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45 years ago, Steven Spielberg made his most underrated sci-fi movie

While most sci-fi movies consider aliens mundane, this one saw them as the strange phenomenon they would be.

Inverse

‘Let’s try something really bold’: inside Oscar-tipped Nasa doc Good Night Oppy

The Amazon Prime movie, aided by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of a Wall-E-esque rover sent on a mission to Mars that lasted for 15 years

The Guardian - US

Holiday Movie Preview 2022: Our 12 films of Christmas

These promising titles will take audiences to 19th century West Point, 1920s Hollywood, the distant moon Pandora and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘I didn’t have a single audition for a year’: Goonies and Indiana Jones child star Ke Huy Quan on finding fame again

Forced to quit Hollywood in his 20s through the lack of roles for Asian actors, he is back on screen in the hit Everything Everywhere All at Once. He talks about being a refugee, the wilderness years - and what tempted him to return

The Guardian - UK

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ scores one of the year’s biggest movie openings

The Marvel sequel earns $180 million in North American ticket sales, second only to “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” among 2022 films.

Chicago Sun-Times

Stateless man trapped in Paris airport for 18 years dies in terminal

An Iranian whose irregular immigration status obliged him to spend nearly two decades in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks, died on Saturday at the terminal.

Radio France Internationale

Iranian who inspired The Terminal film dies at Paris airport

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, 76, lived in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years and died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F.

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The man who inspired 'The Terminal' dies at the airport he long called home

Merhan Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack in Terminal 2F at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

WEKU

Iranian who inspired "The Terminal" dies at Paris airport

French officials say an Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” has died in the airport

The Independent UK

Iranian Exile Who Got Stuck for Years in French Airport Dies

An Iranian who got stuck for 18 years in a Paris airport, inspiring a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks died on Saturday at the terminal, an airport official said. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died of natural causes just before midday on Saturday in terminal 2F at Charles de Gaulle airport…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Review: The Fabelmans

Past imperfect.

Reason

Review: Steven Spielberg comes close to a personal best in his luminous 'The Fabelmans'

More than once during his fabled career, Steven Spielberg has been dismissed as a technician masquerading as an artist; as the most popular of American filmmakers, the logic goes, he must also be the most impersonal. It's a judgment that doesn't quite explain the intensely personal connection a lot of…

Los Angeles Times

Steven Spielberg slams streamers for throwing 'best filmmaker friends under the bus'

Steven Spielberg loves having movies in the theaters so much that he's speaking out on streaming services' treatment of his fellow directors.

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Tony Kushner on playing therapist to Steven Spielberg

“The Fabelmans” is Steven Spielberg’s most autobiographical movie, but the introspection it required wasn’t done in isolation

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Steven Spielberg says services like HBO Max threw filmmakers ‘under the bus’

‘I think movies are going to come back. I really do’

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Steven Spielberg turns lens on his childhood in 'The Fabelmans'

“I need to see them crash.” These are the first fated words of a future filmmaker, Sammy Fabelman (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord), whispered to his mother, Mitzi (Michelle Williams) after he’s crashed his toy train after bedtime, inspired by his very first big-screen cinematic experience, “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Mitzi…

The Conversation

How early failure can lead to success later in creative careers

Failing early in our careers can make us question whether we are on the right path. We may look at people who have succeeded from the outset and wonder why it doesn’t come so easily to us. Classical violinist Nigel Kennedy, actor Natalie Portman and painter Pablo Picasso are examples…

Wales Online

Original ET model set to fetch millions at auction

The sale of the model is part of the Icons and Idols: Hollywood auction

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The Independent UK

Original mechanical ET model expected to fetch up to £2.6m at auction

The mechatronic for the movie predated CGI and was operated by twelve professional animators.

Tribune News Service

Drew Barrymore thought ‘E.T. was real,’ so Steven Spielberg ‘kept him alive’ for her

That’s some out-of-this-world dedication.

Tribune News Service

TV Tinsel: George Lopez, daughter Mayan reconnect in real life and in front of camera

Children and their parents often suffer serious disputes, but they rarely make them into a sitcom. That’s exactly what comedian George Lopez and his daughter, Mayan, have done with “Lopez vs. Lopez,” premiering on NBC Friday.

Daily Mirror

Drew Barrymore cries as she reveals Harper Beckham made friends with her lonely daughter

Victoria Beckham has appeared on Drew Barrymore's show where the pair talked about their daughters' friendship

Daily Mirror

Drew Barrymore reunites with E.T. co-stars to celebrate 40th anniversary of beloved film

Drew Barrymore reveals she believed E.T. was real when starring in the iconic movie at just six-years-old during an emotional reunion with her 80s classic co-stars

Los Angeles Times

How a painful chapter from his own youth revived James Gray's passion for filmmaking

"Armageddon Time," written and directed by James Gray, is one of a number of films this season drawn from the filmmakers' own personal experience: Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans," Sam Mendes' "Empire of Light," Charlotte Wells' "Aftersun," Elegance Bratton's "The Inspection."

The New Daily

Inside the extraordinary 40th anniversary celebrations of Spielberg’s most iconic film, E.T.

Star of 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Henry Thomas, talks about the iconic movie amid 40th anniversary celebrations

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