Actresses

Gwyneth Paltrow was scheduled to stand trial yesterday in a lawsuit filed by a retired optometrist who said that the actress-turned-lifestyle influencer violently crashed into him in 2016 while skiing in Utah at one of the most upscale ski resorts in the United States.

"Tar" is tipped to win Cate Blanchett a third Oscar for her role as a power-hungry conductor, but for one real-life pioneer in the job, the film does a "disservice to women."

Marin Alsop, 66, is chief conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and has frequently broken new ground for women in the field.

Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has withdrawn from directing his first English-language feature "A Manual for Cleaning Women" starring Cate Blanchett with production to continue without him, his brother confirmed on Sept. 13.

Todd Field didn't write "TAR" with Cate Blanchett in mind. He wrote it for Cate Blanchett only. If she didn't want to do it, it wouldn't exist.

Production on Apple TV+'s "Lady in the Lake" series, starring Natalie Portman, had to temporarily shut down production after someone threatened to shoot up the Baltimore set, according to police.

A group of drug dealers threatened to begin firing on set unless the producers paid them $50,000, the Baltimore Banner reported on Aug. 28.

The director of dance at the Paris Opera, Aurelie Dupont, who faced criticism in the past over her leadership, announced her surprise resignation on June 16.

The 49-year-old ex-star dancer said she was devoting herself to new projects including a book and documentary.

A cinema hall opened in France's western city of Strasbourg in 1913 and run by a Turk for the last three decades has been closed due to a change in the management tender.

Odyssee Cinema Hall, one of France's oldest halls, was hosting Turkish cinema festivals for the last 25 years.

The summer movie season has not traditionally speaking, been known for its nuanced attention to female sexuality.

Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie made a surprise visit to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 30, the Lviv regional governor said on Telegram.

The 72nd Berlin film festival awarded its Golden Bear top prize on Feb. 16 to Spanish director Carla Simon's semi-autobiographical drama "Alcarras," about a family of peach farmers fighting for their future.