal Dance,” is back with his first feature in 13 years. His new film, “the blue we touch” (original title: “Awo no Jo”), is in post-production and will be released in Japan in 2027 by Bitters End, which unveiled the project ahead of the Tokyo […]