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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.

The Independent UK

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.

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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

Daily Mirror

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."

Los Angeles Times

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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Artificial intelligence is used for predictive policing in the US and UK – South Africa should embrace it, too

In the 2002 movie Minority Report (based on a short story by Philip K Dick), director Steven Spielberg imagined a future in which three psychics can “see” murders before they happen. Their clairvoyance allows Tom Cruise and his “Precrime” police force to avert nearly all potential homicides.

The Conversation

‘It’s a way to bring my mum and dad back’: Steven Spielberg on the new wave of cine-memoirs

After Branagh’s Belfast, Spielberg’s The Fabelmans – a tale of a childhood in Arizona – is winning acclaim. Is it legacy or therapy that’s motivating these autobiographies?

The Guardian - UK

From The Banshees of Inisherin to Taylor Swift: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A black Irish comedy or the return of country-pop’s finest? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Poltergeist review – out-of-the-box 80s scarer can still knock the furniture over

Fright master Tobe Hooper’s 1982 movie has Steven Spielberg’s fingerprints all over it, but has a disturbing, satirical edge that’s all its own

The Guardian - UK

Tony Kushner set to receive Sandburg Literary Award: Chicago ‘supports my work’

“I was moved that it was given by a public library. I grew up in a small southern town where the library was very important to me,” Kushner says.

Chicago Sun-Times

You need to watch Spielberg's misunderstood sci-fi masterpiece on Amazon Prime ASAP

Spielberg's merciless yet maudlin take on a classic fairytale deserves a revisit.

Inverse

From satanic panic to billion-dollar business: how Dungeons & Dragons conquered the world

A role-playing game born half a century ago in a Wisconsin basement has spawned an empire spanning film, TV and YouTube. How did it leave its mark on Stranger Things, ET and everyone from Stephen King to Elon Musk?

The Guardian - UK

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The Bank Manager film directors say rural Queensland could be home to industry

The directors and Aussie actors involved in a short film about a cunning 1930s bank robbery say support for films in outback Queensland could put the region on the cinematic map.

Evening Standard

Tom Hanks says he’s made four ‘pretty good’ films, here are the ones we think would make the cut

Narrowing down Hanks’s films to a top four is like having to choose a favourite pet

Evening Standard

And the Oscars go to... why Steven Spielberg and Cate Blanchett are among the frontrunners for awards in 2023

As awards season starts, our expert reveals what the recent film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto tell us about the front runners for next year’s big film prizes in Los Angeles

The Guardian - US

From The Whale to The Fabelmans: where does this year’s Oscar race stand?

With fall festivals coming to a close and with most of the big films having premiered, this year’s potential winners and losers are starting to take shape

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'The Fabelmans' looks like this year's Oscar front-runner, but here's why that's complicated

Steven Spielberg was onstage at Toronto's Princess of Wales Theatre, talking about the End or, more precisely, how his new movie memory piece, "The Fabelmans," isn't quite the End or a signal that he's retiring, but simply an acknowledgment that the clock is ticking.

The Guardian - UK

Spielberg’s The Fabelmans wins Toronto film festival People’s Choice award

Director’s most autobiographical film to date picks up audience prize generally seen as indicator of awards success to come

The Independent UK

Steven Spielberg's 'Fabelmans' wins Toronto audience award

Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” won the Toronto International Film Festival’s top prize, the People’s Choice Award, solidifying its early status as Academy Awards frontrunner

The Guardian - UK

Toronto film festival 2022 roundup – Spielberg, Mendes and a deep, joyous love of cinema

Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes offered paeans to the silver screen, Viola Davis dazzled as a gung-ho warrior and Daniel Craig brought the house down

WEKU

Here are the breakthrough films that premiered at this year's Toronto Film Festival

The first fully reopened edition of TIFF concludes this weekend. But with a film industry still reeling from box office declines and changing audience habits, the award season remains in flux.

The Guardian - UK

Life through a lens: Spielberg’s latest leads triple-whammy of movies about movies

It’s the subgenre beloved by insiders but often shunned by audiences. Can new films from Sam Mandes, Damien Chazelle and Steven Spielberg satisfy cinemagoers and awards voters?

Los Angeles Times

From Spielberg to Inarritu: Evaluating the season's many styles of personal filmmaking

TORONTO — There's a terrifically self-reflexive gag in Steven Spielberg's new picture, "The Fabelmans," that is hard to imagine anyone but Steven Spielberg pulling off. This might not be saying much, since the entire movie, a rollicking and ruminative look at the director's childhood and teenage years, could hardly have…

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