In excerpts from The Jess Cagle Podcast made public on Wednesday, Franco, 43, said that while teaching, he "did sleep with students, and that was wrong." He said he did not start the school to lure women for sexual purposes.

Beyonce, Jay-Z and Ariana Grande are all in the running for the best original song Oscar, but French shock-fest Titane did not make the shortlist for best foreign film.

The electronic music festival comes as Saudi's leaders are pushing efforts to change its conservative image and diversify its economy, only a few years after the country lifted a ban on music and dancing.

Once the stomping ground of Italy's greatest directors and actors, Rome's renowned Cinecitta film studios are planning a much-needed makeover for a new era.

As the fourth instalment "The Matrix Resurrections" hits cinemas next week, millions are eager to return to the story of Keanu Reeves' Neo as he tries to unpick what is real and what is a computer-generated simulation.  

Rappers Dave and Little Simz also received four nominations for the awards, in a list that saw Britain's annual pop music honours dispensing of male and female categories.

The Matrix marked a significant break in Hollywood, after which blockbusters entered the era of "green screen" filmmaking in which special effects became omnipresent.

Tiara Andini's self-titled debut aims to showcase her emotional depth and potential as a songwriter. The singer gives The Jakarta Post an exclusive first listen.

Former US first lady Melania Trump on Thursday launched her own NFT platform, the latest public figure to join the crypto boom.

Harrison, who died in 2001, released the track from the album "All Things Must Pass" as his first solo single after the Beatles split and it went on to top charts around the world.

Noth issued his statement in response to the Hollywood Reporter story in which two women, using pseudonyms, described sexual incidents with him in Los Angeles and New York in 2004 and 2015.

Guillermo del Toro's new film Nightmare Alley, set in a macabre 1940s carnival world of "geek shows" and grifters, is his first since his Oscar-winning The Shape of Water.

Sony Music has bought the rights to Bruce Springsteen's music catalog, making him the latest superstar singer to join a frenzy of such sales fueled by the pandemic.

A camel beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia has been hit by a cheating scandal after 43 entrants were disqualified for botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements.

The 20-year-old singer said she started watching a lot of porn as a kid to help her feel as if she were cool and "one of the guys."

A rapper who allegedly told Megan Thee Stallion to "Dance, bitch" before shooting at the singer's feet after a Hollywood party was ordered to stand trial in California on Tuesday.

Dubbed by some auteurs, critics and moviegoers as the "Indonesian New Wave", this year’s batch of Indonesian films is having a moment, with recognition from international audiences and a promise of more to come.  

Critics objected to the Foreign Press Association having no Black members, and raised longstanding ethical questions over whether close relationships with Hollywood studios influenced the choice of nominees and winners.

"OMFGGGG I PASSED THE BABY BAR EXAM!!!!," she tweeted, referring to the First Year Law Students' Examination, usually taken after a year of study.

Fitness firm Peloton has gone on the counterattack after a plot twist in "Sex and the City" helped send its shares into a skid -- bringing a key character on the show back to life in a parody ad, as it seeks to revive its own fortunes on Wall Street.

Belfast and Power of the Dog collected seven Golden Globe nominations apiece, as the troubled awards seek to shrug off a Hollywood boycott over ethical lapses.

Miss India Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe in Israel, with several contestants defying pressure to boycott in support of the Palestinians.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift must face a lawsuit from songwriters who claim the Grammy-winning singer copied their lyrics in her 2014 hit single "Shake It Off," a California judge has ruled.

Redmayne plays the role of Emcee, alongside stage and screen star Jessie Buckley, in the production directed by Rebecca Frecknall.

Singing with the band Soulsavers, he takes on a wide-ranging set, mixing classics from Nat King Cole and Elvis with more eclectic choices such as Frank Ocean or Cat Power.

Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte are 20 years older, and their beloved New York has been ravaged by Covid-19, but the sassy women are back -- without Samantha -- in HBO Max's "Sex and the City" revival, which premieres Thursday.

Four years ago, Salim Shaheen was in the spotlight at Cannes, but now he spends his days confined to his home, afraid of the new Taliban regime and their clampdown on arts and music.

Next month's Sundance festival will screen all feature films both in person in Utah and online for the first time, including a major new Kanye West documentary.

The US rap superstar said that his new Western movie aims to correct misconceptions that all cowboys were white, wore ponchos and listened to "Italian guitar music."

After more than 20 years of creating orchestral pieces, Erwin Gutawa returns to his "band" roots and reimagines an 80s classic "Masa Masa" with Ardhito Pramono.