CANNES, France -- They really will applaud anything you show at the Cannes Film Festival, so long as you put everyone in formal attire and roll out a red carpet beforehand.

I remember thinking this in 2009, at the black-tie gala premiere of Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," whose climactic burst of genital-shredding imagery sent horrified ...Read more

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

MAY

15: Black Panther

15: Samson

15: The Monkey King 3

15: 10 x 10

15: Bent

15: LEGO DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High

15: Rick and Morty: Complete Third Season

15: Submergence

15: The Bold Type: Season One

15: Forgiven

15: The ...Read more

Don't say Courtney Barnett didn't warn you. "Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you," she sang on her acclaimed 2015 debut album, words that were often interpreted as being aimed at her fans and a music industry that saw her as a star in the making.

That self-deprecating modesty is one of the virtues that makes Barnett's songs feel ...Read more

Two years ago when Clayne Crawford was first cast to play Martin Riggs in Fox's TV adaptation of "Lethal Weapon" -- the very same role that helped make Mel Gibson a household name -- the actor was a relative unknown. He was then best known for supporting roles in teen dramas like "A Walk to Remember" and "Swimfan," as well as an acclaimed turn ...Read more

Theater director Dominic Cooke tackles Ian McEwan's novel "On Chesil Beach," adapted for the screen by McEwan himself. McEwan's books have made for memorable film adaptations, most notably, "Atonement," which gave Saoirse Ronan a breakout role 11 years ago. She's now a two-time Oscar nominee and in-demand ingenue, and she returns to McEwan's ...Read more

It has been 19 years since an offering in the "Star Wars" franchise has missed the mark as completely as "Solo: A Star Wars Story." Be brave, "Star Wars" fans. The latest offering has plenty of problems, but as long as "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" has Jar Jar Binks, it would take a disaster the size of an exploding Death Star to...Read more

NEW YORK -- NBCUniversal and Fox staged glittery productions filled with stars, singers, dancers and bright lights as they unveiled their new fall schedules in New York to kick off upfronts week, the annual commercial sales pitch to advertisers.

One clear highlight for NBC's presentation at Radio City Music Hall in New York City was touting its...Read more

CHICAGO -- Struggling to pay back a loan used to buy Abraham Lincoln artifacts, the foundation that supports the 16th president's library in Springfield, Ill., is selling a black wool dress once owned and worn by movie star Marilyn Monroe.

The three-quarter-length, long-sleeved dress with a scooped neck is the centerpiece of nine items the ...Read more

The Fox network made its bones more than 30 years ago by putting on bold, edgy programs that targeted a young audience.

But the face of the "new Fox" is 64-year-old TV and movie star Tim Allen.

The network's schedule, announced Monday, is its first since parent company 21st Century Fox announced that it would sell its TV and movie production ...Read more

CANNES, France -- Linked arm in arm, 82 women from the film industry marched up the stairs of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival here on Saturday, hoping to make a statement about the need for gender equality in the movie business.

"The stairs of our industry must be accessible to all. Let's climb," said Cate Blanchett, the president of...Read more

NEW YORK -- The prospect of another long wallow in the misery of Harry Hope's saloon should give even the most intrepid theatergoer pause.

"The Iceman Cometh," Eugene O'Neill's marathon drama set in 1912 before recovery became a national pastime, is an immersion in the world of sodden human wreckage. In this more or less posthumous realm, bums,...Read more

A couple of new DVD releases offer very different looks at how serious game-playing can be when the stakes are high.

"Early Man"; 3.5 stars: Aardman Animations star Nick Park, the brilliant mind behind the adventures of "Wallace & Gromit," tries to outdo the Flintstones in his latest comedy "Early Man." The film, set at the exact moment the ...Read more